AKASO EK7000

I have the same model. It's good *for the price*. The image quality is great, but I have a lot of quibbles. * There is no way to tell if it's recording or not without taking off your helmet, because the speaker is so quiet that you can't hear it unless you're in a silent room. There isn't even a mode to start recording when powered on, so you really have to look at the screen to know what's happening. * The microphone sucks (quite normal, my Ghost Drift XL had this problem too) * The camera often won't charge through micro USB, so you have to remove the battery and use the little desk charger. One more piece of clutter on my desk. * The battery life is about 2 hours. The batteries are cheap but I'd rather have a bigger camera that I don't have to charge every day. Good things: * Compatible with gopro mounts. * Great daytime image quality, good enough at night * So cheap * There is a noticeable change in driver behaviour when I have the camera sticking out of my head. (My ghost drift XL was more subtle and didn't do this) I would absolutely recommend it as a first camera, but I'd get 2-3 batteries and swap them out every day.

I have an Akaso EK7000 I got for like 40 quid - thought it would be rubbish but it's actually pretty good and has always picked up number plates etc when needed. Depends where you live as to whether the Police care - in Warwickshire they're pretty good - respond to every submission and I'd say they're generally pretty fair in outcomes (either warning letter or NIP). West mids Police I never heard anything back even when I submitted outright dangerous driving. Even if they don't really care I think it's worth submitting particularly troublesome areas so theres a record of the issue.

Anything off Amazon will do, the EK.... Cameras are pretty cheap and cheerful, and anything of 1080p or more will be good enough for police reports. Just don't expect to pick up any numberplates in anything but perfect conditions with a cheap camera, the expensive action cameras really do come into their own in low-light. Try to get one with the date time displayed and makesure it's set correctly, and loop recording is a godsend if you're just using it on the off chance rather than how I use it, to record every traffic offence that happens around me.

That's funny, I can do loop recording on at least 2 of my action cameras, and with a pass-through door to the charging port I can make my action camera run for at least 24hrs uninterrupted - [Hidden Road Gem: Use Insta360 Ace Pro 2 as Your Car Dashcam](https://www.insta360.com/blog/tips/insta360-ace-pro-as-dash-cam-tutorial.html) (The EK7000 supports loop recording too, just google the manual). My GoPro batteries, when I had one, used to last just over an hour (I used to miss the last 300m to work if I wasn't pedaling hard). My Insta360 Ace Pro & Ace Pro 2 batteries (aftermarket versions) last about an hour and a half.

https://a.co/d/bTgkDaE $70 action cam from Amazon I use for FPV.

The Akaso 7000 is good. Bought it for Maui snorkeling last May and I’ll bring it back this May as well.