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Guys when you order from Ali Express is it reliable ? How much time does it take generally and does one have to pay a duty ?

You would loose the anti-glare function of the OEM supplied rear view mirror if you mounted such a mirror-cam over the Rear View Mirror.

This would not be good in the interest of safety/glare from the vehicle headlights behind your car.

I ordered DDPai Mini 2 from AliExpress and got it in 12 days. There is no customs duty for items below Rs 5K.

I need a reasonably priced dash cam for checking on people touching and scratching my car while it is parked.

Please suggest a solution.I want a view from all sides of the car while it is parked.

My Viofo is already 15 days and counting. Hope it reaches me this week, I ordered after the 11.11 rush, so probably mine is delayed on that reason !

It is a hit or miss. Most people never get charged any duty. Try to keep the packages small.

Discounts, you will need to check on AliExpress directly. It keeps changing.

Like most other online purchases, make sure that you check the seller rating, number of orders fulfilled etc.

I saw a preview on the mobile and the video quality is just average. Unable to tell the reg numbers from the video even during day time. It is set at 1440p with the latest firmware. How is yours ?

Me too ordered the Yi dashcam during the 11.11 sale on Ali Express. Till couple of days back there was no status update on the delivery. Wrote to Yi store, had a chat with AliExpress and then there was an update that the item has moved out of the host country. Its now a wait n watch mode.

Meanwhile I have been exploring ordering a suitable MicroSd card for the dashcam. Confused between 32 and 64Gb. I had zeroed in on SanDisk brand but some bad reviews on You tube forced me to rethink. What MircoSd cards are dashcam owners buying?

It's really a hit and miss with aliexpress shipping time. The best shipping time I've got was 10 days and the worst was more than 2 months. And most of the time, the bottleneck is with Indian customs.

Regarding customs duty, if the seller has mentioned the correct product and value we'll mostly end up paying duty. I had to pay a duty of 450/- for a cheap 2000 Rs dashcam since the seller mentioned it as camera and value as 40$. Never had to pay duty in any other instance as sellers usually mention the item as "Gift" and values ~5 USD

Few are lucky and few are not. Select the appropriate seller/listing/shipping method. I have always used Singapore Post or AliExpress Shipping.

Out of 8 orders made during 11.11, for one got appropriate tracking information on their site and in my email once it reached India.

For the rest the tracking has stopped either at transit or departed origin country. Surprisingly in spite of the above tracking info, one package reached home yesterday and hence it is clear to wait and watch and track when the shipping date nears.

Same here, no update from 22nd November. I have been using SanDisk for over 10 years, have 12 SD Cards and 6 Micro SD (all of them Class-10), so far none of them have failed me. I can vouch for it because I did more than 140 paid commercial works using them, which were critical data as I had no back up person with me for half of those works. Many friends vouch for Lexar, but I think all of them are good. Its more like Nikon or Canon or Sony type of decision.

I think it should be corrected as "all the time" :) I am assuming my Viofo is in Chennai right from 22nd November.
My screenshot below:

The video quality is on par as per the resolution.
There is a plastic film on the lens when shipped, I'm sure you would have removed it, just mentioning it as a check.

At 1440p, the recording duration is only 5.5 hours on 64 GB card, so I've set the resolution to 1080p and I get about 13 hours of recording. I find the video quality good at 1080p, same like the video in the online reviews.

I ordered my viofo on 11.11 and it's at customs as per the update from 21 November.
Keeping my fingers crossed that it will reach this week with no excess payment.

There have been a lot of users of this mini0805. If you scroll back a few pages you would get the link.

The below link should give you some vital insights.
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/diy-do...ml#post3950268

By the way I have not heard of Adashine mini. But beware there are too many mini(s) out there.

Have you looked at Viofo or ddpai?
I have placed an order for JunsunS30 during the 11.11 sale and am waiting for it to arrive.

VIOFO A119 v2 is available on Aliexpress for $107.54 USD with a $12 USD Discount which brings the total to Rs. 6403.86/- cheapest anywhere online, from the official store & with GPS & CPL Filter, but no hard wiring kit.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free...999.261.Kp2MGS

Ordered one hope to source the hard wiring kit locally.

Love to disagree here on the 'cheapest' part. Alibaba always show lower prices than Aliexpress specially Viofo sold by the same seller on both portals. I found the entire package costing under $90 last month, even now its listed under $80 without the CPL. I wanted to order from them, but could not find a feedback by anyone here or in the friends' circle. But I am sure being one of the leading online stores globally, they must be really good if not better than Ali.