Nextbase 512GW Dashcam

[Mik3F]

I am contemplating getting the above dashcam fitted by Skoda for £185

 

Does anyone have one and if so how good of a dashcam is it?

 

 

[Sagalout]

It's a good webcam, great video quality and simple to set up and use. You can now buy for £120 from well known high street outlets so £185 is a bit steep IMO. You can easily fit one yourself (plenty of advice on these forums) if you want or I am sure you could find someone to fit it for less than £65!

[Mik3F]

Cheers, I know £185 is a little on the steep side, it does come with an SD card too

 

I guess I am just erring on the cautious side especially with only owning the car for a few days

 

And if Skoda fit it themselves, if anything goes wrong then they have to sort it out

[Danny 57]

Does the price include fitting though. That will be another hours labour rates, say £100.00.

[Mik3F]

Yes, that's the price inc fitting

[Danny 57]

That is a good price for fitting.

[plantpowered]

It's a brilliant camera IMO. I have the front and rear cam (additional £50). I installed it myself, including the rear wiring, using various posts on this forum. I'm a complete novice with wiring, but this was easy (if a little time-consuming).

 

I was rear-ended last year (not in my Superb), so I didn't see any point having a front cam without the rear. The rear footage would have been very valuable to me when I had this incident last year!

 

I leave the cam permanently attached to a permanent live fuse in the fuse box (via the nextbase hardwire kit) so it can record while parked. It does this for 2 hours on battery anyway, but I wanted the peace of mind of it recording constantly. The hardwire kit stops the recording if the battery voltage drops too much. Not had any issues so far!

 

Edit: I have a 128GB card installed, and I recommend it. It's amazing how quickly 128GB fills up with 2 cameras attached.

 

Edited 4 November, 2018 by plantpowered

[bigjohn]

https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/review/dash-cams/nextbase-512gw-review-3660920/ worth a read

 

Note "It won’t allow your battery to run flat, as it will turn off if it detects a certain voltage. Nextbase says it uses so little power in sleep mode that it will work even if you leave you car parked for several weeks."

 

[Mik3F]

Booked in for next Monday to be fitted at the local dealer

[Baggins]

I have one, great camera quality. It's hardwired but always seems to be low battery, I might take it in to Half++++ to check.

[Muff]

Sounds a bit steep £120 at Halfords and they will fit and throw in a 32gb memory card for £164

[Alan_P]

I would be happy to pay an extra £21 to mitigate any future warranty issues from third party fitting. I’m sure Halfords fit a fair amount of them, but I’m also sure a dealer will know their way around a Skoda.

[Mik3F]

21 hours ago, Muff said:

Sounds a bit steep £120 at Halfords and they will fit and throw in a 32gb memory card for £164

 

Would rather go with the dealer than use Halfords, that way if any issues then they are fully responsible

[Danny 57]

Halfords fitted mine, took 40 minutes but went to an ignition source supply as they did not want people complaining of a flat battery.

Do not remember what memory card it was apart from 300 minutes.

Edited 7 November, 2018 by Danny 57