the Mobius has lots of settings as you say, AND IF FOR MYSELF WOULD BE LOOKING MORE INTO IT

yet at 14 years old he will just want to press the start stop button on top of the waterproof housing, and use the front mode button to select via the lcd display what he wants the camera to do, the battery life is what he will need 150 mins and having the case will protect it more, when he`s doing his Parkour with his mates which can include obstacle courses, running, climbing, swinging, vaulting, jumping, rolling etc or when he`s on his Penny board then all he will want to do is plug it into his computer and make videos to upload and share. i think you will understand that at 14, with his mates all with go pro`s it wouldn`t be proper for me to buy something which would most likely be better but would not fit into his STYLE

and i only paid £69 myself yet i still think its good value with GoPro Studio software. and having Fixed f/2.8 aperture. which i have used on different sony products which use f/2.8 aperture to great effect, i couldn`t afford such luxury for my SLR
he will be happy at xmas and i have additional different mounts from my setup

I cant seem to remember.. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.