canadave
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Hi all,
I've been sorting through reviews here and on Amazon, reading articles, etc. for the past three days. I'm still not sure what is best for me to get, so maybe you can help break my brain deadlock.
Here's what I need in a dashcam, in order of importance to me:
1. Inexpensive (around $100-$125 USD or so, max)
2. Weather tough (I live in Edmonton, where winters can get down to -30C or even -40C, and summers can reach +30C)
3. Reliable (I really, really don't want this thing to break in a few months or a year. It's going to be tough enough convincing the wife to let me modify our car with this thing--if it breaks, I'm going to catch hell!)
4. As small and discreet as possible
5. Decent video in both daylight and nighttime (does not have to be superb, just not crummy--I'm not anal about video quality. That being said, in Edmonton in winter, nights can be really long--I drive to work every morning in darkness--so nighttime performance isn't something I can ignore.)
6. Ease of use (if having a screen on the camera makes it wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more convenient to use, then I want one with a screen. If it's no big deal using one without a screen, then I'm fine without a screen).
GPS, parking, G-sensors, and other bells and whistles are unimportant to me.
I was looking at the A118-C, but people seem to be saying it can be unreliable? It seems to tick most of the boxes though. Also the Mobius, but I've read the nighttime video isn't very good.
I've been sorting through reviews here and on Amazon, reading articles, etc. for the past three days. I'm still not sure what is best for me to get, so maybe you can help break my brain deadlock.
Here's what I need in a dashcam, in order of importance to me:
1. Inexpensive (around $100-$125 USD or so, max)
2. Weather tough (I live in Edmonton, where winters can get down to -30C or even -40C, and summers can reach +30C)
3. Reliable (I really, really don't want this thing to break in a few months or a year. It's going to be tough enough convincing the wife to let me modify our car with this thing--if it breaks, I'm going to catch hell!)
4. As small and discreet as possible
5. Decent video in both daylight and nighttime (does not have to be superb, just not crummy--I'm not anal about video quality. That being said, in Edmonton in winter, nights can be really long--I drive to work every morning in darkness--so nighttime performance isn't something I can ignore.)
6. Ease of use (if having a screen on the camera makes it wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more convenient to use, then I want one with a screen. If it's no big deal using one without a screen, then I'm fine without a screen).
GPS, parking, G-sensors, and other bells and whistles are unimportant to me.
I was looking at the A118-C, but people seem to be saying it can be unreliable? It seems to tick most of the boxes though. Also the Mobius, but I've read the nighttime video isn't very good.