Why i regret buying the insta360 GO 3S

Hello, welcome back to a new video.

So as you can see in front of me, I have

the Insta360 GO 3S, and I've been using it

for a while now.

Decided to make a review about why I kind

of regret buying this thing.

So the hardware is pretty nice, it looks

great and everything, it's a very sleek,

compact little camera.

But the main problem with this, I find,

after shooting it with it for several

times, I believe that the video quality is

abysmal.

So even though it boasts that it's got 4K,

the 4K footage looks grainy and rubbish.

And if there's not enough light, if it's a

cloudy day even though it's daytime, the

footage looks really bad.

It looks worse than my 5-year-old

smartphone.

And I'm using an iPhone 12 for my main

phone, which is over 5, 4 years old now.

And I'm using a Samsung S10+ to shoot this

video, and I honestly think the Samsung

S10+ camera video quality looks better

than what you get out of this.

There's something Very uninspiring when it

comes to the video quality of this little

camera.

It just looks like you're shooting from a

smartphone that's over 5 years old.

Nearly everything about this camera is

bad.

The video quality is bad, the low-light

capability is awful, it's really bad when

it gets dark.

Even on a cloudy day, it starts getting

grainy because it has to boost the ISO to

make it viewable, and the stabilization is

also pretty bad, which is shocking coming

from something that's supposed to be an

action cam.

I don't know why, but when I was running

when it was cloudy and not very bright,

the stabilization obviously was struggling

and there was jitteriness and it just

didn't look very good.

I really think my older GoPro, my GoPro

Hero 7, had better stabilization because

it just looks pretty bad on this.

Maybe you gotta boost the level of the

stabilization, I'm not sure.

So then you've got these different

accessories, um, This one really sucks.

So it's got a sticky bottom, and the idea

is you can stick it on stuff, pull it off,

reuse it, and it's supposed to stay

sticky.

The problem is it's not very sticky.

So I tried sticking this on my car

dashboard so I can get some driving POV

shots, and after going over a few potholes

and hitting a few speed bumps, the thing

actually just came off and fell off.

So I wasn't very impressed.

Damn it!

I forgot my camera.

Get my camera.

That's so dangerous.

Just take it and put it down.

Sticky tape.

I don't need to put it back, just take it

off.

Sticky tape.

Yeah, put it down somewhere.

What are you doing?

Framing for you.

I said put it down.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Don't understand English?

Say Chinese.

I'm gonna say 4 times.

I was helping you.

Yeah, I said put it down.

Suddenly shouting.

And the necklace pendant thing

is pretty good, very secure.

You can wear the camera on your chest in a

very discreet way.

The problem is when you're running, which

is what you'd probably be doing when

you're wearing that because you're

hands-free, when you're running or moving

quickly, it's very shaky and the

stabilization doesn't do a very good job

of keeping it stable.

So the only point of this camera that is

good, the only good thing this camera

does, is be a small compact camera.

If you're looking for something that you

can attach to your head or your chest or

attach to a random places like on the side

of your car magnetically.

This is hands down the best camera on the

market because it's got this magnet, it's

got all these accessories, it's really

small, so it is really nice to have this

small camera, but that is the only thing

it does well.

When it comes to everything else like

video quality, stabilization, low light,

it's all rubbish compared to a smartphone.

You would get better video out of a

smartphone that's 5 years old.

The only time I would say this is really

good is for times when you just want the

camera to be filming what you're doing and

not get in the way, and setting up certain

creative shots that you just wouldn't

really be able to do with a smartphone or

a larger camera.

So for those reasons, it would be quite a

good little travel companion camera if you

don't really care about the video quality.

If you just think, well, it's fine, people

can see what's going on, it's clear

enough, it's sharp enough, doesn't matter

if it's a bit grainy or looks a bit dull.

I don't care because I just want to be

able to take the shot in the first place.

If you're thinking in those lines, then I

guess this camera will be fine.

But if you're someone who wanted to

upgrade from your phone or your older

GoPro and you were expecting much better

video quality, then I don't really think

this is going to scratch your itch.

I feel like I'm going to return this

because the videos I'm shooting with it

actually look kind of worse than what I

was already shooting with my phones, and I

just don't really see myself doing that

much active sports or POV stuff to the

point where I need something like this.

So yeah, I'm probably going to return

this.

I am a bit disappointed with it.

It is kind of a shame that action cameras

haven't really improved at all when it

comes to their main weaknesses, which

would be low-light capability.

Why can't they just make the sensor a bit

bigger?

Is it really that difficult?

Yeah, it's an Indian man.

Go!

It's an Indian.

It's not father-in-law.

Ah, I saw an owl.

It knows our new place.

Whole evening like this would be nice.

This is like

Very depressing.

My friend's brother, he came back, damaged

the car.

Must be very poor driving.

He said he reversed, but he hit on the

curb or he hit on the wall, back and front

all damaged.

How to accident to get a car like you?

I hit Mine too.

Now yours is very light.

His damage means tempted.

That guy you met, I think he's a bit not

right.

He suffers anxiety.

I think he's a bit like walk also don't

know where he walking.

How to drive a car?

It's like 40 plus.

The Chinese Hong Kong guy, remember?

Daniel, 我到底怎么样？ Up or down?

Down.

My leg freezing cold.

You mean up?

Hot, hot now.

It's already on.

Not, not hot enough.

My battery will go down.

Oh, you're camera.

I hope they've got some big ceiling cars,

but they've got Christmas lights.

Yeah, already a lot of cars.