Dash cam/reversing cam

Read a few threads on this but not quite found what I’m looking for.

After a battery powered (don’t really want to hard wire and can recharge from the inverter in the vehicle if needed) and don’t have a fag lighter anymore.

Really want a dash cam with reverse cam that can also function as a reversing camera

anyone have any experience with these?

No but it's pointless running an inverter to charge a 3.7 Volt battery, when you could power such a low power device straight from a vehicle battery.

@Nodge68 I know that. I’d charge it at home. Mentioned it as a back up in case we were away for a few days. I don’t really want to have to wire it in, although I could, it’s just a pain as I’ve recently tunnelled and tidied up all the aux wiring.

I assumed that all dashcam have a battery life much like my nextbase - less than a minute. Even on standby it flattens a 40amp car battery in 36 hours when hard wired.

boguing said:

I assumed that all dashcam have a battery life much like my nextbase - less than a minute. Even on standby it flattens a 40amp car battery in 36 hours when hard wired.

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There's something wrong with it, as they should use almost zero power in standby, literally a ¼ of a Watt or less.
A good condition 40Ah lead acid battery will supply just over 250 Watt Hours of energy, which is enough to power a dash cam on standby for about 1000 hours.

Nodge68 said:

There's something wrong with it, as they should use almost zero power in standby, literally a ¼ of a Watt or less.
A good condition 40Ah lead acid battery will supply just over 250 Watt Hours of energy, which is enough to power a dash cam on standby for about 1000 hours.

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Don't get me started on duff Nextbase cameras - it's my third or fourth...

In this case though, no, it sits there all ready to film when someone hits the car. Thinking about it - I'll experiment tomorrow but it may be filming continuously and only saving it if there's an impact, thus capturing the period up to the impact.

Sounds like I better just hard wire one in.

payydg said:

Sounds like I better just hard wire one in.

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And bank that feeling of accomplishment.

boguing said:

Don't get me started on duff Nextbase cameras - it's my third or fourth...

In this case though, no, it sits there all ready to film when someone hits the car. Thinking about it - I'll experiment tomorrow but it may be filming continuously and only saving it if there's an impact, thus capturing the period up to the impact.

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Mine would wake up from standby and start filming anything that walked close to the car, even the neighbours cat would wake it up.

Col