Over night in car camera
Over night in car camera
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TheThing

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960 posts

163 months

Sunday 6th April 2014
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Not sure if this is the best section to post this in so please move if appropriate. Im looking for a camera to leave running in my car overnight. I have a budget of £50 so not much. Does anyone have any recommendations? I have no clue about this sort of thing so any help would be much appreciated. Cheers.

andrew

10,353 posts

221 months

Sunday 6th April 2014
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there's a chap on here who calls himself andrewd

he's a renowned expert when it comes to all matters dogging

hth

TheThing

Original Poster:

960 posts

163 months

Sunday 6th April 2014
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Ha ha. Unfortunately I can assure you I don't want it for dogging. Its to catch the bd that has keyed my car twice in the last week. Or at least act as a deterrent. Ive seen a few cheapies on ebay for around twenty notes but I'm not expecting these to be much good.

mrmr96

13,736 posts

233 months

Sunday 6th April 2014
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Good low light performance is expensive.

fangio

989 posts

263 months

Sunday 6th April 2014
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camelot1971

2,848 posts

195 months

Sunday 6th April 2014
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If the fker is keying it I would say an external camera would be better - could you rig something up from your house?

TheThing

Original Poster:

960 posts

163 months

Sunday 6th April 2014
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Cheers chaps. I dont park my car on my road as there is no where to park so its not possible to rig something up from my house. Thats why I need something to go in my car and run all night.

TheThing

Original Poster:

960 posts

163 months

Sunday 6th April 2014
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Im struggling to find find one with a good enough battery life to last all night. However there are quite a few within budget that have motion detection so that it will only start to record when it detects movement. Any one know if these are likely to last the night? Cheers.

MonTheF1sh

241 posts

208 months

Sunday 6th April 2014
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might be worth watching this before you buy anything... http://www.techmoan.com/blog/2013/6/23/q-which-car...

joebongo

1,517 posts

204 months

Sunday 6th April 2014
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Is your fag lighter live when the key is out? If so you could wire it in for power.

williredale

2,866 posts

181 months

Sunday 6th April 2014
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joebongo said:
Is your fag lighter live when the key is out? If so you could wire it in for power.
This or if not run a piggyback fuse from something which isn't ignition live.

MonTheF1sh

241 posts

208 months

Sunday 6th April 2014
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TheThing said:
Im struggling to find find one with a good enough battery life to last all night. However there are quite a few within budget that have motion detection so that it will only start to record when it detects movement. Any one know if these are likely to last the night? Cheers.
They will store on motion...but the camera will be on 24/7 and processing the images looking for movement. I'd check out my previous link before you waste your money tongue out

ant427

166 posts

168 months

Monday 7th April 2014
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blackvue dr350g.cost about £119.00 and it does every thing you want it to.don't buy a cheap ebay thing you'll only end up buying the blackvue anyway because thats what i did.honestly, save up,it's worth it.

swisstoni

23,941 posts

308 months

Monday 7th April 2014
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OP are you parking it outside someone's house? Odds are that the phantom keyer lives VERY close to where you are parking it.
Obviously if you are parking it in a field, I'll get me coat.

iva cosworth

44,044 posts

192 months

Monday 7th April 2014
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If both my door mirrors get forcibly removed overnight which occurred last night I will also be requiring

some form of camera to catch the culprit.

Or maybe a large bat........furiousfuriousfuriousfuriousfuriousfuriousfurious

Is that furious enough ?......smile

Bennet

2,133 posts

160 months

Monday 7th April 2014
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Sorry to say this. If you're having to park outside someone elses house every time you park your car, I'm not surprised it's pissing somone off.

Arse around trying to catch them if you want. I think the chances are you'll end up with something grainy where you can't see the perpetrator's face or actually see them scratch the car and you can't prove that the scratch they inflict wasn't there in the first place. That's if the camera is even pointing in the direction of the panel they decide to key. All this at the cost of having your car keyed. Again.

Maybe just park somewhere else.

calibrax

4,788 posts

240 months

Monday 7th April 2014
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iva cosworth said:
Or maybe a large bat........furiousfuriousfuriousfuriousfuriousfuriousfurious

Garlick

40,601 posts

269 months

Monday 7th April 2014
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[quote=Bennet]Sorry to say this. If you're having to park outside someone elses house every time you park your car, I'm not surprised it's pissing somone off./quote]

Really? I guess you don't/ haven't lived in London...you have no choice but to park where you find. Good job that mentality doesn't exist here or we'd be out every night keying cars.

ant427

166 posts

168 months

Monday 7th April 2014
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from dash cams to bats.awesome!

iva cosworth

44,044 posts

192 months

Monday 7th April 2014
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calibrax said:
iva cosworth said:
Or maybe a large bat........furiousfuriousfuriousfuriousfuriousfuriousfurious
If that scares the bejesus out of my vandal then that'll do.........biggrin