Insta360 X5
Calls it the best 360 camera on the market, with big gains in image quality, durability, battery and night footage, though not essential if you only shoot casually on a good phone.
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- Price when I covered it
- £400–900
- Featured in
- 4 videos · 2025–2025
- Category
- Cameras & creator gear · Cameras
What I liked
- 144% larger sensors
- user-swappable lenses
- 185 minute battery life
- much better night video
What I didn't
- needs endurance mode for the best battery life
- not essential if you already have a high-end phone
In my words
Straight from the video. Tap a timestamp to hear me say it.
“It's probably the single biggest improvement I've ever seen to a 360° camera.”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
26:30I bought the CRAZIEST Tech from South KoreaSponsor of the video, used to film the giveaway.
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15:14I bought the LAZIEST Tech ever.Sponsor of the video, used to film hands-free with an invisible selfie stick.
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25:04
0:00I Tested the Next-Gen 360 Camera (Insta360 X5)Calls it the best 360 camera on the market, with big gains in image quality, durability, battery and night footage, though not essential if you only shoot casually on a good phone.
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Why it's on these shelves
- Battery hero
“now it is sitting at 185 minutes.”
▶ 3:53 - Built to last
“It's not sapphire, but it's sapphire level durability now”
▶ 3:19
Owners say
People who marked this as owned. My verdict is mine, this is theirs.








