This is not a review: Flip Ultra HD

Adding to the list of my lovely gadgets is a Flip Ultra HD. I’ve always wanted a gadget to record everyday life with, but traditional camcorders are always so bulky, expensive and require those annoying DV tapes. The Flip Ultra HD isn’t one of those.

Small enough to fit into my pocket, I find myself carrying the Flip Ultra HD around a lot. It’s really simple to use as it basically has just one feature: record HD video using the big red button. The reason I picked the Ultra HD over the Mino HD was mainly because at the same price (roughly £150) you get double the memory (8GB rather than 4GB), Stereo microphones (rather than mono), Slightly better lens, HDMI connection and I find that the colours seem to look nicer on video recorded with the Ultra HD. Of course this all comes with a drawback; the Ultra HD is noticeably bulkier than the Mino HD, but as I mentioned it fits into my pocket perfectly fine. A very nice feature is being able to plug the Flip Ultra HD into any laptop or PC with extra wires as the USB dongle is built into the camera. The software is also right installed on the camera, both for Mac and PC so it’s very easy to share your movies on YouTube.

Check out my YouTube channel to find several videos taken with the Flip Ultra HD.

Overall Impression: Great buy!