StreetStorm, Neoline, and Garmin visiting Datakam at another parsing of DVRs
In the spring of 2015, the Scientific and Production Association Datakam Design Bureau held an extremely interesting event . Russian engineers took, and dismantled their own Datakam G5 video recorder to cogs, as well as the competitors' devices - Mio and teXet. And all this was done with comments, in the presence of bloggers and journalists. In June , the second review took place , where the audience also saw the “dissection” of BlackVue. Why was all this done? To clearly demonstrate the difference in the quality of assembly of devices, the influence of this moment on the price of models. In late summer 2015, the third event was held, at which the expensive flagships of Neoline and StreetStorm were disassembled.
The third analysis is notable for the fact that it was widely announced in Runet. Including in the publicationon geektimes . First of all, the third event was organized for inveterate skeptics who “exposed” and “tearing the veils” [from Datakam] of Internet experts. Absolutely anyone could write an e-mail ya_samiy_umniy@datakam.ru and receive an invitation to parse. And face to face to ask tricky questions to the management and engineers of Datak.
In the comments to the previous two reviews, the company was rightly reproached with bias. Like, they hold meetings on the territory of their production, they only comment on everything themselves. If they are so honest, they say, well, do not invite representatives of competitors? And you know what? On their own initiative, the “magic e-mail” was not written by anyone, but by the Russian representatives of Garmin! I think no one needs to justify the authority of this manufacturer.
So, the analysis was finally attended by Andrei Zinkov, chief engineer of Navikom (the exclusive distributor of Garmin equipment in Russia). Let the name “Navikom” not confuse you - in fact, Andrei most actively works with Garmin through the engineering line. Moreover, during the event there was a parsing, including of the top Garmin registrar. So the representative of the company had the opportunity, if necessary, to “besiege” the Datakam engineers, in the presence of ordinary users, to clarify some controversial issues. By the way, other Russian and foreign companies had exactly the same chance to personally attend the Datakam production event. But - only Garmin ventured, for which the company respect and respect honor and praise.
On the left is Vladislav Mehantsev (NPO “KB Datakam”), on the right is Andrey Zinkov (“Navikom”)
I introduced Andrei - I will immediately introduce you to the other main participants in the event. Vladislav Mekhantsev - co-founder, technical director and chief engineer of NP “KB Datakam”.
Directly engaged in the analysis of Viktor Drozdov. His official position sounds like a commercial director, in fact, Victor, along with Vlad, is the main “brain” and the generator of ideas in the company.
Victor Drozdov (NGO "KB Datakam")
I’ll note right away that in the light of the two analyzes and dozens of articles that have already been done, with chewing and comparing all aspects of the cameras, some points at the event were omitted. Let's say meticulous comparison / analysis of brackets and power adapters. In fact - why dwell on the same typical accessories of StreetStorm models, if everything that can be said about them has already been said twice on the example of teXet models. Thanks to the Chinese factory SAMOON for such a large-scale standardization. I recall the information from previous articles on parsing - it is the SAMOON factory that “gives birth” to models for almost all Russian brands of registrars.
From left to right: Vladislav Mehantsev, user similar to Steve Jobs, Victor Drozdov and Andrey Zinkov
First of all, I will give a list of the main characters of the analysis. The first price was the current price at the time of the analysis, the second is the current average price tag for Yandex.Market. All registrars were completely new, the boxes sealed in films were opened directly at the users. Checks for each purchase were attached.
Garmin Dash Cam 20 . The model was proposed by Andrei Zinkov. The choice is logical - the current flagship of the company, a great opportunity to get an assessment of the quality of the assembly of the device from experts, and under the supervision of an impartial public.
StreetStorm CVR-A7810-G PRO . This registrar suggestedreader of mobile-review.com. In fact - the model is positioned by the brand, as the most premium one, the price tag of 13,500 rubles directly indicates the device’s status by the standards of Russian-Chinese brands. Considering that with cheap cameras like teXet everything was clear from the previous analysis, the Datakamites decided to set foot on an unknown path. And to find out - what if the assembly of the most expensive Chinese models is fundamentally different from cheap devices? Maybe such a high price tag is really due to the cost of quality assembly? Frankly, for me the analysis of this particular model was the main intrigue of the meeting.
Neoline X-COP 9700 . Here again, the model was prompted in the commentson mobile-review.com: “If you are so cool, go and buy real competitors! Not junk for 5-8 thousand rubles, but flagship models for 15-20, and disassemble how much will fit! ” No sooner said than done. Bought and disassembled. As you can see, in total they did not regret the registrars 71,300 rubles. Exchanged exclusively for the “cheap deshman” and hiding behind a priori disparate competitors, the Datakamites did not.
StreetStorm CVR-N9710-G. The device was selected according to the residual principle. When the top cameras Garmin, StreetStorm and Neoline were added to the list, in fact, it turned out that not a single state employee was involved in the analysis. Mess! It was decided to take some inexpensive registrar. Typical models in an elongated rectangular case did not arouse enthusiasm among the representatives of the Datakas - there is enough such rubbish in the collection of registrars who brought in the action .
Russian tuning of Chinese registrars
CVR-N9710-G intrigued not the most typical layout and shape of the case. In the end, StreetStorm was essentially given two chances to demonstrate its approach to assembly. I will say in advance - in both cases, there was something to see.
Datakam G5 Real MAX-BF. In the last days of December 2014, the article “The first DVR of 2016: two years ahead of everyone” was published on the same mobile-review.com . The publication (yes, as an advertisement) was entirely devoted to the Datakam G5 and demonstrated in every way that the Datakamites were not going to be shy about their developments. Of course, for an unprepared layman, such positioning looked, to put it mildly, ambiguous. However, time has put everything in its place.
In the courtyard of October, two months later, the chimes will break through and a new, 2016th year will come. And this means that:
- Datakam G5 will remain the only registrar in the market with a unique blend filter.
No other manufacturer has managed to combine a lens hood and a polarizing filter so that the hybrid accessory removes glare from the windshield and at the same time prevents lens flare from direct sunlight.
Video recording from the second parsing, set up by Victor Drozdov
- A record bitrate of 20 Mbps when shooting Full HD is still only available in the Datakam G5. Let me remind you, this is the result of "tuning" the Ambarella A5 processor. The process took place with the direct collaboration of engineers from Datakam and the American company Ambarella.
- No other registrar has got an analogue of the “geolocation” function. Datakam G5 can show the names of up to five nearest settlements, indicate the direction with arrows, and even calculate the distance to them. Moreover, in the memory of the registrar contains all the settlements of the world (from million-plus cities to villages of ten houses).
- I suspect that the unique mount on neodymium magnets at Datakam will not be copied in 2017 or in 2018. Still too complicated and expensive for the Chinese. The quick-detachable holder allows without any reservations with one hand, without effort and instantly remove, install back or rotate the camera to the side. Even close analogues of such a solution, I still do not observe the competition.
And we don’t forget about pleasant “little things” like spy shooting mode (the recorder is turned off, but recording is in progress), the possibility of encrypting video files (password access on a computer), a flexible menu of 150 items, an ultra-sensitive 40 dB microphone. Here it is - the Datakam G5, which could not be found equal in both previous parsing on build quality. The more interesting it was for me to see if anyone could defeat Datakam and show a new level of registrar production.
The analysis was carried out in the premises of the assembly shop Datakam in Moscow. In total, 12 people work here, the expansion is planned. Here and there, boxes and pallets with accessories were visible. The participants were given a short tour and were taken to a room where engineers, designers and other specialists work. There are metal cabinets with strong locks. Behind the cabinet doors there are hundreds of expensive components like GPS / GLONASS receivers, batteries, lenses, etc.
At the moment, no company except Datakam is assembling their DVRs in Russia. The transfer of the assembly workshop from Taiwan in the spring of 2015 was due to purely economic reasons. The cheap labor of Asians is nothing more than a myth with a new exchange rate.
At a certain point in time, it became clear that in Russia a person as a collector would work for a lower salary (35-40 thousand rubles) than his Taiwanese counterpart. Moreover, the “difficult” choice is between a Taiwanese who is illiterate and does not know Russian — and a savvy Russian citizen.
For reference - Datakam registrars have never been manufactured in contract factories. Vlad and Victor spent a huge amount of time and effort trying to find responsible partners among Chinese manufacturers. Alas and ah! Reliable manufacturers who would guarantee the quality of all batches, quietly would not replace components with cheaper analogues, would not steal projects - there are none. Of course, you ask - what about GoPro with its "Made in China"? Unfortunately, for the Chinese, there is a very clear division between Americans with orders for hundreds of thousands of devices and Russians, say, with requests for lots of 3-5 thousand registrars per month. At the same time, second-tier brands have no choice at all - domestic resellers have selected devices from catalogs of ready-made models of specific factories. I.e,
I have no reason to doubt the veracity of the words of the Datakamites. For I personally heard exactly the same information from engineers and managers of two more Russian brands. The only difference is that the Datakam in Taiwan had its own assembly shop under the guidance of Russian engineers. All that has changed is the geography of the workshop and the citizenship of the assemblers.
But brands have fewer resources for such luxury as their own assembly, no. A typical result - the Chinese make an excellent test batch. After that they “have fun” as they can - “quietly” put cheaper components, save on build quality. This applies not only to registrars, I have heard similar stories from participants in the smartphone and tablet markets. It’s meticulous to check every device - there aren’t enough resources, it’s easier to immediately close the business. So the bulk of our companies have to work with China, constantly expecting (sorry for the tautology) unexpected unpleasant tricks.
Of course, the first thing we did was unpack the registrars and see what interesting brands were included in the kit.
StreetStorm CVR-A7810-G PRO comes in a large cardboard box. Except for the magnetic closure - nothing special.
There were no questions about the configuration of the model - they applied almost everything you could think of, even a network adapter. Total full list of box contents:
The design of a separate box "polar" - my respect, very beautiful and spectacular. Perhaps Datakam should take note. By the way, for some reason, there is no separate CPL filter for this StreetStorm model. For Mio, such an accessory will cost 1,199 rubles, while the purchase price of the "polarists" is about $ 5.
StreetStorm CVR-N9710-G - I put five points, albeit with some bewilderment.
The fact is that the delivery package of this relatively budget model is 99% the same as the brand’s most expensive flagship. It turns out that in addition to the recorder itself, the “elitism” of the CVR-A7810-G PRO will only make you feel the CPL filter and the magnetic closure of the box.
Neoline X-COP 9700 definitely disappointed - I did not expect to see such a kit for almost 20,000 rubles:
The only thing that pleased us was the two brackets to choose from, just like the Datakam G5. However, the rest is unjustified stinginess, there is not even a memory card.
By the way, large, unpretentious hooks with rough joints of plastic halves caught my eye.
Where did I see them? Yes, in the second analysis. Here they are - in the middle of the photo. Only they were seen in the teXet DVR-5GS kit (price - 5,640 rubles) and are made in gloss, not matte plastic. Agree, for the flagship hybrid, the phrase "you have hooks just like a cheap teXet" does not seem like a compliment at all.
Cable hooks, from left to right: BlackVue DR600GW-HD, teXet DVR-5GS, Datakam G5.
How is the Garmin Dash Cam 20 doing? We will see:
It’s good that there is a memory card, albeit only 4 GB. Pay attention to the power adapter, directly on the case there is an embossing with the name of the company. That is, it is a 100% exclusive mold that costs a lot of money and is made specifically for Garmin. For information - the development of a unique mold for a registrar can calmly pull $ 30,000 or more.
Next in line is the Datakam G5, which participated in the analysis of the Datakam G5 REAL MAX-BF. A little explanation - the Datakam has one main model Datakam G5. It is available in two versions of CITY with a viewing angle of 170 degrees diagonally and REAL with 130 degrees. In the first case, the choice is preferable for the city, where it is more important for the frame to get as much of the surrounding space (in particular, lanes). REAL has a different task - it is more appropriate on suburban routes, where you often ride on the same lane. Compensation for a smaller viewing angle - reading range of about 20 meters for REAL versus 12 meters for CITY.
The Datakam G5 is delivered in a proprietary “exhibition” box, which, according to Datakam representatives, has been loved by sellers and buyers alike. In fact, it is very convenient to be able to view the camera without unpacking from all sides, rather than relying on a color picture on the box. The Datakamites do not hide the source of inspiration, the idea was borrowed from GoPro. Only in the case of the Datakam G5, for greater pathos, the camera was hung in a box on the very neodymium magnets that are used in the company holder. Does this make the model more expensive? Of course. Looks cool? And how!
Open the box and examine the contents:
The complete memory card offers data read speeds of up to 90 Mb / s and write speeds of up to 48 Mb / s. Plus, it operates in the temperature range of -25 ° C to 85 ° C and withstands the day without consequences in sea water. Separately, such a card will cost about 2,000 rubles. Cool!
But back to the essence of the event. Perhaps I'll start with the budget participant in the analysis - StreetStorm CVR-N9710-G. Let me remind you that the device was purchased for 7,300 rubles, the current average price tag on Yandex.Market is 7,900 rubles. The budget employee is a budget employee, but the silver inserts on the top and bottom turned out to be quite metallic. Looking ahead - in addition, a whole plate of metal was revealed inside, for better (according to Chinese developers) heat sink.
StreetStorm did not disappoint right away. As soon as the rear half of the case was removed, under it was revealed ... a tongue of a technological film glued to the screen. Such a film is a normal phenomenon, I met in almost every registrar. And it is quite logical to protect the display from damage until the buyer begins to use the device. The problem with this StreetStorm is that it’s not possible to remove the film. Film tongue - drum roll - pickers drove under the body!
I will not invent consequences in the style of “film kills the brightness of the screen and gives a strong flare” - here we are talking primarily about the culture of production. The most interesting - judging by the photos on the Internet, in a number of devices of this model the green tongue is bent in the right direction. That is, the specimen that got into parsing is one hundred percent marriage. Which, however, StreetStorm did not hesitate to put on the shelves of Russian stores.
... As it should have been.
... as the Chinese did. Try it, take off the protective film!
Purely note - I know of cases where the Chinese cheated on Russian brands and gave parties, say, with "wrong" batteries or slightly defective mounts. And in order not to waste time sending / waiting for the “right devices”, brand engineers and employees of other departments manually changed the batteries, dopped (in the literal sense of the word) some roughnesses of the brackets. Here, too lazy to even unscrew the case, bend the tongue in the right direction and return a couple of screws to the place.
As I already said, an impressive metal plate was discovered in the case, and even with two places where the “shield” was connected with thermal grease and the chips on the board. It would seem that a good goal is the organization of a powerful heat sink, so that during operation the recorder does not overheat and does not bug. According to Victor, the Chinese observed in GoSt Hero2 observed in the StreetStorm model. They saw how smart Americans acted, but they only copied thoughtlessly, without understanding the essence of the solution.
According to Victor, ideally, the “collected” temperature should ultimately be displayed on the case. In the case of a product of Chinese engineering with the StreetStorm brand, it turned out that the plate simply completely blocked the entire board space, and reduced the potential positive effect to zero. “They made it worse for themselves,” summed up the representative of Datakam. Moreover, zero efficiency could be seen as a banal measurement of the temperature inside the recorder. However, it seems that sophisticated thermometer-type devices are not available to Asian engineers. Total - instead of a competent heat sink, we have before us a recorder with conventional cooling of “iron” only due to perforation of the case.
Otherwise, the features of the assembly were quite predictable. All wires are connected to the boards exclusively by manual soldering, which in the conditions of Russian roads and constant shaking is fraught with a high probability for the cable to break off at the solder site. The wires themselves are clearly very thin and flimsy, do not inspire confidence. All cables for connecting boards, as well as connecting to the display, may crumble and break in bends over time. They did not make sizing with cloth tape, unlike the Datakamites.
The lens holder is made of plastic. Let me remind you that this holder (aka “holder”) can be either metal or plastic. In the second case, with regular temperature changes or heating, the plastic is deformed. The bottom line is that the finely tuned focus gets confused over time, and the registrar takes a blurry picture. In order to prevent this from happening, competent developers install metal holders. By the way, the IR filter on the back of the lens is not a normal round lens, but a roughly cut square glued to four points of glue. Fu, so do it!
The same Datakam G5 also used a plastic lens holder in the very first batch in 2013. With a lot size of 10,000 registrars, there were only five complaints about the lost focus. And even despite the meager 0.05% of those who applied, the Datakamites decided once and for all to work with metal. All subsequent batches were delivered only with a metal holder. By the way, over time, perforation of the case was added - measurements showed that this allowed to reduce the temperature inside the case immediately by 9 degrees Celsius - to a completely working 41 degrees.
But back to StreetStorm. Upon further analysis, my experienced after two analysis of the eyes noticed typical "Chinese things" - here you have spilled glue.
Immediately on the board there are very characteristic button mechanisms. There is nothing wrong with them, only sometimes the Chinese incorrectly calculate the fit of the elements. And as a result, adhesive tape is glued to the circle on top to ensure reliable contact with the buttons. So, for example, it was at the last analysis with teXet DVR-5GS. Scotch tape will come off - we will get an inoperative button, and with it blocking access to a couple of functions.
I will not find fault with the marker striking on the board - not everyone has enough money for a neat stamp. Well, a typical oval sticker “quality mark” SAMOON-style, where without it, gives the assembly country with its head.
Since we are talking about StreetStorm, I will continue with a story about another model of the same brand. StreetStorm CVR-A7810-G PROfor 15 500 rubles was, in my opinion, the main intrigue of the analysis. Apparently, the company really has its own good team of specialists who, both on their own and by “kicking” the Chinese, update the firmware at least from time to time. And they even change the hardware of their registrars. Although the plural in this case is not too justified - I saw only an example of StreetStorm CVR-A7810-G PRO, which, six months after the release, in October 2014, in fact, received a second revision.
A new, faster lens was installed in the recorder - F / 1.8 instead of 2.0, and a removable polarizing filter was added. If I correctly followed the chronology of news on the company's website, then first in April 2014 the CVR-A7810-G model was released. And already on its basis the same lens was introduced plus a “polar”, and the resulting product allowed adding the name “PRO” at the end. I really wanted to believe that the registrar for 15,500 rubles (which is 700 rubles more expensive than the Datakam G5 REAL PRO-BF) would show the “Kuzkin Mother” to the Datakamites. And it will demonstrate that second-tier brands in terms of assembly level are able to compete with truly original top solutions.
Alas, as one well-known character used to say, “it didn’t work, it wasn’t fartanulo.” It is pointless to blame StreetStorm for this, because it is rather a question of the inviolability of the fundamental principles of production of the SAMOON factory, which produces registrars of almost half of the brands on sale in Russia.
I realized this as soon as Victor removed the back half of the case. Thin cables peeking out from beneath the characteristically green circuit board weren't tricked. I have to say right away - a positive moment was nevertheless found, finally, in the registrar of the Russian B-brand, we found sizing of the train with metallic tape. Although the joy came with a reservation. This same loop connects the main board to the matrix area, while the “canvas” leading to the display is still not protected by anything.
If we talk about the board itself - at first I wanted to write something like "plus, I note the complete lack of sloppy glue, not washed flux, and other traces of a hasty budget assembly." Actually, so I wrote at first. Then he took a closer look at the photographs and came to disappointing conclusions - even if you do not take into account manual soldering, there are plenty of “jambs” here.
I draw your attention - we are still talking about a model for 15 500 rubles! And I would like to see in the case something more than a more or less typical sample of models for 6-7 thousand rubles. It's funny that as soon as the case was opened, the audience almost unanimously clarified that they were faced with a cheap model (although the budget StreetStorm CVR-N9710-G was disassembled later). And they could not hide their disappointment with the fact that they still have the expensive "highlight of the program."
The front of the case returns to harsh reality - obviously plume stained with red paint, tangled thin speaker wires. A speaker casually drenched in glue. But all this fades before the epic shielded matrix board. I don’t dare to judge how much this influenced the practical aspect of the decision, but I have never seen such deliberately careless soldering in the registrars. And even more so in the top ones - in any case, based on the price.
Completely shocked me, apparently soldered ... HAIR! As they say - only we thought that we had reached the bottom, as we knocked from below.
No, this is not a color overlap or anything else. I specifically looked at the photo from several angles - the hair passes under a metal rectangle.
Guess what the lens holder is made of in the top StreetStorm recorder? From plastic, as in cheap cheap models! Another interesting point - despite the fact that the brackets of both StreetStorm models look almost like twin brothers, their “plugs” do not match. That is, the brand’s devices are clearly made in different factories. However, another factor indirectly indicated this.
“Approximate sources” told me that the leaders of Ambarella (you thought they were Americans? Well, well ... All the top managers are just Chinese!) And SAMOON are very strong friends, almost go to the same bathhouse together. At the mail of friendships at the SAMOON factory, ardent love is born precisely for Amabrella processors and a strong hostility to the “stones” of competitors of “bathhouse” comrades. At the same time, it is obvious that Ambarella products are not the cheapest on the market and sometimes are not the best for issuing affordable registrars - unlike processors, say, NovaTek. Accordingly, brands like StreetStorm cannot be limited to the SAMOON factory and its Amabarella registrars alone. We have to plow open spaces of China in search of factories that produce the most affordable NovaTek models. Of course, the same CVR-N9710-G is far from “two rubles”, but a similar development with Ambarella would probably have cost even more. I note that the NovaTek 96650 processor is installed in the budget N9710, which Vladislav described as "deshman-deshman".
We pass to the next participant. Garmin Dash Cam 20 is an extremely interesting specimen, if only because, in fact, a company representative ventured to parse. And this is a clear sign that everything inside the registrar should be in perfect order, and there’s nothing for Andrey to blush. Looking ahead - yes, the model did not disappoint. I can’t say that the device showed something extraordinary. But as the practice of analysis showed, conditionally all cameras can be divided into two camps - “dubious Chinese soldering” and “reliable connectors”. The first to the heap are attached all sorts of moments of careless assembly, the second - on the contrary, all sorts of signs of a responsible approach by the manufacturer. So, the Garmin Dash Cam 20 definitely belongs to the second camp.
In the course of the analysis, Andrei complained that buyers often accuse Garmin of borrowing from Mio. Which is not surprising, due to the form factor of the case, outwardly the devices of the brands are very similar. Well, all the more Garmin got a chance to show the differences between the companies' cameras with the help of Datakamites. Moreover, the Mio models were on both previous parses - there are plenty of materials on them. Victor noted that both Garmin and Mio turned “for advice” to the Taiwanese Amabarella office, from where they got the notorious “square” form factor. To deal with its fundamental changes (that is, to pore over the board) is a complex and costly business in every sense, which is why registrars of similar forms from different manufacturers have turned out.
The GPS-receiver is built directly into the case - I would praise such a bold decision, because it entails an additional “headache” in the form of the need to shield the inside of the device. However, due to the modest size of the space inside the case, the antenna itself is relatively small. It is inferior in size to the Datakam G5 dual-band receiver and large modules in the external mounts of StreetStorm models. And the smaller the antenna, the worse the speed of satellite searches and the stability of signal retention. Also, I did not see a battery that would allow me to calculate the movement of satellites with the recorder turned off and show the location faster when the camera was turned on - to provide the so-called “hot start”. Let me remind you that the Datakam G5 has such a battery, it is present in the external module in mounts like StreetStorm, I saw it earlier in Mio.
A battery with a capacity of 930 mAh is my respect, the official record is up to one hour. Unfortunately, I was not able to personally test the model. But I will say this - I met registrars who calmly pulled out 35 minutes of autonomous shooting at 300 mAh. Therefore, it is possible that Garmin was modest with the declared hour.
The display cable did not additionally glue. But the loop material itself is clearly much better and more durable than in the case of StreetStorm or teXet models.
What caught my eye was constant references to the original development, and not to the order of ready-made components and the compilation of such a “lego” supposedly own solution. On the contrary, GARMIN inscriptions were found on both the motherboard and the battery.
In principle, there are not many cables, with the exception of one soldering (to the GPS antenna), all are on the connectors.
There is a separate story with GPS - it turned out that the antenna is installed separately in the case, while the processor for it is installed on the recorder's motherboard. For comparison, let's say, in StreetStorm mounts, the antenna and processor are present on a single board. In the case of Garmin, the presence of an intermediary in the form of a connecting cable leads to an inevitable deterioration in the quality of the module.
Alas, the lens holder, as in cheap models, is made of plastic. In optics itself, unfortunately, there is also nothing to be enthusiastic about. And here - a rough cut square of an IR-filter, on the thread - white traces of glue. The glue points of the IR filter will probably dry out over time, and the glass will simply fall off.
In the course of the labeling analysis, we learned that the registrar uses an outdated Zoran processor. This organization, as Vladislav put it, has already been bought by Ambarella for the purpose of “killing”. And the rest of the company was later outbid by Qualcomm. As the representative of Garmin admitted, the DDR Cam 20 was based on the GDR 35 model. The latter went on sale in Russia in July 2013 and was, in principle, the first Garmin registrar. And from the start it cost 11,190 rubles - $ 340 at the rate at that time.
By the way, then one of the most interesting features of the model was a proprietary warning technology about speed cameras located only along the direction of the vehicle.
Returning to user claims about copying between Mio and Garmin. I carefully reviewed the photos in particular the Mio MiVue 588 from the last two parsing and I can responsibly say the following. The common between the two registrars is only the square shape of the case and, in fact, the motherboard. Otherwise, everything is different - from hardware to the assembly approach. It’s hard to say who has this best approach. Mio taped with metallic tape the notorious screen cable. In addition, in some places additionally fixed with the adhesive tape inserted into the connectors cables. But there are two places of flimsy soldering and one gummy stain of glue. Garmin, in my opinion, has better shielding in the case, there are no obvious defects like dirt or stains on the board.
During the parsing of the Garmin model, the power adapter was also opened. Inside, everything turned out to be more than decent.
For comparison, StreetStorm adapters were immediately dismantled: exactly the same chargers were meticulously studied at past meetings using teXet recorders as an example. And again we saw a sham - the grounding in the Street Storm accessory is soldered to only one of the negative contacts. And the second contact is made just for the look. In Garmin's proprietary adapter, on the contrary, everything is honest and at a higher level.
Between the case, Vladislav Mehantsev praised the choice of adapter side springs - so the accessory is best fixed in the cigarette lighter. It uses similar springs in Datakam. In StreetStorm, the side elements are static, they hold the adapter much worse in the cigarette lighter hole.
Also, in comparison with StreetStorm, in the performance of Garmin, the assembly where the cable enters the adapter case is more reliably made. Garmin better fixed the wire, which is very important. After all, if the fixation is so-so - like that of StreetStorm - then if accidentally grabbed, the cable can fly out of the case and the wires will definitely come off the adapter board.
Everything is in order with the Dash Cam 20 and with voltage regulation microcircuits - they are installed in the amount of two pieces, which means that the output is guaranteed to have a voltage above one ampere. StreetStorm has only one chip and a maximum of one ampere, but! The adapter and microcircuit will have to be divided between the registrar and the smartphone, which will be charged via the adapter’s USB port.
For comparison, the Datakam G5 adapter has 2.4 amperes, enough to charge the iPad.
Now we turn to the most expensive participants in the analysis. Next in line is the Neoline X-COP 9700. I don’t know if this is good or bad, but the initial unscrewing of the case was very long, almost 10 minutes. The complicated design was "muddied" in general. I think this is still not the best solution in terms of service, when you need to disassemble and repair the device.
The size of the radar detector receiver was immediately criticized. In the photo you see its dimensions relative to the recorder case. So, according to Victor, in a normal radar detector, this part would be the entire width of the X-COP 9700 casing. Again, ordinary physics: the larger the receiver, the better the signal from the photographic cameras is captured.
I was not impressed with the GPS antenna: not only is it installed in the case, it is also quite small. Here is a clear comparison with the Datakam G5 module. Incomprehensible smeared traces of the marker and dirt on a white surface also do not add credibility to the collectors. But there is a backup battery, about which I spoke above. It's good.
Next - there is such a thing as the central output of the antenna, which accounts for the primary reception of the high-frequency satellite signal. In the case of the Datakam G5, as Vladislav put it, “we immediately solder the mikruhu on top and close the casing to avoid EMI (electromagnetic interference - approx.)”. According to Vladislav, any little experienced engineer knows about this trifle. The result of negligence is a decrease in the accuracy of positioning.
And you still can’t hook the ceramic, active part of the antenna with Velcro. Otherwise, part of the current will run through this very Velcro, than to worsen the signal reception. Total - here they lost 5% of the reception, there is another 5%, of such trifles and we get a total already noticeable shortage. In Datakam G5, by the way, Velcro does not apply to ceramics at all.
The questions were caused by an insulating tape, or rather a copper tape - one could come up with a more elegant solution, at least install a metal casing. It can not be said that the choice in favor of the tape will adversely affect any aspects of the work. The question is in the approach - either you do it faster, and how it turns out, or you spend time and get at least an aesthetically pleasing option.
The screen cable is the most common, it is not taped.
Inside the device is arranged so that, in principle, there is no soldering. Binding cables as such are just a couple. One goes to the antenna, the second to the speaker, in both cases the “docking” is done on the connectors. Still, Koreans do not like manual soldering.
The name of the specific model is written on the board - a sure sign of an exclusive / in-house development, no SAMOON-bus.
The lens holder is respectful - a very solid element of metal, as they say, "for all the money."
However, the “hole” of the lens is very small. As we were told, the first sign of a small aperture and potentially unimportant night shooting. Frankly, I watched examples of registrar videos on YouTube and I can’t say that Neoline has problems with recording quality at night.
In general, there are absolutely no questions to the board on both sides. Everything is extremely neat, not the slightest trace of glue and dirt. I would not consider microscopic scattering from under a screw as a drawback that deserves attention.
Registrar fee, front
Registrar fee, rear
Victor noted that at one time, the Datakamites themselves planned to release a similar hybrid. However, they decided instead to focus on an advanced warning system for cameras and other things based on GPS. Because the bulk of the speed cameras are still stationary. And in the foreseeable future, in general, all cameras will not be caught by active radar detectors in real time. "Avtodoriya" and other complexes without detectable radiation are an example of this. Whereas the cost of an elite, but essentially meaningless hybrid of a registrar and a radar detector would be in the region of 25-30 thousand rubles. That is, installing a radar detector that works on radiation (and not based on GPS coordinates) makes little sense.
Finally, the highlight of the program is the Datakam G5. However, you should not expect any special discoveries here - everything that you can has already been told about the model in previous analyzes. Therefore, a brief walk through the main points.
The camera is disassembled very simply, it is enough to remove the four screws, a pair on the sides, under the rubber plugs. The body plastic is thick (about a millimeter) and durable. Solid polycarbonate, not recyclable. Completely absent protruding from the body and threatening to break off the "ears". Unbreakable sticks with holes were repeatedly found in budget registrars in previous reviews. This time there was no such approach as a selection in the cameras.
Datakam's creed - connectors, connectors, and again ... Complete rejection of installing cables on soldering, everywhere wires are additionally fixed on cloth tape. The screen cable is glued with tape.
Thick reliable wires, large connectors - all this is done not only for high reliability, but also to simplify manual assembly. In fact, one wire in Datakam is as thick as two intertwined in Garmin. On the front half of the case we see the built-in GPS / GLONASS receiver, to the left of it is a battery with a capacity of 800 mAh - enough for an hour of battery life.
Speaking of assembly culture. Above and below the camera has ventilation holes, quite large. To prevent dust and debris from getting inside, the engineers were not too lazy to install small filter screens.
In order to get an extremely compact device, the boards were made in two "floors", between them without any loops a direct connection on wide connectors.
On the boards there is the inscription DATAKAM and the release date, in our case, the relative "fresh" of March 2015 and one "graduate" of 2014.
In the subject of exclusive and own developments - the inscription DATAKAM is present even on the device’s processor.
There is really nothing to complain about - an excellent assembly, the hand of thinking engineers is visible everywhere. No flux or glue. They even cleaned up the stains that were encountered in previous parsing. Perhaps readers will find in the photo what to complain about. From my point of view, it’s an absolute ideal and an example to follow.
The lens holder is made of metal, and even with auxiliary fixation with a screw.
We, having been carried away with analysis, forgot about one detail. Therefore, from past articles I remind you that the Datakam G5 uses a large and loud piezoceramic speaker, the same are installed in smartphones.
Revealed a very interesting information. Over the year, the company's specialists managed to develop a new generation lens for their registrars. The new creation of Russian engineers is interesting if only because it is not even afraid of plastic holders and is able to maintain focus during sharp temperature changes. Although much more interesting is another. Victor visited the 24 best lens factory in Taiwan, including for the most famous companies in the field of photo-video equipment. As a result, 10, in fact, the world's best lens samples were selected. The collected collection, together with the development of the Datacs, was taken to an expensive specialized Image Quality laboratory for an independent comparison. Eight experts conducted tests for two weeks, according to the results, it was our Russian product developed in Datakam that became the winner.
And a little bonus in the end. One of the users invited to the event brought his Mio in exchange for the promotion . Even the owner himself did not remember the exact model, but judging by the characteristic smooth front, we had before us a Mio MiVue 518 for about 7,700 rubles.
Everything that we saw inside is 100% similar to what we identified in the last two reviews in the Mio MiVue 588. This is more of a company’s compliment if it fits the models with different prices with the same quality. Accordingly, the pros and cons are the same. There are connectors and tape gluing, but there are a couple of soldering spots.
And it's unclear why the battery is wrapped in paper. Which, in this case, for six months of operation was swollen and unusable under the influence of temperature.
Finally, the inscription on the board is LONGWANG factory, no Mio. Although in this case, I do not question the originality of the development of the registrar.
Holder and lens “killed” me. Firstly, I have not seen such a holder filled with glue. Why did they do this - I don’t know, because the screws already normally fix the structure above the matrix. How to remove a lens in a repair, let's say, for a replacement - I can’t imagine.
There were several pallets with registrars in the room, which were handed over to Datakam for a discount to get a discount on the Datakam G5.
So, among the registrars handed over, I saw what naturally shocked me - the BlackVue DR650GW-1CH for about 15,000 rubles. In perfect condition, no scratches or damage!
I remind you that the BlackVue DR600GW-HD participated in the last analysis. The model simply “killed” at least the year of the release of one of the two boards - exactly hello from 2012. They decided to demonstrate such an interesting fact to those gathered, on whom the "advanced motherboard" almost four years ago made an indelible impression.
I will not tell you again - they say, how I was convinced that Datakam is really developing its registrars, and that Russian engineers are able to circumvent their South Korean and Taiwan colleagues by technical solutions. The previous two parsing, and the present shots, all these points and so perfectly confirmed. The main task of the events was to show how the price of the devices is related to the build quality, the approach of companies to the production of their devices. Indeed, many users are sincerely convinced that there is no difference between registrars for 5,000 and 15,000 rubles. And such an opinion is, in principle, logical. Indeed, apart from the Datacs, no one disassembles the registrars and does not provide competent explanations.
In my opinion, the third analysis mainly showed that even very expensive registrars are not without drawbacks of assembly. Moreover, sometimes they are not very different in production culture from cheap cameras. In fact, the event was not openly budgetary devices, the same StreetStorm CVR-N9710-G for 7 900 rubles can hardly be called a cheap gadget.
The analysis in August, using the StreetStorm CVR-N9710-G as an example, once again confirmed that there are no miracles for 7,900 rubles - all the same unreliable soldering, thin wires. And the mistake with the wrongly curved tongue of the technical film completely became a “cherry” in the list of flaws of the Chinese assembly. But the most interesting - now we know for sure that the fabulous price by the standards of second-tier brands at 15,500 rubles for the StreetStorm CVR-A7810-G PRO is not a guarantee of a premium build level. And in fact, with a high probability, instead of a device assembled with the maximum aim for reliability, you will get the same gadget with the prospect of quickly failing.
On the other hand, by the sum of the three events, I constantly observe the following pattern. The interiors of the cameras of the companies Datakam, Neoline, Mio, Garmin, BlackVue are fundamentally different in quality from the disgrace that the Chinese produce for teXet, StreetStorm and others like them. Therefore, when choosing a registrar - if you are serious about buying a quality item - you should first look at the manufacturer. The companies I listed with Datakam are united, first of all, by the fact that they are real developers of original devices. And for some reason, at 100% of just such companies, I saw inside the registrars a competent and responsible approach to the "stuffing". Yes, not without flaws: as part of the current analysis, there was something to complain about both Garmin and Neoline. Plastic holders, neglect of GPS antennas ... However,
As for the Datakam G5 - the registrar did not find a rival of a comparable level again. Neoline and Garmin showed very good registrars, but these or those moments, with all the desire, do not allow me to talk about achieving the ideal.
Therefore, dear readers, I would like to ask you in the comments to suggest registrars whose interiors you would like to see next time.
The third analysis is notable for the fact that it was widely announced in Runet. Including in the publicationon geektimes . First of all, the third event was organized for inveterate skeptics who “exposed” and “tearing the veils” [from Datakam] of Internet experts. Absolutely anyone could write an e-mail ya_samiy_umniy@datakam.ru and receive an invitation to parse. And face to face to ask tricky questions to the management and engineers of Datak.
In the comments to the previous two reviews, the company was rightly reproached with bias. Like, they hold meetings on the territory of their production, they only comment on everything themselves. If they are so honest, they say, well, do not invite representatives of competitors? And you know what? On their own initiative, the “magic e-mail” was not written by anyone, but by the Russian representatives of Garmin! I think no one needs to justify the authority of this manufacturer.
So, the analysis was finally attended by Andrei Zinkov, chief engineer of Navikom (the exclusive distributor of Garmin equipment in Russia). Let the name “Navikom” not confuse you - in fact, Andrei most actively works with Garmin through the engineering line. Moreover, during the event there was a parsing, including of the top Garmin registrar. So the representative of the company had the opportunity, if necessary, to “besiege” the Datakam engineers, in the presence of ordinary users, to clarify some controversial issues. By the way, other Russian and foreign companies had exactly the same chance to personally attend the Datakam production event. But - only Garmin ventured, for which the company respect and respect honor and praise.
On the left is Vladislav Mehantsev (NPO “KB Datakam”), on the right is Andrey Zinkov (“Navikom”)
I introduced Andrei - I will immediately introduce you to the other main participants in the event. Vladislav Mekhantsev - co-founder, technical director and chief engineer of NP “KB Datakam”.
Directly engaged in the analysis of Viktor Drozdov. His official position sounds like a commercial director, in fact, Victor, along with Vlad, is the main “brain” and the generator of ideas in the company.
Victor Drozdov (NGO "KB Datakam")
I’ll note right away that in the light of the two analyzes and dozens of articles that have already been done, with chewing and comparing all aspects of the cameras, some points at the event were omitted. Let's say meticulous comparison / analysis of brackets and power adapters. In fact - why dwell on the same typical accessories of StreetStorm models, if everything that can be said about them has already been said twice on the example of teXet models. Thanks to the Chinese factory SAMOON for such a large-scale standardization. I recall the information from previous articles on parsing - it is the SAMOON factory that “gives birth” to models for almost all Russian brands of registrars.
From left to right: Vladislav Mehantsev, user similar to Steve Jobs, Victor Drozdov and Andrey Zinkov
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First of all, I will give a list of the main characters of the analysis. The first price was the current price at the time of the analysis, the second is the current average price tag for Yandex.Market. All registrars were completely new, the boxes sealed in films were opened directly at the users. Checks for each purchase were attached.
- Garmin Dash Cam 20 - 13 102 rubles / 15 700 rubles (+ 16.5%)
- Street Storm CVR-A7810-G PRO - 13 500 rubles / 15 500 rubles (+ 12.9%)
- Street Storm CVR-N9710-G - 7 300 rubles / 7 900 rubles (+ 7.6%)
- Neoline X-COP 9700 - 17 990 rubles / 18 990 rubles (+ 4.8%)
- Datakam G5 Real MAX-BF - 15 900 rubles / 16 600 rubles (+ 4.2%)
Garmin Dash Cam 20 . The model was proposed by Andrei Zinkov. The choice is logical - the current flagship of the company, a great opportunity to get an assessment of the quality of the assembly of the device from experts, and under the supervision of an impartial public.
StreetStorm CVR-A7810-G PRO . This registrar suggestedreader of mobile-review.com. In fact - the model is positioned by the brand, as the most premium one, the price tag of 13,500 rubles directly indicates the device’s status by the standards of Russian-Chinese brands. Considering that with cheap cameras like teXet everything was clear from the previous analysis, the Datakamites decided to set foot on an unknown path. And to find out - what if the assembly of the most expensive Chinese models is fundamentally different from cheap devices? Maybe such a high price tag is really due to the cost of quality assembly? Frankly, for me the analysis of this particular model was the main intrigue of the meeting.
Neoline X-COP 9700 . Here again, the model was prompted in the commentson mobile-review.com: “If you are so cool, go and buy real competitors! Not junk for 5-8 thousand rubles, but flagship models for 15-20, and disassemble how much will fit! ” No sooner said than done. Bought and disassembled. As you can see, in total they did not regret the registrars 71,300 rubles. Exchanged exclusively for the “cheap deshman” and hiding behind a priori disparate competitors, the Datakamites did not.
StreetStorm CVR-N9710-G. The device was selected according to the residual principle. When the top cameras Garmin, StreetStorm and Neoline were added to the list, in fact, it turned out that not a single state employee was involved in the analysis. Mess! It was decided to take some inexpensive registrar. Typical models in an elongated rectangular case did not arouse enthusiasm among the representatives of the Datakas - there is enough such rubbish in the collection of registrars who brought in the action .
Russian tuning of Chinese registrars
CVR-N9710-G intrigued not the most typical layout and shape of the case. In the end, StreetStorm was essentially given two chances to demonstrate its approach to assembly. I will say in advance - in both cases, there was something to see.
Datakam G5 Real MAX-BF. In the last days of December 2014, the article “The first DVR of 2016: two years ahead of everyone” was published on the same mobile-review.com . The publication (yes, as an advertisement) was entirely devoted to the Datakam G5 and demonstrated in every way that the Datakamites were not going to be shy about their developments. Of course, for an unprepared layman, such positioning looked, to put it mildly, ambiguous. However, time has put everything in its place.
In the courtyard of October, two months later, the chimes will break through and a new, 2016th year will come. And this means that:
- Datakam G5 will remain the only registrar in the market with a unique blend filter.
No other manufacturer has managed to combine a lens hood and a polarizing filter so that the hybrid accessory removes glare from the windshield and at the same time prevents lens flare from direct sunlight.
Video recording from the second parsing, set up by Victor Drozdov
- A record bitrate of 20 Mbps when shooting Full HD is still only available in the Datakam G5. Let me remind you, this is the result of "tuning" the Ambarella A5 processor. The process took place with the direct collaboration of engineers from Datakam and the American company Ambarella.
- No other registrar has got an analogue of the “geolocation” function. Datakam G5 can show the names of up to five nearest settlements, indicate the direction with arrows, and even calculate the distance to them. Moreover, in the memory of the registrar contains all the settlements of the world (from million-plus cities to villages of ten houses).
- I suspect that the unique mount on neodymium magnets at Datakam will not be copied in 2017 or in 2018. Still too complicated and expensive for the Chinese. The quick-detachable holder allows without any reservations with one hand, without effort and instantly remove, install back or rotate the camera to the side. Even close analogues of such a solution, I still do not observe the competition.
And we don’t forget about pleasant “little things” like spy shooting mode (the recorder is turned off, but recording is in progress), the possibility of encrypting video files (password access on a computer), a flexible menu of 150 items, an ultra-sensitive 40 dB microphone. Here it is - the Datakam G5, which could not be found equal in both previous parsing on build quality. The more interesting it was for me to see if anyone could defeat Datakam and show a new level of registrar production.
Production in Russia: the impossible is possible
The analysis was carried out in the premises of the assembly shop Datakam in Moscow. In total, 12 people work here, the expansion is planned. Here and there, boxes and pallets with accessories were visible. The participants were given a short tour and were taken to a room where engineers, designers and other specialists work. There are metal cabinets with strong locks. Behind the cabinet doors there are hundreds of expensive components like GPS / GLONASS receivers, batteries, lenses, etc.
At the moment, no company except Datakam is assembling their DVRs in Russia. The transfer of the assembly workshop from Taiwan in the spring of 2015 was due to purely economic reasons. The cheap labor of Asians is nothing more than a myth with a new exchange rate.
At a certain point in time, it became clear that in Russia a person as a collector would work for a lower salary (35-40 thousand rubles) than his Taiwanese counterpart. Moreover, the “difficult” choice is between a Taiwanese who is illiterate and does not know Russian — and a savvy Russian citizen.
For reference - Datakam registrars have never been manufactured in contract factories. Vlad and Victor spent a huge amount of time and effort trying to find responsible partners among Chinese manufacturers. Alas and ah! Reliable manufacturers who would guarantee the quality of all batches, quietly would not replace components with cheaper analogues, would not steal projects - there are none. Of course, you ask - what about GoPro with its "Made in China"? Unfortunately, for the Chinese, there is a very clear division between Americans with orders for hundreds of thousands of devices and Russians, say, with requests for lots of 3-5 thousand registrars per month. At the same time, second-tier brands have no choice at all - domestic resellers have selected devices from catalogs of ready-made models of specific factories. I.e,
I have no reason to doubt the veracity of the words of the Datakamites. For I personally heard exactly the same information from engineers and managers of two more Russian brands. The only difference is that the Datakam in Taiwan had its own assembly shop under the guidance of Russian engineers. All that has changed is the geography of the workshop and the citizenship of the assemblers.
But brands have fewer resources for such luxury as their own assembly, no. A typical result - the Chinese make an excellent test batch. After that they “have fun” as they can - “quietly” put cheaper components, save on build quality. This applies not only to registrars, I have heard similar stories from participants in the smartphone and tablet markets. It’s meticulous to check every device - there aren’t enough resources, it’s easier to immediately close the business. So the bulk of our companies have to work with China, constantly expecting (sorry for the tautology) unexpected unpleasant tricks.
To warm up
Of course, the first thing we did was unpack the registrars and see what interesting brands were included in the kit.
StreetStorm CVR-A7810-G PRO comes in a large cardboard box. Except for the magnetic closure - nothing special.
There were no questions about the configuration of the model - they applied almost everything you could think of, even a network adapter. Total full list of box contents:
- card reader;
- adapter for charging from an outlet;
- power adapter (with USB connector) from the cigarette lighter;
- miniUSB cable
- HDMI cable
- StreetStorm sticker
- instruction;
- warranty card;
- a small bag for storing the recorder;
- polarization CPL filter.
The design of a separate box "polar" - my respect, very beautiful and spectacular. Perhaps Datakam should take note. By the way, for some reason, there is no separate CPL filter for this StreetStorm model. For Mio, such an accessory will cost 1,199 rubles, while the purchase price of the "polarists" is about $ 5.
StreetStorm CVR-N9710-G - I put five points, albeit with some bewilderment.
The fact is that the delivery package of this relatively budget model is 99% the same as the brand’s most expensive flagship. It turns out that in addition to the recorder itself, the “elitism” of the CVR-A7810-G PRO will only make you feel the CPL filter and the magnetic closure of the box.
Neoline X-COP 9700 definitely disappointed - I did not expect to see such a kit for almost 20,000 rubles:
- mount on tape 3M;
- suction cup mount;
- card reader;
- cigarette lighter power adapter;
- a set of hooks for laying the cable in the cabin;
- instruction.
The only thing that pleased us was the two brackets to choose from, just like the Datakam G5. However, the rest is unjustified stinginess, there is not even a memory card.
By the way, large, unpretentious hooks with rough joints of plastic halves caught my eye.
Where did I see them? Yes, in the second analysis. Here they are - in the middle of the photo. Only they were seen in the teXet DVR-5GS kit (price - 5,640 rubles) and are made in gloss, not matte plastic. Agree, for the flagship hybrid, the phrase "you have hooks just like a cheap teXet" does not seem like a compliment at all.
Cable hooks, from left to right: BlackVue DR600GW-HD, teXet DVR-5GS, Datakam G5.
How is the Garmin Dash Cam 20 doing? We will see:
- suction cup mount;
- mount on tape 3M;
- cigarette lighter power adapter;
- miniUSB cable
- 4 GB microSD card + SD adapter;
- instruction;
- warranty card.
It’s good that there is a memory card, albeit only 4 GB. Pay attention to the power adapter, directly on the case there is an embossing with the name of the company. That is, it is a 100% exclusive mold that costs a lot of money and is made specifically for Garmin. For information - the development of a unique mold for a registrar can calmly pull $ 30,000 or more.
Next in line is the Datakam G5, which participated in the analysis of the Datakam G5 REAL MAX-BF. A little explanation - the Datakam has one main model Datakam G5. It is available in two versions of CITY with a viewing angle of 170 degrees diagonally and REAL with 130 degrees. In the first case, the choice is preferable for the city, where it is more important for the frame to get as much of the surrounding space (in particular, lanes). REAL has a different task - it is more appropriate on suburban routes, where you often ride on the same lane. Compensation for a smaller viewing angle - reading range of about 20 meters for REAL versus 12 meters for CITY.
The Datakam G5 is delivered in a proprietary “exhibition” box, which, according to Datakam representatives, has been loved by sellers and buyers alike. In fact, it is very convenient to be able to view the camera without unpacking from all sides, rather than relying on a color picture on the box. The Datakamites do not hide the source of inspiration, the idea was borrowed from GoPro. Only in the case of the Datakam G5, for greater pathos, the camera was hung in a box on the very neodymium magnets that are used in the company holder. Does this make the model more expensive? Of course. Looks cool? And how!
Open the box and examine the contents:
- suction cup bracket;
- bracket on 3M tape plus a spare sticker;
- thin and flat four-meter cable for supplying power to the recorder;
- two hooks for laying the cable in the cabin (3M tape is already glued to the base of the hooks);
- microUSB-USB cable for connecting the camera to a computer
- cool two-section bag with embossed company logo. Suitable for storage and transportation of the registrar and accessories;
- USB power adapter
- three DATAKAM stickers - red, white and blue, in the color of the Russian flag;
- 32 GB SAMSUNG EVO memory card
- warranty card;
- instruction;
- separate brochure with a full description of the settings;
- blender filter;
- high-quality cloth for cleaning the lens of the blender filter and the case of the recorder.
The complete memory card offers data read speeds of up to 90 Mb / s and write speeds of up to 48 Mb / s. Plus, it operates in the temperature range of -25 ° C to 85 ° C and withstands the day without consequences in sea water. Separately, such a card will cost about 2,000 rubles. Cool!
Parsing
But back to the essence of the event. Perhaps I'll start with the budget participant in the analysis - StreetStorm CVR-N9710-G. Let me remind you that the device was purchased for 7,300 rubles, the current average price tag on Yandex.Market is 7,900 rubles. The budget employee is a budget employee, but the silver inserts on the top and bottom turned out to be quite metallic. Looking ahead - in addition, a whole plate of metal was revealed inside, for better (according to Chinese developers) heat sink.
StreetStorm did not disappoint right away. As soon as the rear half of the case was removed, under it was revealed ... a tongue of a technological film glued to the screen. Such a film is a normal phenomenon, I met in almost every registrar. And it is quite logical to protect the display from damage until the buyer begins to use the device. The problem with this StreetStorm is that it’s not possible to remove the film. Film tongue - drum roll - pickers drove under the body!
I will not invent consequences in the style of “film kills the brightness of the screen and gives a strong flare” - here we are talking primarily about the culture of production. The most interesting - judging by the photos on the Internet, in a number of devices of this model the green tongue is bent in the right direction. That is, the specimen that got into parsing is one hundred percent marriage. Which, however, StreetStorm did not hesitate to put on the shelves of Russian stores.
... As it should have been.
... as the Chinese did. Try it, take off the protective film!
Purely note - I know of cases where the Chinese cheated on Russian brands and gave parties, say, with "wrong" batteries or slightly defective mounts. And in order not to waste time sending / waiting for the “right devices”, brand engineers and employees of other departments manually changed the batteries, dopped (in the literal sense of the word) some roughnesses of the brackets. Here, too lazy to even unscrew the case, bend the tongue in the right direction and return a couple of screws to the place.
As I already said, an impressive metal plate was discovered in the case, and even with two places where the “shield” was connected with thermal grease and the chips on the board. It would seem that a good goal is the organization of a powerful heat sink, so that during operation the recorder does not overheat and does not bug. According to Victor, the Chinese observed in GoSt Hero2 observed in the StreetStorm model. They saw how smart Americans acted, but they only copied thoughtlessly, without understanding the essence of the solution.
According to Victor, ideally, the “collected” temperature should ultimately be displayed on the case. In the case of a product of Chinese engineering with the StreetStorm brand, it turned out that the plate simply completely blocked the entire board space, and reduced the potential positive effect to zero. “They made it worse for themselves,” summed up the representative of Datakam. Moreover, zero efficiency could be seen as a banal measurement of the temperature inside the recorder. However, it seems that sophisticated thermometer-type devices are not available to Asian engineers. Total - instead of a competent heat sink, we have before us a recorder with conventional cooling of “iron” only due to perforation of the case.
Otherwise, the features of the assembly were quite predictable. All wires are connected to the boards exclusively by manual soldering, which in the conditions of Russian roads and constant shaking is fraught with a high probability for the cable to break off at the solder site. The wires themselves are clearly very thin and flimsy, do not inspire confidence. All cables for connecting boards, as well as connecting to the display, may crumble and break in bends over time. They did not make sizing with cloth tape, unlike the Datakamites.
The lens holder is made of plastic. Let me remind you that this holder (aka “holder”) can be either metal or plastic. In the second case, with regular temperature changes or heating, the plastic is deformed. The bottom line is that the finely tuned focus gets confused over time, and the registrar takes a blurry picture. In order to prevent this from happening, competent developers install metal holders. By the way, the IR filter on the back of the lens is not a normal round lens, but a roughly cut square glued to four points of glue. Fu, so do it!
The same Datakam G5 also used a plastic lens holder in the very first batch in 2013. With a lot size of 10,000 registrars, there were only five complaints about the lost focus. And even despite the meager 0.05% of those who applied, the Datakamites decided once and for all to work with metal. All subsequent batches were delivered only with a metal holder. By the way, over time, perforation of the case was added - measurements showed that this allowed to reduce the temperature inside the case immediately by 9 degrees Celsius - to a completely working 41 degrees.
But back to StreetStorm. Upon further analysis, my experienced after two analysis of the eyes noticed typical "Chinese things" - here you have spilled glue.
Immediately on the board there are very characteristic button mechanisms. There is nothing wrong with them, only sometimes the Chinese incorrectly calculate the fit of the elements. And as a result, adhesive tape is glued to the circle on top to ensure reliable contact with the buttons. So, for example, it was at the last analysis with teXet DVR-5GS. Scotch tape will come off - we will get an inoperative button, and with it blocking access to a couple of functions.
I will not find fault with the marker striking on the board - not everyone has enough money for a neat stamp. Well, a typical oval sticker “quality mark” SAMOON-style, where without it, gives the assembly country with its head.
Since we are talking about StreetStorm, I will continue with a story about another model of the same brand. StreetStorm CVR-A7810-G PROfor 15 500 rubles was, in my opinion, the main intrigue of the analysis. Apparently, the company really has its own good team of specialists who, both on their own and by “kicking” the Chinese, update the firmware at least from time to time. And they even change the hardware of their registrars. Although the plural in this case is not too justified - I saw only an example of StreetStorm CVR-A7810-G PRO, which, six months after the release, in October 2014, in fact, received a second revision.
A new, faster lens was installed in the recorder - F / 1.8 instead of 2.0, and a removable polarizing filter was added. If I correctly followed the chronology of news on the company's website, then first in April 2014 the CVR-A7810-G model was released. And already on its basis the same lens was introduced plus a “polar”, and the resulting product allowed adding the name “PRO” at the end. I really wanted to believe that the registrar for 15,500 rubles (which is 700 rubles more expensive than the Datakam G5 REAL PRO-BF) would show the “Kuzkin Mother” to the Datakamites. And it will demonstrate that second-tier brands in terms of assembly level are able to compete with truly original top solutions.
Alas, as one well-known character used to say, “it didn’t work, it wasn’t fartanulo.” It is pointless to blame StreetStorm for this, because it is rather a question of the inviolability of the fundamental principles of production of the SAMOON factory, which produces registrars of almost half of the brands on sale in Russia.
I realized this as soon as Victor removed the back half of the case. Thin cables peeking out from beneath the characteristically green circuit board weren't tricked. I have to say right away - a positive moment was nevertheless found, finally, in the registrar of the Russian B-brand, we found sizing of the train with metallic tape. Although the joy came with a reservation. This same loop connects the main board to the matrix area, while the “canvas” leading to the display is still not protected by anything.
If we talk about the board itself - at first I wanted to write something like "plus, I note the complete lack of sloppy glue, not washed flux, and other traces of a hasty budget assembly." Actually, so I wrote at first. Then he took a closer look at the photographs and came to disappointing conclusions - even if you do not take into account manual soldering, there are plenty of “jambs” here.
I draw your attention - we are still talking about a model for 15 500 rubles! And I would like to see in the case something more than a more or less typical sample of models for 6-7 thousand rubles. It's funny that as soon as the case was opened, the audience almost unanimously clarified that they were faced with a cheap model (although the budget StreetStorm CVR-N9710-G was disassembled later). And they could not hide their disappointment with the fact that they still have the expensive "highlight of the program."
The front of the case returns to harsh reality - obviously plume stained with red paint, tangled thin speaker wires. A speaker casually drenched in glue. But all this fades before the epic shielded matrix board. I don’t dare to judge how much this influenced the practical aspect of the decision, but I have never seen such deliberately careless soldering in the registrars. And even more so in the top ones - in any case, based on the price.
Completely shocked me, apparently soldered ... HAIR! As they say - only we thought that we had reached the bottom, as we knocked from below.
No, this is not a color overlap or anything else. I specifically looked at the photo from several angles - the hair passes under a metal rectangle.
Guess what the lens holder is made of in the top StreetStorm recorder? From plastic, as in cheap cheap models! Another interesting point - despite the fact that the brackets of both StreetStorm models look almost like twin brothers, their “plugs” do not match. That is, the brand’s devices are clearly made in different factories. However, another factor indirectly indicated this.
“Approximate sources” told me that the leaders of Ambarella (you thought they were Americans? Well, well ... All the top managers are just Chinese!) And SAMOON are very strong friends, almost go to the same bathhouse together. At the mail of friendships at the SAMOON factory, ardent love is born precisely for Amabrella processors and a strong hostility to the “stones” of competitors of “bathhouse” comrades. At the same time, it is obvious that Ambarella products are not the cheapest on the market and sometimes are not the best for issuing affordable registrars - unlike processors, say, NovaTek. Accordingly, brands like StreetStorm cannot be limited to the SAMOON factory and its Amabarella registrars alone. We have to plow open spaces of China in search of factories that produce the most affordable NovaTek models. Of course, the same CVR-N9710-G is far from “two rubles”, but a similar development with Ambarella would probably have cost even more. I note that the NovaTek 96650 processor is installed in the budget N9710, which Vladislav described as "deshman-deshman".
We pass to the next participant. Garmin Dash Cam 20 is an extremely interesting specimen, if only because, in fact, a company representative ventured to parse. And this is a clear sign that everything inside the registrar should be in perfect order, and there’s nothing for Andrey to blush. Looking ahead - yes, the model did not disappoint. I can’t say that the device showed something extraordinary. But as the practice of analysis showed, conditionally all cameras can be divided into two camps - “dubious Chinese soldering” and “reliable connectors”. The first to the heap are attached all sorts of moments of careless assembly, the second - on the contrary, all sorts of signs of a responsible approach by the manufacturer. So, the Garmin Dash Cam 20 definitely belongs to the second camp.
In the course of the analysis, Andrei complained that buyers often accuse Garmin of borrowing from Mio. Which is not surprising, due to the form factor of the case, outwardly the devices of the brands are very similar. Well, all the more Garmin got a chance to show the differences between the companies' cameras with the help of Datakamites. Moreover, the Mio models were on both previous parses - there are plenty of materials on them. Victor noted that both Garmin and Mio turned “for advice” to the Taiwanese Amabarella office, from where they got the notorious “square” form factor. To deal with its fundamental changes (that is, to pore over the board) is a complex and costly business in every sense, which is why registrars of similar forms from different manufacturers have turned out.
The GPS-receiver is built directly into the case - I would praise such a bold decision, because it entails an additional “headache” in the form of the need to shield the inside of the device. However, due to the modest size of the space inside the case, the antenna itself is relatively small. It is inferior in size to the Datakam G5 dual-band receiver and large modules in the external mounts of StreetStorm models. And the smaller the antenna, the worse the speed of satellite searches and the stability of signal retention. Also, I did not see a battery that would allow me to calculate the movement of satellites with the recorder turned off and show the location faster when the camera was turned on - to provide the so-called “hot start”. Let me remind you that the Datakam G5 has such a battery, it is present in the external module in mounts like StreetStorm, I saw it earlier in Mio.
A battery with a capacity of 930 mAh is my respect, the official record is up to one hour. Unfortunately, I was not able to personally test the model. But I will say this - I met registrars who calmly pulled out 35 minutes of autonomous shooting at 300 mAh. Therefore, it is possible that Garmin was modest with the declared hour.
The display cable did not additionally glue. But the loop material itself is clearly much better and more durable than in the case of StreetStorm or teXet models.
What caught my eye was constant references to the original development, and not to the order of ready-made components and the compilation of such a “lego” supposedly own solution. On the contrary, GARMIN inscriptions were found on both the motherboard and the battery.
In principle, there are not many cables, with the exception of one soldering (to the GPS antenna), all are on the connectors.
There is a separate story with GPS - it turned out that the antenna is installed separately in the case, while the processor for it is installed on the recorder's motherboard. For comparison, let's say, in StreetStorm mounts, the antenna and processor are present on a single board. In the case of Garmin, the presence of an intermediary in the form of a connecting cable leads to an inevitable deterioration in the quality of the module.
Alas, the lens holder, as in cheap models, is made of plastic. In optics itself, unfortunately, there is also nothing to be enthusiastic about. And here - a rough cut square of an IR-filter, on the thread - white traces of glue. The glue points of the IR filter will probably dry out over time, and the glass will simply fall off.
In the course of the labeling analysis, we learned that the registrar uses an outdated Zoran processor. This organization, as Vladislav put it, has already been bought by Ambarella for the purpose of “killing”. And the rest of the company was later outbid by Qualcomm. As the representative of Garmin admitted, the DDR Cam 20 was based on the GDR 35 model. The latter went on sale in Russia in July 2013 and was, in principle, the first Garmin registrar. And from the start it cost 11,190 rubles - $ 340 at the rate at that time.
By the way, then one of the most interesting features of the model was a proprietary warning technology about speed cameras located only along the direction of the vehicle.
Returning to user claims about copying between Mio and Garmin. I carefully reviewed the photos in particular the Mio MiVue 588 from the last two parsing and I can responsibly say the following. The common between the two registrars is only the square shape of the case and, in fact, the motherboard. Otherwise, everything is different - from hardware to the assembly approach. It’s hard to say who has this best approach. Mio taped with metallic tape the notorious screen cable. In addition, in some places additionally fixed with the adhesive tape inserted into the connectors cables. But there are two places of flimsy soldering and one gummy stain of glue. Garmin, in my opinion, has better shielding in the case, there are no obvious defects like dirt or stains on the board.
During the parsing of the Garmin model, the power adapter was also opened. Inside, everything turned out to be more than decent.
For comparison, StreetStorm adapters were immediately dismantled: exactly the same chargers were meticulously studied at past meetings using teXet recorders as an example. And again we saw a sham - the grounding in the Street Storm accessory is soldered to only one of the negative contacts. And the second contact is made just for the look. In Garmin's proprietary adapter, on the contrary, everything is honest and at a higher level.
Between the case, Vladislav Mehantsev praised the choice of adapter side springs - so the accessory is best fixed in the cigarette lighter. It uses similar springs in Datakam. In StreetStorm, the side elements are static, they hold the adapter much worse in the cigarette lighter hole.
Also, in comparison with StreetStorm, in the performance of Garmin, the assembly where the cable enters the adapter case is more reliably made. Garmin better fixed the wire, which is very important. After all, if the fixation is so-so - like that of StreetStorm - then if accidentally grabbed, the cable can fly out of the case and the wires will definitely come off the adapter board.
Everything is in order with the Dash Cam 20 and with voltage regulation microcircuits - they are installed in the amount of two pieces, which means that the output is guaranteed to have a voltage above one ampere. StreetStorm has only one chip and a maximum of one ampere, but! The adapter and microcircuit will have to be divided between the registrar and the smartphone, which will be charged via the adapter’s USB port.
For comparison, the Datakam G5 adapter has 2.4 amperes, enough to charge the iPad.
Now we turn to the most expensive participants in the analysis. Next in line is the Neoline X-COP 9700. I don’t know if this is good or bad, but the initial unscrewing of the case was very long, almost 10 minutes. The complicated design was "muddied" in general. I think this is still not the best solution in terms of service, when you need to disassemble and repair the device.
The size of the radar detector receiver was immediately criticized. In the photo you see its dimensions relative to the recorder case. So, according to Victor, in a normal radar detector, this part would be the entire width of the X-COP 9700 casing. Again, ordinary physics: the larger the receiver, the better the signal from the photographic cameras is captured.
I was not impressed with the GPS antenna: not only is it installed in the case, it is also quite small. Here is a clear comparison with the Datakam G5 module. Incomprehensible smeared traces of the marker and dirt on a white surface also do not add credibility to the collectors. But there is a backup battery, about which I spoke above. It's good.
Next - there is such a thing as the central output of the antenna, which accounts for the primary reception of the high-frequency satellite signal. In the case of the Datakam G5, as Vladislav put it, “we immediately solder the mikruhu on top and close the casing to avoid EMI (electromagnetic interference - approx.)”. According to Vladislav, any little experienced engineer knows about this trifle. The result of negligence is a decrease in the accuracy of positioning.
And you still can’t hook the ceramic, active part of the antenna with Velcro. Otherwise, part of the current will run through this very Velcro, than to worsen the signal reception. Total - here they lost 5% of the reception, there is another 5%, of such trifles and we get a total already noticeable shortage. In Datakam G5, by the way, Velcro does not apply to ceramics at all.
The questions were caused by an insulating tape, or rather a copper tape - one could come up with a more elegant solution, at least install a metal casing. It can not be said that the choice in favor of the tape will adversely affect any aspects of the work. The question is in the approach - either you do it faster, and how it turns out, or you spend time and get at least an aesthetically pleasing option.
The screen cable is the most common, it is not taped.
Inside the device is arranged so that, in principle, there is no soldering. Binding cables as such are just a couple. One goes to the antenna, the second to the speaker, in both cases the “docking” is done on the connectors. Still, Koreans do not like manual soldering.
The name of the specific model is written on the board - a sure sign of an exclusive / in-house development, no SAMOON-bus.
The lens holder is respectful - a very solid element of metal, as they say, "for all the money."
However, the “hole” of the lens is very small. As we were told, the first sign of a small aperture and potentially unimportant night shooting. Frankly, I watched examples of registrar videos on YouTube and I can’t say that Neoline has problems with recording quality at night.
In general, there are absolutely no questions to the board on both sides. Everything is extremely neat, not the slightest trace of glue and dirt. I would not consider microscopic scattering from under a screw as a drawback that deserves attention.
Registrar fee, front
Registrar fee, rear
Victor noted that at one time, the Datakamites themselves planned to release a similar hybrid. However, they decided instead to focus on an advanced warning system for cameras and other things based on GPS. Because the bulk of the speed cameras are still stationary. And in the foreseeable future, in general, all cameras will not be caught by active radar detectors in real time. "Avtodoriya" and other complexes without detectable radiation are an example of this. Whereas the cost of an elite, but essentially meaningless hybrid of a registrar and a radar detector would be in the region of 25-30 thousand rubles. That is, installing a radar detector that works on radiation (and not based on GPS coordinates) makes little sense.
Finally, the highlight of the program is the Datakam G5. However, you should not expect any special discoveries here - everything that you can has already been told about the model in previous analyzes. Therefore, a brief walk through the main points.
The camera is disassembled very simply, it is enough to remove the four screws, a pair on the sides, under the rubber plugs. The body plastic is thick (about a millimeter) and durable. Solid polycarbonate, not recyclable. Completely absent protruding from the body and threatening to break off the "ears". Unbreakable sticks with holes were repeatedly found in budget registrars in previous reviews. This time there was no such approach as a selection in the cameras.
Datakam's creed - connectors, connectors, and again ... Complete rejection of installing cables on soldering, everywhere wires are additionally fixed on cloth tape. The screen cable is glued with tape.
Thick reliable wires, large connectors - all this is done not only for high reliability, but also to simplify manual assembly. In fact, one wire in Datakam is as thick as two intertwined in Garmin. On the front half of the case we see the built-in GPS / GLONASS receiver, to the left of it is a battery with a capacity of 800 mAh - enough for an hour of battery life.
Speaking of assembly culture. Above and below the camera has ventilation holes, quite large. To prevent dust and debris from getting inside, the engineers were not too lazy to install small filter screens.
In order to get an extremely compact device, the boards were made in two "floors", between them without any loops a direct connection on wide connectors.
On the boards there is the inscription DATAKAM and the release date, in our case, the relative "fresh" of March 2015 and one "graduate" of 2014.
In the subject of exclusive and own developments - the inscription DATAKAM is present even on the device’s processor.
There is really nothing to complain about - an excellent assembly, the hand of thinking engineers is visible everywhere. No flux or glue. They even cleaned up the stains that were encountered in previous parsing. Perhaps readers will find in the photo what to complain about. From my point of view, it’s an absolute ideal and an example to follow.
The lens holder is made of metal, and even with auxiliary fixation with a screw.
We, having been carried away with analysis, forgot about one detail. Therefore, from past articles I remind you that the Datakam G5 uses a large and loud piezoceramic speaker, the same are installed in smartphones.
Revealed a very interesting information. Over the year, the company's specialists managed to develop a new generation lens for their registrars. The new creation of Russian engineers is interesting if only because it is not even afraid of plastic holders and is able to maintain focus during sharp temperature changes. Although much more interesting is another. Victor visited the 24 best lens factory in Taiwan, including for the most famous companies in the field of photo-video equipment. As a result, 10, in fact, the world's best lens samples were selected. The collected collection, together with the development of the Datacs, was taken to an expensive specialized Image Quality laboratory for an independent comparison. Eight experts conducted tests for two weeks, according to the results, it was our Russian product developed in Datakam that became the winner.
And a little bonus in the end. One of the users invited to the event brought his Mio in exchange for the promotion . Even the owner himself did not remember the exact model, but judging by the characteristic smooth front, we had before us a Mio MiVue 518 for about 7,700 rubles.
Everything that we saw inside is 100% similar to what we identified in the last two reviews in the Mio MiVue 588. This is more of a company’s compliment if it fits the models with different prices with the same quality. Accordingly, the pros and cons are the same. There are connectors and tape gluing, but there are a couple of soldering spots.
And it's unclear why the battery is wrapped in paper. Which, in this case, for six months of operation was swollen and unusable under the influence of temperature.
Finally, the inscription on the board is LONGWANG factory, no Mio. Although in this case, I do not question the originality of the development of the registrar.
Holder and lens “killed” me. Firstly, I have not seen such a holder filled with glue. Why did they do this - I don’t know, because the screws already normally fix the structure above the matrix. How to remove a lens in a repair, let's say, for a replacement - I can’t imagine.
There were several pallets with registrars in the room, which were handed over to Datakam for a discount to get a discount on the Datakam G5.
So, among the registrars handed over, I saw what naturally shocked me - the BlackVue DR650GW-1CH for about 15,000 rubles. In perfect condition, no scratches or damage!
I remind you that the BlackVue DR600GW-HD participated in the last analysis. The model simply “killed” at least the year of the release of one of the two boards - exactly hello from 2012. They decided to demonstrate such an interesting fact to those gathered, on whom the "advanced motherboard" almost four years ago made an indelible impression.
Conclusion
I will not tell you again - they say, how I was convinced that Datakam is really developing its registrars, and that Russian engineers are able to circumvent their South Korean and Taiwan colleagues by technical solutions. The previous two parsing, and the present shots, all these points and so perfectly confirmed. The main task of the events was to show how the price of the devices is related to the build quality, the approach of companies to the production of their devices. Indeed, many users are sincerely convinced that there is no difference between registrars for 5,000 and 15,000 rubles. And such an opinion is, in principle, logical. Indeed, apart from the Datacs, no one disassembles the registrars and does not provide competent explanations.
In my opinion, the third analysis mainly showed that even very expensive registrars are not without drawbacks of assembly. Moreover, sometimes they are not very different in production culture from cheap cameras. In fact, the event was not openly budgetary devices, the same StreetStorm CVR-N9710-G for 7 900 rubles can hardly be called a cheap gadget.
The analysis in August, using the StreetStorm CVR-N9710-G as an example, once again confirmed that there are no miracles for 7,900 rubles - all the same unreliable soldering, thin wires. And the mistake with the wrongly curved tongue of the technical film completely became a “cherry” in the list of flaws of the Chinese assembly. But the most interesting - now we know for sure that the fabulous price by the standards of second-tier brands at 15,500 rubles for the StreetStorm CVR-A7810-G PRO is not a guarantee of a premium build level. And in fact, with a high probability, instead of a device assembled with the maximum aim for reliability, you will get the same gadget with the prospect of quickly failing.
On the other hand, by the sum of the three events, I constantly observe the following pattern. The interiors of the cameras of the companies Datakam, Neoline, Mio, Garmin, BlackVue are fundamentally different in quality from the disgrace that the Chinese produce for teXet, StreetStorm and others like them. Therefore, when choosing a registrar - if you are serious about buying a quality item - you should first look at the manufacturer. The companies I listed with Datakam are united, first of all, by the fact that they are real developers of original devices. And for some reason, at 100% of just such companies, I saw inside the registrars a competent and responsible approach to the "stuffing". Yes, not without flaws: as part of the current analysis, there was something to complain about both Garmin and Neoline. Plastic holders, neglect of GPS antennas ... However,
As for the Datakam G5 - the registrar did not find a rival of a comparable level again. Neoline and Garmin showed very good registrars, but these or those moments, with all the desire, do not allow me to talk about achieving the ideal.
Therefore, dear readers, I would like to ask you in the comments to suggest registrars whose interiors you would like to see next time.