quanta wrote: ↑Battery Life
I think someone worked it out, estimating it can operate up to a week without completely draining a car battery. YMMV, depending on how many incidents it records and how much the Reserve Capacity is of your battery.
Hardwiring
The camera can be hardwired into the fusebox. If you are handy with electrical stuff, it should be pretty easy. You can source some cable with bare leads or cut up the included cigarette lighter cable. If you want to be fancy, you can hook up any 12V DC source.
Attaching to the Car
For those who want to be able to pop the mount on and off, here's a tip: if you are a Hwy 407 ETR subscriber, order some spare velcro strips. They're free for subscribers!
Theft of camera?
The beauty of the Blackvue is that it doesn't look like a camera or a GPS. You can disguise it with racing tape or hang ornaments off it. Make people think it's a weird air freshener. Be creative.
Yeah, I caved and bought the Magic Pro, one end goes into the fuse box (3 wires: 1 positive and 1 negative that you can hook up to say the interior lighting, and 1 ground) and the other end is just a cigerette power socket. I did some research and since the camera only draws 3W MAX it can last almost a week and a half (depending on how new your battery is) and it shouldn't be an issue if you drive every day.