Looking for moderate price - $250 max, reliable , easy to use dash cam. Any thoughts please? purchased in last 12 months.
Thanks Craig
deverall11 said
04:57 PM Jul 14, 2023
Simple, you pay for what you get. Cheap $50 jobs on Ebay through to the more expensive ones
such as BlackVue for $600 odd.
You require front and rear or just front.
Wifi capability.
I just replaced our front only with a combines rear view.
What suits me may not suit your requirement or budget.
Google is your friend here.
Craig1 said
05:43 PM Jul 14, 2023
Front only, no wifi and with simple menu controls, stick on mount as well, loop and no need to reformat card all the time, hard wired.
I have googled and then some, hence the ask. Been to two shops and they know sfa, whoops 3rd shop could not even find a staff person.
STRETCH ARMSTRONG said
06:09 PM Jul 14, 2023
I thought is was a good idea to get a dashcam where l could clearly read numberplates. So it was a BlackVue ultra4k unit for me.
Whenarewethere said
06:12 PM Jul 14, 2023
I have Garmin 56 cameras on all sides of the car (a couple on the front with side to the mirror). Got them a few years ago, as low as $199 from the likes of HN etc when on special. They seem to have gone up a bit in price.
I have wired mine in.
You will need a high endurance card & large capacity say 256mb, & good to have a spare, I have had one card fail. They are worked hard with the continual rewriting.
P.S. With Garmin, if you get that, when setting up for the first time, make sure it gets a full bars signal in an area open to the sky, otherwise you have to keep setting it up every time you start it.
The same happened with all my cameras.
Get a 140° camera, not the ultra wide angle, too wide & less detail for number plates.
The camera will suggest to reformat every so often. You just press the button when it asks.
peter67 said
10:46 AM Jul 15, 2023
Garmini Mini. Excellent lens, turn off parking mode.
Just hold your phone up while you are driving, works for everyone else.
Whenarewethere said
07:01 PM Jul 15, 2023
I thought about the mini Garmin, but spent the extra & got the 56. At the time the mini had over heating issues. It also had less resolution. The screen on the 56 is handy at times. Also didn't really cost much more, that's why I ended up using the 56 all around the car.
One of the side cameras caught an interesting scene (single frame), a couple going hammer & tongs in a car park with her disappearing below the widow repeatedly.
I bought, just installed the Blackvue DR 590, fairly simple set up, mount is stick on, ah well. Good pic, but number plates need to be fairly close, right on my budget at $248, as a price match at Super Cheap, then I had a $10 free voucher from them, so not a bad deal.
Software is easy to use as well for any changes wanted.
Craig1 said
05:15 PM Jul 21, 2023
Today I received a store credit for $34 as they put the unit "on special ", should have waited, but will find something there to use it up.
Whenarewethere said
06:16 PM Jul 21, 2023
Get a spare 256mb high endurance card.
Apart from simply having a spare. If you unfortunately have an accident, you can straight away swap cards so data is safe & camera still records.
Aussie1 said
09:57 AM Jul 22, 2023
Whenarewethere wrote:
I have Garmin 56 cameras on all sides of the car (a couple on the front with side to the mirror). Got them a few years ago, as low as $199 from the likes of HN etc when on special. They seem to have gone up a bit in price.
I have wired mine in.
You will need a high endurance card & large capacity say 256mb, & good to have a spare, I have had one card fail. They are worked hard with the continual rewriting.
P.S. With Garmin, if you get that, when setting up for the first time, make sure it gets a full bars signal in an area open to the sky, otherwise you have to keep setting it up every time you start it.
The same happened with all my cameras.
Get a 140° camera, not the ultra wide angle, too wide & less detail for number plates.
The camera will suggest to reformat every so often. You just press the button when it asks.
Mind you Craig1, don't rely on it, because "the instant people rely on technology they are doomed to failure", as someone once said on here recently
Craig1 said
10:04 AM Jul 22, 2023
Lately I have encountered all sorts of stupid " Weetbix Licence Holders ", so just a small bit reassurance I hope.
Whenarewethere said
02:38 PM Jul 22, 2023
That's why I also have spares plus spare cards.
Aussie1 said
10:51 PM Jul 22, 2023
Whenarewethere wrote:
That's why I also have spares plus spare cards.
Mmmm, more technology to back up technology, now that is tempting fate with being doomed to failure
Whenarewethere said
11:16 PM Jul 22, 2023
Most would have 6 radios?
On the solar side of things, 4 batteries, 2 solar controllers, 6 solar panels & plenty of cables & fuses.
Whenarewethere said
11:20 PM Jul 22, 2023
Also have 3 air compressors for redundancy.
Aussie1 said
09:48 AM Jul 23, 2023
Whenarewethere wrote:
Also have 3 air compressors for redundancy.
Well, you certainly appear to be "full of it" , technology that is
Whenarewethere said
10:19 AM Jul 23, 2023
Also extending to our first invention, 2 spare wheels!
Aussie1 said
11:50 AM Jul 23, 2023
Aussie1 said
11:51 AM Jul 23, 2023
Whenarewethere wrote:
Also extending to our first invention, 2 spare wheels!
Looking for moderate price - $250 max, reliable , easy to use dash cam. Any thoughts please? purchased in last 12 months.
Thanks Craig
such as BlackVue for $600 odd.
You require front and rear or just front.
Wifi capability.
I just replaced our front only with a combines rear view.
What suits me may not suit your requirement or budget.
Google is your friend here.
I have googled and then some, hence the ask. Been to two shops and they know sfa, whoops 3rd shop could not even find a staff person.
I have Garmin 56 cameras on all sides of the car (a couple on the front with side to the mirror). Got them a few years ago, as low as $199 from the likes of HN etc when on special. They seem to have gone up a bit in price.
I have wired mine in.
You will need a high endurance card & large capacity say 256mb, & good to have a spare, I have had one card fail. They are worked hard with the continual rewriting.
https://www.techbuy.com.au/p/445292/MEMORY_CARDS_(SD)_MICRO_SECURE_DIGITAL/SanDisk/SDSQQNR-256G-GN6IA.asp
P.S. With Garmin, if you get that, when setting up for the first time, make sure it gets a full bars signal in an area open to the sky, otherwise you have to keep setting it up every time you start it.
The same happened with all my cameras.
Get a 140° camera, not the ultra wide angle, too wide & less detail for number plates.
The camera will suggest to reformat every so often. You just press the button when it asks.
Just hold your phone up while you are driving, works for everyone else.
I thought about the mini Garmin, but spent the extra & got the 56. At the time the mini had over heating issues. It also had less resolution. The screen on the 56 is handy at times. Also didn't really cost much more, that's why I ended up using the 56 all around the car.
One of the side cameras caught an interesting scene (single frame), a couple going hammer & tongs in a car park with her disappearing below the widow repeatedly.
Software is easy to use as well for any changes wanted.
Get a spare 256mb high endurance card.
Apart from simply having a spare. If you unfortunately have an accident, you can straight away swap cards so data is safe & camera still records.
Mind you Craig1, don't rely on it, because "the instant people rely on technology they are doomed to failure", as someone once said on here recently
That's why I also have spares plus spare cards.
Mmmm, more technology to back up technology, now that is tempting fate with being doomed to failure
Most would have 6 radios?
On the solar side of things, 4 batteries, 2 solar controllers, 6 solar panels & plenty of cables & fuses.
Also have 3 air compressors for redundancy.
Well, you certainly appear to be "full of it" , technology that is
Also extending to our first invention, 2 spare wheels!