Sucks as a motorcycle helmet cam
589097
Would you like to see a video of 4 guys running from the military police in Thailand after riding our motorcycles on a military airstrip?  So would I, but unfortunately the Contour camera let us down and didn't record the event.

From battery life, to storage to usability this camera is just not ready for prime time, at least for motorcycling.  It's going to fail you when you really need it. The lens also got water vapor in it when it rained.
1517023
Motion detection too sensitive, not adjustable. Camera takes thousands of pictures per day of nothing. Returned
1016781
It freezes up so often, almost every car trip, that you never know when it has stopped recording. There is no reset hole as claimed by manual, instead you have to remove the battery to shut it off.  Not usable for night use at all as the image is pretty much all dark except where strong light is. No GPS, so can't show speed(critical in some cases). Why doe Amazon sell such crap that ruin its own reputation.
2343829
Great day recording.  Nice crisp video.  On the other hand, night video is awful!!  It does a very poor job of filtering out the glare from other light sources such as headlights or tail lights from other autos.  All you end up with is a video of bright glare.  You can't even make out the type of  auto in front of you.  Forget hoping to capture a license plate if needed.  If they were to add some type of glare filter to the lens it would probably be as good as it is during the day.  Getting the SD card out is also a challenge.  Unless you have long fingernails you will need a small object to press the SD card in for the spring to push it out.  Likewise you will need to do the same to insert the card in deep enough to lock in.  I have also found that it doesn't always power on when I start the engine.  On several occasions I found that I was driving with it powered off.  Fortunately, nothing that a video recording would have been helpful for occurred.  Overall, for $200 which is what it cost me at the time of my purchase, I would not buy it again.
1614005
Dash cam sucked so I returned it. Horrible vision at night. Plus whats with all the annoying lights? I do not recommend this dash cam. Its very heavy and bulky as well.
2555154
i bought this as a baby monitor. However it is not reliable for this purpose. First, the cam is crashed after 1 day of use. I had to get a paperclip and reset it physically. On the third day of use, the whole logi service went down (and it is down since an hour), making the cam unusable as it cannot operate without Logi's cloud services. The app is simple, but there is no sound alerts and you cannot customize the sensitivity of the motion alerts. I will return the cam It is a shame, as the picture quality is amazing (even under total darkness). However, it is unreliable.
1650952
The camera picture quality in the video mode is not clear and it is a little soft you can not set the date, time and year correctly, the translation from Chinese to English is very complicated to interpret and understand, you'll have to figure it out on your own, one of the stick on mounting devices, is labeled backwards, to remove it off the camera, you have to slide it on to the lock mode, to slide it on, you have to slide it to the unlock mode, spend a little more and get a better one, sent back with in 2 days for a refund, will continue to shop for a better one to mount on my motorcycle helmet.
31736
Camera quality is good, the microphone is amazing.  However it doesn't record which I stupidly assumed it would, which is NOT why I'm only giving it 3 stars. The app is crap.  Often I will load the app and it will almost always freeze and just have the Blink logo.  So I have restart it.  Then when it does load, you have to decide on video or camera.  Why would anybody want to go to camera? That's what screenshots are for.  Then literally after 3 seconds it asks you if you want to continue, and will continue to keep asking you.  Another thing? You can't zoom in.  Another problem we encountered is that multiple users can't view the camera at once or it will say "server busy".  Also, no night vision.  What is good about this camera is that it takes batteries when an outlet isn't available. I purchased a Yi home security camera for $32 and it is far superior in every way.
803212
This Cam is not good at night mode. I have taken this cam from Amezon.com and it was looking good, small and handy. but the resolution was not good as I expected and the night mode is worst and the people look like ghosts in this mode. first I thought it is the problem the piece and then I exchanged with another, but the problem remains the same.
1184956
Myopic at night, no focus at all. Hardly recognizable car make, not to mention license numbers
The mount sounds like a rusty door when rotated, the tolerances are way off on the ball socket. The optics seem to be some kind of plastic, definitely not optical glass.
The video is not up to HD standard, seems like blown up 480p at best.

The driving assistance seems nice in principle, but in reality it is not, with lots of false positive feedback. Useless unless you drive at a constant speed on a straight road all the time. Extremely annoying and useless.
To sum it up: maybe it is not the worst dash cam out there, but it is for the price. There are 20$ cameras as good (or bad). I know, I had them.

Pros: wide angle, good light sensitivity, daylight image quality OK

Cons: does not work in low light conditions (which was a selling point for the camera, 'first-class night vision'. Maybe they meant first grade, no graduation... The image is unfocused, it is hard even to recognize the car make not to mention license number.
You can see the dailight capture, and 15 minutes later what happens when it is darker.
4675557
I have been looking for an affordable action cam mainly for recording my hiking adventures in the mountains and the desert. In the past I have just been using my old Canon elph point and shoot camera with video recording capability. Though the still mages are great on my point and shoot, the video isnt.  Ive decided to try the Midland XTC280 based on the numerous positive reviews here on Amazon. The price of the Midland is affordable, compared to other well known action cams in the market, what really convinced me to pick the Midland over other action cams is the image stabilization, supposedly built in the camera. This is an important feature for me as I am tired of shaky  videos from my old point and shoot camera.  I tested the camera indoors and outdoors and the video quality is decent, the colors just right. Overall video quality is average I expected this as I am not really looking for something of cinematic quality, I just wanted a decent action cam with a decent image stabilization, this is were this camera totally failed. The supposedly built in image stabilization is non existent. No image stabilization whatsoever, the videos were shaky, its just as shaky as the video on my old point and shoot camera. I tried my very best to get some stabilization, Ive strapped it around my head, my pack, my chest, nothing worked. And this is just testing the camera around the block, I have not taken it on a full hike in the wilderness.  Ive contacted Midlands support via e-mail about this issue, I got a reply the next day and was told the camera has image stabilization but I need to attach it to a steadicam to keep it stable and not get the shaky video. Wow, I thought image stabilization means, the videos are not shaky or at least some minimal shakiness while the camera or the person or thing it is attached to is in motion. Other not so good things about this camera, the supplied universal mount is useless, there is nothing to attach the camera to. Also, if you want to watch the video, you have to download the video to your computer (usb cable is supplied). You cannot plug it directly to your flat screen tv.  For an HD camera this thing does not have an hdmi port. It only has a mini usb port. Good luck finding an hdmi cable for this camera, cause there aint any.  I am trying my best to like this camera because it really is a step up from my old point and shoot camera. This camera has hd video, it is affordable, it is small and lightweight, but the image stabilization is a total let down, it is non existent,  also an hd camera with no hdmi port? Not good. I think I will be returning this camera.
391374
Does not work very well while riding on a motorcycle.  Will not recommend for motorcycling.
4142901
Video is upscaled to 1080p and isn't clear at all. Manual focus works well but constantly needs to be adjusted. It'll be fine for 5-10 minutes, then will slowly go out of focus and need to be readjusted. If it remains off for a long period of time the focus will be out almost 100% of the time upon bringing the video feed back up. Works very poorly in low light situations.
Edit: +1 star for seller giving a partial refund.
2437495
Disappointed. Range of motion in the camera is lacking as well seems cheap.
49721
This product seemed ok, so I ordered 2 of them.

I planned to use them while riding my motorcycle on the racetrack, like I do with my gopro camera.

All seemed well, they worked when I tried them in my house.

...but every time I tried to record video on the track, the camera was turned off when I got back to the pit, and there was a 200mb file recorded that wasn't readable by the computer (usually for a 20 minute sessions it is ~1gb of data).

I kept trying, and it would record for 20 minutes or more if I just set it down somewhere, but it wouldn't record my race sessions.
It turns out that NEITHER one of the cameras handles the shaking that happens in this activity.  I was able to replicate the issue by tapping the camera on the counter, not altogether that hard of a tap either.

I suspect they wouldn't handle ANY activity that you'd expect an Action cam to work with...
3131767
Just bought, set up and installed this trail cam (not "trial" cam, as shown in lead line for Amazon).  I haven't had the chance to test it out extensively, but let me throw out initial observations:

Cannon Fodder was right - this does not compare to a 12MP anything I've ever seen.  The resolution is just not good.  Additionally, the exposure settings just stink.  If there is sun in new part of the photo (like shining through the trees) the exposure will fixate on that, and everything else will be darker out.  If you're just trying to tell a beaver from a bullfrog, maybe this is good enough.  If there is motion involved however, (which is often the case with a motion activated camera) fuggedaboutit.  Blur city.
Has a minimum reset time of 15 seconds (which you only find out about when you read the included directions).  Meaning that the fastest it can take PIR activated photos is once every 15 seconds.  Never tried the video.  The wide angle setting isn't very wide.  About what you would get on a normal $50 point and shoot
Fortunately, I bought this at a slight discount.  Paid $89 at a local sporting goods store.  I'm not going to bother returning it, but am dubious about it's use as a quick & dirty security cam.  Will post updates later.

Photos:  First one is me, walking from the open garage door directly toward the camera.  Looks like it took about 4 seconds to activate.
Second one shows lack of decent exposure
Third is me driving up the driveway at 3 MPH.  Camera blurred the license plate, not me
1202157
We bought this for the obvious sport reasons ... snowboarding, biking, etc. We also wanted to strap it to our dogs and our nephew :) to see the world from their eyes. This camera is not made for picking up conversations, or ANYthing. They have a non-waterproof backing that make the sound more loud. But if you want to s*** talk on the mountains, don't expect to catch any good lines on video. Or if you're pretending your dog has a voice, you won't catch that either.

We wanted to also be able to make family movies, and this is NOT for that. It looks like it is just for making a video, and adding a music track to it. W/o music it's a silent movie. They shouldn't have even bothered with a mic. I wouldn't normally rate something a 3 for a "personal preference" thing. But I'm pretty sure a good mic is essential for video.

BTW... video and picture quality though was AMAZING. great color, sharpness, etc. Sad it didn't work out.