Someone recommend a nice dash cam that isn't a go-pro?

Z Stig · 09-03-2014, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by dmhenderson

Finally got around to installing the one I bought and it doesn't do half of what I thought it would do. Kinda pissed but oh well.

Features I'm looking for:
-Camera HAS ITS OWN BATTERY that lasts for more than 5 minutes. Due to the location of the Z's cigarette lighter adapter, running around with it plugged in really isn't feasible without looking trashy.

-Some sort of auto-cloud upload capability would be ideal.

-Not super obvious/intrusive

-Long recording time

-Motion activated

I guess I can just buy another Go-Pro if worse comes to worse but I really don't need all the bells and whistles it has.

Mark, I was thinking about the Contour a while back and learned they were going out of business. So I kept looking and found the Sony Action Cam. Great image stabilization, relatively small footprint and GPS tracking with map overlay capability make it a great track day camera. You can control it from your smart phone (I know it works with the iPhone) the one I have requires a case for using in rainy conditions, but the new version allows for a good level of water resistance that doesn't mind a little rain. I also picked up the license plate relocation kit and camera mount. It takes the standard mount and not the GoPro mount that Ptuning in Manassas sells.

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