I bought 2 Innovv C3 cameras for my motorcycle about a year ago.
Well after some recording issues I just noticed (lines and weird artifacts in the device), I swapped them around; memory cards and the second unit works fine on both lenses. After taking the problematic one apart, i found a completely swollen and about to explode battery. That would have been great to leak acid all over my wiring harness and ABS system.
BATTERY VS CAPACITOR IS A VERY BIG DEAL IN A STATE WITH 100F+ TEMPS.
Good:
So for warning, the product isn't horrible, it does what's advertised. Buyer beware.
Well after some recording issues I just noticed (lines and weird artifacts in the device), I swapped them around; memory cards and the second unit works fine on both lenses. After taking the problematic one apart, i found a completely swollen and about to explode battery. That would have been great to leak acid all over my wiring harness and ABS system.
BATTERY VS CAPACITOR IS A VERY BIG DEAL IN A STATE WITH 100F+ TEMPS.
Good:
- Does record acceptably well images.
- Case is metal and the soldering/PCB of the device is very well done.
- Lenses are water resistant enough for long term riding in rain.
- Decent cable lengths for the cameras to snake from the front to middle of my bike.
- Horrible configuration/settings management, you need to copy the config "bin" files to the SD card, AND make sure the config "bin" files are named "c1config.bin" instead of "c3config.bin", to get it to accept the time/date and settings. You have to look at the SD card to make sure it "ate" the file (deleted when finished), in order to confirm it took the settings.
- No information whatsoever on the "L" vs "HT" video file name formats. For that matter, in-depth instructions are limited for this device.
- The device MUST be hooked to the camera in order to read files to the computer.
- Fickle on formatting of the SD Card, it's best to let the device format it FAT32 instead of your computer
- I can't find a direct way to purchase. So forget easy warranties or product questions.
- No product numbers to determine which model, which can be disastrous... You can't tell if you received the product you ordered (cap vs bat). The instructions and box is generic for both (which I'd have been find with if a P/N or label was on the device casing).
- If the unit goes bad, no way to just order another unit without camera.
So for warning, the product isn't horrible, it does what's advertised. Buyer beware.