Specifically the GoPro Hero or a Contour Roam 2. Not a lot in it price wise and I’m too much of a luddite to notice any difference in the specs of them.

I know the GoPro will be good for chest mount where the Contour won’t but I’m not too fussed about that to be honest. It’ll probably just be helmet cam for mtb and bar mount for commuting. Contour comes with a 4gb card but I’d be buying one or two 32gb ones anyway.

Anyone used both?

Which go pro model are we discussing?

The £100 one.

The Contour is better for helmet mounting but I’ve gone from an original contour (died after about 5 years faithful service) to a GoPro 4 fitted to this: http://www.premier-ink.co.uk/photographic/general-accessories/peak-design-capture-20-camera-clip-system-with-pov-kit-p-8134.html
And I’m very impressed with it. Not cheap though.

Anyone else before this drops off the front page?

I’d go with the GoPro, had a contour and found its mount system limiting. You can attach the GoPro to pretty much anything now.

The GoPro is also much smaller than I expected. The front profile of it isn’t really much more than my old contour, so it’s probably not that bad a choice for helmet mounting tbh, certainly not like putting a ‘proper’ compact camera on your head as I initially thought it would be.

Contour: Better usability than GoPro, can’t get much simpler than a big sliding switch. Limited viewing angle for 1080p, which can only be shot at 135º rather than 170º.

GoPro: Better quality footage than Contour, more flexible mounting options.

I see you have a P. Camera grouptest in issue 94.

Ended up sacking them both off and ordering an SJ4000 of Amazon along with what seems like a small warehouse full of accessories all for less than the price of the Go Pro.