I need suggestions for DashCams that work for family cars. Ideally, I want one that connects to wifi, especially for mine since I often park on the street. I’d like it to transmit footage to my home security system. Is there a product that can do that? I currently have wired Reolink cameras at home, just four, but I plan on adding more later to cover some blind spots. Any ideas?
Just put a ring doorbell in your car. I put the wireless ones up all over the place as long as they are close enough to grab the wifi.
Eli said:
Just put a ring doorbell in your car. I put the wireless ones up all over the place as long as they are close enough to grab the wifi.
In that case a reolink doorbell would be better, since he’s already using reolink stuff.
@Stephen
Not being ring is a bigger benefit.
Some mentioned it cannot stay on because it will drain the vehicle.
There are battery packs you can get that will give around 8-12hrs runtime, and recharge after a couple of hours driving.
But we’re talking like $400.
Take a look at Blackvue and see if they make something that meets your needs. You can get a battery pack that will give it extended runtime while parked without draining the vehicle’s battery.
No such thing. You can still record to a microSD card. If anything happens, review the card. But having the cam on without driving will drain the car’s 12v battery.
frank said:
No such thing. You can still record to a microSD card. If anything happens, review the card. But having the cam on without driving will drain the car’s 12v battery.
The battery will drain overnight if it’s on the entire time.
@Trinity
This. That’s why usually the dashcams are on ‘movement detection’ mode while plugged on 12v battery.
I would simply use cameras with sensors that detect movement and use your car’s 12v battery. You would need to either recharge it regularly (thus use the car often), or provide another battery pack inside the car instead of using the car’s 12v battery. You could hide a battery bank in the car to use it to run the camera(s), but you’d need to swap/recharge them every so often.
Having it run continuously in your car is impossible unless you put a battery pack in your car and recharge it regularly.
I understand why you want it though… I have a dashcam and someone scrapped my mirror and since I didn’t want to use my car battery, I didn’t plug it with sensor mode.
Unless the person who posted this lives in a very dangerous/risky area, it should be fine if they only care for incidents involving their parked car. If it’s a risky/dangerous area, I would not put that kind of stuff inside the car, as that increases the risk of theft.
Eufy wireless? They have a base station they record to, but you could do an efficient buck converter to run instead of the lithium in them (due to internal vehicle temps).
Put the base station near the vehicle, and it would keep footage in the house for viewing.
If needed, you’re back to the same problem but put the base station in the car, and a small solar panel in the car and use that to keep battery charged. 
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I’d go with a standalone setup instead, there’s not really a ‘proper’ home security/car cam setup without some kind of tradeoffs…like parking detection, hardwired car setup, driving recordings…
If you’re looking for a standalone setup, might be worth checking out brands like 70mai and DDPAI on amazon if you can find them, much better option than the amazon best sellers. Super popular brands in Asia where the demand/competition for dashcams fuels better innovation. Get something with a high enough resolution to record license plates (4K resolution) and a good high endurance sd card.
70mai Dash Cam Omni X200
70mai 4G Hardwire Kit UP05, LTE Support, USB Type-C for Dash Cam A510, X200, A810
70mai has a 4G/LTE hardwire kit that works with their more flagship models and sends alerts when suspicious activity is detected and supports remote viewing.
DDPAI has a good standalone dashcam with good resolution
DDPAI 4K Car Dash Cam Front and Rear 2160P+1080P Dashcam
These models have tons of review videos on youtube, with installation guides.
WiFi dash cam can’t realize remote monitor and cloud storage, it is different from IP cameras or cloud dash cams.
WiFi dash cam means direct connection between the phone and the dash cam, wirelessly, in dash cam wifi signal coverage, because of the shielding by the vehicle, generally speaking, the phone can only receive wifi signal when you are in the vehicle, or quite near the vehicle.