Which Dash Cam?

[JimRockford]

Great thread. I've been looking for one for my 05 Tahoe Z71 and was very interested in the Blackvue, but think I'll keep looking after reading this:

Reasons I Regret Buying a BlackVue Dash Cam — John Huntington

I’ve used portable Dashcams for many years, but this year, before departing on my 8000+ mile storm chasing trip , I thought I’d get one permanently installed. Having had great luck with Garmin in the past, I looked into those units, but my local car electronics dealer—who recently did a great job

controlgeek.net

I have no idea how credible the author is, but thought I'd pass it along.

The Wolfs are out of the running as they cover the stock rearview mirror which takes out the OnStar buttons and outside temp display.

My wish list is all around the vehicle, and hard wired 24/7 parking lot recording, but with battery discharge protection

 

[Shunto]

Gee I thought with some of you paying better than $80k for a truck a Dash cam would be standard issue.

 

[DmaxDenaliXL]

Gee I thought with some of you paying better than $80k for a truck a Dash cam would be standard issue.

I couldn’t agree more. The vehicle has good cameras built in. Why should I have to scab on another device with more cameras? Why can’t the existing hardware record to an SD card or thumb drive. Teslas can do it. Likely others.

 

[BG1988]

Great thread. I've been looking for one for my 05 Tahoe Z71 and was very interested in the Blackvue, but think I'll keep looking after reading this:

Reasons I Regret Buying a BlackVue Dash Cam — John Huntington

I’ve used portable Dashcams for many years, but this year, before departing on my 8000+ mile storm chasing trip , I thought I’d get one permanently installed. Having had great luck with Garmin in the past, I looked into those units, but my local car electronics dealer—who recently did a great job

controlgeek.net

I have no idea how credible the author is, but thought I'd pass it along.

The Wolfs are out of the running as they cover the stock rearview mirror which takes out the OnStar buttons and outside temp display.

My wish list is all around the vehicle, and hard wired 24/7 parking lot recording, but with battery discharge protection

solar panel?

 

[Steebu]

I have a couple of Thinkware. Mainly because they use capacitors rather than batteries internally, which makes them more resistant to heat.

The ability to connect a phone to it with WiFi and download recordings and make settings is nice. No need to plug in cables or pop out a memory card.

I also try when I can to not support chicom manufacturers. Thinkware Is Korean. AFAIK there is no product made in the USA.

Second the Thinkware cams - we swear by them because of the feature set you mentioned. Super-easy to use and install and will get another set (front/rear) with our next car. These days you really shouldn’t drive without a dash cam if you can afford it, just too many crazies out there …

 

[Larryjb]

We have been using Thinkware in 5 vehicles (in the extended family) for years now and are still using our first Thinkware X500.

Just to clarify an earlier post, the capacitors are for recording in the event of a serious crash causing electrical failure. The dashcam will continue to record for another 5 or 10 seconds. They need to be either hard wired (not too difficult) or may be plugged into an accessory. Ours, if hardwired, have a parking mode which records when motion or physical event is detected. We also use the rear dash cam with it.