Saphe Drive Mini Speed Camera Detector with Colour Display, Detects Upcoming Speed Cameras and Hazards, No Subscription Necessary

Very easy to install. Although I also bought the vent mount with mine. Although you have two seperate mounts to attach to windscreen etc. So far very accurate. Only slight annoying thing it keeps beeping at you until you connect.

This is an update to my previous review (which is below for reference). I had a persistent problem where, driving along the same stretch of road it would pick up a camera on a parallel road that has a lower speed limit than the road I was on, warn me about it and then crash showing two overlaid speed camera images (see photo). From that point on it was locked up and would do nothing. Only disconnecting and reconnecting the Bluetooth on my phone would make it work again. After putting up with it for a while I eventually got round to contacting support, who were responsive but not much actual use. They told me to do all the usual basic stuff like making sure I was using the latest version of the app, reinstall, etc. I had already done all that but I did it again to keep them happy and nothing made any difference. After a while they told me to send it back to them (in Denmark) and they sent me a replacement. Well the replacement turned out to be even worse. It still had the exact same problem on the same stretch of road but it also disconnected from and reconnected to my phone several times per hour so it would randomly set off the siren sound as a warning that it's not connected and it was constantly beeping as I drove along. I could never be sure it was actually working so it was essentially useless. I was using the same phone and same app, nothing else changed. They told me to send it back them again and they would refund me. I did and after a couple of weeks I chased it up. They said they hadn't received it. Now to be fair I should have used a tracked postal service with proof of delivery, but it's expensive enough sending things to Denmark and I was really hoping they could be trusted. So now I have nothing and I haven't received a refund. I have since switched to using CamSam PLUS (an Android app), which works flawlessly and costs very little. In fact I think Saphe bought their UK speed camera database from CamSam so you get the exact same speed cameras! Interestingly I still get warned about the same camera on the parallel road, but CamSam handles it correctly and doesn't crash. I'm finding CamSam (on the phone screen) plus Waze (on the car screen via Android Auto) to be a good combination. They don't conflict with each other and I get warned about all fixed cameras (through CamSam and optionally Waze) and mobile cameras (through Waze). The reason for not using Waze alone is that it only warns about cameras if you're actively speeding, so it's theoretically possible to accidentally speed up and go through one without having been warned. My advice to anyone reading this is don't buy from Saphe and look into CamSam instead. -------------------------------- My original review: A good complement to Waze (but not a replacement) I like using Waze, but one thing that bothers me is the way it doesn't warn you about speed cameras unless you're already over the speed limit. I'd rather be warned anyway so that I can make sure I don't accidentally drift over the speed limit by the time I go through it. To be honest that's never actually happened to me, but I'd still like to be warned so I can make sure. This thing fills that gap nicely since you can set it to warn about fixed cameras whether you're speeding or not. It works really well for that and it's now a permanent fixture in my car. I ended up not using the supplied mount and just used Blu Tack to stick it to the dash, which so far is working perfectly. It connects to my phone every time and works well almost all of the time (see caveat below). What it can't do well at all however, as least in the UK, is mobile speed traps. It relies on other users pressing a button to record the location of a speed trap in much the same way that Waze relies on other Waze users to report them. The difference is that Waze has absolutely loads of users and Saphe seemingly has very few. So in reality Waze almost always knows about a mobile speed trap and Saphe almost never does. If only Saphe could tap in to Waze's data. The one bug I've seen with it is that on a stretch of road I frequently drive along with a 60mph limit there's an almost parallel road with a 30mph limit and a speed camera on it. The Saphe doesn't know which road you're on so it detects the 30mph camera and then sometimes (about half of the time) it crashes, showing two overlapping speed camera icons on the screen, after which it won't do anything until I forcibly disconnect and reconnect it by turning my phone's Bluetooth off and back on. Hardly ideal. When I get a chance I'll report it to the manufacturer in the hope they can fix it. Other than that it's been reliable and I like it.

Brilliant little item. Had it since end of January. It is now May and I haven’t needed to charge it up again.

I initially had some issues with the app not staying open but I sorted those out. Now the device always connects as soon as I get in the car. The announcements are great too. But the device isn't accurate enough for me. The A10 near me is a very busy road and the speed limit was reduced from 40mph to 30mph last year. When I'm approaching the speed cameras in either direction, the device warns me of the cameras but flashes 40. Now if I didn't know the area and just trusted the device, I could easily get a ticket for speeding. Waze, Tom Tom and Google Maps all know the speed limit is 30mph but the Saphe still thinks it's 40mph 15 MONTHS after the speed limit changed. If I can't trust the accuracy of the device, there is no point using it. I really wanted to like it but I have to return it as accuracy is a huge requirement for a device like this.

I have thoroughly tested this device in the UK and on two European road trips. I drive with a car club, and we use Google mapping with waypoints to get us where we need to be. This makes it rather cumbersome to try and run Waze at the same time for speed cameras. What this box does is more or less the same as Waze, but allows me to continue using/viewing Google maps. In action it spots just about everything fixed. On the odd occasion, it gets the average speed camera zones slightly off, but it’s rare and you know when it’s doing it. If you are not speeding, it’s pretty unobtrusive, but if it thinks you are and in danger, then it will alert you loudly and flash. For what it costs, this device might just save your licence. In Europe, it alerted us to at least 50% more cameras than we actually saw, including a covert mobile set up in a German lay-by. It does like you to leave your phone location on all the time which is a bit of a draw-back but not a deal breaker. It also lasts weeks on a single charge. Summing up, if you do a lot of driving, and use mapping other than Waze, this is brilliant for what it costs. The more people in the UK that get one, the better the coverage will be, and for Europe, where we are perhaps not as good at spotting them, it’s worth every penny.

The device is small and works well. It connects via the phone app and is up and running very quickly. The unit links to your phone for the GPS which allows it to be frugal on battery consumption. The size is great for where to position the unit as does the lack of need for a cable for operation. The app and the device respond when there is a camera or other alert - can be alarming the first few times but effective. Central London - it got all the cameras I drove past but the speed limits were 10 mph too high. The actual camera location was accurate. It picked up the average speed cameras too but with the wrong limit in most cases. The average speed display was of great help. It doesn't display current speed limit unless when detecting a camera. It seems that there is no substitute for paying attention to the speed Iimits since the app was wrong more often than not. It requires your phone to use the most accurate GPS setting which does use more phone battery. Update on this. Received fast support from Saphe who confirmed where the speed camera data came from and that it can be updated so have increased the 🌟 Certainly worth giving it a try. I for one will be contributing to the speed accuracy updates when I can.

Geen support in België. Slechte werking na 2 maand.

Molto utile e funzionante

Påminnelse på trafiken minska risk att man för böter

Der Saphe Drive Mini Blitzerwarner fürs Auto mit Farbdisplay überzeugt voll und ganz – besonders, weil kein Abo erforderlich ist und der Akku sehr lange hält. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pro: Kein Abo erforderlich Es fallen keine laufenden Abo-Kosten oder Vertragsbindungen an, du kannst den Warner dauerhaft mit der Blitzer.de-Datenbank nutzen, ohne monatlich zur Kasse gebeten zu werden. Das macht das Gerät auf Dauer deutlich günstiger als viele Konkurrenzprodukte mit Abo-Modell. Pro: Lange Akkulaufzeit Der integrierte Akku hält laut Erfahrungsberichten mehrere Wochen bis hin zu mehreren Monaten durch, bevor er wieder geladen werden muss, je nach Fahrprofil. Das Farbdisplay bleibt die meiste Zeit aus und aktiviert sich nur bei Warnungen, was zusätzlich Strom spart und zur langen Laufzeit beiträgt. Bedienung und Alltag Das Gerät verbindet sich beim Einsteigen automatisch per Bluetooth mit dem Smartphone und startet so ohne Zutun – einfach einsteigen und losfahren. Über das klare Farbdisplay und kurze Signaltöne wirst du frühzeitig vor Blitzern und Gefahrenstellen gewarnt, was im Alltag enorm praktisch ist.

Dit apparaat is NIET up to date in België! Niet eens 1/3 trajectcontroles zit in de database !