Go for it an buy! Just keep in mind your paying $100 and it won't be a go pro. Worth the price tho. Great little camera and the waterproof case really holds up. The waterproof case has buttons that do work and press the buttons below on the actual camera. When you use the waterproof case the touch screen does not work, but you can fully use the camera using the manual buttons even though it takes longer. You do need a large properly formatted SD card, read the suggested one from amazon, it works great. If you think you can get buy with that old SD card you have laying around your most likely wrong. With the wrong SD card you can't take videos and the process is so slow don't get out on the water and regret it later. Do yourself a favor and get a good one. The batteries die quickly but they are only suppose to last 90 via the product descriptions, but it come with 2! Over all worth every penny, and I'm glad its not a go pro as I would be so upset if I broke it, with this I can be daring, take the amazing pics, and if I break it, its only another $100 to get the exact same camera, yet the quality and pictures it takes are great.