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[friesman]

If you've ever had an accident that wasn't your fault but the insurance found you at fault anyway? I just found this Dash cam for about 40 bucks that starts when you turn on your key and shuts off when you turn off ignition. It has 2 cams (front and rear) and continosly records to an sd card whenever youre driving.

I thought it looked like cheap insurance, and Ive dealt with this company before with great results. Also, they do NOT charge shipping from Hong Kong to your door. But the sale is only on until the 8th of April. A couple of my friends that drive for a job have a very similar model that they paid over a hundred bucks for so I think this is a good price.

I ordered one and it will be here in a couple of weeks, ill keep you posted.

 

http://www.focalprice.com/ER1324B/X1000_8Light_20_TFT_Screen_Dual_Lens_Vehicle_Black_Box_DVR_with.html?utm_source=Radica&utm_medium=EM&utm_campaign=DM_1314ZM_ER1324B&Currency=CAD#.UWDZk_P4DmI

 

Brian

Edited April 7, 2013 by friesman

[cabreco]

Brian that looks cool. Definitely keep up posted. I ride with a cam on my bikes winshield & I paid more for just the mount than you just did for the camera. I also like the car start and power off feature.

[CaptainJoe]

What's a TF card?

[CaptainJoe]

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[cabreco]

What's a TF card?

 

 

A Mirco SDHC card like in your cell phone

[CaptainJoe]

I'm getting old... 32 gig on that????????

[Snaggletooth]

Good find Brian.

 

Think I'll have my daughter pick one up for her car. She's had a couple times where she's had cars try follow her home from work late at night. Be a nice touch to have a video record of it. Cops got the last one. Couple of young guys thinking it was funny to follow a gal around. Cops saw no humor in it. Me either.

 

Cheap insurance.

[friesman]

What's a TF card?

 

 

a type of memory card http://search.focalprice.com/search?keyword=tf+card&categoryid=

[friesman]

Good find Brian.

 

Think I'll have my daughter pick one up for her car. She's had a couple times where she's had cars try follow her home from work late at night. Be a nice touch to have a video record of it. Cops got the last one. Couple of young guys thinking it was funny to follow a gal around. Cops saw no humor in it. Me either.

 

Cheap insurance.

 

 

that's what I thought too its cheap and even if it doesn't give a great pic, it will verify an issue if I need it on the bike or the car. If I woulda had this when I got cut off on the bike 18 months ago I would have not had to eat 50% share of the cause of the accident, s the vid woulda showed that I was cut off and may have gotten a license number too.

 

Brian

[ragtop69gs]

I wonder how well the recording would compare to a Gopro or the like. Sure would be nice to get forward and rear view of the bike rides. It is 1080 HD

[friesman]

I wonder how well the recording would compare to a Gopro or the like. Sure would be nice to get forward and rear view of the bike rides. It is 1080 HD

 

A couple of friends have a similar setup and while the video is ok and you can read licence numbers from a decent distance it doesn't compare to my Drift hd. but it isn't bad, it also has night vision and on my friends cameras you can see everything just fine whether its day or night.

 

Brian

[Snaggletooth]

that's what I thought too its cheap and even if it doesn't give a great pic, it will verify an issue if I need it on the bike or the car. If I woulda had this when I got cut off on the bike 18 months ago I would have not had to eat 50% share of the cause of the accident, s the vid woulda showed that I was cut off and may have gotten a license number too.

 

Brian

 

That's the reason I keep the Drift on the mount on the bike about everytime I have to ride in this city. Too many close calls the last couple years. One witness I can count on.

[dacheedah]

let us know how you waterproof it

[cabreco]

let us know how you waterproof it

 

He takes the car when it rains

[Snaggletooth]

He takes the car when it rains

 

I knew I was doing something wrong.

[friesman]

let us know how you waterproof it

 

 

Just use my trusty Condorbox,-- a watertight sleeve with a quick waterproof seal. ( a baggy).

It will mess up the vid quality but it doesn't rain much here so not anticipating missing the vid very many days. Actually I will swap it back and forth between the Escape and the bike and will remove it from the bike when not in use.

 

Brian

[Trader]

A couple of friends have a similar setup and while the video is ok and you can read licence numbers from a decent distance it doesn't compare to my Drift hd.

Brian

 

But the drift doesn't have continuous loop recording does it?

[friesman]

But the drift doesn't have continuous loop recording does it?

 

nope, that's one of the reasons I bought this new rig.

[spear]

What's a TF card?

Seeing everybody is skirting around the subject and not able to answer the question I'll tell ya. TF stands for 'Trans Flash' card.

Now ya know!

[Peder_y2k]

I just ordered one and paid via PayPal. I envisioned this concept many years ago, and now it is here!

We'll see how well it works..........

 

-Pete, in Tacoma WA USA

'83,88

[cabreco]

nope, that's one of the reasons I bought this new rig.

 

 

So Brian,

Have you recieved the unit yet?

I'm very curious on your assessment before I pull the trigger on it.

[Peder_y2k]

I have one of those cameras and tried it out for a few days to find it doesn't work very well. On subsequent restarts of the car running some errands, the first fideo was OK, but the video capture had errors on restarts, and neither the camera nor my computer could read the data for replay. The camera now just sits on my desk. The $42.00 I spent was OK for an experiment just to play with, but I suggest you look for better.

As always, YMMV

-Pete, in Tacoma WA USA

'83,88

[friesman]

I have one of those cameras and tried it out for a few days to find it doesn't work very well. On subsequent restarts of the car running some errands, the first fideo was OK, but the video capture had errors on restarts, and neither the camera nor my computer could read the data for replay. The camera now just sits on my desk. The $42.00 I spent was OK for an experiment just to play with, but I suggest you look for better.

As always, YMMV

-Pete, in Tacoma WA USA

'83,88

 

 

Sorry to hear youre having issues:think:, mine is working fine with no issues at all.

 

Brian