iON SnapCam Wearable HD Camera with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth - White

Hardware mostly excellent, better than expected from the poor reviews (the little door over the ports works properly, opens properly with a fingernail, and does not break; the magnet stays on; the photos are quick).However, does not mount as Mass Storage Class on my MacBook Pro, which makes it a pain to use as (because the app doesn’t work properly on a modern iPhone) this requires taking out the MicroSD card and putting it in an adapter and then a card reader.UI/UX completely broken. EXIF data like time/date stamp should work properly on a life-logging camera because THE ENTIRE POINT is keeping a record/visual journal of one’s life. Even the kludge advised in the manual to use a text file titled set-YYYYMMDD-HHMM.txt came up with October 2061–and I was following the instructions exactly!App *eventually* loaded on iPhone—unfortunately it seems to allow me to use the iPhone interface to take SnapCam pictures—which is completely useless, since it is then slower and less high-quality than the camera app on the phone. What it should do (apart from messing around with the WiFi, which is also annoying, especially for people like me who aren’t trying to livestream everything directly to social media—that function also appears to be broken) is simply backup/view/store the pictures until you get back to the computer.This may be to do with my versions of iOS/macOS being 64-bit, but other stuff’s going to be 64-bit in future and it’s as well it doesn’t randomly break things.I’d give the hardware a three (three and a half if EXIF data worked) and the UX a fairly definite one, so that evaluates down to two.

After 15 hours and able to connect it via the wifi. Bluetooth, and phone yet absolutely no functionality, but it takes decent photos and works as a pov camera fine so I keep it for that reason alone neither app works with the phone even though it connects but does nothing

Very disappointed after waiting 6 months for this camera. First of all it doesn't take 0.1 seconds to take a video or picture as advertised, more like a 1.5 second response time, it takes holding down the power button for 5 seconds for it to switch into a standby mode first as well, then every accidental knock to it there after (as it is touch controlled) results in it taking picture and video of things you didn't want, or even worst it stopping taking videos of things you actually want. There is no SnapCam software or support for the iPhone, this means it can't be used by the Ion App in the Apple AppStore, so no streaming, no configuration capabilities you are essentially paying almost triple price for a SnapCam Lite. I tried it with Android smart phone, it didn't connect with that either . I think wearing a camera is a flawed concept, a small wearable camera without a screen to see what its point at means you can't tell what is in frame or if the camera is at the correct angle when taking videos and pictures. Wasn't over impressed with the video and picture quality, I'm not digital photographer expert but I can tell the quality is much worst than my iPhone 5S. Also they it doesn't comes with a memory card, you think it would for £130, so you need to buy one to get it working. And finally beware it can fall off your clothing and be lost. So if you do decide to buy a SnapCam, put your contact phone number within a text on the memory card, offer a reward for safe return just in case. Also use the coloured bumpers that come with it, so this grey SnapCam stands out when dropped.

The company has disavowed this product, the website doesnt exist anymore, nor do any of the social media accounts. There is a company iON that sells cameras but there is zero reference to this product on their outlets. Neither of the apps work. Camera itself sometimes randomly works then fails. Absolute rubbish, should not be sold!!!

The instructions are poor. For instance, they tell you the camera will "connect to your wifi" but in reality, you have to turn off your phone's wifi and then the camera's companion app will turn it back on and connect your phone to the wifi network that the camera creates.There are lots of beep/flash combinations that are not covered in the instructions / FAQ so half the time you have no idea what is going on or what the error is.The video quality is good, but I could not get anything over 25 seconds in duration to copy to my phone and despite their efforts, iONs technical support staff were unable to help.The magnet is incredibly poor. Even the slightest knock will dislodge it. The lanyard isn't a huge improvement as it only connects to the bumper cover, not the actual camera, so again your camera is never entirely secure.I've sent mine back - it's just not worth the money or the hassle.

It has been very difficult to try to use, still isn't working properly!!!

Purchased with the hopes to use this camera for an upcoming holiday.1 - The camera itself is very grainy / blurry. It does not handle light changes very well at all. Also if you are hoping to have stable footage, this is not the device for you.2 - At the current time, the product is not compatible with the iPhone - therefore it has limited features. Effectively the same as the Snapcam Lite.I am returning this product, good idea, however it was not actioned very well.

Very disappointed with the quality of the video. For this price I was expecting clear images in a range of light levels. The camera also feels fragile and not particularly well made. The magnetic attachments held the camera on a shirt wel but I would be concerned that a brush of an arm could dislodge it. I had purchased 4 of them for a research project and have returned them.