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Ranger 6 said:
Has anyone got experience of the Nextbase 380gw? It looks like a decent design without the horrendous wobbly sucker mount.
Very similar to this capacitor Dashcam recommended on Techmoan:http://www.techmoan.com/blog/2016/11/2/dashcam-rev...
Kinky said:
Ranger 6 said:
Has anyone got experience of the Nextbase 380gw? It looks like a decent design without the horrendous wobbly sucker mount.
Ohhhh, nice find 
The thing that puts me off getting one is the screen mounting. But this looks pretty neat and clean.
thebigmacmoomin said:
Are there any dash camera out there that will carry on recording even if you are stopped at traffic lights or to let a passenger out?
Mine stops recording even if parking guard is turned off.
I would have thought that yours was the exception - most record on a continuous loop.Mine stops recording even if parking guard is turned off.
I wonder when car manufacturers will do something useful like putting a USB socket up by the RVM for power. It would save so much hassle with pulling apart vehicle trim to route cabling. I've got a DDPai M6+ which I've never gotten round to fitting as I don't want to muck about with the wiring...
or if you want the camera easily removable & replaceable 3M hook & loop (velcro on steroids) https://www.amazon.co.uk/3M-Scotch-3550-dual-lock/... (also comes in a clear version)
Edited by Heidfirst on Saturday 30th June 14:27
I've been using Halfords doublesided black trim tape for dashcam mounts. If it can hold exterior trim on at 34C and -C then a small dashcam is no problem. It's not wide enough so I have to double it up and trim it. As it's black it makes the mount less obvious, especially for the odd dashcam that supply white adhesive pads. Around a fiver when I bought it and I still have 90% of it left!
I have a dash cam at last. Been meaning to get one for years.
Ended up with this one. Only driven to work and back, but it appears OK.
Clip from part of my drive home.
https://youtu.be/MjraVe8TnPs
Paid £37 I think as had a 5% voucher from Amazon as well.
Ended up with this one. Only driven to work and back, but it appears OK.
Clip from part of my drive home.
https://youtu.be/MjraVe8TnPs
Paid £37 I think as had a 5% voucher from Amazon as well.
divetheworld said:
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.
Got any pics of it installed in your car? 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.
divetheworld said:
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.
how are you getting on with it ? im looking for my first camera 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.
need something small , dont need a screen or extras like lane assist etc , just something to cover my back incase of a non fault accident
LosingGrip said:
I have a dash cam at last. Been meaning to get one for years.
Ended up with this one. Only driven to work and back, but it appears OK.
Clip from part of my drive home.
https://youtu.be/MjraVe8TnPs
Paid £37 I think as had a 5% voucher from Amazon as well.
Bit of an update. It keeps falling down. I'm assuming its because of the heat on the sticky pad (it is a 3M one, which I believe is good?). I also can't work out how to get it to turn on automatically, I should read the instructions I guess. Ended up with this one. Only driven to work and back, but it appears OK.
Clip from part of my drive home.
https://youtu.be/MjraVe8TnPs
Paid £37 I think as had a 5% voucher from Amazon as well.
LosingGrip said:
LosingGrip said:
I have a dash cam at last. Been meaning to get one for years.
Ended up with this one. Only driven to work and back, but it appears OK.
Clip from part of my drive home.
https://youtu.be/MjraVe8TnPs
Paid £37 I think as had a 5% voucher from Amazon as well.
Bit of an update. It keeps falling down. I'm assuming its because of the heat on the sticky pad (it is a 3M one, which I believe is good?). I also can't work out how to get it to turn on automatically, I should read the instructions I guess. Ended up with this one. Only driven to work and back, but it appears OK.
Clip from part of my drive home.
https://youtu.be/MjraVe8TnPs
Paid £37 I think as had a 5% voucher from Amazon as well.
Blueskysea B1W WiFi Mini Dash cam Car Camera Vehicle Video Recorder 360 Degree Rotatable Lens 1080p 30fps G-Sensor Loop Recording https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0777J5Y6J/ref=cm_sw_r...
I was tempted by the 0906 but I had a 0806 but it was nothing but trouble. A fatal RTC happened right in front of it and the damn thing failed to record/save the footage.
steveo3002 said:
divetheworld said:
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.
how are you getting on with it ? im looking for my first camera 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.
need something small , dont need a screen or extras like lane assist etc , just something to cover my back incase of a non fault accident
It has been working fine. Other than the lack of a polarising filter, it ticks all the boxes. The app setup and screen mirroring has one quirk, it stops recording.
Once setup and parameters set, shut it down and restart. But thats not really an issue, how often do you need to screen mirror and change settings after setup?
I spent all of Sunday fitting a BlackVue 750s-2ch to my GL with the hard wire “pro” kit.
The installation was a 4 parter:
1. Position cameras
2. Find suitable supply (permanent and switched live)
3. Cabling from supply to camera
4. Cabling from front camera to rear
Number 2 started off easily. I found a permanent live in the fuse box on the left hand side of the dashboard. The GL has 3 fuseboards and luckily for me, that was the only one that provided permanent live.
Finding a switched live took me a bit of thinking until I realised the adjacent glove box light was on the ignition circuit so that was the supply side sorted.
Number 4 was a total b
d. I started with the difficult bit of passing the cable through the rubber hose between the roof and the tailgate by sliding a stiff zip tie through, taping the cable to the end, and pulling through. Sounds easy but along with re-attaching the hose ends to the clips that secure the hose to the car and tailgate, that was slightly over 2-hours of my life spent.
Routing the cable from front to back was then a matter of minutes.
The cameras are good - both 1080p with the front being 60fps and the (much smaller) rear 30fps.
My requirements included no screen, two cameras, easy to position behind RVM (out of the way), and good enough quality to read reg plates and identify people’s faces. The 750 pair do all of that.
And during one of the Amazon sales 2 week’s ago, it was only £250 plus the pro wiring kit. That was for the 16Gb version which is no different to the others except for the supplied micro-SD card, and I have other larger cards in GoPros that will work.
The camera allows for your phone to connect to it via WiFi so when your home you can view or download from your house (seems to work from about 15 metres away, through double glazing).
The installation was a 4 parter:
1. Position cameras
2. Find suitable supply (permanent and switched live)
3. Cabling from supply to camera
4. Cabling from front camera to rear
Number 2 started off easily. I found a permanent live in the fuse box on the left hand side of the dashboard. The GL has 3 fuseboards and luckily for me, that was the only one that provided permanent live.
Finding a switched live took me a bit of thinking until I realised the adjacent glove box light was on the ignition circuit so that was the supply side sorted.
Number 4 was a total b
d. I started with the difficult bit of passing the cable through the rubber hose between the roof and the tailgate by sliding a stiff zip tie through, taping the cable to the end, and pulling through. Sounds easy but along with re-attaching the hose ends to the clips that secure the hose to the car and tailgate, that was slightly over 2-hours of my life spent. Routing the cable from front to back was then a matter of minutes.
The cameras are good - both 1080p with the front being 60fps and the (much smaller) rear 30fps.
My requirements included no screen, two cameras, easy to position behind RVM (out of the way), and good enough quality to read reg plates and identify people’s faces. The 750 pair do all of that.
And during one of the Amazon sales 2 week’s ago, it was only £250 plus the pro wiring kit. That was for the 16Gb version which is no different to the others except for the supplied micro-SD card, and I have other larger cards in GoPros that will work.
The camera allows for your phone to connect to it via WiFi so when your home you can view or download from your house (seems to work from about 15 metres away, through double glazing).
Edited by Watchman on Wednesday 1st August 18:27
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