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stephenw46
Member Since: 22 Jun 2011
Location: West Midlands
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Looking for some advice on what's the best dash cam to buy many thanks steve
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 29th Mar 2017 8:17 pm |
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Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
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How size screen would you like?
What sort of budget do you have?
Do you want it to double up as a dash cam?
(Sorry, misread original post  )
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| 29th Mar 2017 8:23 pm |
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stephenw46
Member Since: 22 Jun 2011
Location: West Midlands
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Something not to intrusive but good quality
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| 29th Mar 2017 8:28 pm |
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Sniper1
Member Since: 14 Mar 2017
Location: Somewhere near earth
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Ive bought a £79 halfords one made by Ring. Useless.
I bought a £50 one from Argos. Usleless
Both would continuously refuse to loop record, kept saying card full.
I now (and have used for the last year) a £10 dash cam from Ebay. It uses a 32g micro sd card, and records in 15 minute segments, and then once the card is full, reverts and begins again, so you always have at least the last three or four hours driving recorded.
Easy to download, records in AVI format. Very clear, 1080p quality. Has sound, and date/time function.
I found that there is zero point in paying any more for a dash cam, unless you want ones that record your speed as well.
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| 29th Mar 2017 8:31 pm |
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Narpy
Member Since: 18 Jul 2011
Location: Stockport
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Had a cheapo camera and it was somewhat irratic. It would often miss segments of a journey or double record the same segment. Binned it and after recommends on here bought a Blackvue. I went for the entry level DR3500, it's 1080p, full HD and has proven to be superb. I was so impressed, I got one for Mrs Narpys motor too.
Very discreet, easy to install and reasonable money too 
Don't bother with the lower resolution 720p stuff, the quality is just not there.
Try this, should do you:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Blackvue-DR3500G...SwA3dYi7e5 Mods:
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| 29th Mar 2017 8:44 pm |
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lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
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Sniper1 wrote:Ive bought a £79 halfords one made by Ring. Useless.
I bought a £50 one from Argos. Usleless
Both would continuously refuse to loop record, kept saying card full.
I now (and have used for the last year) a £10 dash cam from Ebay. It uses a 32g micro sd card, and records in 15 minute segments, and then once the card is full, reverts and begins again, so you always have at least the last three or four hours driving recorded.
Easy to download, records in AVI format. Very clear, 1080p quality. Has sound, and date/time function.
I found that there is zero point in paying any more for a dash cam, unless you want ones that record your speed as well.
Sniper have you a link to the one/type you have
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| 29th Mar 2017 8:48 pm |
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jonno1
Member Since: 16 Jun 2010
Location: SW London
Posts: 715
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Had Blackvues, D500's, eventually they cook on a hot day or the internal battery fails. Even worse BV stops supporting their products after a while.
At the moment I am using a DDpai M6+ and I have never seen anything like it for performance.
Look at Techmoan's review, I bought mine after seeing it.
http://www.techmoan.com/blog/2016/6/23/das...-used.html
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| 29th Mar 2017 8:52 pm |
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kentishdisco
Member Since: 28 Oct 2009
Location: Kent
Posts: 38
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Garmin have just announced the new Garmin 45 and 55. In addition to being a dashcam they can also warn of speed cameras, land departure and forward collision. They are not cheap but you get what you pay for.
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| 29th Mar 2017 10:09 pm |
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muddywheels4wd
Member Since: 16 Dec 2010
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire
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I've had 3 Blackvue but gave up on them due to reliability issues
Now have a Thinkware and touch wood no problem yet apart from GPS lock on my previous DS due to windscreen
Works without a hitch now on Mitsubishi plus and has added benefit of speed camera alerts Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW
Still hoping for a S2 one day!
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| 29th Mar 2017 10:30 pm |
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hilly10
Member Since: 29 Sep 2016
Location: Staffordshire
Posts: 325
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Been using one from Amazon £28 it's the best one I have found for the money. It loops through in 10 minute increments when full it keeps removing and filling those 10 minute sections. If something happens and you press a button on the side and it keeps that last 10 minutes. It plugs in the 12 volt socket and works when I open the drivers door and goes off when I shut it. The model is Innoo Tech F1904-a HD 17 Golf GT TDI Tornado Red
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| 29th Mar 2017 10:30 pm |
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Sniper1
Member Since: 14 Mar 2017
Location: Somewhere near earth
Posts: 75
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lynalldiscovery wrote:Sniper1 wrote:Ive bought a £79 halfords one made by Ring. Useless.
I bought a £50 one from Argos. Usleless
Both would continuously refuse to loop record, kept saying card full.
I now (and have used for the last year) a £10 dash cam from Ebay. It uses a 32g micro sd card, and records in 15 minute segments, and then once the card is full, reverts and begins again, so you always have at least the last three or four hours driving recorded.
Easy to download, records in AVI format. Very clear, 1080p quality. Has sound, and date/time function.
I found that there is zero point in paying any more for a dash cam, unless you want ones that record your speed as well.
Sniper have you a link to the one/type you have
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272049238106
This is the one i use.
I still have the Ring one, sits in the box
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| 29th Mar 2017 10:43 pm |
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Airportman
Member Since: 17 May 2014
Location: Hinckley
Posts: 343
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Have 3 Nextbase 412GW, not cheap, but as the saying goes " buy cheap..buy twice.
Quad HD...Wifi the lot. Depends on your budget.
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| 30th Mar 2017 6:36 am |
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RCMike
Member Since: 26 Feb 2016
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 117
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Perhaps not in with the usual suspects, but I use a Möbius action cam as a dash cam. No screen but it really is discreet and mine has been very reliable for loop recording. You do need a windows pc to set it up however.
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| 30th Mar 2017 8:54 am |
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Roidster
Member Since: 04 Nov 2016
Location: London/Herts
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Hey Sniper1 , do you have a sample video clip you could pm to me so i can see the quality? 2005 Discovery 3 HSE
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| 30th Mar 2017 10:28 am |
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