Comments on: Flip UltraHD Camcorder

By: Ursula

Ursula — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:09:05 +0000

I just bookmarked this page. This is a fabulous camera..Has great features and its really priceworthy. No one will regret for sure.. Thanks for sharing the review…

By: Steven Norwich

Steven Norwich — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:13:14 +0000

If I’m going to spend more than a hundred bucks on an item or somewhere around there, I do extensive research first to know I got the best bang-for-the-buck and, consequently, dodge any potential future buyer’s remorse. I’ve realized that the time I spend doing my product comparisons is often time that others don’t have so I may as well share what I can. I’ll start by saying that you’ll see my “Verified Amazon Purchase” on the Flip HD Ultra Camcorder review because, obviously, that’s the one I wound up buying and I’ll share with you why. Clearest picture and sound was important to me, expert reviews that pointed to the Flip UltraHD as well and I liked the built in software and the case I can get to shoot underwater. It is the number one selling camcorder as well. So that was my personal decision-making process. However, keep in mind that if you need reading glasses none of that will matter if the 2″ screen is too small for your viewing the shots easily for playback in which case you may wish to get the Kodak if that’s important to you.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:33:12 +0000

Originally I went in to Best Buy to pick up a Mino HD so I could record studio and location “behind the scenes” photography shoots for my business. The employee I spoke to handed this to me saying “it doesn’t come out for another week, but its cheaper than the Mino that is on sale”. It was a no-brainer for me to pick up.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:15:36 +0000

Thanks for the endorsement, Jillian. Kathryn and I are going to bring along ours for sure. And a point and shoot! With the portability of things these days, I am so tempted to cram so much into my pack. Used to be I carried a couple of pages and a dog-eared journal — and sometimes not even that. I have a few journals from trips that I kept in the margins of the books, I was travelling with. Filled up a whole volume of Walt Whitman’s ‘Leaves of Grass’ with my travels through China and SE Asia. We’ve added your blog to our blogroll, and have subscribed to your RSS feed. Looking forward to keeping abreast of your travels!

By: Jillian

Jillian — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:36:40 +0000

We’re on an RTW right now and carry the flip ultra with us (not the HD). We love it, it has it’s shortcomings, but really for the price and size it can’t be beat. It also comes with some basic editing software which we’ve used to edit our videos down in size for ease of upload.

You make a great point about the AA batteries- we have a lot of electronics with us and we made a point to choose items that take AA- it cuts down on weight and battery chargers in our pack which is invaluable.

Look forward to reading more about your travel preparations and eventually your travels. Cheers!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:12:56 +0000

Thanks, will be sure to check out the Canons. Also, I’d like to get my hands on a Sanyo Xacti, which I’ve heard good things about and which is also fairly inexpensive.

By: Philip Ayers

Philip Ayers — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:07:51 +0000

Agreed, Daniel. This a fantastic pocket video camera—and it’s the best in its class, in my opinion. However, it is what it is—an inexpensive procket camers geared towards those who want to upload video for sharing. In order to get this at a good price point, you have to give up features for portability. And since it is so lightweight, you are going to see more shakiness.

If you are looking for higher quality HD video, check out Canon’s HV line. They’re amazing. But then again you’re paying around four times the amount of the Flip HD. Again it’s all about which features are most important.