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This is an old revision of Dashcams made by ZorrUno on 2020-12-01 05:17:40.
Dashcams
Junsun
Have recently bought these as a dual camera setup, front and rear (2x 1080p for front/rear)https://go.fox.nz/dashcam
Summary
- Not bad overall for the price (Around NZ$160 shipped at the time)- you can get just the front cam and record in 4k (Around $120), and getting the non-GPS models are slightly cheaper (I'd highly recommend the GPS and rear camera though)
- some quirks, eg the car/lane avoidance stuff is useless as it doesn't sound an alarm (visual only.... screen is tiny). Also, I haven't really tested the GPS stuff, it embeds the location in metadata and you can review via their windows app (I think this is a standard, so other apps will read it). GPS is most useful for the fact that you don't need to set time/date - it is done automatically,
- Quality is fine. Window reflections are a bit annoying, but some sort of shroud would probably solve this. Wide visibility with playback is great.
- A big microSD Card is useful (a 128GB card is working fine on one of mine). Keep a spare SD card in the car in case you want to swap them out in a hurry.
- If you push a button (twice if screen is off) it will lock the most recent recording which is nice, ie won't record over it.
- One of mine failed after a few months, (I've purchased 5 sets now), but is still useable and installed... it is just that the display isn't working.
- I've already used it once to send to my insurance company for evidence of an incident!
Powering It
Simplest Method
- It comes with a cig lighter plug and cable. This is not a very elegant install method (the rear camera has a long cable that plugs into the main camera box)
Better Method
- A power cable with piggyback fuse adaptor, is usually the easiest install. Eg I bought a stack of tap mini blade fuse adaptors to speed up installations.l . You still need something to supply 5V, eg a buck boost module
- I've also purchased a couple of these Junsun hardware wire kits to save mucking around with getting 5V power for the install:
- You would generally power it from an ACC circuit so it was on when the key was in. If you power it from a permanent you get a permanent record, but your vehicle battery will only last a couple of days if the car wasn't being used.. Installing a switch might be useful, just in case you want some permanent recording (eg if parked on a road overnight)
Best Method
- These ZEROGOGO Hard Wire Kit 12V to 5V Hardwire kits are probably the best to enable carpark recording and recording when driving.
- They cut power to the camera at around 11.2V, so there is still enough power to start the vehicle. Most cars will easily get a day or two of recording out of the battery before this whuts off the camera. I am successfully using these in a few vehicles now (I also built a similar device with a voltage detection circuit)
Mobius
Previous to that I was using a Mobius camera - I Have recommended these in the past: https://www.mobius-actioncam.com/ and still use one in one of my cars (now with a Junsun as well).These are great quality, have a decent configuration app (windows) and huge following.
They come with a tripod mount, so I purchased this adhesive mount to mount it in a car for $3
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Gopro-Accessories-1-4-Tripod-Mount-Adapter-Long-Screw-J-Hook-Buckle-Flat-Adhesive-Sticky-Mount/32362532310.html
My review a few years ago: https://zorruno.com/2014/dashcams-and-the-80-dollar-mobius/
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CategoryCCTV