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dash cameras - concrete

I have a hard wired Silent Witness dash cam. It is 3 years old and playing up. I haven't found it very user friendly so will not replace like for like. Although I may need to change the mount. Adjacent to the rear view mirror cluster at the top of the windscreen in a good position. I suppose I can use the existing wiring for a new unit. The advantage of present cam is that it is small, approx 60mm x 40mm. It has a large capacity SD card inserted too, which may be re-useable. The question is, what to replace it with? I know a lot of forum users have dash cams and would welcome comments and advice on ease of use, replacement and general usage.

Cheers Concrete

PS. Decided to keep the XC60 after the lease expires. It has been good and I have treated it well.

dash cameras - gordonbennet

Same as i answered the other thread about dash cams, we used several Transcends in the family, mine packed up some nearly 2 years ago, looking around the prices were getting a bit silly, replaced with a Yi, impressed so it now has a similar rear facing Yi brother, work well, easy to use, good clear footage, nice size for ageing eyes (tried a small one years ago, designed for children), plays a pleasant little tune switching on and off to let you know its fired up otherwise fit and forget, oh and unlike the Transcend neither have forgotten the time/date despite up to a couple of weeks standing unpowered, less than half the price of the Transcends to boot, there's no doubt there's much better out there but these ain't bad at all and decent value imo.

The mounts that come with them are fine, simple stick on jobbies with double sided pads, the one in the rear window gets bashed by the dogs now and again, moves it out of line when George's daft head clouts it when he sees another dog 3 miles away he wishes to annoy, it but hasn't actually come off the window or out of its mount, plenty of cable supplied if the connection isn't suitable.

The original make you have are fitted to our lorries at work, not reliable enough, too often when fitted not working at all or the footage isn't good enough to be of any use when needed, due to be replaced.

dash cameras - oldroverboy.

All these things seem to have a short 2-3 year lifespan, so I stick to nextbase now on ebay.

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nextbase-312GW-Rose-Gold-Dash-C...t

dash cameras - Gibbo_Wirral

Nextbase or Vantrue.

Have a look at Youtube reviews - especially ones which show footage at night, as many can be really poor in low light

dash cameras - concrete

Thank you chaps. Good advice to contemplate. Away for Christmas this year. Youngest son and his wife had a baby daughter last year and we can enjoy her first Christmas where she will be quite aware of things. Whilst away will look around at makes suggested. Be back later next week. Happy christmas to one and all. Cheers Concrete

Edited by Avant on 17/12/2019 at 16:17