In Car Video Camera For Less Than £11

[btmaldon]

I saw this advert and thought I would give it a try:

http://astore.amazon.co.uk/thederangeddr-21/detail/B005Q6CJI4

At less than £11 I wasn't expecting much. It arrived yesterday so I put in my car today. It comes with a 3m power lead so you can put it anywhere on the windscreen and run the cable and tuck it away and still reach the power socket. Its also got a rechargeable battery, screen suction mounting kit and a USB Lead.

I stuck in a 2gb SD card I had lying around and I was amazed at how good it is for the money. The sound isn't great but what do you expect for this price.

[Goodkat]

What is the video quality like? In this day and age I am tempted more and more to get a dashcam.

[btmaldon]

I have only used it on the second quality level 720 x 480 and it was OK. I haven't tried it at night yet. I also want try it on 1280x 960 but only having a 2gb card in there Im not sure how much video it can take.

You can put it on a loop so it records individual files from 1 minute to 15 minutes long and when it comes to the end of the memory it automatically deletes the first file and replaces it with a new one.

It also starts recording as soon as you turn it on and will shut down automatically as well if there is no movement.

[SeanW]

I've seen these reviewed elsewhere...not good...they have a habit of just stopping - usually after a few weeks

[stevegtuk]

I bought one of these a couple of years back for about £20, it has been very temperamental as in the buttons only work when they want to, and it will stop itself for no reason. I guess you get what you pay for.

[jeebowhite]

Got any video samples?

[btmaldon]

Got any video samples?

Not that I can upload.

Its not HD quality and if it lasts a few months I will be happy. You are not going to make a movie with it so it shouldn't take a lot of abuse as you only have to hit the power button and not even that when you use the power lead.

[jeebowhite]

Will be interesting to see how it looks

[btmaldon]

Last time I checked they were going for £9.26. Looks like I over paid.

[jeebowhite]

even then if it does the job, is clear enough and suits the minimum requirements then its a good job never the less, even for £2 overpay!

[Phil 87]

The problem with some of these cheap dash cams is the video quality is so bad you sometimes can't even read number plates. You can get a Mobius for about £40 and that's all the dash cam most people will ever need.

[jeebowhite]

Agreed or my gs for half that :-D