dashcam, do you use one?

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Yes we run dashcams. After very nearly having a head on collision with a silly driver (it is not fun doing an emergency stop with a 3.5 tonne trailer behind us on a wet downhill road) we have fitted Nextbase dashcams to our Defenders. Could provide useful evidence in the occurrance of an insurance scenario.

Brendan
 
leeds said:
Yes we run dashcams. After very nearly having a head on collision with a silly driver (it is not fun doing an emergency stop with a 3.5 tonne trailer behind us on a wet downhill road) we have fitted Nextbase dashcams to our Defenders. Could provide useful evidence in the occurrance of an insurance scenario.

Brendan
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which dashcams?

you also use the nextbase 212 like @neilly

yea thats what im thinking for insurance purposes it could be handy
 
neilly said:
It was £60 or £70 quid iirc.

maybe it is a 32Gb or 16Gb card, main thing is it is a class 10 card.

Cheers
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nice one mate, where did you get it from?

how comes its needs to be a class 10 card? is that meant to be better or something? sorry i havent got a clue lol
 
Yes.

I have a £14.99 one out of Home Bargains, brilliant thing, cheap as chips and takes a 32GB card, no idea of this write speed but on play back it is better than a lot of the dashcam crash compilation footage you see on YT.
 
dieseldog69 said:
Yes.

I have a £14.99 one out of Home Bargains, brilliant thing, cheap as chips and takes a 32GB card, no idea of this write speed but on play back it is better than a lot of the dashcam crash compilation footage you see on YT.
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cant go wrong for £15, whats the brand name?

how long can you record for with the 32gb card?
 
for those of you who use dashcams, did you get it professionally installed or do you just connect it to the charger (cigarette lighter charger) with all the wires out and about?
 
landyzoner said:
for those of you who use dashcams, did you get it professionally installed or do you just connect it to the charger (cigarette lighter charger) with all the wires out and about?
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Hi

Funny enough just got a dashcam, nextbase 512 GW, bought the hardwire kit and intend to install it myself

Got that one as it has Bluetooth so easy to download the videos via my iPad

Will run it off my aux battery via a separate 4 x way fuse box so when it’s parked up doesn’t take any power from my main battery

Haven’t decided yet is it’s worth linking in a rear camera as well
 
Wired direct into ignition live with a 12v to 5v transformer. Same one as Neily

Auto records on start up and records constantly until the card is full, then any non protected files it writes over them

I found I had to turn the G sensor off though as it was set off constantly from just being in a landy!
 
Also got 2 x 32 gb class 10 memory cards, thought it better to at least have a spare card

don’t know how much video u can get on them though

Still pondering where to locate the dashcam, so it’s not obtrusive , see many locate it by the side of the rear view mirror

Will be pics next of the dashcams in situ , lol
 
I use an app called CamOnRoad, this uses the iPhone as a dash cam. I don’t use it everyday for my local journeys, but do for anything that might involve a few miles. It’s handy because I use the phone as a sat nav too, so it avoids too much clutter on the screen/dash.
 
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