First Look: Insta 360 One X2 Lens Guards

Insta360s One X2 is a great tool for filming your paragliding and paramotoring adventures. The camera allows you to reframe the shot in post-production, making it much easier to capture the action. They also auto delete the selfie stick giving that 'how did they film that' look. One downside when filming extreme sports is that the lenses are exposed sticking out on either side. Insta360 make a couple of protectors, but how do they compare? We tried them both out.
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Insta360 One X2 (get a free selfie stick and sticky lens guards) - bit.ly/insta360OneX2xcmag
Premium Lens Guard - bit.ly/insta360accsxcmag
Sticky Lens Guard - bit.ly/insta360accsxcmag
Ulanzi Insta360 One X2 Protective Metal Vlog Rig / Cage - amzn.to/3JPLHJD
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[@ulfmarten]

In my opinion, both guards gives unacceptable flares, at least for my quality demands. Thx for the test!

[@awesomeblossom2417]

Nice to have a comparison. Seems like both guards causes flares.. That's a shame. My question is - did you use the right stitching settings when you exported the file? That makes an impact to the end result.

[@paragliding3297]

Nice video. Thx!

[@xcmag]

Glad you liked it!

[@flajflaj]

Your sticky guards are probably not aligned correct, mine has less visible stching line. However it's good to mention that sticky guards are made of plastic and they get scratches even only by watching them ;]. Insta360 should make better, premium sticky guards that are made of glass.

[@chrise8323]

Yeah, some premium stick ons would be great

[@HarryAdee]

Thanks for the effort to climb the mountain to make the video.

[@SkywalkerPaul]

The sticky guards look better

[@SkyLoveForever]

What is your conclusion then? When you make such a review, it would be nice to rate. As it is hard for us out there, with no raw material to really judge on the quality...

[@thisisyol]

the conclusion is only visible to his bank account.

[@s87343jim]

The fact that none of them have an anti-reflective coating is quite disappointing. Even the cheap UV filters have coatings on it.

[@timandlucyc]

Sticky Guards (plastic) £20 a pair. Premium guard £32... Premium guard is OK underwater (to 10m). Sticky guard leaked when I tried it...

[@eoinmccann8450]

That's because you're not supposed to use the sticky guards underwater

[@alpachinobarlatino2290]

Sticky guards are useless

[@alpachinobarlatino2290]

Very disappointing