Disclaimer: This is in no way an endorsement of the G1W. I hate mine because it doesn’t work when it is cold but I have no other dash cam to demonstrate this neat trick on.
So, I hate microSD cards because they are slow, expensive and lacking in capacity. These cards were designed for back in the day when electronics kept getting smaller and smaller (remember when small phones were desirable?) but there is no longer a reason for them. Your average smartphone and dashcam these days have plenty of space to accommodate a full size SD card.
Now with my rant out of the way… I have attached a full size 128GB [full size] SD card to my G1W-C camera and it works flawlessly. I have even filled it in way past 100GB and it still records videos fine.
My parts list is as follows.
This is what I used but obviously there are other combinations that should work.
I used the rubber band to hold the SD/uSD adapter attached to the dash cam body. I coloured the rubber band in black using a biro pen as I had no paints or markers to hand
I also used a biro and scotch tape to blacken the camera’s shiny bits.
Sure you can buy a uSD card with 128GB of storage but it will be slower and a lot more expensive. I’ve had this setup for months (back when the SanDisk 128GB uSD card was close to £100 so the Qumox was a third of the price). At the time of writing this, the biggest SD cards have 2.5 times more capacity that microSD cards (512GB vs 200GB) and this gap is likely to widen in the near future. Also, a full size SD card is easier to handle and the eject mechanism on the DX adapter is quite good. I upload all my recorded videos to OneDrive so that last point is important to me…. I have unlimited upload and storage so why not.
Happy tinkering!
So, I hate microSD cards because they are slow, expensive and lacking in capacity. These cards were designed for back in the day when electronics kept getting smaller and smaller (remember when small phones were desirable?) but there is no longer a reason for them. Your average smartphone and dashcam these days have plenty of space to accommodate a full size SD card.
Now with my rant out of the way… I have attached a full size 128GB [full size] SD card to my G1W-C camera and it works flawlessly. I have even filled it in way past 100GB and it still records videos fine.
My parts list is as follows.
- SD to microSD converter from dx ITEM NO: 27001 - http://www.dx.com/p/sd-to-microsd-transflash-card-converter-module-27001#.VSURstI5Dhg
- 128GB QUMOX SD Card - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JAXVUSO
- Rubber band
- Biro pen
- Scotch tape
- A computer with an SD card reader to format card using exFAT
This is what I used but obviously there are other combinations that should work.
I used the rubber band to hold the SD/uSD adapter attached to the dash cam body. I coloured the rubber band in black using a biro pen as I had no paints or markers to hand
I also used a biro and scotch tape to blacken the camera’s shiny bits.
Sure you can buy a uSD card with 128GB of storage but it will be slower and a lot more expensive. I’ve had this setup for months (back when the SanDisk 128GB uSD card was close to £100 so the Qumox was a third of the price). At the time of writing this, the biggest SD cards have 2.5 times more capacity that microSD cards (512GB vs 200GB) and this gap is likely to widen in the near future. Also, a full size SD card is easier to handle and the eject mechanism on the DX adapter is quite good. I upload all my recorded videos to OneDrive so that last point is important to me…. I have unlimited upload and storage so why not.
Happy tinkering!
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