Getting More Record time from Your GoPro or SJCAM

I like to take my SJ4000 camera out when I ride so that I can record things that are happening.  Also more so than ever I’m kind of thinking that having one attached to me while riding is just a good idea as there are more and more times that riders are getting hit by inattentive drivers and having a recording of the incident can become very useful.

Problem is recording time.

On my SJCAM I get just over an hour in normal mode and under an hour if I have the wi-fi turned on.  pic1My question was how to get more time. I have 3 batteries for my camera, but who wants to pull over every hour or so to change batteries.  I know for a fact that I don’t.

What to do.

Well I ended up going out and buying a small 2600mAh battery pack.  I wanted something small so that I can mount it to my helmet.  With a small USB cable and some velcro I was able to let my camera run off of this batter instead of the internal.  pic2Giving me over 4 hours of record time.  AWESOME!!!

Check out the videos below.  Theres a part 1 and 2 so make sure to watch them both.

Let me know if you have any questions in regards to it.

 

 

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