A lot of my GoPros already have an overheating problem and battery issues(ballooning). Having them in direct sunlight on the dash or leaving them in the car on a summer day would make that worse. While the picture quality is nice I think they’d make terrible dash cams for day to day constant use.
Most(not all) dedicated dash cams use capacitors and not batteries due to the extreme cold/heat they’re subjected to. The capacitor should provide enough power to gracefully shutdown if you have the cam wired to an auxiliary power wire(turns off with ignition).
Hah, and here I was thinking of getting a GoPro as a dash cam/rear cam. Sucks to suck GoPro lost another customer.
A lot of my GoPros already have an overheating problem and battery issues(ballooning). Having them in direct sunlight on the dash or leaving them in the car on a summer day would make that worse. While the picture quality is nice I think they’d make terrible dash cams for day to day constant use.
Most(not all) dedicated dash cams use capacitors and not batteries due to the extreme cold/heat they’re subjected to. The capacitor should provide enough power to gracefully shutdown if you have the cam wired to an auxiliary power wire(turns off with ignition).
I genuinely didn’t think of this, trying to a find a dash cam with decent camera quality has been on my to do list. Appreciate the advice.