[arpad_m]

In hindsight, this is very bad... a dash cam has only one job: to record one single minute of video, that of an accident whenever it happens. Everything else is just fluff. I've had Blackvue and Rexing cams in several vehicles, they both passed this basic test, never even flinched from the impact and captured emergency video.

Originally Posted by Bumbleboy92

Don’t cheap out on either dash cam or sd card as well.

My 2016 1LT was totaled and the dashcam I was running back then failed terribly, here’s the long story. Short story, I had a Aukey DR02 D; the dashcam or sd card developed an issue where it would record 1 minute of footage then skip a minute and record the next minute. I had loop recording at 10 minutes and verified this after the fact. Guess which minute was skipped…

Got a VIOFO A139 Pro in my car, A229 Pro in my brother’s 2 cars, and A129 Pro in my X5. All with high/max endurance as cards and hardwired with parking modes, no issues anymore. Funny enough, Aukey is the knockoff VIOFO but after my attempts to reach out to them and all their communication lines leading to nothing I swore off them.

[Bumbleboy92]

Originally Posted by arpad_m

In hindsight, this is very bad... a dash cam has only one job: to record one single minute of video, that of an accident whenever it happens. Everything else is just fluff. I've had Blackvue and Rexing cams in several vehicles, they both passed this basic test, never even flinched from the impact and captured emergency video.

Yeah it sucked at the time, many hours lost trying to see if maybe the SD card had that 1 minute of footage hidden or somehow stored on the dashcam itself.

In the end, I cheaped out ($100) dashcam and learned my lesson. I do still check the files of all dashcams at least once a month but haven’t had that same issue come up again since moving to the VIOFO cameras. Blackvue is nice and would be on my future purchase list, I haven’t looked much into them since swapping but I only bought cams with the STARVIS 2 image sensor at the time, I made this comparison which is a little outdated but basic features are the same

[ember1205]

Originally Posted by Bumbleboy92

Yeah it sucked at the time, many hours lost trying to see if maybe the SD card had that 1 minute of footage hidden or somehow stored on the dashcam itself.

In the end, I cheaped out ($100) dashcam and learned my lesson. I do still check the files of all dashcams at least once a month but haven’t had that same issue come up again since moving to the VIOFO cameras. Blackvue is nice and would be on my future purchase list, I haven’t looked much into them since swapping but I only bought cams with the STARVIS 2 image sensor at the time, I made this comparison which is a little outdated but basic features are the same

I bought a Viofo A119 back in like 2016, I think. I ran that in my truck until I traded it away toward the end of 2023 and never had any issues with it. The current truck has a A139Pro in it which I have also now added to my wife's car. Images are definitely improved over my original A119.

I also have a dual camera A129Pro Duo that I have been planning to put in the car but just haven't gotten around to it yet.

I also have a still-new-in-the-box-and-never-opened A119v3 that I had -planned- to put in her car but never did as I ended up putting in the newer model instead.

Viofo's cameras currently run anywhere from about $110 to about $250 or so depending on resolution and certain features, and I've had very good luck with all of them overall. The -one- failure I had was that the GPS mount for the original A119 had something in the power board go back so I had to move the power connector back to being plugged directly into the camera. The GPS functions still worked fine, it just wouldn't serve power through it any longer.

[Bumbleboy92]

Originally Posted by ember1205

I bought a Viofo A119 back in like 2016, I think. I ran that in my truck until I traded it away toward the end of 2023 and never had any issues with it. The current truck has a A139Pro in it which I have also now added to my wife's car. Images are definitely improved over my original A119.

I also have a dual camera A129Pro Duo that I have been planning to put in the car but just haven't gotten around to it yet.

I also have a still-new-in-the-box-and-never-opened A119v3 that I had -planned- to put in her car but never did as I ended up putting in the newer model instead.

Viofo's cameras currently run anywhere from about $110 to about $250 or so depending on resolution and certain features, and I've had very good luck with all of them overall. The -one- failure I had was that the GPS mount for the original A119 had something in the power board go back so I had to move the power connector back to being plugged directly into the camera. The GPS functions still worked fine, it just wouldn't serve power through it any longer.

I’ve been wary with the heat damaging but thankfully been lucky with my dashcams, regular 100-110°F summers around here lol

I do wish I’d have waited on buying two A229 Pro’s as they released the A329 almost a month after I bought and I’d have liked that better for a little more.

I just saw they released a few more versions of the A329 including:

- A329S - Standard

- A329T - Telephoto

- A329SW - Weatherproof rear cam

Ideally I’d choose the A329T 3 Channel (Front/Rear/Telephoto), so I’d have 4K/60, STARVIS 2 sensor in front/rear, and to try the telephoto. But without the Telephoto I’d stick to the standard A329/A329S or A229 Pro. My current A139 Pro gets the job done but I do see a slight improvement in the A229 Pro.

[ember1205]

In case anyone might be looking for a dash cam, I have one for sale that I just listed in the Classifieds...

https://www.camaro6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=634907