Poor quality dash cams

I have a gopro. Very reliable and awesome quality.

 

Gopro has an actual dash cam or you have one of their action cameras that you mounted on your dash?

 

I've been getting ready to pull the trigger on this, since my webcam isn't a practical (although it's field expedient) solution. Has anyone tried the MobileSpec dashcams? I've looked into them, but can't find anything on them online. I've also been looking at the Garmin dashcams, too. I'd get one somewhere else, but I'm wanting to use points, if I can.

 

I recommend the dieselboss dash cam. It was ~$90 plus the sd card & its worked great for the ~year I've had it.

My initial review: http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...n/218538-diesel-boss-db4-dash-cam-review.html

Here are a couple vids from the year (all set on medium quality):



this one saved my safety bonus:







edit: looks like it is currently $80 -- http://www.dieselboss.com/camera_main.htm

 

Do they sale that diesel boss at any of the TA/Petros? I have $77 saved up on my points card and have been itching to spend it on a dash cam.

 

I have the action camera. It comes with like 5 different mounts and two for the dash. Gotta find a good suction cup for it though. I just have a 64g memory card and set it on loop.

 

You can only get the DieselBoss's products through his website. I've been using the Blackbox camera from BlueTiger, and it's satisfactory. You can get that one from a TA.

Don't judge the video quality from the little screen on the camera. Most of these cameras are HD-quality, and you'll see it when you view the video on a HDTV screen.

 

I've been using the Cobra unit and no issues so far. When playing back the recordings with MS Media Player, the video has a lot of artifacts, but with VLC Player, it looks terrific and clear. I hope it lasts at least a year, but if not, I might try something else as well. I've seen the Garmin unit for sale now, but it's twice the price. So I'll have to save a bunch of points.