Family holiday: GoPro or Waterproof Camera

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Looking to go on holiday with the family, 2 kids. Will be for sea, beach, snorkelling; where I don’t want to risk damage to smartphone

Wanting to capture memories.

Looking at used for pricing.
GoPro of sort? If so which one?
Or a waterproof camera. Reviews Suggest Olympus Tough TG-6.

Thoughts?
 
Last time I went to greece I took a cheap go-pro look alike cost about £50 off of Amazon , used it for pics and videos both on land and underwater , my lad was using a genuine go pro latest model at the time and in all honesty there was no difference in I.q or sound quality .
 
I was not impressed with images from my old GoPro4, although that was 6-7 years ago. Fine for some I guess but not for people used to good IQ as I guess most of us are.

I looked at the new one last year (10 or 11) but went for the DJI action. Not much to choose between but great for taking on SUP and in the sea etc...
 
Purely for memories, a GoPro (or cheapy "adventure" camera) will do fine, even if the quality isn't up to that from a "proper" camera. I've had much more expensive waterproof cameras but it's the cheapies that never seem to get drowned!
 
I had a GoPro ages ago. Think must be well over 8 years a silver one

What’s a good used version?

The link above on cheap copies, what’s the battery life like?
 
cambsno said:
I was not impressed with images from my old GoPro4, although that was 6-7 years ago. Fine for some I guess but not for people used to good IQ as I guess most of us are.

I looked at the new one last year (10 or 11) but went for the DJI action. Not much to choose between but great for taking on SUP and in the sea etc...
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Any links to DJI action please as know nothing about them
 
p1tse said:
I had a GoPro ages ago. Think must be well over 8 years a silver one

What’s a good used version?

The link above on cheap copies, what’s the battery life like?
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I get about an hour of video with my cheapos (IIRC, they came from 7dayshop and were about £20 each). I did a timelapse last year and it was well over 250 shots (deleted it - the old cheapo saved timelapses as videos, the current one saves them as individual shots [and the sunset wasn't as good as I'd hoped so wasn't worth dealing with!])
 
p1tse said:
I had a GoPro ages ago. Think must be well over 8 years a silver one

What’s a good used version?

The link above on cheap copies, what’s the battery life like?
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Not had an issue with battery life and the batteries are cheap as chips.

I have 2 and never run one out on a day out.
 
 
GreenNinja67 said:
Bottom link has wifi and comes with 2 batteries.
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Awesome
I’ll have a read later on details and review
£50 sounds like a bargain if it’s adequate

How does GoPro justify the price differential?
 
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