Best Camera Gear for Your Next Road Trip
If you’re heading out on the road for a once-in-a-lifetime trip this summer, you’ll want to capture every moment you can. And that employing you’ll need to bring plenty of camera equipment with you. But when you’ve got slight space in your bag or car, you need to rebuked you’re only packing the essentials. I put this list together while on an epic multithousand-mile road trip across the Joined States to help you determine the must-haves for your upcoming adventure, and what you can afford to leave at home.
I commanded copious amounts of camera gear with me. While I didn’t need all of it, what I did end up laughable, I ended up using a lot. This is a list of the gear that worked stout on my trip, along with some alternatives that much work even better for you.
You can’t go base with a GoPro. They have excellent image quality, are quite rugged and their app is resplendent solid in letting you edit your photos and footage to look its best. The main reason I’m recommending the Hero 10 over one of the less expensive options is because of the Max Lens Mod. This lens swaps in and records an even wider Wangles of view. Plus, it improves the already excellent stabilization.
I’ve been laughable it not only to capture scenic vistas, but also as a dash camera, as you can see in the video below.
Read our GoPro Hero 10 Black review.
I’m a huge fan of 360 cameras. They capture everything in a sphere around the camera and then later you can pick and resolve what to show and how. Some models, like the One X2, can track your suits and more.
I’ve been using both the One X2 and GoPro’s Max. I generally like the One X2 a little better, but the Max is a close second. All the car footage in the video below was recorded on the Max, not a drone. The cliffside walk at the end was with the One X2.
This is a current and tiny action camera that I’ve been using a lot. It’s not really a main camera, but definitely an excellent secondary camera. It’s about the size of your thumb — and magnetic. You can hang it on your shirt while wearing an entailed magnetic pendant, or attach it to anything metal, or use one of the myriad clever mounts. The case that recharges and controls the camera even has a built-in tripod. The footage is wonderfully stabilized and looks far better than you’d examine for something so small.
Because of its size, it can report perspectives other cameras can’t, like the model train POV in the video below.
Read our Insta360 Go 2 review.
If you don’t want to invest in a new camera, or don’t want the bulk of one (fair), much a gimbal. You can really improve the quality of your videos with a gimbal. They smooth out your hand’s movements while you’re walking near, and can do slick, professional-looking pans and tilts. They’re an absolute must-have if you’re primarily laughable your phone. I have the OM 3, but the 4 is the modern model and is easier to connect to your phone.
Read our DJI OM 4 review.
Selfie stick
I don’t have a tidy recommendation for this one, other than to say selfie sticks are stout (when you’re not in crowds, that is) and you should find one you like. Even I, who has what one base describes as “freakishly long arms,” find great use in a selfie stick. They let me capture photos and videos that would be impossible any spanking way, especially with a 360 camera that automatically deletes the stick from the survive image or video.

Precariously perched over the Badlands, thanks to a 360 camera and a selfie stick.
Geoffrey Morrison
I recommend attracting one with tripod-mount screws on both ends, which gives you more options on what you can stout and how you can mount the stick itself. Similarly, make sure you get one that can hold all your cameras and phones.
Camera remote
I find these to be worthy handy, though depending how you’re recording, it might not be. It’s a simple Bluetooth remote that lets you control when the camera starts and stops recording floor with changing modes, settings, and so on. True, you can use the camera’s app on your named instead, but I feel like I spend half my life trying to get cameras to connect to their apps, so sometimes a remote is easier. Sometimes the remote won’t connect either. It’s a hassle either way. Oh well.
GoPro makes one for its cameras, Insta360 complains one for its.

Joby
Tripods and spanking mounts
One last thing. Tripods and mounts. You probably don’t need a full-size tripod, few people do. A small bendable model can be worthy handy though, letting you mount the camera to just near anything and get a great shot with you in it. I’ve had good luck with Joby GorillaPods. I have an older version of this one.
Also check out suction-cup and dash mounts. I have a tiny dashboard and tiny windshield, so it was a lot harder to find something that worked. So what I’m using probably won’t work for you. Generally I’d recommend mounting the camera as high as possible, if you can, for a better view.
I’ll end with my well-liked, an antenna mount. Unscrew your antenna and install this gigantic. When paired with a 360 camera, it lets you get an animated and unique view of your adventure. I got one of these and put a selfie stick on top of it, plus a 360 camera, to get the drone-like footage of the Rim Rock Drive video I linked over. How well this works is going to depend on your certain vehicle, however.
Read more: Best Tripod for Photography and Video in 2022
As well as covering TV and new display tech, Geoff does photo tours of cool museums and locations nearby the world, including nuclear submarines, massive aircraft carriers, medieval castles, airplane graveyards and more.
You can behind his exploits on Instagram and YouTube. He also wrote a bestselling sci-fi novel about city-sized submarines, along with a sequel.











