Drift Stealth 2 - how 'water resistant' ?

[Andy_Pagin]

I like the look of the Stealth 2, but the phrase 'water resistant' has me worried. I want it for daily all-weather commuting, is the worst of British rain likely to bugger it up?
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[M.C]

Only the worst of the worst. My Drift has been been fine in the rain, I believe Matt had issues with his during a thunderstorm on the M25.

[TheArchitect]

Have been using mine for 2 years, all year round though some of the worst downpours and water getting in is not a problem I've encountered. Never had fogging or steaming of the lens either.
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[BrownTrousers]

Yup Mines coped fine in heavy rain. Attached to my helmet and also when attached to the nose of my bike.
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[ADSrox0r]

Mine got a bit of fogging under the screen on a particularly parky day but other than that no problem.

Biggest problem for me is remembering to charge the bloody thing
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[Rogerborg]

I get regular fogging of the screen (rather than the lens), but it doesn't affect the functionality.

Battery life is closer to 2 hours than 3, and it charges slowly.
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[evilzed]

I've had 3 all dealt with very rainy days fine, only downside to the cameras is the slowly degrading battery life. After a year or so the battery life just starts to get lower.

[Rogerborg]

Tru dat of all batteries, but it's non-replaceable on the Drift.

On dry days, I tend to pop the (shitty, fragile) back cover off and run a springy USB cable to the camera to power it directly.
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[Andy_Pagin]

Well I've ordered one now. All the others are either crap, far too expensive, or not great for helmet attachment.
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[supZ]

I've used my ghost and stealth in the crappiest of weathers without any problems whatsoever.

Don't think you'll have anything to worry about
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[Amber Phoenix]

Been getting on grand with stealth 2, aside from two issues. First arrive with plastic cover over LED rattling about in box, took straight back. Second one died after 9 months - just refused to charge. Swapped under shop guarantee. Replacement has been fine last 6 months.

TBH, I often get around 2.5hrs out of mine. No problems with charging, 90% of the time I'm only using it for 1.5hrs a day, and it'll charge from that to full in an hour or so. You must use a decent 2A charger though, it will barely charge (if at all) with anything less.
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[DaveB]

Not sure how different the Stealth is to the Ghost but used my Ghost in the swimming pool (down about 6 ft) with no probs apart from steaming up LCD.
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[Andy_Pagin]

The Ghosts' advertised as waterproof, the Stealth 2 as water resistant. Hence my concerns.
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[Rogerborg]

Don't take it swimming. It'll be fine in rain.
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