The Insta360 GO 2 is a compact and lightweight action camera that packs a punch with its powerful 1/2.3” image sensor that captures stunning 1440p video. Weighing only 1 oz, this camera is perfect for all your aquatic adventures with its waterproof design up to 13ft.
What sets the Insta360 GO 2 apart from other action cameras is its wearable design that allows for hands-free footage capture. Its magnetic in-the-box accessories make it easy to mount the camera anywhere, giving you endless possibilities for POV capture. But convenience isn’t the only thing this camera has to offer; it also boasts quality features like FlowState stabilization and horizon leveling algorithms that keep your footage steady, no matter where you mount it.
The multi-use charge case is another handy feature of the Insta360 GO 2. Not only does it extend the battery life up to 150 minutes, but it also doubles as a remote control and tripod, giving you even more options for capturing footage.
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Tien Le –
This Camera (GO2) vs the GO:This is a HUGE step up from the older version. If you’re familiar with Insta360 cameras they all use one app. The older model had its own separate app. What really stood out to me about this camera is the longer video it could capture. I think with the old GO it would shoot only 15-30 sec clips, but this one can shoot clips to 30 mins. (15sec, 30sec, 1min, 5min, 10min, 15min, or 30min)A few other things that was nice about this version is it’s WaterProof. I went snorkeling in the Bahamas and it worked well. I didn’t go super deep, but I’m pretty sure you can’t be like deep sea diving with it. It has the lens already attached so it was a turn on and jump in kind of test!The attachments it comes with are nice as well. Specifically the head mount. Vs the older model, this head mount/CLIP can be angled up and down which is needed for a tall guy like me.What I think this Camera is best used for:Quick clips hands down. Similar to the older model, I really like the quick access and small size of the camera to capture clips to make montage like videos. I think it could work for some form of vlogging. It’s super easy to use the case as a grip and flip it around to talk to it. Also there’s a tool it comes with that can do the same. Both case and grip work for facing yourself and a target.I had used this camera for a Volleyball tournament and on a holiday. For the volleyball tournament it was nice it could shoot longer video for those plays that would go over 30 secs. The record and stop button is way more notable in my opinion, giving a short vibration to start and a long to stop.When I used it on holiday, I shot like I was vlogging but mainly to capture cute couple content. The use of the case helps clarify it’s rolling and what mode you’re on. Again, was perfect to make a montage videoI didn’t get a chance to try all the features but they have slo mo and timelapses as well which are cool touches. And as it’s an Insta360 camera, you know their app has a bunch of AI and toys to try.Video:So this thing can shoot up to 1440p, but for social you’d probably just need to use 1080p or else the social apps might compress it. Also a good note is that it can shoot in both landscape and vertical. I made the mistake when I first used it and shot landscape 16:9 which is the video attached. You can change this pretty easily to vertical, OR shoot in PRO video mode. Pro Video mode let’s you shoot both landscape and vertical so when editing you can choose. I noticed sometimes when you start the camera it start at the default of regular video which was annoying but with practice and attention, you’ll see that you may need toggle Pro video (if you that’s what you’re trying to shoot with/I’d recommend). Also that way I shoot content is vertical so you could have a different preference too.Connection:Yes connection can be difficult sometimes, but I kinda see this as a given after using so many Insta360 cameras. I’d suggest a few things. Don’t trying to work with multiple videos at once. If you’re going to edit, try downloading the video to the app so you don’t have to be connected to the phone the whole time. Hard close the app and try again. I think with practice you’ll find some of these quick fixers, but I think alot of the time this happened was when I was trying to work with alot of video over a long period of time. Make it easier for the tech as it’s pretty powerful! Also a random thing I noticed, but when I was using this when my phone was on Airplane mode, I had no issues… so maybe that’s a pro tip?Portability/battery:This thing is so fun to whip out and it’s easy to capture moments. The case it like the size of an airpods case just a tad bigger. As I mentioned earlier it’s like a grip too so it can be used pretty quickly once you get a hang of it. For battery life, I haven’t had any issues with it. But keep in mind I’m not like shooting a movie with this, just getting clips I know I can use for future edits!Overall I’d recommend this camera. I personally think it’s great for many occasions and with practice you’ll find the best way to optimize and use it!
Andrey Katsman –
I first noticed this camera being very popular in the FPV drones community – understandably so because of its amazingly small form factor. I was curious to see what video quality and even more so – what stabilization is possible in this tiny package. Here’s what I found:The camera shoots an incredibly nice looking 1440p video at 50fps (at the high end setting)Stabilization is probably the best I’ve seen out there, save for a machenical gimbal.The case that acts both as a charger, tripod, and remote control is very smart and convenient.The camera has bluetooth and wifi built in but also supports wired files tranfer if you connect it to usb via the case.I am not a huge user of accessories but the ones that come with the camera all seem very usable – camera attaches via strong magnet to the accessory. Pendant that you wear under the shirt is probably my favorite.One of the biggest highlights for me was the discovery that when shooting in pro-video you can reframe your shot after the fact without losing resolution (it shoots slightly larger circular area that the frame is cropped out of) – it mady my videos much looser to shoot and easier to edit.The less positive sides for me:- The software is missing some features that would make it even more exceptional – eg. no digital zoom or crop options in post procesing – sometimes I want to narrow the FOV further and crop a particular region. I need to do it in a separate 3rd party editing software after exporting the video, which is inconvenient.- When the camera is connected to a PC there is no option to turn off data link, so the attempts to connect it to my phone fails at the “waking up with bluetooth” stage, but no clear error is given.- Camera heats up quite signifficantly, which shortens the possible continuous shot time to about 5min. Even though the case battery is enough for much more- no H.265 option on the camera. only in export from the studio application on pc or mac- no external storage mountable, i wish i could stick a micro sd into it…all in all – I am very pleased with the camera so far. The exciting form factor (being approximately the size of apple airpods case when closed) makes it very convenient for travel and casual carry everywhere, while the video quality is above and beyond what I need.*note – some people mention all sorts of serious problems with the camea, I have not experience any of those. It might be quality control issue on the manufacturing side, but I can’t really speak to it as nothing (thankfully) shows up on my camera so far.
Andrey Katsman –
So everything you’ve probably seen in video reviews is true: surprisingly good stabilization, crazy small and lightweight, very convenient…And while the camera itself is waterproof… the case IS NOT! I did not go swimming with the thing, actually it was the reason that killed the case. Well say that I loved this camera until that point. Also app for this is incredible. Just wish there was a removal as cats or something as an alternative
Victor M. Huertas III –
First of all, why isn’t this available in black? In white, it sticks out rather than blend in with my clothing and backpack.Pro Mode is the only useful mode. I took videos in non-pro mode by mistake, and they are useless. Had to delete. Pro Mode has horizon leveling and stabilization, but the resolution still isn’t great.Even short videos take a very long time to transfer to the phone. It would be nice to have a fast cable transfer option.Sound quality is not great, but that was less important to me.
Andrey Katsman –
Nice little camera but not what I expected. Instructions were not very clear and hard to understand.
Thominator –
I love this camera
kim –
Reviewers on YouTube often say that the onboard memory is not enough but that’s not really an issue because you always run out of battery before you run out of memory. You have 15 min of video recording available to you before you have to charge it for 20 min. But that’s not my problem with it.The video quality is meh, quite grainy even in good lighting.What reviewers don’t mention is the software.The iPhone app looks more like a social networking app than a video export app. It barely has any video export related functionality but it asks you for access to location, contacts and it plants tracking cookies, it scans your local area network and logs all the devices you have in your home, logs your phone unique identifier and it asks you to create an account for which they want you to give them your email.Also it’s showing ads! I paid more than $400 for this camera and I have to watch ads every time I open the app and I can’t turn them off!The app takes lots of space on my phone, it’s about half a gigabyte and I see the videos of random strangers and their kids, wtf honestly, who asked for this?! I don’t want to see these people and I really don’t like the idea of some strangers seeing my videos on their phones. I don’t care what cameras they own and what filters are they using!The Windows app keeps coming up with updates that do not improve any of the functionality and only add more trackers and spyware. The latest update asked for admin privileges and had some popups in Chinese so I declined them and now it doesn’t want to open at all. I had to uninstall it and good thing I had the installation file from some old version still in my Downloads folder so I can install it again.There is no version of the software for Linux and without the software you can’t use the stabilised video format so all of your videos will be super shaky and blurry (it’s an action cam).The port is using the type C connector but it doesn’t use the type C protocol so none of my type C cables work with it, I have to use it with a type B adaptor and I can’t charge it with my iPad or MacBook charger so what’s the point of it being type C?It’s a very bad product, I do not recommend it to anyone.
Tien Le –
This Camera (GO2) vs the GO:This is a HUGE step up from the older version. If you’re familiar with Insta360 cameras they all use one app. The older model had its own separate app. What really stood out to me about this camera is the longer video it could capture. I think with the old GO it would shoot only 15-30 sec clips, but this one can shoot clips to 30 mins. (15sec, 30sec, 1min, 5min, 10min, 15min, or 30min)A few other things that was nice about this version is it’s WaterProof. I went snorkeling in the Bahamas and it worked well. I didn’t go super deep, but I’m pretty sure you can’t be like deep sea diving with it. It has the lens already attached so it was a turn on and jump in kind of test!The attachments it comes with are nice as well. Specifically the head mount. Vs the older model, this head mount/CLIP can be angled up and down which is needed for a tall guy like me.What I think this Camera is best used for:Quick clips hands down. Similar to the older model, I really like the quick access and small size of the camera to capture clips to make montage like videos. I think it could work for some form of vlogging. It’s super easy to use the case as a grip and flip it around to talk to it. Also there’s a tool it comes with that can do the same. Both case and grip work for facing yourself and a target.I had used this camera for a Volleyball tournament and on a holiday. For the volleyball tournament it was nice it could shoot longer video for those plays that would go over 30 secs. The record and stop button is way more notable in my opinion, giving a short vibration to start and a long to stop.When I used it on holiday, I shot like I was vlogging but mainly to capture cute couple content. The use of the case helps clarify it’s rolling and what mode you’re on. Again, was perfect to make a montage videoI didn’t get a chance to try all the features but they have slo mo and timelapses as well which are cool touches. And as it’s an Insta360 camera, you know their app has a bunch of AI and toys to try.Video:So this thing can shoot up to 1440p, but for social you’d probably just need to use 1080p or else the social apps might compress it. Also a good note is that it can shoot in both landscape and vertical. I made the mistake when I first used it and shot landscape 16:9 which is the video attached. You can change this pretty easily to vertical, OR shoot in PRO video mode. Pro Video mode let’s you shoot both landscape and vertical so when editing you can choose. I noticed sometimes when you start the camera it start at the default of regular video which was annoying but with practice and attention, you’ll see that you may need toggle Pro video (if you that’s what you’re trying to shoot with/I’d recommend). Also that way I shoot content is vertical so you could have a different preference too.Connection:Yes connection can be difficult sometimes, but I kinda see this as a given after using so many Insta360 cameras. I’d suggest a few things. Don’t trying to work with multiple videos at once. If you’re going to edit, try downloading the video to the app so you don’t have to be connected to the phone the whole time. Hard close the app and try again. I think with practice you’ll find some of these quick fixers, but I think alot of the time this happened was when I was trying to work with alot of video over a long period of time. Make it easier for the tech as it’s pretty powerful! Also a random thing I noticed, but when I was using this when my phone was on Airplane mode, I had no issues… so maybe that’s a pro tip?Portability/battery:This thing is so fun to whip out and it’s easy to capture moments. The case it like the size of an airpods case just a tad bigger. As I mentioned earlier it’s like a grip too so it can be used pretty quickly once you get a hang of it. For battery life, I haven’t had any issues with it. But keep in mind I’m not like shooting a movie with this, just getting clips I know I can use for future edits!Overall I’d recommend this camera. I personally think it’s great for many occasions and with practice you’ll find the best way to optimize and use it!
Yanni –
So everything you’ve probably seen in video reviews is true: surprisingly good stabilization, crazy small and lightweight, very convenient…And while the camera itself is waterproof… the case IS NOT! I did not go swimming with the thing, actually it was the reason that killed the case. Well say that I loved this camera until that point. Also app for this is incredible. Just wish there was a removal as cats or something as an alternative
yuhao fan –
Camera is good quality and I like it’s tiny size. When skiing with it and got a few amazing shots. Issue is with the battery life and the fact that it heats up super quick. Also sometime it doesn’t connect with app
Andrey Katsman –
I first noticed this camera being very popular in the FPV drones community – understandably so because of its amazingly small form factor. I was curious to see what video quality and even more so – what stabilization is possible in this tiny package. Here’s what I found:The camera shoots an incredibly nice looking 1440p video at 50fps (at the high end setting)Stabilization is probably the best I’ve seen out there, save for a machenical gimbal.The case that acts both as a charger, tripod, and remote control is very smart and convenient.The camera has bluetooth and wifi built in but also supports wired files tranfer if you connect it to usb via the case.I am not a huge user of accessories but the ones that come with the camera all seem very usable – camera attaches via strong magnet to the accessory. Pendant that you wear under the shirt is probably my favorite.One of the biggest highlights for me was the discovery that when shooting in pro-video you can reframe your shot after the fact without losing resolution (it shoots slightly larger circular area that the frame is cropped out of) – it mady my videos much looser to shoot and easier to edit.The less positive sides for me:- The software is missing some features that would make it even more exceptional – eg. no digital zoom or crop options in post procesing – sometimes I want to narrow the FOV further and crop a particular region. I need to do it in a separate 3rd party editing software after exporting the video, which is inconvenient.- When the camera is connected to a PC there is no option to turn off data link, so the attempts to connect it to my phone fails at the “waking up with bluetooth” stage, but no clear error is given.- Camera heats up quite signifficantly, which shortens the possible continuous shot time to about 5min. Even though the case battery is enough for much more- no H.265 option on the camera. only in export from the studio application on pc or mac- no external storage mountable, i wish i could stick a micro sd into it…all in all – I am very pleased with the camera so far. The exciting form factor (being approximately the size of apple airpods case when closed) makes it very convenient for travel and casual carry everywhere, while the video quality is above and beyond what I need.*note – some people mention all sorts of serious problems with the camea, I have not experience any of those. It might be quality control issue on the manufacturing side, but I can’t really speak to it as nothing (thankfully) shows up on my camera so far.
Evelynn G. –
I like this camera,but I don,t like service from FedEx.Use other shipping if possible.