best budget dashcam?

[LeeRS]

hi.
looking for the best dashcam for a cheapish price.
have had 2 gopros now and broke both of them. (motocross).
I could buy another one and it be safe inside the car but don't really want to spend loads to just record scenic drives etc.
higher res and good sound of course is a must. Ideally a good battery life but can just be plugged in constantly.

fire away :smile:

 

[Lawless]

I have a SJ4000 cheap action camera which i use for airsofting, never used it on the car, but for the price the quality is amazing.

I picked mine up for £40 delivered

Excuse me running around trying to be an army man but a view of the quality here:
(sound quality is low because its in the waterproof case but im gonna drill a hole for next time where the mic is)

 

[BoatNonce]

Mobius. There's a thread somewhere.

 

[LeeRS]

yeah I saw that @McGherkin. I have a usb converter thing in the lighter socket so will it charge off that?
The Mobius that is.

 

[BoatNonce]

Yup, absolutely. Just need to run a USB to Mini USB cable long enough to reach the camera, or use a USB extension cable to make the standard cable longer.

 

[LeeRS]

will order me one of those then. Job done, cheers

 

[LeeRS]

btw @Lawless, i ended up watching the whole vid... Looks like fun!

 

[Lawless]

btw @Lawless, i ended up watching the whole vid... Looks like fun!

Cheers, Its fun but it also hurts! Its like Paintball... but for real men

 

[LeeRS]

haha, I was going to ask if it was painful. Been paintballing a few times now and came back absolutely battered.

 

[dann2707]

I've got a mobius and I can't fault it at all. Works fairly well in the dark but in the daylight it's excellent.

 

[darkbluesheep]

I have a Mobius, took it snowboarding with me and it worked a treat. Battery life was really good at 720p but drops off a bit at 1080p. Really small too, about the size of a matchbox.

 

[AdDaMan]

I have two SJ4000's. Same as a high spec go pro except with a built in screen. Mine are wifi and are currently £66 each with s**t loads of mounts.

 

[Paul172sport]

What's the best links for a mobius?

 

[darkbluesheep]

I got mine from here - https://www.joovuu.com/gb/

 

[SnappyChariot]

Can anyone recommend a reliable supplier for the SJ4000? The techmoan links are a little unspecific.

 

[Chrisgti6]

eu.banggood.com (Bang Goods UK warehouse)

About £50 for the Mobius or SJ4000

 

[172_Tom]

I got my mobius from banggood.com.

SJ4000 I got from dx.com but their service was rubbish when there was a fault with my waterproof case. Banggood also sell the SJ4000 so I would look at getting it from there.

 

[coverman]

Paid £16 inc. postage for mine from bangood.com. Perfectly adequate as a dash cam to record trafic incidents. Unsuitable for making Hollywood blockbusters.

 

[Addicted]

See the Mobius thread for official resellers, there are fakes out there.

Direct Sellers:China: eletoponline365; digitalele889Re-sellers:

China: HobbyKing (Hong Kong); BangGood;

Singapore: Drone Matters

U.S.: BuyMobius.com, a.k.a. novotm (MA); Massive RC (FL); SPYTEC (NY); ReadyMadeRC (OH); BangGood-US warehouse (CA); JooVuu-US warehouse (PA); HobbyKing-US Warehouse-East (AR); HobbyKing-US Warehouse-West (WA)

Canada: Great Hobbies (PE, ON, AB)

Europe: BangGood (UK warehouse); Webbex (UK); JooVuu (UK); Pakatak (UK); ; Mobius-Cam (NL); Revotech (CZ); Car Black Box (PL); Mobiuscam (RU)​

 

[BoatNonce]

The best memory cards for a mobius are linked in the Mobius thread too.

 

[Chrisgti6]

Paid £16 inc. postage for mine from bangood.com. Perfectly adequate as a dash cam to record trafic incidents. Unsuitable for making Hollywood blockbusters.

What camera was that?

 

[coverman]

CARCAM HD DVR

 

[Daz.]

See the Mobius thread for official resellers, there are fakes out there.

Direct Sellers:China: eletoponline365; digitalele889Re-sellers:

China: HobbyKing (Hong Kong); BangGood;

Singapore: Drone Matters

U.S.: BuyMobius.com, a.k.a. novotm (MA); Massive RC (FL); SPYTEC (NY); ReadyMadeRC (OH); BangGood-US warehouse (CA); JooVuu-US warehouse (PA); HobbyKing-US Warehouse-East (AR); HobbyKing-US Warehouse-West (WA)

Canada: Great Hobbies (PE, ON, AB)

Europe: BangGood (UK warehouse); Webbex (UK); JooVuu (UK); Pakatak (UK); ; Mobius-Cam (NL); Revotech (CZ); Car Black Box (PL); Mobiuscam (RU)​

You got link to the thread? I must be searching for the wrong thing!

 

[172_Tom]

You got link to the thread? I must be searching for the wrong thing!

http://www.cliosport.net/threads/mobius-action-camera-cheap-gopro-alternative-dashcam.760718/

 

[paul the 6th]

CARCAM HD DVR

and is it any good? Or have you only just ordered?

 

[Dannyeff]

i ordered the g1w - its brilliant for 33 quid. tbh it does the damage. i will try to upload a video soon.

 

[coverman]

Had my dashcam forseveral months now.

 

[LeeRS]

got any vids? Just for quality purposes.

 

[BoatNonce]

From the Mobius thread;

Some footage - Youtube decreases the quality of videos considerably, so the raw files from the camera are uploaded to see for yourself.
720p 60fps (camera wasn't quite mounted securely here - with a proper suction mount, or simply being less retarded, it's a lot smoother and more stable.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17905285/REC_0003.MOV
1080p 30fps
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17905285/REC_0013.MOV

 

[LeeRS]

happy with that quality. Mobius it is.

 

[AdDaMan]

but the SJ4000 is better.

 

[BoatNonce]

It's not a better dashcam though.

 

[AdDaMan]

It's not a better dashcam though.

Yeah but from his description he doesnt really want a dashcam (even though he says he does)

 

[MarkCup]

Also consider the G1WH, my review of it...

http://www.cliosport.net/threads/g1wh-dashboard-camera-review.747884/

I have two, front and rear, they're now £41 delivered including a suction and a clamp mount along with a 16gb SD card. I've been running mine now for 9 months and, left permanently fixed in the car, apart from some minor startup niggles for the rear one when it's been freezing over night they both remain fault free.

 

[LeeRS]

Yeah but from his description he doesnt really want a dashcam (even though he says he does)

I want a dashcam.

 

[paddymph]

Bump!

Anything else to look at? Someone's asked me to find a decent dashcam for around £40. It's just to go in his car because he's sick of being crashed into!