AKASO V50 X Action Camera, Native 4K Wifi Underwater 40M EIS Anti-Shake Cam with Touch Screen, Remote Control, Waterproof Case and Mounting Accessories Kit

I bought the Arkaso V50x as a replacement for an older, 2018" Crosstour CT7000" cheap camera to use on the bike as a safety camera, and this V50x is much better. It feels well made and the quality of the image is miles better than my previous camera, it records upto 4k at 30fps, but i use it mainly on 1080p 30fps to save file size and storage space on my SD card, people i hope are aware, its not a Go Pro, and the quality of video isn't quite as good, but this is massively cheaper than those, and it does 95% of everything that they do.It comes with two batteries, and a suite of various mounts and accessories. running the camera at 1080p 30fps on a ride this week that was 2.5 hours long, i got home to find it still recording, which i think is excellent really, and considering you get 2 batteries, it should never be an issue.Criticisms?Not many really, although one bug bear is thers no light on the top or bottom that flashes when its recording, unlike my last one, so when its on my chest on the bike, i dont know if its recording or not, theres a flashing light on the back of it, but obviously you cant see it when it mounted below or above you.Overall, really pleased with this camera, would recommend.

I thought long and hard about getting a more up-to-date action camera. I started by looking at the current GoPro range but for the small amount of use it would get they are simply too expensive. I then scoured the internet for reviews of cameras and the Akaso V50X came out well from most of them. I am aware there are some criticisms of sound quality but I'm not seeing it with the one I have. The camera arrives with a large selection of accessories and usefully, two batteries. Simple to operate once you get the hang of the menus and it performs very well. I've got a much cheaper action camera and the underwater footage is awful but this was excellent. Nice and clear with good colours. It's early days but so far I would recommend it as a mid-range GoPro alternative.

OK, so this is an updated review after the first v50x unit I was sent was clearly defective; image quality was just shocking. Hats off to Akaso though; after leaving a fairly negative review of it, I was contacted by a very polite customer service agent who offered to replace it with the brave 7 model. After confirming shipping details, a replacement unit arrived next day in the post. So Akaso get 5 stars for customer service.I can happily confirm that the Brave 7 produces footage of much higher quality and is pretty decent for the price point. It's still not perfect: the camera applies quite aggressive smoothing to the footage which can result in loss of detail when filming up close, but if you plan to use it as intended as an action cam then it's more than good enough. The contrast and exposure are good and the picture is fairly sharp, although it does lose a bit of sharpness towards the edges of the frame. The wireless remote works up to about 2m, so would perhaps be useful if you had the camera strapped to a helmet or similar. For longer range remote control, the WiFi worked for me up to about 5m. Build quality is good. The rubbery plastic casing looks like it'll take a few knocks and the ports and covers all have rubber gaskets. Buttons and touch screen are responsive and easy to use. Overall, it's a decent budget camera. If I were to compare it to a gopro (not really fair considering the price difference), I'd say if the gopro scored a 10 out of 10, this would be a 7.5.

I have been using an old G*Pr* (model 3) on my bike for ages and was about to upgrade to the recent model (£400-£500).One of the reasons I had hesitated is that the Gpr doesn’t date stamp recordings, or offer the kind of ‘loop recording’ where new recordings overwrite the oldest on the memory card once it fills up. More like a dashcam.The Akazo has these features & more. Image quality is great for me, stabilisation too.It ships with a charger and TWO batteries and more mounts, clamps and bits/bats than I would ever need.Once registered they send you a choice of freebie so I got a second case and now have a mount & case on the handlebars of each of my 2 bikes and just slot the camera in to the one I choose to ride.I have been really impressed with this camera, and saved £££’s.Cons?The only thing which I could mention is that copying movies off the camera to phone via the wifi takes a while - they are big files, but as an example a 3 min movie takes 3 min to copy.So I tend to take out the card & put into the card reader on my computer.