Ghost XL Action Camera – 1080 Full HD Video Camera with Rotating Lens and Dash Cam Mode – IPX7 Waterproof Camera – 9 Hour Battery Life – 12MP Still Photos

I ride a Tribike for Ironman training workouts 50-100mi/wk. My usual routes in SouthOC CA have me sharing public highways 50% of the time. Every single one of our crew, including me, has had unfortunate interactions with motor vehicles over the years. We ride as safe and alert as possible, but that isn't enough sometimes. All of my motor vehicles have simple dash/rear cameras that work great, so after the most recent local bicycle death by automobile, I decided to mount one of these. It works so well, I bought another and mounted it on the rear. With the simple mounting hardware I used, each camera w/mount only weighs 5.2 ounces! Ultra sturdy, somewhat inexpensive, tiny, aerodynamic and easy to quickly operate, I'm blown away with the results after a few hundred miles. The cameras are capable of A LOT more than my simple application, but the battery life, video quality, lightweight and ease of use are perfect for me!

I originally bought this as a head camera for hiking, but I've come to use it as a dash cam in my vehicles, I caught a lot of very dumb drivers with this!! Great quality, many options, and easy to use. It occasionally does freeze while sitting idle in tagging mode plugged in as a dash cam, unplugging it and allowing it to shut off on its own bypasses the issue

I purchased the GHOSTXL on May 14, 2022. Since day one the audio recording was not right. When I could not find a solution after several days I reached out to Drift via Amazon. They fairly quickly seemed to get confused and forwarded me to Drift directly for “better support”. The camera never recorded audio correctly via the external microphone. Using the same microphone and required Drift adapter resulted in two very different experiences. If manually starting the recording (power on the unit with a long press then press a second time to start recording) the audio was great. If you turn on the one button recording feature (quick press the on button and the recording instantly starts) the audio is very distorted. Several email and video exchanges with Drift resulted in going thru hoops to try and get the issue across to them. In the end, they wanted me to try a Drift Microphone (and make another sale of their own branded products) but I failed to see the logic in their request. They were either truly not getting it, stalling and hoping I would go away. At one point I was asked (and I complied) to roll back the firmware on my camera. They also seemed to get confused a few times during out emails. PROS • Great Battery Life • Very good Image quality • Versatile mounting options • Very good build quality CONS • Proprietary external microphone jack cable • External microphone sound quality issues in auto (one button) record • Little to no customer support I returned the camera 6/13/22; one day before the return deadline with Amazon Prime. THANK YOU AMAZON for your support in making this right. Although I can’t be 100% sure, I feel DRIFT would have dragged their feet well beyond any return window and I have no confidence they would have provided a resolution as they were quick to offer groundless suggestions, almost as it they were not reading my emails or did not understand the issue. I am showing the emails below for those why may be curious as to what they may expect when reaching out to Drift for support. I loved my GHOSTX (older camera) and wanted to love this one, but the customer service experience was a total let down. The product is great a when it works, but the support behind I felt was lacking. I have attached a short video of the audio issue. I sent these same videos to DRIFTC support. In the end, I do not want to be stuck with a camera that does not work as promised and with no resolution in sight. Should DRIFTC reach out to me I will gladly update my review and rating but only if they step up and do what's right. I am not the only person with this issue. A quick search for this model and "audio issues" will easily show what others have been dealing with. My situation is not unique. If they reach out via email to me and can provide me a logical reason how the microphone can cause this then I will update this as well. Such a shame, I liked the camera otherwise I love my older DRIFTX and had high hopes for this camera. Maybe they will correct this issue in a future release. CHEERS, SEQUENCE OF EMAILS LOOKING FOR SUPPORT 5/20/22 Send To: Drift Innovation Ltd 05/20 19:16:04 Hello, I just purchased a new GHOST XL (Serial AT1350 with Firmware v2034). The microphone distorts badly when using the instant record feature. When I manually turn on the unit and manually start recording, the distortion does not exist. Can DriftC help me address this issue so I can use the feature? Thank you, From: Drift Innovation Ltd 05/20 19:58:43 Have you checked to see if this is the latest version of firmware from our Drift website? If it is, please contact our support team via the Drift Innovation website so they can support. Cheers Drift Amazon Team 5/21/22 Send To: Drift Innovation Ltd 05/21 14:33:17 Per my original email my firmware is v2034. The website shows Version v2029 (30/04/2021). I assume the one I have is newer, I am not sure why that would be the case but it seems that way. Is the Version v2029 newer than my v2034? Thank you, From: Drift Innovation Ltd 05/21 15:02:05 Unfortunately we cannot see the links to urls shared in this chat as amazon block it. However, the version on our website is the latest so we recommend you download that via the Drift Life app or your computer 5/22/22 Send To: Drift Innovation Ltd 05/22 14:29:04 I sent no URL, so I'm not sure why the link is removed, there was no link. The DRIFTC website has v2029. My XL says it has v2034. You want me to installv2029 over V2034 - Correct? From: Drift Innovation Ltd 05/22 15:37:55 We do not have the XL Pro firmware online as you have the latest version, you are looking at the XL model. Please contact our support team via our website so they can support your issue. Please use XXXXXX as your name when contacting so I can get them to escalate. We cannot do it here as Amazon don’t allow us to share contact details 5/21/22 (First Email to Drift via web contact – not thru Amazon) 21 May 2022, 22:44 BST Hello, I am having issues with my new GHOST XL camera. I have tried to resolve the issue with DRIFT via Amazon messaging. I have a microphone issue with this unit that persists. The issue presents when I use the instant on/ one touch record feature. The audio is very distorted. If I start the camera then manually start recording, the issue is not present. This occurs regardless of what mic I use. The fact I am using the same mic and mic adapter (supplied with the unit) tells me this must be a firmware, setting or some other camera issue. I have also tried adjusting the mic sensitivity down to 1 with the same results. Can you assist and let me know if there is a resolution for this known issue and if the v2034 firmware my camera came with is newer than the v2029 that is currently listed on the website. I fear all I will get from Amazon chat is canned responses and they already suggested I contact you. Thank you for your assistance, Thank you for contacting Drift. Your ticket number is (46825) Your request has been received and is currently being reviewed by our team. We will get back in touch as soon as possible. In the meantime you can have a look at our support page to help you out with your request: (removed link) You can add any additional comments by replying to this email. Your Drift Innovation Team This email is a service from Drift Innovation. Tech Support (Drift Innovation) 23 May 2022, 01:57 BST Thanks for your message here, We are actually a different organisation to Amazon, and whilst Amazon are licensed to retail our products and indeed fulfil many orders via our official store, any communication with Amazon would not be shared by us here at Drift, so I cannot comment on the issues you may have had regarding correspondence in this case. However, I can see that you have mentioned experiencing problems with your sound, so if you could send me a clip evidencing this and if you could also confirm the brand of microphone you are using here, I'll see what I can do to help, Let me know how you get on here XXX and I look forward to your reply, Kind regards, Tech Support Drift Innovation Web driftinnovation.com 5/26/22 26 May 2022, 02:39 BST Hello, FILE 1 - MANUAL RECORDING The manual recording file is attached. I will need to send this in two separate emails as Yahoo has a 25MB size limit. The mic being used is a lavalier microphone. I have used this same mic with my older GHOSTC X device with no issues. It works great with the New GHOSTC XL with manual recordings as can be heard in the MP4 file attached. Below is the link to the exact model I purchased thru Amazon. Regards, Hello, FILE 2 - AUTO RECORDING The auto recording file is attached. This is the second file showing the microphone issue I am having. .. As stated in my previous email, the mic being used is a lavalier microphone. I have used this same mic with my older GHOSTC X device with no issues. It works great with the New GHOSTC XL with manual recordings as can be heard in the MP4 file attached. Below is the link to the exact model I purchased thru Amazon. (Link removed) Both files are recorded on the same settings, same microphone. Thank you for your prompt support in this matter. Regards, Tech Support (Drift Innovation) 26 May 2022, 13:49 BST Hi Ray, Thanks for your reply here, I'll get these clips checked over with my team today and we will get back to you shortly with further updates, Kind regards, Tech Support Drift Innovation Web driftinnovation.com 5/30/22 30 May 2022, 15:56 BST Any update on my issue? Regards, 6/03/22 3 Jun 2022, 21:33 BST Hello, Can I please get an update on my case. My last inquiry from DRIFTC was 5/26/22. Best Regards, 6/08/22 8 Jun 2022, 12:49 BST Good morning, Please advise on next steps regarding my case. I opened a ticket May 21, 2022, approx 19 days ago. My last correspondence from DRIFTC was May 26, 2022, approximately 14 days ago. (as of todays date 6/08/2022) I am happy to try a different update (if you recall I was asked to and successfully downgraded my firmware from v2034 to v2029. Please advise ASAP as the camera is not functioning as intended and is not usable as is in my situation. Regards DRIFT RESPONDED AFTER I RETURNED THE UNIT: 6/14/22 Tech Support (Drift Innovation) 14 Jun 2022, 16:22 BST Hi Ray, Thanks for your patience here and I do apologise for the delays at this very busy time, Having analysed your clips with our team, we can see that you are experiencing some kind of interference with the audio in your recordings, However I do note that you mentioned using a third-party mic accessory, and although I appreciate that you havent had any issues with this particular mic previously - as our cameras are nor designed to be compatible with third-party manufactured accessories (unless stated otherwise - see Universal Mount Adapter etc.) and so if you could try using a Drift External Mic accessory (linked below) we can hopefully try and work out why this is happening and get you some answers going forward, Let me know how you get on here Ray and I look forward to your reply, Kind regards, Tech Support Drift Innovation Web driftinnovation.com 6/14/22 14 Jun 2022, Hello, Can you please explain this logic in buying a DRIFT microphone for further testing? I sent two clips clearly showing the audio distortion. In both clips I am using the same external microphone with the same adapter that came with the camera. The only difference is the way I start up the recording. There are no issues whatsoever with manually starting the recording with the 3rd party microphone, but there are issues when I use the one button automatic recording feature. Kindly explain what the microphone has to do with this when the only aspect that changes is the way I start the recording. As an Engineer, this may point to a sign that the firmware or camera circuitry is looking at some other aspect differently for the microphone when starting in different modes. This was also a reason why I questioned being asked to downgrade my firmware as instructed by support. Newer firmware typically resolves these types of issues. Regards,

Image quality is good. Slightly grainy in low light. Has a filter for low light which helps and a vivid profile for better colors. Its 1080p 30fps and looks like it. It's clear n pretty sharp with a hint of pixelation. POV is pretty fisheye in the widest POV but you get 3 levels of adjustment. It's good. 👍 What's not so good is the audio it is surprisingly horrible. 🤔 Recording volume is extremely low even at level 5. And there is an enormous amount of noise. It gets better with the use of an external mic provided you get a good one to match. Plugging in certain mics won't work. The jack isn't long enough sometimes you will need to use the adapter. It is a little limiting but if you pick this up for motovlogging you'll be fine. Battery life is great. Not quite 9hrs tho. The most I got was almost 8hrs with the sound and LED off. I have gotten 7 1/2hrs consistently. The recording light and the display light are together. So if you want to turn off the recording light you lose the backlight for the display and it becomes hard to see. Its already small and with no light becomes impossible to see unless you have a light on it. This camera is a couple years old now but I couldn't pass it up as the white one was on sale. $119. I see the price went back up. 😮 The snow edition the white looks great. There is zero image stabilization. At least it's waterproof. Love the rotatable lens its the one unique thing that most other cameras do not have. The size isn't too bad. It's no bigger than a Sony X3000. It's too bad the audio is virtually non existent with a lot of noise. 😐 UPDATE: This gets a bump up now that the audio works. So what happened? The audio was really low with a lot of noise as you increased the sensitivity. I was bummed but decided to play around with it. I put this on instant record and I also plugged in a 3.5mm audio jack with a slim head. W/O a slim head it won't go in all the way. Don't know which did it or maybe both but now the audio works 😯🤔👍👏

Caméra d'excellente qualité et à l'autonomie excellente. Je m'en sers autant sur le vélo, la moto, que dans la voiture. La consultation des images et très facile.

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I have had numerous cameras to try to capture my rides. They have been the typical action camera shape, which do not have really fix well to the side of a helmet. As I have a flip front helmet these cameras either attach to the front chin bar of the helmet or stick to top where my darkened drop down visor mechanism sits. This camera and its mount sits very nicely on the side of my helmet capturing my views and able to look over my windscreen. The battery life lasted an entire day's ride and I was more in danger of running out of space on the sd card. The rotatable lens meant that I could get the correct orientation for my head. I could not really feel any difference in weight and it felt secure. The microphone generates a lot of wind noise so I might end up trying the external microphone to try to capture something other than wind noise. I wish Drift would make a microphone that was on a boom for flip front cameras as the one they currently have only really suits fixed chin bar helmets. My only criticism is that the largest SD card it can take is 128gb, when an entire day's riding can take up more space when on the highest resolution and frame rate. I will by adding the bluetooth remote control as the controls are a little difficult to ensure you have set it up correctly and started recording just by touch and the beeps from the camera. I will also be changing/reducing the field of view because my first ride out captured a lot of the side of my helmet due to its position.

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