inputs.text: potentially decent camera ruined misleading product packaging sudden failure dont buy - potential great inexpensive dashcam two flaws ruining me1 despite product pictures show camera bright silver lens barrel not subtle black one show pics would minor cosmetic issue except fact silver barrel makes super obvious leave mounted windshield car parked like damn thing designed enticing thieves contacted amazon sent second one despite pics site product box also sports bright silver color annoying fixable sharpie time2 dashcam broke within couple weeks installing works 3 minutes powering completely refuses power power cord completely disconnected reinserted hardly safe driving ive heard good things trusted sources camera im hoping fluke hopefully soontobereceived replacement awesome early sudden failure coupled issue noted doesnt inspire lot confidenceupdate wanted provide update 15 months purchasing original getting replacement 1st one doa second camera broken powers use youd expect no longer records reliably memory cards ive tried different knowngood cards formatted incamera super frustrating find stopped recording files card months ago despite icons lcd display indicating everything working fine naturally outside manufacturers warranty ive got 89 paperweight strongly encourage skip camera buy something else one junk