Dash-Cam Recommendations

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Hi all, what Dash-Cams are you using, if any? Looking to get something just in case.

Also is your dash cam in your way when driving? The cabling etc.

I would prefer something that does front and rear, but just front is ok too.

Thanks,
 
I use a Garmin Dash Cam Mini (front facing), 3 years old now and no problems.

Low-profile as there's no screen and it easily hides behind the rear view mirror.
Easy to install as it's just one USB cable that I hid along the headliner and underneath the dash to the 12v socket that is converted into two USB ports with the Garmin-provided adapter (one for dashcam, one free).

Used it on one occasion to report the bad driving of a truck using the number on the back of it plus the numberplate, company outsources complaints to a 3rd party which noted my complaint and I never heard anything more.
 
I use a small DDPAI dashcam with built in memory, no screen. After trying a couple, the main criteria suddenly became that it could sit right at the top of the windscreen. Because the windscreen slopes so much, any normal one that hangs down is bang in the middle of my view.
 
Every dashcam I have had has the following issues:-
They keep falling off the windscreen due to heat and the suction mechanism is cr@p
The whole unit cannot take the sun and this causes the system to malfunction
The internal battery fails quickly
The SD card cannot take the heat
The software is cr@p

Any comment on the above
 
Hemi300c said:
Every dashcam I have had has the following issues:-
They keep falling off the windscreen due to heat and the suction mechanism is cr@p
The whole unit cannot take the sun and this causes the system to malfunction
The internal battery fails quickly
The SD card cannot take the heat
The software is cr@p

Any comment on the above
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I was worried about some of this before my first purchase.

The Garmin Dash Cam Mini has a super capacitor and not a battery, no overheating even in hot summer trips to Durban. The lack of a screen also helps.

The suction attachment is optional, I use the attachment that sticks onto the windshield when you peel off the tape and place it. Still as strong as 3 years ago.

I use a Sandisk Extreme Pro 128Gb micro SD that’s continually writing. Still going strong, zero issues.

Sadly yeah the software is pretty slow, if I need footage for some reason then I don’t waste my time - I just pop out the micro SD, find the one minute video sections of what I want, copy it onto my laptop and put the micro SD back in the dashcam. You can speed this up by saving the footage, then it stores a bigger video in a named folder which is easier to find and copy. My dad has the Dash Cam Mini 2 that’s the latest model on sale and it has voice commands as well as some sort of detection so it detects some incidents automatically like harsh braking etc.
 
Hemi300c said:
Every dashcam I have had has the following issues:-
They keep falling off the windscreen due to heat and the suction mechanism is cr@p
The whole unit cannot take the sun and this causes the system to malfunction
The internal battery fails quickly
The SD card cannot take the heat
The software is cr@p

Any comment on the above
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This was my experience about 10 years ago when I tried one out (to be fair, it was a no-name brand).

The Garmin sounds like it's much more reliable.
 
I have had my Garmin DC-45 dashcam since December 2018, & it is still using the original SanDisk 64GB MicroSD card I bought for it (it originally came with a 8GB one, which was way too small for recording daily trips).

Mine has a magnetic mount, so no issues with suction cups detaching due to the heat...


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