The Best Budget Dual Channel Dashcam! DDPAI Mola N3 Pro Unboxing & Review

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5 ай бұрын

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Today we're reviewing the @DDPAI_Global "Dual Channel DashCam" pack, which consists of a Mola N3 Pro 1600P forward facing camera, and a 1080P rear facing camera. DDPAI's hardwire kit was also used, and both products can be found in the links above.
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@robwoof3662 4 ай бұрын

Based on this review, I bought one of these with a hardwire kit. Easy install, and it’s working well. Thanks for the review!

@harvo351 5 ай бұрын

Great to see you !! Just about to upgrade the daily, had just been thinking about cameras . . . Brilliant timing !! Thank you !!

@anthonywarthold 5 ай бұрын

Good review mate. My 2016 Blackvue dual channel is still going strong 💪🏻

@paulsz6194 4 ай бұрын

A good, comprehensive overview of the DDpai camera. Makes future choices easier now! 👍

@peterm7485 2 ай бұрын

Amazon finally had the hardwire kit available bought 2 and arrived yesterday. Will put them in tomorrow

@AdamAus85 5 ай бұрын

Woot, got the last hardwire kit (as of Monday morning). Cheers for the review, see how this unit goes in my dad's car.

@michaelagi3777 5 ай бұрын

Morning mate, and thanks for the awesome review. I just ordered one.

@Mannhael 5 ай бұрын

Been meaning to get a dashcam for a while but haven’t had the time to look into it. Thanks to your comprehensive review I’ll give this one a go 👍. Also, absolutely hearing you about the QLD heat, humidity not helping 🥵

@ryziehester675 5 ай бұрын

Finally your back

@Beer_Dad1975 4 ай бұрын

Great review and good to see you back again! I bought a Mini 3 a couple of years ago based on your review for it and no regrets. Hate to be "that guy" in the comments but just a small bit of advice - best to not brake check tailgaters - most of the time they are totally oblivious to what they are doing wrong and worst case you will just piss them off, they'll think you are in the wrong and it will make them even more aggressive. Best to just drive smoothly & predictably until you can let them pass safely. Lessons learned from being an old b*stard who's been driving too many years 🙂

@pierreinthavong181 5 ай бұрын

Nice dashcam preview!😊

@MrButtonpresser 5 ай бұрын

A good review. I just checked it out on Amazon, very nice unit for a low price.

@johnwalters6025 5 ай бұрын

I went for a Gator dash cam due to being cheaper then Blackvue. I went for a compact cylinder gator cam, and the casing for the front facing camera has warped and partly meted from QLD sun. I wasn't happy when I noticed that but the camera still works surprisingly

@bongleton 5 ай бұрын

keep it up mate

@samcox9133 5 ай бұрын

I bought one of the DDPAI cameras based off of your previous review. You can simply unplug it from your car, take it inside and plug it in to your computer via USB and it comes up as a portable drive to copy the files off of.

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

Didn't know that, thanks!

@TheRealMrCods 5 ай бұрын

Good review Sean. I use a different brand I'm happy with in all my cars 👍

@knight2425 5 ай бұрын

Great video mate, not wrong it’s a great buy for that price so I ordered one and will see how it goes.

@DDPAI_Global 4 ай бұрын

wow thanks mate, awesome video edit btw ;-)

@lyonsy143 5 ай бұрын

Great job mate

@denisk3064 4 ай бұрын

Great video, bought the cam but the hard wiring kit is out of stock 😔, anything else you’d recommend

@craigkeogh9570 5 ай бұрын

Good to see you Sean, miss your car videos 😢 hows the magna going ?

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

Hopefully on the way back but we'll see 🙈

@ausernameidk 4 ай бұрын

@@MotoringBoxTV The first time I'm excited to see a Mitsubishi Magna, beside laughing at all the smoke they blow ; )

@Beer_Dad1975 4 ай бұрын

@@ausernameidk It's not a Mitsi if it's not smoking! 😀

@LouCooper 5 ай бұрын

Any luck finding someone to paint the Magna mate?

@shanecameron7869 5 ай бұрын

Do you need to buy the hardware kit separately?

@markkouros6628 5 ай бұрын

Will they mount into a Ed Fairmont fuse box under dash

@DirtySlapper99 5 ай бұрын

I'm at my camp around the corner battling fitting tire's to do drifting in the morning at qr 🤦 needed a break about to smash the fkn thang

@s3tTz 5 ай бұрын

Suggestion for a short term fix: cut off a small portion of the rear window tint for the camera?

@the_real_superstickman 5 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing, as soon as he mentioned it

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

I started peeling off a section but there was still a layer of sticky residue stuck hard to the glass... so I decided to leave it alone.

@john_barnett 5 ай бұрын

@@MotoringBoxTV Razor blade and some isopropyl alcohol will fix that

@the_real_superstickman 5 ай бұрын

I'll need to remember this for when I'm asked about cameras. Have an iroad 2 channel in the Mrs car, and the cam quality is only average, and I hate the app with a passion. So slow to connect. Can't do it at home either because my phone is too smart and keeps not wanting to use that connection as it's got no internet, when my home WiFi with internet is right there. I have a feeling that part might still be an issue but the camera quality and price are good.

@gregwilson9035 5 ай бұрын

Hi Sean, which size capacity SD card did you use? The Amazon link states it can handle a 512gb card, but that seems to be at odds with the DDPAI website, which says 128gb max. The Amazon link has some FAQ’s at the very bottom whereby they state that the 128gb is a misprint? I’m confused and don’t want to fork out for a 512gb if I can’t use it.

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

I don't have a spare card above 128gb to test, but a lot of the info I could find said 128gb max.

@gregwilson9035 5 ай бұрын

@@MotoringBoxTV thanks Sean. I’m gonna run with 128gb. Seems like that might give enough time anyway.

@Youssefdxb2011 2 ай бұрын

why no distance indicator as advertised? i.e. integrated UI

@TradieTrev 5 ай бұрын

There's nothing stopping anyone to obtain your wifi's location as you spin around town. We can use this info to target where a vehicle is garage. You need to turn off wifi on your dash cams as it makes you a target, but even the expensive dash cams don't understand this fault.

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

I don't really see how. The wifi strength is a lot weaker than a router, so you'd have to be parked right beside the vehicle to see it. Plus the camera isn't connecting to any other network which is accessible via the internet, so how is somebody going to know where the cam/car is unless they're sitting right beside it?

@Big_Yin 5 ай бұрын

What? If you manage somehow to connect to a dashcam wifi, you won't connect to internet. I don't think you know how this works 🤡

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

@@Big_Yin sorry in no place in your original comment did you mention actually connecting to the cam. Obviously changing wifi name and setting a strong password is recommended.

@Big_Yin 5 ай бұрын

@@MotoringBoxTV I was replying to the other guy

@TradieTrev 5 ай бұрын

@@Big_Yin It's about GPS tracking 🤡australasiantransportresearchforum.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2013_abbott-jard_shah_bhaskar.pdf

@qbmac2306 5 ай бұрын

I did a permanent wiring fix for my A129 dual dash cam in my BA Falcon and if I don't start and use the car within 3 days, the battery is completely flat. No settings within the dash cam seems to fix it, so just a word of warning I guess. Depends on the model of cam too.

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

Yep, luckily in the app there's a setting for voltage cut off. I have it set to stop recording when the battery reaches 12.4v, which is roughly half charged.

@Big_Yin 5 ай бұрын

Had a dual DDpai set up from 2017 but they didn't like the aussie sun, probably different now though 🤔

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

What model? Just curious as I've owned 4 different models over the past 5 or 6 years.

@Big_Yin 5 ай бұрын

@MotoringBoxTV m6 plus was the first one then I got the mini for the rear

@Big_Yin 5 ай бұрын

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@peterm7485 4 ай бұрын

I bought 2 of these cams but no hardwire kit available. I just placed the base onto the windscreen without using the plastic sheet on the windscreen will it cause any issues without it ?

@MotoringBoxTV 4 ай бұрын

I am not sure what plastic sheet you mean, usually you just peel the double sided tape and stick it on!

@peterm7485 4 ай бұрын

It’s the electrostatic sticker it sticks to the windscreen and then you stick the sticky pad on the camera base onto it , like this if you want to move the camera you just lift it off and the sticky pad stays on the electric static sheet and reattach the sheet back onto the windscreen.

@davidforbes7972 5 ай бұрын

Overall which is your favourite ddapi

@andrewwoitowitz8242 2 ай бұрын

How is the camera going currently, looking at getting one.

@MotoringBoxTV 2 ай бұрын

Yeah awesome. The parking monitoring even captured someone who attempted to break into the car.

@Blanchy10 5 ай бұрын

With the hardwire kit, is it fused? Looks like it plugs into the fuse box but no fuse. Also hoe easy is the app for an old fart?

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

Yes the hardwire kit is fused. I show the app later in the video and it's pretty easy to use 👌

@johnanderiessen5863 5 ай бұрын

Hi motoring box I tried the link in the description to buy the camera ! And sends me to Amazon ,but with a different camera would you be kind enough to send the link to me please

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

I just tested the link and it was the same camera...

@NickGhale Ай бұрын

How do you turn off the shutdown sound on this thing? When turning off the engine

@MotoringBoxTV Ай бұрын

There's a setting called 'volume' for that 👍

@NickGhale Ай бұрын

@@MotoringBoxTV will turning that off prevent any kind of important messages from going through? Concerned about that

@mj_aussie_coaster_travels8310 5 ай бұрын

Sneaky use of font there, ddpai manages to look like the GoPro logo at first glance. Are these 12v only or 12/24v?

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

The hardwire kit says 12V-24V and it steps it down to 5V for the camera, so it sounds like it'll work on both.

@mj_aussie_coaster_travels8310 5 ай бұрын

@@MotoringBoxTVexcellent, il look into this for our bus.

@WellPlayedGamer 23 күн бұрын

Back cam got random lines and camera's timestamp changes to 1970 automatically after some days.

@Coffee_Boss 5 ай бұрын

When i click on the Amazon link it says its $149? What did i do wrong?

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

As mentioned there's a $30 off coupon when you're on the Amazon listing.

@Coffee_Boss 5 ай бұрын

@MotoringBoxTV That's strange it only shows me the $30 coupon on the $109 version listed under the link in your video as the "new model" no coupons showing for one in the video sadly 😢I don't think the $109 model comes with the 2nd camera.

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

Hmm, same! I will check and get back to you.

@Coffee_Boss 5 ай бұрын

@MotoringBoxTV thank you! Looks like an amazing bit of kit and if can get it $30 that's even better!!

@pungredx 3 ай бұрын

How do you access the GPS location data?

@MotoringBoxTV 3 ай бұрын

I've not tried, but once when I was downloading video clips from it, I did note there was a "GPS" folder with a bunch of files in it. At least 1 file per video.

@archie2266 5 ай бұрын

Happy Australia day all

@__Jonathan 5 ай бұрын

Can it record while the car is parked ?

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

Yep there's a setting for that, so long as you get the hardwire kit too.

@gregwilson9035 4 ай бұрын

Anyone else having issues with this dash cam draining the battery? I’ve been into the App and have the voltage cut out set to ‘High’ ie 12.5V. However it drains both my batteries (Landcruiser 200 has 2 x 12V start batteries in parallel) in less than 2 days. I have the VCC (yellow wire constant voltage) into the Hazard Light fuse and the ACC (red switched 12V) into the Radio fuse. The dash cam just doesn’t turn off, even though the setting in the App is asking it to.

@MotoringBoxTV 4 ай бұрын

Strange. I would set the parking mode to 'Dormancy' and see if that improves it.

@gregwilson9035 4 ай бұрын

@@MotoringBoxTV yep i,ve just done that. So with that setting it should ‘sleep’ when the vehicle is turned off unless there is an event like vehicle being hit. Seems that it has turned off now after a few mins.

@MotoringBoxTV 4 ай бұрын

Probably a silly question but did you confirm the radio fuse you used isn't powered when the engine is off? If confirmed I am not sure what what you can do there.

@gregwilson9035 4 ай бұрын

@@MotoringBoxTV Hi Sean, turns out that is not a silly question. After much probing i was sometimes able to see 12.5V flash up on the multimeter. So i think you’re right. That was the problem. I metered the cig lighter and could clearly see that lose voltage when vehicle was turned off. So i’ve swapped the ACC wire to cig lighter. I’ll see how that goes but pretty certain that the cause was the dummy who installed it (me) 🤣

@bartnettle 5 ай бұрын

Good review! Hope the coupon works soon. where would the voucher be? cheers

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

The coupon is back and you should see it just below the price. The coupon is $20 now but they've lowered the price, so it's even cheaper overall now.

@bartnettle 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, got two for both vehicles, cheers

@john_barnett 5 ай бұрын

USB-C on a dashcam! What a novel idea!

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

We really are living in the 21st century.

@maxliu285 5 ай бұрын

@Rustywing46 5 ай бұрын

Your link to Amazon has the price at $149.99 not $119.99.

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

There should be a $30 off coupon right under the price. There was when I checked anyway.

@tivoenator 5 ай бұрын

I think you linked to the wrong product. Amazon says there’s an updated model, and when you click that one it is cheaper.

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

They've fixed it now. Link is correct.

@CathodeRayNipplez 5 ай бұрын

😀

@user-bp5py6bh3g 5 ай бұрын

Honestly I wouldn't go less then 2K60FPS in 2024

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

60fps is nice, just roughly doubles the data rate and halves the recording length.

@aitp 5 ай бұрын

Turn your speed off on the camera. If you happen to be going a little over the limit and some other idiot does something wrong, it may cause issues if it proves you were going over the limit, regardless of amount.

@MotoringBoxTV 5 ай бұрын

Thought has crossed my mind.