Looks a bit cheap and nasty to me, like they're trying way too hard to sell it. 

interesting thread this...have been looking at these, it has a g sensor too apparently so stops recording a couple of mins after an accident so as not to record over the incident.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140946344652?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

 

or with rear camera

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dual-Car-Camera-True-HD-720P-H-264-Dash-DVR-Video-Camera-Recorder-Crash-Cam-UK-/321106198077?

 

any thoughts?

 

You've just got to laugh, haven't you? The sellers are from Wales? I don't speak Welsh, but I don't think the address given in the contact details is anywhere in that lovely country.

 

"The First Floor, NO.23-17 Yi San Road,Jiang An Development Zones

537000 Guangxi"

 

I think you generally get what you pay for. Stopping the recording a couple of minutes after the accident is hardly a benefit. Better carcams continue to record, but 'protect' the event recording. As several hours of video can be recorded on a 16 Gb card, the likelihood of losing the important bits is small. Caveat emptor!

I've got one of these http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00C9TBMWA - not from this seller tho.

Front cam - sticks to shaded area behind mirror with lens peeking out below - lives there 24/7 (have dulled down the bright work and slid a black fabric sock over it to disguise the shape

Rear cam - stuck to high level brake light bar on back screen of octavia II - had about  4m more wire than needed.

GPS - makes sure camera date and time are correct (but also records speed and location) - previous cam date and time used to drift by years.

each function writes a separate file - use the files relevant to make your story.

 

Plugged into an 'extra' ignition controlled ciggy socket piggy backed into fuses so comes on with ignition - I'm aware it's there but never have to fiddle with it. Wires are behind door pillar trim and tucked over roof lining

 

Criticisms:  

Low light performance is just adequate (still enough to tell the story)

it's a fiddly getting the micro SD card in and out with the camera mounted

I have trouble reading the setup menus - on camera software was written with a screen bigger that that fitted in mind (the small text is difficult nowadays, especially looking upwards)

Edited 3 December, 201312 yr by peterhr

You've just got to laugh, haven't you? The sellers are from Wales? I don't speak Welsh, but I don't think the address given in the contact details is anywhere in that lovely country.

 

"The First Floor, NO.23-17 Yi San Road,Jiang An Development Zones

537000 Guangxi"

 

I think you generally get what you pay for. Stopping the recording a couple of minutes after the accident is hardly a benefit. Better carcams continue to record, but 'protect' the event recording. As several hours of video can be recorded on a 16 Gb card, the likelihood of losing the important bits is small. Caveat emptor!

 

lol, i did notice the tropical location...

 

I think the idea is if you get in a crash and knocked out or worse, the camera will stop after a time so as not to continue on a loop. Otherwise it might not be stopped before it gets rerecorded over as you aren't there to physically stop it.

 

I know what you mean, but the mobius for similar money gets good reviews...still am sure it's like all chinese electronics....on paper are great...but something always lacks in reality!

I've got one of these http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00C9TBMWA - not from this seller tho.

Front cam - sticks to shaded area behind mirror with lens peeking out below - lives there 24/7 (have dulled down the bright work and slid a black fabric sock over it to disguise the shape

Rear cam - stuck to high level brake light bar on back screen of octavia II - had about  4m more wire than needed.

GPS - makes sure camera date and time are correct (but also records speed and location) - previous cam date and time used to drift by years.

each function writes a separate file - use the files relevant to make your story.

 

Plugged into an 'extra' ignition controlled ciggy socket piggy backed into fuses so comes on with ignition - I'm aware it's there but never have to fiddle with it. Wires are behind door pillar trim and tucked over roof lining

 

Criticisms:  

Low light performance is just adequate (still enough to tell the story)

it's a fiddly getting the micro SD card in and out with the camera mounted

I have trouble reading the setup menus - on camera software was written with a screen bigger that that fitted in mind (the small text is difficult nowadays, especially looking upwards)

 

 

any chance you could upload some footage to show us the quality?

www.7dayshop.com  have at least 3 under £50.

 

Search under photo and video supplies.

 

I have the one currently on offer for £29.99 .  Works fine as does the included software.  Also has a microphone and, as an IAM observer, I use it to record demonstration commentary drives for my local group.

I think the idea is if you get in a crash and knocked out or worse, the camera will stop after a time so as not to continue on a loop. Otherwise it might not be stopped before it gets rerecorded over as you aren't there to physically stop it.

Oet, I can only speak from my experience with BlackVue (more expensive, I know), but their cameras have three recording modes - Normal, Event, Parking. The software is set up so that each mode occupies its own space on the MicroSD Card. I think the default is 20% Normal mode, 60% Event mode and 20% Parking mode, but this can be set to whatever proportions you like, using the provided software (which is really easy to use).

 

Just tootling around, the recording will be made in the Normal mode. When the 20% of the card allocated to that mode is full, the oldest Normal recordings are overwritten by the newest Normal recordings. Similarly with the other modes. Each section is only overwritten by the same mode recordings.

 

If the recording is being made in either Normal or Parking mode and an 'event' occurs, i.e there is an accident, the recording automatically switches to Event mode, which retains several seconds of the recording before the actual impact and a minute or so afterwards, in the Event section of the card. That recording will be 'protected' and will only be recorded over if the 'events' continue for a considerable period of time (possibly several hours, which is unlikely).

 

After entering the Event mode and protecting that minute or so of the recording, as long as there isn't another 'event' (when the process will be repeated), the mode switches back to Normal mode, then, after 10 minutes of no movement at all, the mode automatically goes into Parking mode. The chance of an 'event' being recorded over after a serious accident is, IMHO, negligible.

 

This seems to me to be a better setup than stopping recording altogether. If the camera isn't recording and another 'event' happens...?

Oet, I can only speak from my experience with BlackVue (more expensive, I know), but their cameras have three recording modes - Normal, Event, Parking. The software is set up so that each mode occupies its own space on the MicroSD Card. I think the default is 20% Normal mode, 60% Event mode and 20% Parking mode, but this can be set to whatever proportions you like, using the provided software (which is really easy to use).

 

Just tootling around, the recording will be made in the Normal mode. When the 20% of the card allocated to that mode is full, the oldest Normal recordings are overwritten by the newest Normal recordings. Similarly with the other modes. Each section is only overwritten by the same mode recordings.

 

If the recording is being made in either Normal or Parking mode and an 'event' occurs, i.e there is an accident, the recording automatically switches to Event mode, which retains several seconds of the recording before the actual impact and a minute or so afterwards, in the Event section of the card. That recording will be 'protected' and will only be recorded over if the 'events' continue for a considerable period of time (possibly several hours, which is unlikely).

 

After entering the Event mode and protecting that minute or so of the recording, as long as there isn't another 'event' (when the process will be repeated), the mode switches back to Normal mode, then, after 10 minutes of no movement at all, the mode automatically goes into Parking mode. The chance of an 'event' being recorded over after a serious accident is, IMHO, negligible.

 

This seems to me to be a better setup than stopping recording altogether. If the camera isn't recording and another 'event' happens...?

 

 

thanks for the info!