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  • Just over two weeks - marked as gift and in plain white package.

  • hael, could you post up some footage from it? thanks

  • will do

  • presume these are the same as http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=285263

    considering getting an ebay one at the end of the week.

  • I got one of these from t' bay the other day...good for the money, but does anyone know how to turn off the burnt in time on picture?...cant find info anywhere.....

  • I don't think you can you usually can change the time by copying over a text file to the mem card.

  • Any have any recommendations on the current state of bikes plus cameras?

    I've recently moved and for the last two weeks I now seem to have been averaging 2 near misses/week. D= A few days ago a car just pulled out forcing me to slam on the brakes or be hit... and when you say something to them they're not to blame and apparently you had loads of room! It's frustrating because if there had been a collision I'm sure it still would have somehow been my fault.

    And today a white van overtakes and crushes me up against the curb forcing me to brake or avoid being knocked off. I reported this one to the Police but again it's really just my word against theirs. All very frustrating.

    I feel like a twat doing so but I'm thinking that putting a camera on my bike for commuting duties might be the way ahead. It gives me something concrete to get something done on near misses and God forbid I do get knocked off it gives me something to help get a conviction. Awful to think like that as prevention is better but I'm not sure what else to do (besides stop cycling which I don't want to do.)

    So yeah any recommendations?

    Criteria :

    • Long battery life, it's 1 hour commute into work and 1h30 home, so 2h30 absolute min would be good
    • Waterproof or waterproofable since it's to be used daily
    • Can handle British winter temperatures
    • Robust
    • Works well enough in low light
    • Small-ish, can mount on handlebars or helmet and ideally looks like a light
    • The cheaper the better, don't fancy paying out £300



    Cheers!

  • And today a white van overtakes and crushes me up against the curb forcing me to brake or avoid being knocked off. I reported this one to the Police but again it's really just my word against theirs. All very frustrating.

    It's not a camera you want, it's a hammer.

    *Long battery life, it's 1 hour commute into work and 1h30 home, so 2h30 absolute min would be good

    tick

    *Waterproof or waterproofable since it's to be used daily

    tick

    *Robust

    tick

    *Works well enough in low light

    tick

    *Small-ish, can mount on handlebars or helmet and ideally looks like a light

    Mmmm . . . .
    x

    *The cheaper the better, don't fancy paying out £300

    tick

  • Yeah I twatted the rearside of said van in my rage which may have left a nice dint in the rear panel.

    Been looking at cameras, it looks like a GoPro or nothing really, bit more than I wanted to spend ho hum. =(

  • Looks like those MD80s are a good bet for about £15 - there's loads on eBay but it loads of dodgy looking chinese sellers - can anyone reccommend a seller?

  • first of all, should we merge this thread and this one: http://www.lfgss.com/thread5198.html ?

    But my question: I remember that in an unrelated thread someone who had experience from an A&E unit wrote that they had seen post-accident helmet cams being smashed through the helmet and supposedly "embedded" in the rider's skull.
    Can't for the life of me find that post again, but could we get discussion going about helmet cams and rider's increased risk of injury from an object worn on the body?

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