Reply to: Dash cam?

[xoggoth]

I'd like to have one permanently attached but none seem discreet enough to worry I'm inviting some scroat to nick it

I made a fixing that allows me to swing it back to the roof and make it less obvious.

PS Of course it does help to drive a tatty old van that nobody would think would have anything worth nicking.

[krystan]

Its not cheap but

https://www.amazon.co.uk/RoadHawk-HD...dhawk+dash+cam

[itjobs]

...I'd like to have one permanently attached but none seem discreet enough to worry I'm inviting some scroat to nick it....

Probably time to buy a new car...lol. Surely, it will shift the focus from camera to the car :-)

[Contreras]

I find it very surprising in this day and age the don't make a product tiny standalone camera that feeds in to a unit in the glove compartment or hidden away in the electrics somewhere. One front and rear that's so small you can't see it. I'd like to have one permanently attached but none seem discreet enough to worry I'm inviting some scroat to nick it.

Have I just not researched well enough?

Yes.

http://www.techmoan.com/blog/2015/3/...sh-camera.html

[northernladuk]

I find it very surprising in this day and age the don't make a product tiny standalone camera that feeds in to a unit in the glove compartment or hidden away in the electrics somewhere. One front and rear that's so small you can't see it. I'd like to have one permanently attached but none seem discreet enough to worry I'm inviting some scroat to nick it.

Have I just not researched well enough?

[itjobs]

I bought Nextbase 512G for around £130+, fixed it permanently at Halfords for £30 (including the kit and fixing charges). It is slightly higher priced compared to other models because of its high resolution and anti-glare (which I think is essential).

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Looks like the price is now increased by around £20.

[Lockhouse]

I bought a MiVue from Halfords. Very pleased with it. Has speed cameras, G-force, emergency activation, night vision etc. The playback software is excellent too. Already used it to help someone claim on their insurance when they got clipped by a van in front of me.

[Fred Bloggs]

Thanks all, settled on a Nextbase 312, good compromise on quality, features, price and decent reviews on the web.

[BurdockTheContractor]

I bought this MAISI 1296P Dash Cam for around £80

[Fred Bloggs]

Privacy?

Off switch?

[Contreras]

I have a mini 0806 - cost around £75 IIRC - with a polarising filter fitted, and it has been more or less faultless in the year it has been installed. Not wanting wires and so on, I got it fitted by a (MB dealer) recommended guy, and it just works!
Only problem that I can level at it is that the internal (non removable) battery does not hold a charge so well now, so a series of shorter trips can sound the low battery warning when the car powers down - it is wired into switchable ignition source, so fires up with the car and shuts down after a preset delay on turning car off.

That's an often reported fault specifically for the 0806, but generally the tiny lithium batteries do not fair well in the sometimes high temperature environment car. I believe the later model (0826?) was billed with a super-cap, not sure if that made it to market as I have stopped looking now. It's ironic that Transcend went the other way, super-cap -> internal battery - that might be due to size or cost, or due to customer reviews of the DP200 losing date & time if left parked after a few days, not that I have experienced that at all.

[kevpuk]

I have a mini 0806 - cost around £75 IIRC - with a polarising filter fitted, and it has been more or less faultless in the year it has been installed. Not wanting wires and so on, I got it fitted by a (MB dealer) recommended guy, and it just works!
Only problem that I can level at it is that the internal (non removable) battery does not hold a charge so well now, so a series of shorter trips can sound the low battery warning when the car powers down - it is wired into switchable ignition source, so fires up with the car and shuts down after a preset delay on turning car off.

[Platypus]

A friend of mine has the Garmin 10 which he recommends very highly.

[SueEllen]

Thanks, it seems none are perfect. Food for thought, my wife's car already has a camera built in for the lane departure warning system. Why didn't the makers install software to use it as a dash cam too? Oh well.

Privacy?

[Fred Bloggs]

Thanks, it seems none are perfect. Food for thought, my wife's car already has a camera built in for the lane departure warning system. Why didn't the makers install software to use it as a dash cam too? Oh well.