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Old Nov 6, 2013 | 10:49 PM
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Help me out.

I want something cheap but that works.
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Old Nov 6, 2013 | 11:23 PM
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Sony as10
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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 12:19 AM
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Dash commander for android fone has overlays with gauges and dials etc works pretty well
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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 12:25 AM
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Sony as10
Too expensive. I've gambled on a £25 one from amazon.
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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 07:17 AM
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Got this one and it works great for the money involved ,,it will fix to your interior light and has a great view out the front and rear

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HOT-Two-Ca...item1c365d1042
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 05:26 PM
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I want something small and discreet but cannot find anything worth getting. Even the big names arent getting it right with over heating issues, day/night change issues. To be honest the app 'my car record light', which is free is hard to beat.
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 05:46 PM
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I'm interested in this... would like something for about £50-100 so if there's any recommendations then I'd appreciate it too. Maybe we could have a list of the best cameras in specific price ranges?
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 06:05 PM
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Mobius hd camera. Unreal for the money track cam . Mtb helmet cam. Dash cam cant fault it full 1080p loads of reviews online


Witnessed a crash while on my mtb excuse my language



Youtube doest do the raw footage justice remember pick 1080p

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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 06:13 PM
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I almost can't believe that crash..... are some people really that ******* stupid? Words fail me. Such an easily avoidable mistake..... when you are about to reverse, check your mirrors to make sure nothing is there!
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 06:45 PM
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Cycling with headphones???? Now thats clever
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by theboy
Cycling with headphones???? Now thats clever
Hands free for my phone.

Pointless post now that is clever

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Old Nov 16, 2013 | 09:55 PM
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Check youtube
Guy called" techmoan" has loads of dashcam reviews.
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Old Nov 16, 2013 | 10:18 PM
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The one I got for £25 is Russian lol. So far it seems to work after a fashion. I'm still not sure if it will overwrite to the micro SD when the card is full or not. There are options for 2 min or 3 min loops, with a 2g or 4g 'crash' causing the current 'loop' to be written to the micro SD card. I just have it writing constantly. There is a motion detecting start and stop but this is rubbish in low light conditions. The battery seems to last 30 mins.
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Old Nov 17, 2013 | 03:31 PM
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the mobius loop records its also starts recording soon as I put the ignition on - on its own the battery lasts about 80 mins

techmoan is who recommended it he seems to know his stuff lots of cameras reviewed

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Old Nov 19, 2013 | 06:15 PM
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This is the £25 one from Russia. Works ok I suppose, it does the job. The sucker thingy fell down in the first vid lol.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00B702FR8/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00B702FR8/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Old Nov 24, 2013 | 07:08 PM
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Another thumbs up for the Mobius

£71 including the windscreen mount and shipping from a UK supplier - only took three days to arrive and once you get your head around it and install the set up file it's a cracking piece of kit... the size of a tic tak packet...

Just remember to take the lens cap off before you start recording each trip... yup, done that more than once....
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