Which micro SD card for dashcam

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AGPtek GD26 > F70/i1000 > FineVu CR2000G > Mini 0906
I recently bought a FINEVu CR2000G and the 32 GB cards I have only give me ~3.5 hours of recording time, even with the rear camera turned down to 720P, so I am looking at buying a 64 GB card.

I have whittled it down to these choices:

Transcend -http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CHHTOII/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

PNY Turbo Performance - https://www.amazon.com/gp/B00W77C1QU
Sony - https://www.amazon.com/gp/B00X1404E4
Samsung Pro - https://www.amazon.com/gp/B00IVPU88U
ADATA Premier - https://www.amazon.com/gp/B00CHHTOLK
The front runner was the PNY card, but the price jumped from $29 to $37 overnight, so now I am leaning towards the Transcend, but the ADATA also looks pretty good. Any thoughts?

No SanDisk recommendations, please. ;)
 
You need one MicroSD and one full size SD cards ( one for parking , one for driving )

For dual channel solutions in order to work flawlessly which records both FullHD cameras on one memory card, you need Ultra High speed memory cards like PNY U3, but to be honest I am not sure how reliable is PNY. It may not withstand long term stress of dashcam. I would recommend not to "count every penny" and invest into well known and tested in dashcamworld memory cards brands from Ultra-range like: Lexar 633x- series. Yes, it's about 10usd higher in price than PNY, but at least it has good feedback from dashcam- and action cam users. No wonder why GoPro selected Lexar as their official Memory cards ;)

I would recommend to buy both ( micro- and full size ) cards: Lexar 633x series 64Gb.
 
Well, I was writing a long post with all of my new choices, but as I was writing it, I saw that the Lexar card you recommended dropped to $42.99, so i am going to grab one of those, as well as some extra double-sided tape. https://www.amazon.com/gp/B009NP1JQC
I will add that I don't use the parking mode, so no need for a second SD card. I could just use one of the many 32 GB cards I have laying around anyway.

Thanks for the response, Niko! :)
 
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