4K Action Camera - Vision 3 Underwater Waterproof Camera

This action camera exceeded my expectations. The 4K video quality is sharp, the photos are clear, and the wide-angle lens captures amazing footage. It’s easy to set up, the WiFi connection works well, and the included remote makes recording very convenient. I also appreciate the extra batteries and mounting accessories, which make it ready for any adventure. The waterproof case performed great, and the overall value is outstanding. I would definitely purchase this camera again.

I use these for work for recording video of a robot I send under houses for inspections. These are super easy to use, work great, and I even slammed one in my truck door and cracked the housing but the camera still works fine. I bought two of them and will definitely buy another if I need to in the future! All of the accessories that come with it are great and allow for multiple various mounting options also.

Ok, let me start from the beginning. Ordered this because I wanted a dash cam, an affordable one, and also because I am an outside evangelist and wanted something to wear on my person when I go out. So I seen this cam as opposed to the go pro. The package came very quick and hassle free. Everything, meaning the accessories were nicely packaged in their own individual baggies and the camera itself was tightly placed in a plastic mold hold. So it was nice and tight in the packaging. I looked at everything that was included and everything seemed to be accounted for. Now let me start off by saying that the user manual does come with an arrangement of how to attach certain parts of the accessories to acquire the desired mounting fixture. And the user manual is pretty basic and pretty accurate to what the machine does and how the menu is formatted and will appear and in the correct order. As far as the car mount that sticks to the window or dash, well plain and simple, it's sort of crap. The sticky part didn't stick at all so there was really no way for me to mount it because I wanted to check out the actual camera to make sure I was going to keep it. So that was a bummer. As far as the app goes. I was only able to see the displaying picture of what the actual camera was seeing, on my phone, only once. I was never able to do that again. Also you have to have the phone hooked up to the cameras wifi to be able to connect to the camera at all. But it's useless because on the camera you can't do anything like change to any other screen or do anything because in order to stay in wifi mode you have to stay on one screen, on the camera. Now that would be fine , IF you were able to see the live footage of the camera on the app. Because on the app, while the phone is connected to the camera's wifi, all the settings are available on the app, but not the ability to view the live feed or even snap a photo??? That was also a bummer. Perhaps there is a way to, but I wouldn't consider myself a technology delinquent in most ways and when it comes to most things, technology related. So I'm not sure why I was never able to get it going again. I was really bummed about that. Now to speak about the remote. The remote is a simple little photo or video optioned wrist worn velcro band. I was able to snap a photo from it with a very direct attempt towards the camera. I was also able to begin the video footage with the remote, but I was not ever able to stop the video footage from the remote, even when I held the remote right next to the camera. So that again was a bummer. Now to the camera again. The footage and quality of the footage for me, is absolutely GREAT! I mean I'm not a professional artist or anything close to the such, but I have eyeballs and I love what I see. Even the pics are pretty good. I didn't have any problems shooting with the 4k, even while driving. Now when you review the footage on the camera itself it looks a bit lesser. But I would stick the sd card into my phone, because I edit my videos from my S7 Samsung anyways, and I really like the footage. I like the quality. It looks much better on the computer or on the phone that reviewing it on the camera itself. So don't review your footage on the camera because it really looks much better on the phone or computer than on the camera. I really do like the footage. It's perfect for what I wanted. THE DEAL BREAKER: Now to the conclusion of my review, the deal breaker is this. For some reason the camera will just turn off. The battery is full, but it just turns off. So I put it in my car with a different mount that I have and turned it on while I drove around to run errands, I did this for a couple days so that I could really test out the camera, and quality. And the most I was able to record all at once, was 37 minutes and some odd seconds. I turned on the camera, still full battery. But I'm just not sure what the problem is, or why it's doing it. I am going to report it to the seller, but if I cannot get it figured out then I will return it and have to find something more reliable. I hope this helps someone out there.

It does what I want it to do and does not cost as much as the over-advertised competition (you know which one I mean, starts with G-O & ends with P*R*O). This camera records quality videos with lots of options and fits in much tighter spaces then my Canon pocket camera. Some people go for brand names while others just want something to work as advertised & not cost $$$s. I use the waterproof case with the slotted back because I want to record audio as well as video. I believe that with the solid back the audio would be muffled since its sealed. Now with the slotted back, I removed the gasket because it obviously can't be waterproof. It is now easier to close & still holds the camera securely. Also, if you attach a strap to the slotted back, the screen is not entirely visible but that's what the app is for. The other camera holder supplied is not bad but it covers the LEDs on the left side so you cannot see them. Although when using the app, you do not need to see the LEDs or the screen as the app is showing you all the info. While using the app the camera screen goes blank to save battery power & everything is controlled from the app, which is easy to use. There are three LEDs on the camera to tell you what's going on; _Blue LED on the left side flashes when recording, solid when not recording. _Red LED on the side just above the blue one suggests external USB is connected (either for charging the internal battery, connected to a PC, or externally powered) _Red LED on top near the "OK" button is for wifi connectivity (flashing when trying to connect & solid when connected to the app) After the app is downloaded, you do not need to have a wifi signal from the web to use this app with the camera. The wifi signal is just between the camera & your phone. I installed the app on an old android phone so that my personal phone won't get dirty or damaged during the recordings & then deleted all unnecessary apps including google stuff. The app works just fine on that phone with "airplane mode" activated. One more thing, when the battery is removed, the camera loses the clock/calendar settings even if it only takes you 5 seconds to swap batteries. So you'll need to reset those at every battery swap if you plan on using the date stamp in your photos or videos. In my experience, the internal batteries last about an hour, so I plan on using an external battery source to power this camera from the android connection in the future. This means I'll need to cut the waterproof case to have access to that connection or just use the other camera mount. I have tried using the included remote but it has limited functionality, so I prefer to use the app for my purposes & I do not see myself using the remote. So far I am happy with this little camera & might buy another one while they're still available.

My wife and I wanted a nice action camera to take with us on our Costa Rica vacation. We didn't want to spend the money on a Go Pro so we researched other brands. We chose this one because it seems to have the same features as the other off brands but this one also came with a remote( forgot to take the remote with us) For the price is did the job. Although there are times when I had difficulty switching between video and camera because it seems like the button used wasn't working properly but after playing with it for couple seconds it seemed to be fine. there are a few other times when I know I turned the camera off and when I attempted to turn it back on it was recording a video. so it seemed to have a few glitches in that regards. As far a picture an video quality some come out good others not so good. the videos seemed to turn out fine and the picture quality seemed pretty good. there were a few that were a little blurry but I think that may have been more user error than the camera itself. some of the videos the sound didn't come out like I was expecting it to and some videos it recorded sound and others it didn't. not sure why but that was one of the disappointing things that seemed to bug me. overall for the price I think it worked fine. cant expect to much from a $40 camera. overall for the price paid its a good camera with decent quality and pretty good pictures. If you want a good action camera for your vacations or other activities without breaking the bank this one will do the job updated 09/08/2018 No sure if the camera has a software issue or if its meant to do what it does but every time I turn it on it immediately starts taking a video. Its getting really annoying having to keep going to the videos and deleting 3-4 second videos it keeps taking of my feet every time I turn it on. At this point I wish i would have spent a little more money on better name camera. lesson learned.

I bought this action cam a little over a week ago and have used it pretty much on a daily basis, both as a car dash cam and also for recording my team's matches (I coach volleyball). Before I usually buy anything, I try to do a good amount of research on the product I'm interested in as well as read a ton of reviews from people who have already purchased and used the item. I find that they're really helpful in finding the ins and outs of the product. Scratching my head over some of the not so favorable reviews on this particular action camera. I feel like this was a great purchase in that it does exactly what the description states. The quality of picture from the Vision 3 is excellent. As a dash cam, I've used it on most of my drives and even reviewed much of the footage it recorded. I think the picture quality is great. The recording is smooth. I even used it during a night drive. It was raining and pretty dark but the camera still managed to pick up a decent amount of details under the conditions. In regular day time when there is natural light outside, it's very very clear. As for night driving, I have found that when the roads are well lit (lamp posts, street lights, and even all the lights from other car headlights on the freeway), the camera is able to record very discernable images. The footage is absolutely "useable". As a camera for recording sports, it's perfect for what I need. It comes with a number of different mounts, including both an open and also a waterproof case (I pretty much use the waterproof case for everything at this point). The water proof case feels very sturdy and seems to offer a lot of protection not only from water but from perhaps scratches to the camera and its lense. When the camera is in the case, it does not pick up ambient noise very well. The camera doesn't pick up sound very well in general, but I knew this would be the case after reading several reviews and I didn't purchase it for the sound quality. It has different recording quality settings. I have used to 1080p at 30 fps (trying to save battery life and space on the card) and the picture quality is great. As I said, I coach volleyball, so the ball can travel at pretty high speeds. No problem for the camera to pick up the speed clearly and smoothly. As I mentioned earlier, I read a lot of reviews on items I'm thinking about buying. I read a small handful of bad reviews on this camera and I'm kind of scratching my head over them. I read some reviews complaining about picture quality or that the footage is "bumpy" because it doesn't have image stabilization. Really?? I've watched a lot of footage from the camera as my dash cam (the camera has "Drive mode" so it can be used specifically as an alternative to cameras that are solely dash cams) and I have found them to be very clear, stable, and smooth. Kind of have to ask,"What are the bad reviewers looking for exactly when they complain about the image quality??" Some people give bad reviews based on sound quality. Are they expecting movie theater RPX level sound quality from this tiny little unit?? I feel like you get a great little unit out of this Vision 3. In fact, you don't just get what you pay for (which is relatively not much at all), I really feel like you get more than what you pay for from the price point. It comes with a lot of bells and whistles - great protective/waterproof case, various mounts, 2 batteries, and a remote control (really great, btw). I only wish it also came with a protective carrying case with the purchase, but no worries because I found one for about $9 here on Amazon! I didn't want to pay $200+ for a "main" brand action camera and I feel like I got pretty close quality from this Dragon Touch. Ultimately, I guess it all just depends on what you're looking for (as with anything else we buy), but I found exactly what I wanted out of this camera and I'm really happy I bought it.

Jan 31, 2023. Don't do it!! First off this model is now 5+ years old! I bought this camera in 2017 (at this exact same price) for the occasional cruise vacation and casual snorkeling photos with the thought that if it got lost, broken, stolen, whatever, not a big deal. It was a spur of the moment purchase as I was about to leave on a trip and I just wanted something delivered fast and cheap but I did not do any homework. I got both, fast delivery, and cheap. Beyond that, total frustration. I hate writing bad reviews and feel many people write them more from "user error" or "lack of patience" to read the instructions and a lack of general knowledge of the product. This is not me. This item, I tried to like it, I tried really hard. I read all the ching-lish instructions and before you write me off as being a stupid boomer techno nube, I am 54 and work in technology now, was the high school yearbook photographer, worked a few years in a pro camera shop, studied cinematography in college, I have owned, seen, and used MANY different types of analog, digital, still, and motion/video cameras over my ENTIRE life -- used the whole range from cheapest "point and shoot" to the most expensive "wide formats" -- I know a little bit about cameras, not a pro, but not ignorant and have way above average knowledge. I've used this camera on several (4-5+) trips and it is always a pain in the neck to figure out how to use it, each and every time, because it is not intuitive at all. The times when I have figured out how to use it, it is capable of taking a decent enough picture (for a cheap camera), but it is always such a challenge and I am always wondering if I am getting what I think I am getting and often I don't. I just got home from a trip this time only to find out that I did not get a single photo of my reef snorkel in Roatan and then I accidently wiped it in the effort of looking for my photos. I had managed to get my old pics copied off before, but it still should not have been that easy to wipe. If you are getting older and need reading glasses the menus on this thing are impossible to read without them. Most of the time I am missing the action while messing with the camera. The buttons are not only NOT intuitive, but backwards from what you would expect. The power button is also the "mode" button so frequently I would end up power cycling and rebooting it when trying to get it into right photo mode. In addition, the longest it can go is 5 min before it shuts down, so I would try and snap random pictures just to keep it "awake". On every power up (intentional or not) it is a wait of 10-15 seconds for it to reboot and get the screen up to "ready" just to try and get it into the right mode as it always wakes up in video mode instead of "still" photo -- which is fine if you always do video, but bad for snapshots or any other mode. It won't "wake up" in the mode that was used last which is totally frustrating to always have to futz around with menus just to snap a picture. I'm done! I got some good underwater pics with it a few years ago when in a kayak in shallow clear water with the remote trigger. Back when I was nearsighted and could see the tiny icons, the menus/buttons were confusing --even when I could see them --- and after cataract surgery it is now totally hopeless to try to see and figure out what mode it's in or what it's doing -- especially in the water, cheaters are required. I write this as I am now shopping for a real camera as this is a stupid frustrating toy and I am usually patient and very forgiving of cheap stuff that works. This works, just really bad software and design. Size and waterproof fine -- just agony to use. Hope it was not too much of a rant. After 5 years, I'm done. (insert mic drop here!)

Gosh I wish I had this earlier when we went to Hawaii. This would have been perfect for underwater, hands free fun. We did pick this up to go fishing in Alaska and play around with on vacations hands free. We wanted a name brand LIKE camera that wasn't as expensive as the name brand kind because even as a family we don't do that many things that we want to video. We thought for the price we could buy several of these for everyone rather than just one more expensive one. Different views of vacation time. Yay us. This is very compact and not heavy. When you open it, it has the feel of being a cheap little camera. Having said that though, after playing with for a day you can imagine the fun we have had with it and the uses we have thought of it. We have put it on our dog's collar and have clipped it to our belt. This was very easy to use. The camera was mostly intuitive and easy to work with. However, if you do need them, the directions were well written but not complex. They were mostly pictures showing you how to mount this camera various ways and one booklet for the remote. We were pleasantly surprised at the picture quality. The quality of the photos we took and threw up on our computer screen were fine for printing smaller photos (which is what we're going to do with the photos). It comes with two batteries and the charger is set up so that you can charge them both at the same time. That is nice. Then you can toss them in your bag and take them with you to use. Several things to note- If you want to wear this on your baseball cap, don't do what we did and look at all the mounts and clips and say 'oh yeah, that one there will do it'. It is not going to mount on your baseball cap with the accessories they have. We're going to take an old baseball hat and drill a hole through the brim and mount it that way (Just fyi For you who want to do that). You are not going to be underwater AND record sound. If the waterproof case is on, you are not going to be able to record sound. Third all the little screws are not interchangeable. You can't take one off of one clip and move it to another. It doesn't matter because your given plenty for each clip and mount. But it's worth noting that you can't interchange most of them. You will need a micro sd card to use this camera. The only negative is that the clip you see doesn't clip onto your hat and hold the camera straight up. But as I said, we are going to home brew that solution.