Baseus has announced a new dash cam that may proceed capturing incidents even whereas your automobile is turned off. The PrimeTrip VD1 Professional consists of each a chargeable battery and a high-efficiency photo voltaic panel it makes use of to file incidents when movement or impacts are detected for as much as 14 days whereas your automotive is parked, with out draining your automobile’s battery.
It’s available now through Amazon for $169.99 (discounted to $109.99 with a coupon that expires on October 1st) and whereas the VD1 Professional doesn’t must be hardwired to your automobile’s electrical system or fuse field throughout set up, it’s positively not a wi-fi answer. When you’re driving the primary unit attracts energy out of your automobile’s auxiliary outlet so its 4K digital camera with a 170-degree wide-angle discipline of view can file frequently, guaranteeing the occasions main as much as an incident are captured. One other cable, which you’ll want to hide within the seams of your automotive’s trim panels, connects the primary unit to a second 1080p rear digital camera with a 120-degree discipline of view for capturing what’s occurring behind your automobile.
The VD1 Professional’s photo voltaic panel is about as small as these used on calculators so the unit stays unobtrusive, however it solely generates sufficient energy to increase the sprint cam’s battery, not maintain it charged indefinitely. Consequently, you’ll solely stand up to 14 days of what Baseus calls “standby parking monitoring.” When movement across the automobile or an impression is detected, the sprint cam will wake and seize 30-second clips from the entrance and rear cameras as much as a most of 20 incidents or 40 clips which are saved on a 32GB microSD card that may be upgraded. In the event you’re parking someplace like an underground storage the place the obtainable lighting is restricted, you possibly can anticipate the battery life to be diminished.
Different options embody steady loop recording that can routinely overwrite the oldest movies when the microSD card will get full, and hands-free voice controls. The VD1 Professional connects to the Baseus cellular app over Wi-Fi 6 for wirelessly downloading movies from the dashcam or importing firmware updates.