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Old 09-12-2014, 07:59 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dmhenderson View Post
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.
What did you get and why are you disappointed?

-Battery: for any dashcam, you can get a battery/power pack which will extend the use without relying on car's battery. I see no point to this since I get power from the car directly.

-recording time depends on your settings and memory card.

-I personally dont know of any dashcam that has auto backup to cloud/online storage. main reason is the amount of data that needs to be constantly uploaded I assume. There needs to be a dedicated connection for when you are not around i.e. tethering with your phone.
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