What Dash Cam

[Bubba Nutkin]

bet these are std in cars soon! fitted into the mirror

Is there a reason why manufacturers don't offer dashcams / rearcams as part of the specification?  I'd have thought as a factory fitted option it would be very popular and surely the technology isn't difficult.  It would avoid the faff of after-market fitting too.
Bubba.

[wantmygti]

Anyone got a Road Angel Halo? Front and rear cameras but all the wiring puts me off!

[monkeyhanger]

bet these are std in cars soon! fitted into the mirror

Is there a reason why manufacturers don't offer dashcams / rearcams as part of the specification?  I'd have thought as a factory fitted option it would be very popular and surely the technology isn't difficult.  It would avoid the faff of after-market fitting too.
Bubba.

If i had to take a guess its because it is still relatively unreliable tech with high failure rates (relatively, for electronics). They all run pretty hot.

[Gti_Jamo]

I recently had some money left on an Amazon gift card and fancied using one. Anyway I basically bought one of the cheapest possible one I could find. The model is GS8000L and comes from various manufacturers and cost me £13.50 but had to buy a separate 32GB SD card at around £7.

I posted a short loop of how it performs. It is advertised as full HD but I found that it seemed to work too hard in that mode and works best at 720p, plus you get near 4 hours on the SD card. Also bear in mind it is in my Corrado G60 with near non-existent suspension. I fitted an another cigarette lighter socket hooked up to a 12v ignition feed behind the dash and fed the wire up the A-pillar and along the head lining so it begins to record once power is fed to it. The internal battery is quite poor but no big deal really. Motion stability is turned off. Sound is quite poor, seems to pick up the noise of the lense but overall a decent bit of kit for the money. It is quite small and compact too.

https://youtu.be/1ZZB-B4W3ws

[Gnasher]

Been looking at what options there were myself after someone pulled out on the wife and she ended up writing off her car recently.

In this instance there was no problems with the 3rd party who accepted full liability, it made me think of cameras - my requirements would be...

1. Small - the smaller the better.
2. No screen - what's the point, you're hardly going to want to playback there and then.
3. Cheap - I'm tight!!

Spotted this on amazon...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00O6SCEIS/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3X9OL4WHHMRD&coliid=I3Q19HB0RZMORK

...and wondered if anyone had used something similair?

[kalimon]

I recently had some money left on an Amazon gift card and fancied using one. Anyway I basically bought one of the cheapest possible one I could find. The model is GS8000L and comes from various manufacturers and cost me £13.50 but had to buy a separate 32GB SD card at around £7.

I posted a short loop of how it performs. It is advertised as full HD but I found that it seemed to work too hard in that mode and works best at 720p, plus you get near 4 hours on the SD card. Also bear in mind it is in my Corrado G60 with near non-existent suspension. I fitted an another cigarette lighter socket hooked up to a 12v ignition feed behind the dash and fed the wire up the A-pillar and along the head lining so it begins to record once power is fed to it. The internal battery is quite poor but no big deal really. Motion stability is turned off. Sound is quite poor, seems to pick up the noise of the lense but overall a decent bit of kit for the money. It is quite small and compact too.

https://youtu.be/1ZZB-B4W3ws

Not bad, would have been better if you had cleared your windscreen earlier in the clip:wink:

[Gti_Jamo]

I recently had some money left on an Amazon gift card and fancied using one. Anyway I basically bought one of the cheapest possible one I could find. The model is GS8000L and comes from various manufacturers and cost me £13.50 but had to buy a separate 32GB SD card at around £7.

I posted a short loop of how it performs. It is advertised as full HD but I found that it seemed to work too hard in that mode and works best at 720p, plus you get near 4 hours on the SD card. Also bear in mind it is in my Corrado G60 with near non-existent suspension. I fitted an another cigarette lighter socket hooked up to a 12v ignition feed behind the dash and fed the wire up the A-pillar and along the head lining so it begins to record once power is fed to it. The internal battery is quite poor but no big deal really. Motion stability is turned off. Sound is quite poor, seems to pick up the noise of the lense but overall a decent bit of kit for the money. It is quite small and compact too.

https://youtu.be/1ZZB-B4W3ws

Not bad, would have been better if you had cleared your windscreen earlier in the clip:wink:

It was just a random clip I selected from many. Mainly to test how it uploaded you to YouTube. Typically the audio isn't quite synced on that clip since uploading but it's fine on video playback. 

[Gti_Jamo]

Been looking at what options there were myself after someone pulled out on the wife and she ended up writing off her car recently.

In this instance there was no problems with the 3rd party who accepted full liability, it made me think of cameras - my requirements would be...

1. Small - the smaller the better.
2. No screen - what's the point, you're hardly going to want to playback there and then.
3. Cheap - I'm tight!!

Spotted this on amazon...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00O6SCEIS/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3X9OL4WHHMRD&coliid=I3Q19HB0RZMORK

...and wondered if anyone had used something similair?

I looked at that one before I purchased the GS8000L. I prefer having the screen, as you never know when it could come in handy. Plus the screen is really small and can be set so it is turned off but still recording. Mine is set to turn off after 2 minutes. How else would you know it is positioned correctly without a screen? The GS8000L has HDMI output also. Remember none of these cheap cams come with an SD card and usually wont work properly unless the have a minimum of 32GB.

[Dan-White-GTI]

I have the Road Angel dash cam and its great but it does have a downside ( no screen )

[p3asa]

Every time I see one of these dash cam threads I keep thinking "I must get one ASAP" then see so many different recommendations it just confuses me so I never get round to it.
I do like the idea of the camera that can be recharged at home and just mounted in the car using battery back up so it can be used in several vehicles.

I was the exact same Andy. I would search and read reviews till I was blue in the face and then come full circle and not buy one until the next thread.
That was until my Mrs bought me this one for Christmas from Argos http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4557690.htm
It  meant that if it broke within the first year it would be no hassle taking it back.
I only took it back and bought something else as it was bought at full price and I didn't think it was worth that.
I would get one at the half price though as that is probably worth it.