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Dashcam review: Besta CR-530 & Yi Dashcam

Dashcam Besta CR-530 & Yi Dashcam review with video comparison Car dashcam users are growing rapidly during these few years as many of my friends have started to fix one on their front windscreen. The dashcam unit can be seen easily when following behind someone's car and some people did not bother to turn off the bright display when driving at night. Nowadays dashcam is extremely cheap and while it is cheap, I could have wondering their quality and reliability when one of my friend bought the cheapest but it went kaput in less than a year. Some expensive dashcam have two camera, one for the front with LCD screen for playback and one installed at the rear and connected to the front unit. Few others even come with additional safety features to alert driver when abnormal occasion occur or during emergency situation such as Lane Departure Warning "LDW" or Front Collision Warning "FCW". Anyhow, the main purpose of having a dashcam is to record down a...

Hiding dashcam cable guide Perodua Axia (DIY)

Routing and conceal dashcam power supply cable for Perodua Axia Nowadays car dashcam portrayed as a very crucial security backup system that act as a prove of evidence in case of any accident and unforeseen circumstances to protect ourself from being blamed as guilty if own party is innocent. There is hundreds of dashcams in the market pricing from less than a hundred up to few hundreds ringgit and some providing even more advance features and nicer specification. While dashcam did come along with a small internal battery, however it does not last long for the whole recording session and normally external power source is required which the only power source available is from the 12V power socket from the front dashboard. If the existing 12V power socket has been occupied for the dashcam then we are unable to utilise it for other purposes for example like charging our handphone if running out of battery during the most important time. Installing the dashcam to the windscreen i...

Adding simple accessories for Perodua Axia

Adding simple accessories for my Perodua Axia Advance 2017 facelift "I WANT TO BUY A CAR...!" In general, every household in Malaysia will at least own 1 car parking on their car porch or parking lot if living in high rise building. Efficiency of the public transport is very bad which it only can be assessible via main roads far away from housing estate or rural village. It requires at least 10 minutes or up to more than half an hour walking from home to the bus stand when I experienced it from one of my friend's house at some chinese new village. Living in this country is very troublesome without personal public transport and even a teenager will have their own motorcycle before their legal driving age. The most common car manufacturer in Malaysia is non other than the most famous brand "Perodua" and every Malaysian should know about it. Normally people perception towards this car brand is always fuel efficiency, quality, convenience, big space ...

Automatic light trigger sensor for house exterior

Difficult way to easy way for making light auto on-off switch Do you always turn on your car porch or balcony light when approaching night time and switch it off when the sun is about to come up? And do you sometimes wake up late and feel wasting electricity after the day is bright enough while the outside light is still turning on? Or you even come back late in the dark and found your house outside area is not brightly lit? Turning on my car porch light at the front house, balcony light at the first floor and light for alley at the back of my house is a daily compulsory action to be done even though there is no one at home. There is no need to save these little utilities spending for the good of my humble and sweet home. During those days when I was on few days vacation, I will turn on all the lights outside my house just before I embark myself and let it activated until I come back. This will waste electricity and not only this as this is only a small matter but wha...