Flip UltraHD 2009 (black)

Pros: * Starts in 2 secs
* Good sound on recordings
* Can use regular AA batteries. (Good for hiking trips where power is not abundent)
* Extremely easy to use
* Connects directly to the TV through a mini-HDMI port

Cons: * Fragile non replaceable lens glass
* Optics is of course not top notch
* Video quality is OK/good but image stabilization is non existent. (of course is'nt)
* Memory not expandable, but easy to transfer to pc via usb 2.
* Not Hollywood material.

Summary: This is a good unit to capture those short precious moments without carrying a large bulky videorecorder. Optics are of course not top of the line (look at the size of the thing) ; night vision and image stabilization are non existent. Dispite it's shortcomings; I love it!

It takes about 2 secs to start, sound is great. Picture is good/acceptable for this type of use, but don't shoot sceenes for a hollywood movie with this one.

I take it on hiking trips, far away from a power supply and the fact that the unit can operate on ordinary AA batteries is good.

I've seen that someone has commented on lack of expandable memory. this unit can store 2 hours of video and come on you don't store 2 hours of video on this thing; it'
s not a storage device. you will have transferred the video to a pc long before that. It is easy to transfer video via the usb2 interface. It mounts as a harddrive in windows. use file explorer or the flip software

But what is it with the lens glass? It breakes quite easily. I had the flip i my pocket with together with some other stuff (it was protected by the pouch), and the glass brakes. It's very fragile and non-replaceable. No I have to pick out the pieces, find some glass to cut and glue it back in there..