Does this affordable rear view bike camera with integrated light have the battery life for all-day adventures?

thehill wrote:

is there a user manual for this anywhere, that would probably provide a lot of answers

https://www.tooocycling.store/pages/user-guide-online

Looks like you do have to edit a text file to set the time. Not ideal, but I wouldn't consider it a deal breaker.

found the "manual" after i posted that comment.

my issue would be how frequently do you need to need to do that process to update the date/time

once, then maybe when the clocks change

The original Fly6 needed a text file edit.
It was pretty simple ...
You ejected the SD card from the camera and then downloaded the file on to you computer, then changed the date in the file and saved over the original.
You then uploaded the file to the SD card and put the card back in the camera.
Change made.

(It tool longer to write this than to actually do it)

i realise that this is probably one of the compromises of it being cheaper but done quite understand how frequently that process would need to be done.
if it had residual charge would it maintain date/time or do you have to do it before every ride. time moves so quickly in the morning when trying to get out of the door for the commute that having to do this before every ride would get tedious pretty quickly - that being said have a fly6 that is a brick is also tedious

I only needed to do the Fly6 when the clocks changed, so twice a year.

So you ignored the drift of the internal clock time for 6months ?

Never needed timekeeping to be accurate to the 100th of a second.

As long as it was within a 15 minute window, I really didn't care.
When you give a statement to the police with a time on, you always give an approximate time as no two clocks - unless of course they are synchronised to the global Atomic Clock - tell exactly the same time.

So you ignored the drift of the internal clock time for 6 months ?

It surprises me that there seems to be not much call for GPS on these cameras, even on the expensive ones. GoPro doesn't have one any more- I think my Hero 7 Black was the only one that did. If it doesn't successfully connect to GPS there's no time on the image. The immensely hopeless and unsupported-for-years GoPro PC software doesn't allow access to the 'seconds' but the 'minutes' are spot on. The internal clocks on most smartwatches and other gadgets are pretty poor if they're not connected to network time- unlike my 40 year old 'Automatic Generating System' Seiko. This has never been opened or serviced, but is now 54 seconds fast after being set at 00:00 on New Years Day. A minute a year is good going

Maybe it's because with these types of camera you are *typically* doing something that has another device recoding the GPS.
It annoys me that I have to download a gpx/tcx and tie that in to the video track (especially now as Cycliq are using H.265 and to use my existing telemetry overlay software I have to convert H.265 to H.264 as the software is no longer supported. Garmins software doesn't support the new versions of Chrome (needed for the maps) so GPS alignment is difficult.
However ... my 6 year old Nextbase dash cam imprints the GPS as a sidecar file contained in the video and the Next base software extracts this without the need for 3rd party software.
Cycliqs software is pants ...

Maybe the manufacturers have shaped power drain from the GPS unit for increased performance life?
Don't go-pro have a really short battery life (even without the gps)?

Don't go-pro have a really short battery life (even without the gps)?

Yes, for the purposes of most people. It doesn't much matter to me- about an hour. The main problem is the dire PC software, which frequently fails - especially after Windows updates. Mine is working at the moment, after a few days when it wouldn't start. I'm on borrowed time, living on the edge- but it's the only camera with GPS. I'm always worried about it- especially during road-rage incidents like the other night

I just make sure its charged up, turn it on and go.  

You just edit a text file changing a zero to a 1 , the files are available when you plug into a pc.

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Compared with 323, 307 has a number of parameters leading, especially with better night performance. Because it has a larger area of ​​the photosensitive element.

In the new generation of products, we used 307. There is a huge improvement in video quality.

So the report here on road.cc is wrong/out-of-date?

Just a little confused that you are quoted on this site extolling the benefits of the sensor (323) fitted to your latest kickstarter project, and then the kickstarter site itself says something different (307).

Is this just an editorial error here at road.cc, have you been misquoted in the article, or what?

Haha,yes!I'm here.

In the CYCLIQ group, a customer in the UK uploaded a video and made a comparison. But I cannot download the video and show it here. I will try to get the video from the client and show it here with his permission. If you happen to be in the CYCLIQ group, you may be able to see what customers share.

Thanks. I use a helmet GoPro Hero 7 Black. The GoPro PC software is the problem, but the hardware is good. I'm keen on your camera, but it's the vibration I'm worried about- roads here are wrecked.

To be honest, DVR80 is a good product as a dash cam. I believe that on bumpy roads, the license plate of the car behind you will be clearly recorded，Especially at night, we have significantly better performance than similar products. But if we discuss sports cameras, I think GOPRO will win. The positioning of these two products is different.

But I still hope to be able to upload the video of cycling in the UK as soon as possible, because I have confidence in the quality of the video.

Well, I hope to be out with mine tomorrow, happy to post some footage if I have set it up correctly, not sure how I post it on here though. I'll  not be out in the dark though.