Garmin - X310

+1 for the power adapter. I used Dongar technologies adapter and they were great - helped get me a spare part free of charge, answered questions - very responsive. I like Garmin, but some only charge if using their proprietary USB cable - so I had to cut down their 4 meter cable into 8” to hook up to mirror sensor power. U/I-Have-Mono - does the Mini require proprietary cable to charge? (My 310 does…)

Man, that's great to hear that not all require the proprietary cable. My X310 (which is still a current model) wouldn't charge off of several normal USB cables I tried. Shortening the 4 meter was a simple splice as it only has power wire (i.e., no data wires to splice). Still a pain though.

Ha ha perfect. I have the garmin mini in my wifes vehicle. I am on the road alot do service calls. I just ordered the garmin 310 at costco. Merry christmas to me.

I have a Garmin X310 and power it with the Dongar adapter. Super clean install I don’t use parking mode.

Just purchased 3 Outback Touring XT and put (3) Garmin X310 in all of them. It does not have a rear camera but boy is it clear. Do get one that has clear video. If you are using it for the reason people are getting a dashcam then getting details could make a difference vs a lower resolution camera. I don’t know if it is true but I heard that 80% of things used for a dashcam occur forward facing. About 10% occur rear facing and the last 10% not much is going to capture it. We have considered a Garmin mini for rear facing but not yet.

A little late, as they were all £50-100 off 1-2 weeks ago. But Garmin X310 (was £250 from Halfords last week now back to RRP) - you'll need a HD SD card (can buy them from Currys) to record 4K. But they're brilliant. Even a 4K nextbase will record better than your current one.

>dashcam preparation i think depends on if you want the porsche dashcam or a generic one. if you’re gonna get any other dashcam then this option is useless. It requires a bit more work but I’m running both a Garmin 4k dashcam and a Valentine One radar detector off my factory Porsche dashcam wiring. The actual Porsche dashcam is a POS. But I think the factory dashcam wiring is a 100% mandatory option on basically all builds, it’s way better than having to jam a wire into the A pillar for whatever device you want to hang up there.

Wrong. It’s more work but you can use any dash cam with the factory dashcam wiring. You buy the proper plug for the factory connector and then you can wire any camera to it with a 12v to 5v transformer inline. I’m running both a 12v radar detector and a 5v Garmin dashcam on my factory dashcam wiring. The factory dashcam wiring includes a negative wire, a constant +12v DC wire, and an ignition-switched +12v DC wire.

>Then stuff everything under the liner. You successfully spent more money than a professional installer would charge you for a clean install of something like a FitCamX. The FitCamX is a mediocre dashcam though. The point of getting the factory wiring is so you can run your choice of excellent dashcam without an installer having to use a stupid mirror tap or stuffing a wire into the headliner on your A pillar. Then you get a dedicated fuse and the cleanest possible install, and at $140 it’s among the cheapest of all factory options. I’m running a very good 4k dashcam and a V1 radar detector off my factory dashcam wiring.

My Garmin mini 3 keeps saying that the SD card is running slowly and I need to reformat. I've swapped it to a Garmin X310 and it works fine. Very unhappy with Garmin right now.

This is the one I use. I used viofo previously but it stopped working but never mentioned anything until I noticed it while trying to pull up crash footage. There are better ones so far as picture quality is concerned but reliability is more important. Garmin Dash Cam™ X310 | Dash Cam https://share.google/vcysOAaB3Sl7BQR4F

I know 2 guys with them that have been really happy. They are still selling units. There are a lot of action cameras but I went down the rabbit hole and two issues hit most, battery life (I wanted at min 4 hours) and dashcam mode that was useful. I ended up getting the Garmin front (recently) and rear (over 2 years ago) and have been really happy. For me integration to make it easy and on every ride is key. I move them between bikes in 30 seconds too this way.