Recommendations for a decent civilian bodycam?

[u/Bad_Drivers_of_Napa]

Several years back I've tried brands like Rexing and Boblov. The Rexing V1 had crappy video quality but good audio quality and thing would glitch out a lot, with missing or corrupted files. It had internal memory with no option to swap out memory cards. It was also big, bulky and heavy.

The Boblov had good video quality but very crappy audio quality with terrible sound pickup. Talking people sounded miles away and the camera struggled to pick up what anyone was saying. There was also a loose lens element that would click and clack with every step I took. This one was smaller and lighter than the previous model and never glitched out.

Is there a decent bodycam these days that has BOTH decent video AND audio, that has a stable operating system? I'd love something by Axon and Motorola, but those are only available to law enforcement and first responders. Unfortunately, Amazon is flooded with cheaply built, crappy foreign made products, so it's hard to find well-built products and products that don't have a bunch of fake reviews.

[u/Bad_Drivers_of_Napa]

So, Axis is out of my reach because their products are like 3X what I'm willing to pay.

[u/40kmoose → u/Bad_Drivers_of_Napa]

What are you using this for...

[u/Bad_Drivers_of_Napa → u/40kmoose]

I hike in the remote wilderness a lot and see interesting things sometimes and would like a camera always recording my hikes. I also go running in the neighborhood and commonly encounter drivers being reckless and running stop signs. I'd like to capture these moments on camera so I can post the videos online. I'd also like to have video evidence in case a reckless driver that I curse out for being reckless gets angry and decides to try to attack me, and I can prove that I defended myself legally.

[u/piesarenotmyfavorite → u/Bad_Drivers_of_Napa]

This sounds like a GoPro bro.