Is this a good motovlog camera? (Sena 10C EVO - Real World Review)

What is going on everybody it is the Full Throttle Hog coming back to you with another video and today we are going to give you a breakdown of the Sena 10C Evo. We're just going to kind of take a look 10 months of using it and just give you my honest take so let's get into that right now. If this is your first time here like I said welcome thank you for stopping by thank you for taking the time out of your day to watch this video. On this channel we pretty much discuss everything motorcycle related. We do product review, bike review, and we dabble into a little bit of a cinematic sequence from time to time to make it a little bit more enjoyable. If you're into that type of thing and you haven't already go ahead and hit subscribe down below hit that bell icon so you know every single time we release a video. So for many people when they get into you know maybe possibly the idea of motovlogging obviously we want to have the best functionality possible along with something you know streamlined so having a communication system along with a camera is kind of the best of both worlds you would think. However I will tell you there are things that I like about this device and there's things that I absolutely hate about this device and we're going to get into those. First let's just go over you know the basics I'm not going to go in depth about all its capabilities you know there's plenty of videos out there you can search on your own that'll have the full breakdown of the 10c evo system but you know the looks you know I do find it you know like a good looking system on the side of the helmet it's not too big and bulky and so you know for that you know I'm going to give it I'm going to give it an eight out of a ten if I were to rate how I like the the look of it on a helmet. As far as the function buttons you know all the dials here I do like how they have that set up you know it's just one of those things where it's real easy to use once you get the dare I call it an algorithm down because each function button is different you got one for the phone you got one for the camera and then if you use both the same time you can turn in the dial there's a whole bunch of different functionalities but I find it actually pretty easy to use while I'm just cruising down the road. Now once we get into the durability of the unit let's let's be honest if you've watched some of these videos I have put this thing through a torture test if you will when we were out in Sturgis where we had rain heavy rain and hail I've had no problems with the unit or water getting in the unit so for that I'm I'm actually pretty pleased there was some concerns where people were having problems with senna's when they got a little bit of water on them but it was pretty torture tested and I was happy with the end result. So one of the best features about this system has got to be the microphone audio quality so I'm rocking a Simpson Ghost Bandit helmet which for all intents and purposes is a very noisy helmet and compared to some of the other manufacturers out there uh with that being said I do enjoy the the quality of the audio I get when I go back and post edit um you know there's a few minor quirks here and there but I mean look we're going down the road at between 40 and 80 miles an hour and I found it to be uh really clear I was I was pretty happy with that and I don't think I would change a thing. So when you're looking for your motovlogging setup I mean those are the things that are important the audio has to be just as good as the video quality and sometimes I prefer to have the audio even better than the video quality to be honest with you. But now let's get into the things that I absolutely cannot stand about this system. The first thing is going to be the video quality. Now I understand this thing shoots in 4k uh and that was the big push from the pro to the 10c evo but the picture quality itself is is not good. I mean I can I can show you right here this is going to be unedited no color correction whatsoever the picture itself is is oversaturated uh it's very contrasty and it just doesn't jive well when I'm using a GoPro along with the Sena. So that's why when you watch some of my videos you see very little from the Sena point of view because that picture quality is terrible uh you know which leads me to the next thing which is they don't have any type of picture profile. You know I would love it if they would come out and put a a picture profile where I could film in flat if I wanted to because if I film in flat then I can go and when I do my color grading uh kind of match it up a little bit better but there is zero options for that so it's very limited. If I had to do it all over again uh seeing when I do projects with other riders and collaborations I will tell you that the uh 10c pro is got a better picture quality I understand that doesn't shoot in 4k shoots in 2.7 or 1440 and you know but for all intensive purposes you know when you're going on to YouTube anything that's 1080 is going to be probably good enough for that and I would probably go with the pro and ditch the Evo for right now I just do not think that that that quality is there you know since we're talking about the video quality the other thing is is there's not really any image stabilization and that image stabilization you know obviously when you're riding a motorcycle you want to be looking left and right all the time right you're always going to be aware of your surroundings because it's a safety thing but if I want to do the first person view with the Sena and I'll show you right now like if I'm just kind of keep an eye out or if I want to look over here real quick while I'm talking you know here comes another motorcycle so I'm like hey let me see what kind of bike this is and make sure I give him a wave he gives me a wave back you can see already that that motion is really jerky and it's almost to the point where it would make me as a viewer uh just click away from the video so obviously I want to avoid that so I just do not like that uh that capability of not having any type of image stabilization to kind of smooth that out so on that I'm not too sure about the pro in its image stabilization if it's if it's any different I'm I'm gonna be honest with you I haven't had that much experience minus seeing other people's footage but yeah it's just uh it's almost unusable if you were going to get a system that you were only going to use for vlogging and you needed a one camera system it was just going to be a point of view camera system this wouldn't work I will tell you right now I would not recommend it at all you know now let's kind of go into the app the the Sena app in itself is really elementary in my opinion I mean you just have basic functions there's just not that much control over anything that you need and you know I'm hoping they invest some money in that in the future and try to get it up to par you know obviously they're not going to get to the GoPro level at this point but I think they could do a lot on the back end and things that would make this more usable so next I will tell you that the sound speakers in the helmet okay so it's just not good I'm gonna tell you it's just not good I have some padding around the ear wells which have little cutouts for speakers but there's still some padding there with the Simpson helmet and it's just really low volume it's just not high quality whatsoever so I would tell you that you know that was a big downer however there is some good news Sena just released their high definition speakers which includes the 10c Evo unfortunately either it hasn't really hit the market officially it's showing up on web pages but everybody says out of stock so I don't know what's going on there but I do have a lookout for them here's the part number for the 10c Evo to upgrade to the high definition speakers they're gonna run you around $40 and I'm excited to get those because there's some other brands you could go with that come with high def speakers right out of the box so me being into listening to music and I want to have it clear and we already talked about my preference in audio but if I had to do this all over again and I wasn't going to do you know have to focus on just having a camera system along with my communication system I probably would have gone with a different brand maybe like a cardo or something that has high def speakers already and then ran with the GoPro on the helmet now I will tell you for future plans and I've already kind of ordered all the parts I am going to be mounting the GoPro on the front of this helmet for my POV section I'll keep the audio from the Sena but I'm that's how much I hate the audio quality from the Sena is I'm actually going to get a mounting system to mount a GoPro so that I can bring a better quality video when I flip over to the that point that first person point of view so you know that's the the thoughts right here so all in all if you're looking at you know seriously getting into a moto vlog I highly recommend it it's a lot of fun I think that you should probably research maybe doing a GoPro system from Jump Street and if you have to go with a the 10c I would go with the pro just because that video quality is just a lot better than the 10c Evo for some unknown reason but the baked in color profile they have on here is just not good so I don't know that's that's pretty much it as far as the 10c Evo you know it's great for the audio but I think that that I could achieve that if I went with the GoPro system I'm just not a big fan of having like the battery packs and getting the external pieces and you know weighing down your helmet I'm gonna have to do something to just to bring all you better quality video but that's gonna do it today hopefully you guys enjoyed this video leave a comment down below go ahead and like the video subscribe to the channel if you haven't already and hit that bell icon so you know every single time we release a video as soon as we hit a thousand subscribers I'm gonna be able to bring you all live with us as we go to all these events but due to the YouTube parameters you have to hit a thousand so if you haven't already go ahead and click that subscribe button until next time I want to wish you all a happy November ride safe out there and we will catch you on the next one