Model Year 21/22 Dash cam recommendations

[agaveworm]

Hi,

So having spent time beautifully hiding my dash cam wires, I connect it to one of the two USBc inputs and find that they are data only ie they won't power my dash cam! It will need to be hardwired. Grrrrr.

I could have a go at hardwiring myself but I'm nervous I'll balls it up. I need to buy a new dash cam (current one is old anyway) and pay a pro to fit it.

Any recommendations as to which dash cam and who to fit it please? I'm in Stevenage.

Thanks for reading.

 

[JT437]

I got Halfords to do mine. Before anyone says anything … I know, I know. But it was good value in my case. I got a Garmin device (I like Garmin stuff, and I’ve had Garmin dash cams before. I like the compact size).

Normally Halfords charge £75 for fitting, which is a lot. But if you buy from them, they will “throw in” the hardwire fitting kit for free. Since this is £50 (in my case), that means you effectively pay £25 for fitting, which I felt was fair. You can pick your fitting slot online (inc weekends, which is handy for us workers).

The job took just under an hour, and I was satisfied with the result. They wired it in to the fuse box and I now have “parking mode” enabled.