I bought the VIO POV 1

www.launchhelmetcams.com/fully-integrated


And am very impressed. Very well made and the quality is great (DVD). Apparently it's waterproof, but would prefer some sort of waterproof cover for the video unit. Is there something that would work or that I could adapt? The problem is that it's got a cable coming from it, so one of those aquapacks for mobile phones etc wouldnt work - or would they?. Also if anyone has used one for windsurfing, where do u stick the recording unit? I've only used it for snowboarding so far and it performed very well. $1000 though, so not cheap.

I see on the launch website they also offer some sort of aquapack that goes with it. I am curious why they should see the need to if it's waterproof, might be worth asking them the question. Let me know what the answer is if you do, otherwise I'll ask when I get around to it.

edit: beat me to it.

Hmm. So theoretically it would last a session kiting by itself in a backpack, but for longevity the case might be an idea. $250 is a lot of money for a case, even if $1000 isn't a lot of money for a camera.

I wonder if a couple of shopping bags and some rubber bands might work instead?

There wouldn't be an issue if a few drops of water got inside because the unit is still waterproof, but it might drastically reduce the effects of long term saltwater exposure. The more I think about it the more I like it. I'm going to try it and see how much water gets inside the bags before I go dropping five pineapples at it.

Zed said...


Probably, but it just wouldn't look cool.

No-one is going to see it inside my backpack.

555 said...

Another option would be one of those plastic kitchen storage box things with the snap lids..

You'd silicone the leads through the side of the container.

Most of the time the problem with 'waterproof' equipment isn't sitting in a wet environment, it's the extra pressure of being slammed into the water at 20 knots, or taking a direct hit from the lip. That sort of water pressure is only temporary (as opposed to diving down to 5m and staying there for 5 minutes)

Something like this would do it:
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If you're going the lunch box route, make sure it's impact-resistant as many lunch box plastics will shatter if you hit them hard. Also use a cable gland instead of just a hole with silicone, as when the cable moves it will break the silicone.


I investigated all manner of lunchboxes for holding RF modems (for V8 Supercar telemetry), these had to withstand storms and be cable tied to a big fibreglass pole, honestly you're better off getting the right product to start with rather than saving a couple of bucks and then having to deal with the loss of an expensive recording unit.

You want some spare mountings and stuff Zed? I dropped my camera in the ocean.

You know what they say about hindsight.