The Papago! GoSafe 110 has been running reliably, 24/7, for the last 22 days in my tractor trailer, as I traveled 9200 miles. Day and night video is good. The controls are easy to use. This is a good, basic dash cam that is suitable for most users, in any vehicle.
The first segment of video is from an A118-C dashcam, the second from a Mobius, standard lens dash cams. Both are dashcams I recommend for truckers, inexpensive, and reliable.
This is video from a Mobius, standard lens, dash cam. The mobius is very small, discrete, and pretty reliable. It's about the size of a match box, if you remember what those are?
The A118C is a decent, budget priced Dashcam with good 'bang for the buck' features. Simple to use. Reliable. Good quality video. It does need to be 'semi' permanently mounted by two sided tape, but the camera unit removes and replaces easily on the mounting plate. (As opposed to using a suction cup mount) I've been using one in my tractor trailer for a few months. The Capacitor (C) version is the better choice for big truck use.
Footage from my Mobius dashcam The mobius is small, reliable, and produces good quality video.
The video was accelerated slightly during editing. I'm not really going that fast, and that is not a martian or chipmunk voice on my GPS.
I currently use two Dashcams. One is a Mobius, the other, an HP F-200.
I recommend both, but each has some unique characteristics.
The Mobius is more suited for somebody comfortable with tinkering with computers, programs, apps.
The Mobius is used in various applications, from onboard video on R/C aircraft, 'action' videos, and as a dashcam.
There is no built-in display on the Mobius. You will need to download the video to a computer to view the video, or remove the memory card and play it via a computer. (Or other device).
The Mobius uses standard tripod mounts. You can find many inexpensive mounts on Amazon!
The Mobius is small, unobtrusive, and does pretty well as a 'stealth' dashcam. It's not much bigger than a matchbox. It's powered via the USB port, and you can use various USB cables, or power cords for other electronic products, like most Garmin GPS units.
Truckers, if you want to use a Mobius in your big truck, make sure you have a laptop with you. You will need a laptop to configure the camera, and download or view the videos. There are programs and adapters to configure the Mobius, and download video via a smartphone, but I have not used them. I have a laptop with me all the time, anyway.
The video quality is good, and you can vary the settings via the configuration program.
This is not a 'plug and play' dashcam! You will need a laptop for initial configuration, and periodic updates, checking settings, downloading video files, etc.
The Mobius has a strong following by avid users, and there is a lot of info online for specific uses, and tweaks.
I like the small form factor. Make sure you position the Mobius where you can see the small LED flashing to monitor it is recording and working properly. The LED is small!
The second dashcam I'm using is the HP F200. It has a decent video screen, fairly simple menu, and good quality video. The current price on Amazon is not so great, keep checking for a better price. This is a better dashcam for 'plug and play' type operation, with the exception that the one I bought arrived with Russian language menu selected. It took some fumbling to awitch it to English.
I will be honest, I don't use most of the features of this camera. I just set the time, put a 32gb card in it, and stuck it in my windshield.
This is a Chinese made camera, and I do see some other branded cameras that are probably clones, or the same camera as the HP F200. The HP F210 model has a built in GPS, and has some negative reviews. I've been happy with the F200.
The F200 uses standard tripod threaded type mounts, and has threaded holes on both the top, and bottom of the camera.
It is not huge, but not inconspicuous. It also powers via the USB port. I prefer dashcams to power this way.
Both of these cameras have turned out to be pretty reliable, and produce good video.
This is a dashcam I picked up on Amazon, and have only used once. The video quality isn't great, but it's nice to have the GPS feature. I think this one will end up permanently installed in my car.
The mount uses two sided adhesive tape, to attach the cam unit to your windshield, so it's not something you can easily move from car to car.
I prefer dashcams to have the standard tripod thread mount, but the price at Amazon on this was good enough it was worth a try.
Yes, we all have to learn, sometimes, but this Swift driver was not having a good day. I found this situation more disturbing when the 'helper' walked under the trailer of the truck that was trying to back up. The 'helper' appeared to be a lease operator, who also had a toddler in the truck with him. The child was running around the truck staging area, playing 'hide and seek' under the parked trucks. These trucks were waiting to be called to a door to be unloaded, and may pull out at any moment.
