Looking around for a dash cam found a couple of units that gave me more options at an acceptable price. I purchased a Mobius camera, around $79 and a fraction bigger than a packet of Tic-Tacs with a host of features that suited me. I didn't want a Dashcam with a screen, I wanted one that would do time lapse, take stills and could be mounted on a crash helmet as well as in the front of the motorhome reasonably discreetly. The Mobius covered all these with extremely good stills & video quality. My brother purchased a SJ4000, virtually identical to the top range GoPro for under $100. It's an excellent camera.
Video from our Mobius, it's in reasonably low resolution but there's plenty of samples on the web of its high resolution quality.
The SJ4000, excellent camera with all the attachments for 1/4 the price of the GoPro.
-- Edited by GMJM on Saturday 8th of November 2014 08:06:05 AM
We use the dashcam app on our iphone, works well and records (on endless loop) the last 10 mins on HD video. the good news its free.
Safe travels
GMJM said
10:58 AM Nov 9, 2014
Hi Phil,
That's what we used to do, the iPhone did all the things I wanted, dash cam, time lapse, stills and lots more and would have been okay but wanted a camera when on the bike. The iPhone wasn't easy to mount on a helmet. Couldn't justify a GoPro, thought it was just too much money for our limited requirements and a bit too obvious for thieves. But as you suggested, why buy a dash cam when you have an iPhone or Android that does the equivalent or better job.
-- Edited by GMJM on Sunday 9th of November 2014 04:00:55 PM
Looking around for a dash cam found a couple of units that gave me more options at an acceptable price. I purchased a Mobius camera, around $79 and a fraction bigger than a packet of Tic-Tacs with a host of features that suited me. I didn't want a Dashcam with a screen, I wanted one that would do time lapse, take stills and could be mounted on a crash helmet as well as in the front of the motorhome reasonably discreetly. The Mobius covered all these with extremely good stills & video quality. My brother purchased a SJ4000, virtually identical to the top range GoPro for under $100. It's an excellent camera.
Video from our Mobius, it's in reasonably low resolution but there's plenty of samples on the web of its high resolution quality.
The SJ4000, excellent camera with all the attachments for 1/4 the price of the GoPro.
-- Edited by GMJM on Saturday 8th of November 2014 08:06:05 AM
We use the dashcam app on our iphone, works well and records (on endless loop) the last 10 mins on HD video. the good news its free.
Safe travels
Hi Phil,
That's what we used to do, the iPhone did all the things I wanted, dash cam, time lapse, stills and lots more and would have been okay but wanted a camera when on the bike. The iPhone wasn't easy to mount on a helmet. Couldn't justify a GoPro, thought it was just too much money for our limited requirements and a bit too obvious for thieves. But as you suggested, why buy a dash cam when you have an iPhone or Android that does the equivalent or better job.
-- Edited by GMJM on Sunday 9th of November 2014 04:00:55 PM