Baseus has introduced a brand new sprint cam that may proceed capturing incidents even whereas your car is turned off. The PrimeTrip VD1 Professional contains 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 automobile is parked, with out draining your car’s battery.
It’s accessible now by means of Amazon for $169.99 (discounted to $109.99 with a coupon that expires on October 1st) and whereas the VD1 Professional doesn’t have to be hardwired to your car’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 car’s auxiliary outlet so its 4K digital camera with a 170-degree wide-angle subject of view can file regularly, 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 automobile’s trim panels, connects the primary unit to a second 1080p rear digital camera with a 120-degree subject of view for capturing what’s taking place behind your car.
The VD1 Professional’s photo voltaic panel is about as small as these used on calculators so the unit stays unobtrusive, nevertheless it solely generates sufficient energy to increase the sprint cam’s battery, not hold it charged indefinitely. Consequently, you’ll solely stand up to 14 days of what Baseus calls “standby parking monitoring.” When movement across the car or an affect 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 might be saved on a 32GB microSD card that may be upgraded. Should you’re parking someplace like an underground storage the place the accessible lighting is restricted, you’ll be able to count on the battery life to be diminished.
Different options embrace steady loop recording that can robotically overwrite the oldest movies when the microSD card will get full, and hands-free voice controls. The VD1 Professional connects to the Baseus cell app over Wi-Fi 6 for wirelessly downloading movies from the dashcam or importing firmware updates.