r/Dashcam • u/GravyBoat86 • 14h ago
Discussion Do NOT BUY No Name dash cam, go with a real brand.
Hi there,
My friend gave me one of those no name dash cams a while back and I ran it without thinking much about it. The rear cam would randomly freeze and drop chunks of recording, but I figured it was good enough. Then I got rear ended at a red light and of course the few minutes around it weren't on the card. The other driver claimed I braked out of nowhere, insurance went with their story, and I ate the whole repair bill myself. That was the last straw. So I did the homework this time. Most of my diving is highway after dark, so the first thing is footage I can actually read at night, plates included, on both the front and the rear. The second is a rear cam that doesn't freeze and drop clips on me again. The a900 is the one that seemed to check those boxes, with true 4k on both cams and the big aperture for low light, so it's at the top of my list now.
The one thing I'm still on the fence about is the 4g parking cable. I get that it's an add on, but I park in open lots a lot and getting a ping if something happens is tempting. Just not sure it's worth the extra spend. So if you're running the a900, how has it been day to day? Mostly wondering if the 4g cable ended up being worth it, and has the parking mode actually caught anything?
Any honest takes are appreciated.