$10 iDigital dash cam review
hello and welcome to my ten dollar dash cam review
i saw this dash cam in the discount variety store for AUD$10, i couldn't pass it up
i'm not expecting miracles, but let's get to it we'll open this and see how bad it is
the unit itself has an LCD
nothing special here
it comes with this suction cup camera mount
it certainly looks like it'll do the job
it's got a charging adapter with a standard usb plug
these are the instructions
i won't go into detail because obviously it's a bit rubbish, but it does function.
let's plug it in and give it a test
not impressed with its field of view
it takes a standard micro SD card
we'll have a look at the settings
note it says 720p
let's insert a card and test if it will record
this is with the lights off, not really seeing anything
i tested it in car later and it did have some night vision
okay we'll open it up and have a look what's inside
that battery doesn't look good, it's bloated
it's like a little splody (exploding) pillow
it's 150 milliamp hours 3.7 volts
i'm just going to remove it because obviously it's no good
OK we'll open it up a bit further and have a look at the other side of that board
there's the microphone so i can catch you swearing when you crash
I assume this is the motion sensor
i won't bore you with all of the reassembly , but i found a battery out of a toy helicopter
i'm going to put that in and then we'll give it a test
pro tip: don't use hot melt glue in a dash cam.
ask me how i know!
cars get very hot in summer, it will melt.
i ended up sticking it back together with superglue
okay here's some dash cam footage
we've got an awful 4x3 aspect ratio
bucketing down rain
probably not the ideal circumstances to test this camera
but accidents do happen in the wet, so if it fails this then it's no good
here's a bit of built up traffic
we can see the number plates
but honestly i think the field of view is too narrow,
we can't even see the bonnet of the car
the camera shakes a lot and the resolution is too low
based on the bloated battery alone i'm going to give it a fail.
So do not buy!
put the $10 towards a better dash cam
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