Helmet/Bike Cam

Kaiser Sose
Kaiser Sose Posts: 90
in Road general
After a couple of recent altercations with impatient motorists who have tried to run me off the road I am thinking of getting one of these for my helmet and possibly another, rear facing one.
Any suggestions please as to what works well and what doesn't? Makes? Helmet v Handlebars? An immediate observation is that none of them seem to have the required battery life for a 3 or 4 hour ride from what I can see.
Many thanks!

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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,491
    Michael Schumacher's condition would make me wary of a helmet cam.
    Unless these stories have been debunked.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • Kaiser Sose
    Kaiser Sose Posts: 90
    Also, meant to add guys that I don't want to spend a fortune on this and I'd view this as a consumable, almost like a tyre. HD 1080P is fine so £50-70 tops. Forget the GoPro and all that stuff - these things *will* get wet and *will* eventually go wrong so I wouldn't want a ton of money tied up in it.
  • Kaiser Sose
    Kaiser Sose Posts: 90
    Wow, no one uses helmet/bike cams guys? Maybe I am off-piste in my thinking then in my thoughts of getting one.
  • i.bhamra
    i.bhamra Posts: 304
    Not sure why you would consider these as consumables "like a tyre". My Cycliq fly 6 and 12 (early models) have lasted for years. Using both with the flashing lights running, the rear lasts 4-5 hrs and the front longer (probably 6-7 hrs). Both run for longer with lights off, a bit more than £50-70 but maybe that's the trade off for better run time. I wouldn't consider a helmet mounted option, not sure about the Michael Schumacher thing, just don't like how it looks.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,866
    I'm looking at getting one too having been knocked off in May, I won't be on a bike for another couple of months at least I reckon. Whatever I get will have to be able to cope in low light conditions as it will be used riding to and from work in the winter.
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  • Kaiser Sose
    Kaiser Sose Posts: 90
    i.bhamra said:

    Not sure why you would consider these as consumables "like a tyre". My Cycliq fly 6 and 12 (early models) have lasted for years. Using both with the flashing lights running, the rear lasts 4-5 hrs and the front longer (probably 6-7 hrs). Both run for longer with lights off, a bit more than £50-70 but maybe that's the trade off for better run time. I wouldn't consider a helmet mounted option, not sure about the Michael Schumacher thing, just don't like how it looks.

    They all seem to eventually fail with water ingress from what I can see after a relatively short period of time. If that were a £50 camera then fair enough and I'd put that down as an acceptable part of cycling costs (i.e. a consumable). But £250 - like the Fly 12 - and fails after a year or so? That is not so good. The Amazon reviews of the Cycliqs are not good.

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