[LEAKYSEALS951]

I have a hero 4. Got as a gag present. I never was that "insane" with stuff I did, so I'm not jumping snowboards off cliffs. I generally wear it on helmet for bicycles.

I think above comments are spot on, however, after using the hero 4, I really am captivated by features of Hero 5.

Like the comments above, my computer doesn't even run the higher resolutions, and even our new flat screen doesn't handle the 4k smoothly if I hook the camera straight in.

My gut impression with my limited experience is that the hero 4 is a nice camera, but it has a lot of features which are hard to toggle through in real life, especially in the field when it is in the waterproof plastic holder. Mounted on a helmet as a POV camera, I constantly would hit the wrong button and miss shots/ video because I couldn't see what I was hitting buttonwise. Although there are few buttons on it, they control a lot of functions, so if you can't see what you are toggling through (b/c it's up above your head) when you hit "record" you might be toggled into a completely different use of the camera.

The hero 5 seems to address this with voice activation and elimination of the clunky plastic holder, and I would want the image stabilization feature too, but I don;t know how well the voice activation would work on a loud motorcycle.

I think the lower battery life is due to features- especially voice activation on hero 5.

If in your shoes- consider your budget. If $ no real object and you are a technophile, I would consider the new features of hero 5 advantages, however, if you want to get a good deal, go used and buy an earlier model. In the case of a hero 4, I would mount it on motorcycle handlebars so you could see the features in front of you to make sure you were in the right mode/recording what you want to be recording when you want to record it. If you were riding gravel/offroad, I would consider image stabilization so the people you subject your videos to wont get sick to stomach, although I think for really rough stuff, youd still need one of those gimballs/gyros thingees.

oh yeah- these cameras do have a learning curve to get used to functions. If you get one, take some time practicing on it before you head out on some Alaska ride or something (to make sure you can consistently get the shots you want). Good luck.