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Yes, It's from China. Not waterproof, this is for your cage. Takes an SD card, and has useless IR emitters for night time use. But considering it's $53 shipped, what else could you ask for? Seller has 99.6% positive feedback on eBay.

But most importantly it gets awesome reviews on the dashcam forums. It can't be beat for the price.

Here are two videos from this afternoon. The low sun fucked with them a bit, but you get the idea.

Short video, kinda sucks because of the direct sun:

:http://vid71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/emtben/D1447360_zpskbrnzlvg.mp4

eBay link:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/130455460442?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

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YMMV, but the one I ordered from Amazon (looked just like that and was the make/model rated as one of the better ones out there) was a piece of shit that took a dump about 2 weeks after I bought it. Returning it to CHINA wasn't cheap, and didn't hear jack shit from the seller. Had to file a claim with Amazon on the last day I was able to in order to get my money back.

It just went all wonky about working...no reason why. It should have been able to handle being left in the car 24/7. Worked great for the time it did work, though.

I suppose for $53 you can't complain too much if it craps on you, but I'd rather pay more for one I know will work for years, not weeks.

http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-dash-cam/

https://dashcamtalk.com/

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Thanks Ben, I just ordered one. It's nice to have some witness just in case. My issue around here is that police don't come to non injury or less than a couple grand worth of damage and you have to report it. THEN, as it's everyone's fault insurance around here, your insurance goes up unless you can prove it was someone elses fault. Hence, the cam.

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Having one on each side would be snazzy too :) But alas, as long as I can prove I didn't run the light or the stop sign, that's all I'm after. It's not normally the uh..hmm, how do I put it... born and bred Canadians who lie about the colour of the light, or if they stopped.

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I have been driving cars and motorcycles for the better part of 27 years and not once have I ever thought to myself "wish I had a video of that" and don't plan on it.

Yeah yeah I know....you don't need it until you do but...more wires, gadgets and crap in my car.

No thanks.

Looks neat and the price it definitely right.

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I have been driving cars and motorcycles for the better part of 27 years and not once have I ever thought to myself "wish I had a video of that" and don't plan on it.

Yeah yeah I know....you don't need it until you do but...more wires, gadgets and crap in my car.

No thanks.

Looks neat and the price it definitely right.

Really? I have wished I had it on camera at least a dozen times.

I nailed a deer last week at 65..near took his head off. Wish I had it on camera.

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