Midland Wearable Action Camera (Refurbished)
- Choose which HD resolution (720p or 1080p) will best capture the nuances of your backyard fluorescent-tube fights
- Waterproof case is submersible to 90 feet (720p) or 200 feet (1080p)
- Includes universal mount, or use your own duct tape
- So cheap you’ll never say “But what if the camera gets broken?”
- Model: XTC260VP, XTC280VP
Action is cheap.
Everybody’s all “GoPro you’re great, GoPro we love you, GoPro I want to make sweet love to you GoPro.” But this humble Midland Wearable Action Camera offers one thing you’ll never get from the GoPro, which costs at least 5-6 times more.
That killer feature is called “you won’t give a shit if it gets broken.”
The real “action” cam is the one you can throw into a rocky ravine, drag behind a horse, duct-tape to the wheel of your car, without fretting about how much it’s going to cost you. That’s why we had no qualms about strapping one to some out-of-control balloons on a crazy windy day in today’s video. Or chucking stones at it. Our only limitation was the need to retrieve the MicroSD card intact.
When you let go of any idea that the camera itself is worth anything, the possibilities for crazy footage really open up. As a Buddhist might put it, releasing your attachment to material things will free your soul.
If you ever see a GoPro doing anything like that, it’ll be by accident, like these skydivers who lost their GoPro at 9,000 feet up. Sure, the footage survived - but notice, they still haven’t gotten their expensive camera back.
GoPro shoots great video. GoPro has an infinite variety of high-quality mounts and accessories. But GoPro also has one fatal flaw: it’s worth a lot of money. The Midland Action Camera shoots good video, too. But it’s cheap as shit. And depending on what you want to do, that could be the most valuable feature of all.
