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How durable is the GoPro

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wilson_seeds
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My GoPro has been through a lot and just has a few scratches here and there. Im wondering if anyone has ever broken a GoPro from physical damage and what did it take to break it?
Oct 3 2012 5:25PM
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Laurent.
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A field hockey drag flick killed my friends GoPro completely.

Saidly enough it wasn't even on at that moment.
Oct 3 2012 5:28PM
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yourthemannowdog
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I was asking the same question a few years ago. So I searched youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=go+pro+durability+test&oq=go+pro+durability+test&gs_l=youtube.3..0i10.5179.5887.0.6285.6.6.0.0.0.0.120.483.2j4.6.0...0.0...1ac.1.KpSqn1rjQKM
Oct 3 2012 5:30PM
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Sophistication.
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Oct 3 2012 6:45PM
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Sophistication.
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^ cant get embed to work? someone help?
Oct 3 2012 6:46PM
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WPoch
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Yall don't say that... also Inb4 thread moving.
Oct 3 2012 6:49PM
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theBearJew
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This should give you a good idea. GoPro falls from skydiver at 12500 ft without the case. Pops out around :30 and hits the ground at, around 2:35. Films the whole thing and survives.
Oct 3 2012 7:34PM
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Miomo
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Not that every camera can do that, but one built to take a hit better be able to. It didn't take as much of a hit as you probably think, though.
Oct 3 2012 7:43PM
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klayer_9
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I have. Don't ask me why but I my friends and I were at a driving range (none of us really golf. We were hung over and needed an activity that wasn't too strenuous) We decided to get some artsy shots of golfing and set the GoPro 6 feet in front of the tee. Hoping the ball would shoot over it, creating a cool effect. I stepped up to the tee, channelling my inner Tiger and swung furiously. I then heard a loud *crack*.

The ball went straight into the GoPro, instantly smashing the case into pieces. The GoPro never turned on again. It was under warranty so we got a new one though.



Also, SD card was damaged by the impact so there was no footage to share, causing some to not believe this story.
Oct 3 2012 7:50PM
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Toaster-Tony
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My Gopro was dropped in a bucket of orange soda at a party (without a case) and works like a charm.
Oct 3 2012 7:54PM
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theBearJew
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Still... to free fall from a plane and be fine when it lands. Pretty impressive even if its built to take a hit.
Oct 3 2012 8:12PM
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jackkenny
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i saw a video where a kid dropped a pumpkin off his roof onto his gopro and it broke haha
Oct 3 2012 8:18PM
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Sophistication.
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Oct 3 2012 8:31PM
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Sophistication.
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Oct 3 2012 8:37PM
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Parks.
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Damn!
Oct 3 2012 9:00PM
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wilson_seeds
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i now have new faith in my gopro
Oct 3 2012 11:55PM
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