Well DRIFT messed up again, I am glad to see the stabilization finally!! Yes, it is needed on any bikes that are ridden off road. They still have the microphone plug on the bottom of the camera, so it gets destroyed by your shoulder when riding off road. On the Drift Ghost X they finally came out wit a 90 degree connector so its much better, but not perfect. On my last ride through Death Valley my new jacket managed to unplug the 90 degree connector 4 or 5 times, causing me to loose my audio, I finally secured it with electrical tape. My Ghost XL microphone plug screws into the bottom of the camera, so you have no other options for another external microphone. The straight hanging microphone connector usually last about a month then the wires bend & flex enough from hitting your shoulder that they short out. I have resorted to mounting the drift cameras upside down on the other side of the helmet so the connectors face up and don't impact your shoulder. I'm on my 5th or 6th Drift X camera and I have one Drift XL that I rarely use because the sound quality is so poor and gets distorted easily no matter what setting I use. I prefer the Drift X replaceable batteries over the built in ones. Yes you can charge them on the go if your a street biker and just sitting there but if you are off roading moving around on the bike it is impossible. Drift Bley it again with this camera. I recently switched to DJI cameras. I'm tired of fighting the broken cameras and stupid design flaws of the mic jack.
I was definitely a drift man started with the big orange brick there first camera 🎥 but when my ghost stoped working and customer services really did let me down i never went back , they definitely lost there way on the last two cameras , hope they are now back on track , thank you for a good informative review 👌
I have had a stealth for a number of years (around 7) its beat up, but still works pretty good. This looks like a good upgrade. I will definitely keep them in mind for my next camera.
If the stabilisation was a little smoother I would be tempted. Its looks quite small and i like the fact the buttons are quite big. Colour looked decent too. Fasty-Rides
Looks good but after their customer service was rediculously poor with my XL, they can shove it. They had the ability to smash gopro with that design, the rotatable lens and the long battery life, but the quality of the XL was poor. They never acknowledged that to the customers and basically stuck the middle finger up to most of us.
Great thanks for the review. This is the first one I could find. They are already available in Beijing. I have the Ghost XL for more than a year now. Pretty happy with it. Time for a upgrade and more angles. Did they change the names? What is the difference between the Ghost 4K and the Ghost XL Pro? Is the XL pro the newest one? Thank you for the video.
As much as I like Drift cameras I don’t get the way they do things, why didn’t they just use the usb c for the audio, and locate it under the screen ? I’m liking the image quality tho 👍 Have they improved the cooling any ? Or do they still get red hot?
Had 2 drift ghost xl's both suffered with dumping footage or losing audio Went back to my good old ghost s, never let me down. If there customer service was better i would look at this until then they can keep it, last time i asked their customer services for help i was told try googling for help !
Well DRIFT messed up again, I am glad to see the stabilization finally!! Yes, it is needed on any bikes that are ridden off road. They still have the microphone plug on the bottom of the camera, so it gets destroyed by your shoulder when riding off road. On the Drift Ghost X they finally came out wit a 90 degree connector so its much better, but not perfect. On my last ride through Death Valley my new jacket managed to unplug the 90 degree connector 4 or 5 times, causing me to loose my audio, I finally secured it with electrical tape. My Ghost XL microphone plug screws into the bottom of the camera, so you have no other options for another external microphone. The straight hanging microphone connector usually last about a month then the wires bend & flex enough from hitting your shoulder that they short out. I have resorted to mounting the drift cameras upside down on the other side of the helmet so the connectors face up and don't impact your shoulder. I'm on my 5th or 6th Drift X camera and I have one Drift XL that I rarely use because the sound quality is so poor and gets distorted easily no matter what setting I use. I prefer the Drift X replaceable batteries over the built in ones. Yes you can charge them on the go if your a street biker and just sitting there but if you are off roading moving around on the bike it is impossible. Drift Bley it again with this camera. I recently switched to DJI cameras. I'm tired of fighting the broken cameras and stupid design flaws of the mic jack.
I was definitely a drift man started with the big orange brick there first camera 🎥 but when my ghost stoped working and customer services really did let me down i never went back , they definitely lost there way on the last two cameras , hope they are now back on track , thank you for a good informative review 👌
Been waiting for this bad boy 🤘🤘
Thanks for the review Bud, looking forward to an excuse to upgrade👍👍👍
That was a very good look at the Drift Ghost XL Pro mate I wish now I had bought one instead of what I just bought . : )
I have had a stealth for a number of years (around 7) its beat up, but still works pretty good. This looks like a good upgrade. I will definitely keep them in mind for my next camera.
Yes I have a Stealth too, great bit of kit.
Great insight to what looks like a great bit of kit brilliant review mate cheers 👍🏻
If the stabilisation was a little smoother I would be tempted. Its looks quite small and i like the fact the buttons are quite big. Colour looked decent too. Fasty-Rides
Looks good but after their customer service was rediculously poor with my XL, they can shove it. They had the ability to smash gopro with that design, the rotatable lens and the long battery life, but the quality of the XL was poor. They never acknowledged that to the customers and basically stuck the middle finger up to most of us.
Great thanks for the review. This is the first one I could find. They are already available in Beijing. I have the Ghost XL for more than a year now. Pretty happy with it. Time for a upgrade and more angles. Did they change the names? What is the difference between the Ghost 4K and the Ghost XL Pro? Is the XL pro the newest one? Thank you for the video.
How long it can be in dash cam mode nonstop?
Does anyone know why my XL pro doesn't record past about 15 mins? I bought a class 10 SanDisk 64 SD card.
As much as I like Drift cameras I don’t get the way they do things, why didn’t they just use the usb c for the audio, and locate it under the screen ?
I’m liking the image quality tho 👍
Have they improved the cooling any ? Or do they still get red hot?
The usb c would be a good idea. It doesn’t seem to get too hot but it is cool in the uk at moment.
Hi! Have you tried dash cam mode yet? Does it turns on with the car ignition switch? THANKS!
Have you actually tried the new reset feature buddy as I still have a hole on mine 🤔
Yes the jokes still there as it’s the old chassis, nothing changed. There’s nothing inside that hole now.
Just wondering do you charge with the USB /Jack cable of the USB/Micro C cable?
You can use either, they both charge it
On no more money I’ve got to spend 😅😂
How’s the Stabilistation bud?
Will try it out on next video
What camera was this video shot with?
The unboxing was using my iphone
Had 2 drift ghost xl's both suffered with dumping footage or losing audio
Went back to my good old ghost s, never let me down.
If there customer service was better i would look at this until then they can keep it, last time i asked their customer services for help i was told try googling for help !