I leave it in the car even though it's not hardwired. My dashcam is too difficult to take out, you have to take off the mount before unscrewing the dashcam off.

You don't have to take off the mount :O

I'll show you next time LOL

Do I turn the little knob to get the dashcam off? lol

wow this threads been dead for awhile eh... guess everyone just uses the dangerous drivers thread ;)


Anyway

I'll be buying dashcams as christmas gifts...or hoping too anyway time is running out

got any suggestions on brands? its been a long time since i recall reading about dash cams last i recall Blackvues fail under the sun, don't know if that's changed

have any of you heard of Lukas? Full HD
http://anton.shevchuk.name/wp-conten...K-7900_Ace.jpg

they seem nice and small, which is one of my concerns i dont want to be giving out cams which seem too large for the windshield

how about the Thinkware products that are sold at FS et al? Thinkware F550 Full HD Dashcam With GPS (F550) : Back Up Cameras & Dash Cams - Future Shop
http://www.futureshop.ca/multimedia/...10297757_1.jpg

reminds me of the blackvue (same company?) apparently its won a Red Dot award (and others) but im reading about poor QC :/

I have lukas.. works fine. Read them up at Dashcamtalk. If you don't get ones with Sony CMOS, they will be ones made by Samsung.

If you give away dashcams.. help the owners put in the system too.

Don't get the thinkware stuff. Although the technology is there - it's really great hardwired. The quality lacks a ton, you can barely read the license plate of the car next to you.

Personlly, I don't really like Lukas cameras. The video quality for the two cameras that I've tested before were both horrible (for it's price), the LK7300 and LK7900. I don't know if they've stepped up their game now with their newer cams, but I would rather not take the risk and spend the same amount of money and get a Blackvue or Finevu.

Just got my dash cam...

171 tax in :D

https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/10061...85d7afe7498d7f

$171 for that? Where!!

Nice buy, knight.

It was coupons!

Anyone have experience getting a G1W/G1WH locally?

a site called www.whatcams.ca has them, but i'd feel better about going to a sponsor or shop where people have had experience.

blackboxmycar.com is local. They carry all kinds of dashcams. Dude's name is Alex. He is located in south Van.

Yeah Alex is a good guy. Highly recommend him.

Whatcams is also run by a fellow RS member so can't go wrong with them either.

What coupons?!

SHARE! SHARE! SHARE!!!!

any good deals or coupons atm?

Does anyone have a blackvue DR500GW-HD? I just bought one and i cannot get the wifi to detect on my iphone or android.

Tried without updating the firmware, tried after installing latest firmware.

Question for those running a dashcam with power magic pro.

Is your dash cam running >8 hours a day due to you being parked outdoors during your regular work/school hours? If so, did you find your car battery life to be much shorter than usual?


TIA

I think I'll have to replace my dashcam soon. It sometimes doesn't turn on or freezes. Also the battery life is horrible.

If you drive your car everyday, the car battery will charge and you should be okay. My friend sometimes doesn't drive his car for a week, dashcam with pmp turned off and he car wouldn't even start. Mind you his car is only one year old.

what does it mean if i put my sd card in my laptop and fix the time to show the correct one, but after it goes in the dash cam for a day or two and i look in the computer again the time slots have compeltely changed...no matter what i do it keeps saying its 2012 and its july lol

I drive my car everyday without running a power magic pro and haven't had issues with my battery being discharged. Took about a few days for it to drain when I parked my MR2 last winter

Got a Garmin Dash Cam 20 from my parents for my birthday last week, but I wasn't sure if I wanted GPS/speed sensor capability. Dad took it back, bought a Dash Cam 10 (exact same camera but without GPS/speed sensor) and I'm installing the updates and stuff right now. Reviews on this thing are pretty favourable, and I'm excited to see what it'll catch. I'll probably need a larger microSD card though, don't think 4GB will cut it.