1080P @ 30fps video quality, even in high-speed driving
140° wide recording angle and 3" LCD screen
With a built-in battery, this dash cam will automatically power on and record a short video after detecting a shock or vibration when your car is parked
With a built-in G-sensor, the dashcam will automatically lock & save the video when detecting a collision
The video will not be overwritten
Slim metal construction with a 3-inch compact screen will not block your sight, and the included power cord sports a super-long cable for routing alongside your windscreen for discreet factory-like installation
I got this the first time it was offered, and am happy with it. I wish it was better in direct light, or at night. Otherwise it’s a solid dashcam at a good price.
I don’t think 1080 is good enough if you’re trying to capture the license plate of a car that is fleeing and it is more than a couple car lengths away. I’d go with 4K for that. If everybody stops and you need evidence, then 1080 is fine. I base this on the 1080 cam I bought and stopped at an intersection, I couldn’t read the street sign accross the street in the video, and the font on the sign is twice as big as any license plate. I returned the cam and am looking at 4k cams now.
@Kyser_Soze
I found that 720p at 60 fps is better at capturing such details than 1080p at 30fps. Just more likely to get a frame that isnt blurry. But of course 4K FTW if you have that.
@DonkeyGoat So the internal battery doesn’t power the clock? Needing to reset the clock and calender every time you drive sounds like a deal breaker to me.
It looks like it gets power off my cigarette lighter thing. I don’t want to give up the one I have on the front dash for just this. Is there another way to power it?
@bass_pumped If you’re just using the cigarette lighter for power you can buy a dual-outlet that plugs into the cigarette lighter socket, which will still give you a spare.
@bass_pumped@TiredTeacher66 yep, dual socket cigarette jack multiplier. I think, between buying one and at least a couple other mobile devices I have, we ended up having at least a couple spares in the accessory drawer.
Perhaps a bit frustrating, this unit comes with a hard-wired cigarette plug on the power end. I prefer the mobile devices (Echo Auto, for example) that are powered by a standard USB cable. That way you can use either a dash USB port or a cigarette adapter with two USB ports on it - more compact vs a big honking cigarette doubler.
Since the camera end power port is mini-USB, I suppose you could provision a long cable USB-mini cable to supply power via USB.
Luckily our Odyssey has two cigarette jacks in the center console.
Bought one of these. In August. It’s an ok camera, good wide angle, has a lot of useful features. It will drain your car battery if you set it up improperly
Got this last time it was on sale. It does what it says on the tin, shoots decent quality video while you drive. The feature set makes me really wish I’d spent a little more money, though.
Installed one in a car where the aux power stays on even after the car shuts off. Worried it will drain the battery (Lincoln MKC) but hasn’t done it yet and supposedly the car will shutoff eventually.
Installed one in a car where the aux power shuts off when the car does. Unfortunately, this means every time you turn on the car the screen turns on and shows a live view of the recording, which is annoying and distracting while driving. You can reach up and press the power button to shut off the screen, but it’s a minor annoyance every time you get in the car. Tried to disable the screen in settings but it only has the ability to power the screen off after a time delay, the shortest being 1 minute.
The menu interface is very confusing. For those of you getting one of these and reading the comments, here’s a tip. When the thing turns on it starts recording. While recording, none of the buttons work except for the power button, ok button, and the “SOS” button which saves videos. To get out of recording mode you need to press “OK” and then you can use the other buttons. This threw me the first time I tried setting it up. Also whenever you quit out of the menu it immediately starts recording again, which is also annoying.
Overall I pulled the videos and it’s definitely recording and the footage is usable. If you’re willing to deal with some minor annoyances this is a good deal.
I just bought two of these. They seem to work fairly well, but the internal batteries are shot. They don’t charge up at all. I put one on my computer for hours and after unplugging it for only a few seconds it says low battery. How is the parking lot feature supposed to work with a dead battery? The menu button doesn’t work on the other one.
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$44.99 (for similar, without SD Card) at Amazon
Warranty
1 year VAVA warranty
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Oct 26 - Thursday, Oct 29
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I got this the first time it was offered, and am happy with it. I wish it was better in direct light, or at night. Otherwise it’s a solid dashcam at a good price.
These still exist? Oh, it’s re-purposed into a dash cam. Could Meh sell a real dashcam and not some Rube Goldberg contraction?
@hchavers or contraption?
@hchavers what was it before it was a dashcam?
@hchavers Rube Goldberg is having contractions ? Better get a camera to video that.
@hchavers I didn’t even know he was pregnant.
@hchavers I love AUTOCORRECT!
@hchavers “Love?” No, I typed HATE! It’s a conspiracy.
Did you say vibration and a G sensor?
@DLPanther Wonder if it finds the “G” as well?
@Achromatter @DLPanther G sensor goes off a lot, and when it does it locks videos and fills up the card.
I don’t think 1080 is good enough if you’re trying to capture the license plate of a car that is fleeing and it is more than a couple car lengths away. I’d go with 4K for that. If everybody stops and you need evidence, then 1080 is fine. I base this on the 1080 cam I bought and stopped at an intersection, I couldn’t read the street sign accross the street in the video, and the font on the sign is twice as big as any license plate. I returned the cam and am looking at 4k cams now.
@Kyser_Soze
I found that 720p at 60 fps is better at capturing such details than 1080p at 30fps. Just more likely to get a frame that isnt blurry. But of course 4K FTW if you have that.
@hachover I would guess the blurry would be because of motion. I was looking at screen grabs when my car & signs & cars were stationary.
I bought this the last time around. Seems decent, except I have to reset the clock and calendar every time it turns on.
@DonkeyGoat So the internal battery doesn’t power the clock? Needing to reset the clock and calender every time you drive sounds like a deal breaker to me.
@adphotoman That seems to be the case. I’m emailing their support now. I dragged my feet installing it, so I’m outside the meh timeframe.
@adphotoman @DonkeyGoat there must be something wrong with yours, I don’t have to reset the clock every time I drive.
It looks like it gets power off my cigarette lighter thing. I don’t want to give up the one I have on the front dash for just this. Is there another way to power it?
@bass_pumped If you’re just using the cigarette lighter for power you can buy a dual-outlet that plugs into the cigarette lighter socket, which will still give you a spare.
@bass_pumped You can always use a fuse tap… I have this dash cam. Hardwired with a fuse tap and mini usb hardwire dashcam kit. easy to do
@bass_pumped @TiredTeacher66 yep, dual socket cigarette jack multiplier. I think, between buying one and at least a couple other mobile devices I have, we ended up having at least a couple spares in the accessory drawer.
Perhaps a bit frustrating, this unit comes with a hard-wired cigarette plug on the power end. I prefer the mobile devices (Echo Auto, for example) that are powered by a standard USB cable. That way you can use either a dash USB port or a cigarette adapter with two USB ports on it - more compact vs a big honking cigarette doubler.
Since the camera end power port is mini-USB, I suppose you could provision a long cable USB-mini cable to supply power via USB.
Luckily our Odyssey has two cigarette jacks in the center console.
The camera does a decent job. The instructions not so much. Tried YouTube for more info, no luck.
Bought one of these. In August. It’s an ok camera, good wide angle, has a lot of useful features. It will drain your car battery if you set it up improperly
Got this last time it was on sale. It does what it says on the tin, shoots decent quality video while you drive. The feature set makes me really wish I’d spent a little more money, though.
Overall I pulled the videos and it’s definitely recording and the footage is usable. If you’re willing to deal with some minor annoyances this is a good deal.
I have one of these. It’s quite decent for the money
I just bought two of these. They seem to work fairly well, but the internal batteries are shot. They don’t charge up at all. I put one on my computer for hours and after unplugging it for only a few seconds it says low battery. How is the parking lot feature supposed to work with a dead battery? The menu button doesn’t work on the other one.