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I recently spent two weeks having a holiday driving over much of Crete. A bit of reading suggested driving there would be "interesting" (unusual driving etiquette and possible accident scams) so I thought it was time to learn about dashcams. So I bought about the cheapest Hong Kong offering and I've been pleasantly surprised. Yes, the microUSB socket did fail after some weeks and I had to hardwire the power supply. But it did a pretty good job of day-light video.
Murphy's law operated in reverse - because I was fully prepared, I didn't have any accidents or accident scams. But I did end up with lots of dashcam footage of great drives - some on hair-raising mountain roads and through the exceedingly narrow roads of mountain villages. And occasionally, just the rough stones in places triggered the G force detector which I had set most sensitive and protected that five minute clip from deletion/overwrite.
It's still going strong as I drive daily in Israel, recording the most fascinating behaviour by drivers and pedestrians - I've stopped saving the clips since I already have a lot!
Yes, in due course, I will invest in a quality product. Very worthwhile. One forward facing and one rear facing would be best.
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