Alarm with autostart
This is probably the most expensive but also the most useful gift in our collection. What could be more important than to keep your car in safe and sound? After all, there is no difference, how many gadgets in the car, if the car itself was stolen. Of course, the alarm doesn’t protect the car from theft 100% but it will definitely delay the attackers, and it can play a crucial role. After all, if the car can’t be gone in 10-15 minutes, it usually throw.
Alarm Sher-Khan Magicar 8
In addition, modern anti-theft system can not only protect the car and the driver. The most popular additional feature in anti-theft systems — AutoPlay. This is especially true in winter: great if you can start the car remotely, without leaving home. Within minutes, he warms up, and by the time you arrive and the salon is warm, and the engine will be ready by the beginning of the movement. The most popular brands such alarms — StarLine, Sher-Khan and Pandora. Depending on the feature set and security complexes are from 15 to 50 thousand rubles.
Charms Pandora DXL 3970 Pro and watch RW-1
Some models, for example, Pandora DXL 3970 Pro (read review) allow you to control the alarm system via a smartphone application or using the browser. You can open and close the car, start the engine, listen to the sounds from the cabin or turn on the siren. The system is equipped with two slots for SIM cards and in case of theft will send to the phone the coordinates of the car. In addition, it can be connected to smart watches to replace the key FOB and the immobilizer labels.
The tracker against theft
Any car can be stolen, regardless of the alarm as it stood, it all depends on the desires and abilities of the criminals. With the help of various devices you can only make the car less attractive to thieves. But if signaling is costly, then the beacon anyone can afford. It will not protect the car from theft, but with it you police officers are able to quickly locate their car and also those who have encroached on your treasure.
Beacon Invis DUOS
So what is this lighthouse? A small box, a so-called bookmark, which is hiding in the bowels of the car, and in case of theft allows to determine the coordinates of the vehicle. Such gadgets usually have two SIM cards, there is a module GPS+GLONASS, they are protected from scanning and are resistant to high and low temperatures. In addition, they have their own battery, so if you correctly install the box in the car, the intruders will not be able to find it. By pre-defined parameters, the device will send to your mobile phone your location. As examples of such bookmarks can be called Invis DUOS, Avtofon SE-Mayak or Starline M15 Eco. They are all similar in functionality and only differ slightly in size and price. Of course, except the owner of the car no one else needs to know where the device. By the way, this gadget can be used not only in cars but also in motorcycles, ATV’s, and indeed in all vehicles.
Hybrid video recorder
Conventional DVR now is no surprise, especially because on the market there are more interesting devices. A good bunch — a gadget that combines the functions of a radar detector and DVR. This hybrid and place on the windshield is less, and every trip is very useful.
Neoline X COP 9500s
When choosing such a device it is important to pay attention to the quality of the video, the camera angle and night photography. In addition, it is important to buy the most modern hybrid, he can detect all cameras used today. Unfortunately, the police radars are updated often, and radar detector that was released a couple of years ago on the road can become useless. Also a good addition will be the presence of GPS-module, so with his help and due to the presence of the base of coordinates of stationary radars, the device can inform about an increasing number of measuring devices on the way.
PlayMe 400
Models on the market now a great many, and for every taste and budget. On average, these gadgets cost about 10 thousand rubles, but of course, the more expensive a hybrid, the more functions. For example, Neoline X-COP 9500s (read review) is able to record video in the resolution Super HD, but it cost about 17 thousand rubles. But PlayMe 400 (read review) for the 12 thousand shoots in Full HD, but smaller competitors and will be much less to obstruct the operator’s view.
The projector on the windshield
Unlike Registrar or the radar detector projectors of the type “Head-Up Display” while do not enjoy special demand from the motorist. However, soon it will become commonplace. Some BMW cars are such a feature is already included in the standard equipment. Such devices have long been used in aviation, the pilot is not distracted by the devices, and followed the movement of the plane, but knew all the necessary information. Now the technology has reached, and to motorists, and even in the conventional machine, you can install a special gadget.
The projector on the windshield CARAX HUD CRX-3115-10
The device operates very simply: the small screen in mirror view display information, which is then reflected either on a special translucent plastic, either on the same sticker on the windshield. Generally, all models show the speed and the navigation data: distance and time to target, and the direction of the nearest corner. Some HUD connects to the vehicle system and display the readings of the tachometer, the temperature of the antifreeze, the vehicle voltage, fuel consumption and any other data to which you have access.
Garmin HUD
Such gadgets are manufactured by CARAX, they cost from 5 to 14 thousand rubles, depending on the set function. But if it is more important that the projector was showing the navigation data, it is best to look at the Garmin HUD gadget. It costs 9 thousand rubles, and in conjunction with a special program on your smartphone will be able to accurately convey to the destination.
Compact starter
Sometimes it happens so that the car won’t start due to a discharged battery, for example, because the light bulbs in the cabin or just a heavy frost. You can try to take the battery home and charge, if there is a special gadget. Or do you find the donor car, whose owner will agree to help you and jump start your car. If no one is around, and home is far away, it is useful to compact the launcher.
Starter CARKU E-POWER
It looks like a great portable battery for mobile phone — in General, in fact he is, with the only difference that the device produces from 300 to 400 amps (depending on model), and batteries for phones yet weaker. Enough current to run the vehicle battery if it not completely spoiled and even a bit to charge it to start the engine. The capacity of these gadgets from 4,000 to 20,000 mAh. In addition, many models have included adapters for charging phones and laptops, so the universal gadget. Such devices are, for example, in the Arsenal of the Russian company “Gadget” under the name “autostart” and the manufacturers of automotive electronics “Parkcity” and “Carku”. However, the market for such gadgets quite a lot, they cost 4 to 10 thousand rubles, depending on the characteristics and adapter set.
Adapter for car diagnostics
When on the dashboard icon lights up malfunction, we don’t know where to go. Don’t always have time to go to service, and not all cars can output information about the failure. In addition, it may be a minor problem, which is disposable without the help of specialists. Here is a small useful device that will be able to diagnose the failure. Of course, this is not a functional gadget like the ones they use in services, but the basic machine parameters it reads, and some models even able to reset the errors of the computer.
Auto scanner wireless ELM327
To the machine the scanner is connected to the standard connector ECU via OBD2, which is in all modern cars. Some models connect via USB with a laptop, but is much more universal Bluetooth device. Just insert the adapter, associate it with a smartphone and a special app (like Torque), you will see all the error codes and a brief description. In addition, the phone screen will be the main parameters of the vehicle, e.g. accelerator pedal position, rpm, fuel level and many other data stored in on-Board computer. Such gadgets now have a huge variety and you can even look at the Chinese options, they are not much worse than the European models. They are called the ELM327, but also they are often looking for the abbreviation OBD2. On Aliexpress such gadgets cost from 500 rubles, but in the Russian retail sold at the price from 1 to 5 thousand rubles. There are universal instances, and models that fit only one brand of cars, make no mistake.
Fridge
Despite the fact that many in the car have air conditioning, which sometimes cools the glove box, this is often not enough even to keep a cool bottle of water. Perhaps a fridge in the car is a luxury that is not needed for those who travel by car only for work. But if even a couple of times a year to get out on his iron horse out of the city, this unit is a must. Unfortunately, freezing temperatures in most of the models could not be achieved, but keep frozen or chilled foods fridge will.
Car Refrigerator EZETIL E 21 S
Almost all automobile refrigerators are based on Peltier elements. These plates, in which a current flows in the heat with one hand is transferred to another. But if the warmer part of the optional cooling fan, the other party will be even colder. However, there are models with a compressor, that is, they work exactly the same as a refrigerator at home, but such devices are much more expensive and more. Ordinary automobile bags-refrigerators cost from 1,5 thousand roubles and will easily fit in any trunk.
Inverter
For charging smartphones and tablets has long been thought up a USB adapter for the cigarette lighter outlet. But the laptop needs a 220V variables, which in the onboard network is not at all. To get permanent 12V, which gives the battery machine, you need a inverter.
The TS300 inverter Tikeri
Between the inverters differ in the number of outlets and — most importantly — power output. Junior models generate 200-300 watts — enough for any laptop. And to power drill, iron or microwave oven will need an inverter of an entirely different class. But you can find models and 5 kW. With the power of increasing the price of inverters up to 300 watts are from 1 to 3 thousand rubles, and serious appliances in kilowatts the price tag comes to 10 thousand rubles.