Dash cam saves your ass (no Roundabout stuff please :)

Right I am gonna get a dashcam, I'll do a proper job and wire a permanent supply, etc. I've read this thread, the Blackvue DR380G or DR400G seem to be OK, I like the 'parked' mode too.

Would this be a good choice? Any comments? Thanks.

[edit] Also: I see them on sale on eBay from South Korea for about 130stg whereas they are nearly double that from Blackvue UK. Are the Korean units the real deal or are they a knock-off?

the mother of all dashcam video's.

this'll keep you busy for a while!

Opinicus wrote: »

CarCrash2012 is now my favourite youtube channel.

it's quite literally like car crash tv!

vibe666 wrote: »

the mother of all dashcam video's.

this'll keep you busy for a while!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3XBE-rK0Xk

Cheers for that not only a great watch but it made me get off my ass and put in my dash cam that i've been meaning to do since i changed cars.

Anyone that fits alarms or ICE could do it. There ought to be plenty of wires in the boot area that the camera could be jacked into, so it's just a matter or running the cables neatly really. And ensure a fuse a fitted into the camera supply :-)

I wouldn't recommend the Roadhawk as a rear camera, it's just the wrong shape - hence me wanting to sell mine and fit something that sits closer to the glass. My Roadhawk gives a lovely view of the rear shelf and a mediocre view of what's outside the car. Works brilliantly on the front windscreen of course.

Just finish going through the whole thread, man this took a very long time.. between going back and forth with references and watching the youtube videos ..

I don't seem to recall anyone mentioning Fine Vu CR300-HD (Maybe I'm just tired).. it looks to be decent in car DVR from review except no GPS which is a let down but video looks just as good as the Blackvue as well as other features..

Anyone have the Fine Vu CR300HD that they can share a story or two about???

Shane732 wrote: »

Just to let you know that I'm looking to see if there is any interest in a group buy of the Black Vue DR400 over on BMW-driver:

http://www.bmw-driver.net/forum/showthread.php?t=36888

Personally, I think the prices are very good.

If anyone is interest you might PM here or let me know on BMW driver, unfortunately I'm not allowed start a GB thread here.

Shane, I know it was a while ago since you last post the quoted text, have you much luck with the group buy??

I may be interested especially at those prices you mentioned if this is still on-going..

By the way not sure if you or everyone know, they actually have a second version of the Blackvue DR400GHD..

First gen: http://novus-gps.co.uk/BlackVue_DR400G_HD.php
Second gen (Sorry it is in Korean): http://www.blackvue.com/contents/sub1.asp?idx=17

I wonder what is the group buy type going to be?? First or second gen?? Second gen I believe solves the heating issue (Below)..

The only concern I would have with Blackvue is that there are reports that the camera have potential to overheat thus causing the camera to 'fog' up from parking out in the sun causing it to fog up as well as running it 24/7 as surveillance (granted they are in Singapore where it is really hot weather unlike Ireland however cars interior can get pretty hot in the summer in Ireland too).. it essentially causes permanent damage to the camera.. I read it from this thread I stumbled across..

At one point the manufacturer advised the distributor to tell the customer to run it at 15 FPS instead of 30 FPS..

Anyone with a Blackvue have such issues with their unit??

cormie wrote: »

On another forum I read a lot of overheating issues, the forum was based in Singapore so maybe the weather there made it even worse.

Check out the ITB-100HD from iTronics, it's the one I went for after a good bit of research and chose it over blackvue etc.

yep probably the same one, i mention the link above.. here it is again

Fine Vu seems to work out fine over there..

Jarren wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkc5ElsTMSs

Bloody hell that was funny, i burnt my toast after putting it back in for extra browning, !!!!!

Might try squish a dam cash into next months budget!

I really want one, stupid tight arse!

MarkR wrote: »

Here's some from around Limerick I took recently.

It's a cheap nasty ebay job. Think I want to get something a bit better.

Its pretty good for a cheap nasty ebay job!

For anyone interested, I'm giving a brand new ITB-100HD camera away. Check www.vantasks.ie/blog for more

My Blackvue DR400G-HD arrived this morning!

It took a couple of hours to upgrade the firmware and persuade it to talk in English.

Also the manuals were 'as gaeilge' but they can be downloaded in English.

I fitted it and took it for a test drive just now. Video works; miceophone works; GPS works!

I'll fit it properly over the next few days.

Then I guess, drive around and look for trouble :rolleyes:

Glad you got sorted, apple-ct are a pretty good company to deal with. I had a good few questions for them and they got back to me very quickly on each and the service is top notch.

Good luck with getting it set up, which is easy of course

Thing is, you might grow tired of having to connect your phone, turn the app on, plug it in so it doesn't eat the juice etc every time you hop in the car and the one time you don't bother will probably be the one time something will happen