Dash Cam – which?

Not used one myself but considering it – but based on what I’ve seen, your budget is to low for the specs you want (front and rear and 1080).

I’m trying to find more info on this Transcend and Anker ones.

I have a vantrue dash cam, it’s very good. Iirc it was £80-100 for a single front feasting jobbie

There is a youtube channel called “techMoan” he seems to review all the dash cams and other strange stuff. I bought mine off the back of his review about two years ago.

The link below is the the vantrue X1 priced at £89, but if you scroll down it’s offered with a 32gb Samsung  sd card for £71 (camera @ £59)

There is nothing wrong with this camera, but I’d say defo look around. It was a great camera for its price 2 years/18months ago, and at £59it still may be. But I’ve not looked at them for a good while.

Though get a 64gb card. That should last a good day or two before recording over itself. They record in 5 mins chunks, so the bigger the card the longer “that” car park scratch/dink will stay on the sd card.

Also as your a swift driver, (your words) i would keep gps data turned off,if your chosen unit has it. As if your doing 45 in a 40 and some pulls out on you, your footage with a speed log is worthless.

I’ve edited more since. It’s cheaper if you scroll down.

That X1 actually replaced the model I still have, the R2. The X1 was about £150ish, the R2 down to about £80 from £150ish. I couldn’t justify £150 and I didn’t see the X1 being twice as good as the R2.

The X2 is out now, at £150 and is 2k res, but trust me, the picture on the X1 will be fine, as the older R2 is more than good enough, even at night.

But don’t rush into a purchase, have a look at that yt site I mentioned, and Google whatever you come across. That’s how I do this. Not always though, I often get rushed to the head and buy before my brain engages.

I woke up today to an amazon dispatch notice for a hip flask. For some reason at 2am last night  I thought it would be a good idea to have one. I don’t drink spirits anymore! Oh well I best start again.

I know  the screen on my dash can goes off after a user defined time. Mine sits behind my mirror towards the passenger side, so I can’t see it anyway. Not cos I knew of any rules, I just don’t like having crap in my way.

Very interesting, I should really invest.

However, more pressing is a secuirty camera and the X1 looks about perfect.  Just two things, what is the motion detection like (for parking) and is it possible to view/download over wifi?

I currently have a 1080p camera but the quality is poor.  Image is 1080p when viewing but only 720p for record and the motion detection is awful!  Plus, it keeps stopping recording.

Already mentioned TechMoan above.