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Dash cam - where to start

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Poppy9
Poppy9 Posts: 18,833 Forumite
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After some !!!!!! hit my car and drove off leaving a load of damage to my car while parked in Sainsbury's I'm thinking of getting a dash cam but not a clue what to look for or how much I need to pay.

Help!
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  • paulofessex
    paulofessex Posts: 1,728 Forumite
    Be careful of the cheaper ones, don't really hold charge etc. They are big and bulky and have to remove after each journey plus they only record whilst driving etc.

    I'm looking at getting the mi-witness dual dash cams, places supply and fit, hard wired so no cables anywhere, plus the have the 'park mode' so they will record when someone / thing comes close to the car. Cost approx. £199

    Worth looking into
  • pappa_golf
    pappa_golf Posts: 8,895 Forumite
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    paulofessex wrote: »
    Be careful of the cheaper ones, don't really hold charge etc. They are big and bulky and have to remove after each journey plus they only record whilst driving etc.

    I'm looking at getting the mi-witness dual dash cams, places supply and fit, hard wired so no cables anywhere, plus the have the 'park mode' so they will record when someone / thing comes close to the car. Cost approx. £199

    Worth looking into




    mi-witness


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  • Poppy9
    Poppy9 Posts: 18,833 Forumite
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    paulofessex wrote: »
    Be careful of the cheaper ones, don't really hold charge etc. They are big and bulky and have to remove after each journey plus they only record whilst driving etc.

    I'm looking at getting the mi-witness dual dash cams, places supply and fit, hard wired so no cables anywhere, plus the have the 'park mode' so they will record when someone / thing comes close to the car. Cost approx. £199

    Worth looking into
    I wasn't planning on spending that much and wouldn't it be a target for thefts if that was spotted in the car?
    :) ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    I use an SJ4000 (Go-Pro alike), cost me £45, runs on battery for 1.5 hours. I take it out after each journey, I delete old footage and recharge it, then put in back in the car when I go out.

    All this stuff with dashcams that are hard wired and turn on/off automatically etc......... Seriously? what's the point? They cost a fortune and ultimately do exactly the same job.
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  • RichardD1970
    RichardD1970 Posts: 3,796 Forumite
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    Check out Techmoan, load of info and video reviews on YouTube.
  • jaydeeuk1
    jaydeeuk1 Posts: 7,714 Forumite
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    Mobius for quality of footage, no screen or gps though. Lots of mounts, excellent software to tweak quality, motion detection.
  • Moto2
    Moto2 Posts: 2,206 Forumite
    Strider590 wrote: »
    I use an SJ4000 (Go-Pro alike), cost me £45, runs on battery for 1.5 hours. I take it out after each journey, I delete old footage and recharge it, then put in back in the car when I go out.

    All this stuff with dashcams that are hard wired and turn on/off automatically etc......... Seriously? what's the point? They cost a fortune and ultimately do exactly the same job.

    I have a SJ1000, similar price.
    It stays in the car, powered by a USB cable, records automatically in 5 minute segments when I start car and overwrites the oldest one when the card is full, it shuts down 30 seconds after I switch off the engine.
    All sorts of other config options.
    Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    Moto2 wrote: »
    I have a SJ1000, similar price.
    It stays in the car, powered by a USB cable, records automatically in 5 minute segments when I start car and overwrites the oldest one when the card is full, it shuts down 30 seconds after I switch off the engine.
    All sorts of other config options.

    Yes i'm fairly sure my SJ4000 does much the same, I just don't use that because I don't leave it in the car. On long journeys I connect it to a USB powerbank strapped to the roll bar (kitcar) or the sun visor (Vectra). I can't any reason to connect it to the car at all.
    “I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”

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  • Moto2
    Moto2 Posts: 2,206 Forumite
    Strider590 wrote: »

    All this stuff with dashcams that are hard wired and turn on/off automatically etc......... Seriously? what's the point? They cost a fortune and ultimately do exactly the same job.
    Yes i'm fairly sure my SJ4000 does much the same, I just don't use that because I don't leave it in the car. On long journeys I connect it to a USB powerbank strapped to the roll bar (kitcar) or the sun visor (Vectra). I can't any reason to connect it to the car at all.

    So they don't cost a fortune then, unless you decide to spend a fortune?
    Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
  • I_have_spoken
    I_have_spoken Posts: 5,051 Forumite
    I went for Transcend Drive Pro 220, does everything I wanted and small enough to tuck behind mirror.
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