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Qwimby1 · 02-09-2022, 03:51 PM

There's long list of possibles I find online. Some are so cheap it's hard to imagine they're any good. I want one hard wired that sees front and rear. Can anyone advise?

Celica00 · 02-10-2022, 11:51 AM

I've had my Rexing v1 for years and love it. Stick with flush mounting dashcams where the dashcam itself is mounted, rather than a mount you attach the dashcam to. After a while, those types of mounts tend to get loose and the dashcam will jiggle and make videos hard to view.

Also I hardwired for a while. Just be careful if you're planning on having motion detection cause you'll drain your battery pretty quickly.

Stang70Fastback · 02-10-2022, 11:55 AM

I'm a fan of Thinkware. Granted it's all I've ever used, but I've never had any complaints. I had their F770 for several years, and upgrade to their U1000 last year. Here's a clip from my U1000:

https://www.facebook.com/Jeremy.D.Fi...17136409505646

Qwimby1 · 02-10-2022, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Celica00

I've had my Rexing v1 for years and love it. Stick with flush mounting dashcams where the dashcam itself is mounted, rather than a mount you attach the dashcam to. After a while, those types of mounts tend to get loose and the dashcam will jiggle and make videos hard to view.

Also I hardwired for a while. Just be careful if you're planning on having motion detection cause you'll drain your battery pretty quickly.

I use a small PC680 start battery because of my ESC, so I think motion detection is out, much as I would like to have it.

Kaotic Lazagna · 02-10-2022, 09:43 PM

If you're not planning on using a parking mode, why not just use the 12v outlet behind the glove box? That's what I did before switching to a 2-channel system with parking mode.

Also, what are you looking for in a dash cam? Such as low light/night performance, resolution type, FPS, etc.

I will say no matter what cam you get, don't get a battery based camera, but rather a capacitor kind.

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Celica00 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: 86 Location: utah Posts: 1,156 Thanks: 842 Thanked 798 Times in 434 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	I've had my Rexing v1 for years and love it. Stick with flush mounting dashcams where the dashcam itself is mounted, rather than a mount you attach the dashcam to. After a while, those types of mounts tend to get loose and the dashcam will jiggle and make videos hard to view. Also I hardwired for a while. Just be careful if you're planning on having motion detection cause you'll drain your battery pretty quickly.

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Kaotic Lazagna Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Drives: GR Corolla Location: Lathrop, CA Posts: 4,926 Thanks: 3,087 Thanked 3,017 Times in 1,859 Posts Mentioned: 40 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	If you're not planning on using a parking mode, why not just use the 12v outlet behind the glove box? That's what I did before switching to a 2-channel system with parking mode. Also, what are you looking for in a dash cam? Such as low light/night performance, resolution type, FPS, etc. I will say no matter what cam you get, don't get a battery based camera, but rather a capacitor kind.

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