Choosing the suitable motion digital camera was easy: Go with GoProfessional. That’s nonetheless good recommendation, in that the GoProfessional ranks excessive on our checklist and is our high decide for most individuals, however we have lastly discovered just a few worthy rivals.

To work out which cameras are one of the best, we dove with them, climbed with them, surfed with them, and handed them to reckless 10-year-olds on bikes. We discovered a variety of nice choices that may file, and survive, your future adventures.

If an motion cam is not your velocity, make sure you take a look at our different guides, together with the Best Compact Cameras, Best Mirrorless Cameras, and Best Instant Cameras.

Updated November 2022: We’ve added the GoProfessional Hero 11, Insta360 X3, and DJI Osmo Action cameras, and eliminated the GoProfessional Hero 9, which is now not broadly out there.

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