Submariner Gold
Active Member
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2018
- Messages
- 198
- Reaction score
- 27
- Location
- Berkshire United Kingdom
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Dash Cam
- Vicovation MF3
Overall very pleased.
Initial observation, re accident fault proof. A MB S Class Coupe, with a wide, and longish bonnet, and a wide angle lens gives the perception one is overhanging the oncoming lane. Despite having only 150deg angle and a non fisheye look , one still gets that impression.
Scientifically its easy to prove, just measure the road, and then the width of the car, and proportionately one can work out you are not overhanging the white line.
So all good .. I just have to solve the Parking mode power issue.
Sadly mine has a moulded wire coming out of the cigar lighter plug, and nearly all the inexpensive LiFeP04 powered external banks seem to only have one or two USB outputs.
That would mean running another USB cable with a micro B USB plug on it ... up to the dashcams input. And swapping it and also moving the cigar socket end, from the cars socket to the power bank ... every time one parks and then putting it back ... so that is not viable.
The cleanest solution, is the Nextbase External Power pack because it has an integral 12V DC socke £30 , plus the mains 12V charger £20. So thats £50 for a 6000mA bank
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Initial observation, re accident fault proof. A MB S Class Coupe, with a wide, and longish bonnet, and a wide angle lens gives the perception one is overhanging the oncoming lane. Despite having only 150deg angle and a non fisheye look , one still gets that impression.
Scientifically its easy to prove, just measure the road, and then the width of the car, and proportionately one can work out you are not overhanging the white line.
So all good .. I just have to solve the Parking mode power issue.
Sadly mine has a moulded wire coming out of the cigar lighter plug, and nearly all the inexpensive LiFeP04 powered external banks seem to only have one or two USB outputs.
That would mean running another USB cable with a micro B USB plug on it ... up to the dashcams input. And swapping it and also moving the cigar socket end, from the cars socket to the power bank ... every time one parks and then putting it back ... so that is not viable.
The cleanest solution, is the Nextbase External Power pack because it has an integral 12V DC socke £30 , plus the mains 12V charger £20. So thats £50 for a 6000mA bank
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