Reddit reviews Cellink NEO Battery Pack | Smart Power Bank for Dash Cams | Supplies 24-48 Hours Battery Life to Your Dashboard Camera
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INTEGRATED SMARTPHONE APP - Via Bluetooth, quickly see overall battery percentage, whether it’s charging or discharging, remaining battery life, and the time to fully chargeLONG BATTERY LIFE - 76.8Wh capacity to provide 24-48 hours of continuous power to your camera with a quick 45-minute to fully charge this battery (with hardwire connection)COMPATIBLE WITH MOST DASH CAMS - Comes with a cigarette socket output for universal compatibility with most dashcams (BlackVue, Viofo, Vantrue, etc.)2 INPUT OPTIONS - Choose whether you'd like to hardwire or charge using the cigarette adapterQUICK CHARGE - Fully charge the battery in 40 minutes when hardwired to your vehicle or 80 minutes if you're charging through the cigarette lighter adapter
Power Magic Pro is not a battery pack. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong as I don't have a dashcam myself (yet).
The Power Magic Pro is a energy management system. It cuts off power to your dashcam when your CAR's battery reaches a point that you program it.
 
I believe right now, the most wide used and trusted external battery source is the Cellink Battery B. The way this works (from what I've learned) is that you wire this to your fuse box and it can get a full charge in 4 hours of driving. A full charge is worth about 24 hours of constant recording. You hook your dashcam to the battery and it can detect when you're driving so it'll use the power generated from the alternator. When you turn off the car, it'll use the power from the battery pack.
 
Pretty hefty price to pay. Most people tend to get these battery packs if they want a dashcam with a good parking mode and to protect your vehicle's battery. I personally want to get that battery park and BlackSys CH-100b or the new CH-200. But I drive an 07 Corolla that still has manual door locks and hand crank windows. I don't know if such a big investment is a good idea for that car. I should get a dashcam of some sort regardless though since I only have liability.
I'm not a dashcam expert, but dashcams are typically powered through the cigarette lighter, and are made to shut off when the car shuts off. They have a tiny battery or capacitor that is designed to only last 30 seconds to 3 minutes after the car shuts off. It sounds like you want night-long survaillance so the typical dashcam setup wont work.
There are battery packs for dashcams, but they can cost up to $300. Shit's overpriced. I found a better solution: Make sure you get a dashcam that is powered via USB (most of them), Ditch the 12v adapter that comes with the dashcam, get a 12v USB adapter, a generic powerbank(just make sure it has a seperate port for charging than for discharging), and a long USB cable.
The power bank will charge and power the dashcam when the car is on, and power the dashcam when the car is off. And in this particular example, the powerbank lasts 3-5x longer than actual dashcam batteries.
Oh! I used to set it so it would shut off once the battery voltage hit 12V, but that seemed to give me some trouble starting every now and then. I set it to 12V or 6 hours and haven't had that problem since.
In all honesty the PowerMagic Pro is not the best way to do it. (Not very good for the car battery) I want to get a Cellink but I don't feel like spending the money.