Travelling and storing GO-PRO files without a laptop

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Originally Posted by k1322

I ended up simply buying a bunch of 64GB micro-sd cards via Ebay. If you use a bit lower settings (i run 1080p 30fps) it will give you about 5h of recording on a 64GB card. That's a lot of video... I have 5 pieces class 10 cards and only used 1,5 of them during a two month ride. Cost me less then other external storage and no hassle with transferring. Although no backup in case of lost/corrupt card (i did upload content during the trip to online storage, as I also brought a tiny laptop).

That's pretty much what I did (am doing). The only issue I've had is that the cards are so small that a week later you've moved stuff around and can't find the full card you put in that little box in the left hand pannier. Five panic stricken minutes later you remember you moved it to that small bag under the seat as you'd never lose it under there.

I don't think I got the best out of my GoPro on this trip as I didn't really think through where to mount it that well. Much of the stuff I would have liked to film didn't happen because I couldn't reach the camera while on the bike. By the time I stopped, got off, turned the camera on, noticed there was a squashed bug on the lens (that happened a lot), cleaned it, got back on and started riding again whatever I had wanted to film was long gone.

We had intended that my wife (riding pillion) would control it via the iPhone app but in practice she decided after one attempt that the chances of her iPhone ending up under a truck were too high. It did work well splashing around in the ocean though - and in waterfall intensity storms - as, unlike the other cameras we had, it didn't matter if it got wet.

Like generals always preparing to refight the last war I'll be going through the GoPro accessories catalogue as soon as I get back and work out what I should have done with mounting clamps etc. Next time it'll be perfect!