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I love my Garmin x310 but I don’t have much to compare it too. Quality is great. I do wish I had the rear facing too though
+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.
I have a Garmin x310. 4k recording so license plates and identifiable markers are there. I know it records time and date. I'm not certain about location but it does connect with your phone and Wi-Fi. Have to pay a subscription to use their vault but it is easier to share across platforms with the vault otherwise you have to pull the SD card out. I'm happy with it. I'm looking to getting some mirror cameras next. I can do travellaps which records a sped up version of my day and it does parking guard so if the winds are high enough it'll randomly store videos. And as long as my Wi-Fi is up I can look through the camera with my phone at any time.
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.
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