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Excellent product I recommend to all, the bad thing is the service of amazon that one asks the refund to the original form of payment and put the money in an amazon gift card, comfort and convenience for them, the customer service in Spanish Some are Very friendly but others are not do not help at all, thank you.

This car DVR makes me feel more at ease knowing if I'm in an accident I can prove it was not my fault, of course it wont be my fault. HA HA.Gosh, you could even rewind it and see if your girlfriend or boyfriend lied to you about where they've been.

Finally changed this Camera in for another... this beats the 1 inch screen ones I had in front of it... I can actually see the screen...setup is easy also, I Love this camera...

These fit my Black Box GS8000L Mini Dashboard Dash Cam perfectly. The picture may be inaccurate, but the description is correct. Initially, I thought I was purchasing 1 for this price, but I received 2. Using 1 & it has worked flawlessly for weeks...stays attached to windshield. Keeping the other for a spare. Excellent purchase!

So far its my best car DVR. Its working like I expected, and I have bunch of videos to prove the Car DVR is working "sooo" far. I purchased two different items at the time, and I had to return the one item back to sender because it costs more than this item, and does not work. Check out one of my driving videos and determine the value of this item. If I have no regret buying this item soo far, I don't think you will. Everyone needs a Video camera recorders recording their safety on the highways against corrupt and racist uniformed law enforcement or other forms of anti-law abiding American Citizens.Well, well well....now the camera is acting up after less than a month of daily uses. It will not loop. It will not record more than 15 seconds. It turn off and on by itself. it indicated RECORDING ERROR on the screen. I reset it now more than 11 times. I am going to request for a return ticket BACK TO THE SENDER...TODAY.

This is my THIRD dash cam WHY? because the first 2 from CiBest model 2.7 inches HD 1080P 170 degree Car DVR Driving Recorder with parking monitoring modes sold by; CiBest-US turned out to be defective right out of the box! THIS digitsea 2.7" 1080p HD TFT is awesome and cost 3 TIMES less than the stupid CiBest cam! THIS dash cam worked right out of the box, was even precharged so it turned on right away without me even having to plug it into the usb charger or ciggarette lighter charger. I am not good at figuring out technical things, I have electronics I've never used because I couldn't figure out how to work them- this is so super easy I LOVE it. the instructions are stupid and don't list all the functions or HOW to do them, but because this cam is so great you DON"T NEED INSTRUCTIONS! I LOVE THAT! It took me no learning curve at all. This cam works better and has better features than dash cams costing 3 to 7 times MORE! Here's what I like about it;1. the window suction cup thing holds tight, there is road construction and very bumpy roads all over here, I drove for 75 miles & it didn't fall off.2. YOU have the option of turning on the voice to be recorded or just video without voice. I don't know about u, but I don't want a dash cam recording everything I freaking say- there is enough of that going on that we never voted ok to be done to us in the first place! MOST dash cams automatically record voice and you cannot turn off that feature- this one it's your CHOICE, as it SHOULD be- a CHOICE ; )3. You can choose between recording in black and white, color or sepia!4. You can charge it and upload files from it with the SAME usb cable that comes with it.5.Can take up to a 32 gb micro sd card.6. YOU can choose if you want it to record for a few minutes then loop and re record over the previous recordings or record the whole long drive! That is another feature I noticed alot of the higher priced cams don't have. Some record for only 10 min then loop and record over! I don't know about you but my drives are longer than 10 minutes!7. you have so many settings you can choose from to adjust the pic quality. it had white balance adjust, focus adjust, all kinds of camera adjustments so (if you are a camera person and know what those do) you can tweak the cameras settings to be very fine tuned.8. The ciggarette charger included has a very long wire which is awesome if your front lighter stops working and you need to plug it into an auxillary lighter plug way in the back of your car. OR if you wanna plug it in the front and use it as a BACK rear cam.9. On off button is easily accessible & it even gives you multiple timing choices of how long you want it to continue recording AFTER you shut off. the car!10. It has motion detection which makes cam turn on and record if it senses something hit/bumped etc your car. Also works when cam is on while your're driving by making a seperate emergency file of the incident which can't be recorded over unless YOU physically delete it off the sd card.- I went over many large bumps at 60 mph and it did not activate this feature, that's great- I would hate a cam w a bunch of false saves.11. night filming was clear, day was great. the only not so great was w sun shining directly at us (driving towards sun setting) But, I don't think any dashcam films that without glare.THINGS I don't like or wish they would improve when they make a new model1. The screen is WAAAAY too small. I cannot see whats being recorded as I'm driving-by glancing of course. IMO screen should be size of GPS screens.2. have a seperate RED button that you can press for when you DO want the audio to be recording, like for a traffic stop ;) as it is now- you have to physically remove the cam from the suction holder, access 3 different screens then scroll down through 3 pages of choices on 3 different screens to find the voice/audio on/off thing! Not something you'd have time to do in an emergency situation!3. have a rear cam that you don't have to hard wire available seperately that will work like this one.4. Longer recording time, mine shut off after a half hour recording in HD. with a brand new empty 32 gb card. I'd like one that would record for at least 2 hours.all in all I LOVE the cam its positives far outweigh it's cons and best of all it's super easy to figure out, use and upload recordings. A great product at a fair price that actually works without making me wanna tear out my hair!

Note: My reviews reflect the "value" of a product as it relates to cost. This item was shipped and delivered extremely fast for standard shipping, ordered on Monday received it Thursday. thank you Amazon and UPS. The camera was packaged as well as any other electronic device that I have ever purchased online, with maybe the exception of Apple Products which tend to be pricey (and worth it) so they can afford a little extra luxo packaging. The camera was obviously brand new out of the box with all accessories included. Note: the 12v automotive power plug-in connects to the camera via the usb port, some pictures showed the plug as having a standard power plug. The camera has a port for a standard power supply plug but I guess there is no need for it. Be sure to remove the protective shipping film from the screen and the tape from over the battery terminals before you complain about a dirty scratched screen or non functioning battery. I used a 120v USB power supply (available cheap from Amazon) to power and charge the camera in my home. I took videos at various settings out my front window. I prefer the 720p setting as it seems to provide more of a widescreen closeup but with the same field of view as the 640 setting which yields a 4:3 ratio like an old TV. There did not seem to be any difference between the 1080p and 720p setting. The video quality is more than adequate for it's intended use. The microphone is very sensitive producing clear audio and can be turned off. The complaints in other reviews about the instructions are valid. The important thing to remember is that you must use the Video Record button along with the menu and up down buttons and finish each setting by pressing the Video Record button before exiting settings. I purchased a Transcend 32GB class 10 SD card with the camera and it slipped right in and worked perfectly with no formatting needed. Connecting the camera via the supplied USB cable allowed me to view the .avi videos on my computer as well as save, edit and or delete them. As for the overall quality of the unit, I see no area to fault. Yes it is light weight plastic but do you really want a heavy plastic brick attached to your windshield. The case provides adequate protection for the electronics and how it feels in your hand should not be a concern, as if it were a phone or a razor. I have not tried the camera in a vehicle yet, but my experience with Radar Detectors leads me to conclude that the hefty windshield mount should be up to the task. I will update this review as I gain experience with the unit, but for now and for the price, Five Stars. Update 01/25/15: The night vision LED's only work at close range, I moved the camera around a totally dark room and objects had to be only a few feet away be visible on the screen. It would be best to leave them off for night driving and rely on ambient light from street lamps, vehicles etc. I did not expect much from the IR LED's so it does not change my rating and I doubt some of the more expensive cameras are any better.

I bought the 720p w/out card, and upgraded to the 16 gb card for more storage. After a considerable amount of time navigating through the Menu, you'll have the HD settings and Time Stamp figured out, and you'll be ready to mount which is an easy suction cup, and set screw. The Camera automatically starts recording everytime it's turned on (red light blinks), and continually records, in ten minute segments, as you'll notice on playback. It doesn't jiggle or move at all, and the battery is adequate to not need the car adapter cord. When you're done driving, and want to see your trip, just plug in the appropriate cord to your PC and the videos will start playin back in HD, consecutively. I delete what I don't need, and let the rest store. Copying to a File is easy enough, and I charge mine w/the USB cord to PC. This is fine product which dosn't cost much which may save you from future car accident fault claims, as the resolution is so high you can even read the license plates in HD record settings. The little flip down viewfinder is so neat, it even swivels, LOL I feel like James Bond.

Okay, now that I have become an expert in this camera's system I will leave my true thoughts. The Motion detector works great. Nice and sensitive. It will just keep going. One thing to note is that once the feature is turned on. Nothing seems to work until the device is restarted. I'm sure there is a timer. I left it outside for a short while. It gets a great pictures. Let's you adjust the line frequency. Tons of menu options. This device is fun to play with. You can use it just about anywhere. Super long cord on the DC vehicle adapter. You could have plenty of extension to run it under your dash or wherever. The package was put together nicely and everything looked brand new and properly sealed. Very impressed. I almost left a negative review because I did not realize that the IR Led function is turned on using one quick press of the power button. Viola! It's also flawless the night vision I love it. This thing goes above and beyond a car dash cam and I wish the peephole DVR we ordered had as many options and as good of picture quality and motion detection that this $15 dollar device has.The only draw back I can see thus far is having no option in the menu to choose any option other than 10 minutes for the recording intervals. The motion detection recorded 10:02 before quitting and then picked up something else about 4 minutes before I picked it back up and brought it inside. If you park your car anywhere there isn't going to be motion all the time you could spot vandals with this thing. My peephole DVR takes the same batteries (from old samsung or simillar flip phones) so I have a few of the and O am going to order some more. Love this device, love the person who programmed the OS and the idea is awesome. Better than a cheap radar detector.One more thing about this camera. It has a GIANT original SD card. I had to use an adapter for the 32GB Micro SD card I had on hand. Which shows about 38 minutes of video on the lowest resolution setting available 640x480 but surprising shows options all the way to 1280x960. Thanks to the designer! And seller!

I must say for $15.90 this vehicle DVR is well worth the price!!! The setup was easy, the mount stays stuck to the windshield and won't fall off with vibration or heat. At first I set it at 1280x960 pixels and set it to record on motion, audio on, and overwrite memory to keep it recording if memory runs out. At first I encountered the problem that this unit freezes at the highest pixel resolution, so I set it down to 640x480 pixels. Since then, this vehicle DVR works EXACTLY how I wanted it to work. Video is good at 640x480 pixels. Having it run on battery is kind of useless since you'll never know when it shuts down because of a dead battery. So I just leave it plugged into my 12 volt plug. When I turn on my car, it powers this DVR to turn ON and there is nothing else I need to do. The DVR powers on, I start driving, and the DVR will record 2 minute clips on every motion it detects. When I park and turn off the vehicle, it cuts off the 12 volt power and I either manually turn off the DVR, or most of the time I forget to turn it off and let it run on battery until it dies,,,but that won't affect it since it can turn back on once I start the vehicle. During daylight hours, while driving, I'll check up on the screen and usually always see it recording. Sometimes I may be driving slow on a straight road and it won't record if no vehicles are in front, but as soon as I drive close to a vehicle, motion is triggered and it starts recording. It's just a plug and play device. For the past 2 weeks I've just allowed this DVR to do it's job, then about 4 days into using it, a vehicle cut me off in front of me while driving on the freeway (no accident occurred so no big deal). When I pulled over, I checked out the option to view recordings, and sure enough, it caught the moment when that person on the BMW cut me off. No it did not get the license plate numbers, but personally,,, all I am worried about is catching an accident. Sometimes on a redlight, during the daytime, this DVR can catch license plate numbers if there is no sun glare, this DVR has even caught license plate numbers at NIGHT on a red light if there is no glare from my headlights. Overall I am happy with this vehicle DVR and would buy a 2nd one if needed. I give it 5 stars because of its good performance for the cheap price, but it DOES NOT look cheap when mounted,,. Now on the negative side: If you work as a Private Investigator and need to capture detailed events, while driving, then I do not recommend this DVR because the it won't capture much at night, and it won't capture much at a distance during the day. It is good enough to capture road rage incidents in good lighting, (if not too far away) and the audio will help out if an incident is captured at night. If you just need a cheap vehicle DVR to record accidents while driving, then I highly recommend this one. You can use the record button to push on a moment you just want to capture evidence for your records.

This is the whole reason I bought this camera for myself! While I haven't gotten the time stamp issue corrected, this video will be turned over to the insurance company of the person in the vehicle in front of me. This happened just yesterday evening! I actually forgot for a few minutes that I had the dashcam running! I think for less than $20 bucks I have more than gotten my money's worth. I have edited out the sound, because of the F-bomb that flew out of my mouth at the time of the accident! But sound is very legible, I could hear my radio playing in the background, and myself at the time of the accident. I hope this convinces someone to buy this if you are on the fence. Had this lady not gotten on front of me right before that intersection, this may have well been me, which is why I purchased it!! Both drivers were ok, btw.Update 6/24/15: I have had this camera for nearly two years. I had a few glitches with it, such as not powering on properly, or going blank. I just pop the battery out for about 20 seconds, then replace it, and continue just fine. I never had any further problems, it worked fine. I recorded a couple of more accidents, that fortunately did not involve ME! The video was copied and turned over to the respective parties. I placed this in my wife's car over this weekend, and she went to work with it. Yesterday, she left it attached to the windshield in 97° outside temps ... the entire camera melted under the extreme heat conditions and now needs to be replaced. After owning this for nearly 2 years, and capturing 3 car accidents, I will not hesitate to buy this again. Well worth the money, as inexpensive as it is.

Excellent place to start with a dashboard (or maybe home security) video camera and DVR. Cheap and reasonably good. Just to be clear, the 270 degrees refers to turning the camera around by hand in the mount; the field of view is 120 degrees. The instructions were so bad that I have regenerated them below.UPDATE: In response to readers, I'm using the default settings, And am getting about 80 1-minute videos with audio, about 50MB each and they are automatically overwriting the oldest on a 4GB chip. I have not yet filled a 32GB chip (24 hrs)!LAST UPDATE: l am informed that the menu on items purchased after Dec 3, 2013 has changed, so these instructions may not be useful for people who have purchased such units. Did I mention that these might make dandy motion- activated home security devices?Dowson Dashboard Video/DVR Operating InstructionsThese instructions are based on the actual menu settings of a device delivered in mid-February, 2013. The included instructions did not match.Switching Modes1) Press ON/OFF: (on the back of the DVR this is the international O+I superposed).2) Default mode is Video Recording; press "OK" (which is a round spot on the back of the DVR which lights up) to begin recording. Press it again to stop recording and save file.3) Press MODE to switch successively between: Video recording (red cam icon), Audio Recording (blue A), Playback (left arrow icon), in circular fashion.4) Press to turn OFFFunction KeysON/OFFOK- confirm mode selectedKeys below screen, in left to right order:MENU - choose a menu for settings, detailed below, and also leave a menuDOWN - go down a menu, or 4/3/2/1 x digital zoom while recordingUP - go up a menu, or 1/2/3/4 x digital zoom while recordingMODE - mode switching video record / audio record / playbackMenu SettingsVideo / System SettingsPress ON, press OK, press MENU, press OK, then UP or Down as neededVideo................Output Settings1. Size..............640x480, 720x980, 1280x720, 1280x9602. EV................+1/3, +0.0, -1/3, -2/3, -1.03. White Bal.........Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent4. Time Stamp........Off, Date Only, Date & Time5. Video Time........3, 4, 5, 10, 15 minutes (per file)6. Motion Det........Off, On (when On saves 2 min files during motion)7. Record............Off, On8. Night Mode........Off, OnAfter each selection press OK to confirm, and press MENU to leave one menu item for another and then again to exitVideo with Audio SettingsPress ON, press OK, press Mode, press MENU, press OK, then UP or Down as neededCapture.................Setup1. Size:................12, 8, 5, 3, 2, 1.3 M, or 640x480 (0.3 M)2. Quality..............Fine / Standard / Economy3. Scene Mode...........Auto, Sport, Night4. EV...................+1/3, +0.0, -1/3, -2/3, -1.0 (Exposure luminance adjustment)5. White Bal............Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent6. ISO..................Auto, 100, 2007. Color................Standard, Vivid, Sepia, Monochrome8. Saturation...........High, Normal, Low9. Sharpness............Hard, Normal, Soft10. Time Stamp..........Off, Date Only, Date & Time11. Burst...............On, OffAfter each selection press OK to confirm, and press MENU to leave one menu item for another and then again to exitPlayback SettingsPress ON, press OK, press Mode, press Mode again, press MENU, press OK, then UP or Down as neededPlay....................Setup1. Delete...............Single, All, Select (came up as Execute)2. Volume...............1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8Press MENU again to get the following:1. Format...............Cancel, Execute (came up Next Menu)2. Beep.................On, Off3. Language.............English, Francais, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol, +6 others4. Auto Off.............1 min, 3 min, 5 min, Off5. Sys Reset............Cancel, Reset (came up Next Menu)6. Light Freq...........60 Hz, 50 Hz7. TV Output............NTSC, PAL8. Data Input...........Off, Set9. USB..................PC Cam, Disk Drive10. Screen Set..........Always On, 1 min, 3 minAfter each selection press OK to confirm, and press MENU to leave one menu item for another and then again to exitThe rest of the operating instructions provided make some sense, except Loop and Slideshow commands, which may be on another hidden menu. If I find them, I will update.

works as xpected

works really well - am able to use multiple chargers and devices without any problems

Easy operation. Great picture. One small aggravating problem. It keeps loosing the date and time. I get in the car, turn it on and the date says Jan 1 2015. I change it back to the correct date and time here in 2016 and it keeps for days at a time, Never more than 3 days though. A first world problem I know but it is aggravating. I have the power go to the cig lighter and it's always plugged in so it's not a charge problem. I manually turn it off and on when I get in the car or leave but power is always going to it.

I had two other cheap Chinese made dash cam; they all look alike, but this is one is easy to navigate through menu, setting, etc. It is really small, but has a good resolution; you can change the resolution, which is a good function. There are more functions than i had before: you can adjust the time of screensaver, auto shut off, exposure for camera, etc. you can cut the beep sound, you can turn off the night view light, you can set the night view mode...pretty good small camera. I will see how long it will last.

You get exactly what you see in the picture. That is always a plus. This is pretty decent dash cam. Really good quality video and 140 or 120 degree view, I did not measure but definitely wide view. I have many $16 cheap one but this, being about $31, it is worth it. Unlike cheaper version, 3 min recording setting with Samsung 32GB EVO Class 10 Micro SDHC up to 48MB/s with Adapter (MB-MP32DA/AM) did not lose any recording time between 3 min break. Menu is easy to navigate. One star off for having really low sound pick up. It works but you can barely hear it with maximum volume in my computer. Shipped directly from China so it takes longer than usual order, so if you have to return, that may be a problem.

Pretty much as advertised. Only issue is the fit of the camera into the mounting bracket. Too tight... not easily inserted or removed.

 I see this as a personal investment that pays dividends every time I turn it on.The $12 price was very welcoming. I was surprised to look at my first recording and it was actually really clear. The value here is very remarkable. I installed a 32gb sd card. I also purchased a braided USB cable instead of using the cigarette lighter charger that it came with.My only complain is the fact that the instruction that came with it was lacking in great detail.Overall, I am satisfied. I got my money's worth.

The only reason I decided to buy this camera was because it was under $15. I figured I couldn't go wrong at that price. After opening the packaging I was worried by how cheap it felt. It is made with very low quality plastic and you can certainly feel the cheapness to it. While it is cheap, I am not disappointed in the purchase at all. It captures audio and video just fine (may not be the best quality but I expected that). I tested all three video quality modes and decided to stick with the 640x480. I couldn't tell a difference in quality between the three; however, the 640x480 resolution captured the widest and tallest video. The two higher defs captured the same width, but the height was shorter. Also, you can record more video at the lower definition. I was a little worried that the timer showed only being able to record 1.5 hours in 640x480 quality with a 32gb SD card. It should be able to hold much more space, but I have yet to use it enough to see if it holds more or not. Other reviewers say they get over 9 hours which sounds more accurate, so might just be an inaccurate timer.The car charger it comes with has a very long cable so you can tuck it up through the roof and around the side. The suction cup mount works great and is easy to install and remove. I really like the flip down screen. I only use it to set up the settings and then line up the camera for the best view. I don't drive with it down and it hides nicely behind my rear view mirror.While the listing states it gets 120 degree site, I have to question that. When mounted underneath my rear view mirror, I cannot see the sides of my car by the bumper. If someone were to side swipe me, it may not capture that. It would show that I stayed in my lane so that may be enough evidence to prove your case.Pros:Auto records when vehicle startsAuto shuts off when vehicle is turned offAuto deletes older clips once memory card is fullFlip down screen lets you see exactly what it is recordingEasy to swivel and record police out the side windowCons:Cheap plastic (worried about melting in heat)Only shows 1 hour 30 minutes available on 32gb SD card (in lowest definition - only 30 minutes in HD)Not the best video/audio qualityOverall Impression:8/10 for value (price to quality ratio). It records video and audio and was only $15. Can't beat that!4/10 for overall quality. Plastic is very cheap and might melt in the sun, but again, it was only $15.I have no regrets with this purchase and plan on continuing to use it. I have no need for a better dash cam at the moment but may upgrade one day.

I was stunned to turn on this dash cam and find so many options. First you have the four modes of video record, picture take, sound record, and video play back.For most people the mode you'll use most often will be the video capture mode. This mode allows you to choose the video quality, IR LED on/off, loop record on/off, loop record time, sound recording on/off and motion sensor on/off. The most useful of these features is look record and motion sensor. It's pretty cool that the camera will record once it senses motion, theoretically you could leave it on this setting and never have to touch anything when you start driving. From what I can tell the camera also will not continue recording past the first loop until it senses motion again (when on the motion sense mode). The IR sensors on the camera do work, but they are kind of useless when using the camera as a dash cam... They aren't strong enough to see past the hood of your car, they do work however if you want to use the camera in a hallway or something. I haven't used the picture or audio recording features in depth but I can verify that they do work.The suction cup that came with the device is very strong. Once you click on to your windshield correctly its very hard to remove and provides for a very steady recording. I am completely satisfied with this aspect of the product.The two downfalls to this product (at least my product) are that neither the car charger it came with or the usb cable it came with work at all. I don't care about the USB cable since I have many of them lying around, but I did care about the car charger not working. I contacted Amazon and very quickly they gave me a partial refund to buy a replacement charger (I chose an AmazonBasics GPS charger since I knew my Garmin charger worked to charge the dash came). Since Amazon was so helpful and refunded me the money needed to replace the charger I am a happy camper once more.As other reviewers have said, the video quality of this dash cam is nothing special. It says it can take 720p or 1080p but I don't think that is true at all. The quality is definitely good enough to prove fault in an accident but don't expect GoPro quality video...Based on some of the other reviews I was stunned with what I received, everything on the device worked like a charm, and it has so many features, the device arrived with a screen protector on it, that was easily removed and it was packaged well in a surprisingly legitimate looking box with instructions in english (though they don't explain what any of the features actually do). I'm not sure if the shipped product varies greatly from shipment to shipment but I most certainly got a good quality item.I first tested this camera with a Class 4 4GB card that worked perfectly (recording in 2 minute loops was continuous with no lag between clips) and was able to record 44 minutes of "720p" video. Once I was sure I got a working device I purchased a 16GB Class 10 card which is sure to be even better.One final fun fact of this dash cam is that the battery used is the exact same battery used in some older Nokia phones the battery is the "BL-5C" Nokia BL-5C Extended Li-Ion Battery and I am able to record about 35 minutes of "720p" video on a single charge.I paid $22 for this dash cam $11 for a 16gb SD card and Amazon refunded me enough money to buy a new charger, I could not be happier. For the great price, this dashcam is perfect, it takes good enough quality to clearly see cars, buildings, roads and people, only text is really difficult to see. If you are looking for a dash cam to use "just in case" you have an accident, this is definitely a great low-cost option.Hope it helps!-J

Received the item the other day and plugged in an old 1gb kingston SD card I had lying around. Even though it only gave me 15 min of record time, I could not for the life of me get it to loop. Changed it to a 4gb Sandisk SDHC card from the camera and it started looping. Did the same thing with a new 16GB class 10 SD card and it also looped the recordings.For those who cannot get it to loop, I suggest trying a newer SD card to see if it solves theproblem.Some pointers that makes life easier1. The "OK" button is on the top next to the power button.2. to access utilities, press menu then press mode. Once you press up or down, you cannot access the utilites menu until you restart the whole process3. When you turn it on, the center of the screen looks like there is a giant light purple orb. This is from the IR lights, not a faulty screen.4. You can zoom in and out with the up and down button.5. "Continue" in the menu means the amount time you want the camera to stay on after power is cut from it.6. Be careful with the mount, the screws holding the adjustment pins can come loose and you can easily lose the little nut that secures it.7. I would consider putting one of those tinted screen protectors around the front of the camera to help with the white balance.

I thought I wanted a smaller one with no display, but the display is useful for setting up the options, so I am glad that it has it. I am satisfied with the size - smaller than I expected, and no longer am looking for an even smaller one. I wanted one with GPS logging, but now I think logging speed will be more of a liability than an asset. On mine at least, the audio sometimes blips out at times. It is not really 1280 resolution - realize this records at a lower quality than an iPhone set to 640x480 mode. Also it may not be a 120 degree field of view as claimed, though I cannot easily measure that. I am giving it four stars because it is surprisingly good for the price, but I am returning it because I would rather spend $70 and get an actual HD one with a wider-angle lens. My suggestion - buy it if you want to stick to $24 as it does work. But I am excited enough about the concept of a car DVR that I am going to kick in another $40 and do it better.

For less than $25.00 it does a nice job. I don't need a camera that costs so much that I fear that it will be stolen or broken. Has a semi wide fish-eye lens. I'm not looking for wedding photo quality, come on its only 25 bucks. Comes with car charger and suction cup mount, not mentioned in the description. Also comes with a cellphone type rechargeable battery. Plugged into the charger, I get over 9 hours of video (with audio) on a 16GB card. VGA quality is 640x480, so stay with that mode, because the other larger sizes that it records (D1, and SVGA) are actually not different at all. The SVGA 1280x720 is the same as the VGA and D1 680x480, but with thick black edges on the sides, video is not sharper. You may want to buy a different smaller sized window mount that has a "ball hinge". The mount that comes with it is somewhat large, but still fine to use. The charger wire is long enough to tuck under window trim and dashboard trim and reach the car's power socket. Not too bad at night time, so see the attached video sample that I made. The camera comes with infrared lights, but I see no use for them unless you are video recording your hood ornament, or if you use this device as a home security monitor inside of your house. Not a bad idea, just buy one of those 120volt wall adapters to plug your charger into, then attach the camera to a window or wall. If you are not sure you need a DashCam, but still want to give it a try before you go all out and buy a 200 dollar HD broadcast quality one, then this one is just for you. I like the home security idea myself.

ok, this model i ordered, because i had gotten one awhile back,***it worked like a charm, but this 1 is junk......it WILL NOT charge, while it is plugged into the lighter plug in, also the *motion detection will not allow the cam to come on, it will not *auto shut off, when the truck is turned off, nor will it come on , when the truck is started.....the cam just stays on *all the time*.i literally have to turn it on, and off manually . will not buy again,

While in theory I like this, If you use the USB outlets on the side it messes with the radio. It's also extremely difficult to get the plugs into car port holes. For the money it functions okay, but it's a better theory then concept.

Video quality is good, but after having this on my windshield for a month the screen turned a redish color. I would have taken it down after I was done driving every day but it is hard to put it back up.

Not a bad little camera for the price. This is my first experience with a dash cam, so I don't have a lot to compare it to. Like everyone else has pretty much stated, the instructions are useless! You have to be comfortable enough to just jump into the menu and start playing around with the settings. My only complaint would be I have not been able to figure out how to keep it from recording the whole time it is plugged in the vehicle. It continually runs the whole time even when the truck is off. Not bad backup as a security camera for my vehicle, but running all night it only stores about 4 hours of video on a 32GB card.

I have bought 7 of these for our personal and commercial vehicles and have had problem with 2 of them. I will send them back for credit. Otherwise the other 5 are a good deal for the money.

This little cam is awesome, but even though they brag about g sensor, etc the pkg contained Verson 1 cam, so lacked several important features listed. Also, the wonderful cam came with pathetically flimsy mount, just a tiny plastic shoe that broke on first mounting. I made do however, and will use it anyway. Without the g sensors I will have to hope the unit doesn't record over critical passages. I may mount this old one in my boat and buy another, but there are several listed on Amazon that all look like the same manufacturer sold by different vendors so pick carefully and choose one with a sturdy shoe mount on the suction cup, and hopefully verify that the cam has the features claimed.

I bought five of these cameras, because I need 5 of them, though in hindsight since I need 5 of them I probably would have been better off just ordering 15 of them to begin with and sending the 10 that inevitably wont work back in one fell swoop instead of three and four at a timein several sessions over several days like I ended up doing. But I am getting ahead of myself here....the point being that I bought five (5) in the beginning because I need five (5).So when all five (5) arrived and only one (1) worked, I was disappointed, but not scorned. I arranged for a return and ordered four (4) more to replace the four (4) that did not work, because I bought them from Amazon, and Amazon guarantees their stuff. some time passed. The four new replacement cameras arrived and I was excited, only to be let down again. All 4 powered on, all four displayed video, AND ALL 4 RECORDED SUPERBLY...for exactly 32 seconds before stopping recording and then refusing to recognize the SD card at all, giving me a NO CARD error message across the screen despite having a newly formatted 32gb card in the slot that was perfectly acceptable to record 32 seconds of video on just moments before, but no more after 32 seconds, evidently. I would suspect the card has issue, but not 3 cards, and certainly not the same 3 cards that work just fine in the one working camera I do happen to have.So now, I have nine (9) cameras, and exactly one worked out of the box. after the 4 replacements came, I was able to swap batteries between 2 of them from the first batch that were DOA and got two of them to work (leaving me to assume the originals had bad batteries), so with some fiddling, out of 9 cameras, I managed to make 3 of them work.Oh, and every single cord that came with these cameras is absolute garbage too. I mean it, more cheaply made cords and cables you will not find, anywhere, so if you are considering purchasing one of these cameras, remember to add the cost of a decent 12v power cable and/or a usb cable to the final costs, too. The little suction-cup-thing seems to be made well enough, and it stays where it is put, but I cannot stress enough that these cords and cables are a complete waste of time, money, and effort.So. if you are only planning on getting one, you might just go on ahead and order four or five just to make sure you get one that works and send the ones that dont work back-- just in case.Having said all of that, The three little cameras that do actually work, work pretty well. They come on when the car comes on and they start recording video without any input from you, and they turn off when the car turns off just as effortlessly. The video quality is better than one might expect from such a cheap camera, the sound is as clear as one would expect the menu has a ton of options and settings (motion detect, looping, night vision IR), and for the money, it is not a terrible deal either...provided you get one that actually works.So I am sending 6 broken/dead cameras back and since I have 3 that work, I suppose that since I still need two more. I guess I will just go ahead and order 6 this time....giving me a 1 out of 3 ratio of working vs DOA, and puts the total number of cameras I have ordered at 15 (yes, fifteen)---to get 5 (yes five) that actually work like they should.Go ahead and buy this camera, and know that when it works, its a dandy...., but be warned that you may have to play the RETURN OR EXCHANGE game for some time before getting one (or five) that work, and you will need to buy some cords that do not fall apart in your hand because they were touched or looked at the wrong way.Sooo, the moral of this story is, 2 out of 3 dont work, the cords are garbage, and you can look forward to making a return at least once...but get it all sorted out and you will have a dandy little camera for not a lot of money. Because it is Amazon, you can BUY WITH CONFIDENCE!

Low price, decent quality. Bought Nov 2015. Need to remember this is a low level cheaper setup, but even then it is still a good setup. Mine has 4 video quality options including 1080, 720 and two lower quality. The lower quality options is grainy but decent. 720 is better to the point where you can read most license plates while stopped, and 1080 is some kind of upconverted 720 as it gets really pixelated and much lower framerate. Nighttime view is weak, cannot see much beyond the hood or lit up by street lights. Mine seems to have more of a zoomed forward look with no panorama nor "wide angle" to it, a simple normal neighborhood 4 way stop and cannot see the vehicles stopped on the side roads. Sound quality from the built in mic is sensitive at close range but poor sound quality for what it does pick up, but we buy these for the simple cheap video recorders.For this price level though, it is still a good buy.UPDATE: This had been in the car for nearly 2 years before it finally died. The last few months it would get stuck on the "boot up" screen, I would have to remove power and remove the battery for a few minutes, then hook it all back up and it would work fine for a few days before locking up again. Finally a few weeks ago it just died. Just short of 2 years for a $10 camera, cannot complain too much about that. Good for the daytime, or close encounters at night, otherwise night vision sucks and video quality is mediocre.

 Granted, you'll also need an SD card (class 10), but those aren't too expensive. I went with this one from Transcend: http://amzn.to/1Kj8O8h $7 for 16GB, not bad.I have the worst luck with vehicles and I've been wanting a dash cam for years, but never looked below the $100 mark. At one point I was pretty much convinced that I would have to get a GoPro for a dash cam to be any good. When I stumbled across this one while trying to research a specific (much more expensive) model, I thought to myself "$14? Geez it's going to suck. Oh look, video reviews. That's.... actually not bad. Oh that guy got hit! I hope he's okay. Yep, I'll try it."So I ordered mine since I just had to get a new vehicle after I was hit from behind and pushed into another vehicle totaling my car. (I miss my car; it was darn near perfect!) Now, however, I'm driving this huge SUV that I love, but driving something bigger means there's more area for my vehicle to get hit. I think I will be buying at least one more of these for the rear of my vehicle, but I want a total of four - one for the front, one for the back, and one for each side!My only two CONS for this item is the mini usb charging cable. None of the devices I currently have use anything other than micro usb, which means I have no option to share other device cables with this camera. It's not a huge deal, so I didn't even take away a star, but it is annoying. The other con was that it was originally in Chinese (I think) and I couldn't figure out how to change the language. Luckily, some other reviewers figured it out and shared the answer here! (Still not worth removing a star!)All in all, for $14 I'm thrilled. I'm not making movies, I'm just trying to make sure that I'm protected if someone hits me again. True story, I was once sued by a woman who caused a wreck, ruined the front of my new vehicle (less than six months old), and then claimed she couldn't see my car. If I had this camera in my car, it would have been obvious that she was lying - instead she wasn't even ticketed and the wreck was listed as "unavoidable due to weather conditions" even though the day was crystal clear. She wouldn't have had a case to sue me, both of the insurance companies, the city, the parish, the state, and the railroad company that owned the tracks I was crossing when she claimed she couldn't see me. The camera clearly would have shown her face on screen the entire time I was driving up to and over the railroad tracks before she pulled across the road in front of my moving vehicle. (Stupid people, y'all. Can't do anything about them.)About the video: I had to shrink it a bit in file size to upload it, but it doesn't look like the quality suffered too terribly. Also, the date and time is wrong because I didn't set it with military time the night before. It's twelve hours off, but I'm pretty pleased with the whole thing!October 9, 2015 Update:I've had this dash cam for a couple months now. I still like it, but the camera does not hold a charge at all. If it isn't plugged in, it doesn't turn on. And if my usb charger gets bumped or I hit a large-ish bump in the road, the camera goes off. Both of these problems are frustrating enough that I'm taking away two stars because, in addition to these problems, there's still the issues before of the language problem (it seems to default to Chinese on occasion) and the unsharable usb cord.August 20, 2017 Update:Okay... I've had this thing for about two years now. It's done it's job and finally given up the ghost. I haven't priced batteries, but the battery wants to explode and it's having difficulty with overwriting old video footage, so I'm just going to look into a new dash cam. For $14, I've definitely gotten my money's worth!

I would have given this Five Stars if the item description was accurate.First of all, the item sent to me is a USED product. I wouldn't even call it refurbished judging from the plastic bags the pieces were wrapped in. I even had to fish a small nut for the mount from the box that had come loose. It had obviously been opened and used at least once, probably more since the bags looked pretty hammered. All they had to do was include the word "Refurbished" in the product description and do a better job of repackaging and I wouldn't be dinging for this. In fact I would have felt better about buying it for the seemingly unbelievably low price if it was listed as a refurbished product.Secondly, it is advertized as " Recording resolution:1280x960 / 720x480 / 640x480 pixels". This is not true. It only has one size, labeled "VGA" in the setup, which is 640x480. The box it came in says "HD DVR" and most people interpret HD as High Definition. The instructions (which were obviously written by someone who doesn't speak English) says you can change the video size in the settings menu but it only has one option -- VGA.Thirdly, the description also says it has "120 degree wide view angle". Perhaps if it actually did allow you to record in 1280x960 resolution this might be true but since it doesn', this is also a false statement.It does, technically, have IR LED for night recording. You turn it on by clicking the on/off button which switches between Day and Night mode (hold it in to turn off/on). But the IR LED light only works for objects within a few feet of the camera. Only a very dim and narrow beam actually reaches the hood of my car making this feature worthless.The instructions must have been for a different model or firmware since the settings described in the manual don't match what is actually available on the menu. For example, it says there is an option for IR LED that can be switched between "Atuo or Off" (type-o included). But this option doesn't exist.Having said all this, I wasn't expecting much for $15. Even though the video is only 640x480 you can read the license plate of the car in front of you while waiting at a signal. Once cars gets much beyond that, plates are unreadable. The mount is very secure and the power adapter has enough length that I could hide it by tucking it between the windshield and the roof at the top, the door weather stripping and column on the side and up under the dash, still reaching the power outlet under the center of my dashboard. I also put the wire coming down from the top of the dash in with the wires to my rear view mirror which are covered so there are no noticeable wires.It has a "Voice Record" mode that will record your voice as long as there is no other ambient sound. But if you have the radio on or a loud cabin fan blowing all it records is static. So I just set it to not record sound since it's worthless unless you want to record dictation or something.It requires an SD card to record (not included) so be sure to purchase one if you don't already have one. It says it supports cards up to 32GB. I use a 32GB card and it works fine. One advantage of lower resolution is it won't take up as much memory space so you should be able to use a much smaller card unless you want to record a 10+ hour road trip.It can be set to record in 2, 5 or 15 minute increments (with a few seconds lost between segments). It can also be set to just record continuously until it's turned off. I think the only disadvantage of this is that when it needs to free up space it deletes old files which would mean losing an entire trip. I think it's better to do that than lose a few seconds that might be critical footage.If you want high quality recording you'll probably want to pay more and get a better dash cam. But this seems like a cheap entry level camera that will help you decide if you really want or need a more expensive device later.

Ok so it arrived today, I plugged it in, instructions are ok, not the greatest ( buy a magnifying lens to read the pieces of paper it comes with ). This is a VERY cheap little gadget, however I will say this the audio is ok enough as well as the video enough that if you use this if you are pulled over or if you use it as a dash cam, it will suffice enough to protect you with proof of any incident you may encounter.This is a far cry from HD as its listed as, I put a large SD Card in it and the quality is maybe 2 megs in resoulution if that, but again, why spend a couple hundred on something that you can drop 20 on and get the same results. It comes with a very very long cable to run power directly to it in your car, a pretty good little mount kit as well, be advised the mount kit is a very large suction cup device that's designed to mount to metal ABOVE the inside of your car on the roof,Most cars have a fabric headliner so im not sure what they designed this to mount to, I tried to place and mount on my dash but due to the height it wouldnt allow me to mount it so it would aim correctly at my drivers window, nor is it designed to do so due to the flip screen being upside while on the dash. I hope this helps, again its a good idea to have and will in fact work as designed but for 20 bucks its not a ton of thrills and frills in the box... Good luck

This is what everyone needs in their vehicles. Remember, this can protect you or incriminate you.

Put a 32 gb card in and took a trip from Ky to FL, thinking I would get a nice video of the trip......what I got was 32 separate videos of parts of the trip that lasted seconds. I had it set for video and the screen stayed on the whole time and said it was recording, I was even watching the countdown clock......another piece of useless technology sitting in the junk drawer.

The suction cup on my dash cam Black Box G1W tore out from the holding mechanism. Hence I purchased this holder as a replacement, since the manufacturer claimed it was compatible with G1W. However I found that it was too big for the slot in G1W. I would have returned it, but I found that if I just used the suction cup and its mechanism and screwed it to the piece in the old G1W, i could still use it.Giving 2 starts because it not as specified, and not 1 star, because I could still use it.

For the price paid it does the job but I think not everything works properly. My screen acts up sometimes or when fully charged it says low battery and turns off. Only supports up to 32GB which is a maximum of 3.5-4.5 hours depending on the video quality. Additionally, I couldn't get the auto loop to work or understand the purpose of it; motion detection also does function or it has a short range of detection. I think paying more for a camera with higher quality and functionality is a better choice.

We were very disappointed with this item. I charged it in the evenings and the next day the battery was dead. When I try to use it in my car while plugged in it just kept beeping & going on and off. The HDMI vision at night was great quality and video quality has a beautiful view.. when it works, which was rare! I will probably return this item if I cannot get the battery to hold any kind of charge- it is of no use to us.

Try something else, don't bother with this one. The instructions (using a magnifying glass) are next to worthless. There is supposed to be a function on the menu for changing the date and time for use on the video, no such function is on mine, so I have to use it with this function turned off. Okay, so it is made in China, and their English leaves a lot to be desired, but it is inexcusable that their instructions are so poor. Why would you design and manufacture an item and then provide documentation that is on par with toilet paper? Pass on by.

Only two stars here. This is an updated version of a still available digitsea camera. They still haven't fixed the instructions, but they have apparently removed the ability to loop record. At least mine won't do it. This one does look better than the other model, at least until the plastic pops off the back-apparently the adhesive that holds it on is heat set, and is no match for a black car in a Georgia summer.It works fine, the video is okay, but having to format the card every few days is a deal breaker for me.

For $15 dollar, you get what you paid for. It works in most cases. Be aware that it could interfere with some GPS systems. This works fine with my Nissan Leaf, but makes my Mitsubishi Lancer GPS unable to get satellite signals. I started noticing it when my GPS location are always off by a few streets as time goes by. This is because even without satellite signals, your GPS system try to estimate where you are depending on the direction you are headed and the distance you travelled. But without the signals, plus with the GPS's trying to put you at the nearest drivable street you are closest to, you'd be about 50 miles away just in days. At first I thought my GPS system went bad until one day I had to unplug this cheap dashcam to charge my phone, then my GPS corrected itself. I went to the GPS system and did some traiging. With the dashcam off, my GPS system can get signals from 8 different satellites. When dashcam is on. Zero satellite signals.

this thing works very well... for a couple of months.it started randomly shutting off while i was driving and i would have to unplug it, take the battery out and put it back, and then plug it back in to get it started back up. this occurred about once a day until one day the unit refused to power on and it hasn't worked since. i even ordered a new battery and tried a new SD card and different usb cables and the unit is still dead. $15 for 3 months is more like a rental plan. I wish I could get it to work again.

I ordered this product with low expectations, I mean who wouldn't for $15. The product comes in its box along with a car charger cable for it and a battery which you will end up placing inside of the dash cam. This camera does not record in HD at ALL! It says that it does, but it doesn't. This dash cam records in standard definition which is okay with me. As long as I can have proof of my innocence in a crash ill be happy. Another flaw about this product is that the battery only lasts about 10 minutes on a full charge, it is complete crap. That being said, the dash cam must always be plugged into a power source when you are using it. This dash cam's default language is set to Chinese when you get it, but I did some research online and 10 minutes later I found out how to switch it to English. The instructions to do this should come with the product but it doesn't. A couple good things about this is that it actually does work, with all flaws put to the side, I guess the camera does what it's suppose to do, record. The Dash Cam also has a very easy navigation menu and live playback on the screen and seems to have a firm build. So if you care more about getting video and less about battery life then this product is just for you.

When I first received this 39 days ago, I was very happy with the product, considering it's price. The video is clear when reviewed, it came set up for English language, and it worked reasonably well.The only complaint I had was that the SD card occasionally shakes it's way lose of it's contacts, without actually popping its door out, so I needed to pay attention to the recording indicator to determine whether the SD card had worked its way lose and I needed to reseat it to get it recording again.The SD card slot itself relies on the tension of its door to hold it against it's contacts, with a spring providing pressure to pop the card out when the door is opened. There is no separate catch for the SD card, and the door itself is has a very weak latch.I was happy, considering the price, with this issue. Unfortunately, although it first appeared about a week after I purchased this, it happened more and more often over the following 4 weeks. Now, 39 days after purchase, the door itself no longer stays closed. Whenever I attempt to seat the SD card, the door doesn't catch, immediately popping open again, unseating the SD card as it does. It makes this otherwise well designed dashcam completely nonfunctional.I gave it two stars since issues were expected. This is a VERY cheap dashcam and I originally purchased this assuming it wouldn't last very long. I wanted to use it to determine whether or not I wanted to purchase a more expensive option or have no dashcam at all. After the first few days I was pleasantly surprised at the deal, considering it gave me everything I needed. Alas, it needs a better SD card enclosure to work long term - either a better, solid latch for the door or a separate latch for the card itself.

Upon reading the item description, this Dash Cam seemed to have everything I was looking for at a very reasonable price. However, after I got it I was very disappointed for the following reasons.1. (and most importantly) the video is in 19 second chunks, with a 3-5 second gap in between each file. A lot can happen in 3-5 seconds, and I don't like having big gaps in the recordings.2. The instructions are vague. It tells you what each button is, and some basic functionallity, but does not go into detail, and I still can't figure out how to operate it properly. The navigation through the menus is awkward and it is obvious the instructions were written by someone with limited English language skills. I just have to keep pushing buttons till it turns off, or take out the battery.3. The field of view is narrow.4. The swivel on the mounting arm is flimsy, and I can't get it to tighten down so the whole unit does not move when I open/close the video screen.5. A little big for a dash cam. It's about the size of a radar detector and takes up a lot of area on the windshield.6. The battery does not last very long.7. Misleading description as far as "auto start". It doesn't tell you that you have to hard-wire it into the ignition for this feature to work.On the positive side, it does take pretty good video and audio; you can replay the files right on the device; and the suction cup mount works pretty well, less the swivel tightening portion.I am overall disappointed with this product and am actively looking for a better model. Save some time and spend a little bit more money to get a higher quality dash cam.

For $22.00, you would say to yourself that it is too good to be true. That is indeed the case. (cons same as what others reported)- When it did work, video was not great, reasonable on 640 mode.- Instructions are of no value, but with menu button experimentation, you'll see how it works.- 2/5/10 min loop does not work. (only once where i saw it loop at 2min)- "HD" does not work. Might as well leave it in 640 mode to save disk space.- 90% of the time, playback is very choppy. (also reported by reviewer "Manx")- Recording corrupts the SD card. (this is the cause of choppy playback.) Takes 30 min to copy a 50MB file from SD card to laptop. Have to reformat under windows to get the card to work again. (fyi: card works fine with my Sony camera and copies very fast between Sony camera and laptop)- Locks up on many occasions. Had to remove battery/power.- IR does not seem to have any effect. Recorded during nite, but playback showed dark video. (headlights helped more)- Bright / sunny day and driving into sun causes recorded video to be "foggy/snow blizzard". - maybe direct sunlight too much for weak lens- Product appeared used when I got it.Overall, product not reliable and does not work as advertised. I wouldn't mind it with 640 mode, since objective is to get proof of a accident, but the broken 2/5/10 looping and choppy playback are unacceptable. Spend the extra money and get something that is reliable.

I never even got to put this together! It's sitting in my drawer right now! It came with the wrong adaptor that attaches to the window then attaches to the screen. IT DOESN'T FIT. There is NO WAY to attach it to the suction arm. I think the camera is fine. I blanked it out when I got it because I was so pissed. A year later still sitting in my drawer.

I'd had this camera for quite some time without a problem on a loop recording, then I must have accidentally pressed some button, because it would then not record for more than a few minutes without it telling me the card was full. When I tried various things without success, I selected to set it back to default. Big mistake. Now all the menu is in Chinese and I can't read a thing and have no idea how to set it back to English as I don't read Chinese. Unless I can figure out how to change the language back to English, it's useless to me.

RUN!! DO NOT BUY. sell sold me a USED item when i bought NEW. about 2 weeks later the spining part to the suction sup that locks it in place BROKE. BURN YOUR COMPUTER DOWN IF YOU BUY THIS NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER BUY THIS ITEM FROM THIS SELL ER. some ppl like this item (when you get the RIGHT ITEM YOU WANTED) DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY DO NOT BUY

Lasted a couple of months. Just this week, my wife was in an accident. It wasn't working at the time, nor has it for several weeks judging by the last video on the card.Take my advice, I've tried similar models, another here on Amazon, the others at Walmart, but same model, and they all seem to have the same OS, and none of them lasted over a month.

I purchased two of these, one for myself and one for my mother. I haven't installed my moms yet, but I installed mine yesterday, after having it for a month. I used a 32GB, HD card and it allowed me to setup the cameras and then within 5 minutes of working as I sat in my drive the camera failed. I literally have to turn it off and it will turn back on but it won't stay on it shuts off with seconds. I'm beyond disappointed. I like the design, size, etc, however, failing like this is certainly unacceptable. I didn't keep the box of course as I was hopeful.

The connection between the camera and the suction mount is very small and doesn't allow for much adjustment. That tab broke off and I just need the ball portion to be replaced and seller states the don't even sell that camera!

 There are obviously a number of different units that have the same casing as this one. The lenses can be VERY different, and mine is perhaps a 50mm lens equivalent on a camera, not at ALL 120 degree angle. Even my standard iPhone 5S has a much wider (and 100x clearer) image than this. Also the lens is pretty crappy (uploading pics and video) and the resolution quality is even more horrid. Granted it is a crap shoot buying this as it seems the manufacturer has probably 6 or even more different places that assemble these. The menus are different, image quality and frame rate are (as I've compared mine with others and mine is the far cheaper version). The unit was set onto FHD 1080p, but two painful realities: It only recorded in 720p (half the size), and the image quality was SO BAD, that I could barely read license plate on vehicles in front of me.Thinking that perhaps the VGA setting might yield a wider image, I attempted that setting, however there was zero change in field of recording view. One can take still images, but they are absolutely no better, and the size is so paltry, what's the point? (I will add images from this and comparing iPhone image too). You're really gambling with the parent company that designed these. My suggestion? Look at the good vs bad reviews. If the good numbers outweigh the bad, that's your chance of getting a winner. However, if (like this camera) the reviews are far more worse than better (34pct of 1-star reviews vs 24pct of 5-star postings as of mine), you'll more likely get a unit that you won't be pleased with. I'd like to just throw mine on a trash heap, but I'll just return it this week.I will attempt to upload the uncompressed images and clips, but they already look bad now, and I wonder how they will look when Amazon compresses them? Look at the bright yellow sign near the start of the clip, and how impossible it is to read what it says.

Ordered two, but only one worked. The on/off and record buttons are supposed to light up, but the on that doesn't work looks like the buttons are painted on with no lights (I'll try a replacement). The other has lights on the buttons, but the charge function is a hit or miss. Instructions are a challenge; tiny print, inconsistent graphics (shows HDMI and direct power ports that don't exist), and barely clear function descriptions. Bottom line, the one that works is about what I expected for the price. The windshield mount is sturdy, but there's no quick release for the camera, so the camera with the mount must be removed to keep the camera out of sight and out of the weather. I would not have been happy at all if these had been more than $14.37 .. Hopefully, I'll get a working replacement for the dud and we'll go from there.. Just OK..UPDATE: Gave up on working camera - battery lasted all of 15 minutes and wouldn't charge properly. Sent both cameras back. Down to one star. I would NOT recommend these little suckers..

This camera is like the movie 'plan 9 from outerspace' it's so horrible you can't help but laugh.Now for those who think I'm just being overly picky for the price: I didn't expect 720p (honestly, it looks like maybe 160p at best - I think a first generation Motorola Razr could have out performed it) so I wasn't worried about that (I noted that from previous reviews) The audio recording was terrible, but again I knew that from other reviews (and the $14 price) However....The part I didn't expect to fail was the primary reason for having it: recording. For the two hours it worked, it did its job: $14 is a cheap insurance policy to simply prove liability at the very least (even if it can't see faces or licence plates) but thereafter it said "No SD card" tried taking it out, replacing etc, resetting, formatting etc. No good.It's $14, so I really don't think I'm going to bother returning it (The effort to repackage and ship the thing back would cost me more in time than its worth)Save your money - put it towards a better rated unit in the $40-60 range.UPDATE: I decided to run an older SD card and it started recording again. I used it for a few days without anything to write home about. However, today it was about 90 degrees out and when I went to go for a drive the camera went was recording just pitch-black nothing (sound only) as the car became cooler, the screen started to show multicolored lines and got progressively 'better' (better being a very generous word)UPDATE 2: After deciding to dissect this horrid abortion of the lowest Chinese-built technology, I discovered the lens was factory set out of focus - WAY out of focus. After fixing that issue and putting it back together I will say you can actually see things quite a bit sharper (IE a car looks less like a blob) but the video quality is still awful.Final notes: The battery for this unit is the same one that I used for my Sylvania SP234 Bluetooth speaker, so I can't bitch about having a spare battery for it .Overall; for $14 I got a spare battery for my speaker, a really good 10ft USB car charger (great for my GPS!), a decent windshield mount for a future purchase of a better dash cam and quite a bit of fun taking it apart and harvesting parts off of it.

The camera started falling apart after four days! See the attached photos. And the video quality is not good and you will not be able to see the license plate of the car in front. The product description says it supports 1280X960 resolution, but I couldn't change the resolution because it only shows 720, unless I missed something but I spent one hour in the camera settings in vain. And the night vision is terrible and you will not be able to see anything clear.Overall, a cheap and bad dashboard camcorder, but for a camera around $15, I guess you got what you paid for.

Always know, you get what you pay for. Printed up the return label within an hour of receiving it. Let's start with the build and feel of it. It's made out of the same cheap plastic you'd get from a toy in a happy meal. I'm actually surprised they don't give these away in happy meals. Next, there's no logo on it. That's something you can even see from the pictures. None of the buttons on mine worked either. The only way to kill the power was to pull the cord out, which slipped out on its own anyway. It didn't stay in. The camera worked, showed an image, but like I said..nothing worked. No menu, wouldn't record...nothing. I'm currently looking for something legit. Maybe try a Garmin, or some better brand. This time I'll actually pay for quality.

Amazon's description states, "Recording resolution:1280x960 / 720x480 / 640x480 pixels". THIS IS NOT TRUE!The "capture" resolution is 640x480 no matter if the "standard" or "fine" setting is used. However, the "Video" monitoring output may be set to 1280x960 / 720x480 / 640x480 pixels. This allows for full screen viewing on a HDTV screen.The captured MJPEG avi will always be 640x480 resolution regardless. MJPEG compression is also not very agressive and will result in large video files of 25 MB per minute of recorded video.and will require a 16GB SD card be used for up to 10 hours of video.The lens also is not much of a wide-angle lens and delivers poor coverage of the roadway.