The Mini 0801 - Tiny 1080p GPS Car Camera with an LCD Screen
Saturday, August 31, 2013 at 3:50PM UPDATE 2014 - be sure to look at the New Improved 0803 Model HERE.
I finally have an answer for the people who ask me which Dashcam I use…. it's this one.
Up until this point whenever I finished reviewing a car camera, I removed it from my car and boxed it up again. This is the first camera that's earned a permanant place on my windscreen.
There are a couple of reasons for this - firstly one thing that shouldn't be underestimated is the WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor). I may be perfectly happy to live with a big piece of electronics hanging from the windscreen - but it's not completely down to me. The truth is though that I'm just as unhappy with anything messing up the car, however another more important concern is theft. Leaving an expensive device like a BlackVue camera in the windscreen is just not a good idea. To the average drug addict looking in car windows for something to fund his next fix, you may as well have just left £50 on the passenger seat. However I'll be damned if I'm going to install and remove a camera every time I go for a short drive to the shops, I know that after a while I would get fed up doing it and leave it under a seat, and of course that's when something would happen.
However all those concerns are behind me because I've finally got a small car camera that appears to perform as well as any of the large devices that I've tried but that can be discretely mounted in a car and forgotten about.
Just prior to this camera's arrival I was thinking about how to permanently install the Mobius camera in my car and I still think that this would be a good alternative option if you can find some way to mount it, but I find that the design of the Mini 0801 fits better with my requirements.
You can download Sample Clips HERE
You have a choice of sellers,
If you want to download the Windows only GPS Playback software I used in the video - here it is.
Reader Comments (649)
Hey guys,
I just received my camera today, and on the CD there were two applications: SPEED_UNIT_KM and SPEED_UNIT_MP. Probably the second one shows the speed in MPH. The problem is that I can't read the discs, the optical drives just sound like a passing by train.
@Andras
You can download both apps here on the FAQ page.
http://dashcamtalk.com/mini-0801/
You're better off using Registrator Viewer though. (way more options)
http://www.registratorviewer.com/
The Mini 0801 Forum section is here:
http://forum.dashcamtalk.com/index.php?forums/mini-0801.37/
@JazJon
Thanks for the links. I contacted givoe for the issue and they sent me the files in like 3 minutes. So great experience with them and I can only recommend them if anybody wants to buy the camera without a headache.
I use Registrator Viewer as Jazjon recommended, but the disk that come with my mini 1801 do not work on my windows 7 PC, the version download from the link also do not work on my PC. I tray compatibility mode, but still do not work. So I will take to Registrator Viewer it work well.
Anybody know any long term issues with this unit? Overheating, system failure, ect..?
@Jacob
There is too much history to reply in one paragraph. You can read all about it here:
http://forum.dashcamtalk.com/index.php?forums/mini-0801.37/
@Matt: Thanks for your efforts and reviews - much appreciated! Like many here at Techmoan, I want a fit-and-forget "flight recorder" that's as inconspicuous as possible, ideally invisible, behind the RVM. Based on your sensible review, the Mini 0801 seems to fit my needs best (mainly stealth and with quality video), and I've pretty much settled on getting two or three.
@Mike Newton: Did you find a supplier that'll ship to SA? Any suggestions?
@People In Hot Places (eg TX/AZ): Summers here in the Karoo are very hot, so I need something that will survive high temps. Is the Mini 0801 up to the job?
Where can I find a Mini-B 5 pin male to female cable? The power cable is not long enough and I'm having a hard time running it to my camera. Also, I purchased a Class 10 Micro SD card, but the manual says to use a Class 4 or higher, but not a Class 10. Has any one had any problems with using a Class 10? Thank you.
@Cowmissing
Read through the comments here, I'll post again though. Avoid class 10 cards or your camera will shut down after the card is full and recycle begins. The best card is the Samsung Class 6 card. (perfect middle ground)
http://dx.com/p/cy-u2-049-mini-usb-2-0-male-to-female-extension-cable-black-150cm-218435
More info on 0801 here:
http://dashcamtalk.com/forum/forums/mini-0801.37/
@JazJon
Thank you for the information. This is my first car camera and I'm excited to make this work.