Proof that it is hard to see out of the back window

[Guppy]

As most of us H3ers know it is very hard to see out the back window when backing up. I am sorry to say that I had to take out a small kid’s bike today Fortunately my 4 yr old was by the garage where I could see him.

I thought he put his bike to the side of the driveway before I told him to get where I could see him... Next thing I knew was a bump and then a crunch... At least for my little guy he got a new bike today. For all those out there, be careful backing up...

[Disnydad]

I'm gettin a back up camera system for the H3 when it gets here. I already squished my sons bike with the Ford pickup a couple of years ago. After that I put one of those back up beepers on it - drives the neighbors nuts.

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

I saw a H-2 today with a Mangeled Teddy Bear attached to the outside Spare Tire and a sign on the Bear that READ...

CAUTION ! POOR REAR VIEW ...

Gives me an idea for my H-3's

RYD

Hitchcam works for me. Cheaper than crashing into things.

S.

[deicustoms1]

Haha...that bear thing is awesome.

[oneworld]

Hey Guppy Glad to hear you didnt hit your 4 year old. The first month I had my H3 I backed up into a pizza delivery guys car, low profile honda civic. I put a nice dent in his hood with the spare tire > cost me $250.00 I couldnt even see the roof of his car through my back window, he was also very close to my H3 maybe 18 inches of my rear bumper. I learned that night to look behind my car whenever I have to back it up before I get in

[killian]

Have you guys seen that back up cam on the 07 Tahoe? They use the screen on the in dash nav system, the camera comes on automatically when you shift in to reverse. It's pretty slick.

[Agriv8r]

We are using a camera that mounts to the license plate bolts, leaves the hitch free. Comes 2 ways, one is an additional 4 inch monitor to mount antwhere you want and the second is a "V" chip that converts the Factory Nav system. The advantage to the "V" is that your nav system will also dispaly video now. Both should be available in most audio video shops.

[DWPC]

We stuck one of these fresnel lenses on the back window and it makes a huge difference. There are several brands; we paid $7.50 on eBay. RV suppliers sell them too.

http://www.safeview.com/featured.html

[H3less]

What's the thing going to cost us?

[wannabeH3]

haha funny you should mention this, , as i was backing out of my spot at the local coffe place, i gunned it and backed up fast and saw some guy jumping out of the way on my drivers side mirror.... i didnt see **** out the back and never knew he was there hahahahaa he looked pissed

[Kiraco]

We have the back up camera on our Black H3 and I think I have only looked at it once to see exactly how far away from the wall I really was. I personally would rather look out my side mirrors and the back window, but I also tend to look behind the vehicle before I get in.

On the other hand timgco uses it all the time and wouldn't go without!

I use Hitchcam and 3.5 inch monitor daily. Also helps when backing into tight space when parallel parking. I still use side mirrors. Since my monitor and side mirrors are mounted at almost the same level, it's easy to scan all when backing up.

S.

[PARAGON]

Ummmm........ well....... damn...... wellll....... ****, apparently it is kinda hard. Let's just say I have first hand knowledge.

[ETD]

DWPC, thanks for the heads up. A cheap solution that may work? I once took care of a kid that was pinned by his dad between the rear bumper of his pickup and the garage door. Not pretty...
One thing though, I couldn't help but notice that the photo illustration on the site for safeview shows a scene behind an SUV of a playground but the scene in the "safeview" product is that of a street. WTF? Does it look into the future or something
I just need one that looks down and back not back-to-the-future

[NEOCON1]

Does it look into the future or something

LMAO thats pretty funny man

[DWPC]

Originally posted by ETD:
One thing though, I couldn't help but notice that the photo illustration on the site for safeview shows a scene behind an SUV of a playground but the scene in the "safeview" product is that of a street. WTF?

Ed:, if you look closely, you'll see that the image in the lens is, in fact, the wide-angle version of rear window view. Note that the same sign board seen out the rear window is in the center of the lens image. From that starting point, you can see the other details are correct too.

That is how it looks in use too; the wide-angle is reduced in size, but VERY wide. They should have used a much larger image on the webpage.

Here's another source with more pictures: http://www.rearlens.com/

[HummerNewbie]

Originally posted by PARAGON:
Ummmm........ well....... damn...... wellll....... ****, apparently it is kinda hard. Let's just say I have first hand knowledge.

ROFLMAO

[jp's-h3]

The rear cam is my next project!

[Edd]

Seen a "Rear CAM" in one of those adult movies once......Geez who knew?