Enhance Your GoPro Experience with the GoPro Wi-Fi Remote (Official Accessory) Review

If you have an old GoPro camera that didn't come with Wi-Fi, you need it and a backpack with Wi-Fi. I used to use my GoPro to take photos in the cockpit, but I would start the camera recording before takeoff and let it run until I could land, then edit the huge file when I got home. Playing around with the camera to make sure it worked was torture and sometimes when I thought it was working it wasn't and I didn't realize it until I got home and couldn't find any files on the camera. / backpack…

Pros: Works wirelessly with a GoPro camera. Cons: Cannot be used simultaneously with some other GoPro accessories and features. I didn't understand how it worked before, but this remote uses the GoPro camera as its own router to pair with the GoPro. Therefore, you must disconnect your GoPro from your home network and connect it to a remote network instead. Unfortunately, the side effect is that you lose the ability to view the application in real time. If you placed the GoPro some distance…

The good news is that it works with GoPro Hero 5 Black cameras. I currently have it synced to 6 cameras. The problem is that the synthesizer sometimes gets lost or doesn't reach all the cameras when it's a little further than 5 meters (about 15 feet) away. This is especially annoying when taking pictures. So in these cases I use time-lapse photography to give myself enough time to get out of the way. UPDATE: Works better and I was able to connect up to 60ft away (didn't try/measure further)…