Dash cam card

Bas + Eve · Senior Member

Dash cam card

outlaw40 · Guru

Bigger the better,i would say 32gb minimum . Just check the spec on your dashcam as it may have an upper limit that it can handle

Bas + Eve · Senior Member

Oh, I didnt realise there may be an upper limit, thank you.

Bas + Eve · Senior Member

Wow Outlaw40....you just saved me $$. Our device has a max 32gb card!!! I was just about to order a 200 card but something told me to check with the nomads!!! Thank you very much.

Mike Harding · Guru

Unless you want to use it for general photography then you are only interested in the last (say) two minutes of video and any current card will store that.

dabbler · Guru

I use 64gb in my two dash cams. That allows me about 15hrs or two long-ish days driving before it cycles. Sometimes it's handy to look the day after. It's overkill on one vehicle though.

Mike Harding · Guru

dabbler wrote:
I use 64gb in my two dash cams.

Why do you have *two* dash cameras?

dabbler · Guru

Mike Harding wrote:
dabbler wrote:
I use 64gb in my two dash cams.
Why do you have *two* dash cameras?

Because my third vehicle barely leaves my house.

PeterD · Guru

Bas + Eve wrote:
Oh, I didnt realise there may be an upper limit, thank you.

Secure Digital card. Read through the salient points on that page and become enlightened. SD cards mostly are only up to 2 GB. if you want more then you need a SDHC, SDXC or SDUC card. Older devices will not accommodate the larger cards. I nearly fell into that trap and purchase a larger card a few years ago when I wanted more than 2 GB in my camera.

denmonkey · Senior Member

I run 16g in mine and the footage is 4k. So a very high resolution which means big files.
As Mike said, they will loop back over the oldest footage and just keep going.
If you have an accident it may save that file after noticing an impact (newer models) or you will need to stop it to remove the card as to avoid recording over it. So a slightly larger card may offer you some extra time before its written over, if you decide you needed it a few days later.

If I plan on using the footage from it for other uses (creative purposes) then I stick a 32 - 64g in depending on my needs.

cheers Brett

kesa32 · Senior Member

I got one off ebay with the camera , a Samsung Evo ? from memory.... anyway it wouldn't format/ work in the Cam , so l ended up getting a 64 gig from HD , lifetime warranty ( wasn't cheap but l was on the road and no dash Cam operating ! )
Straight away it formatted and went to work and hasn't missed a beat since , so l can only assume that the Samsung was either a fake or a dud .... will deal with it when l get home :)

-- Edited by kesa32 on Thursday 13th of September 2018 09:23:08 PM

-- Edited by kesa32 on Thursday 13th of September 2018 09:23:59 PM

MikeL · Veteran Member

I've bought a lot of SD cards in my time and no longer bother with getting them off eBay - too many were hacked to show much greater space than they actually had, failed within a week or two or were just DOA. I now just buy from the cheapest retail store - OfficeWorks/JB HiFi or whoever.

I'm in IT so I go through LOADS of SD cards!