Epic job boys. Your videos on the soloshot were more informative than anything I've found online. Thank you for this epic job. As a Floridan I have no idea how you surf in that cold but 🤙 🤙 🤙 !!!
This is great to see after the last upload! Congrats to Soloshot on making good with the sketchy previous shipped one! I'm looking forward to getting one soon now. Thanks for the video :)
SOLID SHOT!! Sooo great to see! Warms my heart to see the SS3+ finally in the hands of a surfer. I have one of the first 100 SS3 bundles that shipped in Oct 2017. It'll be 6 yrs old this year. Believe it or not it still works great. Went three for three this month on sessions. Last month it went three for five. 😒
That's amazing! I also have one of those that lasted for 5 good years and barely missed any wave. If I put in a good maintenance by rinsing off the tag and wipe the connectors with alcohol wipes from time to time, it would likely still be working.
@@SkipperSurfReview They def take a salty, windy, wet beating. I'm amazed mine is still golden. mostly due to my meticulous care for all components. I almost always bring a water bottle with me surfing and rinse the tag right away. Wipe the base and cam(s) off well and bubble wrap em. No pelican case but I have a zippered SS carry bag. SOLO3 worked real well in CA and PR along w/the many sessions here in NJ. Check out my new PR edit! ruclips.net/video/ZwpINh_GDJ0/видео.html
You’re lucky to have this. After buying for my husband for Christmas (with the promise it would ship in 2 days) I still didn’t have it by end of February. Chatted with Barry on the phone who cancelled my order for me and promised me a refund within 30 days. That was back in February. I still have no refund in May and they are now ignoring all of my follow ups.
Hi Susie! Sorry to hear about this! Did you try to work with your credit company to dispute it? This company sucks! That's why I'm not planning on buying anything directly from them.
I hope you give an update on a day when there are better waves & more tracking to see if there is continued success. From past experience with the previous models, 1 test definitely does not mean as much as we'd like it to.
Wow I'm glad #2 worked! I still feel a bit skeptical though... 50% success rate still isn't great lmao. Will you get one yourself? Please follow up if so and maybe we can get the success rate to 66%! :D
Yewww! New and Improved Cholo Shot! I'm glad to see that it worked. I LOVE my soloshot 3 and it works so well I dont know if i need the Soloshot3+ 🤔 But it looks great! Great image quality and the start up time seem much better! BTW, your friend Mike pushes too many buttons! haha. The base has a setting that automatically finds that specific tag - he doesn't have to click on the tag everytime. Great review Skipper!
Thanks for the vid....the sole reason for a true solo surfer like myself to not currently have this is due to concern about theft when out surfing....any helpful tips or advice on securing and preventing the Soloshot from being stolen while surfing??
I’ve been concerned for a while when I initially got one. In the winter here, the beach is usually empty but it gets crowded in the summer. So what I usually is to find some couple or family w the kids and ask them to keep an eye on the cam politely. In most cases it works.. but one time in California, a bit of north of LA, one family looked super sketchy and I think they tried to steal it… I got out of the water immediately and moved it away lol. So hope yours will be ok. Some guys use the secure lock w the cable to attach it to the lifeguard stances. It does work thought. The camera has a hole for secure locks.
Mike said that it worked a few months ago but he hasn't been using it since then. However I met a few more people who have been having issues. If you are ready to tinker and have a lot of patience to wait, then go for it.
I'm not really sure. I will ask Mike about it. He's been traveling with the new Soloshot 3+. He texted me and said the experience wasn't great.. I will get more deets soon!
yeah, they are not cheap. I usually try to set it up in a place with less people or find some family with kids and set it up next to them. I also politely to keep an eye on it. That usually helps to worry less about it. haha.
It does but has some issues when the cam is setup uphill on the rocks. Mike was out of frame. Soloshot was going to push new update to fix it. I’m not sure where it will happen. It tracks fine when it’s at the beach near the sea level
@@SkipperSurfReview yeah. My experience with my soloshot has always been that it tracks reliably left-right, but it seems to just point randomly when it comes to the vertical angle. I really wish I could rewrite the code for the vertical angle, or at least got more control of it. I have maybe 30 hours of video with me in the frame, and another 100 with me above or below the frame. This is surfing, mostly pretty far from shore (like 800ft or so from the camera). I sent my 3 in for upgrade; they received it Dec 10 2022 and it's been nothing but excuses since then. I'm still holding on to a few last glimmers of hope that they will eventually send me something... Also, the tags only last about 30 charge cycles before the battery managment goes all crazy and won't charge (I've bought 3, and all of them died after between 10 and 30 cycles.). It's a very challenging product to build; I just wish the company was more honest about the issues they have. I wish they would open-source the code so we could fix their bugs and add the missing features (e.g. gallery on the camera).
@@SkipperSurfReview Hi Yuri, thank you for the response! I started surfing 3 months ago and don’t want to form bad habits. I’m currently riding a soft top 7’ storm blade SSR and surf in Oceanside/Carlsbad. I have tried using my iPhone with a tripod but the image was so pixelated I could not see where I was looking, so I was looking to get a solo shot for better quality. The GoPro is not the same from a land view and I don’t have a good enough friend who’s willing to sit there and film me haha. I’ll maybe try a decent camera and use the tripod
I understand what your buddy is saying...but if it in fact had gotten "really tossed" enough to mess it up...the box it was shipped in would definitely show signs of abuse...and since he said the box was "mint" either Barry is lying about testing every product that they ship, or all it takes is a little bump to mess it up, cause it doesn't make sense if the box was perfect but UPS beat the shit out of it enough to totally mess it up.
Either way, it seems like a headache to get a good working one, cause I already know how it is to deal with soloshots non existing customer service, and waiting for Barry to reply with emails or to FINALLY call...it takes FOREVER. So instead of risking getting one that gets beat up by UPS in a mint condition box somehow...im sticking with my decision from part 1 and not purchase this.
@@NoOneisHereAnyway Hey Carl! Thanks for watching. My buddy’s Soloshot is working but not all the time perfect. I’ve got some feedback from other people. I know one guy in Wisconsin who surfs the lake, he has been getting a great footage for a few months and a few days ago it just died on him mid session. He’s going to reach out to Soloshot and see how to send back in to replace/repair it. Hope it works out. I’m personally still on the fence to get it as I know for fact it may take forever with a lot of headache to deal with Barry and Co.
@SkipperSurfReview ha so yea with thst updated info, I'll stick to not buying it for sure. The one I had last year was such a headache to operate and a real pain in the ass to work with their "customer service"... I get it's only a handful of people, but I just don't want to go through all that again. Thanks foe the update
Epic job boys. Your videos on the soloshot were more informative than anything I've found online. Thank you for this epic job. As a Floridan I have no idea how you surf in that cold but 🤙 🤙 🤙 !!!
Glad to help!
Really looking forward to future updates to see if it gets buggy on you, or if it keeps working well
Thanks for doing the review and set up. I just got mine today after ordering in January. Threatened with small claims and they finally sent it. 😅
Thanks for doing the follow-up. Definitely putting this on my Christmas list!
This is great to see after the last upload! Congrats to Soloshot on making good with the sketchy previous shipped one! I'm looking forward to getting one soon now. Thanks for the video :)
Thanks for watching! We may see more reviews from other people who receives it.
Good to hear at the end of the video that it was working. It made me hopeful for my order
Hope you will get your Soloshot 3+ soon!
SOLID SHOT!! Sooo great to see! Warms my heart to see the SS3+ finally in the hands of a surfer. I have one of the first 100 SS3 bundles that shipped in Oct 2017. It'll be 6 yrs old this year. Believe it or not it still works great. Went three for three this month on sessions. Last month it went three for five. 😒
That's amazing! I also have one of those that lasted for 5 good years and barely missed any wave. If I put in a good maintenance by rinsing off the tag and wipe the connectors with alcohol wipes from time to time, it would likely still be working.
@@SkipperSurfReview They def take a salty, windy, wet beating. I'm amazed mine is still golden. mostly due to my meticulous care for all components. I almost always bring a water bottle with me surfing and rinse the tag right away. Wipe the base and cam(s) off well and bubble wrap em. No pelican case but I have a zippered SS carry bag. SOLO3 worked real well in CA and PR along w/the many sessions here in NJ. Check out my new PR edit!
ruclips.net/video/ZwpINh_GDJ0/видео.html
Could you please tell me the overall packaging weight, length, width and height? I want to do shipping and need to know!
You’re lucky to have this. After buying for my husband for Christmas (with the promise it would ship in 2 days) I still didn’t have it by end of February. Chatted with Barry on the phone who cancelled my order for me and promised me a refund within 30 days. That was back in February. I still have no refund in May and they are now ignoring all of my follow ups.
Hi Susie! Sorry to hear about this! Did you try to work with your credit company to dispute it? This company sucks! That's why I'm not planning on buying anything directly from them.
OMG this is horrible. I am stuck in a wait for an upgrade, and Im afraid to ask for a refund....
I hope you give an update on a day when there are better waves & more tracking to see if there is continued success. From past experience with the previous models, 1 test definitely does not mean as much as we'd like it to.
That's the plan! Hope Mike won't have any issues going forward.
Wow I'm glad #2 worked! I still feel a bit skeptical though... 50% success rate still isn't great lmao.
Will you get one yourself? Please follow up if so and maybe we can get the success rate to 66%! :D
I will have to order it under different name.. Barry will never send me one even if I go with upgrade 🙈🙈🙈
@@SkipperSurfReview why
@@kinetic1812 heard he hates me so bad🤪
Good! Your honest reviews are amazing.
@@thisiscontact Thank you!
Yewww! New and Improved Cholo Shot! I'm glad to see that it worked. I LOVE my soloshot 3 and it works so well I dont know if i need the Soloshot3+ 🤔 But it looks great! Great image quality and the start up time seem much better! BTW, your friend Mike pushes too many buttons! haha. The base has a setting that automatically finds that specific tag - he doesn't have to click on the tag everytime. Great review Skipper!
Thank you!! May be he was hyped up and pressed a lot of buttons?😁
Thanks for the vid....the sole reason for a true solo surfer like myself to not currently have this is due to concern about theft when out surfing....any helpful tips or advice on securing and preventing the Soloshot from being stolen while surfing??
I’ve been concerned for a while when I initially got one. In the winter here, the beach is usually empty but it gets crowded in the summer. So what I usually is to find some couple or family w the kids and ask them to keep an eye on the cam politely. In most cases it works.. but one time in California, a bit of north of LA, one family looked super sketchy and I think they tried to steal it… I got out of the water immediately and moved it away lol. So hope yours will be ok. Some guys use the secure lock w the cable to attach it to the lifeguard stances. It does work thought. The camera has a hole for secure locks.
@@SkipperSurfReview Thanks so much for this helpful advice.
Do you have a 6mn review? Is it still working? Any more issues? Let us know
Hey any updates on how this has been working? Thinking of getting one. Thanks.
Mike said that it worked a few months ago but he hasn't been using it since then. However I met a few more people who have been having issues. If you are ready to tinker and have a lot of patience to wait, then go for it.
Looks pretty good. You're kinda low down on the screen (not centered). Is it 4K footage so you can recompose after?
SS3+ can record in 4K. SS3 Optic25 records only in 720/1080 30 fps.
Have you had any other issues its been about a year. I have a soloshot 3
Hey, i don’t undertstand, mike did’got a new one after the part 1, or it just a mistake when he calibrate it on the beach for the part1 ?
He’s got a replacement (new one) after Part 1. I guess Soloshot saw the review and decided to send him a replacement right away.
Promising! Can I borrow it for a few weeks?
haha! Check with Mike :)
Did the ups box it come in have fragile stickers on it?
I'm not really sure. I will ask Mike about it. He's been traveling with the new Soloshot 3+. He texted me and said the experience wasn't great.. I will get more deets soon!
Thanks for that amazing video, very helpful, do you know how long the battery life special in winter for the tag and the camera ?
I bought a soloshot 1 recently 2nd hand but its pretty bad. Soloshot 3+ looks good but id be too worried someone is going to steal it, not cheap
yeah, they are not cheap. I usually try to set it up in a place with less people or find some family with kids and set it up next to them. I also politely to keep an eye on it. That usually helps to worry less about it. haha.
Is it still working fine?
It does but has some issues when the cam is setup uphill on the rocks. Mike was out of frame. Soloshot was going to push new update to fix it. I’m not sure where it will happen. It tracks fine when it’s at the beach near the sea level
@@SkipperSurfReview yeah. My experience with my soloshot has always been that it tracks reliably left-right, but it seems to just point randomly when it comes to the vertical angle. I really wish I could rewrite the code for the vertical angle, or at least got more control of it. I have maybe 30 hours of video with me in the frame, and another 100 with me above or below the frame. This is surfing, mostly pretty far from shore (like 800ft or so from the camera). I sent my 3 in for upgrade; they received it Dec 10 2022 and it's been nothing but excuses since then. I'm still holding on to a few last glimmers of hope that they will eventually send me something... Also, the tags only last about 30 charge cycles before the battery managment goes all crazy and won't charge (I've bought 3, and all of them died after between 10 and 30 cycles.). It's a very challenging product to build; I just wish the company was more honest about the issues they have. I wish they would open-source the code so we could fix their bugs and add the missing features (e.g. gallery on the camera).
I ordered mine in January nothing to date and very few response to emails . They should for their sake improve
Communications .
Ugh!!! Sorry to hear about that! Hope yours will come in soon!
They haven’t refunded my purchase from November 22 - left voicemails emails etc.
Ugh!!! That’s a bummer!! Sorry to hear dude!
I’m guessing there is no alternative for surfers to have their surf sesh recorded? :( the GoPro recording just isn’t the same
You can just use an iPhone and angle it. Check out eBay! They have some used units for good price.
@@SkipperSurfReview Hi Yuri, thank you for the response! I started surfing 3 months ago and don’t want to form bad habits. I’m currently riding a soft top 7’ storm blade SSR and surf in Oceanside/Carlsbad. I have tried using my iPhone with a tripod but the image was so pixelated I could not see where I was looking, so I was looking to get a solo shot for better quality. The GoPro is not the same from a land view and I don’t have a good enough friend who’s willing to sit there and film me haha. I’ll maybe try a decent camera and use the tripod
totaly the contrary of the previous test ... hmm how much did they paid the guy that got the camera 🤣
Haha.. I wish they paid 😂
I understand what your buddy is saying...but if it in fact had gotten "really tossed" enough to mess it up...the box it was shipped in would definitely show signs of abuse...and since he said the box was "mint" either Barry is lying about testing every product that they ship, or all it takes is a little bump to mess it up, cause it doesn't make sense if the box was perfect but UPS beat the shit out of it enough to totally mess it up.
Either way, it seems like a headache to get a good working one, cause I already know how it is to deal with soloshots non existing customer service, and waiting for Barry to reply with emails or to FINALLY call...it takes FOREVER. So instead of risking getting one that gets beat up by UPS in a mint condition box somehow...im sticking with my decision from part 1 and not purchase this.
@@NoOneisHereAnyway Hey Carl! Thanks for watching. My buddy’s Soloshot is working but not all the time perfect. I’ve got some feedback from other people. I know one guy in Wisconsin who surfs the lake, he has been getting a great footage for a few months and a few days ago it just died on him mid session. He’s going to reach out to Soloshot and see how to send back in to replace/repair it. Hope it works out. I’m personally still on the fence to get it as I know for fact it may take forever with a lot of headache to deal with Barry and Co.
@SkipperSurfReview ha so yea with thst updated info, I'll stick to not buying it for sure. The one I had last year was such a headache to operate and a real pain in the ass to work with their "customer service"... I get it's only a handful of people, but I just don't want to go through all that again. Thanks foe the update
They really answer your emails???
May be 1/10000
Still a failure!!! Weird thing
wow, it worked! it looked like you crashed some funky party on the beach. Kinda spooky...
Bro, it’s always spooky out there👽