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GoPro MAX2 Waterproof 360 + Traditional Action Camera w/ Touch Screen for
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This thing DOES NOT do anything that it claims to
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2026
Style: Action Camera
Let me save you a ton of money and frustration: do not buy this. What it claims is very seriously false advertising, and here are a few examples:
- This thing overheats in temperatures it should be designed for. I put it in my hermit crab terrarium to try to get some up close shots of the crabs, which is kept between 80 - 82 degrees F, and it overheats after 5 minutes. Doesn't matter what video mode you set it to or anything, it overheats no matter what. Start of highlighted quote:You would think that something that will be used a ton outdoors, especially during summer time, could handle higher temperatures, but it can't.End of highlighted quote This is without a case or any extras, this is the raw camera sitting in an 80 degree terrarium.
- The battery life is abysmal. On the package it claims you can get ~ 2 hours with 4k 360 video, but you can really only get about 36 minutes at the lowest resolution and single-camera settings. Oh yeah, and I put it in the fridge to make sure it didn't overheat while I was testing the battery life
- The only way to get the camera initialized is by using the GoPro Quik app, which is a really bad user experience. The only functional tab in the whole app is the camera app, which has very few options. The rest of the tabs are advertisements for premium features to convince you to upgrade.
- No GoPro camera supports 360 live streaming, including this unit which was released about 6 months ago
- If you want to live stream, you can only do it in 1080p mode, and you need a PREMIUM GoPro account to do so, even for free services like YouTube
- The videos it creates are full of artifacts no matter what settings you try. I am pretty confident that these artifacts are coming from the CMOS sensor itself and not the video encoder because the unit overheats
This was my first GoPro purchase, and I can confidently say it will be my last. This experience really feels like the company is a marketing engine that earns through brand recognition and not through quality products. It would be one thing if it were just the camera having issues, and I would gladly return it and give it a second chance, but given how the Quik app is, the deception about features and requirements to use them, I can say that this is all almost by design. They don't care about the camera, the whole thing is designed to be a subscription service that keeps you on the hook with false promises for as long as possible.
Do yourself a favor, and do not buy the GoPro Max 2.
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