Almost EVERYONE is Wasting Money on Dash Cams.

It’s been YEARS since dash cams hit the market, but it feels like we’ve been stuck at a standstill. Why is it that camera quality is so lacking? Are there really no good options when shopping for a dash cam to attach to the windshield of your car? (The second half of this video is pretty stunning!)

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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:07 The Back-story
2:37 Thinkware F70
3:26 Biuone A20
3:55 Chortau B-T13
5:00 Iiwey T1 and Pruveeo D30H
6:16 Rexing V1-4K
6:57 Garmin Dash Cam Mini 2
7:34 Rove R2-4K
8:05 Viofo A119 V3
9:12 BlackVue DR750X and Thinkware U1000
10:30 THE REASON THEY'RE SO BAD
15:04 tldr;
17:04 outro

[pudelz]

My #1 rule with dashcams: go off the assumption that it didn't capture the license plate so leave the audio recording on and say the license plate.

[MaesElder]

I spent hours researching dash cams a year or so ago and it’s almost maddening how awful, sparse and misrepresented information on dash cams is. I was totally surprised how under developed they are. This is a video that is really necessary.

[longshot]

Please do this type of review again! You raised the awareness that most of these suck - I'm hoping some company heard that and realizes there is tons of money to be made by hitting one out of the park!

[TorqueTestChannel]

This is the kind of vids the world needs. Amazon reviews and specs are almost useless, something that applies to a growing number of categories of products

[christopherrice]

THIS is the kind of content that we need. Calling out trash markets and helping people find honest answers, doing the side-by-side comparisons they can't do. Thanks for this! Glad to know the Rove R2-4K I got as a gift is not far from really the peak in the market and is "good enough" if not overpriced a bit.

[paulmallory]

This is the comprehensive info I look for in all product reviews to help me make the most informed buying decisions I can. Tytyty!!

[anjaneya]

I have a Viofo A119 running without a hitch for the last 4yrs+ now in 40°C+ weather. Reliability with decent image quality is what should make your decision. What good are high resolution sharp video specs if the dashcam wasn't running/recording at the time of the incident or saved corrupt video files on the card. Even with CPL filters and high resolution image sensors, there's no guarantee that the dashcam can capture license plate details. Dashcams should be relied upon only to capture the scene as it happened to support the truth. The A119 is a good balance in my experience.

[Aerowind]

I think the problem here is that people run Dashcams for liability purposes, not to read things like license plates. People just need to see what happened. Almost every car accident devolves into a he said she said issue, and having video proof to back up that you're not at fault is worth a million words.

[avdcam]

If there was ever a reason for LTT labs it's this kind of in depth content that I think justifies it. It's a damn awesome public service.

[redzinnia]

that was great, thanks. I'd like to see a more current version. And I have to say the last few seconds of that video of the camera falling cracked me up. thanks for including in the video

[rileyowenn]

You just got a subscriber, first review I’ve seen on YouTube in years reviewing something without promoting a specific brand. Goated 🙏

[someryebread]

We need more vids like this, the lack of reliable info about consumer electronics outside the "tech space" is maddening. Well done LMG and shout-out to the writer that helped do all the research.

[M-X]

In a society where even reviews and ratings are fake, we need more videos like this

[jqbuy]

This is so helpful! The underlying research is robust and thorough. Thank you so much for sharing this info. 👍👍👍

[ArturKM]

Thank you for educating us. That is what we need from YT guys like you.
It is tiring to see all the products that are all actually the same, some of them (the same product) renging from $80-120 with slight veriations.

[T.C]

The real question is why are car manufacturers putting so many cameras on cars but don't give people the option to use them as a dashcam

[paulwalther]

I’m a car insurance claim adjuster and I can say that the quality of the camera has never been an issue for me. Even a really grainy low quality video will show me what this person was doing when the impact occurred - stopped or moving, staying in their lane or changing lanes etc. of course if you spend the time to get a camera you might as well protect yourself from the hit and run idiot if you can but it happens less than you think and half the time someone does a hit and run they don’t even have insurance anyway.

[seanjacobs]

I'm not as worried about hit and runs as someone lying saying the accident was my fault.

[typesgsr]

This is a really great video. Really pulled down the curtain for all these dashcams. It's a breath of fresh air for me since I had a $500 dollar BlackVue that died at the year and a half mark. No warranty. No fixing it. Thank you for this information. For all those that care. The Thinkware F70 and VIOFO A119 V3 are both at the same price currently on amazon.

[sanderhyland]

I feel like GoPro should just make a $150 dashcam that would literally crush everything else. That's about what the Hero Session went for in the end, right?