Bought a Virb Elite this week and its a mixed bag.
The instructions in the box are sparse and basic, and the full PDF manual on the website isn't wonderful. More importantly the mini USB lead supplied is rubbish. Very short and its a very poor fit, meaning it wouldn't charge or reliably connect to my PC. Fortunately I had a spare lead which did the job just fine, but come on Garmin these things must cost you pennies on something that retails north of £200! Remember this is the only way of charging or connecting the camera supplied, so it's an important bit of kit.
I'd bought the optional handlebar fitting kit, which worked fine and was straightforward to set up, although it could be argued that £20 as an accessory is a bit steep when cyclists must be one of the main target customers?
Out on the road the camera works great - very simple to operate, just push the button forward and its recording, along with all the GPS overlay. Quality at 1080 with image stabilization on is spot on and it coped well with the bumps when I ventured off road.
The battery life looks promising with the display showing I'd only used about a third of the battery in a ride of 1hr 50mins constantly recording with GPS on.
However, back home the problems due to the lack of instructions surfaced again. It connected to Garmin Express and Garmin Connect OK, producing an accurate map of my route and good stats - I was particularly pleased with my maximum speed of 146mph...not bad for a fat bloke on a hybrid
Creating a video using Virb Edit is beyond me - I imported the footage OK, but no video shows on the screen, although the sound is there. The overlay for speed, route etc is also present but shows no info.
So as it stands potentially a great bit of kit if I can figure out how to get everything working as it should. If anyone can point me in the right direction it would be appreciated!