Dashcams!

UberTiger · 15 Nov 2015 at 09:35

Regy53 said:
what camera is this, looks like the sort of camera i want i.e quality

Sorry for the late reply, it's a Koonlung K1S with both a front and rear camera.

The quality of that particular video isn't representative either. It's quite heavily cropped as I was experimenting in iMovie with removing my reg.

They were about £220 when I was looking in the summer. Found one at UK based online dashcam shop for about £190. Seems they've dropped a fair bit more now to the £150 range.

Incredibly small cameras, so hard to spot in the window. I posted quite a few pics earlier in the thread somewhere.

Edit: Russ, woah! You should send the footage to Watchdog or Which. That's awful.

norm · 15 Nov 2015 at 09:41

Can anybody recommend a dashcam that's easily attachable/detachable for use with driving different vehicles and preferably keeps recording with the engine off?

randal · 15 Nov 2015 at 10:10

<De@thW!sh> said:
It was more for a friend to see, they never told me i was getting a refurb box, i had to wait over a month for this gearbox from Renault in France.

Making assumptions about my driving, they didn't know i only bought the car a month earlier, 1 week when i first took it in to Renault.

Nothing to major, just found it funny they don't realise they're being recorded, it's a fully visible cam G1W-H.

Technically they've done nothing wrong, unless you were being deliberately deceived about the gearbox condition. They're also entitled to their opinions.

However it does make you feel totally disrespected as a customer to hear some know it all mechanic showing off, jumping to conclusions and bad mouthing you based on his assumptions. Bloke sounds like a total twit. Hope you took the pleasure in playing that video back to his superiors.

Quartz · 15 Nov 2015 at 11:06

<De@thW!sh> said:
Nothing to major, just found it funny they don't realise they're being recorded, it's a fully visible cam G1W-H.

Actually, there's a comment at the end that indicates they do know the dashcam is on.

VincentHanna · 15 Nov 2015 at 17:16

Finally got some time to Hardwire install my Blackvue DR650GW front and rear system.

I'd say it took me about 90 minutes, including hooking up the Multi-safer to the fusebox, making sure I was happy with the camera positions and hiding away all the power and coaxial cabling in the headlining. I'm a bit of a perfectionist so I wanted to hid everything away. Because my 5 Series has the 'Headlight assist' thing it already has a camera in the body of the rear view mirror, so I had to offset it on the passenger side slightly.

So it'll help in insurance claims, but hopefully I won't need to actually use it!

kmax86 · 16 Nov 2015 at 18:41

Anyone know if am I supposed to remove the CPL filter when driving at night?

mrk · 16 Nov 2015 at 19:30

I never have, it seems fine. Obviously the image is brighter with it off, so you could I suppose.

On Holiday · 16 Nov 2015 at 19:45

Didn't see it mentioned so just a heads up; Adrian Flux offer discount to existing customers if you tell them you have a dashcam installed.

I imagine they do with new customers too, though if you're getting it on a new quote, I'd tell them after they give you the final quote.

Finglonga · 16 Nov 2015 at 21:23

kmax86 said:
Anyone know if am I supposed to remove the CPL filter when driving at night?

I never have an it has been fine.

Archeum said:
Didn't see it mentioned so just a heads up; Adrian Flux offer discount to existing customers if you tell them you have a dashcam installed.

Only on certain cars, if you have a run of the mill car you get a discount but anything with poke you will be lucky to get it. They still guarantee to beat any other quote anyway.

FreeStream · 17 Nov 2015 at 17:05

Bought and hardwired a 0806 a month ago with two 128GB cards.

IQ is good but reliability just isn't. Hangs and stops recording until you drain the battery. Twice now it has happened, next to useless so getting a refund.

Shame really as the dual mSD ports and IQ were perfect.

Blackvue generally regarded as one of the best? I don't need all this wifi business just something that will record for 48 hours and has minimal current draw as it is hardwired.

ShiWarrior · 17 Nov 2015 at 17:16

have you set it up correctly?
parking off
Shock sensor off
auto write over
etc

grudas · 17 Nov 2015 at 17:33

anyone has one of these -;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...eASIN=B00GRYT5QI&linkCode=as2&tag=techmoan-21

?

ShiWarrior · 17 Nov 2015 at 18:03

grudas said:
anyone has one of these -;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...eASIN=B00GRYT5QI&linkCode=as2&tag=techmoan-21

?

no , but one don't u strap your Garmin in your car

kmax86 · 17 Nov 2015 at 18:48

mrk said:
I never have, it seems fine. Obviously the image is brighter with it off, so you could I suppose.

Finglonga said:
I never have an it has been fine.

Cheers. I just did some quick comparison and it seems Ill be keeping the CPL filter on.

Without the CPL the lights from the opposite cars causes too much flare. Its a shame as the footage is better when there are no incoming cars.

Aeleys · 17 Nov 2015 at 20:27

Looking for a dash cam with relatively good image quality that will plug in to the cigarette socket and also have a USB connection in the plug do these exist?

ShiWarrior · 17 Nov 2015 at 20:30

Aeleys said:
Looking for a dash cam with relatively good image quality that will plug in to the cigarette socket and also have a USB connection in the plug do these exist?

mini 0806 , most people use these on here

http://mini0806.com/

Aeleys · 17 Nov 2015 at 20:44

ShiWarrior said:
mini 0806 , most people use these on here

http://mini0806.com/

It also has a spare USB slot to charge phone/satnav or what not in the cigarette lighter part?

ShiWarrior · 17 Nov 2015 at 21:03

just get a usb cig lighter thing

I take my wire from the fuse box with a ignition feed to a cig lighter, then out a USB doubler in there all hidden away

FreeStream · 18 Nov 2015 at 09:00

ShiWarrior said:
have you set it up correctly?
parking off
Shock sensor off
auto write over
etc

Parking mode isn't included on the last firmware, only thing that is on is motion detection which is on high.

It must be a internal counter or something that runs out after a period of time, plugged it back in this morning and it is working fine again now its reset.

Fills both 128GB cards. Might turn off the motion detection and turn off auto power off and just let it record.

If you look at the comments on the mini0806.com website it seems I'm not the only one.

Howard · 18 Nov 2015 at 09:10

Has anyone with an 0805 (or 01/03/06, assuming they use exactly the same mount) noticed that the red 'charging' light flickers because of seemingly poor contact to the GPS/charging base? It does seem a bit wobbly.

It doesn't seem to affect its operation at all, but I feel I should sort it. I guess I just need to make the camera>base fit a bit tighter.