wyze as a cyclist security cam

[Fritz]

out here in the narrow road burbs, sometimes I get 6' clearance from MV's, sometimes 6". Seems the smaller cars give greater clearance.

I was thinking that the Wyze might be good for a seat mounted rear view if I could power it with a USB power pack @ 4.8A.

http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...sg-2280280

any experience or thoughts on that?

[space-time]

Why not get a dedicated dash cam?

[mattkime]

I have a pair of these - https://cycliq.com/bike-cameras/

[Fritz]

how's the image and focal distance on the cycliq? good enough to read plates?

though about a dash .....

[Gareth]

Yea, if you're going to go through the trouble of wiring it up to a USB pack, I'd just go with regular dash cams, which will probably be smaller and easier to mount.

I'd also go 4k, it makes a huge difference. Although you have to do your research to figure out which ones are closer to proper 4k. Not sure any really are truly 4k, as most of them are interpolated somehow, but you'd want one that records 2880x2160p, as opposed to ones that just upscale 1080p or 1600p.

I'm assuming cost is a factor, unless you were just unaware of the cycling dedicated cams such as mattkime mentioned, so maybe a cheap action cam would work also. I believe some of them have a "dash cam" mode but it takes some research to figure that out. Note this is vastly different from "loop mode". A proper dash cam mode would record in segments (1, 3, 5 min) until the card is full and then overwrite the oldest clips. "Loop mode" (which is what actual GoPro's and other cameras have) means it records in a specified time loop (i.e. 5, 15, 60 min) in small segments depending on the loop length, and then overwrites the clips in that loop. So you can't have more footage than the longest loop length (i.e. 1 hour). So with "dash cam" mode, you might have hours/days of footage depending on your SD card size, with "loop mode" you never have more than an hour of footage.

[Ken Sp.]

Just get a cheap GoPro copy for under $40 and set it to record continuous loop.

[RAMd®d]

In testing my WYZE cam, the fps seems to be too slow for moving use, with both the cam and potential subject moving.

I'm thinking of putting a cam on my bike (motorcycle) and want a minimum of 1080/60fps.

4K would be nice, but I think 1080p/60fps is better than 4K/30fps for capturing a license plate. That would be my priority for a cam.

[space-time]

Ken Sp. wrote:
Just get a cheap GoPro copy for under $40 and set it to record continuous loop.

can GoPro (genuine or copy) save files if there is an accident? some dedicated dash cams have a force/acceleration sensor that automatically save the files if you get into an accident. Cameras without this feature may overwrite the files, if you have a low capacity microSD card and if no one is aware of the camera to save the files. I could imagine that in a severe accident the first responders take care of the victim and no one things ot check the bike/car for dash camera to prevent overwriting.

A good dash cam can be had for $40-60. especial if you do not need one heat resistant. On the other hand a dash cam may not be dust/water proof.

[Gareth]

space-time wrote:
[quote=Ken Sp.]
Just get a cheap GoPro copy for under $40 and set it to record continuous loop.

can GoPro (genuine or copy) save files if there is an accident? some dedicated dash cams have a force/acceleration sensor that automatically save the files if you get into an accident.
Probably not, but I can say that I usually turn that feature off on my dash cams because even at the lowest setting, it would go off during normal driving and fill up the card with locked clips (could be due to our terrible L.A. roads...).

So with an action cam, that might be a problem since they usually have a 1 hr max loop. With a dash cam, I don't see it as a problem, since a 32GB or 64GB card will hold lots of footage and you're unlikely to overwrite the clip you want (since a dash cams internal battery won't last for more than a few minutes, and the car would have to be on for several hours to overwrite the clip).

[Carm]

Doesn’t the Wyzecam require network access to work properly? Unless you are going to have it tethered to your phone. Also as mentioned, it has low FPS. Go with dash cam.