TOOO Cycling has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its bike camera with an integrated rear light. The DVR80 is a safety rear view camera for cyclists which films what’s going on behind your back when you ride. It offers a fully integrated tail light that, according to the brand, is visible to other road users from over 1 mile (1.6km) away and offers a whopping 9.5 hours of recording battery life, catering for all-day adventures. With a RRP of ~£146, it’s not incredibly expensive compared to the competition either…
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The front-facing Cycliq Fly12, for example, has a battery life of about eight hours with the camera on and the 600 lumen front light off, five hours with the light on low, and a couple of hours with the light on full power. With a claimed 9.5 hours of recording time, the DVR80 certainly seems to have an impressive battery life, especially for the quality TOOO Cycling claims it offers.
TOOO Cycling’s 110 degree wide angle lens camera provides recording of audio and video HD1080p 30-60 fps (frames per second) footage files. The light kicks out a super bright 80 lumens on its highest setting.
Video files are automatically protected in the event of a crash, TOOO Cycling says, thanks to its integrated technology which ensures the collection of traffic accident evidence for law enforcement and insurance decision making.
TOOO Cycling says the light sensor offers high definition footage even in very low light conditions, thanks to the quality of the SONY IMX 323 CMOS camera sensor: “Visual details will be clear, even at night in low ambient light (license plates, type of vehicle, faces can be identified).”
Image stability during rides shouldn’t be a problem either, says TOOO Cycling, thanks to the high frames per second rate, the imagery sensor and the mounting of the camera.
The camera can record at 1080p @ 60fps, which TOOO Cycling notes “is the norm for all sports cameras since it allows to almost vanish all motion blur”.
Then, TOOO Cycling says the imagery sensor determines the ability of the micro-controller to process images without any loss of quality, and at best, improve image quality from the naked-eye vision: “We use the latest version of the SONY IMX323 CMOS Image Sensor with the TOOO Cycling DVR80, which is the top-shelf image sensor available for on-board vehicle footage recording, being widely used in cars, trucks, airplanes or industrial CCTV cameras.”
Lastly, there’s how the device has been mounted. TOOO Cycling has opted for a universal bracket which allows you to mount the camera on any bike seat post diameter. “We decided to create a seat post mounting bracket for both conventional and aero seat posts since that place on any bike will be the least subject to riding vibration (since it is the closest to the balancing point of the whole bike, the radius of vibration is the smallest there),” it says.
A two-year warranty is also included.
£2,166 towards the £18,938 goal has been pledged so far, with 23 days to go, and the end date for the campaign is 6 January 2022. By pledging $179 (around £135), you’ll get a DVR80 camera with the full set of accessories including an iPhone/Android SD Card Reader and 64g SD card. The device is going to retail at $183 (around £146).
All the usual Kickstarter rules and regulations apply which can be found here.
62 thoughts on “Does this affordable rear view bike camera with integrated light have the battery life for all-day adventures?”
Tempting but that’s a pretty
Tempting but that’s a pretty small kickstarter. Do TOOO have any good history of kickstarters – not according to the product page.
Very very tempting as Cycliq need a kick up the butt, as they seem intent on reducing features of the Rear Fly6 (less lumens, less battery) without fixing known flaws (the stupid rubber USB port flap).
I have no idea obout their
I have no idea about their kickstarter record, but what I can tell you is this light is fantastic, I have one. The claimed battery life is about spot on and the image quality is very good imo.
I had the Mk1 version, the MkII version has a better mount and better image quality although it was good before. Much smaller and lighter than a Fly 6 as well.
They are working on producing a front light as well which I am looking forward to.
I got one of them for £75
I got one of them for £75 last year from the guys @ Chilli Technology. Its not bad actually but can be fiddly to fit if you dont have much seatpost showing.
They’re now on “offer” from
They’re now on “offer” from them at £117. Talk about inflation. Still cheaper than this fake Kickstarter, though.
I want to update some
I want to update some information. First of all, Chilli Tech does not have any inventory because we have stopped cooperating. In the above answer, I explained the reasons for stopping cooperation. Secondly, the KS above is the second-generation product, with better appearance/better craftsmanship/better chip/better glass lens/longer battery life. So the price has become different. But I still thank you very much for using my product, and TOOO Cycling will respond to you in time for any questions about the product.
Fair play, this all makes
Fair play, this all makes sense. Good of you to come on here and clear things up.
On offer from who?
On offer from who?
I guess you are my customer
I guess you are my customer in Singapore, right? Thank you for purchasing my product. Enjoy the ride together.
Hi, no I am in the UK, I was
Hi, no I am in the UK, I was impressed with the customer service keeping in touch with shipping updates whilst it was stuck in customs. I enquired about becoming a distributor. I honestly think this is the best rear cycling camera available from a safety cam p.o.v.
Haha, who are you? You can
Haha, who are you? You can tell me on Facebook or Whatsapp. Because the goods sent to the UK are all handled by me, I think we have a communication. Or you tell me the time you received Cam, and I can guess who you are. I pay attention to every logistics information sent overseas every day.
This is our first
This is our first crowdfunding in KS, but we have already started selling in Asian countries, so we are not using concepts or old machines to hurt customers’ trust.
Thanks for the updated info
Thanks for the updated info and explanation TOOO.
Good luck with your venture, planning to get one soon.
Thank you ,Bob.
Thank you ,Bob.
muck on the lens looks
muck on the lens looks amazing in 1080p@60fps.
surely the location with the lowest ‘radius of vibration’ would be the midpoint between front and rear axle, for a bicycle without suspension, assuming both wheels hit the same bump. any location along that line would have the same averaged amplitude, of course.
They really need to show a
They really need to show a licence plate extracted from that low light footage!
Hi.look !!!
Hi.look !!!
https://fb.watch/9UrPF821Pk/
please choose 720P
Still waiting for technology
Still waiting for technology to be capable in this regard then, as I thought.
That is identical to the
That is identical to the Chilli Tech rear safety camera I bought over a year ago for less than £100, so I’m confused about the kickstarter thing – it’s a product that already exists…
The camera I have from Chilli Tech is great – I’d highly recommend it. The only downside compared to the Cycliq Fly6 (of which I’ve had 3) is that there is no indication of power level.
Be very wary of kickstarter.
Be very wary of kickstarter. Famous for millking funds and you have zero protection if any at all goes wrong
Don’t worry, I am also a
Don’t worry, I am also a person who loves bicycles very much. I hope to have a Camera that is better for bicycles. That’s why I set up a company and designed and developed this product. We have sold in many countries, and KS crowdfunding is to let more European and American users understand this product and our brand.
I’ve not been impressed with
I’ve not been impressed with video quality on the Chilli Tech so far,but then the mounting kit makes it about as secure on the bike as an elastic band.
We have also gone through
We have also gone through serious considerations and experiments on how to install and maintain a firmness on the bicycle. So thank you for purchasing the first generation product.
Thank you for your
Thank you for your affirmation of the quality of our first-generation products. Chilli Tech is the distributor of our first generation products. Unfortunately, they hope that the second-generation products sold through Chilli Tech will not display the TOOO Cycling brand LOGO. Therefore, we cannot continue to reach cooperation. So what I want to say is that KS crowdfunding is the second-generation Rear Camera. It has better ability to capture license plates at night and image quality and more battary life.So if you need to see more videos shot with the second-generation Cam, please search for “TOOO Cycling” on FaceBook
Yep, a bit suspicious. I
Yep, a bit suspicious. I tried to buy the chilli tech one but they’d sold all stock. Add £50 and add branding and direct sell from China. That’s the difference.
No it’s not, the Chilli Tech
No it’s not, the Chilli Tech one was the MkI and Chilli tech had useless customer service, this new one has a new mount and a new chip and sensor.
More kickstarter tat…
More kickstarter tat…
Quote:
At the risk of coming over all swldxer, if you had a dash[board] on your bike (I suppose you could argue a head unit qualifies), under the back of the saddle would be an odd place to put it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR7LcSB904Q
This is a link to a video, you can search for “TOOO Cycling” on Facebook for more videos
Video quality appears better
Video quality appears better than my current rear camera. If the battery life is really as good as you say and it’s actually waterproof as well, then you have a winner. ?
I have a question: Will it be possible to replace the battery in the future when it wears out? I found my current brand of camera dies after about 1.5 – 2 years because of either the battery wearing out or water getting inside.
Hi Cal C.
Hi Cal C.
We weighed the two options of replaceable batteries and sufficiently small size for a long time, and we chose a smaller size. Because I am a cyclist myself, I don’t want a big thing hanging on my Seatpost. I have heard some points like yours, we will collect them and try to find a good way to solve them, but I think we can only let you see our way on the new next-generation products. In any case, we are willing to discuss products with customers. Thank you!
I have been using the Chilli
I have been using the Chilli rear cam since first available. Happy with video quality and light.
The mount is useless. The retaining tab broke off on both mounts on second use. Camera bounces well….
Good cam/light let down by the mount. Hopefully this is addressed in Mk2 🙂
In the second generation Rear
In the second generation Rear Camera, we improved Mount.
I never had a problem with
I never had a problem with the old mount, but if the tab did break off then it would just drop out of the bottom, the new mount loads from the top so I would guess the same would not happen.
This looks good- on the well
This looks good- on the well-lit 21st century roads of wherever-it-is in South Asia- however, I need to see how it works in the Third World: the cart track roads of North Lancashire. I hope someone who gets one posts some footage of use on authentic UK roads!
Well, I hope to be out with
Well, I hope to be out with mine tomorrow, happy to post some footage if I have set it up correctly, not sure how I post it on here though. I’ll not be out in the dark though.
I am impressed by the company
I am impressed by the company (boss?) coming on here. Looking forward to UK footage.
Haha,yes!I’m here.
Haha,yes!I’m here.
In the CYCLIQ group, a customer in the UK uploaded a video and made a comparison. But I cannot download the video and show it here. I will try to get the video from the client and show it here with his permission. If you happen to be in the CYCLIQ group, you may be able to see what customers share.
Thanks. I use a helmet GoPro
Thanks. I use a helmet GoPro Hero 7 Black. The GoPro PC software is the problem, but the hardware is good. I’m keen on your camera, but it’s the vibration I’m worried about- roads here are wrecked.
To be honest, DVR80 is a good
To be honest, DVR80 is a good product as a dash cam. I believe that on bumpy roads, the license plate of the car behind you will be clearly recorded，Especially at night, we have significantly better performance than similar products. But if we discuss sports cameras, I think GOPRO will win. The positioning of these two products is different.
But I still hope to be able to upload the video of cycling in the UK as soon as possible, because I have confidence in the quality of the video.
Quote:
whereas the Kickstarter page says,
“NIGHT SENSOR : Designed for use at night in a dimly lit environment thanks to the SONY Sensor® IMX 307 CMOS”
323, 307 – what’s the difference (no maths jokes pls) and does it matter?
Compared with 323, 307 has a
Compared with 323, 307 has a number of parameters leading, especially with better night performance. Because it has a larger area of the photosensitive element.
In the new generation of
In the new generation of products, we used 307. There is a huge improvement in video quality.
So the report here on road.cc
So the report here on road.cc is wrong/out-of-date?
Just a little confused that you are quoted on this site extolling the benefits of the sensor (323) fitted to your latest kickstarter project, and then the kickstarter site itself says something different (307).
Is this just an editorial error here at road.cc, have you been misquoted in the article, or what?
Glad I found this thread, I
Glad I found this thread, I’ve been waiting for an update on the gen2 rear camera from Paul at ChilliTech for months. Is paying through Kickstarter the only way to get one of the DVR80 cameras? I’m not sure what assurances or warranty I would get, I suspect none? I’m keen to buy but don’t want a piece of kit that is useless in a months time and no come back. Thanks.
Can you let me know which
Can you let me know which country you are from? Please rest assured that we will no longer sell our products through Chilli Tech, we will be responsible for our own brand, and we will provide warranty services for the products. If you need more information, you can visit our public homepage: https://www.facebook.com/TOOO-Cycling-105347488077019
TOOO Cycling – not sure if
TOOO Cycling – not sure if you are still active on this thread?
definitely tempted with one of these, cycliq flyce has died, tried replacing battery with no success.
one thing i have seen in various searches is needing to edit the settings file to set the date/time – no idea how that works – that sounds crazy – please can you try and clarify.
is there a user manual for this anywhere, that would probably provide a lot of answers
thehill wrote:
https://www.tooocycling.store/pages/user-guide-online
Looks like you do have to edit a text file to set the time. Not ideal, but I wouldn’t consider it a deal breaker.
found the “manual” after i
found the “manual” after i posted that comment.
my issue would be how frequently do you need to need to do that process to update the date/time
once, then maybe when the
once, then maybe when the clocks change
The original Fly6 needed a
The original Fly6 needed a text file edit.
It was pretty simple …
You ejected the SD card from the camera and then downloaded the file on to you computer, then changed the date in the file and saved over the original.
You then uploaded the file to the SD card and put the card back in the camera.
Change made.
(It tool longer to write this than to actually do it)
i realise that this is
i realise that this is probably one of the compromises of it being cheaper but done quite understand how frequently that process would need to be done.
if it had residual charge would it maintain date/time or do you have to do it before every ride. time moves so quickly in the morning when trying to get out of the door for the commute that having to do this before every ride would get tedious pretty quickly – that being said have a fly6 that is a brick is also tedious
I only needed to do the Fly6
I only needed to do the Fly6 when the clocks changed, so twice a year.
So you ignored the drift of
So you ignored the drift of the internal clock time for 6months ?
Never needed timekeeping to
Never needed timekeeping to be accurate to the 100th of a second.
As long as it was within a 15 minute window, I really didn’t care.
When you give a statement to the police with a time on, you always give an approximate time as no two clocks – unless of course they are synchronised to the global Atomic Clock – tell exactly the same time.
So you ignored the drift of
So you ignored the drift of the internal clock time for 6 months ?
It surprises me that there seems to be not much call for GPS on these cameras, even on the expensive ones. GoPro doesn’t have one any more- I think my Hero 7 Black was the only one that did. If it doesn’t successfully connect to GPS there’s no time on the image. The immensely hopeless and unsupported-for-years GoPro PC software doesn’t allow access to the ‘seconds’ but the ‘minutes’ are spot on. The internal clocks on most smartwatches and other gadgets are pretty poor if they’re not connected to network time- unlike my 40 year old ‘Automatic Generating System’ Seiko. This has never been opened or serviced, but is now 54 seconds fast after being set at 00:00 on New Years Day. A minute a year is good going
Maybe it’s because with these
Maybe it’s because with these types of camera you are *typically* doing something that has another device recoding the GPS.
It annoys me that I have to download a gpx/tcx and tie that in to the video track (especially now as Cycliq are using H.265 and to use my existing telemetry overlay software I have to convert H.265 to H.264 as the software is no longer supported. Garmins software doesn’t support the new versions of Chrome (needed for the maps) so GPS alignment is difficult.
However … my 6 year old Nextbase dash cam imprints the GPS as a sidecar file contained in the video and the Next base software extracts this without the need for 3rd party software.
Cycliqs software is pants …
Maybe the manufacturers have
Maybe the manufacturers have shaped power drain from the GPS unit for increased performance life?
Don’t go-pro have a really short battery life (even without the gps)?
Don’t go-pro have a really
Don’t go-pro have a really short battery life (even without the gps)?
Yes, for the purposes of most people. It doesn’t much matter to me- about an hour. The main problem is the dire PC software, which frequently fails – especially after Windows updates. Mine is working at the moment, after a few days when it wouldn’t start. I’m on borrowed time, living on the edge- but it’s the only camera with GPS. I’m always worried about it- especially during road-rage incidents like the other night
I just make sure its charged
I just make sure its charged up, turn it on and go.
You just edit a text file
You just edit a text file changing a zero to a 1 , the files are available when you plug into a pc.
I have one of these and its
I have one of these and its the best rear camera light so far.
I would like to get the same one for the front but it needs the picture upside down and a white flasher light. The shape fits on the bike front tube quite well so no other changes are needed?
There seems to be no support
There seems to be no support for TOO) now – their email and website are defunct. They are inactive on Facebook. Aftter less than a year the rails on my camera have snapped – they are too brittle and too thin, meaning ti won’t stay in the bracket. The claimed ‘2 Year Warranty’ is therefore meaningless.