In all fairness, buying on 5th December for Christmas delivery was a poor choice. No Chinese supplier is going to get your stuff here on time.

Really don't know why I just bought one?!

Cough BUY A MOBIUS!

I've only got a large 9" but i think it could work!

These any good? anyone got on?

Really don't know why I just bought one?!

Worth a punt at the price, although the mounting bracket doesn't look designed to fit to the windscreen of a car, and I don't fancy drilling into my dashboard :confused:

No.

I know it's cheap, no screen etc but how on earth do you know what recording. Just point it a certain direction and hope for the best?

Clever.....................sorry Protoype never seem them before but for that price worth a try although I did buy a standard dashcam from Tescos only £20 and its smashing

is mounting bracket for cars? :laughing:

Is it really that small? I mean those could be massive hands.

I've been looking for ages for a smallish rechargeable dashcam. But this one looks a bit naff. Reading the reviews of this sounds like the footage is of low quality and battery lasts just 70 mins. Also is this for a car ? Good for the money though OP,

Might buy a cheap smartphone and a car mount from ebay and just record video on that ?!

I've only got a large 9" but i think it could work!

A Mobius ? Ok, I'll check it out, thanks.

dont buy from these jokers,bought something on 5th dec as a gift for xmas,the delivery time 7/10 working days,plenty of time i thought to arrive for xmas.But absolutely no mention of nearly 3 weeks dispatch time,got email 15 minutes ago it has been dispatched today.So now having to brave the weather and crowd to get something else,no idea what.first and last time i use this pathetic company and would not recomend them in any way shape or form,spen the extra bit and buy from a uk company.
worst mail order firm ever!.

Plenty of vids on YOU TUBE

What about a bit of blue tack to hold it down on dash? or bit of double sided tape?

To be fair, I've never had a problem with them to be fair.

£8.82 on fleabay, delivered, I would seriously wonder about the quality,

​That's fair enough

YouTube videos here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxUy1_g6HuA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWHSn7PYShg


Obviously PQ is nowhere near a Mobius and colour accuracy, exposure etc seem a bit off however more than acceptable I'm sure if you simply need to prove you were not at fault in an accident. However, PQ at night may be off in common with many of these dirt cheap cameras.

Banggood and gearbest, aliexpress, etc are fine so long as you factor in the delivery time.

But these cameras are crap. I had one for a remote control plane (I think this type of thing is their real intended use) but quality is awful.

Double cough, Definitely buy a mobius we have three and they have performed flawlessly for well over 2 years now.
They can also be placed where they are almost impossible to be seen from outside the car by the local crack head looking for a quick smash and grab.

Yeah could use my mobile. Thing is its a huge note 4 and I really want something small and discreet ideally. Graham1979 suggested a Mobius which I've never heard of but looks small enough to tuck in unnoticed behind the rear view mirror. I've just sent an email to hobbyrc to see if they stock a mount for a car or if the supplied kit is adaptable for a car.
Will check out that app though, thanks for the suggestion.

Can you hook it up to your android phone somehow?

Cheers, sounds ideal. Worth the £60 by the sound of things.

Fair point really

Would have thought the infra-red LEDs would just reflect off the inside of the windscreen at night...?

Last time I went to the Gearbest site they harvested my email address from my browser, same link a friend of mine started getting emails from them for an address he doesn't use much any more.... Not keen on this practice - hence won't buy from them.

Btw I have a Mobius as well for a few years, I don't know if anything as surpassed it as a cheap good quality cam. It has no screen, but the LEDs tell you what it's doing. I have mine so it starts recording when it gets power , connected to USB from lightersocket.

Take a look on YouTube at 'techmoans' full review of the mobius camera, it was this review that made me decide on buying mine.

Looks like the stock comes from the US, won't you get stung for duty and excise?

​Fairer than Fair I'd say!

​Not so sure. I've only tried it with the small 9" screens. Every time I've gone to use the large 9", there's always been an issue. There's definitely problems with the bigger exact same measurements. Just can't work out what.

Ok will do, thanks.

Recording time is 5 minutes :disappointed:

​my misses has huge hands.....well that's what I tell myself

Which one from Tesco did you buy?

I searched the whole internet for my recordings, but I can't find them. I give up.

​Agreed. Same thing with me for the recent deal on min m8s Android box. Said in stock. Said 10 days delivery but I expected more anyway. Check it 3 weeks later and it's not been despatched yet. Click the option to rush order (why isn't that just standard) and get confirmation it is shipped from Switzerland the next day. Another 2 weeks pass and I check. Then says shipped from China a few days prior, leading to even longer wait. Would never use gearbest again.

For some small projects and maybe a static focused camera these would be fine, but seriously as a dashcam?! What good is one without automatic overwrite facility, automatic sensors for any accidents and locking footage and antishake. Considering now you can get decent dashcams for £50, it would be a tenner wasted towards one if that is your intention.

​Fair play...

No chance given the absolute maximum size the sensor can possible be.
Jeez, the battery life must be awful too. What battery?
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dbpower-ex5000-2-0inch-wifi-14mp-1080p-fhd-action-camera-16-99-prime-21-74-non-prime-2583625
Probably about 50 times better.

It records video in MJPEG format, which is always a sure sign of a cheap/low quality processor. It's essentially just taking lots of JPEG photos and sticking them together without any clever interframe compression.

14 months, no deals!

Somewhere on the website it says that it can only record in 5 minute loops (although the working time is 100 minutes). Is it true or have I misunderstood. Will it not record longer videos, say to the capacity of the memory card, like other dash cams.

Smashing? What did you hit?

fair answer.

​LoL. Try dashcamporn.com

Dashcams only record in short 3 or 5 minute segments on purpose.
If you have an incident where you need to send the footage to the police or insurance you don't want them trawling through hours of your driving so you just send the small few minutes video file. Your memory card will be full off these files in date and time order and the oldest one will get recorded over after a few hours use so you will have a continuous loop.
Also a good dashcam will have a button to save the current file from being overwritten, I used this feature on mine a few weeks ago when a police car passed me at a really dangerous speed and triggered a speed camera just as I was going past it at 30mph so if needed I had proof it wasn't me.

Perfect for ladies toilets.

If you want it as cheap as possible, buy from here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262728413558 - £8.82

edit: It appears theres not many left now. Tons on ebay from reputable sellers for less than £9 though. Do not know why you would buy from gearbest.

We have one in both cars.

Been using for a year.

Faultless and had two incidents in which I used the footage as being non-fault.

What's the best place to buy one from? I've had a look on Amazon but they're saying it's out of stock.

Theres no custom charge for a ten pound item if I remember right

better start watching out for these in changing rooms and toilets

Slightly disappointed that this is screen less. I'm in the market for a dashcam with screen, any recommendations?

Thank you very much for explaining this. I clearly misunderstood. I thought it records for 5 minutes and then re-writes it leaving only 5 minutes of video material in the end.

I think very few will go on windscreens!! spy cams :wink:

Wouldn't mind paying extra for the screen of course, but a screenless dashcam or just any camera is just inconvenient and impractical.

mini usb
not micro usb?

Windows ME support, thank goodness. Who needs windows 7, 8 or 10 support.

Buy an e-prance G1w (it has a screen) but be careful there are many fakes on sale.
I use it as a removable camera in my taxi but my family cars all have mobius cameras fitted because they are so easily hidden above the rear view mirror.

You did not read my question. I very clearly wrote the comment asking for recommendations in buying a dashcam with a screen, why are you going in circle and asking me back? Not only did you not offer any constructive opinions you're trying to start some pointless argument.

Putting cameras behind rearview mirror is getting impractical because modern cars have the rain detector mesh there.

Is there anywhere else a mobius can go at the front? They are great for rear facing.

No you did not!!! You specifically mentioned that 'this' is not for you because it has no screen. You have already ignored recommendations in this thread. You are one of those time-wasters who always ask for 'recommendations' but have a long list of 'must-haves' on a budget of a tenner. When somebody asks you a specific question you get abusive!

I have a Mobius (no screen) and it's not at all impractical.
The lens has a wide enough field of vision that it doesn't need to be pointing perfectly ahead. You can always remove the micro sd card to check footage on your phone or laptop. So setting it up is no more difficult than a dash cam with a screen.
The only other time you'd need to touch the dash cam is if you were in an accident. You would do the exact same procedure whether you had a screen or not - you would remove sd card and send the footage to insurance company from your phone/laptop/PC.

Really can't see a scenario where I'd be involved in an accident and I'd think - damn if only it had a screen!

(facepalm)

"Slightly disappointed that this is screen less. I'm in the market for a dashcam with screen, any recommendations?"
"Wouldn't mind paying extra for the screen of course, but a screenless dashcam or just any camera is just inconvenient and impractical."

Something perverted.

You have a very long history of asking inane and irrelevant questions.You need to stop being ungrateful! There are plenty of folks above who are trying to help you; at least have some decency to thank them or let them know FFS!

Thanks. Ordered ! Do you know if the supplied cradle can be modified for a windscreen ? Or do you have to order a cradle etc ?

Looks good and the image quality looks excellent from the amazon review, thank you!

I just ordered mine here, £64.73 with the cheapest postage.
http://www.hobbyrc.co.uk/mobius-actioncam-1080p-fpv-video-camera

I bet you say that to all the girls.... :wink:

​Link please

It doesn't do continuous recording (looping). Also no way setting any date, time or speed. Some sort of a cheap version of the Polaroid Cube.

Sorry cant remember what the name without going out to the car but it was £20 it was from the kiosk when I filled up with fuel and havent hit anyone yet !!!! :smiley:

You're right, most probably this fella

​hahahaha

​you need either a suction mount or a permanent fixture mount.

I use the former and it's superb.

Make sure you order direct from the manufacturer on eBay.

After sales is superb.

Could I fit it under my bycicle helmet for cycling in the rain?

would it make a good little camera to catch some loafing d*ck out at work

what warehouse option do you choose?

I know the one. It's exactly like the E-Prance in appearance, but without the branding and a lower image quality, £19.99. I also bought one, because I wanted the suction mount!
These filling station deals are transient, but will reappear at some point.

Bargain... ordered one...now just need to buy a car off HUKD.

I think it might work well on the bicycle - worth a try

If it's urinal mounted ?

can you do spy cam with this? :smile:

Get the Autovox B40 wedge dash cam (or whatever is the updated version of it). Very hidden, has a screen, has all the dashcam features such as looping file when full, record on start etc.. so you don't even need to think about it once installed. Had mine for couple of years now, works a treat and used to overturn an accident that insurance initially said was my fault.

​yeah.....He takes the ****

Info for those wanting to look into getting a mobius http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/mobius-c2-hd-dashcam-46-74-delivered-banggood-com-2296587

Just checked some footage of this tinycam HERE and it's better than my Blackvue DR500GW which I paid £218 for, albeit over three years ago now (cam quality has came a long way in three years I guess).

The Chinglish from the Gearbest Girl is the best! :confused: Better than my Englinese tho'!

​To be fair, lm fairly sure that it fair enough

I've got one. have up as never knew when sd card was full

There must be something wrong with your Blackvue because this camera's footage is diabolical, the so called 1080p seems to record at 15fps

Best dashcam are made by think ware like the 750 or 770. blackvue used to be good. mobius pq isnt great, has a stupid suction holder and few features

thinkware make the best cameras, makes the mobius look like a cheap toy with its laughable suction holder

​place it below the sensor as long as it foesnt affect your vision or put it to the left on the passenger side

​thinkware cameras have a dual save function which records to internal memory as well as the sd card

Whitch one did you buy if u don't mind me asking

That isn't the total record time, it records 5 minute files for redundancy as do most dash cams. It's better to split up recordings like that.

its not a car dashcam and prior was sold as a spy camera. i believe people will be disappointed for dashcam

​Thanks for the heads up

or this one.....?
http://m.gearbest.com/car-dvr/pp_375217.html

Even if the Mobius breaks you can buy replacement parts and it's easy to take apart. Have one on my cycle helmet and it's been great.

Sneeze THANK YOU

I happened to order some items off ebay for my daughter on 11th Dec from an eBay seller in China (not full expecting them to arrive by the expected date advertised before Christmas as it was free delivery on low cost items) and they arrived 2 days ago. It is always going to be pot luck though

If You Order It Now You should Get it for xmas 2017

Reviews look okay
https://youtu.be/8K_aBR255l0
https://youtu.be/nWHSn7PYShg

I can't find the manufacturer on ebay. Silly question but I take it they're called Mobius ? There's loads on there.

Sweet. I'm a size 7 shoe and my dad's 8. Gonna grab an old pair of his and put this in the end for new years up-skirts in the pubs n clubs.
Uh oh, won't get here in time ARRRGGGHHHH

Cheers op, bought to go in the rear of my daughters car, got a Boblov M6 Plus up front which is a cracking dashcam for the money.

I managed to get something I ordered from gearbest on the 3rd of this month in time for Christmas, took about 15 days I think using the priority lane option. Though to be on the safe side I would recommend ordering at least a month before if ordering as gifts via priority lane option and 2 months if selecting the free delivery option.

urm click bait or real thing???

These things are shocking trust me. Not the easiest thing to use either. The quality's not the best. You get what you pay for

​No, not Mobius
I'll dig it out for you.

​
manufacturer:
eletoponline365

ET phone home ???

Everybody knows that these wont be used in a car. I bet 65% of people buying these will hide them in either bedrooms, bathrooms or changing rooms

These kind of discreet little hidden cameras are quite scary. there's probably millions of these kind all over the world filming the wrong thing. and the boys and girls know nothing about them.

so this is for a car eh?

​Yeah, and that's what you tell people in the Gents...!

​Or a well trained ant....

I bought a mini keyfob spy camera for about £3 and pleasantly surprised at quality. But buttons poor quality and too fiddly for serious use. I ended up buying Mobius 2 ( not Mobius or Mobius v2 - there is a big difference). Mobius are manufactured in China so you might as well buy from a Chinese seller ( UK sellers either don't have Mobius 2 in stock yet, or are very expensive ).

cheaper on ebay lol

I'd be interested to know what delivery method you used? It says 10-30 business days to UK on standard.

Thanks for the idea, bought :smile:

What's the quality of PQ like compare to previous generations?

Or you could fit it on ya boots, would be perfect for up skirts

Looooooool, sorry. :-)

I hear the sound of 'shackles'? (and it's not even BDSM Night ..... )

Price £12.50 by me am i missing anything ?

​well all I can say is you have been very lucky! no refund offered here, just a voucher to spend on their site! no thanks. shop elsewhere

​I got stung 25% 8mport duty on the last item I bought from them.

​That looks quite decent quality for the size and money :sunglasses:

I bought a tablet from them delivery was terrible, I had insurance so I made a claim, the very next day I received my tablet, the woman who delivered it worked for Hermes (I think) and it appeared she had had the parcel for over a month so I don't think it is fair to heap all the blame on Gearbest, the tablet works well and I have had no problems.

How sad to feel the need to have constant surveillance on our fellow citizens. The world we live will become a very depressing one with items like this becoming adopted as normal practice.

heat

its **** and choppy you get what you pay for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxUy1_g6HuA

same hear,,:smile:

still available so why expired?

It probably did expire & they got more stock :smiley:

These are good for wild life tracking tigers and lions Wrraaaaaaaaaa.

So what are dashcams for ? Is it just for insurance purpose in case of an accident or am I missing something else

I am sure I read somewhere that insurance might be cheaper in the future for people with them

Some comments on here are priceless.

It's a 1080p video camera for a tenner FFS.

Well a little known fact about cameras is that they will record anything in the direction they are pointed, amazing eh, who'd have thought it.

The blokes must be buying this to spy on their other half lol & And the women must be doing the same too lol.

I bought two phones from them. People don't understand they are half way round the world and when shipping it needs to be practical costing so a £19 peice of kit won't ship out right away. They need to wait for more orders, plus it states on their website to allow time for payment etc. I spent just shy of £300 ordered in 28 November last year and received on 14th December. Paid for expidited shipping by plane which meant it arrived on time. Great customer service.

MrN0Clu3!

Hey!

It's so you can show your mates the poor quality of driving you have to face on a daily basis. Mainly from foreign and Audi drivers.

wow, is really really small, so easy to hide well?

7/10 working days, is NOT "plenty of time" when you are buying from china, 4 to 6 weeks for delivery is normal.

£9.61 or $11.99usd if you click vai the email link they sent this morning

To those who are not sure if they are any good. They are better than not having one at all.

I bought about 10 items from Gearbest between late October and early December, all arrived well before the 25th

yeah dash cam right.... cough* I left it in the changing room by acident

Ordered from gearbest. I've bought loads of ecig and other small items from them, never had a problem. Of course you have to wait for the slow boat or pay a little towards epacket postage for slightly faster delivery.

£8.82 on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MINI-SQ8-DV-1080P-FULL-HD-CAR-SPORTS-ALUMINUM-VIDEO-CAMERA-RECORDER-GLAMOUROUS-/262728413558?hash=item3d2bd57176:g:6rkAAOSwHMJYMsRA

On the plus side at least they don't take up much space in landfill.

What model is this if you don't mind sharing

Everything I've ever bought from that site is a POS!

>_<

Come on then... Who bought one? With all the heat someone must have.

Obviously is a poor camera, but can this be made to continually record and overwrite a memory card when full?
Can it run directly run if powered by USB?

mine arrived today: didnt figure recording method yet but not had much time: will tinker more tomorrow

Mine arrived and I can answer both parts.

Can it record whilst charging - Yes stated on instructions

Can it continuously record (i.e overwrite) - Mentions in instructions; 'Automatically save 5minutes continous Video, Cycle Cover'

So again that seems a yes but not tested yet. Bought mine off ebay.

Any chance you can hook it up to your car and test it during day / night and then let us know?

Mine arrived today . Can anyone recommend a method to mount this on car.. Really struggling to find an idea.

this is only £9 on ebay

I will do at some point, Im not expecting much from the nighttime but my purpose is for a car i only use during the daytime. I'll probably test it next weekend.

Someone mentioned how to attach. I've gone very simple.

Velcro, cut to a small square and find a place to put the camera in appropriate position (dependant on wires etc...). The velcro will come off the dashboard as well if you ever wanted to remove it just might need to clean the bit of glue left behind.

Nice one, looking forward to your review. I already have methods I currently use for stealth installs etc.
When you test, could you tell us the following:
1) Does it run hot?
2) Does it have a setting to shut down gracefully (i.e. can if close the recording and camera without damaging the unit or sd card when power is instantly turned off?
3) Any loss between Video clips and also the size of each clip.
4) Any LED indicators on the unit while in operation
5) Big ask this, but could you upload a video somewhere of it in use in a car?

Thanks

Mine arrived a few days ago.

A couple of thoughts..

1) It absolutely burns through the memory. In 720p/30 mode it's creating a 500-600Mb .avi every 5 minutes, so the 32 gig card I put in will only record for a few hours before it starts overwriting earlier files.

2) Uses a tiny proprietary USB cable (smaller than Micro) and annoyingly it sticks out of the side. This is a problem when recording while charging, as the bracket that comes with the camera swivels. Therefore, due to the weight of the cable on one side, the camera ends up tilting. The swivel is very loose. I've ditched the bracket and use blu-tack instead.

3) Yes, runs hot

4) Grainy picture, though is smooth. I've yet to try during proper daylight though - just giving it a run in the car during the evening.

5) Sound is surprisingly good - it picked up my moaning at other drivers loud and clear :wink:

6) No LED when operating. The instructions are confusing and it's hard to get it to actually start recording, but once you do the blue LED goes off.

7) The night-vision mode is pretty useless, as the lights seem to have a tiny range, about 18 inches max. Everything beyond that distance is black.

Still, not bad for a tenner I guess. It's my first 'DV' cam and good enough for occasional use in the car when I'm making long journeys.

I am not sure if this is going to be suitable as a car dashcam. This needs to be turned on / turned off manually and how many of us will remember to do so every time we drive. Ideally a dashcam should turn itself on and start recording when the ignition is turned on, i.e., when the cigarette lighter socket gets power.

Thanks for this, no autostart on ignition is a deal-breaker for me (dashcam use)

they actually are small, like smaller than 50p coin

They are not ideal for Dashcams, infact, they are crap

I suppose that would be good as an extra one for the rear of a car, but mounting bracket does seem weird...