Flip Mino Video Camera – White, 2 GB, 1 Hour (1st Generation)

3 reviews for Flip Mino Video Camera – White, 2 GB, 1 Hour (1st Generation)

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Dr. Paige Collins – August 28, 2025

   Flip Mino Series Camcorder, 60 Minutes (White)We bought the flip mino for a vacation we were taking this spring break. We have had camcorders in the past, starting with the kind you had to rest on your shoulder, down to a “regular” size one. We hardly ever used it, never really wanting to lug it with us. Since we were taking a big trip I really wanted to have a camera, but one that we would take everywhere with us and actually use. This is why I chose the smallest model, figuring if it fit in our pockets we would take it. I was right, we took it everywhere, in fact my husband basically took it away from me and used it all the time. He, and I were so happy to have something that was easy to use, easy to take and when we viewed them took really nice sharp videos!!!! I/we are so happy we bought this, and I know we’ll use it a lot!!!! So if you are like us and want to record events, but don’t like being hampered, this is for you!!

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Victor Murray Jr. – October 5, 2025

   I’ve got a nice Canon GL2 and I have some beautiful video of my family memories, and even a local tv show I produce with it, “Yoga In Wisconsin”. But in the couple of months that I’ve owned this camera, I have shot almost half the footage, I have with the GL2. Because its out of your pocket and running in 10 sec, you can actually capture the crazy dance baby started doing, before he stops never to repeat it again. And the fact you had it in your pocket in the first place, when I would never take my $1000+ camera, 1 because it’s to big and 2 I might break it.Its easy to keep charged, and download video files. I’m on a mac too, so I do NOT recommend their software, I purchased Visual Hub for $20 and copy/covert them right from the camera (.avi file) to my imovie folder (.dv file) using the software. Way worth it.The tapes, when I record them back, from my GL2 onto the computer look better, but they take almost ten times as long to get back onto the computer (to convert 60 min of video through Visual Hub takes about 7-13 min, and it takes more time for the clips to render thumbs in imovie) and not cost for tapes. You will want to burn DVDs of your movies though because you wont be able to go back to the tapes once deleted. I had a little trouble with it hanging up the finder and I had to pull it out because it wouldn’t let me eject it. So I called Cust Serv and they helped me right away, and had me restart it with a paper clip. I’ve had to do this a couple of times but that has been my only compliant. It still had all the footage on it by the way after reseting it.Bottom line, you have a little one, or a life that is worth remembering pick one up, it’s worth it. (and an external hard drive too, your going to have lots of videos.)

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Yadira Stiedemann – November 17, 2025

   PROS- Quality is surprisingly very good. Audio too, but like with most camera’s if the camera man talks it’s much louder than everyone else.- Power on and ready to record in <2 seconds.- Convenience is awesome, you bring it more places and get more video because it is so easy and small- Interface is so simple. Easy to explain to people of all ages thanks to the big red button which has ONLY 2 jobs... start recording and stop recording. All the other buttons are only for playback or zooming.- The email feature is very cool. It will upload any video on the camera to the Flip website, convert it to Flash, post it on a private webpage, and email a link to the private page to whomever you want. No giant emails and recipients don't need to create an account anywhere. If you're the paranoid type (and there's nothing wrong with that) and don't want to give Flip your friends email addresses, send it to yourself then forward the email/link to whomever on your own.CONS- The software is slow- The software feature to make a "Mix" of multiple videos is buggy. Gets mostly done and locks up. Tech support was nice, but I still have the problem... I just don't make Mixes anymore.- Software can create movie mixes (rarely), but not just concatenate a couple clips together.The Flip Mino is great for what it is -- a video camera designed to be convenient and simple (+5 stars).The software in the camera is a good idea poorly implemented (-1 star). = 4 stars