YI Lite Action Camera Review

If you're looking for a compact, light camera that you can mount in your car, this is a good option to consider. The YI Lite can be charged while recording and the micro USB port is easily accessible. The camera also supports a looping mode, where you can set it to an interval of time and only save the video if something happens in this interval by pressing the pause button.

In this price bracket, YI Lite is one of the few cameras that have a responsive touchscreen, a bluetooth connection for something like a selfie stick with a remote and a well designed smartphone application. You can create a wifi hotspot in the camera settings and use the mobile application to see a live feed of what the camera’s recording, change settings, start/stop recordings, download files from the camera and even edit them to some extent.

If you don’t want your videos to be shaky and hard to watch, you probably want some image stabilization to your recordings. While it’s only an option for sub 4k video resolutions, it works great compared to other available options at this price point.

The video quality is much better than the average camera in this price bracket. There’s clarity and sharpness to the image, the colors don't look over-saturated and unlike a lot of other action cameras out there, if you record at 60fps (frames per second), it actually looks like you’re recording at 60fps and not just filling the gaps with motion blur.