Review: Roadhawk HD-2 dash camera

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Mon 21 Nov 2016 14:20
- Hue166
The RoadHawk HD is an excellent camera, I've had one for 3 years with no issues. The HD2 however is an entirely different story. The footage at Super HD is superb, however I've now had 3, yes THREE cameras fail after a week of use and refusing to power on.

Speaking to RoadHawk they acknowledge an issue with the firmware and say an upgrade to 3.7 will stop it happening. My third camera I upgraded following their instructions, lo and behold after a week that stopped powering on too.

Such as shame, seeing has as the HD has proved itself to be a most reliable product. I shall be looking to other manufacturers from now on, the HD2 is hopeless.
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Sun 14 May 2017 18:19
- IrishNeil
I've had an original Roadhawk RH-1 for about 6 years now, and on only one occassion did it stop powering after the 24 month warranty expired.
The engineer at Roadhawk was especially helpful, and they eventually agreed to send me a reconditioned unit, with another 12 month warranty, indicating their own faith in this product.
It is still working, in all light conditions, using the same sd card, same wires and windscreen mounts.
Although not HD, it still produces excellent quality footage, GPS and G-sensor readings.
Agreed, there is now a huge selectionof other brands for consumers, but pay well and pay once, buy cheap buy twice.
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Thu 20 Jul 2017 22:41
- J Hood
Installed it just before driving from London to northern Norway. Wasn't able to check it properly before my destination. Used two SD cards, the one supplied and a Sandisk, both formatted as per instructions. Both failed to 'loop'. They recorded about 150 1 minute files each and then stopped. No record of the final 12 hours from the Arctic Circle Centre!
Checked and run for over four hours, but always stopped, without looping.
No response from RoadHawk for help. Another faulty product?
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Sun 29 Oct 2017 09:45
- andrew rowley
When it works (HD-2) it works well - BUT....

On my 4th replacement in 12 months - most recent lasted 1 day before not powering up. A good replacement policy is not enough - I would rather have a product that works.,
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Wed 17 Jan 2018 17:29
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I'm about to send the third one back in a year, they seem to fail after a relatively short time.
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