Dash cam recommendations

[Sweety]

I'm at long last going to buy a dash can & have about £80 to spend on one has anyone got any recommendations on which one to get:nenau seen one in maplins but not sure how good it is quality of the video is the main thing for me

[jims-terrano]

I've heard a lot of people recommend Mobious cameras. Never tried one personally.

[Lazy-Ferret]

I have just got the nextbase 402g professional. Costco have it for £120, so a bit more, but I am very pleased with the quality of the video and the stills it can take from the video.

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[AlexD333]

I have just got the nextbase 402g professional. Costco have it for £120, so a bit more, but I am very pleased with the quality of the video and the stills it can take from the video.

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Im running the nextbase 302G the earlier model, (the one you saw the indian man reverse into me)

Not absolute top quality but plenty good still, this is a maplins buy, comes with warranty and a face to a name if anything were to go wrong...!

here is a sneak peak if you are interested in the 302G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SUKsT4F_1k

[Lazy-Ferret]

Im running the nextbase 302G the earlier model, (the one you saw the indian man reverse into me)

Not absolute top quality but plenty good still, this is a maplins buy, comes with warranty and a face to a name if anything were to go wrong...!

here is a sneak peak if you are interested in the 302G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SUKsT4F_1k

I can't really see a lot of difference between the videos..


This is mine at night... (https://youtu.be/5rH_02fmPS8)

and this is it during the day. (http://youtu.be/pv7wLskh7z8)

Only thing I have discovered playing back the videos, is you really do talk a lot of tosh when you are driving in a car... I had trouble finding a bit of video that did not include a conversation about ferrets, work, our sex life, money issues, or my wife's lust for my body... (Yeah right) :lol

[briggie]

I bought one of these as a spare ....... its very good too , amazingly cheap

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Full-HD1080P-2-7-Car-DVR-Crash-Cam-Dash-Vehicle-Camera-G-sensor-Night-Vision/161790061789?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%2 6asc%3D29975%26meid%3D41577403299e49a989ea5a0f5b9d 9a37%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D321 518064144

[johnb5177]

I have 2 of these fore and aft, not bad price and video quality is ok.....:nenau

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301042725960?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[Sweety]

Sorry for the late reply had some big laptop issues to sort out:doh Anyway thanks for the views & links will have a good look at them soon:thumbs

[makeitfit]

Still can't beat free
I use Autoguard on my phone. Awesome video quality, all sat nav linked etc. Auto police calling bla bla :thumbs

[Sweety]

Still can't beat free
I use Autoguard on my phone. Awesome video quality, all sat nav linked etc. Auto police calling bla bla :thumbs

Not tried that app but have a couple of others but my phone holder (gripgo) bounces a bit to much & the phone does like to drop off now & again:doh

[makeitfit]

Bouncing phone holding :eek: Nooooo. I'm amazed at the custom interior miester using a cheap phone holder , tut tut, :lol
I couldn't face 700 quids worth of phone in 99p holder :doh
This is what I use http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Original-Samsung-Galaxy-S6-S6-Edge-Car-Cradle-Mount-Dock-Holder-/181775196609?hash=item2a52a561c1
modified a bit ofcourse :D

[rickydicky]

I have 2 of these fore and aft, not bad price and video quality is ok.....:nenau

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301042725960?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Been thinking of getting one for a while and of course fleabay have loads under £20. Just how good is what they claim, night vision, clarity of number plates, sound etc etc ?

Thanks

[Sweety]

After looking at some reviews of the nextbase dashcam,s was wondering if you have suffered from it freezing up & not recording Clive & Alex:augie
Quite like this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00SZNPIY2?keywords=0806%20mini%20dash%20cam&qid=1440675789&ref_=sr_1_2&sr=8-2 as the video's on youtube look good & it's nice & small but there seems to be some very mixed views due to build quality

[Lazy-Ferret]

Touch wood, it's been very good so far.. I do as the instructions say and re-format the SD card every couple of weeks.

I have up'd the card to a 32Gb one, as I found that the truck does tend to trigger the autosave, if you are cornering and hit a pot hole, which there are many in Kent, and one particularly annoying sunken drain on the journey to the Train Station, which is on a bend, by bollards, so you can't miss it. The 8Gb only holds an hour, which is basically 20 x 3min recordings, so you only need it to hit a few holes over the course of the week and you have hardly any memory left to cycle through.

I bought a cheap Amkov Zoom 007 for the back(£30), and now realise why you pay for the Nextbase one as it is so much better in build quality, night vision, and support. Also it has all the GPS, and G force info captured with the video, the Amkov does not.

Silly things like the Amkov only allows for a 6 digit car reg.. Not end of the world, but shows how it has not been thought out. The Amkov instructions are terrible, and there are still a couple of features which I can't seem to work out what they do, even using trial and error. Other bits like the suction mount, you can get replacement ones for the Nextbase, so have one in each car, and swap the camera over, but the Amkov's mount is cheap, feels like it is going to snap every time you put the camera on it and I can't find where to get a spare.

Oh, and for those thinking of mounting a Dash cam in the rear window, most of the mounts do not adjust enough to allow for the vertical glass on the back of our trucks, so calls for a bit of ingenuity to get it back there.

[AlexD333]

My camera has been flawless, great pc software with screen, map and GPS ect.

Couldn't be more user friendly really.. So simple to use :thumb2

Also if it goes wrong I have a 5 min journey to maplins not a 2 week Internet wait.

Saying this the Mrs camera has also been flawless at 20 quid...

[Sweety]

Many thanks to everyone for your help :thumb2 went out & bought a nextbase 402 pro this afternoon & so far very please with it as it's smaller than I thought it would be & to my shock the sucker mount even stuck great onto the black doted sun shade bit of the screen to the point when I pulled on it to see if it was gripping well the truck moved a bit:lol just got to work out how to format the card in the camera now:doh:augie oh & i've stuck some black election tape over the white lettering so it doesn't stand out like a sore thumb

[Lazy-Ferret]

Many thanks to everyone for your help :thumb2 went out & bought a nextbase 402 pro this afternoon & so far very please with it as it's smaller than I thought it would be & to my shock the sucker mount even stuck great onto the black doted sun shade bit of the screen to the point when I pulled on it to see if it was gripping well the truck moved a bit:lol just got to work out how to format the card in the camera now:doh:augie oh & i've stuck some black election tape over the white lettering so it doesn't stand out like a sore thumb

I was surprised mine stuck up there as well.. It's has fallen off once on a very hot day about a week ago.

Tip... press the menu button twice to get to second menu, the one with the format option on....

[AlexD333]

I was surprised mine stuck up there as well.. It's has fallen off once on a very hot day about a week ago.

Tip... press the menu button twice to get to second menu, the one with the format option on....

Something I heard a while back was to format the cards on the PC, not the camera as they can be limited with their performance?

That camera you bought will be good, I've got the older model and I love it. :thumb2

Edit - personal preference I use 3 minute cycles, seems just about right in case of incident. It won't cut any film off but if there is n incident for 5 mins you don't want 5 different files...

[macabethiel]

A driver at work has put one in the firms van when he uses it. He was involved in an incident the vital part of the recording was all fuzz! Before & after fine just the bit he needed was missing !

Also if you leave it in your vehice overnight it is at risk of theft from a passsing junky looking for some cash for his next fix.

I think they are great for gadget addiction disorder. I believe they are maketed on statistically unlikely fear. I know one of our members resolved a roll back incident at a set of lights but in all honesty when you look at the statistics for being involved in an accident it is equally likely that it will have packed up after 5 years of use and be unreliable when it counts.

We have 3 vehicles in our house and have had one accident in the last 25 years having covered around 500,000 miles in that period excluding my work where I have covered around 300,000 miles in the last 10 years. So in 800,000 miles and 25 years of motoring how is a dash camera going to save me any money or help me against a false claim ?

Probably the best part of owning one is it might make you a better driver if you become conscious that your speed and driving manner is being recorded. A bit like town centre CCTV has helped reduce street disorder in many places.

[don simon]

A driver at work has put one in the firms van when he uses it. He was involved in an incident the vital part of the recording was all fuzz! Before & after fine just the bit he needed was missing !

Also if you leave it in your vehice overnight it is at risk of theft from a passsing junky looking for some cash for his next fix.

I think they are great for gadget addiction disorder. I believe they are maketed on statistically unlikely fear. I know one of our members resolved a roll back incident at a set of lights but in all honesty when you look at the statistics for being involved in an accident it is equally likely that it will have packed up after 5 years of use and be unreliable when it counts.

We have 3 vehicles in our house and have had one accident in the last 25 years having covered around 500,000 miles in that period excluding my work where I have covered around 300,000 miles in the last 10 years. So in 800,000 miles and 25 years of motoring how is a dash camera going to save me any money or help me against a false claim ?

Probably the best part of owning one is it might make you a better driver if you become conscious that your speed and driving manner is being recorded. A bit like town centre CCTV has helped reduce street disorder in many places.

I agree with this and ocassionally have an internal battle about getting one, I conclude that they can be a bit Daily Mail with self serving vigilantes. I have the same issue with helmet cams for the bikes as I have many more close shaves and a camera would have the culprits on record.
But, and there's always a but, I see too many ranty cyclists who go looking for problems and trouble and that is a negative issue.
I also have a slight reaction against teh amount of technology that we are carrying and who has access to our behaviours and whereabouts. It was probably not a good idea to read 1984. :)
Turn the volume down as NSFW.
https://youtu.be/cYgF9E2-Fqs

https://youtu.be/2PFRdEUN240

Only one of these is a parody, but both show the unsavoury effects of these camera vigilantes and is an extreme.

[emjaybee]

I know what you are saying, I drive a Transit for my self-employed work. I haven't had an accident in 10+ years (touch wood).

However,...

... I see a dangerous act in front of my van two or three times a week, ranging from overtaking on blind crests/corners, running red lights, using a mobile phone etc.

I kinda think that it is not so much "if" as much as "when" one of these near misses becomes an incident. So I am seriously considering getting one.

Oh, yes, and we live in that traffic looney hotspot of...

... the countryside.

Welcome to the Cotswolds !!!

:thumb2

[Lazy-Ferret]

I know what you are saying, I drive a Transit for my self-employed work. I haven't had an accident in 10+ years (touch wood).

However,...

... I see a dangerous act in front of my van two or three times a week, ranging from overtaking on blind crests/corners, running red lights, using a mobile phone etc.

I kinda think that it is not so much "if" as much as "when" one of these near misses becomes an incident. So I am seriously considering getting one.

Oh, yes, and we live in that traffic looney hotspot of...

... the countryside.

Welcome to the Cotswolds !!!

:thumb2

Agreed...

Country lanes are one of the worst now, people coming round the bends on the wrong side of the road, without even slowing down, oh and those mob cyclists who somehow manage to race on a public highway, despite it being illegal, and come along as a huge group, 6 abreast right across the road, heads tucked down staring at their back wheel, I have had a few close shaves meeting them coming the other way, and once watched them ride straight into the back of a tractor that was moving slowly round one of the right angle bends. Another time, I saw them, across a corner and stopped, Yet still one rode into the front of the car, luckily he did not try anything on, but I was very aware it was my word against 20 or so...

I think a lot of times it does depend on where you drive, and obviously how many miles you travel. When I used to drive 60K a year, I used to see about 1 thing a week that was either an accident, or someone risking other peoples lives by their actions. Not sure if I would have ever taken it further, even if I did have the camera, but on one occasion I did have a coach cut me up, Nearly pushing me onto the crash barrier, which I later learned had crashed on the M4, killing a load of "war vets" on their way back from a remembrance ceremony, I would have passed that onto the police.

But it's not all about accidents, we came home the other night, and there were deer crossing the road, & a while ago we saw a family of weasels, which for us would have been great to have got on film. Then there was the Transit Van that was covered in fur, and had antlers on the front, making it look like a giant reindeer!! :doh

[Sweety]

I understand everyone's feelings over dash cams & hopefully i'll never need the footage due to a bump:rolleyes: for me it'll come in great for filming any lanes I do:D but it'll be great so getting clips of the police driving dangerously like jumping red lights because they feel like it or driving all over the road because they aren't watching the road & messing about with something on the seat which I often see:doh but came close to having a head on collision the other month after a female was driving down the duel carriage way the wrong way & even took the round about the wrong way straight into the path of a 40 tonne truck:eek: so would have shown the footage to the police if I had of had it

[AlexD333]

I appreciate all the statistics, that electrical glitch sounds unlikely but very bad timing..

Personally I see so many aggressive idiots every day driving and riding that the camera is invaluable!! Yes vs the amount of miles covered I agree it's not a common thing but for when the inevitable May occur I want to be covered, let's face it...

Everyone lies now... Everyone...
Single driver turns into car full of whiplash patients
Car turned from an Audi into a Bugatti in terms of repair costs... :lol
The list goes on... I'd just rather have something reliable rolling for the "if" moment :thumb2

That roll back would have cost me a court date and likely lost my limited no claims... That's saved me a fortune already :cool:

Unfortunately the only time you'll think it's worth the money is if something happens to you... Never a nice time...

When that guy with the jag tried it with me I was crapping it incase he made false claims...