Has your Fly 6 CE performed reliably? I've had problems with mine shutting down mid ride for no apparent reason. I had another unit which died after 4 years. At the price paid though, I should think that it would have lasted longer. Customer service is a problem, mainly because Cycliq is in Australia. The time differential stretches out communication and shipping to there and back is expensive. I've seen many comments to the effect (and I agree) that this a great concept that suffers from poor execution from both hardware and firmware issues. How do you feel about it?
Yes, I've had problems over a couple of generations of FLY6. Great when they work. Both of my modern generation units are non-functional. Bought two $25 sport cameras (with a variety of mounting mechanisms), they don't have the fine resolution but will still observe what happened to me. One of those observed a dog that took out my front wheel, so I knew why I crashed.
I've got a mixed view on my Gen3. It can be a bit random, sometimes the light just switches off mid ride (still plenty in the battery) and the vibration reduction is inadequate (I'm riding a bike with rear suspension but there is still too much movement of the image). On the plus side I have used the footage to get inconsiderate drivers to think about their driving ...
Great Video... The cop pulled you over for a rolling stop? Wow... By the way, the gen 3 model does not support ant+ while the gen2 model does support ant+
Can you turn off the circe light? Have not been able to turn it off. It would allow to use it record some things without shining a red light into it. Also can one use it as a rear dashcam in a car?
Can't believe how many video clips you had worthy of showing. I feel those few you showed were 10 years worth of stuff for me. And why was that guy chasing you???
Very well done video. Until we get to an era where live-feed video is being supplied to the upper corner of my cycling glasses, I don't think I'd have a need for one of these.
This was a good video, but how long have you owned the Fly6? I have had 4 of them, a Gen 1, Gen 2 and two Gen 3's. All of these have failed, not able to turn on or connect to the app within the first year. Cycliq has graciously replaced each (for a small charge) except for the last Gen 3, this last time, they told me that it was not covered under the warrantee because it was a replacement. I like the device however, I am tired of shipping them back and spending more money........... From my perspective, thee Fly 6 is not very reliable. The Fly 12 is awesome...
Good review. Thank you. I was hit from behind while ride in the paved area right of the "fog line." Three month in rehab. Fortunately, she stopped and called for EMR. But, now the motorist is claiming to be not at fault. It was a arural road and there are no other witnesses. We'll litigate it and I feel confident we'll prevail. Nevertheless, I am getting one of these systems.
Well, I have Fly 12 Ge2 & Fly6 CE Neither of them will interface with CycliqPlus on my windows 10 laptop over the supplied USB cables. They used to but not any more. I have to take the cards out, put them in a holder & then the card slot. His is the only way I can access video from the cards or update the camera time and settings. It means there is a lag time transferring the card to the camera & turning on the camera to update the time. so the time stamp on the camera video is never correct. sometimes it's as close as a minute or so off on a very good day. If I forget to turn the cameras on immediately after putting the card in, the time may be off by a day of two. There is an option to pair the fly cameras with the Garmin 520. They will pair and this will turn the cameras on when the Garmin is switched on, but this overrides the camera settings so I may get an extremely bright light that drains be battery very fast, or I may get no light at all. Turning off the Garmin 520 does not turn off the fly cameras. so they continue to consume battery power unless you happen to be aware & switch off manually. Kind off defeats the point really, so I prefer to leave them unpaired so that I can run the minimal light to preserve power for long rides & not be too annoying to other road users as some modes are absolutely ridiculously fast flash & blindingly bright. The electronic image stabilization cause the camera axis to drift all over the frame, making the tramlines too inaccurate for evidence. I have raised these issues with Cycliq several times to no avail. They do not appear to be at all interested in supporting these models or the product interface to windows PCs, of even the Garmin pairing. They did however replace my earlier fly 6 Gen 2 camera when it got shorted out by water ingress rear wheel from spray on a wet road, not actually raining at the time.
From what I've heard from others and looking at reviews, the long term isn't great. The camera tends to lose battery power quickly. I will say that its strong suit is capturing license plates and anything interesting.
I had one for a few years. The battery eventually gets weaker and weaker and record time gets shorter and shorter. PROBLEM. Battery is not replaceable. I tried. There is no socket. Leads and charging ckt is tack welded/soldered to the ends of the battery. Ridiculous. I would buy it again, if the battery was replaceable.
@@Veloworthy This is a real issue. You can change the battery, but only with a soldering iron and electrical engineering degree. I'm skittish about getting another of these after mine died. Better off with an Osmo Action, first gen. Dirt cheap, 4K, amazing stabilisation and image quality.
Ditto the Fly 12CE Bob. There is a video out there showing how to replace the batteries in the original Fly 12, but subsequent versions use a flat mobile-phone type Li-ion cell. I searched the number printed on it but to no avail. Oh, and the unit was wrecked in the process of dismantling. Not reliable, not sustainable.
I had the same experience. I've managed to change the battery twice on a Fly6 CE. Regarding the Fly12 CE, I'd never buy one again. I got it apart but the battery is unavailable and EXTREMELY difficult to get at, even with detailed instruction from elsewhere. Cycliq support is terrible and the device needs better engineering.
Same thing happened to me in Orange County, CA. Officer Hung seemed to have a chip on his shoulder. He wouldn't recognize my RoadID. They need serious training in etiquette and RoadID usage.
The cycliq 6 fly is not very good - I wasted money on it the battery life is very poor and there’s no way to extend it with an external battery - I would not buy this
I love your actual footages! You really really need this brother! Lol
Right! My area is nowhere near as active lol
Great review! I’m only getting 2.5 hours video with it set at 720p and light flashing on high. How are you getting 4 hours?
Greensboro, NC
It's actually died down quite a bit since then.
Your neighbourhood is sick bro :)
at 6:08 were you able to see the number plate clearly? thanks in advance!
Yes. When paused you can see the license plate.
Very interesting and descriptive video. I thought about buying the camera but saw that it had a lot of bad reviews.
Seems like there many other competitors out there now!
Has your Fly 6 CE performed reliably? I've had problems with mine shutting down mid ride for no apparent reason. I had another unit which died after 4 years. At the price paid though, I should think that it would have lasted longer. Customer service is a problem, mainly because Cycliq is in Australia. The time differential stretches out communication and shipping to there and back is expensive. I've seen many comments to the effect (and I agree) that this a great concept that suffers from poor execution from both hardware and firmware issues. How do you feel about it?
No problems so far as long as you update the firmware regularly. Battery life and quality of footage hasn't dropped.
Yes, I've had problems over a couple of generations of FLY6. Great when they work. Both of my modern generation units are non-functional. Bought two $25 sport cameras (with a variety of mounting mechanisms), they don't have the fine resolution but will still observe what happened to me. One of those observed a dog that took out my front wheel, so I knew why I crashed.
I've got a mixed view on my Gen3. It can be a bit random, sometimes the light just switches off mid ride (still plenty in the battery) and the vibration reduction is inadequate (I'm riding a bike with rear suspension but there is still too much movement of the image).
On the plus side I have used the footage to get inconsiderate drivers to think about their driving ...
Never heard of that before. Thanks for sharing!
Can this be use as a rear view mirror if connected on an iphone? Just like a Teentok rear view camera.
Great Video... The cop pulled you over for a rolling stop? Wow... By the way, the gen 3 model does not support ant+ while the gen2 model does support ant+
What is ant+ for?
Can you turn off the circe light? Have not been able to turn it off. It would allow to use it record some things without shining a red light into it.
Also can one use it as a rear dashcam in a car?
It can't be turned off.
For the lock. Is it universal like garmin that i can find some spare part from online?
Cycliq only makes their own proprietary lock system, so it wouldn’t work with a garmin.
Thanks, that was very useful, as were some of the comments below.
Glad it was helpful!
Can't believe how many video clips you had worthy of showing. I feel those few you showed were 10 years worth of stuff for me. And why was that guy chasing you???
I'm pretty sure he was he was high on some sort of substance. Before he chased us, he was head butting a parked car!
Very well done video. Until we get to an era where live-feed video is being supplied to the upper corner of my cycling glasses, I don't think I'd have a need for one of these.
Thanks for watching. Yes the future can hopefully have some great gadgets!
@@Veloworthydonde puedo comprar esa cámara amigo
Is it good enough to catch license plates? Just watching the whole video, it doesn’t seem like the fly 12 doesn’t do a great job a t catching them
It should be good enough to pause the footage to get a plate.
@@Veloworthy awesome thank you!
Great review. Thanks
Thanks for checking it out!
This was a good video, but how long have you owned the Fly6? I have had 4 of them, a Gen 1, Gen 2 and two Gen 3's. All of these have failed, not able to turn on or connect to the app within the first year. Cycliq has graciously replaced each (for a small charge) except for the last Gen 3, this last time, they told me that it was not covered under the warrantee because it was a replacement. I like the device however, I am tired of shipping them back and spending more money........... From my perspective, thee Fly 6 is not very reliable. The Fly 12 is awesome...
The problem with the Fly12 is that the battery is non-replaceable.
Good review. Thank you. I was hit from behind while ride in the paved area right of the "fog line." Three month in rehab. Fortunately, she stopped and called for EMR. But, now the motorist is claiming to be not at fault. It was a arural road and there are no other witnesses. We'll litigate it and I feel confident we'll prevail. Nevertheless, I am getting one of these systems.
Oh no! I hope everything works out 🙏
Can’t believe they are not a lot of cameras available on the market. Go pro doesn’t last long.
These guys have the market cornered...for now.
Well, I have Fly 12 Ge2 & Fly6 CE Neither of them will interface with CycliqPlus on my windows 10 laptop over the supplied USB cables. They used to but not any more. I have to take the cards out, put them in a holder & then the card slot. His is the only way I can access video from the cards or update the camera time and settings. It means there is a lag time transferring the card to the camera & turning on the camera to update the time. so the time stamp on the camera video is never correct. sometimes it's as close as a minute or so off on a very good day. If I forget to turn the cameras on immediately after putting the card in, the time may be off by a day of two.
There is an option to pair the fly cameras with the Garmin 520. They will pair and this will turn the cameras on when the Garmin is switched on, but this overrides the camera settings so I may get an extremely bright light that drains be battery very fast, or I may get no light at all. Turning off the Garmin 520 does not turn off the fly cameras. so they continue to consume battery power unless you happen to be aware & switch off manually. Kind off defeats the point really, so I prefer to leave them unpaired so that I can run the minimal light to preserve power for long rides & not be too annoying to other road users as some modes are absolutely ridiculously fast flash & blindingly bright.
The electronic image stabilization cause the camera axis to drift all over the frame, making the tramlines too inaccurate for evidence.
I have raised these issues with Cycliq several times to no avail. They do not appear to be at all interested in supporting these models or the product interface to windows PCs, of even the Garmin pairing.
They did however replace my earlier fly 6 Gen 2 camera when it got shorted out by water ingress rear wheel from spray on a wet road, not actually raining at the time.
I have the fly 6 as well
What’s your long term review??
From what I've heard from others and looking at reviews, the long term isn't great. The camera tends to lose battery power quickly. I will say that its strong suit is capturing license plates and anything interesting.
I bought a Fly6 it lasted a whole 30 minutes and died. Terrible product and customer service. Don't waste your money.
I've been lucky so far but don't disagree with you on your second point.
I had one for a few years. The battery eventually gets weaker and weaker and record time gets shorter and shorter. PROBLEM. Battery is not replaceable. I tried. There is no socket. Leads and charging ckt is tack welded/soldered to the ends of the battery. Ridiculous. I would buy it again, if the battery was replaceable.
They love to make it nearly impossible to modify. Maybe a tactic to just buy more.
@@Veloworthy This is a real issue. You can change the battery, but only with a soldering iron and electrical engineering degree. I'm skittish about getting another of these after mine died. Better off with an Osmo Action, first gen. Dirt cheap, 4K, amazing stabilisation and image quality.
Ditto the Fly 12CE Bob. There is a video out there showing how to replace the batteries in the original Fly 12, but subsequent versions use a flat mobile-phone type Li-ion cell. I searched the number printed on it but to no avail. Oh, and the unit was wrecked in the process of dismantling. Not reliable, not sustainable.
I had the same experience. I've managed to change the battery twice on a Fly6 CE. Regarding the Fly12 CE, I'd never buy one again. I got it apart but the battery is unavailable and EXTREMELY difficult to get at, even with detailed instruction from elsewhere. Cycliq support is terrible and the device needs better engineering.
Why was that pedestrian chasing you?
Not sure. I was in Oceanside and saw him head butt a car and then we locked eyes and he started chasing me. He was probably under the influence.
Just ordered the fly6 rear after a very fucked up punish pass
Nice! Stay safe out there.
@@Veloworthy Society is dangerous now & psychopaths
5 hours no light, I only get 4 🤔
$300 dollars is crazy, they are making bank, it is too bad really
Rs
That cop got nothing better to do? Geez 🙄.
I don't understand how camera for bikes are so big compared to camera in smartphones are smaller & have more technology in them
Npc chasing after you 😂
That guy was on his own side mission. 😂
Audi holy hell
That footage lol
Police ? Ha amazing
Same thing happened to me in Orange County, CA. Officer Hung seemed to have a chip on his shoulder. He wouldn't recognize my RoadID. They need serious training in etiquette and RoadID usage.
The cycliq 6 fly is not very good - I wasted money on it the battery life is very poor and there’s no way to extend it with an external battery - I would not buy this
Good observation. It had potential but I've been underwhelmed.
Imagine spending £200 on a dash cam