I can recomend these cameras, I have the one which records both inside and outside the car, RoadHawk RH2, you can leave it on while parked so you can see if your vehicle gets tampered with, my power socket stays powered up even with ignition off, it records your speed and inertia, so when you play it back on your computer you have a display of the speed and a graph showing inertia, in the one I have you can see a little at the side and rear if you were hit from that direction as well as the front, it has 2 lens in one unit, it came with a 2gb sd card so I upgraded it to 4gb. the only niggle is hiding the wire, but otherwise I have had no problems with it at all.

I've had an RH2 as described by Brian above for over a year now. Honestly, I'm thoroughly dissatisfied with it. For a camera which cost me £300, the resolution is appalling. I have it set on its best recording quality and no way will it capture number plates. I've carried out exhaustive tests and reviews of the captures, and the only number plates it will record are those of cars stationary immediately in front. As soon as it has moved off just a few feet then it is unreadable. Passing cars show nothing remotely legible. It will be of little use in any hit and run situation.

Satellite capture is also dire. I have a 10min drive to work along open urban and country roads and over half the time it fails to lock on during that journey. Occasionally it does lock on after a minute or so. Even when it has, speed displayed sometimes becomes wildly erratic or disappears for no reason. On many an occasion it has shown me travelling, for example, at 45 in a 30 zone when I've been doing 28. My ancient Tom Tom Go 700 never did this so why should a much more recent device?

Finally, I have to wait a good few seconds after turning off the car ignition before removing the device from my windscreen, otherwise a collision event is recorded and stays there until deleted on a PC.

I recently tried a cheap, basic camera recorder that cost me £30. The one with the tiny built in screen, often sold for twice this price. The picture is no worse than the RH2, and apart from the lack of GPS there's little difference in functionality.

The day I come to replace it, Roadhawk won't be on my list.

A few questions for RoadHawk users:

1. Do the units within the RoadHawk clearly record a vehicle's number plate both for vehicles approaching from the other direction and for vehicles travelling in the same direction but at slower or faster speeds than you're travelling?
   
   
2. Does the dual camera (front and internal facing) RH-2 show just the internal view of the vehicle or can it show what's happening on the road behind you?
   
   
3. What's the largest memory card that they can take?
   Just found it - DC-1 max is 32GB SDHC, whilst the RH-2 max is 16GB SDHC.
   
   
4. Presumably there are different compression settings, how much recording time do you get per GB at each setting and what compression setting do most people use?
   
   
5. Do insurance companies recognise the RoadHawk so that you get a (substantial) insurance discount

Robert.
iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 14.0.1: iOS CamerAlert v2.0.7
TomTom GO Mobile iOS 2.3.1; TomTom (UK & ROI and Europe) iOS apps v1.29
Garmin Camper 770 LMT-D

When does the discount expire?

My credit card is in overload, this month...

FNORD

I read another thread on here today that said Roadhawk will have a new system (or similar) and Mac software out by the summer.

I was just about to buy something as well, but will hang on a couple of months to see if the Mac stuff comes to light.
Also i hope that the discount will still be available as well.

Triumph Tbird 1700. And now a Bonnie T100.

the one I have has no problems picking up satellites, true the resolution is not what it should be, the front view gives a wide angle view, the rear view is limited to mostly inside the car, you can see a limited amount at sides and rear, like if someone hit you in the rear you can make out a vehicle doing that, but not in detail like number plate or a full view of other vehicle, but it can show that someone has hit you, so handy if there was a dispute about who hit who. There is a demo video you can watch on their website.

RH2 storage time 16gb = 750 minutes 4gb = 180 minutes
Event recording time 16gb = 320 minutes 4gb = 120 minutes
the time varies according to light conditions it says in the book.

Similarly, mine locks on in seconds, never had an issue with it. The camera isn't HD (although a HD one is coming this summer) but it fulfils its purpose, i.e. as a record of events.

In most cases, those involved are known, but the finer detail of who was at blame etc are not, and this can answer that.

And in answer to MichaelEvans, have you spoke with RoadHawk about your issues?

Darren Griffin

FYI - the 10% offer is still valid.
I have just used it against a RoadHawk HD

I have just found this discount code as a result of Googling, but didn't find it when I looked on this site at first because it's not in the Subscriber Discounts forum. Please could it be posted in there?