Pick the perfect cam to enhance your automobile

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Protect yourself and preserve your trip highlights with car-ready cameras, like this 170-degree wide-angle BlackBox with night vision.
Protect yourself and preserve your trip highlights with car-ready cameras, like this 170-degree wide-angle BlackBox with night vision.
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Whether for safety, security or just to share your best road trips, cameras and cars go together surprisingly well. These four great cameras — three dash cams and one backup cam, all at big discounts — will help you get more from your car, new or old.

BlackBox 1080p HD Dual Lens Dash Cam – 55% off

This dash cam offers seamless loop recording, automatically deleting any unwanted clips so there’s always storage for new videos. Its power comes straight from the car battery, automatically starting with the engine. With motion detection, it sits in standby when nothing is happening, yet locks onto cars involved in a crash for clear records of events. It sports night vision, a 170-degree wide-angle lens and a parking-assist monitor, too, so you can maintain situational awareness.

Buy now: Get the BlackBox 1080p HD Dual Lens Dash Cam for $44.99. That’s 55% off the usual price.

FenSens Smart Wireless Solar Backup Camera: Keep a record of your drives and fender benders with this backup camera's 1080p HD resolution, enhanced chipset and QuickLaunch button
Keep a record of your drives and fender benders with this backup camera’s 1080p HD resolution, enhanced chipset and QuickLaunch button.
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FenSens Smart Wireless Solar Powered Backup Camera – 31% off

This solar-powered backup camera is 100% wireless, so you can attach it to essentially any vehicle and view straight through your smartphone. You can use it as a front or rear-facing camera, with a QuickLaunch button to operate it hands-free. It just takes minutes to install, and runs on sunlight so you’ll never have to change its batteries. With 1080p resolution, it produces crisp, clear photos and videos.

Buy now: Get a FenSens Smart Wireless Solar Powered Backup Camera for $169.99. That’s a 31% discount.

Car & Driver Dash Cam: This car camera sports tons of great features including HD playback, a wide-angle lens and loop recording
This car camera sports tons of great features including HD playback, a wide-angle lens and loop recording.
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Car and Driver Dash Cam – 25% off

The road is full of surprises, good and bad. Whether it’s a scenic route or a jerk suffering from road rage, it pays to have a record of your rides. This camera offers HD playback, a wide-angle lens and loop recording to make sure you always do. A simple mount makes for easy installation, while an 8GB microSD card offers plenty of recording time, overwriting old files as it goes so you don’t have to do anything but drive.

Buy now: Get a Car and Driver Dash Cam for $29.99. That’s 25% off the usual price.

myGEKOgear Orbit 950: These dash cams offer high-definition front and rear cameras for complete coverage
These dash cams offer high-definition front and rear cameras for complete coverage.
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myGEKOgear Orbit 950 1080p Wi-Fi and GPS Dash Cam – 16% off

The Orbit 950 is a high-performance, dual dashcam with full front and rear visibility. In both directions, it records 140-degree wide-angle shots at 1080p, using a CMOS sensor for clear, well-lit video even in low-light situations. It comes with Wi-Fi capabilities and driver-assist features like a lane-departure warning system. Plus, it uses GPS to log your location and speed for each clip.

Buy now: Get the myGEKOgear Orbit 950 1080p Wi-Fi and GPS Dash Cam for $149.99. That’s 16% off the usual price.

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