Backup Camera

aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,774 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I just bought this on a whim. I think it will be a good tool to have when backing into slips especially when the camper back is closed. Curious how it will work. Has a record setting which is nice. It has a magnetic mount and a removable metal base. I’m think of just mounting it on the camper back itself (area circled in red). Free returns if it doesn’t work as I’m hoping. ⚓️

https://a.co/d/bpBWp3O



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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,774 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Received it yesterday. I think it’s going to work really well. We’ll see….⚓️


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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,774 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks pretty promising, we’ll see….⚓️


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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,774 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was able to cut an extra anti glare screen protector I had for my iPad. 


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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,774 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What’s nice is that it can stay where it is when my camper back is rolled up. I forgot to take a pic of that….
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,944 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice...
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,774 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would say so far it’s a win!
    was fun to play with it while under way and definitely aided with backing into the slip.


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  • TonyG13TonyG13 Member Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭✭
    aero3113 said:
    I would say so far it’s a win!
    was fun to play with it while under way and definitely aided with backing into the slip.


    I was looking at your track. Were you literally trolling or were the kids driving on Father's Day so you could "relax"?  :D
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,774 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 2025
    LoL!!
    @TonyG13 they were old tracks that I didn’t clear.
    But yes, I did let my girls take turns driving yesterday.⚓️
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 3,062 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How did you mount the unit?

    Regards,

    Ian

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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,774 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @ian it came with a suction cup mount. First time I’ve seen a suction cup with a sticky back. It would probably stick without using the lever for the suction cup but it gives extra security I guess.
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 3,062 ✭✭✭✭✭
    But what’s it sucking to? The isinglass?

    Regards,

    Ian

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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,774 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I’m sorry, the monitor is held on by a suction cup and the camera has a super strong magnet so I found a piece of painted steel to use. Scroll up, I posted a picture.
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 3,062 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Okay, wasn’t sure from pic re magnet

    Regards,

    Ian

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  • davidbrooksdavidbrooks Member Posts: 1,431 ✭✭✭✭
    you know...the more i think about this the more i am not quite sure i like the idea of a camera recording me backing into my slip.  I just don't think that needs to be documented.  Without video evidence I am a master of the wind and waves and always in control.  I could easily see my wife starting some social media feed of my mishaps.  Guess that is why i am glad cell phones didn't exist when i was a kid.  I have plausible deniability.
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,774 ✭✭✭✭✭
    LoL!
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 3,062 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Maybe cell phones back then would have been good to show those now some reality of life. “Yes you can walk the 100yds to the next bus stop instead of the 1/2 mile we would walk…”

    Regards,

    Ian

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