Dash Camera Options

damnthetorpedoes · August 28, 2019

11 minutes ago, Ravenkeeper said:

Accidents SUCK!!!! Wish I would have had one in my '15 Silverado in July of 2018. Still fighting this idiot in court, Kern County v. IDIOT, court date TBD. Definitely getting on for all three of our vehicles, leaning towards the Rexing V1 Pro. For now, we picked a $70 one from Walmart, and take it everywhere we travel, even down to Burbank Airport. We're not too worried about to/from work/school.

It's the short trips in town that you have to worry about the most. This happened picking up the kids from daycare, 0.4 miles from home!

I ended up trying a Thinkware F200 per the recommendation of a coworker. So far it is working really well. Probably going to pick up a second one soon and maybe add the rear camera to it.

Ravenkeeper · August 28, 2019

55 minutes ago, damnthetorpedoes said:

It's the short trips in town that you have to worry about the most. This happened picking up the kids from daycare, 0.4 miles from home!

I ended up trying a Thinkware F200 per the recommendation of a coworker. So far it is working really well. Probably going to pick up a second one soon and maybe add the rear camera to it.

They say that accidents are more likely to happen within 25 miles of home, mine was 17 miles. But we've never had any issues going to/from work/school, on Edwards AFB.

davester · August 28, 2019

It is always crazy to drive around schools when it's time to drop off or pick up kids. There will be parents speeding because they are late, pull u-turns literally anywhere, stop anywhere, get their kids to exit the vehicle regardless of what's going on. I'm always surprised that so few children are run over.

OldBlue61 · August 28, 2019

I have a Rexing V1 mounted the the drivers side of the rear view mirror. $99 from Amazon. Works great, and like has been mentioned, you need a high endurance Micro SD card. I go that from Amazon as well, I think it was $24 for a 64gb card.

xSHIFTxNASTYx · August 28, 2019

On 8/22/2019 at 12:32 AM, damnthetorpedoes said:

So, what is the best dash cam that is reliable and around the $100 or less price point. I’m going to need three of them so cost is a slight factor, but want decent quality too. I know blackvue is a decent brand but all of the others seem like randome Chinese brands. Is there a specific manufacture to look for?

I am using a Rove R2-4K dash cam in my truck. Spent a lot of time looking around for something sub-$100 that was going to at least be halfway decent. Problem is you pay for what you get with any kind of camera, dash cam or not. However, I am 150% pleased with this one. I have it hard-wired to my fuse box to turn on when the truck is on and to turn off when the truck is off. There are other options that you can set up and wire it for detecting when the vehicle is bumped while parked, etc. Has GPS, speed sensor, voice recording, many options for your clips, and can be pulled off the camera over a Wi-Fi signal from your phone.

Check it out, didn't see one like this mentioned in any of the posts but another one for you to check out.

Rove R2-4K

EDIT: Just realized it is right at your $100 price point... I only paid $60 for this when it was on sale so maybe keep an eye on this one and see if the price drops again. Worth it for $60. For $100 you may find something better, I don't know.