Best Dash Cam Please?
14 replies
triky auto replied on 12/05/2016 18:30
KENNYG replied on 12/05/2016 19:02
Hatter replied on 12/05/2016 20:20
Posted on 12/05/2016 20:20
We've got a Transcend Drive Pro 100. Comes with either sticky mount or sucker and a micro sd card. We got the sucker version. Paid around £50.
Some of the cheap options are rubbish. Check out Techmoan as he reviews various dash cams, both cheap and expensive.
Peter
DavidKlyne replied on 12/05/2016 21:36
Simon100 replied on 13/05/2016 20:30
huskydog replied on 13/05/2016 20:35
replied on 10/06/2017 10:05
Posted on 10/06/2017 10:05
I have a Nextbase 312GW dash cam in my car and it works well, but I want to put one in my Bessacarr motorhome. It will have to be wired in because the satnav occupies the only 12v socket. The problem is that a windscreen mounted dash cam would prevent the closure of the internal blinds on my Bessacarr motorhome. Does anybody know of a dash cam that can be mounted securely on the dashboard rather than the windscreen?
peegeenine replied on 10/06/2017 12:16
Posted on 10/06/2017 12:16
If you only have 1 cigar lighter socket you can buy an adapter that converts it to 2 or 3 sockets. I only have 1 dash cam that I swap from vehicle to vehicle. In both vehicles I have fitted the cables semi permanently. The cables run from the interior mirror along the top of the windscreen, down the N/S A pillar and under the dash to the cigar lighter socket. Discreet bluetack keeps the cable in place along the windscreen and cable ties as required elsewhere.
When using the internal cab blinds in the MH I do have to remove the dash cam and also the sat nav. I prefer this to having something permanently mounted on the dash. A camera mounted on the dash would have to be close to the windscreen to prevent reflections and this may be difficult to achieve. Also, being closer to the demister vents, it could become very hot. I have had my Tom Tom sat nav display an over heating warning because of this.
replied on 11/06/2017 09:14
Posted on 11/06/2017 09:14
Thanks, peegeenine. Your points about needing to mount the dash cam close to the windscreen to avoid reflection and the consequent risk of overheating are well taken. Does your frequent removal and re-attachment of the dash cam and sat nav from and to the windscreen reduce the grip of the suction pads on the windscreen?
j100bba
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