FitStill

FitStill Underwater Diving Housing for GoPro

Budget polycarbonate dive housing rated to 60m, the cheapest way to take a GoPro past its 10m native waterproof limit.

Rated to 60m

A housing, not a camera. See "Fits these cameras" below for what it works with.

FitStill Underwater Diving Housing for GoPro
3.4Comparison Score
$19.95
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Released2020
Typehousing
Resolution—
Max video—
Sensor size—
Native waterproof—
Stabilization—
RAW support—
Housing depth rating60m
Housing materialpolycarbonate
Weight—

Fits these cameras

This housing is built for the following camera(s).

GoPro HERO13 Black
GoPro
GoPro HERO13 Black
$439
GoPro HERO12 Black
GoPro
GoPro HERO12 Black
$299
Pros
  • Lowest-cost way to extend a HERO9-13 Black past its 10m native rating to real scuba depths
  • Clear polycarbonate shell keeps the camera's own screen and status lights visible without opening the case
  • Compact and light enough to not meaningfully change the camera's balance on a mount or tray
Cons
  • Third-party seal quality is inherently a bigger variable than an official GoPro or name-brand housing; always do a shallow, no-camera test dive before trusting a new unit
  • Buttons are operated through molded plastic tabs rather than direct access, which is less precise with thick gloves than the aluminum housing's mechanical levers
  • At 60m it has less depth margin than the aluminum option below, which matters more for tech or deep recreational diving than typical reef dives
Diver community sentiment
Mostly positive

On a Scubaboard thread about budget GoPro housings, one diver recommends the FitStill Double Lock housing by name after using it down to 105 feet with no issues, calling it a solid value at "less than $20." Another poster reported roughly 20 dives in the Caymans averaging 80 feet, including one to 102 feet, with no leaks or fogging, though divers stress that greasing the door O-ring before every dive is essential to keeping the seal reliable. Not every report was clean: one owner described noticeable vignetting (dark corners) in footage shot through both a FitStill housing and a similar knockoff, a defect the other poster in the thread hadn't encountered and couldn't explain. Overall sentiment is mostly-positive for the price point, with seal maintenance and occasional vignetting as the things to watch for.

Scubaboard: GoPro waterproof housing recommendations thread

Summarized from public forum discussion (Scubaboard, Reddit, and similar), not a survey we ran ourselves. See the linked threads for the original conversations.

The FitStill housing is a budget polycarbonate shell for GoPro HERO9 through HERO13 Black, rated to 60m, that exists specifically to take a GoPro’s 10m native waterproofing to actual scuba depth without spending anywhere near what a name-brand housing costs. It trades precision control feel and long-term seal confidence for price: the buttons work through molded tabs rather than direct mechanical access, and third-party seal quality varies more than an official or premium aluminum housing. It’s a reasonable choice for occasional shallow-to-moderate recreational diving where the GoPro is a secondary camera rather than a dedicated rig.