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I'd like to hear the corn field story some day, that must be a doosey.
Sometimes you gotta race family home towing a trailer and the shortest path is through the harvested corn field, but those stubby corn stocks are brutal. One happened reach up hook the wire loom and rip all of the wiring including the conduit off the bottom of the trailer. Still beat them that's all that matters. It's not the cost it's the principle.
 
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Sometimes you gotta race family home towing a trailer and the shortest path is through the harvested corn field, but those stubby corn stocks are brutal. One happened reach up hook the wire loom and rip all of the wiring including the conduit off the bottom of the trailer. Still beat them that's all that matters. It's not the cost it's the principle.
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I was just looking at those Haloview and I think if you got the battery one if you had a trailer you do the long distance with a lot you could have a power cable go to the battery/camera and then use the camera on other trailers that don't need the 16 hours of battery without a permanent power cable run. Best of both worlds. Also if for some reason your power cable were to be cut by like running through a corn field(guess how I know) then you'll still have the camera :).
This is a good point. Assuming that the camera will still turn on while the "charging cable" is plugged into it "charging" it.
 

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Looks like Haloview may be the company to go with. Side by side video reviews of Haloview and Furrion show Haloview having much better video quality. They have 12V and battery powered powered cameras, both with the same direct camera to display WiFi system. The battery powered camera seems to be more convenient if you are going to move it from trailer to trailer and from a theft situation, but it only has a 5-6 hour battery life. That is great for short to medium trips, but we make a number of longer (850-1250mi) trips each year where we drive 10+ hours per day and the battery powered camera would not work for these trips.
Also, If you didn't order anything yet. Be aware that if you can't find the Haloview system that you want on Amazon and you have to order directly from the Haloview website shipper will be around $25 and it will ship from Hong Kong probably by way of DHL. I think I ordered my system on a Friday so of course it was already Saturday there so I received a shipped notification early Monday morning and I think it took a week to get here from the time it shipped.
 

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This is a good point. Assuming that the camera will still turn on while the "charging cable" is plugged into it "charging" it.
Since it looks like you have this camera can you check to see if you can use it while charging?
 

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Does anyone know of a trailer camera kit that I can mount on the air dam of my open car trailer and connect to it through Bluetooth or Wi-Fi on my phone or camera to have a view of the vehicle being towed?
You might look at Garmin. They have a number of GPS units that will work with their wireless camera. The camera runs on 2 AA batteries and using lithium batteries I get several days (over a week). I have mine on the front bumper to see the descending trails when off road, but the camera can be reversed based on whether it is facing forward or backward. The one I have is the BC 40, paired to a Drive Track 71, but there are a number of others that work with the BC 40. No wires, very easy installation, and camera can be quickly removed from the bracket to put inside your vehicle to prevent theft.
 
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You might look at Garmin. They have a number of GPS units that will work with their wireless camera. The camera runs on 2 AA batteries and using lithium batteries I get several days (over a week). I have mine on the front bumper to see the descending trails when off road, but the camera can be reversed based on whether it is facing forward or backward. The one I have is the BC 40, paired to a Drive Track 71, but there are a number of others that work with the BC 40. No wires, very easy installation, and camera can be quickly removed from the bracket to put inside your vehicle to prevent theft.
Thanks, I'll look into that as well.
 
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