DO NOT BUY THE GOPRO HERO7

Hello, welcome to today's video. Today

I'll be talking about the GoPro Black 7

Hero. I hate the way it's called Hero.

Don't, don't call your camera Hero, it

just sounds really lame. Anyway, I kind of

regret buying this. This is the second

GoPro Black 7 that I've owned. I had one

last year, and I've never really been

interested in GoPros up until last year.

I've never tried any of the other GoPros

Before the GoPro 7. But I started to

think, hey, it looks kind of interesting

to get one of those strap-ons, you know,

strap it to your chest, walk around

filming stuff. That's why I bought one the

first time. No, no, it wasn't last year.

Sorry, I'm getting confused. It was

actually this year. I think it was in

March after my dad passed away. I was in

England and I came back from Japan And

I was thinking about getting a GoPro to

ride around so I could ride my bicycle

around. Sorry, it's just really difficult

to concentrate now because I don't know if

you can hear it, but the— I don't know

what they're called. I don't know how you

pronounce them. Is it cicadas or cicadas?

Cicadas? You know those stupid insects in

Japan that make that irritating chirping

noise? They're so noisy outside right now.

Okay, I just closed the door. Where was I?

Yes, so I was in England and I was

thinking about riding my bicycle around.

That's why I decided to get a GoPro 7.

Unfortunately, I didn't really do that

because I was too lazy and I never took my

bicycle out to go anywhere. And I ended up

selling my GoPro on this app called Shpock

for about £200. I bought it for £400, so I

lost £200, and I thought I was done with

GoPro. Until a couple days ago, I decided

to get another one, and I'm not too sure

why, because I'm kind of regretting it

already, and I want to talk about why I'm

regretting it. I think the main reason I

bought it this time was because I wanted

to do some livestreams outside, but I'm

not too sure now because I feel like

people aren't really interested in my

livestreams anymore, and I barely even get

donations these days anyway. I did a

livestream yesterday for about 3 hours,

only got $2 in Super Chats. It's really

depressing considering that I used to get

hundreds. I would at least get $100 every

time when I did a stream last year.

Anyway, that's last year. This year sucks.

So now I'm kind of stuck with another

GoPro, and I don't really see myself using

it much, and I can't return it because I

thought I'd definitely keep it, so I

ripped the box into tiny pieces and put it

straight into the bin. I don't know if I

could still return it without the box.

Maybe I should keep it. It's not really

the end of the world. It's only £400. I

think I can survive with £400

less pounds in my savings. So why do I not

like the GoPro? A lot of people do like

it, but I don't think it's that great.

Let me tell you why. So first of all, the

front-facing screen doesn't show you what

you're filming. So if you want to take a

selfie video like that, You would think

they'd put a little viewfinder on the

front of the camera like the DJI Osmo

thingy, but they don't. You know what they

put on the front of this? Useless

information like how many seconds you've

been recording for, as if that matters.

Another annoying thing is the microphone.

There's one microphone hole up on the top,

and sometimes when I'm holding it like

this, I accidentally cover it. And I don't

realize it, and then when I go to check

the footage back, the sound's all muffled

and you can barely hear anything because

my finger's over the microphone. They

should have put this microphone a bit

further away from the shutter button so I

won't accidentally cover it. There's also

a microphone here, and there's one here as

well, and there's one at the bottom.

There's a lot of microphones now that I

think about it, and sometimes the audio

sounds weird. Because it shifts

microphones depending on where the audio

is coming from. So if I'm filming

something like this, then it'll be using

the top one and the audio sounds great.

But then if I move it around, then it will

change microphones and then the audio

sounds slightly different. It just doesn't

sound very good. The other thing

I don't like about it is how sluggish it

feels. It just doesn't really feel very,

very responsive. Look how long it takes to

power on. I'm gonna press it now.

Finally! So that's how long it took, took

about 5 seconds. Jesus Christ, 5 seconds!

By the time I've pressed it, the thing I

want to film has probably disappeared by

then. And then, um, the touchscreen

doesn't feel very good. Let me zoom in.

So the GoPro has a touchscreen, but the

touchscreen isn't anywhere near as

responsive as your smartphone or tablet

touchscreen. Let me show you. So sometimes

it works fine and you're pressing the

buttons and it seems responsive,

but then sometimes it just doesn't seem to

register what you're pressing. So I'm just

trying to make it do what I'm

explaining. It seems to be working pretty

well now. Maybe my fingers are too skinny,

Maybe— oh, it's not in focus. Maybe I'm

not pressing hard enough, but I feel like

sometimes it's not very responsive, and

sometimes when— even when I press a button

on the menu, it doesn't do anything, and

then I have to press it again. But it

doesn't seem to be doing that. No,

sometimes it doesn't register what I'm

So there's this little screen here and it

shows you your settings, and I think they

should have put a second viewfinder so you

could see what you're filming if you're

facing it this way, so you could see

yourself. I know it's not really for

selfies, but people want to take selfies.

People still take selfies using a GoPro.

People vlog on GoPros and they show their

faces. It'll be nice if this was a little

screen that showed your face instead of

battery and how, how much space is on your

SD card. I got a few things with the GoPro

and they're not very good. I got this

tripod grip thing, it opens up into a

stand. The problem is it, it's kind

of like they didn't measure the dimensions

properly before they made it, and it's

supposed to go— supposed to slot into this

bit. Can you see how the joints work?

It's supposed to slot into the case, but

it doesn't slot in properly. Look, it's

really tight. You have to put a lot of

force to actually get it to slot in. Can

you see how much energy I'm putting into

that? And even when I've pushed it in as

far as I possibly can,

it won't go in. So look,

it's kind of Bending outwards. I'm not

sure if you can see that. You see, it's

like these bits here are bending outwards

because it's too tight and it doesn't fit

properly. And it's so hard to get it

on. You don't even need the screw that

goes in there to hold it in place because

it's already held in place.

It won't, it won't fall off because it's

so tight. And it's really

difficult to get off. Jesus, do you see

how much energy I had to put into that?

Oh, I also got this clip-on thing which

goes onto your bag strap, which is quite

nice. And this, this slots in properly.

See, that's how it's supposed to slot in.

See, there's no bending and it fits on

nicely. And the other

thing I don't like about this housing

thing, you have to put the GoPro into it

like this if you want to mount it onto

tripods or clips or straps.

Um, it's really difficult to open.

Look, you close it like this And it uses

this, this clamp, plastic clamp.

It hooks into the lid. Can you see there?

Hooks into there, and then you press it

down and it snaps into place. That's easy.

Anyone can do that, no problems there. So

it's, it's closed securely. The problem is

opening it again is so hard. Number one,

there's, there's not really much space To

get leverage, you're supposed to put your

fingernails underneath this little plastic

edge and then lift it up. But it feels

like it's going to snap your fingernails

off. I'd be too scared to actually

open it properly because I feel like my

fingernails are going to break off. I feel

like they're going to get peeled off my

It's not that it's too tight.

It's not that I'm not strong enough to

open it, I could open it, it's just that

I've got nowhere to grip and I don't want

to snap my fingernails off. So it's really

difficult to take this off.

I can't fit my fingers under it, and the

best way that I found to open it is by

using some kind of solid edge like the,

the edge of the table. So this is how I

open it. Now the problem with this table

is the edge is too rounded, so what you

need is some kind of solid edge. Oh,

it's really frustrating, and I've

just stopped closing it, and I'm thinking

of snapping this top bit off and this bit

off, because when you put the GoPro into

it, it does fit in quite snugly, and I

don't think it's going to fall out. It's

very annoying. Why couldn't they just put

a bit more plastic that you could grip

onto so you can open it? I think the best

solution I came up with is using the

little screw that comes with it.

I can't open—

but then you still need a lot of pressure.

There you go. Oh, you see how difficult

it is to open it? So I don't think I'm

ever going to close it again. Might as

well just break it. I can't even break it.

I'll need some tools later. So the other

reason why I kind of regret getting the

GoPro is it's kind of annoying getting the

files, getting the footage from the GoPro

onto my— well, look at my hands. The hell

did I do? It's all itchy as well.

Don't look at my hand. It's kind of

annoying getting the files from the GoPro

onto my iPad or my phone. There's a GoPro

app and you can transfer the files

over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. I'm not sure

which. It's kind of weird because I

thought it transfers over Bluetooth, but

you have to connect to— you have to turn

off your Wi-Fi and then connect your Wi-Fi

to the GoPro. I don't really understand

how it works. The other way is you get a

USB-C cable and you plug that from the

GoPro straight into the phone or your

iPad, and then you can transfer files.

It's just kind of annoying because I'm

used to taking phone— I'm used to taking

videos on my phone and then editing the

videos on my phone, and having to

transfer files from a device to my editing

device isn't something I'm used to. And

it's just like an extra step that just

makes things take more time, makes things

take longer. It's not as convenient.

So yeah, I'm not sure what to do with the

GoPro. I guess I have to keep it. Maybe

I'll find a way to use it in an

interesting way. I hope you enjoyed this

video. Maybe it helped you, maybe it

didn't. And, um,

maybe I'll do some vlogging tests, video

tests for the next video with it in the

case and attached to this, just to show

you what it's like for vlogging. It's not

bad for vlogging. If you just point it at

your face, then it'll capture it. You

don't really need to be able to see your

own face, but I, I feel more

comfortable knowing what I look like

whilst I'm filming myself. I need to make

sure my hair's okay and stuff like that.

Anyway, I have to get ready.