To buy or not buy a reversing camera?

I too have motor movers and find that, for me, there is no specific need for a reversing camera. The van can be moved from any point around it so that at all times I have clear visibility of how close it may be to any obstruction.  Even when pitching up you need only use the car to get it approximately right, on the pitch, then use the movers to put it in the final position.

Enjoy the course, its the best thing I ever did and learned a lot.

I would say good extension mirrors are more important when you are driving as you need to see where the sides of the van are rather than what's immediately behind you. You need to drive by your mirrors far more than with a solo car.

The movers will likely be your best aid for reversing onto your drive.

Don't rush into getting a reversing camera but see how you get on is my advice. 

Just bear in mind that reversing cameras and rear view cameras are two different things.  For reversing, you need a wide angle lens to give you the best view possible over a short distance.  However, when used for rear-view purposes when driving, the wide angle means that distances are distorted to the extent that it's not very helpful.  For that purpose, you need a lens with no more than a 90 degree viewing angle and 60 degrees is better.  Most reversing cameras are something like 120 degrees.

I bought the Falcon Technology magnetic / rechargeable / wifi powered camera because it doesn't require any drilling into the van or power source.  You view the picture on your phone.  In reality, it wasn't very good because of the distorted picture and viewing it, even on a large smartphone wasn't very clear and almost impossible to see in sunlight.

It worked OK on our previous Barcelona, but won't work with the present Knaus because it is aluminium clad and the signal won't get through to the car - so it's kicking around somewhere in the garage, doing nothing!

I'm managing fine with my mirrors and regard that particular camera as a waste of money.

I bought the Falcon Technology magnetic / rechargeable / wifi powered camera because it doesn't require any drilling into the van or power source.  You view the picture on your phone.  In reality, it wasn't very good because of the distorted picture and viewing it, even on a large smartphone wasn't very clear and almost impossible to see in sunlight.

It worked OK on our previous Barcelona, but won't work with the present Knaus because it is aluminium clad and the signal won't get through to the car - so it's kicking around somewhere in the garage, doing nothing!

I'm managing fine with my mirrors and regard that particular camera as a waste of money.

I did much the same but I used mine initially with and old 7 inch Samsung tablet which also used to host my Sat Nav. I had similar results and thoughts as richardandros. However, when I updated to an 8 inch tablet and tried it with that, it worked fine and is still in use on the back of my 8 meter motorhome today. I put my problems down to using too old a version of Android.

The 8 inch Samsung tablet now hosts my Sat Nav and reversing camera and I switch between the two as necessary.

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Better from a security point of view to put your caravan nose-in on the driveway.

Extension Mirrors are far more effective than than a revering camera on a caravan ,and i agree with CY you caravan would be much more secure if nose in on your drive ,as you have a motor mover

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The Falcon WiFi model is rechargable battery powered and last about 6 hours. No wiring necessary. Effective distance is claimed at 30 meters but I would treat that as line of sight. I think it is much less when attached to the back of a van.

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