tell me about dashcams

[Greg]

This is a subject that's been interesting me more and more recently. Having people regularly try to kill me during my commute does that.

I've been doing some research on the subject, and so far what I've found is a website or two and that some people like a line of cameras under the brand name Blackvue, made by some Korean firm. They seem to be the cat's meow on features, but reliability is poor.

Does anyone here have any practical experience with dash cams? (No need to link any Russian dash cam car - or plane! - crash videos, I've seen them.)

[Aglifter]

I would think a Go Pro could be set up to work.

[randy]

No personal experience, but Kim Kommando advertises one at a not hateful price.

[toad]

Could be right handy for insurance purposes. There have been a couple of instances in the past when i would have liked to have a video of a car driver looking right at me at an intersection and still pull out right in front of me when I was riding a motorcycle.

[Denis]

DX.com has more car DVRs than you can shake a stick at. You can sort by price, and/or by best reviews.

[Erik]

I've been looking at it myself. This is the best source of info I've found.

It really isn't hard to find a dash cam, I've even found apps that lets you use your smartphone. The problem is to find a cam that's useful. I don't want to rig it every time I get into a car, I want to be able to mount it and forget about it. It should start when I start the car, stop when I stop, and record over old recordings when the memory is full. That way I can just leave it there until I might need the video.

[Greg]

I've been looking at it myself. This is the best source of info I've found.

It really isn't hard to find a dash cam, I've even found apps that lets you use your smartphone. The problem is to find a cam that's useful. I don't want to rig it every time I get into a car, I want to be able to mount it and forget about it. It should start when I start the car, stop when I stop, and record over old recordings when the memory is full. That way I can just leave it there until I might need the video.

I've been looking at that site (particularly the forums), there seems to be quite a bit of useful information there but the signal-to-noise ratio is pretty low....