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Showing posts with label trucker tested dash cam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trucker tested dash cam. Show all posts
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Why you need a dash cam in your truck 02-20-2016
90% of most drivers, drive very stupidly. They are impatient, unsafe, and will hurt you, kill you, or at least cost you time and money. Protect yourself from idiots, like this one who uses the shoulder of the highway to pass me. If they run into you, they often LIE. They will claim you did something wrong. Dash Cam video will prove who the real idiot, is. (If you drive safely, and legally.)
Friday, January 1, 2016
Ausdom A261 dash cam from Gearbest.com, tractor trailer video samples 2
The Ausdom A261 dash cam provided for me by GearBest.com has been working well in my truck for two months, while covering around 20,000 miles.
I can recommend this dash cam. The day and night video is good. The cam is reliable, and easy to use.
During this time period, the dash cam was in operation 24/7.
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Ready to buy your a dash cam for your truck?
I can recommend two models of dash cams I have used extensively, and are available from various sources online. Both provide good video, are reliable, and reasonably easy to use.
The Papago GoSafe 110 was a bit of a surprise for me. It's easy to use, has very nice day and night video, and had some other features that made it very suitable for use in a big commercial truck. I didn't expect to like this cam, but I did.
GearBest.com currently has the GoSafe 110 on sale for $63.79, with free shipping.
The second basic dash cam I can recommend is the A118-C.
The A118-C is available from multiple suppliers, online. The video quality is good, night video not as good as the Papago GS110. The A118-C is more discrete than the GS 110 in your windshield. Both of these dash cams use a capacitor, not a battery, which aids in longer unit life with less problems. Both mount to your windshield via two sided tape.
You can also buy an optional GPS module for the A118-C.
The A118-C is proven, and has a pretty good track record for reliability. There are many reviews onliine.
Check the sidebar on the top right for two online sellers of the A118-C.
Ready to buy your first dash cam? You'll be happy with either of these. They're also a good Christmas gift for that trucker in your family.
(They also work well in smaller vehicles!)
A third DashCam I can recommend, is the Ausdom A261 I am currently testing. I've been using it for a few weeks. The video, day and night is good. One downside is it is a 'battery' model.
Sometimes you have problems with the battery and the heat in parked vehicle interiors, but I have not noticed any indication with this cam, yet. Stay tuned for more info.
The A261 uses a suction cup mount, (easier to mount, move, or remove) and has GPS built in.
NOTE: GPS in dash cams is of modest use. Usually the GPS data is embedded in the video file, and only visible using special viewing software.
The Mobius Action/dash cam is one of my favorites. I've been using one in a tractor trailer for about two years, 24/7.
They're small, discrete, and capable. Buy the aftermarket capacitor kit for severe use in any vehicle.
They're not the most 'plug and play' friendly cam out there. They're a good choice for a first cam if you are tech savvy.
You'll need to have a laptop or android phone to setup and maintain a Mobius. There is no display screen.
A dash cam can protect you if you drive safely. If you are a professional driver, this is very important. Too often the driver of 'big trucks' is blamed when the other vehicle was the cause, or contributed significantly to the incident. You may also save you or your company time and money wasted in lawsuits.
Protect yourself, and your job. Get a dash cam.
The Papago GoSafe 110 was a bit of a surprise for me. It's easy to use, has very nice day and night video, and had some other features that made it very suitable for use in a big commercial truck. I didn't expect to like this cam, but I did.
GearBest.com currently has the GoSafe 110 on sale for $63.79, with free shipping.
The second basic dash cam I can recommend is the A118-C.
The A118-C is available from multiple suppliers, online. The video quality is good, night video not as good as the Papago GS110. The A118-C is more discrete than the GS 110 in your windshield. Both of these dash cams use a capacitor, not a battery, which aids in longer unit life with less problems. Both mount to your windshield via two sided tape.
You can also buy an optional GPS module for the A118-C.
The A118-C is proven, and has a pretty good track record for reliability. There are many reviews onliine.
Check the sidebar on the top right for two online sellers of the A118-C.
Ready to buy your first dash cam? You'll be happy with either of these. They're also a good Christmas gift for that trucker in your family.
(They also work well in smaller vehicles!)
A third DashCam I can recommend, is the Ausdom A261 I am currently testing. I've been using it for a few weeks. The video, day and night is good. One downside is it is a 'battery' model.
Sometimes you have problems with the battery and the heat in parked vehicle interiors, but I have not noticed any indication with this cam, yet. Stay tuned for more info.
The A261 uses a suction cup mount, (easier to mount, move, or remove) and has GPS built in.
NOTE: GPS in dash cams is of modest use. Usually the GPS data is embedded in the video file, and only visible using special viewing software.
The Mobius Action/dash cam is one of my favorites. I've been using one in a tractor trailer for about two years, 24/7.
They're small, discrete, and capable. Buy the aftermarket capacitor kit for severe use in any vehicle.
They're not the most 'plug and play' friendly cam out there. They're a good choice for a first cam if you are tech savvy.
You'll need to have a laptop or android phone to setup and maintain a Mobius. There is no display screen.
A dash cam can protect you if you drive safely. If you are a professional driver, this is very important. Too often the driver of 'big trucks' is blamed when the other vehicle was the cause, or contributed significantly to the incident. You may also save you or your company time and money wasted in lawsuits.
Protect yourself, and your job. Get a dash cam.
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Sunday, September 6, 2015
Using dash cams with Motion Detection in parked trucks
Most common dash cams have a 'motion detection' setting that is of little use, or users have unrealistic expectations of the camera.
I've been playing with a few dash cams that have motion detection to see how useful they may be for use in a parked truck.
I have been leaving at least one of my cams running in the truck, while parked overnight, with the hope of detecting vandals, thieves, and other vehicles that may hit my parked truck while I'm away from it, or sleeping.
In normal operation, a dash cam will continuously record, save segments, and erase the oldest segment on the card by recording a new segment over it. This is called 'looping'.
How much coverage you will get on your card depends on the card memory size, and the resolution of your camera. Most of the 1080p cams will maintain the last 4 hours of video on a 32gb card.
This isn't so bad, if you are sleeping in your truck, and somebody breaking into your truck, or another vehicle backs into you truck and flees before you can really wake up and see much.
You can then review the most recent files on your card and possibly see what or who it was.
If you have left your truck parked somewhere, unattended, for an extended period of time, with your cam running in normal mode, it's possible the segment containing the information you want, may have been erased.
I see 'motion detection' mode as a strong possibility to give you some extended parking protection, without dealing with elaborate camera or memory systems.
No, you won't catch everything!
One dash cam will only provide coverage in one direction. If you have it mounted in your windshield, somebody walking up from behind your truck and trying to break in won't start the camera. Likewise, a vehicle striking you from behind isn't likely to result in much useful video in a forward facing cam.
The goal is to add a little more protection, using a dash cam you have to protect you while driving.
A further limitation on motion detection mode usage in long term parking situations include the battery capacity of the vehicle you have the camera in.
If you are reading this, thinking it will work in the car you park for days at a time, you are out of luck. While your typical dash cam only draws about .35 amps, it's enough to kill some car batteries after a few days.
(this is not a problem usually in large trucks, which often have 4-8 batteries.)
Few cameras also have a 'pre buffer' capability, meaning they always record, and save a few second of video BEFORE the motion detector sensor is triggered.
Don't expect miracles, but you may be surprised at how often video from this mode is useful.
Let's look at some video clips for motion detection triggered samples from some currently available dash cams.
Here's a Mobius Wide Angle cam on a brightly lit day.
(All segments start when the cam was triggered, but are not shown in full length)
The next two from a Papago! GoSafe 110, parked in two, different truck stops, with probably better than average lighting.
And the Mobius Wide Angle, again.
I have been leaving at least one of my cams running in the truck, while parked overnight, with the hope of detecting vandals, thieves, and other vehicles that may hit my parked truck while I'm away from it, or sleeping.
In normal operation, a dash cam will continuously record, save segments, and erase the oldest segment on the card by recording a new segment over it. This is called 'looping'.
How much coverage you will get on your card depends on the card memory size, and the resolution of your camera. Most of the 1080p cams will maintain the last 4 hours of video on a 32gb card.
This isn't so bad, if you are sleeping in your truck, and somebody breaking into your truck, or another vehicle backs into you truck and flees before you can really wake up and see much.
You can then review the most recent files on your card and possibly see what or who it was.
If you have left your truck parked somewhere, unattended, for an extended period of time, with your cam running in normal mode, it's possible the segment containing the information you want, may have been erased.
I see 'motion detection' mode as a strong possibility to give you some extended parking protection, without dealing with elaborate camera or memory systems.
No, you won't catch everything!
One dash cam will only provide coverage in one direction. If you have it mounted in your windshield, somebody walking up from behind your truck and trying to break in won't start the camera. Likewise, a vehicle striking you from behind isn't likely to result in much useful video in a forward facing cam.
The goal is to add a little more protection, using a dash cam you have to protect you while driving.
A further limitation on motion detection mode usage in long term parking situations include the battery capacity of the vehicle you have the camera in.
If you are reading this, thinking it will work in the car you park for days at a time, you are out of luck. While your typical dash cam only draws about .35 amps, it's enough to kill some car batteries after a few days.
(this is not a problem usually in large trucks, which often have 4-8 batteries.)
Few cameras also have a 'pre buffer' capability, meaning they always record, and save a few second of video BEFORE the motion detector sensor is triggered.
Don't expect miracles, but you may be surprised at how often video from this mode is useful.
Let's look at some video clips for motion detection triggered samples from some currently available dash cams.
Here's a Mobius Wide Angle cam on a brightly lit day.
(All segments start when the cam was triggered, but are not shown in full length)
The next two from a Papago! GoSafe 110, parked in two, different truck stops, with probably better than average lighting.
And the Mobius Wide Angle, again.
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Papago! GoSafe 110 'Trucker tested' Dash Cam
The Papago! GoSafe 110 is a good, basic dash cam, suitable for truckers.I've been using one for a few weeks, and I'm happy with it.
Day and night video quality is good.
Currently, there is a coupon code at GearBest.com which drops the price to $69.99, US, with free shipping. This is a good deal. Don't buy the overpriced 'junk' cams you see for sale at truck stops. This is better, and cheaper.
Use promotion code GS110 at checkout at GearBest.com to get
this price.
PAPAGO GoSafe110 Capacitance Version HD 720P 2.0 Inch Mini Dashcam Car DVR
from: GearBest
What do I like about this camera?
- Good day and night video
- It has a capacitor, not a battery. This means longer life for the camera, and less problems
- The menu system is pretty easy to use. After some minor configuration, you won't need to use the menu, much. The screen display is also easy to turn off, and on.
- 'Motion Detection' mode works pretty well, coupled with better than average night video.
- Card Format reminder option. You really need to format your memory cards occasionally to extend the life of the card. 'In Camera' formatting is easy.
- Price. The current promotion price is a good deal, and you get a reliable, decent dash cam for a modest amount of money.
The videos below are from the Papago! GoSafe 110 I'm currently using
The Papago! GoSafe 110 works well in motion detection mode, which is useful for protection when your truck or car is parked for hours at a time. You get video coverage of your vehicle, without hours of video with no activity.
Monday, August 31, 2015
YRC, last minute exit
Video from a Papago! GoSafe 110 dash cam
PAPAGO GoSafe110 Capacitance Version HD 720P 2.0 Inch Mini Dashcam Car DVR - $86.99
from: GearBest
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