Contour+ helmet camera – First look

Latest bike-friendly HD offering

The Contour+ is the latest HD (1,080 pixel) helmet cam offering to hit our desks

James Costley-White/BikeRadar

James Costley-White

Published: August 9, 2011 at 8:30 am

When we reviewed the ContourGPS earlier this year we were impressed by its construction and feature set but felt it wasn't quite up there with our favourite helmet cam, the GoPro HD Helmet HERO, when it came to image quality and mounting options.

Well, Contour now have a new HD camera, the Contour+, which uses the same casing but features a wider angle (170 vs 135°) and better quality lens, HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) streaming to your TV and a port for an external microphone.

It also retains some of the key features of the previous model, including GPS hardware so you can link your videos with the locations where they were filmed using Contour's Storyteller software, and Bluetooth connectivity so you can pair it with your iPhone or Android mobile to adjust settings and use it as a viewfinder.

We'll be putting the new camera through its paces everywhere from the French Alps to our local trails in South West England. Look out for a review on BikeRadar soon. RRP is £499.99.

James Costley-White

Group editor, Mountain Biking UK and Cycling Plus

James is the group editor of the best-selling magazines Mountain Biking UK and Cycling Plus, and their associated digital editions and websites. He has worked on MBUK since 2013, became editor in 2019 and took over at Cycling Plus in 2024. An NCTJ-qualified senior journalist with a postgraduate diploma from Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture, JCW joined the cycling media world in 2012. Previously, he’d worked as a reporter and sub-editor on daily newspapers. After a stint as operations editor on BikeRadar, he worked for Triathlon Plus and the ahead-of-its-time ChopMTB. JCW has been an avid cyclist his whole life, progressing from a Chopper-style Raleigh Commando to a Raleigh Sprint road bike before discovering mountain biking in 1992. Since then, he’s amassed a huge amount of knowledge and riding experience, in the UK and abroad. He can often be found riding the trails of South Wales on his latest long-term test bike or custom-built RAAW Jibb, hitting North Somerset cycle paths with his kids, scything down the Cheddar Gorge on his road bike or heading to work on his mutant e-commuter. As well as editing MBUK and Cycling Plus, JCW contributes regular product reviews and other articles.

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