It's a lot smaller and a lot lighter than the same kind of body cams, but the picture and sound quality doesn't suffer at all. Two different clips offer versatile attachment options. The ONLY function of the 3rd party software is to change the user id from all zeros. The link to this software is in the manual, it works, it is not insured against viruses (I didn't like my antivirus, but in the end everything is fine.) All camera controls (except for deleting files) are available via the camera functions menu. It charges quickly when fully charged, the display changes from red to blue. With 128 GB memory I recorded 6 hours in the highest resolution,