Film All Crashes! – VanTrue Nexus 5 Dash Cam Review

On our crash-filled roads, dash cams are becoming a must-have for drivers. They can provide key evidence for crashes and on-road disputes. It’s kind of like having a reliable witness in the passenger seat at all times. But if the quality sucks or you don’t have the right camera angles, then it’s almost pointless! So today I’m going to test out the new VanTrue Nexus 5 four camera dash cam, check out all of the features, take a close look at the video quality of our test footage, and see if it’s worth buying.

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Table of Contents:

0:00 - Do You Need a Dash Cam?
1:50 - Unboxing!
2:33 - Features & Specs!
4:25 - Jump Starter?
5:04 - Installation!
6:20 - Rear Camera Install!
7:07 - Connect to Phone?
7:51 - Test Footage - Day!
8:53 - Test Footage - Night!
10:11 - VanTrue App!
10:53 - Price / Verdict!

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Music used in this episode:

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[HelloRoad]

Do you have a dash cam? Has it proven to be useful for you?

[thebluexb]

Dashcams are essential nowadays. Having a front and rear in my car has saved me from multiple headaches! Great review!

[nolarobert]

I didn't use a dash cam until I moved to Atlanta. The highways and Interstate roads there are dangerous. I recorded a couple of accidents that happened in front of me. I was thankful I was never involved in a collision. I stopped using a dash cam once I moved to a rural area. If I see a quality dash cam on sale, I may have to get one again because you just never know.

[ancronsharek]

I highly recommend the VANTRUE Polarizer Filter, really helps with glare!

Should have been included as a standard for the unit, but it's worth the $20 .

[mrjsv]

Nice dashcam. I've had pretty basic dashcams in my car on and off since 2012, but only with suction cup attachments to the windshield, and only front viewing cams. So far never captured any accidents, Finnish drivers are usually good drivers :)
Dashcam can also capture rare cars if you are into car spotting, and if your travel, captures video of the scenery too, so there's two additional uses for it. I usually leave it on motion sensor mode in parkinglots, running by it's internal battery, just in case someone would bump into my car or something.
I've saved some selected video clips during the years. Sometimes it's fun to re-watch those ten year old videoclips from locations, that have since changed, and see what kind of cars used to be common on roads back then, etc. :)
Got inspired to buy dashcam back then by watching Youtube videos, for example Techmoan used to do a lot of dashcam reviews those days.

[mexicanspec]

I need one of those for sure. I wonder if there is a different model that can be switched between different vehicles easily.

[honorebalzac]

I noticed the interior recording was in black & white at night. Is that the IR sensors kicking in, or am I missing something? I could change it from black & white to color on my N4, but I don't know if there is a way to switch on the N5.

[PixelShade]

I feel like what you would need to make dashcams truly useful is of course high resolution. but in reality they would just need a more sophisticated solution. like a semi-powerful computer in the car that can recognize license plates, and use a separate black and white high resolution camera to enhance legibility of those license plates. I mean, in the night view it would make sense to use a separate exposure rates, properly adjusted for each reflective license plate in the night and then superimpose those license plates to the live feed. It's requires a bit more engineering, but I mean, that way you could easily read license plates from afar.

[Staatus_Quo]

That seems a high ask for the poor night time use. I had that Vava cam which was only forwarded facing, but at a much lower price, and no wash out at night.

But its app was buggy as well when connecting.