I keep my eyes on these threads…I always think I want one…. Then I never follow through… But two channel front/rear? yea, I’m in. Been rear ended twice, had a phantom fender scrape I had to pay out of pocket (no camera)… The second rear end? I had to fight tooth and nail, get my insurance going, subrogate, and THEN her insurance took responsibility…
it was pure twilight zone. Without a police report they would not take responsibility without her word that she hit me.
I had pics of everything… car, vin, all damages… her insurance card, her DL… wtf… a video would have been a 2 month timesaver
Similar boat I’m in, wife was rear-ended and she got his insurance card, vin, plate #, phone number. Still no idea why she didn’t call the police, thankfully there were no injuries and fairly minor damages (bent receiver hitch, one parking proximity sensor not working) but at this point I think he could say she backed up into him.
I also have one, it’s great, very clear video both front & rear and there is only one wire to run from front to rear.
I did mine under (not over) the doors and it only took me about 10 minutes including having it all hidden and connected to the rear cam in a 5 door Civic.
If you really don’t want to run wires to the rear, there are dash cams with two cameras, one of which points rearward. There are some significant cons to it though.
With a wifi setup like the one above, you might have very little wiring to do if you have a power port or inverter in the back.
This one is high endurance and they’re usually labeled as such. I used a regular one in my dash cam and it failed after several months. As I understand it, regular ones are not made for the constant write/delete/rewrite cycles. The high endurance ones are and the new ones have lasted almost two years and still going strong.
after having bad experience with few cams, that had great reviews, i only now use cams that stick to the glass, no suction cup mounts, no mirror mounts, they all allow camera to shake\vibrate, it makes lic., plates unrecognizable on the go, even though when the car is stopped, they look very clear. you want rear cam too,
How is the kit wired into the car? I used one that plugs into the OBD port for ease of installation and it provides power when the ignition is off and cuts out completely if low voltage is detected. There are similar kits that plug into the fuse box.
For a dashcam “high endurance” is irrelevant as the moniker is meant for something that being writen and rewriten to for extended periods of time ie 24/7/365 type scenario. But for a dashcam a good microsd is all you really need, I personally use an Adata 128GB microsd I got on sale for $10~ been going strong for 7+ years.