Reddit reviews Wasabi Power Battery (2-Pack) and Dual Charger for GoPro Hero3, Hero3+ and GoPro AHDBT-201, AHDBT-301, AHDBT-302, AHBBP-301

the gopro hero has nice quality. but i would not recommend it to most people, especially those that refer to themselves as "techheads". it has limited frame rates and resolutions, which is fine, the lack of slow motion rears it's ugly head very quickly after the first use. but more importantly than that, it is missing expandability. no swappable batteries and no support for backpacks at this moment in time... no lcd backpack, no wifi backpack, no battery backpack. this wouldn't be a huge deal if it had wifi built-in, but it doesn't have that either.

buy the best gopro you can afford. that may mean buying used, but as long as you check it out thoroughly before agreeing to anything, you could save some serious money. do not forget to budget accessories while crunching numbers. you will probably want extra batteries and a gopole of some kind right away. then after a while of playing with the stuff, head over to /r/goprodiy for ideas on pretty awesome, and usually cheap mounts.

i would definitely watch your video and give it an honest critique. i'm looking forward to it! but you need to realize that i am only a couple months ahead of you editing/filmmaking-wise so while i can offer suggestions, i make no claims of being inerrant.

Yeah, the Hero 2 would run 2 hours on a battery, but the H3B is only 1 hr. The H3+B is supposed to be a little better.

You can charge the battery in the camera. It will come with one battery. This wasabi pack is a good deal.

GoPro makes absurdly expensive accessories. Just look at the frame or chest strap.

My personal favorite:

GoPole Reach or Evo

Joby GorillaPod

Wasabi Batteries and Charger

  I hiked Mt. Kilimanjaro last month over the course of 7 days.  Our group of three all had gopros and we each brought 5-7 batteries and an external battery pack.  <br />
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  Our 12000mAh battery would charge gopro batteries about 8-12 times depending on original/wasabi capacity.  I ended up only going through more than one battery on two of the days I think.  If you turn the camera off when you stop recording the battery lasts fairly long even in cold conditions (It would get down to 15 degrees F at night (-10 C)).  <br />
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  As for memory cards I brought four 32g cards.  I like to have several smaller capacity cards instead of one big one in case one accidentally gets wiped or the data gets corrupted.  I ended up shooting ~60g over the seven days, including several long timelapses.  For a three week trip I would recommend two 64g cards if possible, or better yet four 32g cards.  <br />

I also brought a panning base (its a glorified egg timer) and got a few cool timelapse shots of sunrises and a few of the camps. Shot everything at 1080 60fps for video and 2s intervals for timelapses and turned out great.

Here are all the links. Good luck!

Anker 12000mAh External Battery
http://www.amazon.com/12000mAh-Portable-External-Technology-Smartphones/dp/B00CEZBKTO/ref=sr_1_8?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1410496236&sr=1-8&keywords=anker

Wasabi USB 2 Pack
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IAZWWDA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

SanDisk Extreme 32g MicroSD
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FRHTXW2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Panning Base
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AJIZBWA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The Wasabi packs now come with this feature. I have an older Wasabi charger + batteries and they've been great for me. $22 for your USB charger and 2 batteries... you can't really go wrong. I see that some people mentioned the charging base wasn't perfect, but at that price you could even get 2 in case one gives you trouble. Or you could get the old model and use a USB -> barrel connector, which should still work.

http://www.amazon.com/Wasabi-Power-AHDBT-201-AHDBT-301-AHDBT-302/dp/B00IAZWWDA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410205488&sr=8-1&keywords=wasabi+gopro