exgman
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I made an impulse purchase of one of these Cobra cameras today. Real model # is D810, BTW. I think this is Cobra's attempt to capture a market which maybe doesn't exist in the US but does in the former USSR...a dash-cam in many, many cars on the road capturing meteor explosions, but also remarkable crashes (hardly "accidents"). Here's the URL for the unit: https://www.cobra.com/products/dash-cams/cdr-810
This unit is clearly designed for inside-the-car, aka dry environment usage. It's supplied with a 12-foot-long power cord to a cigarette lighter outlet in the car, a suction bracket for the windshield, and other stuff, including a 8-GB Micro-SD card for recording. My read of the specs is that it'll record 55-min. of video on 8GB and then will record over the prior recording (probably erasing as it goes, so to speak).
My past experience was with a GoPro 3 Black Edition which was complex and finicky (for me), and had very short recording time. The GoPro seemed to be a camera for dramatic events, as opposed to the daily journal of someone crossing long distances, making a recording for purely incident-related purposes. By this I mean the red-light runner, deer strike, etc.
If anyone has experience with this unit, I'd love to hear details. Since Winter is here in the Boston area, this piece is not likely to see a ride on the RT until 3/1/2014 or maybe a little earlier. I'll put in the car, see how it does, and hope for an early Spring.
Happy New Year to all MOA Folks!
This unit is clearly designed for inside-the-car, aka dry environment usage. It's supplied with a 12-foot-long power cord to a cigarette lighter outlet in the car, a suction bracket for the windshield, and other stuff, including a 8-GB Micro-SD card for recording. My read of the specs is that it'll record 55-min. of video on 8GB and then will record over the prior recording (probably erasing as it goes, so to speak).
My past experience was with a GoPro 3 Black Edition which was complex and finicky (for me), and had very short recording time. The GoPro seemed to be a camera for dramatic events, as opposed to the daily journal of someone crossing long distances, making a recording for purely incident-related purposes. By this I mean the red-light runner, deer strike, etc.
If anyone has experience with this unit, I'd love to hear details. Since Winter is here in the Boston area, this piece is not likely to see a ride on the RT until 3/1/2014 or maybe a little earlier. I'll put in the car, see how it does, and hope for an early Spring.
Happy New Year to all MOA Folks!
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