Hey folks - thanks for watching! If you want some sample footage, I've uploaded a handful of processed and unprocessed clips here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lMH_7V5R8pATyvl6n79hDKLrnU988guz?usp=sharing

I love how the non-sponsored videos are always balanced with pros & cons. The people that have things sent for free never point out the negatives. Good job, man!!

We have been stuck with GoPro giving marginal upgrades every year, I think it's good to have a new player in the market. Honestly insta360's stabilization is NOT BAD.

This is by far the best, most honest, complete, straight to the point and useful review of the insta360 go2. Excellent job!

"You're never gonna do that" I disagree, I use the chest magnet all the time.

8:40 The shark on your t-shirt now has a camera eye

The necklace mount is actually my favorite one. Because it's the only one that does not require your hands. Being hands free is amazing for a lot of situations. It's also a kind of "standby" mode. You're ready to record anytime without having to reach out to your pocket or backpack. The cap mount is nice too, but I usually don't wear a cap.

Thanks for your honest reviews 🙏

Basic stabilization still looks okish to me. But Pro mode offers so much more creative options. Choose the FOV after recording is amazing.

Gummy Bears should be the new standard.. replace metric and imperial. Everyone will be happier..

I rode this with the necklace off road electric mountainboarding. It held on and never fell off ever.

always appreciate these thorough reviews and honest opinions mate! Great video

I’ve gone to all the big KZfaqrs in the game and you by far have the most honest review. Keep doing what your doing. 🤘🏽

Great review, as always. Best gear reviews anywhere. I'm so chained to the GoPro eco system don't think I can ever escape!

It's perfectly compatible with the Sharks eye on the shirt! Amazing!

Always the best reviews by far!

Appreciate your honest, detailed, long term reviews Ray. They are like a breath of fresh air in the murky world of dubious paid for content all over YT these days.

Best review I've seen on this cam. Thanks a bunch for making it!

Hard to find honest unbiased reviews. Great job!!

And there you have it, the difference between a sponsored video and a non-sponsored video. In my case, (and I hope this applies to anyone reading my comment) the difference has earned this KZfaqr my subscription and future views. I really hope that the difference earns him enough views to compensate for the lost income he may recieve from a sponsor. IMO, this is a fantastic, well balanced review and something other KZfaqrs should aspire to, and based on this, I wish DC Rainmaker many more Subscribers and views in the future 👏🏻

This is the best review for this product i've ever seen! Good Job!

I agree with most of what you said except the mounts. I ended up buy 2 Go 1s to manage a day at the bike park., due to internal memory and battery. When I grab my cameras the pendant was one of the things that always came with the camera. It takes up no room and it doesn’t always have to be worn on your chest. You can stick it to a backpack or your shorts. Sometimes I’d even put it up on my shoulder. I felt it was secure enough for many things, including a few sessions of fast go-karts. However, at the bike park or anything where it might get bumped or scraped off, no strength of magnet could convince me it was safe. I always used the gopro style mount. As far as mounts being “huge”, there’s more to the story than that. I stopped wearing my gopro chesty because my body position and the weight of the camera were too much to keep the camera in place without having the straps suffocating you tight. With the Go, the camera is light enough that even a blown out chesty will keep it stable enough for flowstate to work it’s magic. And I don’t know about you, but my bikes, and my kids bikes, are all aluminum or carbon so I’d never think to slap it on like that. I don’t think it’s fair to expect a flat magnet to stick to a round tube anyways.

Thanks for doing this review! I personally can't wait to get my hands on this camera. The small size and stabilization makes so many possibilities.

This is by far the best review of this product that I have seen -- VERY well done. I hope the creators watch your video and use some of your suggests for improvement!

Awesome review! Thank you so much for the detailed review video!!!

Thanks for this review. Honest and exactly what I needed to make my decision.

This was such a good review. Thank you! You had me at no C to C charging and surprisingly, I didn't see that mentioned in other reviews.

Love your reviews DC!! 👍🏻

Bra you nailed it, ur the best of the best hands down! keep the vibes going and setting things straight.

One of the best reviews. Congrats 👍

Thank you for covering the USB-C issue in your review. It only chargers with USB-A to USB-C cable, because its missing two resistors in the plug. Common with many manufacturers switching from Micro-USB.

Love your honesty. Your very through. Thanks, you’ve covered it all .

its a fab camera period ! and I love the fact that this video is not sponsored and an honest review .. cheers !

Extremely useful info! Thank you!

Excellent review 👏 first time watching this channel

A very helpful review - thank you for your attention to the details

As GB is a Gigabyte, we shall petition the international bureau of standards for the SGBU. "Standard Gummy Bear Unit"

Thank you for this detailed Video!

I'm about to buy the insta360 Go 2 and saw more or less ALL the reviews about it out here. And this is for sure the best one! thanks!

I watched other reviews but your not sponsored honest review was the best. Thanks!

Great review mate, good points raised

Love your reviews. Logical and to the point. Telling it like it is. Makes it easier for me to decide if I add it to my camera bag.

Thanks for this review - always wanted to know about this Insta360. For me now, I will be steering well clear of it.

Thanks for your honest reviews! So many bought opinions on YT. Very refreshing and helpful to have a honest review. Dankje well.

Great job pointing out the flaws -- unlike many other reviews. I think the pendant/chest mount is a great option, however, for those of us who want to show that POV for DIY/how-to or many other low-action activities (driving, walking, riding bikes/scooters on pavement, etc.) Also, while the 30 minute limitation isn't that great (I agree, they should have put 64GB in there), can't you just dump the video on your phone, remove from the device, and you're good to go for another 30?

This was wildly helpful!

Great product review Vlog, thanks for sharing

I've used the necklace magnet pendant a number of times now and it's pretty solid. One of my favorite "features".

Excellent review! Thanks!

Thanks for sharing. Very nice review!

Awesome review thanks

Very informative review. Thanks much! Its small form factor and the magnet necklace are the main features that I am interested.

Great honest review. !!!!!!!!!! I am holding off. Thx

cool review, thanks mate for it :)

Ohhh... you were detailed, honest and specific. Thanks

You’re one the best reviewer on KZfaq. I was almost ready to pick this camera over a GoPro hero 8 but your negatives aspects speak for them selfes. I’ll keep my GoPro! Thanks again!

Excellent review! Clear and detailed. 👍👍👍

Good straight forward review!

Definitely the most informative video about the insta360 go 2

Awesome review, have you noticed any stuttering when playback on the app, mine has lagged quiet a few times

Great review.as always.

Great review! I've got the first GO version and watched this video to see if I want to upgrade to the 2. The chest magnet thingy is actually great to have. My grandson and I make vacation videos when we travel and the shots we get with that chest magnet really help put the viewer in the action.

Useful review, might need to wait for the next version...

Really really useful video!

OMG a youtube channel that is not a straight marketing mouthpiece for vendors? subscribed.

Nice review Ray.👏👏

Great and honest review..!!

Great video bro , the only thing I picked up on was the camera attaching to the bike with the camera magnets, you attached to the round part of the bike , so all magnets were not contacted to the metal frame , it does work great on a car flat surface , but yes I agree they could do with including more secure mounts for such things 👍😎✊❤️

Great review!

I find the pendent really useful. If you want to record a person's perspective for normal walking, running and going about doing stuff kind of video it's very unobtrusive and doesn't make you look like a cameraman with straps and velcro wrapping all over your torso. Its also good for hanging the Go to places like trees and other non magnetic things. It's a useful accessory and it's build quality is very good. It doesn't bother you even if you wear it when you're out for a jog.

Great review, changes the direction my decision making process was going in for a surf swim camera. Maybe a session will tick my boxes.

This review is enuf to make a decision bout buying it. Thanks man!

Oww i was getting interested in this camera mainly for the magnet necklace thing... i do fishing content and i always use a chesty mounted gopro... so being able to use this tiny camera over any kind of shirt and don't have the straps over the shirt sounded awesome... but being this flimsy i am sure i would lose the camera sooner than later, also battery life too short. Well i guess we will have to wait and see how the GO 3 turns out. Thank you for yet another great informative video with all the information I needed to decide my purchase.

Thank you so much for the honest review. My goodness, other reviews here on KZfaq were so biased. I guess I'll have to research more for a camera that fits me.

Great review, thanks

great honest review

Awesome video man

very nice review!

Such practical viewpoints!!

bedankt voor de geweldige review, twijfel om hem te kopen voor mijn fpv drones

I love the necklace thing great for walking and vlogging

I loved how at 8:39 you carefully placed the camera on your shirt so the lens was on the shark's eye. Genius!

Great video. I have an Osmo Action, a Pocket 2, and a Sony RX100 VII. I was going to get this but after watching your video I think I’m good with my current cameras. Thank you!

Very accurate observations on price point, memory and more. Great info! Makes one wonder why they limited it to 32gb at that price.

It's always nice to see a review that also point out the negative side of the tech. This changes from all those big paid KZfaqr names who only praise it. Good job! :)

3:50 Yes, USB-PD can get pretty complicated. But for the usecase here, to ensure 5V charging over C2C cables, all they'd need are two 5.1 kΩ resistors between each of the CC pins and the ground pin of the USB-C receptacle. That is not complicated and also not expensive, and just a major design flaw with this product. Insta360 should be called out for this.

OMG I love your T-shirt!

great thorough review as always. btw where was that ice pond? 😮

Thank you for your honest review. I was about to buy it.

Thanks so much for this review. I am considering getting one of these. Can it make those videos where one can pan around the footage (virtual reality etc.) while watching it?

Can we copy footages over USB-C to our computer now ?

As someone who has always dreamed of having a GoPro i think I would actually prefer the Insta360 Go2! I'm not a huge camera nerd, I just need good enough quality for quick social media stuff without having my obvious phone out. Im a very shy recorder and tend to hide the fact that I'm recording

you made my mind, great review. Going to gopro now, due lack of storage and the 'not so safe for diving' stuff.

Thanks for this. Being somewhat waterproof without a case, or with a simple case like the "gopro" one you show, is a nice feature. I currently use a Yi 4K to record commutes, but because it needs to be in a waterproof housing when it rains (which happens often, I live in the UK) it is then impossible to record audio. The short battery life / lack of recording space is a bit of a concern. The Yi 4K is good for longer rides because you can just charge it from a battery pack using a USB cable (weather permitting) and you can pop in as large a microSD card as you like. Downside I suppose is that not all microSD cards are equal, so you could run into issues with write speed, which obviously isn't an issue when using internal storage. But I don't know how you would even attempt to try and record e.g. a two hour ride with this. edit - actually I noticed that the gopro mount leaves the metal contact points at the back exposed. I'm wondering why this is because I can't see any accessories that use the contact points, besides the case?

thanks for the in depth review....

I love how when it's mounted on the t-shirt it aligns perfectly to where the shark's eye would be.

Andy Samburg called. He wants his face back lol 😂 Great video! Thanks for the info I forgot how to use mine it’s been sitting forever

The stabilization looks awesome considering all the places you can mount it and I always edit on mobile anyways, so don't see too much of an issue. Gotta get this and some gummy bears now

Excellent informative video. You mentioned the spec battery life. What about in real world usage? Also, that was in basic mode. What about in Pro mode?

Great review. You brought out the points that stopping me from buying the camera. Maybe wait for an improved 3rd version