Poor quality dash cams

If anyone is thinking about the Garmin Dash Cam 10 that Pilot/Flying J sells, don't waste your money. I'm on my 3rd one in 2 months. Constantly freezes and the crappiest support ever. I just exchanged for a brand new one this weekend and did the update to bring it current. It lasted 15 minutes before it froze up.

Pilot/J has the worst return policy I ever heard of. It was after there 30 day return period before I could get home to grab the box and they will not exchange unit if you don't bring it in original packaging.

Absolute garbage!!!!

 

Is anybody having issues with their g-force detection enabled dash cam saving video when hitting really bad spots in the road (such as some bridge approaches or paving construction transitions)? Are you mounted on the dash or the windshield? If windshield, have you found it best to mount low or high?

 

Yes, even set on medium sensitivity it would isolate files caused by gforces of bumps in our wonderful highways. Now set on low sensitivity, the only occurrence I've had was when the suction mount lost its grip and released it from the windshield, leaving it dangling from its tether where the power source wire comes out of the headliner.

Mine is mounted TDC, top dead center of the windshield of my Prostar, and it's plugged into a 12v receptacle I wired into the CB radio cavity area. Downside here, cam is on only when engine is running, as is the case with the CB. There is just enough room to feed the power cable out towards the top of the windshield for a nice, clean installation.

 

I should also add, the camera seems to warm up quite a bit when the video screen sleep mode is disabled, so I let mine sleep. I believe this means though that if you reach up to manually take a still shot or isolate a file that it is necessary to touch the button twice, once to awaken the device, then again to isolate the file or take the still shot.

 

appreciate the info, ordered an LS330W off what seems to be a reputable US based dealer.