70mai dashcam

[EJB]

Couldn't be sure - it was years ago when I was still a noob at car ownership.

These days - I have wised up already.

No worries Boss.

No worries, just sharing info nia.

 

[jumpmanz]

I can't vouch for iRoad will mess up the lens as i don't park open air, and at most only during early morning hours 6-8am when I'm out at the gym.

However, iRoad has this inherent issue after a few years, the internal timing chip will go off and the time will no longer be accurate. Mine is about 3 years before I had to swap a new set. Was on the X9 and swap to FX2 Pro last year because of that. I was lazy to go get a refurbished set from iRoad SG since it's an inherent issue. Previous car also same issue. Changed 2-3 times, including auto-reboot ocassionally.

Apart from that, I'm pleased with the quality, given it's a few hundred, take it as depre over 3 years, negligible. The battery pack didn't last as long as well, mine was barely 2 years in when it lost power, couldn't sustain parking recording when it was supposed to for 40 hours.

That said, these are all expendables and consumables, nothing lasts forever under prolonged usage and exposure to natural elements.

Last gripe is the security flash, the LEDs tend to loose colour at the ends while the center ones usually stay bright, but oh well...

the only good thing about iroad is the accurate battery cut-off if the voltage falls below ur setting.
Never bother about adding the battery pack. Its cheaper if i change the car battery every year.

 

[EJB]

the only good thing about iroad is the accurate battery cut-off if the voltage falls below ur setting.
Never bother about adding the battery pack. Its cheaper if i change the car battery every year.

I have my reasons for the battery, so I'll just use it. I can tap to the car battery but I prefer not to. My battery doesn't come cheap.

 

[Comage]

I have my reasons for the battery, so I'll just use it. I can tap to the car battery but I prefer not to. My battery doesn't come cheap.

Last time I ever did consider adding an external battery pack to guard against low-battery causing no-start on my car.

Then I realised it became a cat and mouse game - since if additional battery capacity is added - does the memory card have sufficient capacity to store the footage?

Case-in-point: My estate carpark is that bad such that when I return home for the day around 5-6PM - the 64GB memory card I have only gets footage stored midway through the night before it starts overwriting itself.

Even if I double it to 128GB - it gets overwritten sometime next morning .

Even if I double it again to 256GB - and I park my vehicle over a long weekend, by Monday morning part of the weekend's footage would already been overwrittend.

So I just gave up and turned off the motion detection feature.

 

[EJB]

Last time I ever did consider adding an external battery pack to guard against low-battery causing no-start on my car.

Then I realised it became a cat and mouse game - since if additional battery capacity is added - does the memory card have sufficient capacity to store the footage?

Case-in-point: My estate carpark is that bad such that when I return home for the day around 5-6PM - the 64GB memory card I have only gets footage stored midway through the night before it starts overwriting itself.

Even if I double it to 128GB - it gets overwritten sometime next morning .

Even if I double it again to 256GB - and I park my vehicle over a long weekend, by Monday morning part of the weekend's footage would already been overwrittend.

So I just gave up and turned off the motion detection feature.

Memory cards are becoming cheaper actually, I'm already using 2x128GB for my parking recording. If there are no events along the drive route, then I don't download and let it get overwritten.

For standby parking recording 128GB is pretty sufficient. You can set the settings in the camera to determine how much space for events, how much for driving, it's all at your fingertips.

For the newer FX2 Pro, they have the incident detection which does not get overwritten, so I guess there is only so much technology can achieve. Just like we go for 2 weeks holiday, nothing is going to stop the recording from being overwritten.

Another POV is...security cameras, like padlocks only serve to DETER people. It does NOT prevent people from theft etc if they really want to do so.

You'll be surprised how many empty lots there are during the day, and people just want to park opposite me.

 

[koster]

Memory cards are becoming cheaper actually, I'm already using 2x128GB for my parking recording. If there are no events along the drive route, then I don't download and let it get overwritten.

For standby parking recording 128GB is pretty sufficient. You can set the settings in the camera to determine how much space for events, how much for driving, it's all at your fingertips.

For the newer FX2 Pro, they have the incident detection which does not get overwritten, so I guess there is only so much technology can achieve. Just like we go for 2 weeks holiday, nothing is going to stop the recording from being overwritten.

Another POV is...security cameras, like padlocks only serve to DETER people. It does NOT prevent people from theft etc if they really want to do so.

You'll be surprised how many empty lots there are during the day, and people just want to park opposite me.

Big brother @EJB is adorable mah so everyone loves big brother @EJB.

 

[EJB]

Big brother @EJB is adorable mah so everyone loves big brother @EJB.

Big brother @koster is cuter.

 

[froztheart]

Yet to face any issue on my A810 - F&B, though its relatively new with about a year in.

 

[Comage]

Memory cards are becoming cheaper actually, I'm already using 2x128GB for my parking recording. If there are no events along the drive route, then I don't download and let it get overwritten.

For standby parking recording 128GB is pretty sufficient. You can set the settings in the camera to determine how much space for events, how much for driving, it's all at your fingertips.

For the newer FX2 Pro, they have the incident detection which does not get overwritten, so I guess there is only so much technology can achieve. Just like we go for 2 weeks holiday, nothing is going to stop the recording from being overwritten.

Another POV is...security cameras, like padlocks only serve to DETER people. It does NOT prevent people from theft etc if they really want to do so.

You'll be surprised how many empty lots there are during the day, and people just want to park opposite me.

I completely know where you're coming from. I used to think like that as well.

Then I moved to my current estate... and any "standby parking recording" (motion detection) essentially became 24/7/365 recording. All the storage cards in the world and battery capacity cannot sustain it at all...

 

[EJB]

I completely know where you're coming from. I used to think like that as well.

Then I moved to my current estate... and any "standby parking recording" (motion detection) essentially became 24/7/365 recording. All the storage cards in the world and battery capacity cannot sustain it at all...

Yeah usually the case but I have no issues keeping like 2-3 days of standby recording on a 128GB.

 

[jumpmanz]

I have my reasons for the battery, so I'll just use it. I can tap to the car battery but I prefer not to. My battery doesn't come cheap.

Oh so far i have 3 all tap to battery. 2 are iroads model. lens getting bad also. thinking about replacing them.
the other one is 70mai A800. the parking mode is not as sensitive as its a collision based sensor. kinda defeat the purpose.

 

[jumpmanz]

Last time I ever did consider adding an external battery pack to guard against low-battery causing no-start on my car.

Then I realised it became a cat and mouse game - since if additional battery capacity is added - does the memory card have sufficient capacity to store the footage?

Case-in-point: My estate carpark is that bad such that when I return home for the day around 5-6PM - the 64GB memory card I have only gets footage stored midway through the night before it starts overwriting itself.

Even if I double it to 128GB - it gets overwritten sometime next morning .

Even if I double it again to 256GB - and I park my vehicle over a long weekend, by Monday morning part of the weekend's footage would already been overwrittend.

So I just gave up and turned off the motion detection feature.

my 1 x 128gb can store 4-5 full days of footage.

 

[Comage]

my 1 x 128gb can store 4-5 full days of footage.

Yes, but you really mean "4-5 days" worth of few hours driving each day, yes? Not 4-5 days of 24hrs block (i.e. 96-120 hrs' worth of video footage)

Back then, I was recording with motion detection turned on - so essentially I was recording almost 12-15hrs footage in a single night back then... which when I returned to my vehicle the next morning, I realised that the footage from the previous evening had already been overwritten.

 

[EJB]

Oh so far i have 3 all tap to batter. 2 are iroads model. lens getting bad also. thinking about replacing them.
the other one is 70mai A800. the parking mode is not as sensitive as its a collision based sensor. kinda defeat the purpose.

In SG, all these detoriates with long time use. All it acts as is a deterrents, nothing else we can hope to get from it. I've resigned myself to get a new one after each set dies. It's part and parcel.

 

[jumpmanz]

Yes, but you really mean "4-5 days" worth of few hours driving each day, yes? Not 4-5 days of 24hrs block (i.e. 96-120 hrs' worth of video footage)

Back then, I was recording with motion detection turned on - so essentially I was recording almost 12-15hrs footage in a single night back then... which when I returned to my vehicle the next morning, I realised that the footage from the previous evening had already been overwritten.

4-5days 24hrs block. using iroad x9. surprisingly my iroad v7 still surviving too.

 

[Comage]

4-5days 24hrs block. using iroad x9. surprisingly my iroad v7 still surviving too.

How do you even do that... my dashcam records video footage at 1920x1080p resolution at around 100MB/minute.

For a 24hr block that is already somewhere in the range of 140GB...

And you mentioned you are using a single 128GB of memory card?

 

[EJB]

How do you even do that... my dashcam records video footage at 1920x1080p resolution at around 100MB/minute.

For a 24hr block that is already somewhere in the range of 140GB...

And you mentioned you are using a single 128GB of memory card?

The cameras do support above 128GB, standby parking does not record continuously, it records on impact or movement detected from either front/rear cam.

So to use up 140GB over night, is a bit impossible. For event recordings like impact, it will not be overwritten. I allocated 40 to driving recording, 60% to parking.

Long periods of parking is LL one... sometimes I park from Fri to Sunday morning or even Monday, only so much we can protect. Finding a secure and better parking lot will help ease the worry.

 

[Comage]

The cameras do support above 128GB, standby parking does not record continuously, it records on impact or movement detected from either front/rear cam.

So to use up 140GB over night, is a bit impossible. For event recordings like impact, it will not be overwritten. I allocated 40 to driving recording, 60% to parking.

Long periods of parking is LL one... sometimes I park from Fri to Sunday morning or even Monday, only so much we can protect. Finding a secure and better parking lot will help ease the worry.

Yes, agreed.

For me, I rather drive nicely, park nicely, be a nice driver and give way to pedestrians at my estate, and then park somewhere further away from foot traffic.

It's been more than 5 years and my car panels hasn't suffered any dings/dents from any bad actors at my estate car park.

Being nice gets you somewhere... at the very least. Rather than have to rely on dashcam to prevent any damage, whether intentional or unintentional.

 

[EJB]

Yes, agreed.

For me, I rather drive nicely, park nicely, be a nice driver and give way to pedestrians at my estate, and then park somewhere further away from foot traffic.

It's been more than 5 years and my car panels hasn't suffered any dings/dents from any bad actors at my estate car park.

Being nice gets you somewhere... at the very least. Rather than have to rely on dashcam to prevent any damage, whether intentional or unintentional.

I'm generally nicer when i get nearer to home

 

[koster]

I'm generally nicer when i get nearer to home

Big brother @EJB is so cute! That really made my day.