[AndyIT]

Hi I am after some recommendations for cheap front & rear bike recording cameras with loop recording. The normal ones recommended are too expensive; I want to spend no more than £100 total for the front & rear.

I won’t be reviewing ride footage etc it’s only if I get a close pass / want to pass details on to the police.

Thanks

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[Hirsute]

I don’t think anyone has
I don’t think anyone has solved the price, battery life, image quality problem, so you will get a variety of views.
I have a drift ghost XL but the image isn’t as good as other cameras but on the other hand 8-9 hours battery.

[Tom_77]

I use a Motorcycle DashCam.

I use a Motorcycle DashCam. Mine is a Blueskysea DV128, I don’t think they make it any more but you can get similar ones (dual lens 1080p) for about £100. You’d need a USB power bank and an SD card, and a top bar bag or similar to put the head unit in. You’d also need to bodge some mounts for it, although that’s not too difficult.

Previously I had 2 cheap action cams, but that’s twice as much faff. With the DashCam it’s only 1 thing to charge and 1 SD card, and the front and rear video are always in sync.

Some footage here – https://road.cc/content/news/near-miss-day-733-291029

[HoldingOn]

I am watching this post with

I am watching this post with great interest.

I made the mistake of buying a KitVision Action camera when I started cycling.
Picture quality was okay – enough to read number plates, but its an awful piece of hardware.
Battery life has dropped to 25 minutes and that is on the rare days when the camera actually records anything! It takes repeated attempts to actually connect to my PC to copy videos the few times it does work. On the plus side – it was extremely cheap, so I definitely got what I paid for!

I am currently using an old Sony Xperia Z1 with Navmii AI dashcam app installed on it, using a cheap handlebar mount. The mount isn’t designed for it and the phone is quite heavy, so lots of shaking. Picture quality isn’t great – I doubt I’ll be able to read any number plates unless I am under the car. I like the Navmii app though – records the road I am on, the speed I am going and my GPS coordinates.

I have been looking at Akaso, Apeman, Apexcam cameras – throwing Chilli Tech into the mix now too!

[Rendel Harris]

Hirsute wrote:

Hirsute wrote:

I did actually look on that site but failed to find that !

Quite tempted myself at that price, weighing up the pros of having a rear camera as well as a front against having yet another thing to remember to charge…

[Hirsute]

I did actually look on that
I did actually look on that site but failed to find that !

[AndyIT]

Hirsute wrote:

Hirsute wrote:

I don’t think you can get anything for that price The chili bullet is £70. Then you will also need 2 Sd carfs Unless Aldi Lidl have a middle aisle one spring up. You could take a chance on a second hand one on eBay, but you would not really know how long the battery would last.

 

Thanks 2nd hand is worth checking for.

[AndyIT]

Rendel Harris wrote:

Chilli are doing two cameras for £82 plus P&P (£3.90) at the moment, you’d need two 32 GB SD cards as well, about £6 each on Amazon. Should bring you in under the ton and perfectly adequate for your requirements.

 

New Bullet Action Camera

many tks will check that out

[Rendel Harris]

Chili are doing two cameras

Chilli are doing two cameras for £82 plus P&P (£3.90) at the moment, you’d need two 32 GB SD cards as well, about £6 each on Amazon. Should bring you in under the ton and perfectly adequate for your requirements.

 

New Bullet Action Camera

[Hirsute]

I don’t think you can get
I don’t think you can get anything for that price
The chili bullet is £70.
Then you will also need 2 Sd carfs

Unless Aldi Lidl have a middle aisle one spring up.

You could take a chance on a second hand one on eBay, but you would not really know how long the battery would last.

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