My tip, keep audio recording on and if something happens read the licence plate out loud. That way if the cam doesn't capture a readable plate you are covered.

@cellman1829

Жыл бұрын

That is exactly my thought hence why I keep it on with mine

@anthonya824

Жыл бұрын

Good idea. For that matter, maybe I won’t even bother fussing over video quality since they’re all within two standard deviations of doodoo anyways. Ya know, this is my problem with all of these cams. None of the example footage seems to demonstrate decent license plate capture.

@smoke126857

Жыл бұрын

audio recording for which camera?

@thebigdoghimself

Жыл бұрын

@@smoke126857 we have a nextbase, but most dash cams have an option to record audio inside the car.

@SUTIKNORJ99

Жыл бұрын

Hehehe...you right bro..

I was in a car accident where the other driver ran a stop sign and hit me so hard that it totalled my car. Then he told the police I was speeding and said he had a witness. But the best story was told by the dash cam video clip taken by the car driver behind me. End of the story --- for him. I've never thought I'd want a dash cam until then. It's the best witness out there and settles lies from the truth. This man was very kind to pull over and offered his video clip. A hero!

@rogerbowles5480

Жыл бұрын

Makes no difference if you were speeding if he jumped a red light he is to blame

@priley817

Жыл бұрын

@@rogerbowles5480 It’s he said, she said in court man. Both fcked

@mustafeabdi8483

Жыл бұрын

Amazing 👏 I really need it

@Mark-OutWest

Жыл бұрын

And THIS is the top reason for wanting to get one, especially after seeing the "Idiots in cars" channels on YT.

@mandyinseattle

11 ай бұрын

Not only do I want a dash cam but I want it to be obvious to everyone around me that I have one. I even have a little sticker on the back of my car that I made that's blue like my car that says smile, you're on camera.

I never thought I’d learn so much about dash cams from Gus Fring.

I agree that dashcams, especially front but also rear, are an insurance necessity. I also admire Brian Cooley’s thought processes and presentation. Always relevant, clear and thorough.

I’ve gotten into 2 collisions recently. Since I had a dash cam, it made dealing with insurance so easy and I was not at fault both times. No stress beyond having to file a collision report which eats up a few hours.

@whocares_bear

2 ай бұрын

Which dash cam did you buy. Funny how no one in the comments ever says what kind of dash cam they have when saying how great they worked

It could have been interesting to hear a bit about why car manufacturers don’t have them built in on cars from the factory in the first place.

@mrpawpaw7023

Жыл бұрын

The modern cars all have cams which record video, but they will not give access to it.

@rogerbowles5480

Жыл бұрын

Because technology changes so quickly 8k will be here soon

@oleksandrmarkovichenko5774

Жыл бұрын

@@rogerbowles5480 and how many *k do we need to finally be able to read someone's license plate?

@rogerbowles5480

Жыл бұрын

I can read number plates with my 4k

@Countcho

Жыл бұрын

Tesla’s, hummer ev, f150 lightning, rivian

I am glad dash cams are covered again, but I wish viewing angles of each dash cam was also discussed since it’s pretty important to many drivers out there. I believe the Garmin and Nexar models in this video only covers 140 degrees when some of Vantrue models cover 160+ degrees they claim. Also, I find it out to see this lineup of random price range models from different manufacturers. One last thing I’d like to add is, please remind future dash cam buyers that they driving habits are also recorded and can work against them.

@rickardone1219

6 ай бұрын

Only hand over the clip that is relevant to the collision, not the entire chip!

I worked a weird swing shift 4/10’s. I started at 3:45PM and worked until 2:30AM. Over the years I’ve seen a number of impaired drivers and 3 wrong way freeway drivers. The last one had just come onto the freeway off ramp when I encountered him. I was too busy flashing my lights and honking at him to get him to turn around to get his plate number. I was way too busy and careful to avoid him to get more. Thank goodness I had a dash cam to be able to report the driver once I got home and pulled the memory card. I would also recommend you do a practice run of recording, pulling the card, and checking it on your computer. After an accident is not the time to learn how to use it. In other countries dash cams are almost a necessity due to the number of insurance fraud cases. You can find many videos on KZread of weird stuff people see while driving. Things like a tank crossing the road or wild near miss accidents. I think dash cams are most useful in disputes over car accidents. The more information you can provide your insurance company the better the chance you get your claim settled. In the case of my wife she gets so flustered in an accident she doesn’t remember anything. The camera helps if it ever happens again.

Convenient how there's no VIOFO recommendations... the A119 series is really good. I had one between 2017 and 2020, and might even put it again to use or buy another lot, but the v3 is still very well recommended and rated and missing from the list here

A lot of these cameras will stop recording in a serious accident due to the car cutting off power. That just happened to me. We want to see thorough reviews where this is addressed

@moktadir4

Жыл бұрын

Alternatively, have a capacitor connected between the camera and car

@Countcho

Жыл бұрын

So maybe battery powered ones are better that uses the car to charge

@whocares_bear

2 ай бұрын

Which dash cam did you have?

@dave.vega.

2 ай бұрын

@@whocares_bearapeman 2k

The whole time I am looking at this video is the Vintage Defender. What a classic-looking Car!

Linus Tech Tips analyzed dash cams and found that most can't provide a clear view of license plates. Would've loved a test for that here

@CatskillOne

Жыл бұрын

Vortex Radar posted one showing how some manufacturers are using a 2nd telephoto lens to successfully record license plates more clearly. Interesting watch

@Stallzyx

Жыл бұрын

I bought a Viofo A119 v2 back in 2017 and used it until early 2020 when my car was rear ended. Wish I had a rear unit though. Convenient how CNET decided to ignore them completely... Edit: completely forgot the point I commented and that was it was actually best in its class / budget for reading number plates. no complaints

@hsreG12

Жыл бұрын

@@Stallzyx He said the Vanture N4 has a back camera. I guess you didn't watch the whole video?

@Stallzyx

Жыл бұрын

@@hsreG12 I'm confused, what are you talking about? I said I didn't have a rear camera when my car was rear ended from experience, I wasn't saying anything about the content of the video. In terms of what dashcam to buy, I recommend the Viofo A139 Pro. You can get a two channel 4k front and 1080p rear, but I love the 4k quality so much that I got two main front units on both the front and rear, but also got the regular two channel kit running at same time so basically got two lots of rear recordings now :)

@Stallzyx

Жыл бұрын

@@hsreG12 Oh, I was saying CNET conveniently ignored recommending any VIOFO branded cameras, not that they didn't show rear cameras. Hope that clears it up - Or it's possible I missed the part with the Vantrue unit as you say, but usually the rear camera quality is a bit meh compared to the front. Hence why I mentioned the setup I got above now which does 4k front and rear. Probably overkill but I am obsessive

Dashcams should be required in every car. I love mine.

@Gumbier_Than

Жыл бұрын

When my 19 year old niece got her first car. I immediately got her a camera. Dash cam saved my butt several times already.

I have the Nexar beam and Pro. We have been disappointed in the service for the last 2 years. The system at one time operated seamlessly until an update occurred and now there are multiple issues that Nexar is aware of but has yet to resolve

i currently have the nextbase 122. far cry from the 622GW that is featured in this video, but I was very impressed with the quality for the price paid. i will be upgrading soon to maybe the 622GW.

I’ve got a Garmin 56 up front and a Garmin Mini in the rear. Works fantastically, and the PiP overlay video is sweet.

@benboatright6461

Жыл бұрын

u ever have any issues backing up videos to pc or connecting properly? im looking at getting garmin 56 or 67w with mini 2 for the rear but see mixed reviews and was looking at the tandem one that has front and rear built in but lot of people had complaints about it as well and saying that the rear view angle isnt really good

Good review, great reporting thanks

Thanks I believe I found which cameras I want. Vantrue/or Nextbass

Very helpful. Thank you

thank you, great info vid.

i highly recommend the VaVa dash cam!! been using it for 2 years and the app is easy to use and easy to set up

@tdkcastro

Жыл бұрын

I loved this camera until it stopped connecting to phone, horrible customer service

Brian, youre amazing sir!

Great video 👍

❤️ Thank you, Brian! 🤠❤️

love the permamt magnet mount like garmin uses. the nexar sucktion cup works for a limited period of time then it falls off the glass. so annoying.

Great presentation for someone new to them like myself. Maybe it would be useful to also add about charging: Can they run off internal batteries (say charged indoors overnight), or must they be plugged in to the car's 12v power?

@anthonya824

Жыл бұрын

Most that I’ve seen covered have no internal battery and therefore require 12V to operate.

Thanks Giancarlo.

I was recently side swiped and the driver skipped on me. Even though I was able to take a picture with my phone of the vehicle and license plate the driver denied responsibility and now insurance won't cover damages. Needless to say now I'm looking for a dash cam 😅

Great video. Very useful info and you have a great voice and presentation about you. I ordered the 622GW because of you. Very excited to get it.

It's really nice of Gus Fring to make dash cam reviews for us now that he retired from Los Pollos Hermanos.

@toddsmith8608

10 ай бұрын

Retired? He got blowed up by a dude in a wheelchair as i recall.

hi, I have question. what camera would you recommend for recording police interactions from inside my car??

my 2015 e400 has front, rear & 360 cameras but MB told me I can't use them as a dashcam because of some regulations. There's even an SD card slot for local storage.

Thanks for a very informative yet concise breakdown of dashcam features.

So far I've not found a decent dash "mount" for our summer vacation to Miami where the summer heat inside the car is over 100 and the front shield glass is way over 100, everything melts, and a not a thing on earth can attach to it. The dash cam and the car front dash digital instrument panel both have glitches due to the heat from time to time. My best resolution is Play-Doh, self made "heat resistant dash cam mount" costs less than $2 from Walmart to hold the dash cam and situates it on the dash, not on the glass shield.

Excellent overview. How do the image quality compare?

are there any dashcams that can record from the side in case of getting sideswiped?

Camp C, there are so many bad drivers out there committing insurance fraud raising my insurance rates, this is the only way I can protect myself.

I'm neither in camp A or B. But Rather camp C: Too many idiots on the road and I need a defense.

what about when they make you go to court as you have it on "YOUR" dashcam...?

The n4 looks good to me😊

How about storage capacity?

This is 1990s technology; however, it is still impossible to actually find a decent dash cam that actually films in HD. Even the ones that say, they film in 4K cannot identify license plate numbers directly in front of them. The technology is there, but the manufacturers won’t use it.

I have lived in Spain for a while now, and basically dash cams are not allowed. According to the authorities, you would be infringing a person's rights as you are not allowed to film them, unless you have their permission. Also, the insurance companies will not accept them because of fear of being prosecuted. This also includes the police, as they would prosecute you for filming someone. Unfortunately, Spain live in the past and need to come into the 21st century. How things would improve if you were able to have a dash cam to help both the police and insurance companies. Don't these people realise you do not want to film them, but their vehicles and how they are driving.

@TimXMan1000

Жыл бұрын

That’s crazy I thought Spain was a modern tech savvy kind of country

@steveharmon9000

Жыл бұрын

What about tourists taking photographs? Dumb Spain.

Do they have to be hard wired to use the wake up/motion sensing function when the ignition is turned off or do they have an inbuild battery?

@michaellim4165

Жыл бұрын

Need to be hardwired or power off of an external battery. Your car battery or an external battery.

I’ve just sent back the Nextbase 522 gw front and rear camera due to only having it for a few months it’s gone back due to the battery failing and I wasn’t prepared to pay £10 for a battery that I had to fit taking the unit apart to get to the internal battery and if I had to send it back for Nextbase to fit it was £35 as some soldering needs to be done. On the forums they say that the batteries aren’t very good. Can someone tell me if the 622 gw is better or not Thanks all

@CL4SSiCS

Жыл бұрын

The 622 gw is way better, I'm not too sure kn the battery as I don't really focus on the camera that much

any problems with wireless Apple play. Interference with which gets wifi and bluetooth access

This dude was made for this job. He’s a natural pro

The problem with a constant WiFi connection is your phone thinks it's THE ONLY connection to the internet and you can't use your phone for web activity unless you disable WiFi.

In the U.S some states laws prohibit the mounting of dash cams on the windshield!

@newdevilman1167

Жыл бұрын

So backwards!!!

@MoctezumasRevenge1

Жыл бұрын

get tinted winshield,2-3 inches should be legal.

@paigeturner4455

23 күн бұрын

Does that mean that it can be mounted on the back of a front mirror, just not on the windshield itself?

What weighs very heavily on me is my neighbors wife was hit head on by a semi. It was such a severe accident she didn’t have a memory of it. But the guy said she went into his lane. She had to get a new wedding band it was so mangled

I bought a Redtiger because it was highly rated and had wifi. But, to get the wifi, I have to stop recording, go through the menus, turn on the wifi, then connect to the wifi using my phone. It is very slow to transfer video files to my phone. Is this the common experience? Or are their dashcams that have the wifi always on?

Do these devices generate a great enough power draw when your vehicle is off to drain your battery?

@HarryKuloh

Жыл бұрын

Most have an internal capacitor that power on the device for maybe 30 seconds maximum. They do not draw any power when the vehicle is off.

i juse my old samsung s6 for the dash cam. :)

Beyond promoting the benefits of having a dashcam, which was your favorite and why? Would have appreciated some comparison talk about that.

My current mini 2 now won't upload in 1080p which is annoying. My last one beeped and never turned back on.

My car is a really small convertible with a soft top, very easy to break into. My best protection is that i never store anything valuable in my car and i actually leave my doors unlocked so that my top doesn’t get cut through, its also a manual and i doubt a thief would bother. But a dashcam would be something im afraid would attract attention of thieves if left on my windshield. I only desire the functionality because i have some neighborhood hooligans causing issues, but I would like the ability to remove it from sight and reattach to the windshield securely

@parrotbrand2782

Жыл бұрын

Buy a cheap dashcam

@parrotbrand2782

Жыл бұрын

Buy a cheap dashcam

@rickardone1219

6 ай бұрын

buy a cheap suction cup model.

I'm looking for dual DashCam with wide angle, HD recording with GPS route tracker, continues recording with audio speaker, Wi-Fi. Please suggest me good options between 8-10k .

@donschlonski2936

11 ай бұрын

This guy isn't your secretary. It's up to you to do your research

The one thing he failed to mention is interior heat temperature of these dash cams. My GPS will not work if left in a hot car so I'm pretty sure these dash cans wont work either.

@CJ9007

Жыл бұрын

Yep especially in the south. They can be dangerous

Is that a street in Daly city in that foggy weather ?

You never mentioned powering the dashcam. I just want a dashcam that has a rechargeable battery. No cords. I can charge something daily when the car is parked in the garage. I hate having cords hanging all over the car. Are they any like that?

@jimbellomo

Жыл бұрын

@Harry Thanks! That's a great idea. I have one and never use it except on vacation. I even have a mount that will stick to the windshield.

@carranza-5197

Жыл бұрын

In high-temperature weather, the battery could be a problem inside your car

Is the next base 622gw the best option here? Its $500 on Amazon I live in Florida and I swear someone almost hits me every time I get on I4. Is that a decent deal?

Miss his car reviews so much!

Did they re-upload this video and just added 2023 to the title? I remember watching this exact same video last year

I have the nexar one, I like it, but, it doesn’t continuously record, once storage is full, doesn’t record, I have to delete everything every two weeks or so

Is there a good camera for the desert SW, I live in Las Vegas, NV and in the summer the outside temp can hit 115 but the inside temp can hit 140. thanks!

The fact that many new cars already have built-in front facing pedestrian/collision cameras and rear view camera, auto makers should allow those cameras to record while driving.

More car manufacturers should have them built into your rear view mirror and backup camera that’s already in your car rather than having to buy a separate camera and have ugly wires all over your interior

@michaellim4165

Жыл бұрын

Privacy concerns and legal lawsuits. Legal will not allow it.

The problem is all these cameras basically have the same sensor so expensive ones have the same crap quality as cheap ones.

@petterderter6354

Жыл бұрын

congrats u only learned that from linus tech tips lmao

@shalashaska9946

Жыл бұрын

@@petterderter6354 Yeah, why is that a bad thing

Respect for a job well done. Please say "collision" instead of accident.

How about using CarPlay AND these wifi cameras? Can you use both?

@wmstone3914

Жыл бұрын

🚨🚨🚨BOT Alert🚨 🚨🚨

I do not understand the concept of looping yet.

repost?

I wish someone would mention how dash cams are POWERED. I do not want a cable hanging down from my cam. I want one with a rechargeable internal battery. Which cam has that? Alternatively, I'd like to mount my dash cam on the dash itself, so that cable won't be visible.

@MrPontiac005

10 ай бұрын

None. Best to run the cable up and under the headliner around and under the dash. Pretty easy and out of sight

If somebody could recommend a good quality each cam

yup! i wish cars have built in dash cam.

@michaellim4165

Жыл бұрын

Tesla have it standard.

I don’t think you’ve seen the linus tech tips video about dashcams

08/22/2023: I live in Florida and it is very hot all year long. Which dash camera will hold up inside in a car that could reach 140 degrees fahrenheit? I do not wish to spen over $200.00, and I do not want to see high percetage of 1-star reviews. Am I just dreamer ofr a resonable product?

Who's Austin Healey?

If car makers build them in you can be very sure they will be uploading all your videos to their cloud for their use.

I'd get one but most of my accidents are actually my fault.

Gus Fring?

I wish these dash camera companies would stop worrying about the extras and focus on camera quality. The expensive cams give you no better clarity than the cheap ones. Sometimes worse.

Where’s the new NEST?

linus reviews says theyre pretty much all the same, with different price points.

That $400 sk everything should be automatically adjusted if it has a.I

Reviews the whole thing without talking about lack of usb-c

What are absolute must haves in today's dash cams?

A lot of them can't even show a clear license plate of the car in front of you.

A139 Pro is the best dash camera 2023

This feels like an old video.

How old is this video?

Does no one brake into your car if they see these cameras? Easy thing to steal right?

Gus from Breaking Bad if Walter hadn't cooked meth.

720p or 4K doesn’t matter what matter it’s the tech

Mostly feature review. No video quality reviews. Probably the most important feature. Most cams use 1 of 2 different manufacturers cameras and chips.

BEST mounted in front of the rear view mirror-- (it's already partially blocked by the mirror and no one looks through that part of the window normally anyway. I don't want anything AI--- EVER.

Is Giancarlo Esposito you're twin? 😂😂🤣🤣👍👍

Gus from Breaking Bad's American brother

Most people are part of camp-C . Which involves good quality video, battery life, and affordability.

You are not connecting a cable when you put the cams up on the window. I guess we should assume that they all have a cable attached when working. But you didn't put the cable on and when you were showing them working, you hid the wires. Seems like lying to me.