Foldable Bikes Party: Spend more time riding and less time editing with the TomTom Bandit action camera

Thursday, 1 September 2016

Spend more time riding and less time editing with the TomTom Bandit action camera

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This is a sponsored article, brought to you in association with TomTom.

From pros to weekend warriors, these days we’re all filming our riding antics to post online. But cutting down hours of footage into an ‘all killer, no filler’ video takes time and patience. If only you could ride, film and edit a clip all within two hours…

This was the challenge that was set to test the capabilities of the TomTom Bandit action cam. We gave one camera to Joe from BikeRadar, who’s a filming and editing pro, and another to MBUK Staff Writer Ed, who’s got plenty of riding experience but has barely touched a camera. Who was going to come out with the best edit?

No contest, you might say. Well, not necessarily... The flagship function of the TomTom Bandit is its ability to edit video easily and on the move. Install the Bandit app on your smartphone, connect the camera via Wi-Fi, shake your phone and within seconds you should have a ready-made compilation of all the best action from your ride.

Ed was going to use this function, so he had much longer out on the trails and the chance to bag more clips, while Joe was going to use a laptop and conventional editing software, so had to limit his riding time.

Both Ed and Joe were armed with various camera mounts: helmet, chest, bars, seatpost and more and were given free reign to be as creative with the video as they liked.