Let's be real not everyone has the budget to get a $500 GoPro so in terms
of action cameras like this one how well do they actually perform let's find out
so because we are looking for the cheapest budget camera I started my
search and I found this guy it claims to be a 4k camera and it's only for $23
with free shipping so I went ahead place an order and has you know items coming
from China about five weeks later this thing right at my group step inside the
package with a clamp and a selfie stick but along with that the box with the
action camera just looking at the box it says 4k Ultra HD 30 meters waterproof
now looking at the back we got some specifications but I'll get into that
just in a page but doing a quick unboxing we're introduced with the
action camera inside the waterproof casing and along with that we have a
bunch of accessories I honestly have no idea how these things can potentially be
used and how to connect them all together but luckily we have a user
manual included which is in English and if you actually look at the back it
talks about all the accessories that are included and how you can put them
together and just generally how everything works so that's pretty good
but back to the action camera looking at the waterproof casing itself it has all
the buttons so you're able to control your action cam even when it's inside
the waterproof casing and it has all the gaskets and everything so it should be
able to collect it from water damage later in this video we'll try to see if
it actually is waterproof but for now let's look at the camera itself so in
the front is our camera which claims to be 16 megapixels this model is Wi-Fi
controlled so that means you can go into settings and you can turn on Wi-Fi and
connect your smartphone or something to Wi-Fi using this device on the phone we
have our power button along with the printing fork a 30 frames-per-second
action cam right underneath we have our speaker grille let's look at the back we
got a tourist screen with two LED indicators on the top we have another
button and another indicator on the right hand side we got our microphone
and up and down buttons on the left hand side we have our SD card slot a mini
HDMI cable and a port to let you charge the action camera and in the bottom is
where the battery actually goes so I'm just going to open it up and you can
just pull the battery out and here's the battery so it claims to be 900 milliamps
and according to the seller's listing this should last you a few hours the
entire camera is classic bill which shouldn't be a surprise comparing is
just $23 so here's the camera itself I'm going to pop in an SD card charge up the
batteries and first of all we'll see if this thing is actually one of them
alright everything is ready to go I'm going to put it into the waterproof
casing start recording now let's see the thing is actually
waterproof
it turns out and actually is waterproof it's been sitting in this water for 10
minutes and it's still working perfectly fine so that's great a waterproof camera
for only $23 but let's put that all to the side and let's see how it actually
profile is because performance will really make a difference and honestly
this is where all the disappointment starts the camera does an awful job in
recording what they call 4k the actual resolution would be somewhere around
720p or even less so even if you start recording a 1080p the quality wouldn't
get any better it also claims to have 120 frames per second which is also a
gimmick so overall video performance wise it's really disappointing it looks
like I'm using a product that is 10 years old and overall the colors aren't
really that great and although my city looks pretty depressing but it looks
even better on this camera the resolution is so low it's kind of
impossible to look at the number plate of the car left just right next to me
although one thing it does have is the white angle view which is very rare to
find in the price range like this so let's say if you want to use something
like this has a dashcam there's no way you can find such a wide-angle view for
less than hundred dollars the building microphones do their job but they aren't
good either which is kind of expected from a device this cheap so just wanted
to give you guys an overview of what you can get spending twenty thirty dollars
on an action cam now what I recommend this has a replacement for a GoPro of
course not so the question is who could use something like this and for that
well if you're on a really tight budget and really need an action camera for
whatever reason you might end up considering something like this another
reason where I see this thing a little useful is using it has a dashcam because
of the wide-angle lens which is rare to find for a price range like this it
won't be a bad choice if you want to use something like this has a dashcam for
under $20 I've personally tried many Chinese versions of dashcams and even
the ones ranging in about fifty dollars have a very narrow angle so this one is
great for dog because it gives you really wide-angle view but the images
are not clear so you won't be able to read the number plate but if you need a
wide-angle lens that's able to capture or wider scene and you're on a tight
budget I recommend this has a
kamme instead of the other ones you can find or if you need something that's
waterproof to get some underwater shots again you might end up considering
something like this but if you want a cheap action camera to record your
summer vacation or other memories you can look back out later in the future I
want to recommend something like this at all
but other than that there are so many other situations you might want to use
something like this and you have looked at the quality of the video yourself so
I'll let you be the judge for it and yeah guys that will do it for this video
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