Sticky has written for various two wheeled magazines for 30 years . His previous travel book – Frankenstein Scooters to Dracula ’ s Castle – was reviewed in Motorcycle Explorer Magazine
VERDICT
The action camera market is still in a state of rapid development , with new and improved models coming along all the time . There will never be a ‘ best ’ action camera , at least not for long . There comes a point where you have to make a jump and join in .
From my perspective the Prism offers the right combination of worthwhile features and output quality for what I want to do with my videos , particularly since live voice recording is a massive time-saving feature . Pixel-peepers who demand the highest video quality may still be better off looking at other brands such as GoPro . However , I want to spend my time riding , not editing endless Gigabytes of video in a darkened room so the Prism is perfect for my needs .
Perhaps the biggest incentive is that Sena massively reduced the price of the full Prism camera kit from a-bit-too-expensive ($ 399 ) to very competitive ($ 249 ) in June 2015 . The new price translates to € 269 or a shade under £ 200 . There is also a bare Prism camera option for € 199 but that seems a bit pointless since the mounting kit is really one of the camera ’ s main strengths .
Bluetooth voice-over will require you to own a helmet intercom of any brand . Sena ’ s all-singing 20S retails for a hefty $ 299 but offers improved integration compared to other systems .
Note that Sena have recently released an all-in-one camera and Bluetooth intercom unit called the 10C which I originally thought would be a better integrated solution for touring . Now , having sampled the positioning flexibility and ease of battery swapping that comes with the Prism and separate Bluetooth headset solution , the latter still seems like the ideal set-up for touring .
Sticky
Sticky has written for various two wheeled magazines for 30 years . His previous travel book – Frankenstein Scooters to Dracula ’ s Castle – was reviewed in Motorcycle Explorer Magazine