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[plym ian]

You can't rely on being able to do that ...

Doing a ton forty on the motorway, say M25, come off, pause at a red light, say the A3 interchange. Light changes and you go, only to be rammed by a Royal Mail Artic running his now red light at 40...

Your camera will be in evidence before you wake up

I meant bending the mrs over the bonnet type of footage, not the criminal type.   

Or someone else's mrs

[EMD]

Must dig mine out and fit it again , hard wired it to come on with ignition 

[BazaJT]

Have got a dash cam on my "must have" list.Will have to get someone to hard wire it into car when I get one though.I don't do electrics at all beyond changing fuses/bulbs and other such basic stuff!

[tidla]

I can after 6 yrs of ownership, the omega abs works well and handles well with the anchors on.

A bit more washing for today will be required and a wipe down of coffee from the passenger side windscreen.

Footage would of been interesting.

[minifreek]

Iv got a Nextbase Duo, its very good and a hell of a lot better than the cheap £25 camera Iv had for years. It records in full HD and the playback on PC is as clear as I could want it to be. If I use the software that is supposed to be used, it also shows where Iv been, what speeds, how much G Force was used etc... I also use it for recording my laps of the local Racing Circuit and it even has that on its database too so I can keep an eye on my lap times... (or even how many times Im lapped LOL)

[Discoja]

Transcend pro drive 200. Halfords online only £89 last time I looked. Decent bit of kit.

[78bex]

I run a camera in the front & rear, thinking of updating to a higher resolution

This youtube clip is a classic case of crash for cash setup routine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWIVE0nLX5Y

[deviator]

This could be a long one, sorry.

I started out with one of these a few years ago. It cost me 25 quid. It was great for what it cost, although the picture was grainy and under fast changes of direction, lens flare tended to turn things purple. Also, as time went by, the sound lost sync with the video, I could have probably sorted this, but decided to upgrade.

Roll on to recent months.
Transcend 200. I fitted one of these about 3/4 months ago for the father in law. It tucked nicely behind the mirror (Saab 93) and I rooted the standard cable to a second cig lighter socker (I installed) behind the dash. The mount is an adhesive pad (1 spare provided). Whilst this makes the mount smaller, it also makes it less portable. Up to 32Gb card.

Transcend 220. I bought one of these as my replacement. The sole reason for the 220 over the 200 was the support for 64Gb cards, as a full days motorsport can go over 32Gb. I was less bothered by the GPS. The mount is an adhesive pad (1 spare provided). Whilst this makes the mount smaller, it also makes it less portable. Up to 64Gb card.

Nextbase 402G. At the same time I bought mine, my mate bought this. So we've done side by side comparisons. 32Gb card, GPS. Suction cup mount, so a little bigger but more portable.

Oddballs notes/points....
The Transcend and the Nextbase both use the same type of mount from the fixing to the camera.
The Nextbase has a smaller lighter plug, the Transcend one gets caught in the Omega on gear change (need to hardwire).
The video quality between them (in my eyes) is too close to call. There are slight variations in angle of lens and F point (light needed), but not really enough to wow either way.
The footage I've seen/used was recorded on DP200 (Free 16Gb card that came with camera), DP220 (Sandisk Extreme 64Gb U3 card), Nextbase (Sandisk Extreme 32Gb U3 card).
Remember Youtube footage is encoded, therefore is not a true review of a camera.
One added bonus I found with the DP220 was that whilst both that and the 402G had GPS, the DP220 recorded your speed and GPS into a separate text file (On the SD card) which could be joined together and then overlaid onto Google maps. The 402G didn't do this. Whilst it's a nice toy to replay a journey, I'm not quite sure of the real world uses.

[jimbo125]

Daughter in law recently got front of Vectra smashed by Stagecoach driver on the wrong side of the road. Got an eye witness for the claim, amazingly when she contacted him for the statement he had given Stage coach his statement and would not give her a statement Now a dash cam would have been invaluable in helping her case and it has made me seriously consider one myself To many arses on the tarmac now