Does anyone have a recommendations for dashcams?

[wattaj]

I've got a Nextbase 402G here in a box and just didn't want to put it in. I am absolutely sure it does everything it says it will. Just didn't fancy it over the little cigar ones.

But, wattaj , if you are just wanting a cheap camera to put in I'd happily send it over. It's all there, opened the box to have a look at the product but it's never been installed and I don't think I've ever turned it on. Keep meaning to sell it but never got around to it so yours if you want it.

That's very kind of you NL. But I should expand a bit n the requirement: the general pattern is for me to be directed to buy some such thing, research and procure said thing, then be told that it is not the correct thing and have to return it.

I can see this coming down the road already.

Such is life.

Best for me to trouble Amazon customer services with the vagaries of my domestic situation.

[courtg9000]

That's very kind of you NL. But I should expand a bit n the requirement: the general pattern is for me to be directed to buy some such thing, research and procure said thing, then be told that it is not the correct thing and have to return it.

I can see this coming down the road already.

Such is life.

Best for me to trouble Amazon customer services with the vagaries of my domestic situation.

Ah Maybe you should hire Lady Bunty Take (Wife of Sir Michael Take, the MP for East Dorset - Look him up on Twitter!), to be your eyes and ears, i'm sure her bounteous and frabjous fecundity will grace the situation appropriately

[al_cam]

I've got Nextbase on all the family's cars. I've used them for years.

Cheap and they work well.

I hide the camera behind the rear view mirror

The last one I got uses a sticky pad rather than a suction cup to stick it to the windscreen. In the recent heat, the glue softens and the camera falls off. I've tried some other sticky tape but same thing. Thinking of sending it back.

It's beyond me how built in cameras haven't been an option for years.

[SueEllen]

I have a Nextbase as well.

[northernladuk]

It's beyond me how built in cameras haven't been an option for years.

Having them built in or mandated comes with problems. At the moment it's a choice to use or to submit the evidence. There could be a precedence where people are ordered to hand it over and the video can be used against them rather than your benefit. People can choose to put them in and what to do with them. Once they are in every car it that choice will be taken away. Sounds daft but I'm happy to have one in but I wouldn't be pleased if it was mandated.

[saptastic]

I've been told that I need one. I've not needed one for the past 30-odd years, but apparently that doesn't count. I now do what I'm told because ICBA arguing anymore.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

I'd prefer one that's not as ugly as sin... though I realise that this might be a stretch objective.

Thanks.

Buy a Tesla.
Built in dashcams.

[Lockhouse]

I've got a MiVue 330 with Speed Cam alerts & GPS. A couple of years old now. Not hardwired as I move it from car to car. What makes it for me is the software which is great in playback mode and also lets you see the G-force acting on the car in multiple directions. Recommended.