BlackVue DR650S-1Ch

I fitted this camera myself. It came with a 4M cable which was more than long enough. The camera is very well made and very discreet when fitted. The specification is the best i have seen. All in all a very good product at a reasonable price.

I just want to make it clear that I have no connection with Carcamerashop when I say that their customer service is second to none. It’s been a pleasure to deal with the company – in particular the director, Andy. I highly recommend them.

As for the DR600GW - it is a great quality camera . It’s physically a little bigger than I expected. There are a couple of niggles with it – the app isn't designed well at all - it really needs to be more intuitive (and I have read on the Google play app store that it struggles with the latest ‘lollipop’ version of Android o/s in March ‘15). Also, the video does buffer every few seconds when loading and playing back the stored movie files. I’m sure these issues could be sorted with a firmware update/ app update in the future. However, once it’s working, it’s a great idea to have the playback on a far bigger smartphone screen than the ‘mini 080*’ type design dash cameras where the 1.5” screen of these makes ‘quick reviewing’ of clips very difficult to see.

The positioning of the camera/mount was also made easier with the ‘live view’ feature of the app – using your phone’s screen to get the best angle before committing to fixing it on your windscreen.

The app was probably the most important selling feature of this unit for me. Once connected via wifi / app, the setup is fairly straightforward - if a little time consuming - with experimentation needed to get the settings right.

The image quality is superb. Also, the GPS speed display does seem stable and accurate (it reads virtually the same as my Sat Nav’s speed display).

The one feature that does make this camera stand out from other makes is the build quality – it really is excellent. From the positive ‘click action’ of the rotating mount to the supplied memory card and usb converter, the quality power lead and cable clips (& even the box it came in...!) – Blackview have made a very classy camera indeed. It’s easy to see why this is a more expensive camera than others. The one button design is simple to use and the LED’s are not intrusive. Once I covered the very small white ‘Pittasoft’ letters on the mount in black electrical tape, it is really ‘stealthy’. The ‘voice prompts’ can also be disabled. It lacks a ‘user store button’ for when you might need to save a clip without the auto-saving ‘impact sensor’ triggering a file save, but I found that just tapping the unit (ie simulating an impact) will force a clip to be saved.

Overall I am very impressed with the Blackview DR600GW and would definitely recommend it (and Carcamerashop!).