AKASO
AKASO Brave 8 Lite
Drop the 1/2-inch sensor from the Brave 8, shrink the front screen to 1.22 inches, keep the 4K60, the 48 MP stills, the two 1550 mAh batteries and the 10 m bare waterproofing, and the price comes down to $199. That is a reasonable trade, and the wristband remote AKASO adds is arguably more useful on a helmet than any screen you cannot see while riding. The sensor drops to the 1/2.3-inch chip most budget cameras use, so low light is where this gives up first. What it is genuinely good at is being the camera you take somewhere you would not take a $400 one: two batteries, a full mount kit, a case rated to 40 m, and nothing to cry about if it comes off a handlebar.
Sensor area against the rest of the catalogue
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Battery, with the small print
- Maker’s claim
- 1 h 30 min at 4K60 continuous; 150 minutes at 1080p
- Third-party test
- None collected. We publish a tested figure only where a named outlet has run one and stated its conditions.
Specifications
Features
- ●4K60 and 48 MP stills
- ●Two 1550 mAh batteries and a full mount kit included
- ●Rechargeable wristband remote
- ●Waterproof to 10 m bare, 40 m in the case
- ●1.22-inch front screen and a 2.0-inch rear touchscreen
- ●GoPro folding-finger mount
Strengths
- +4K60 with bare 10 m waterproofing for under $200
- +Two batteries, a wristband remote and a mount kit in the box
- +150 minutes at 1080p is a real day's recording on the pair
Drawbacks
- −1/2.3-inch sensor — this is a daylight camera and nothing more
- −No horizon lock
- −Stabilisation is a crop-and-smooth, not in the class of RockSteady or HyperSmooth
- −Frequently out of stock on AKASO's own store
- −No external microphone input, unlike the older Brave 7 LE
The strengths and drawbacks above are drawn from the manufacturer’s specifications and published reviews. No body of owner reports for this camera has been read, so nothing here claims to speak for its owners.
What owners say
No owner discussion has been collected for the AKASO Brave 8 Lite yet. The pros and cons above come from the manufacturer’s specifications and published reviews. Rather than fill this space with invented sentiment, it stays empty until there is something real to put in it.
AKASO Brave 8 Lite, head to head
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