Privateer
Active Member
- Joined
- Nov 27, 2019
- Messages
- 140
- Reaction score
- 83
- Location
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Dash Cam
- RoadHawk DC3 (x1), RoadHawk HD2 (x3)
Hi everybody,
My background
I bought my first dashcam (a RoadHawk HD) in January 2013 as soon as the RoadHawk HD was released in the UK. In October 2013 I was in a queue of traffic when a car ploughed into the rear of my stationary vehicle at an alleged speed of 70mph (i.e. the speed that the driver later told the police, although I suspect it was more). Fortunately, I was driving a Land Rover product so my wife and I walked away but not without injury to us both, the vehicle itself was also driveable (one broken rear light) but it did need to be sent to the garage for additional repairs. Although I didn't need to use the dashcam footage for proof of fault, it did show the need to have a dashcam. When I played back the footage I realised that it was still in the default settings i.e. 720p so I took time to optimise the settings. I now always drive with a dashcam recording.
Dashcams used
At the time of the above RTC, I had only one dashcam, which was front-facing so I decided to get a second dashcam, another RoadHawk HD, to cover the rear of the vehicle. I then bought a third RoadHawk HD for my wife's vehicle. When RoadHawk released the HD2, I started to buy them to replace the HDs that had failed. The advantage of the HD2 was that it had HDR so the image was optimised for lighting conditions.
I keep all footage
I'm guessing that most dashcam owners just keep their dashcams running and overwriting footage until they need to use the footage, although I suspect a lot of forum members here also keep all of their footage. For the last few years, I've kept all forward-facing footage and the occasional rear-facing footage to refer back to should I ever need to. It's also nice to use a bit of dashcam footage in the holiday videos.
Why I've signed up to this forum
So far, I've always had RoadHawk dashcams but I've become a little disillusioned with the brand as the dashcams have all failed and been returned for repairs at least once. Whilst I've been happy with the footage I think that nowadays other brands have more to offer in terms of footage and features and price! I was recommended this forum by Kremmen and he recommends that I look at the Viofo A119 V3.
Regards,
My background
I bought my first dashcam (a RoadHawk HD) in January 2013 as soon as the RoadHawk HD was released in the UK. In October 2013 I was in a queue of traffic when a car ploughed into the rear of my stationary vehicle at an alleged speed of 70mph (i.e. the speed that the driver later told the police, although I suspect it was more). Fortunately, I was driving a Land Rover product so my wife and I walked away but not without injury to us both, the vehicle itself was also driveable (one broken rear light) but it did need to be sent to the garage for additional repairs. Although I didn't need to use the dashcam footage for proof of fault, it did show the need to have a dashcam. When I played back the footage I realised that it was still in the default settings i.e. 720p so I took time to optimise the settings. I now always drive with a dashcam recording.
Dashcams used
At the time of the above RTC, I had only one dashcam, which was front-facing so I decided to get a second dashcam, another RoadHawk HD, to cover the rear of the vehicle. I then bought a third RoadHawk HD for my wife's vehicle. When RoadHawk released the HD2, I started to buy them to replace the HDs that had failed. The advantage of the HD2 was that it had HDR so the image was optimised for lighting conditions.
I keep all footage
I'm guessing that most dashcam owners just keep their dashcams running and overwriting footage until they need to use the footage, although I suspect a lot of forum members here also keep all of their footage. For the last few years, I've kept all forward-facing footage and the occasional rear-facing footage to refer back to should I ever need to. It's also nice to use a bit of dashcam footage in the holiday videos.
Why I've signed up to this forum
So far, I've always had RoadHawk dashcams but I've become a little disillusioned with the brand as the dashcams have all failed and been returned for repairs at least once. Whilst I've been happy with the footage I think that nowadays other brands have more to offer in terms of footage and features and price! I was recommended this forum by Kremmen and he recommends that I look at the Viofo A119 V3.
Regards,