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kinabalu said:
Ashleyman, or anyone if you catch this please, a quick question from your above comments.
Just bought a Mini 0906 which has separate front & rear cameras, is a 32GB card going to be adequate for the 2 cameras?
Based on the techmoan review for the Aukey dual camera I’d go with a 64GB card. Just bought a Mini 0906 which has separate front & rear cameras, is a 32GB card going to be adequate for the 2 cameras?
Does anyone know if the Aukey DR02D can be hardwired to have a parking mode?
I forgot to buy the Aukey when it came back in stock and missed it, contacted them today for stock news, they say it will be back on Amazon "soon" and that's the only place they sell them in the UK. Annoying, I wanted to fit it this week.
Noticed someone on there selling one for £150, I think I'll wait
Noticed someone on there selling one for £150, I think I'll wait
kinabalu said:
Ashleyman, or anyone if you catch this please, a quick question from your above comments.
Just bought a Mini 0906 which has separate front & rear cameras, is a 32GB card going to be adequate for the 2 cameras?
My experience says buy the biggest card the camera supports.Just bought a Mini 0906 which has separate front & rear cameras, is a 32GB card going to be adequate for the 2 cameras?
I've just doubled the card in my daughter's car, because 16Gb was saving 1 day of her ordinary driving, i.e. less than 2 hours.
I reckon 32 Gb for each lens should be the minimum, whether being recorded on to 1 card or 2.
My wife has just picked up a Citroen Cactus, it has the airbags in the roof to make the "fuss free" dashboard even cheaper for Citroen to make - normally I'd happily route cables up there but now I'm thinking that in the event of an accident the cable might become a whip as the airbag fires or hinder them in some way. Am I being daft?
Horsey McHorseface said:
What's parking mode? I want mine to work when it's parked up in a layby, left unattended for about 90 mins. Was looking at this model.
Thinkware have probably the best/most versatile parking modes. It's buffered so that if it detects an impact the recorded clip includes something like 10 seconds before the impact as well as during & post (& the F800 Pro will inform you when you start up if you have had incidents). Blackvue are close behind.
Thinkware configures voltage protection (not that you will need it for 90 minutes) via the the camera unit, with Blackvue it is an extra unit (Power Magic Pro) at additional cost. If parking mode is important (& it was for me) with that & the 12% discount code that I posted the Thinkware can work out cheaper than Blackvue but they will both be considerably dearer than the Aukey.
The Aukey I believe doesn't do buffering & the parking hardwire kit doesn't get very good reviews. https://www.amazon.co.uk/AUKEY-Low-Voltage-Protect...
kinabalu said:
Ashleyman, or anyone if you catch this please, a quick question from your above comments.
Just bought a Mini 0906 which has separate front & rear cameras, is a 32GB card going to be adequate for the 2 cameras?
Sorry for late reply. Just bought a Mini 0906 which has separate front & rear cameras, is a 32GB card going to be adequate for the 2 cameras?
I’ve had a quick look at the camera specs and you’re better off buying a larger car. The spec sheet says it’ll support 128GB so get one.
If you’re recording 1080P front and back along with parking mode 32GB will give you a maybe 6-8 hours of continuous recording. So if you park up for work at 9am and someone hits your car at 10 and you come back at 5 the likelihood is unless the clip has been write protected (which some cameras don’t do) you’d have recorded over the footage showing the damage being done.
I’ve got a 128GB card in mine and I find it writes over every 18 hours. Mix of driving and living on a moderately busy backroad with parking mode activated. At least with a larger card you can be gone longer and know if anything happens it won’t overwrite. Even my year old £350 BlackVue didn’t write protect ‘event clips’. Only the newer cameras do that.
Edited by ashleyman on Monday 28th May 00:02
kinabalu said:
Ashleyman,
Many thanks for getting back to me, much appreciated.
Bitten the bullet & ordered a Samsung Pro 128gb card, yikes, not cheap.
Took me 3 reads to get the bigger car joke, tee hee, I have a 350z which I guess interior wise is as big as mini.
Regards
Kinabalu
lol. sorry. It was supposed to say card.Many thanks for getting back to me, much appreciated.
Bitten the bullet & ordered a Samsung Pro 128gb card, yikes, not cheap.
Took me 3 reads to get the bigger car joke, tee hee, I have a 350z which I guess interior wise is as big as mini.
Regards
Kinabalu
I think you've done the right thing by buying a larger card. Better to be safe.
Very good thread guys.
I'm after a "mid range" 2 channel (front and rear) dash cam and not sure which one to go for. Blackvue DR590W or Thinkware F770. Budget is about £200/£250.
I haven't seen many dash cams in this price range, it's either you get the "budget/entry level" ones for under £100 or the "premium" ones at over £300.
Any recommendations?
Any reliable and reputable installers around (I'm in Bromley but happy to drive up to 4/5 hours for the right installer)?
I'm after a "mid range" 2 channel (front and rear) dash cam and not sure which one to go for. Blackvue DR590W or Thinkware F770. Budget is about £200/£250.
I haven't seen many dash cams in this price range, it's either you get the "budget/entry level" ones for under £100 or the "premium" ones at over £300.
Any recommendations?
Any reliable and reputable installers around (I'm in Bromley but happy to drive up to 4/5 hours for the right installer)?
I’ve just bought a cheapo dashcam for a relative. A few good enough reviews and opinions to make it worth a punt.
Blueskysea B1W. https://dashcamtalk.com/blueskysea-b1w/#Latest_Fir...
Hey, I’ve got to say, it’s a pretty good piece of kit. Not many in this small form other than the BlackVue and Qvia stuff. It’s tiny and works great.
No GPS but other than that, well topped up with features.
Just thought I’d mention it on here. I like it.
Blueskysea B1W. https://dashcamtalk.com/blueskysea-b1w/#Latest_Fir...
Hey, I’ve got to say, it’s a pretty good piece of kit. Not many in this small form other than the BlackVue and Qvia stuff. It’s tiny and works great.
No GPS but other than that, well topped up with features.
Just thought I’d mention it on here. I like it.
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