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j-ten-ner Senior Enthusiast

j-ten-ner

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Can you share your camera make and model ?

I really want to get one but lost on which is best for our trucks

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After trying a few cheaper versions of different brands, I'll say that Blackvue is the way to go.

I've got my DR530W-2CH for over 4 years now, while those other ones died the heat stroke after 4-9 months.

The wifi option is a good thing because you don't have to wait until you get home to review the footage.

 

so long

j-ten-ner

Sour_Squirrel Enthusiast

Sour_Squirrel

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This is the dash cam I bought.

Has 1080p for both front and rear cams. BlackVue only has 720 for their rear cams.

Video footage can be reviewed via Bluetooth on your smartphone or remove the micro SD card and review on your home computer.

It has a park mode that keeps the cameras monitoring your vehicle after you've shut off your ignition and walked away. It senses people movement and impact.

The downside is it doesn't have a built in monitor but that's due to it's compact size. Makes no difference to me as I have the front cam by the rear view mirror. From where I sit I can't see it anyways.

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8lugCT Enthusiast

8lugCT

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Unless yours stays on while your truck is off that wouldn't have helped in this situation

Some have parking modes. Mine does. It can be set to time lapse, which take a video at 1fps until you start your truck again, or set to motion detection, which takes a 30 second long video each time it detects motion. It has buffered recording so it will save 10 seconds before it detects motion and 20 seconds after. Thankfully I've never had to rely on it, but I can guarantee that it will pay for itself the first time I'll have to
waumo1 Enthusiast

waumo1

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My DR650s work well in the Jeep and Challenger but the GMC does not keep the battery charged enough to run it very long in parking mode. I think this is the GMC battery charge management system at work.

SierraHD17 Senior Enthusiast

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Same thing happened to my 2017 at a friends wedding.... I don't know if it was at the ceremony or the reception but the next day I noticed a nice big ding and a scuff in the drivers door. PDR pulled the dent out but it still cost me $140 ( fixed a second dent by the door handle that was on the truck when I bought it) but it's still a piss off.

lew-e Enthusiast

lew-e

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I’m only sharing my friends story..... but he had a car that was his baby and came out of the store to see a nice big red mark on it from the car next to it. It was obvious it was the same car. So he kicked their door and left a small dent. An eye for an eye maybe?

 

 

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Sean Neilan Enthusiast

Sean Neilan

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Are you stuck in the 90's? Most have motion and impact sensors now.

And that probably still wouldn't have helped in this case unless it was pointed at the side of the truck.

diyer2 Senior Enthusiast

diyer2

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I've seen it happen a lot in parking lots.

I've witnessed many people open their car doors and hitting the vehicle parked next to them.

The worst offenders are moms in mini vans taking their kids out of the child seats. They swing their car door open as wide as it can go so they can have enough space to take their kids out.

If I'm parked in a parking lot I try to park away from the crowds of cars close to the entrance. That way there's a reduced risk of some other dirtbag hitting my truck with their door.

What peeves me when parking away from other cars is if I return and find some idiot parked next to me. With a parking lot of so many available parking spots why park nect to me?

But that's another discussion...

This. Always the butt head that parks next to you.

I park as far away as I can because the masses don't give a shit about their vehicle. If they did they would be parked out back like me.

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8lugCT Enthusiast

8lugCT

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Thanks all for the info folks

I ordered this guy today2bfbbc245c2d45ff39820e5bcdf6ef21.jpg

 

 

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I have the new blacksys one. 1080p for front and rear. All wires are under the head liner and run through the Cellink Battery B for parking mode. Lasts a long time so it's not draining the trucks battery
8lugCT Enthusiast

8lugCT

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And that probably still wouldn't have helped in this case unless it was pointed at the side of the truck.

It's unlikely that the person wouldn't have, at one point, driven either in front of or in back of the truck.

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