Ok so as some of you know, I hack a lot on Toffee and have a GoPro which I attach to a chest mount. I use it for safety (idiot driver protection) and also to get some nice screen shots of my hacks as some of the views are beautiful. Problem with the chest mount is that it doesn't obviously turn with my head and i had some idiot come flying up my butt a few weeks ago and couldn't record the whole thing as it wasn't on my hat so one got him as he past me. Rubbish as he could have just accelerated after he passed (which he didn't - he flew past dangerously and close) and I had no proof of any wrongdoing. The whole thing really frightened Toffee too who was already in a stressed state as he'd been naughty and fighting with me.
Anyway I have looked into head mounts and found that on tests run, there was no indication that head cams caused any more injury to people than without them BUT there were no tests run on riding hats, just climbing helmets and suchlike. Very annoying. I looked up some more info about riding hats and found that the general opinion is that the camera must breakaway easily to be considered totally safe. If it breaks away in a fall then it massively minimises risk.
So question for all you hat cam wearers!
- How do you fix it to your hat: Adhesive mount or elastic band
- Is the mount, the same as the GoPro mount (pictured below)?
- Has anyone had a fall and does it breakaway easily or not?
- Experiences with it?
This is the mount I am looking to purchase:
And it would literally sit on my hat as the pictures show, hat silk and all.
Opinions?
Anyway I have looked into head mounts and found that on tests run, there was no indication that head cams caused any more injury to people than without them BUT there were no tests run on riding hats, just climbing helmets and suchlike. Very annoying. I looked up some more info about riding hats and found that the general opinion is that the camera must breakaway easily to be considered totally safe. If it breaks away in a fall then it massively minimises risk.
So question for all you hat cam wearers!
- How do you fix it to your hat: Adhesive mount or elastic band
- Is the mount, the same as the GoPro mount (pictured below)?
- Has anyone had a fall and does it breakaway easily or not?
- Experiences with it?
This is the mount I am looking to purchase:
And it would literally sit on my hat as the pictures show, hat silk and all.
Opinions?