Dash Board Camera Under £50

-F*Dragonfly-

My partner wants one of these for Christmas, he told me that his friend got one from Argos but I can't find any at all in Argos. If I need to order from Amazon I need to do it today.

Does anyone have a car camera that is preferably under £50 (I know that this is a small amount so not expecting the absolute best)

My partner found this one the other night when looking:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/3-Inch-G-SENSOR-VEHICLE-SYNCHRONOUS-RECORDER/dp/B009MFPHPW

I found this review of it on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WwuZn8J6IA

Everything looked fine apart from him saying the on a dull day the camera got a bit dark, but then he said that if you have the GPS lead plugged in it drains the battery in about 12 hours, not a problem for us really but it also resets the time on the unit after you've spent time setting it all up and I wouldn't like to set the time every single day on it.

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Or does anyone know any better ones for my price range? Why do you need a dual camera (one facing front and one facing inside the car?) And do all car cameras have to plug into the car via the wires?

Thanks.

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see the latest review of the g1w 1080p from the same site (http://www.techmoan.com/), much better video quality but no gps, £35 on amazon if you can wait a couple of weeks for it to arrive from china, elsewhere on the site you'll probably find anything you ever wanted to know about dashcams. The dual camera is a bit gimmicky, the quality of what it's going to capture out of the back windows is going to be of limited use.

mttylad

I have seen some dual cameras - but they have issues that require some mods so am not getting one of them.

The one the OP linked has the rear camera in the device itself - so if the unit is placed in front or the mirror then not a lot will be seen in the rear. May be better to go for a good front facing and get another for the back.

Then it does not appear to save individual movie files but a single file that you need to run on a pc.
As for the GPS flattening the battery - well yes it may do but if you power it with the ignition it may not be a problem. (Edit - aha! got to that bit - yes the date/time is important.)

I think I'm going to go for one of the G1w cameras on the front and another on the back.

Both wired via an ignition switched supply to 12v to 5v dc-dc converters rather than take up my power socket.

OP: The amazon reviews are the same no matter what camera you chose from the drop down.