Dashcams that work at night

[TUS373]

Yes - another dashcam thread.

I feel like I am living in the film 'Final Destination' at the moment. I visit Oldham in Manchester frequently, and it is like a war zone on the roads. No sign of Kier Starmer using his powers to Police this place and hand down sentences for dangerous driving yet.In the last few weeks I had:

• uninsured car with 5 on board, driver appeared to be about 16 years old. Pulled out in front of me and I had to do an emergency stop and swerve to miss them. I was not speeding - but they just did not know how to drive. Police are following up.
• a near head on with an Audi who decided to force themselves down the centre of 2 lane country B road, with cars going in both directions. Did not need to do anything there as the Police were 2 cars in front, did a U-turn and went after them. Spectacularly bad - criminal driving
• last night - an Audi RS6 (are you seeing a theme here?) that came from on a straight road to right behind me, in 12 seconds, in a 30mph. They absolutely floored it, overtook narrowly missing me, and proceeded the wrong side of a traffic island to having disappeared again in less than 12 seconds.

I have a decent enough hardwired NextBase dashcam - front and back. Thing is - at night, it loses detail. With headlights and brake lights, details are lost. Freeze framing is just a blur. Difficult to see identifying details on car or registration.

So - what camera works well at night? Do I need a Sony STARVIS2 chipped camera, or something with higher resolution? Do they come with high frame rates?

Not looking to be a dashcam warrior, but at least when they find me in the wreckage they can see what happened!

ETA: I am using a NextBase 380GWX at the moment.1080p.

Edited by TUS373 on Thursday 22 August 17:08

[Greenmantle]

thinkware u3000

[Fore Left]

You need a dashcam that uses the Starvis2 chipset like the Thinkware U3000 mentioned by Greenmantle.

https://www.blackboxmycar.com/pages/ultimate-guide...

[TUS373]

Thank you for confirming the approach an recommendation appreciated. Pricey camera. I am hoping that with all things the quality improves as the technology rolls out and prices come down too.

[KungFuPanda]

VIOFO A229 uses the same Sony chipset and seems to be around £200 if you buy from Ali Express???