New Anker Roav Dashcam - photos, manual, video reviews

I think it’s possible the next generation of the Roav computer will probably have a dash camera installed (perhaps for road and driver recording?) but there’s certainly room for a separate dash cam to cater to those who already have inbuilt navigation systems but no camera…

The design looks a lot like the Rexing (and a few other OEM models on Amazon)

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updated the 1st post. There is literally a lot of information out there in addition to the FCC, Android app and Youtube reviews/demo

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Not exactly what I was thinking but could work when the fusion model hits Amazon UK

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As a cyclist I’d like a legal hold function. The most common cause of problems is bad driving and if the driver owned one of these Dashcams, it can be confiscated by the police and used in evidence against them. A bad cyclist tends to hurt themselves, a bad driver tends to hurt others, so if there’s a camera involved and happens to be the property of the bad driver, it would be useful to keep that as evidence to convict the owner. As it stands a guilty driver can delete evidence of their errors.

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I wonder how good this is from dark to light transitions, night driving, and when it’s facing directly towards the sun.

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Yeah…but us beta testers are still waiting for our chance at the ROAV Dashtop. Come on Anker.

Link for the Roav Dashcam on amazon…

“MOTION ACTIVATED: When you’re away from your car, gravity sensor detects bumps to automatically record hit-and-runs.”

Does that mean it is continually recording and continually discarding and when there’s a jolt it stops discarding?

Otherwise you only have post-bump video which would be only half the story.

Not 100% sure on which strategy is being employed… I will let you know if I end up testing it!

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The way most of these “jolt” triggered dash cams work is by saving around 5 minutes (or whatever the setting is at) of the video prior and recording after the jolt until the memory is full.

So when the jolt is detected it saves the video from say 5 minutes before the jolt and locks that in the memory, and it records after the jolt as well. The dash cam will have to be turned on, it just necessarily won’t be saving the video actively.

Thanks. Does that mean its draining its battery all the time as its continually recording and discarding apart from when there’s a jolt and it stops discarding the last 5 minutes?

Most cars disable cigarette lighter when ignition off.

Yeah, that’s the problem with these dash cams. Their batteries are very small and would probably be fine for a parking lot grocery run at the most. Some cars have an always on 12V outlet, some don’t, so a lot of hardcore dash cam fans have a battery system for just the dash cams, it’s pretty crazy.

so you need a time machine? Accident happens, it goes back 5 mins in time and begins recording?

Also in most situations where you’re bumped it would not be in the forward direction of the camera, the rear or sides. So really it is just for when you’re moving and you drive into something in front. i.e. its YOUR fault. So then you’d want a camera to DELETE the video as it incriminates yourself. It would not be your fault if someone drove into you which is in general from the rear.

This one runs off of usb, it would be perfect for using it with an Anker battery :slight_smile:

The manual shows it has a fairly small battery and it says “24 hour parking guard” that implies it probably will just turn on if bumped for upto 24 hours. If you did though want to leave it running all the time then just a big portable powerbank would help? A dual-socket USB cigaretter lighter can then recharge the powerbank when driving.

I keep going back to the Amazon link for the dash cam… more information on it would be awesome. I would also like to see a demo video recorded on the dash cam. There is no reviews on Amazon for it. I sooooo want this. LOL… Can I please get more information on the Roav DashCam?

The manual says a lot

Yeah, sure, make me go to the manual. LOL… I didn’t even see that when I asked for more information. Thanks. I’ll definitely check it out. But it still would be nice to see a review on it. I might just have to get one and do my own review :stuck_out_tongue:

Hey! Check out the GoRoav site for more info and even an install video. Looks like this could be a great product at a very reasonable price!

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Hope this video will guide you more!:sunglasses:

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