Action cameras and safety

[Kempstonian]

I saw a Youtube video recently where a guy was held up at gunpoint by a couple of guys who wanted to rob him. They took his bike but failed to notice he had a camera on his head. He got some lovely close up face shots of them both.

 

[Kempstonian]

Dogcam Cameras is where I bought mine from. The one below is on the large side.
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That's neat. How long does it record for?

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Aren`t they a bit difficult to hide?

Isnt the big camera shaped object a bit of a giveaway?

They're not camera shaped; they look like, and function as, normal bike lights, particularly the rear (Fly6):

The front (a Fly12) is slung beneath my bars like this:

Unless you knew what you were looking for, I don't think most people would spot that these were expensive HD cameras.

 

[classic33]

That's neat. How long does it record for?

I use it on hour long rides. They are now a discontinued line, and what was Dogcam bought out. New owners don't do anything like it.

 

[numbnuts]

[QUOTE 5452857, member: 9609"]anyone managed to fit an external mic on a SJCam ?
the internal mic is useless when in the waterproof housing[/QUOTE]
Youtube

 

[AlanW]

Have people seen the offer from these people:

https://chilli-tech.com/content/new-bullet-action-camera/

There must be a catch, four hour battery duration and 1080P HD? That said I am very tempted to give it a punt at that price!

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Youtube

Is that advice or a character assessment?

 

[classic33]

[QUOTE 5452857, member: 9609"]anyone managed to fit an external mic on a SJCam ?
the internal mic is useless when in the waterproof housing[/QUOTE]
From @numbnuts post
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=fi...&v=133247963&gbv=1&sei=qfr7W8uEF-XAgAaJx5KICg

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Have people seen the offer from these people:

https://chilli-tech.com/content/new-bullet-action-camera/

There must be a catch, four hour battery duration and 1080P HD? That said I am very tempted to give it a punt at that price!

Customer service is non existant and they ship on a date basis, which could be 6wks away

 

[beepbeep]

I have one in each car, ( next base Duo HD ) on my motorcycle ( gO pRO ), mountain bike and a tiny one under the Garmin on my road bike..(Shmano )..woudnt leave home without one now.

 

[Sunny Portrush]

beepbeep - are you referring to products on the chilli-tech.com website or are you just replying in general about having action cams on your bike(s)

 

[classic33]

Have people seen the offer from these people:

https://chilli-tech.com/content/new-bullet-action-camera/

There must be a catch, four hour battery duration and 1080P HD? That said I am very tempted to give it a punt at that price!

No response to an e-mail, on the 26th November.

 

[AlanW]

No response to an e-mail, on the 26th November.

That's not so good

 

[steveindenmark]

I started using one because I was fed up of having nothing to use to hold careless drivers to account, and if one of them did bop me off there might at least be some evidence of what happened.

About a dozen drivers have been contacted by the Police as a result of reports I have made (the majority getting "words of advice"). The incidents have been close passes, tailgating and one incident of threatening behaviour.

I nurture a (perhaps naïve) hope that some of those drivers may have decided to drive more carefully around cyclists in future.

That is the only way in which, perhaps, having the camera may have improved my & others' safety in respect of these few individuals. I prefer it to shrugging my shoulders & meekly accepting the danger, or getting into potential arguments at junctions.

What I find alarming about this is that in the last 15 years I could not think of a dozen occasions where I would want to report someone. I ride about 1000km each month.

I am not suggesting you are doing this. But watching youtube clips it appears some riders are going out to pick fault with motorists. Just because they have bought a camera. In my experience it would maybe be better if cyclists sorted out cyclist first. My biggest danger is from cyclists with headphones and mobile phones. Often both at the same time.

 

[Milkfloat]

What I find alarming about this is that in the last 15 years I could not think of a dozen occasions where I would want to report someone. I ride about 1000km each month.

I am not suggesting you are doing this. But watching youtube clips it appears some riders are going out to pick fault with motorists. Just because they have bought a camera. In my experience it would maybe be better if cyclists sorted out cyclist first. My biggest danger is from cyclists with headphones and mobile phones. Often both at the same time.

And by far the majority of your riding is still in Denmark, or at least not in busy British cities?