05-17-2017, 02:54 PM
I bought this model: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015GQP020 for $50 on amazon after reading a good review site (which came from a link posted here... sorry, don't have time/patience to look it up). Anyway, the thing I liked best about it is that it uses a capacitor instead of a battery. That means it has a much higher level of heat resistance than a battery-based model. I live in Central Florida, which means brutally hot summer days. Since I have it mounted to my rear-view mirror, it gets a lot of direct sun. Batteries will die after a while in the hot sun, and may take a while to start up in hot weather. Not a problem with this model.
Video quality is pretty good (1080p). You can easily read the license plate in front of you when stopped. When moving, you can make out the plate of the car directly in front of you, and also ones to your right or left, as long as they are about one car length ahead. Since mine has no battery, it shuts off immediately when the car is turned off. Mine is semi-permanently mounted to the rear-view mirror, and is very inconspicuous from the outside, and very inconspicuous from the inside. After a day or two, I forgot it was even there. It takes 5 minute videos in a loop. After it fills up the micro-SD card, it starts overwriting the oldest files. I estimated that it will fill a 32GB card after about 5 hours of driving.
Video quality is pretty good (1080p). You can easily read the license plate in front of you when stopped. When moving, you can make out the plate of the car directly in front of you, and also ones to your right or left, as long as they are about one car length ahead. Since mine has no battery, it shuts off immediately when the car is turned off. Mine is semi-permanently mounted to the rear-view mirror, and is very inconspicuous from the outside, and very inconspicuous from the inside. After a day or two, I forgot it was even there. It takes 5 minute videos in a loop. After it fills up the micro-SD card, it starts overwriting the oldest files. I estimated that it will fill a 32GB card after about 5 hours of driving.