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By *LCC OP   Couple
over a year ago

Cambridge

Who's got one, are they worth it?

Front and rear, or just front?

Does yours record when you are parked?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Front and rear is strongly recommended

Look up Papago.

I won’t get anything from Halfords as they’re over priced and not the best quality for the price I’ve seen

Search on amazon

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By *utie91Woman
over a year ago

Hitchin


"Who's got one, are they worth it?

Front and rear, or just front?

Does yours record when you are parked? "

I was given one worth £100...... tbh I don’t think it’s worth it. This particular one only records when the car is turned on so I don’t see the point.

It’s a decent one made by Phillips. I just can’t be bothered with it.

Sell it you for £60 lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Front and rear, and yes, with the amount of accidents there are these days it's better to be safe than sorry. I had someone crash into the back of me and make out my brake lights weren't working, but you can clearly see them light up in the footage. So I would say yes, get them front and back.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

I don't see much point as the insurers will have formulae for responsibility and the cam is probably more than an excess costs. I don't have time to view road footage, nor interest. Maybe I'm missing their value or purpose.

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By *ir_anthonyMan
over a year ago

kenilworth


"Who's got one, are they worth it?

Front and rear, or just front?

Does yours record when you are parked? "

Nextbase Argos £100

Motion sensors

Great investment hard wired mine

Can’t tell you how many times it’s been useful

Caught a group of kids a couple of weekends ago smashing Parked cars over the road

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

I don't have or need a car at present, but love watching the Caught On Dashcam programs. There are certainly some crazy fuckers about, not least in Eastern Europe

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By *andonmessMan
over a year ago

A world all of his own

I have a nexbase one, and have had a dashcam of some description for the last 4 years or so.

The way I see it, it's not a case of if I'm involved in an accident, it's when I am. If that dashcam helps prove the other numpty was at fault, it's all good.

Honestly, the level of driving standards is so fucking poor here, I just know some knob is going to side swipe me or whatever and without evidence, it's going to go 50/50.

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By *lbert_shlossedMan
over a year ago

Manchester

I don't have any and I've managed to go 30 years without a single prang, insurance company must love me!.

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By *lbert_shlossedMan
over a year ago

Manchester


"I don't have or need a car at present, but love watching the Caught On Dashcam programs. There are certainly some crazy fuckers about, not least in Eastern Europe "
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Oh my that's very xenophobic of you!.

Surely you can remember that everybody in the whole world has the same driving standards and culture as we do in the UK

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By *rontier PsychiatristMan
over a year ago

Coventry

Yes I have front and back ones I hard wired in myself. The record when parked. I have a device that keeps them powered of the main battery untill the battery level drops below a certain point. If I've had a good drive before they stay active when parked all night long.

Got them after a collision where the woman who hit me fled the scene and claimed no accident had accrued. Luckily she didn't get her damage fixed and an damage investigator found my paint work on her car, plus my story was consistent with the damage to both cars. So luckily I won my case but after that it was clear I needed them. They must work, never had a collision again afterwards

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By *lkDomWhtSubBiCpleCouple
over a year ago

Somewhere / Everywhere /Kinksville

Yes all of us in our house have. Two of us do a lot of driving with work.

At the moment we only have front cams, the Nextbase Dash Cam 612GW bought from Halfords

Not cheap but the play back quality is great. No point having a cam if the clarity is poor....

Not sure if my cam records where I’m parked, but my car does that anyway.

I’m sure we will be investing in rear cams in the future too. Uk driving standards are at an all time low I feel, and law enforcement appears to focus on making a quick buck rather than preventing accidents. We live close to the A1 around Newark area and a stretch that is blighted by accidents. This week marked another loss of life.

On a different note, and perhaps I’ll post a thread sometime; I bought my 17 yr old a dash cam after her insurer accused her of doing 103 mph on the A1 from the black box data. An in depth saga for another day though...

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By *lkDomWhtSubBiCpleCouple
over a year ago

Somewhere / Everywhere /Kinksville


"I don't have or need a car at present, but love watching the Caught On Dashcam programs. There are certainly some crazy fuckers about, not least in Eastern Europe .

Oh my that's very xenophobic of you!.

Surely you can remember that everybody in the whole world has the same driving standards and culture as we do in the UK "

You should visit Naples area in Italy. Their driving is ..... indescribable

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By *htcMan
over a year ago

MK

Yes have them . Have had one on my car now for about 6 years. Still working today. One of those Chinese mini 08??. Not sure exactly model as latest ones are out now. Hardwired into the ignition so records when car is started, turns off when car is off. Waste if you have it running all the time as you will run your battery out eventually as uses 12v, so bit like leaving the lights on.

Wired the misses one just recently mini 08?? Not sure what was 25.99 and very good quality. Same ignition wired. As the mini series are very good quality and very good at night.

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By *rontier PsychiatristMan
over a year ago

Coventry

If you want more information/help on how I've wired my dash cams to record when parked just PM me.

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By *rontier PsychiatristMan
over a year ago

Coventry


"Yes have them . Have had one on my car now for about 6 years. Still working today. One of those Chinese mini 08??. Not sure exactly model as latest ones are out now. Hardwired into the ignition so records when car is started, turns off when car is off. Waste if you have it running all the time as you will run your battery out eventually as uses 12v, so bit like leaving the lights on.

Wired the misses one just recently mini 08?? Not sure what was 25.99 and very good quality. Same ignition wired. As the mini series are very good quality and very good at night."

Just use a battery protection device for when your parked. Like the Itronics Itv-80 Uninterruped Power supply. You can set it to cut power once the battery level falls to near ignition voltage. Then providing you have enough power in the car battery it will stay powered without the risk of a flat battery. Used this method for years now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’ve got a hard wired nextbase one installed after I was threatened and followed at work.

I forget it’s even there now

Only comes on when engine is on but more expensive models have motion sensors when car is off

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By *rontier PsychiatristMan
over a year ago

Coventry

I use Blackvue cameras that detect when parked and go into parking mode. This reduces power consumption by shutting of the gps as this is not needed when parked. Thus the camera uses less power and stay on longer when parked and ignition off.

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By *rontier PsychiatristMan
over a year ago

Coventry

Also another advantage of using something like the Itronics Itv-80 Uninterruped Power supply is in an accident even when you turn the ignition off and take the key out the camera will record. Eveidence that may well be important in the case of other roadside events/things said (if your camera records sound) after the initial accident.

To me dash cams without the abillity to record when car is turned off only do half the job. It's all very easy to wire up, done a few in my time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Who's got one, are they worth it?

Front and rear, or just front?

Does yours record when you are parked? "
I don't have a car ha damn and I'd love a dash cam maybe I will buy the cam first and aspire to the car

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I use Blackvue cameras that detect when parked and go into parking mode. This reduces power consumption by shutting of the gps as this is not needed when parked. Thus the camera uses less power and stay on longer when parked and ignition off."

I need this for my car where can I get it please?

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By *LCC OP   Couple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"Yes all of us in our house have. Two of us do a lot of driving with work.

At the moment we only have front cams, the Nextbase Dash Cam 612GW bought from Halfords

Not cheap but the play back quality is great. No point having a cam if the clarity is poor....

Not sure if my cam records where I’m parked, but my car does that anyway.

I’m sure we will be investing in rear cams in the future too. Uk driving standards are at an all time low I feel, and law enforcement appears to focus on making a quick buck rather than preventing accidents. We live close to the A1 around Newark area and a stretch that is blighted by accidents. This week marked another loss of life.

On a different note, and perhaps I’ll post a thread sometime; I bought my 17 yr old a dash cam after her insurer accused her of doing 103 mph on the A1 from the black box data. An in depth saga for another day though..."

Did the cam prove she was only doing 102?

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By *lkDomWhtSubBiCpleCouple
over a year ago

Somewhere / Everywhere /Kinksville


"Yes all of us in our house have. Two of us do a lot of driving with work.

At the moment we only have front cams, the Nextbase Dash Cam 612GW bought from Halfords

Not cheap but the play back quality is great. No point having a cam if the clarity is poor....

Not sure if my cam records where I’m parked, but my car does that anyway.

I’m sure we will be investing in rear cams in the future too. Uk driving standards are at an all time low I feel, and law enforcement appears to focus on making a quick buck rather than preventing accidents. We live close to the A1 around Newark area and a stretch that is blighted by accidents. This week marked another loss of life.

On a different note, and perhaps I’ll post a thread sometime; I bought my 17 yr old a dash cam after her insurer accused her of doing 103 mph on the A1 from the black box data. An in depth saga for another day though...

Did the cam prove she was only doing 102? "

I bought it afterwards because of this incident. Actually she hadn’t even left the house at the time they claimed. Black box is a thread on its own. Though I’m sure when I get round to posting a few will be disappointed to see it’s about cars and insurance.

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By *LCC OP   Couple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"Also another advantage of using something like the Itronics Itv-80 Uninterruped Power supply is in an accident even when you turn the ignition off and take the key out the camera will record. Eveidence that may well be important in the case of other roadside events/things said (if your camera records sound) after the initial accident.

To me dash cams without the abillity to record when car is turned off only do half the job. It's all very easy to wire up, done a few in my time. "

Well I'm having to buy a new-to-me car after my last one got written off by something very large hitting it whilst it was parked up for about 15 minutes. Of course whoever did it fled the scene without leaving any note or anything, so I got screwed over it.

I don't want the same to happen again.

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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

Get a blackveiw well worth thee money,3 modes normal, parking and event

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Yes all of us in our house have. Two of us do a lot of driving with work.

At the moment we only have front cams, the Nextbase Dash Cam 612GW bought from Halfords

Not cheap but the play back quality is great. No point having a cam if the clarity is poor....

Not sure if my cam records where I’m parked, but my car does that anyway.

I’m sure we will be investing in rear cams in the future too. Uk driving standards are at an all time low I feel, and law enforcement appears to focus on making a quick buck rather than preventing accidents. We live close to the A1 around Newark area and a stretch that is blighted by accidents. This week marked another loss of life.

On a different note, and perhaps I’ll post a thread sometime; I bought my 17 yr old a dash cam after her insurer accused her of doing 103 mph on the A1 from the black box data. An in depth saga for another day though...

Did the cam prove she was only doing 102?

I bought it afterwards because of this incident. Actually she hadn’t even left the house at the time they claimed. Black box is a thread on its own. Though I’m sure when I get round to posting a few will be disappointed to see it’s about cars and insurance. "

I'm going off on a tangent from your tangent but I can see a time dashcams become compulsory as part of some insurance policies

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By *lkDomWhtSubBiCpleCouple
over a year ago

Somewhere / Everywhere /Kinksville


"Yes all of us in our house have. Two of us do a lot of driving with work.

At the moment we only have front cams, the Nextbase Dash Cam 612GW bought from Halfords

Not cheap but the play back quality is great. No point having a cam if the clarity is poor....

Not sure if my cam records where I’m parked, but my car does that anyway.

I’m sure we will be investing in rear cams in the future too. Uk driving standards are at an all time low I feel, and law enforcement appears to focus on making a quick buck rather than preventing accidents. We live close to the A1 around Newark area and a stretch that is blighted by accidents. This week marked another loss of life.

On a different note, and perhaps I’ll post a thread sometime; I bought my 17 yr old a dash cam after her insurer accused her of doing 103 mph on the A1 from the black box data. An in depth saga for another day though...

Did the cam prove she was only doing 102?

I bought it afterwards because of this incident. Actually she hadn’t even left the house at the time they claimed. Black box is a thread on its own. Though I’m sure when I get round to posting a few will be disappointed to see it’s about cars and insurance.

I'm going off on a tangent from your tangent but I can see a time dashcams become compulsory as part of some insurance policies "

Yep me too. But in the interim, could a time come where your own possession containing evidence could be used against you

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By *he Queen of TartsWoman
Forum Mod
over a year ago

My Own Little World

Hubby has just got another cam for the rear. Ours record when the ignition is turned on or if there is an impact to the car, so if it were parked up and hit it would record what happened next. I think the last one was about £20 in tesco so it doesn't break the bank.

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

I have one and got ole man one too. Luckily when he was crashed into by someone in the snow who was driving like an idiot he got the footage . I posted on line and got him £135 in payments for the clip . Caught on cam have also contacted me to use on tv program .

Yes they are absolutely worth it. Especially with Crash for cash accidents ocuring more.

I watch the dash cam footage a lot and very glad I’m able to have a record just in case .

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By *LCC OP   Couple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"Get a blackveiw well worth thee money,3 modes normal, parking and event "

What's "event mode" for? Is that for when you go dogging?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Yes all of us in our house have. Two of us do a lot of driving with work.

At the moment we only have front cams, the Nextbase Dash Cam 612GW bought from Halfords

Not cheap but the play back quality is great. No point having a cam if the clarity is poor....

Not sure if my cam records where I’m parked, but my car does that anyway.

I’m sure we will be investing in rear cams in the future too. Uk driving standards are at an all time low I feel, and law enforcement appears to focus on making a quick buck rather than preventing accidents. We live close to the A1 around Newark area and a stretch that is blighted by accidents. This week marked another loss of life.

On a different note, and perhaps I’ll post a thread sometime; I bought my 17 yr old a dash cam after her insurer accused her of doing 103 mph on the A1 from the black box data. An in depth saga for another day though...

Did the cam prove she was only doing 102?

I bought it afterwards because of this incident. Actually she hadn’t even left the house at the time they claimed. Black box is a thread on its own. Though I’m sure when I get round to posting a few will be disappointed to see it’s about cars and insurance.

I'm going off on a tangent from your tangent but I can see a time dashcams become compulsory as part of some insurance policies

Yep me too. But in the interim, could a time come where your own possession containing evidence could be used against you "

Certainly already has in prosecutions. But if someone is stupid enough to use a dashcamember and record themselves droving like a twat or even causing a fatal accident then I'm all for that.

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By *andonmessMan
over a year ago

A world all of his own


"Get a blackveiw well worth thee money,3 modes normal, parking and event

What's "event mode" for? Is that for when you go dogging?"

Lol no. In the event of the G sensor registering a high enough load (in the event of an impact) it automatically saves the previous minute or so and 30 seconds after in a separate file that isn't automatically recorded over as non event files are (So the memory card doesn't fill up),

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By *G CoupleCouple
over a year ago

kent

Having an older car, when we bought a dash cam we bought 1 with gps with speed camera alerts. Not needed to use it as yet but it’s a good piece of mind.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I turned the voice recording off on mine... I’d never be insured again if they heard my constant swearing

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By *iamond coupleCouple
over a year ago

leeds

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By *iamond coupleCouple
over a year ago

leeds

It beats me why no one has made a dashcam where the camera is seperate to the recorder. Camera goes in windscreen, back window, side windows etc And the recorder accepts them all hidden away under the dash

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By *olgateMan
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

I bought a cheap one from Tesco’s, fantastic picture quality, well worth the money. I bought the SD card online separately

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes we have two and I spent Months researching them.

The rule is to not buy one that records footage as AVI because it will use a pretty shitty APU (a CPU with a built in graphics processor) and blown up will look all blurry and laggy.

ALWAYS buy one the records footage as MOV as this is a higher bitrate and needs a more powerful APU and will have usable footage.

Lastly what you have to ask yourself when buying a dash cam is: If I am in a no fault accident where the other party contests it, do I want my proof to be a blurry mess? Or do I want it to be clear and perfect?

The answer to this question is the difference between losing your no claims bonus and being fucked over by the insurance companies when it comes to renewal time.

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By *LCC OP   Couple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"Yes we have two and I spent Months researching them.

The rule is to not buy one that records footage as AVI because it will use a pretty shitty APU (a CPU with a built in graphics processor) and blown up will look all blurry and laggy.

ALWAYS buy one the records footage as MOV as this is a higher bitrate and needs a more powerful APU and will have usable footage.

Lastly what you have to ask yourself when buying a dash cam is: If I am in a no fault accident where the other party contests it, do I want my proof to be a blurry mess? Or do I want it to be clear and perfect?

The answer to this question is the difference between losing your no claims bonus and being fucked over by the insurance companies when it comes to renewal time."

What did you go for in the end?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


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What did you go for in the end? "

I started off with a generic G1WH but it fell off the windscreen and a line appeared on the screen. I then bought a MAISI 2K Extreme HD Pro from Amazon and put the G1WH in my Campervan but then it was robbed out of it so I bought another one that is very similar to the Maisi.

The good points of the Maisi is it has a strong Ambarella A7 APU, can run up to a resolution of 2304*1296p (although 1080p at 60 FPS is better), it has a 1.8 aperture lens (so It's very good in low light) and it has HDR (so the footage is more vibrant & clear)

At the moment It's £49.99 on Amazon but factor in the price of a class 10 micro sd card (I always use Samsung UHD Class 10) and make sure you turn the G-shock settings to low or off as it write protects a file after an impact (and if you don't realise this, after the card has filled up the dash cam will shut down because it can't delete that protected file)

To be honest as long as a Dash Cam is advertised as recording footage as MOV (not AVI) it will probably be ok but there are fakes so Amazon is a good place to buy because you can read user reviews on them.

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By *LCC OP   Couple
over a year ago

Cambridge

Does anyone know if the 2channel cameras record BOTH cameras in park mode, or if it's just the front camera?

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By *rontier PsychiatristMan
over a year ago

Coventry


"Does anyone know if the 2channel cameras record BOTH cameras in park mode, or if it's just the front camera? "

Both record on a Blackvue 2ch like mine in parking mode. Obviously for parking mode you'll need a device to provide power when the car is switched off that protects car battery from over discharge. Blackvue make such a device too but personally I use a different (and better device IMO) for my car. If car battery is healthy and well charged from driving cameras will stay on all night long.

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By *LCC OP   Couple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"Does anyone know if the 2channel cameras record BOTH cameras in park mode, or if it's just the front camera?

Both record on a Blackvue 2ch like mine in parking mode. Obviously for parking mode you'll need a device to provide power when the car is switched off that protects car battery from over discharge. Blackvue make such a device too but personally I use a different (and better device IMO) for my car. If car battery is healthy and well charged from driving cameras will stay on all night long. "

What do you use?

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