The dive housing (having no opening, obviously) muffles the sound quite a lot but can be increased in a video editor. Sound quality seems quite good for such a tiny little thing. Another thing is the naked camera's circular lens must be slightly smaller than a GoPro, so the Neewer 58mm filter adaptor for GoPro I bought easily slips off. One thing to be aware of is the front of the dive housing is, I believe, not the same size as a GoPro housing, so filters that clip on won't fit. There's a dive housing, dashcam cradle with tripod mount and handlebar mount as well as a few screws and bits and bobs. The accessories that came with the camera are adequate but you may find yourself buying some more. Of course, it's nice having all those options as it gives much more flexibility. Most users will probably leave it on auto most of the time anyway. To be honest, I thought it would be more annoying than it is, as I quickly started to learn where options were. You have to cycle through to the start again. It can be laborious going through the menus at first (there are separate menus for video and picture, as well as a system settings menu) as there are no up and down buttons.
I didn't have chance to try it underwater however. Low light is not bad - there's grain, but I was using it on auto so changes to the bitrate may have helped. On a recent weekend in Portugal it coped with both rain and sun, handling lens flare well.
So far, I have no issues with the image quality and handling. The latest firmware (1.4) has added a raft of features and stability including in-camera colour correction (avoiding the need to buy dive filters) and bitrate options (to maintain quality in differing conditions). It seems the manufacturer reads and posts regularly, and is actively working on upgrades to firmware suggested by users. One great thing about the Git2 is the support on various dashcam and action cam forums. It seems the current product now comes with the very useful remote but not the microphone, so I think it would be cheaper buying camera and remote/mic separately. We bought the Git2 along with a number of separate accessories including the remote 'watch' strap and external microphone, three extra batteries and charger and a big, cheap kit of mounts.
I researched endlessly online and found that the Git2 offered arguably the best features amongst the hordes of similar GoPro copies including the SJ5000 Elite. In the end we couldn't justify £400 for a tiny camera that might be broken. We bought this when it was £105 a few weeks ago having pined for a long time over a GoPro Hero 4 Black.
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