Have
yourself a protected little Christmas.
How
about giving the gift of insurance fraud protection this festive
season? That's what you could offer a friend or relative (or, you
know, keep for yourself) if you enter our latest competition. With
cash-for-crash fraudulent insurance claims on the increase, make sure
you're fully protected and able to prove your innocence, as well as
enjoying several other motoring benefits, thanks to the Snooper
DVR-4HD Dash Cam.
First
up, the unit itself. The DVR-4HD Dash Cam measures just 8cm wide yet
still manages to squeeze in a nice and bright 2.7” LCD screen. The
business end features a lens capable of seeing 140 degrees in front
of the vehicle, and can capture footage in 1080p HD at 30 frames per
second. Stills imagery is captured at 2MP, and the whole thing can
support a Micro SD card of up to 32GB capacity.
Snooper
always puts together nice and tidy little dash cams, and the DVR-4HD
is no exception, sucking in the footage smoothly and clearly. The
dash cam's primary function (i.e. to film what goes on outside the
car) happens so easily and automatically that it almost doesn't need
dwelling on. As expected the video is well-detailed and, thanks to
the dash cam's built in WiFi and the app available for both iOS and
Android, very easy to extract. Plus, should you need to replay a clip
instantly, the screen is big enough to see the footage clearly.
So,
what else did our dear chums at Snooper packed into this tiny thing?
Well for a start there is a GPS to track the car's location, relating
that to the footage captured by the camera. There is also a
three-axis G-sensor to record the intricate movements of the car,
again marrying that info with the footage to prove precisely how your
vehicle moved in the event of an accident.
That
all sounds pretty standard so far, and not too different from your
average dash cam of this price. But the DVR-4HD Dash Cam has a couple
of tricks up its sleeves that makes it really stand out. First of all
there is the integrated speed camera alert system; something that
normally requires a separate gadget entirely. The unit draws upon
Snooper's huge Aura database of the locations of many different kinds
of speed cameras, both in the UK and on the continent.
And,
interesting, the Snooper DVR-4HD Dash Cam features a unique Lane
Departure Warning System (LDWS) which sounds an audible chirp when
your vehicle unexpectedly moves across the painted road lane. This is
essentially an alert system to combat driver fatigue, designed to
keep the driver from getting drowsy, crossing the lane, and then...
game over, man. This system is also aided by the long-distance alert,
which will, once the car has been travelling non-stop for a long
time, remind the driver to take a break. Combined, that's a pretty
impressive safety system.
We've
only been using the Snooper DVR-4HD Dash Cam for a couple of weeks
now and already we're totally hooked. The fact that it combines
several extremely useful (and potentially life-saving) features in
one small package is commendable, and we feel this is Snooper's best
gadget yet. Check it out.
£149.99
Visit
www.snooper.co.uk
Want
one? Here's how to enter...
To enter simply get on Twitter and follow us (@thetestpit) then retweet any tweet we've posted about the Snooper DVR-4HD Dash Cam competition before 6pm on 15th December 2015.
The
competition will close at 6pm on 15th
December 2015 and the winners will be notified soon after. UK
entrants only please. To
win the entrants must be following The Test Pit at the time of the
draw and have previously retweeted at least one related tweet. The
judges' decision is final. For T&Cs please send us an email.