Flip Video Camcorder

I bought one the Flip for my vacation to Jamica. For the price I had little expectations and figured I would make a quick video of the beach and never use the camera again. Turns out I would fall in love with the camera and never let it out of my sight. First off I am not a tech nerd. I can figure out how to turn my computer on and that is about it. This camera is so easy a monkey could use it. There is a button on the side for on off and a button to start recording. To delete something (which i end up doing all the time since I am always taping in antipaction of something great) is another button. To download is to simply hook up to the computer. Tech geeks I am sure can figure out how to edit and add sound effects i have never tried. The video is clear and pretty stable considering I am always moving when I am taping. I am ordering several for Christmas gifts and can honestly say that I think everyone will enjoy the Flip Video Camera.

I received one of these as a promotional. Functionally, it was totally cool. I dropped it. It broke. Done. It was a small drop. The type of drop my regular camera has experienced multiple times. The type my mobile phone has experienced multiple times. Etc. Nope. Dead. If you do buy one, buy yourself a case for padding - but the plastic is pretty thin stuff. Or buy yourself a camera that can do all these things and not break after a little wear and tear.

Great price and great camera , my only complaint is that amazon recomended that we buy a tripod to go with this camera and when we did the camera has no threaded hole for the tripod to mount too very dispointing we had to return it the tripod , they gave us credit but really would have liked a flip camera with a threaded hole for a tripod , other that that it works good , goes thru batterys pretty fast found that its best to use rechargeable batterys target had the best price on those rayovac hybrid recharable ,

I had been searching for an inexpensive, small video camera to use to film motorcycle trips. The Flip is ideal for that purpose. Even from the back of the bike, the shaking is minimal and road noise is not overwhelming. What amazed me most though, is that shortly after buying the camera (on its first few uses, while I was on a bike trip) lines began to appear across the LCD view screen. The lines got wider and interfered more with the image seemingly every time I used the camera, although they never appeared in the final video once it was uploaded to my computer. I contacted Flip through their website. After 2 or 3 emails back and forth, trying to troubleshoot the issue, I was given an RA number and asked to ship the camera back. I did so, and waited for it to be repaired. To my surprise, the UPS notification email came less than a week later. I was sent a brand new unit still in the clamshell packaging. I was very impressed with the service and I am very happy with this came... Read more

So far, for the money, this is the best camcorder I've ever had. Easy to use, so it gets used.