GoPro Volta - Official GoPro Accessory

If you have a go pro you should have one of these. It eliminates the need to carry a tripod and extra batteries. This is very convenient. So you don’t have to worry about your GoPro dying unexpectedly and having to change batteries. Worth the cost. Great quality. Fits the GoPro well. Perfect for when you have your GoPro seated in a case and don’t want to detach your peripherals such as your mic or flash. Having the buttons functions on the tripod is genius. Makes use so much more functional. Great product.

High quality, extends battery life significantly, comfortable to use, and has a built-in tripod to boot. Exactly what I was looking for.

I just used my Volta for the 1st time last night...and it worked great but the ergonomics need a little work. You should be able to have all your operational buttons in front of you at the same time the camera is facing you...It would be easier to operate... the ease of use would be immediate. Other than that...Iove it...Used it with no battery for 90 minutes 2 times each 4 jam sessions. I hate the internal batteries... GoPro Hero 10 user

So far, this product is ideal and works perfectly with my Go Pro Hero 11 Black. I only wish it could zoom.

This is the best accessory you can get for your GoPro. I love the fact that I can attach this to my GoPro and not have to worry about battery life while on vacation. The controls built into the handle are in the perfect spot.. making in comfortable to use. Thank handle also has built in legs, giving you the functionality of tripod. That stability makes for the pefect setup to capture those nice moments. This thing just works.. so sit back and enjoy your vacation.

Feels nice in the hand. I used it for a time-lapse night video and it worked nicely. It also gives the GoPro like an extra few hours of constant use. It is a bit heavier than I initially expected.

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So I love the Volta itself. It's sized perfectly, and provides great battery life extending ability to your GoPro (which anyone who has used one knows how badly is needed). It has a standard 1/4-20 tripod mount on the bottom, so it can be used to mount the whole GoPro+Volta assembly onto something else. The built-in tripod legs are great for time lapse, or anything else you'd want the camera stationary for. Once you mount the GoPro on the head (standard GoPro mount with thumb screw), you can rotate it in 90 degree increments in any direction. The opposite side of the cord/charging port has an additional pop-up GoPro mount. You can use this for additional external accessories like an external battery pack or to mount the who GoPro+Volta assembly to something else that has a GoPro mount, like a shoulder/chest mount. This is super convenient and gives you the ability to use the Volta with other accessories for additional battery life and shooting time. That's where the good stuff ends, and the challenges begins. I know this mount is new, but at least as of the time of this review (late June 2022/Hero 10 Black firmware 1.42), the control/connectivity issues make we want to huck the Volta in a lake (don't do this by the way, it is water resistant - not waterproof). 1.42 for the Hero 10 says it fixes multiple Volta issues, but there remain multiple usability issues. If you don't plug the Volta in to your camera, the Bluetooth controls seem to work fairly well (connections - pair Volta). It has to be unplugged to pair. Once you plug it in, the shutter/mode control buttons on Volta stop working. I've reset the Volta and connections on my GoPro so many times it's maddening. Once it randomly does decide to work while plugged in, it will most of the time decide to stop working once the camera powers off and back on, whether this is manual or through the power off timer settings. I ended up turning the screens off after 1 min in display settings, even though I find this annoying to have to touch the screen to wake it while recording to see what's in frame if you record over 1 min. I did this because I complete disabled the auto power-down so once I got the Volta working, I didn't have to worry about the camera powering down and not being ready to record when I needed to. I'm hoping future firmware fixes this, but wired control should just work between two GoPro devices and no one should have to deal with the way the Volta works right now - in a word, it's just "unreliable". It has a mind of its own, won't stay paired, won't control you camera when you need it to, and you'll be cursing what could be an amazing device as your constantly resetting connections and repairing it when you expect it to "just work" and it doesn't. I will update this review if/when an update makes the Volta reliable.