Mirror dash cam

[rsbmw]

I just learned that these were a thing and they look awesome.

This one looks good and well priced, anyone got any other recommendations?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TOGUARD-Waterproof-170&#1...

[Hammy98]

I liked the look of these too but my car (and I think most newish ones) have the sensors for the automatic lights and a few other things in the cluster which the standard mirror is mounted to. That put me off as it would probably turn out to be a ballache.

[rsbmw]

I don't think that would come into play, there are only straps over the rear mounting it to your existing mirror. Sensors etc on the existing mount shouldn't be affected.

[Sheepshanks]

rsbmw said:

I don't think that would come into play, there are only straps over the rear mounting it to your existing mirror. Sensors etc on the existing mount shouldn't be affected.

Both mine (VW & Merc) have auto-dimming sensor in the mirror.

Unless I'm missing something, wouldn't most modern car mirrors be too wide for this to fit over - for the camera to work, the unit surely needs to be a good couple of inches wider? I remember my dad having a clip over mirror on his mk2 Cortina.

[rsbmw]

Dimming your mirror is fairly useless when there's another mirror on top of it anyway!

Cameras seem to be right on one end and designed with size in mind, but that was my concern too.

[Sheepshanks]

rsbmw said:

Dimming your mirror is fairly useless when there's another mirror on top of it anyway!

True But it dims the outside mirrors too.

[Hammy98]

Fair enough! I didn't read into the description - assumed it was similar to the replacement mirrors on ebay. Let us know how you get on with it if you pick one up.

[TonyRPH]

Looks like yet another unnecessary driver distraction to me.

Bah humbug.

[Du1point8]

Does it have internal power or is it going to need a bloody great big long cable into the cigarette lighter socket at all times that is only hinted at in one picture?

[sgrimshaw]

Two cables.

One to the cigar lighter, another to the rear camera.

[GT6k]

I have used several dashcams in different cars and currently use a mirror one in the family car. The mirror cam is wider than a standard mirror, sufficient that it is outside the blacked out portion of windscreen behind the mirror and usefully just inside the top of wiper arc. It is not so wide that it interferes with the sun visors and is very discrete. Power supply is permanently wired (on with ignition) and the cable is run up easily behind the edge of the roof lining.

On this particular car it is very difficult to use a conventional dashcam as the mirror, the blacked out area behind it and the sun visors use up all the space except for a narrow band each side of the mirror.

The main drag is that all mirror cams with embedded cameras (as opposed to ones hung below the mirror) have the lens to the left which usually makes the field of view slightly harder to set up than if it was the right side for RHD cars.