[karting1]

I've had the chance to work with the Go-Pro and the SmartyCam with karts, and I was surprised to see that some of you guys get that underwater effect - we are used to living with that with karts because of the insane amount of vibration on karts, but I wasn't expecting it with cars.

With the GoPro I found the battery life very frustrating but for the money the picture quality is good and its easy to mount and little hassle to use.

The SmartyCam can be charged via a usb so no hassle with batteries, and you can plug it into your ECU and it puts a rev counter, and speedo directly onto the video for you. You just whip out the sd card and play the video and it comes with all the dials and readouts you like - pretty good for impressing people with the G's you were pulling, or your top speeds etc.

If you don't fancy wiring it into your ECU it uses it's internal GPS for the speedo readout, which I tried in my alfa with the camera mounted on the headrest with an elastic band lol. The GPS still gave a good reading.

The gopro doesnt have its own screen, so there's a bit of guesswork when mounting it. The smartycam has a screen so you can mount the camera pointing exactly where you want