Black Friday camera deals are already out. If you record or livestream games for your soccer team here are some soccer camera deals you’ll want to check out. We’re a fan of saving money and technology isn’t cheap so we always keep our eye out for deals over Black Friday for soccer cameras or related gadgets or internet options:

Veo Camera Black Friday Sale

Veo is having their Black Friday sale again. We’ve written about it before in our Veo camera discounts update. When teams and coaches reach out to me about saving money on the Veo I usually tell them that this sale is the best chance of the year.

It’s not that helpful when they call in the Spring or Summer because they don’t want to wait until November to get a camera. However, this is a great time of the year. The pre-sale started last week and runs until the end of the month.

They do get in a lot of orders during this sale so if you’re going to buy a Veo I’d recommend making the order sooner rather than later to beat the rush. The cameras are made at the HQ in Copenhagen, Denmark and they ship to you via DHL.

Veo just announced the pricing for the Black Friday sale, $400 off the camera when you sign up for an annual plan.  The way you get the camera discount is to enter your name and email on the Black Friday deal page. You’ll get a discount code that you’ll use at checkout to get the savings on the soccer camera, here is where you get the deal – Veo camera Black Friday.

Trace Camera Sale

Trace is also running a sale on their soccer camera for Black Friday. We’re also evaluating the Trace camera you can see a Trace game clip and also an example of their PlayerFocus tracking.

Looks like they’re offering $100 off the video package. The Trace system is a little different than Pixellot and Veo, with those companies you buy the camera. With Trace you get the camera and tripod for a year. Once the year is over you can sign up again or ship the equipment back.

So the overall cost of the system is lower since you’re not purchasing the equipment but kind of leasing it instead. To get the Trace Black Friday deal you enter this code at checkout – Friday2024

Pix4Team Camera Sale

Pix4Team has a sale on version 2 of their sports camera for Black Friday. You can read more about the Pix4Team camera and how it works in our best soccer cameras overview. We talk about the difference between the “all in one” cameras and the “bring your own camera” system. The Pix4Team falls into the bring your own camera.

There’s a robot that you set your camera on top of that physically moves the camera and records the game. The robot is $500 for the Black Friday sale. You also want to keep an eye out for Black Friday deals on camcorders because you’ll need one for the Pix4Team system. You can get the $500 deal here.

Xbot Go Chamelon Sale

Xbot Go has a black friday deal as well on their latest model, the Chameleon. The Xbot isn’t a camera, it uses your phone to do the recording. The Xbot is a device with a lens that follows the play and then pans and tilts your phone on top to capture the action.

Since it doesn’t have the camera built into the system, the overall device has a lower cost than other systems. Since the cost is lower, the total discount is also lower than other black friday deals (but so is the overall cost). As I mentioned in my Xbot Chameleon review, you might want to consider consider looking for a used phone to use with the Xbot, Black Friday could be a goo time for a phone deal..

For the Xbot, you don’t need a discount code for the Black Friday deal, you take $30 off the Chameleon at checkout.

Pixellot Camera Sale

In the past Pixellot had their own Black Friday sale but I haven’t seen anything announced yet. I have seen a deal advertised for the Air on the VideoGuys site. $100 off the Pixellot Air camera, no plan purchase required for the deal.

I’m including it here since Pixellot Air is one of the cameras that we’re evaluating as we compare soccer cameras to find the best soccer camera for your team.

Pixellot has a similar approach to Veo. You buy the camera and then pay a monthly or annual plan for the service, hosting, sharing of the videos that you record. So the discount isn’t on the plan but you can save money on the camera. In order to get the discount you need to sign up for the 1 year or the 2 year plan.

Like Veo, Pixellot supports recording multiple sports like soccer, volleyball, lacrosse, football, and basketball. The camera sale has started, to get your discount click here for –  Pixellot Black Friday deal.

 

Soccer Camera Accessories

Solis Hotspot for Livestreaming

Two years ago on Black Friday I ordered the Solis hotspot, then last year I ordered the Solis 5G. I was looking for hotspots I could send out with our rental cameras when teams want to livestream with the Veo. The Solis Lite was working but the 5G is nice for faster service.

Solis hotspot interested me because of their U.S. data plan options. You can choose a monthly plan called GoData Subscription or a pre-paid “Pay Per GB” plan. The pay per GB plan has 1/5/10/20 GB options and the monthly plan has 1 – 100 GB options.

It seemed like a pretty flexible option for teams livestreaming sports around the country. I decided to try it because you can switch back and forth between the Subscription and the Pay Per GB on one hotspot.

Last year the Solis 5G was on a big discount. So far I’ve only seen discounts on the plan and not the hardware for this year. The plan doesn’t start until you activate it so you can buy on Black friday and then activate it next spring season. Here’s the Black Friday deal.

 

Veo Camera Battery Backup

Several times last year I had a soccer parent fail, I didn’t charge the camera up before the start of a tournament weekend and Saturday morning the camera battery was dead as a doornail.

Luckily my portable battery was fully charged and I was able to charge the camera on the way and keep it plugged in while I recorded. Sooner or later, you’ll get to the field and go to power the camera on realize there’s no charge.

I made a video showing how I charged while recording and the rate at which it charged up. I didn’t track it the whole game but just for the first 6 minutes of recording. In those 6 minutes the camera battery went from 11-13%. What I forgot to do was see how much of the battery that took but I left it plugged in and was able to record the whole game.

This Baseus portable battery charger is on sale again this Black Friday for $80 instead of $100.

 

Soccer Camera Tracker

Isn’t that just an AirTag, you might ask? Yes, but once you slide it into your camera case it becomes a soccer camera tracker. It might be the best $20 you spend this year if you end up losing your soccer camera. Whether you have a Veo, Pixellot, Trace, or even just a DSLR you should put one of these in your camera case this week.

We started using these because one night I left my Veo camera at the field. On a panicked 30 minute drive back to the field I decided I would put a tracker in all my camera cases ASAP. Now that we rent out Veo cameras its nice to be able to pull up the camera case in “Find My” devices when a team misplaces one of our cameras.

Try and slide it into a non-obvious part of the case so that it stays hidden and also doesn’t move around. I slid it down between the foam mold and the outside of the pelican case so it doesn’t move and also isn’t visible when you open up the camera case. So if someone pinches your camera they wont just see the tracker and toss it.

This soccer camera tracker is on sale during Black Friday. You can save even more on a 4 pack, right now you can save $20 on an AirTag 4 pack.

Travel Battery

I ordered this Jackery battery last year on Black Friday and it’s been great. I use it both for charging cameras between games and also to power our hotspot so we can livestream games. For road trips I also use it to charge my laptop, we recently had games in Chicago and Milwaukee that were long road trips and this battery pack was great for charging my laptop.

The USB-C port on the front is good for charging my phone. This is the Jackery Explorer 300, they have lots of models, most of them are more expensive. The 300 model has been perfect for our soccer family.

I’ll update this page as we learn of more Black friday deals for soccer parents or coaches who record games for their team or club. If you know of one, send me an email, ben@easysportsvideo.com