timwilky
26-08-17, 02:32 PM
So for 25 quid, off flea bay. 4k, wifi what more do you need,
Same again for a stem mount, then add a spare battery, memory card and this stops looking cheap.
After about an hour the battery is dead. But I have a spare. sod it more expense and a charging case to ensure the battery doesn't die mid ride.
Now put it to the test and a few lessons learned.
1) you may rarely clean your bike Tim. But FFS sake clean the screen if you want to record what is happening in front.
2) Raise the camera so the speed reading is not recorded.
3) Set the time/date so if you have to rely on it for evidence. It may actually be accepted if the date recorded matches the date/time of incident.
4) 4K doesn't take long to eat into a memory card, 1920x1080 is perfectly acceptable.
5) Wifi is a gimic, put the memory card in the laptop. Far faster.
Because of point 2, initial recordings deleted. But all in all. I am happy. I guess even if I had bought a named make, Most of the extra expenditure would still have occurred.
Same again for a stem mount, then add a spare battery, memory card and this stops looking cheap.
After about an hour the battery is dead. But I have a spare. sod it more expense and a charging case to ensure the battery doesn't die mid ride.
Now put it to the test and a few lessons learned.
1) you may rarely clean your bike Tim. But FFS sake clean the screen if you want to record what is happening in front.
2) Raise the camera so the speed reading is not recorded.
3) Set the time/date so if you have to rely on it for evidence. It may actually be accepted if the date recorded matches the date/time of incident.
4) 4K doesn't take long to eat into a memory card, 1920x1080 is perfectly acceptable.
5) Wifi is a gimic, put the memory card in the laptop. Far faster.
Because of point 2, initial recordings deleted. But all in all. I am happy. I guess even if I had bought a named make, Most of the extra expenditure would still have occurred.