Rickn55
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- Nextbase 622 4k + rwc, 522, 322, 612 4K and 312 x2
I decided to upgrade from my Nextbase 312GW to the 612GW. Had no immediate intention of upgrading just yet but the last year or so had my eye on the 612 as a potential upgrade until last week when I nipped in Halfords for a few bits and seen the 612 on offer for £109, I know it was £250 when it first came out and been £199 most of the time for the last year or so, for £109 (I know it's end of line as the new 2 series are out) I couldn't resist along with the Nextbase 128GB Class 10 U3 Micro SD Card to go with it so everything works fine which was half price from £65 if bought with a Nextbase Dashcam which bought the price of the SD Card inline with the Sandisk Extreme 128GB U3's off Amazon.
First initial thoughts when unboxing was the weight, fell and build quality over the 312 which is night and day in quality imo (Not that there's anything up with the 312 it is still a brilliant bit of kit) The outer metal feel casing is a nice touch along with the polarised lense which give it an expensive look, Next up was switching her on and immediately loved the touch screen which works very well along with the spoken notifications when you press something. Very impressive along with the picture quality which as expected for 4k UHD is a step above the 312, I fail to see where the criticism comes from mine is crystal clear in the day pics number plates of passing cars up brilliantly the night picture is decent aswell imo, Night pics on cameras are always a bit crap imo especially if there isn't much lighting but the 612 is better than I was expecting considering some of the criticism I've read about the night picture quality I'm very happy with it, Also the GPS speed limit display screensaver is a great touch I really like that on! My only negative is the sound quality it records when you have music on especially anything with a bit of bass it sounds all distorted on the playback videos as anybody else had this issue? The 312 never had any trouble with sound distortion no matter how loud the music was.
Below I've attached a few full screen sceenshots of footage from my laptop of the 612, The rear facing ones are my 312.
Go easy on me it's the first time I've done one of these review type posts
First initial thoughts when unboxing was the weight, fell and build quality over the 312 which is night and day in quality imo (Not that there's anything up with the 312 it is still a brilliant bit of kit) The outer metal feel casing is a nice touch along with the polarised lense which give it an expensive look, Next up was switching her on and immediately loved the touch screen which works very well along with the spoken notifications when you press something. Very impressive along with the picture quality which as expected for 4k UHD is a step above the 312, I fail to see where the criticism comes from mine is crystal clear in the day pics number plates of passing cars up brilliantly the night picture is decent aswell imo, Night pics on cameras are always a bit crap imo especially if there isn't much lighting but the 612 is better than I was expecting considering some of the criticism I've read about the night picture quality I'm very happy with it, Also the GPS speed limit display screensaver is a great touch I really like that on! My only negative is the sound quality it records when you have music on especially anything with a bit of bass it sounds all distorted on the playback videos as anybody else had this issue? The 312 never had any trouble with sound distortion no matter how loud the music was.
Below I've attached a few full screen sceenshots of footage from my laptop of the 612, The rear facing ones are my 312.
Go easy on me it's the first time I've done one of these review type posts
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