3 year guarantee. G-sensor - automatic video recording when motion or impact is detected Rechargeable Li-ion battery* (3.7V / 200 mAh) 12/24 V adaptor and charging cable Time and date stamp Built-in microphone and speaker Micro-SD card slot for memory cards up to 32GB 7.62 cm (3“) preview display Night recording possible with adequate street lighting HD video resolution: 1920 x 1080 px / 30 fps 1280 x 720 px / 60 fps 640 x 480 px / 30 fps Photo: 3 MP
You sound like the instructions you get with a Chinese dash cam
0scar222
17 Jul 1712#6
Its loop recording so 32gb is more than enough
Graham1979
17 Jul 178#1
Buy a mobius action camera, costs bit more but awesome kit and app
melted to Dekard97
17 Jul 173#41
I'm surprised you bothered to post that cheeky
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Graham1979
17 Jul 178#1
Buy a mobius action camera, costs bit more but awesome kit and app
rporteo to Graham1979
17 Jul 17#7
Agree, but app?
cargill85
17 Jul 17#2
Heat from me.
Baz417
17 Jul 17#3
Not a bad price however you would not go far in terms of quality although I might be wrong as my experience with previous cheap dashcam wasn't very good. Heat added for the price.
J4GG4
17 Jul 17#4
The selling point for me for these kinda things is the ability to show a good clear number plate reading image at night.
As we don't know what other model is currently selling out there thats the same as this lidl dashcam, we cannot youtube it.
frakison to J4GG4
17 Jul 17#17
I'd like to know which cams can grab a legible number plate at night of an oncoming vehicle, I've got the NB415 and it struggles with glare :confused:
118luke
17 Jul 17#5
32GB memory card limit. Not good for 24/7 recording.
I'm out
0scar222
17 Jul 1712#6
Its loop recording so 32gb is more than enough
sellular-phones
17 Jul 17#8
Can anyone recommend the best camera to get for a budget of £40. Is thus one goodbye enough?
You sound like the instructions you get with a Chinese dash cam
melted to sellular-phones
17 Jul 171#13
Unfortunately, Lidl don't give enough specs to make a proper judgement, we're not even told the size of the sensor, let alone what chipset it uses, and I haven't seen this model listed on Lidl's offer site before.
The 30fps frame rate at 1080p and 60 at 720p would suggest that it is at least a relatively modern chipset so likely to be true 1080p and use a decent compression codec like h264, rather than 720p interpolated up to 1080p with mjpeg recording like I believe some of lidls previous models were.
My guess is it will be a low end budget chipset, like the General Plus one used in the G1WHT - a later, inferior version of the G1WH, so you may well be able to do a fair bit better if you are prepared to do a bit of research and buy from china. I found the forums here fairly helpful when I was looking for a budget dashcam:- https://dashcamtalk.com
On the up side it does have a 3 year guarantee providing you don't lose the receipt and Lidl is more convenient if you need to take it back.
0scar222 to sellular-phones
17 Jul 171#15
G1w off ebay you can get them now for about £17 . Had for couple years find video quality excellent even at night
Take look on youtube clips of G1w
tarryboy to sellular-phones
17 Jul 173#16
Goodbye to you too sir.
Jaybeam
17 Jul 17#9
Seems a bit dear for these cheap dash cams l bought one from Amazon for £19!
Graham1979
17 Jul 171#11
Dude the Mobius app for windows and android. Not sure about ios but the app is class, so many settings can be altered by the user.
pablomalin
17 Jul 17#14
I would never buy a dashcam with built in battery, look for capacitor versions, g1wc, mobius a118C/119C etc..
anthony69 to pablomalin
19 Jul 17#48
Capacitors are very poor at holding their charge, so I wouldn't expect any functions such as impact detection for example when its switched off.
118luke
17 Jul 17#18
Not if you notice the day after someone has hit your car while it's been parked.
Your precious evidence will have been overwritten. Will not use a dash cam with less than 128gb sd card now
alexjameshaines
17 Jul 172#19
Most of these cameras don't have 24/7 recording. That is a specialised feature and would require proper wiring. Heck, most don't even have parking collision detection as it requires a permanent live and most people just plug into the cigarette lighter.
Misslovely
17 Jul 17#20
If you are lazy like me then this is too big. It's size of a mobile. Mine stayed in glove box for 2 years unless i traveled far. Buy those small hidden cameras
melted to Misslovely
17 Jul 17#23
I bought my father a G1WH about 3 years ago , which is probably a similar size, and it has been permanently mounted behind and to the right of his rear view mirror ever since in his last two cars.
I blacked out its pointless white plastic led cover with insulation tape, and the case is all black with no chrome or printing on it, so Its not very noticeable through the windscreen and it doesn't look valuable.
No one has attempted to steal it to date.
118luke
17 Jul 17#21
...which I have. Mine is hard wired into the car, and even if you don't know how to do it, an auto electrician should be able to do it in half an hour.
You should protect your car just as much when you aren't driving it.
One hit and run in a car park and the camera has paid for itself.
You don't even need "parking collision detection" if there is even such a thing?
Continuous recording on a 128gb card gives around 2 days worth of recording - which is plenty of time to spot damage on your car and review the footage.
No but a front + rear one has a good chance of covering everything.
Better than not having one at all isn't it? Unless you don't mind having your door/sill scraped and dented by that one idiot that turned too early and too sharply when reversing out of a space
androoski
17 Jul 17#27
Not so, on my camera it registers the shock and preserves the 3 minutes of video around the incident.
It does the same even if you brake hard, and there is a button that can be pressed to lock a file too.
I don't know if this Lidl one has a G-Sensor, but a 32GB recording is not the limiting factor.
Biggunspaul
17 Jul 172#28
Why are people voting hot on a product that nobody knows what the quality is like and it's not even for sale yet.
It could a pile of junk,and the price isn't even that cheap.
I'm sure some people just vote hot on ANYTHING that is sold by Lidl or Aldi.
Jaybeam to Biggunspaul
17 Jul 17#38
I second that - ridiculous! Put a tin of peas on here from Lidl and it will make loads of Heat.
118luke
17 Jul 17#29
You cannot rely on a G sensor for a hit in a car park. Chances are the force from the impact won't be enough to wake up the camera, yet will still be enough to scrape and dent the car.
emmacowley
17 Jul 17#31
I'm very dense when it comes to modern technology so excuse my ignorance; does this device record while the car is parked on my driveway? I would like to know if some of the pesky kids from my street are responsible for the scatches on my car.
118luke to emmacowley
17 Jul 17#34
This is what people have been talking to me about (in ignorance)
In my opinion it wouldn't be a good camera to use continuously as it can't use a big memory card. By the time you notice the scratch, the recording will be overwritten.
Look for a möbius actioncam. They are very good and take much larger memory cards. Their small size makes them discreet too.
scouser999 to emmacowley
18 Jul 171#45
Na, they're all off solving crimes SCOOOBBBBBYYYY DOOOBBBYYY DOOOOOOOO cheeky
118luke
17 Jul 17#32
Mobius actioncam. Can't fault them, both work perfectly for 24/7 and support 128gb
melted
17 Jul 171#33
If you want parking protection two lens is the absolute minimum and I would have thought that two days isn't really enough recording time, I know my father has only discovered some scratch marks and other minor damage when he has cleaned his car, so could have happened any time in the previous week. The worst was a very deep, but narrow dent in his last car's bonnet, we couldn't figure what had been used on it, although I did wonder if someone had shot a ball bearing gun at him overhead from a bridge.
118luke
17 Jul 17#35
I agree with you as it depends how much you check your car. If you only check it in detail when it is cleaned then you'll only spot massively obvious dents and scrapes and miss the smaller scuffs & scratches. As a victim of a hit + run driver who kindly stoved in my rear door (needing me to source a new door) - i wouldn't be without now.
2 cameras won't cover absolutely everything but will cover the majority of the car. You only need to be able to see the car driving away after they have hit the car - which is highly likely they will leave from either the front or rear direction of the car. Like I say, it's better than nothing at all.
MrDB
17 Jul 172#36
Looks like a rebranded version of the Marbella Lx2 to me. Could be
The case does look the same (although that doesn't guarantee it is the same insides).
luckyfives
17 Jul 17#39
Another vote for the gw1h had mine since 2014 and never gone wrong once, crystal clear picture.
Cost about 35 quid from bangood with English menus. Agree that the range of quality on these cams can be massively variable but you can get great ones for under £40 for sure!
Dekard97
17 Jul 171#40
I'd love a dash cam, but unfortunately I can't be arsed
melted to Dekard97
17 Jul 173#41
I'm surprised you bothered to post that cheeky
melted
17 Jul 17#43
I think you'd have to be very lucky to receive a genuine 1080p G1W for £17. You are much more likely to be sent something in the same case, but based on an inferior chipset like the Novatech 96220 which is natively 720p, and uses interpolation to upscale to 1080p .
Proper G1W, G1WC and G1WH dash cams are based on the novatek nt96650 processor and ar0330 sensor (same as the original mobius) and are very good in their price range.
However, the G1W/C/H were probably based on the chip manufacturer's reference design and used off the shelf generic cases and even off the shelf cardboard boxes, so several manufactures made what could be said to be genuine ones of varying build quality, and several more made 'fake' cheap versions using the same cases but much cheaper chipsets with inferior to very poor video quality.
1616french
17 Jul 17#44
There seems to be a few different brands of G1w on eBay.
Can you recommend any in particular?
Thanks.
robertoegg
19 Jul 17#46
I've never had an accident in 20 odd years of driving. My wife has, it was sorted amicably without the need for "cameras".
What the hell is the point of these things if not to indulge in the modern love of shaming others?
With the number of crash for cash scams and the huge numbers of bad drivers on the roads today what's the point in not having a sub 40 quid dashcam in you car that could potentially prove your innocence when you are involved in a collision and avoid you losing your no claims bonus.
matthat
19 Jul 17#51
I researched to try to find genuine ones -(bought from banggood) hopefully they were as the chips seem to be correct , but a year later only one of the 3 still works and the screen is faulty on that one (the returns was pointless as it cost more than the items worth). the YI in my opinion is better for a cheap dash cam
robertoegg
19 Jul 17#52
Ok, here's the deal. If you want to dash-cam people, you should allow your own usage to be monitored and assessed :smile:
This looks the same as the one on Amazon Daily Deal today for £27.
melted to robwdavies
19 Jul 17#55
Well, you didn't provide the link, but I found a vaguely similar looking one in the "deals" for £27, but the processor that uses is a crap one, that's not genuine 1080p, so poor value and best avoided.
The case of the lidl one looks very much like the "Marbella Lx2" as MrDB pointed out. If it does also have the same internals, it could be a good buy and a 3 year guarantee too, on the other had if it turns out to be another upscalled 720p job, lidl is not far to take it back.
androoski
19 Jul 17#57
The camera doesn't need to wake up. The dameravis recording anyway on loop but the G-Sensor locks the current file so it doesn't get overwritten.
androoski
19 Jul 17#58
"In ignorance" ? That's a bit rude.
If ignorance is owning and using one, then OK.
But the accompanying app shows the g sensor reading and if the the trace goes slightly different from the previous trend then it locks the file so it can't be overwritten.
Actual real world use.
Now the Mobius, I had but it had no GPS and suffered badly when left in the windscreen in the sun
termite
19 Jul 17#59
My fag lighter is always live.
118luke
19 Jul 17#60
As i say, you're heavily relying on 2 factors with the G-sensor and loop recording on a small memory card:
1) That the impact is great enough for the G-sensor to trigger (i'm very doubtfull that a car park collision with a parked car while travelling 2-3mph would have a high enough impact to trigger the G-sensor to lock the file from being overwritten, else the camera would be locking recordings every time you went over a bump in the road.
2) if the G-sensor did not kick in, you have just a few hours to notice the damage and save the evidence from being overwritten.
GPS is hardly a deal breaker, the mobius has a G-Sensor as well if you desired to use it and the Mobius will have greater support/accessories to it than this cam.
Plus, it sounds like you diddn't replace your battery with a supercap, something that is well documented as a must-do, as LiPo batteries do not like heat too much.
That is an issue common to ALL dash-cams including a £140 piece-of-garbage Nextbase 512G. Both my mobius cams have given continuous service with no issues and 128GB micro SD cards.
petermcgregor14
19 Jul 17#61
To their credit. At least they really went with an authentic chinese profile name.
alexjameshaines
20 Jul 17#62
Most cars are not like that as you have the potential for idiots (read general public) to leave stuff plugged in.
rdann
22 Jul 17#63
Mine has a sensor and on any impact it will save the footage separately and not overwrite it, is this not a standard feature on most cams?
alexjameshaines
22 Jul 17#64
Mine has a G sensor but it is useless without power so without a live keeping it running it can't be trusted. There are so many different cameras I can't possibly speak for even knowing 1% of them though so take what I say with a pinch of salt.
rdann
22 Jul 17#65
My car got dented in a car park, only a small dent and my cam picked it up no problem., But unfortunately I parked the car front first so did not get the reg of the offending vehicle, now I always reverse in my car when parking.
This dashcam would be useless as an action cam and I suspect that action cam would be equally useless as a dashcam. Several reviewers of the action cam claim the video quality is poor, it doesn't appear to have a windscreen mount, is the lens wide enough, will its 1hr battery survive the heat in a car windscreen, does it do loop recording and start and stop recording automatically when powered, does it have a g sensor to lock files?
westonborn
23 Jul 17#69
Only mushy peas though garden ones are not good quality to green! Heat added to mushy peas
ssc1
23 Jul 17#70
This or G1W-c.
EndemicAlarm
24 Jul 17#71
I want a dashcam, but it always seems like such a half-measure if you can't at least see front and back.
MattP79 to EndemicAlarm
24 Jul 17#73
Buy two single Dashcam? Many cheaper dual channel Dashcam sacrifice both picture quality and features...
MattP79
24 Jul 17#72
Capacitors in Dashcams were designed to hold sufficient charge only to allow the Dashcam to correctly shutdown when the external power is removed. To explain - Batteries in Dashcams tend to be damaged by both the continual charging and high temperatures they experience. The battery can be replaced if you are so inclined, I'm intending to replace the battery in my Mini 0805 for the second time courtesy of an eBay supplier though I need to find my soldering iron and solder... Capacitors aren't as affected by the adverse conditions and so live much longer but the amount of power they can store, compared to a battery, is small. To circumvent the short life of the capacitor and even batteries a "hardwire" kit can be installed providing a constant power supply enabling 24/7 recording. Or... you can use an external powerbank. Easily swapped, easily charged and guaranteed to not run your car battery down and it will work with both a battery or capacitor based Dashcam...
melted
24 Jul 17#74
I'd also go with two separate dashcams if I wanted front and rear coverage. Usually cheaper than a multi lens unit, better frame rates, also has the advantage if a unit fails you can keep using the working one at the front while ordering a replacement.
118luke
25 Jul 17#75
Depends how much you want to rely on the G sensor. They are typically used for moderate impacts (not light ones else it would lock every time you went over a speed bump)
I have mine set to on and highest sensitivity, but I still wouldn't rely on it to detect a car park 'bump' as these are usually so small it's like the same force as a car door closing
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G-sensor - automatic video recording when motion or impact is detected
Rechargeable Li-ion battery* (3.7V / 200 mAh)
12/24 V adaptor and charging cable
Time and date stamp
Built-in microphone and speaker
Micro-SD card slot for memory cards up to 32GB
7.62 cm (3“) preview display
Night recording possible with adequate street lighting
HD video resolution:
1920 x 1080 px / 30 fps
1280 x 720 px / 60 fps
640 x 480 px / 30 fps
Photo: 3 MP
This appears to be the product manual:- http://www.lidl-service.com/cps/rde/SID-8D9C644E-67CE217C/lsp/hs.xsl/product.html?id=619897448&rdeLocaleAttr=en&title=Dashboard%20Camera
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As we don't know what other model is currently selling out there thats the same as this lidl dashcam, we cannot youtube it.
I'm out
last year - really pleased with it (£32.60 at DX at the moment), it's quite small and although every one goes on about it being chinese - the menus are all pictures so you know what the menus are without having to flash it!
http://www.volumerate.com/product/xiaoyi-yi-1080p-adas-2-7-lcd-smart-car-dvr-dash-camera-844451632
The 30fps frame rate at 1080p and 60 at 720p would suggest that it is at least a relatively modern chipset so likely to be true 1080p and use a decent compression codec like h264, rather than 720p interpolated up to 1080p with mjpeg recording like I believe some of lidls previous models were.
My guess is it will be a low end budget chipset, like the General Plus one used in the G1WHT - a later, inferior version of the G1WH, so you may well be able to do a fair bit better if you are prepared to do a bit of research and buy from china. I found the forums here fairly helpful when I was looking for a budget dashcam:- https://dashcamtalk.com
On the up side it does have a 3 year guarantee providing you don't lose the receipt and Lidl is more convenient if you need to take it back.
Take look on youtube clips of G1w
Your precious evidence will have been overwritten. Will not use a dash cam with less than 128gb sd card now
I blacked out its pointless white plastic led cover with insulation tape, and the case is all black with no chrome or printing on it, so Its not very noticeable through the windscreen and it doesn't look valuable.
No one has attempted to steal it to date.
You should protect your car just as much when you aren't driving it.
One hit and run in a car park and the camera has paid for itself.
You don't even need "parking collision detection" if there is even such a thing?
Continuous recording on a 128gb card gives around 2 days worth of recording - which is plenty of time to spot damage on your car and review the footage.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dashboard-Recorder-G-Sensor-Detection-Recording/dp/B019YX889I/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1500297452&sr=1-4&keywords=dash+cam
An easy hardwired kit link below, just plugs into fusebox, I have piggy backed off the wiper fuse as this is ingniton only power.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nextbase-Car-Camera-Hard-Wire/dp/B00XHYSQAC/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1500297506&sr=1-1&keywords=nextbase+fuse+wiring
This is cheaper off eBay for alternatives and the Nextbase one.
Better than not having one at all isn't it? Unless you don't mind having your door/sill scraped and dented by that one idiot that turned too early and too sharply when reversing out of a space
It does the same even if you brake hard, and there is a button that can be pressed to lock a file too.
I don't know if this Lidl one has a G-Sensor, but a 32GB recording is not the limiting factor.
It could a pile of junk,and the price isn't even that cheap.
I'm sure some people just vote hot on ANYTHING that is sold by Lidl or Aldi.
In my opinion it wouldn't be a good camera to use continuously as it can't use a big memory card. By the time you notice the scratch, the recording will be overwritten.
Look for a möbius actioncam. They are very good and take much larger memory cards. Their small size makes them discreet too.
2 cameras won't cover absolutely everything but will cover the majority of the car. You only need to be able to see the car driving away after they have hit the car - which is highly likely they will leave from either the front or rear direction of the car. Like I say, it's better than nothing at all.
http://sg.makagps.com/products/marbella-car-recorder/show/marbella-lx2-full-hd-recorder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DsNjmh9S6Y
The case does look the same (although that doesn't guarantee it is the same insides).
Cost about 35 quid from bangood with English menus. Agree that the range of quality on these cams can be massively variable but you can get great ones for under £40 for sure!
Proper G1W, G1WC and G1WH dash cams are based on the novatek nt96650 processor and ar0330 sensor (same as the original mobius) and are very good in their price range.
However, the G1W/C/H were probably based on the chip manufacturer's reference design and used off the shelf generic cases and even off the shelf cardboard boxes, so several manufactures made what could be said to be genuine ones of varying build quality, and several more made 'fake' cheap versions using the same cases but much cheaper chipsets with inferior to very poor video quality.
Can you recommend any in particular?
Thanks.
What the hell is the point of these things if not to indulge in the modern love of shaming others?
"No, it was my fault", " Oh no, it was my fault, I insist","Let me claim","No, let me claim for the damage"...
... Oh please!
With the number of crash for cash scams and the huge numbers of bad drivers on the roads today what's the point in not having a sub 40 quid dashcam in you car that could potentially prove your innocence when you are involved in a collision and avoid you losing your no claims bonus.
Or is it drive as I say, not as I do?
from what I can see the G1WC only gets 3.1 out of 5 stars
, and seems more expensive?
https://dashcamtalk.com/dash-cam-processors/
The case of the lidl one looks very much like the "Marbella Lx2" as MrDB pointed out. If it does also have the same internals, it could be a good buy and a 3 year guarantee too, on the other had if it turns out to be another upscalled 720p job, lidl is not far to take it back.
If ignorance is owning and using one, then OK.
But the accompanying app shows the g sensor reading and if the the trace goes slightly different from the previous trend then it locks the file so it can't be overwritten.
Actual real world use.
Now the Mobius, I had but it had no GPS and suffered badly when left in the windscreen in the sun
1) That the impact is great enough for the G-sensor to trigger (i'm very doubtfull that a car park collision with a parked car while travelling 2-3mph would have a high enough impact to trigger the G-sensor to lock the file from being overwritten, else the camera would be locking recordings every time you went over a bump in the road.
2) if the G-sensor did not kick in, you have just a few hours to notice the damage and save the evidence from being overwritten.
GPS is hardly a deal breaker, the mobius has a G-Sensor as well if you desired to use it and the Mobius will have greater support/accessories to it than this cam.
Plus, it sounds like you diddn't replace your battery with a supercap, something that is well documented as a must-do, as LiPo batteries do not like heat too much.
That is an issue common to ALL dash-cams including a £140 piece-of-garbage Nextbase 512G. Both my mobius cams have given continuous service with no issues and 128GB micro SD cards.
My car got dented in a car park, only a small dent and my cam picked it up no problem., But unfortunately I parked the car front first so did not get the reg of the offending vehicle, now I always reverse in my car when parking.
I have mine set to on and highest sensitivity, but I still wouldn't rely on it to detect a car park 'bump' as these are usually so small it's like the same force as a car door closing