Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

1. Hero5 vs $50 170deg action cameras: I bought two $50 4K action cameras claiming 170deg field of view (FOV) and returned both - I need wide field of view to capture myself and the windsurfing board from a short distance, but these cheap cameras lie about 170deg FOV, they were both 90degree FOV, I checked - with 90deg FOV you see only 2 feet of a fence from 1 foot away, with 170deg you should see 20 feet, huge difference. Hero5 claims ~122 deg FOV, and it really is (3.6 feet from 1 foot). 2. GPS feature - I don't have to carry a phone to record my GPS speed, and HERO5 records it and it can overlay GPS data on your video - speed etc. Very cool. 3. It is waterproof as is and its case looks very strong - though I bought a third party waterproof case for it, the battery and connector doors of the camera get sand into them when in water if used as is and I did not like that. The case also adds additional protection - it is cheap and replaceable in case it breaks. 4. Voice control - it works in low wind, once you get to windsurfing planning winds (20mph) it messes up, so I got smart wifi remote to control it. 5. GoPro Quick video editor - it allows to overlay speed/map/acceleration etc. on videos, and one can cut out clips from videos into separate files. Unfortunately it cannot join clips and add your own music to them, so you will have to use a third party editor for that. Its "Highlights" mode is pretty, but I think it is useless - they have preset music track(s) and it joins clips of fixed length (not ajustable by user) making 1 minute (fixed length) clip. PS: After 5 days of use camera is now resting at the bottom of a lake. Its clipping holder is clearly not strong enough to resist windsurfing (had up to 30 knots wind today, and camera was attached to the boom). The holder was still attached to the boom, but it unclipped and there was no camera. Unfortunately camera itself has no way to be secured to a safety rope). Anyway, I will be buying another one - I still like the camera), but I will wrap a rope around the holder to keep it from unclipping...