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Video Description:
VIOFO, Wolfbox, PRUVEEO, ROVE R2, RED TIGER, COOLCRAZY, OVAMAN, Miden, ARIFAYZ, and V300. Dash cams compared for performance in daytime, dusk, and at night. There’s a huge difference in performance among the brands!
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Generated Summary:
This YouTube video reviews various dash cams, comparing their performance across different tests. The main goal is to determine which dash cam offers the best value and performance for the price.
Key Points:
- License Plate Readability: The video tests how well each dash cam can read license plates at varying distances. Higher-priced cameras generally performed better, but some budget options surprised with decent performance.
- Moving Image Capture: The cameras were tested for their ability to capture clear images of road signs while driving at 35 mph. Higher frame rates and resolution significantly impacted the results.
- Night Vision: The dash cams were evaluated for their night vision capabilities, focusing on how well they could capture details in low-light conditions. Significant differences in performance were observed.
- Low-Light Conditions (Sunset): The cameras were tested in challenging lighting conditions (facing the setting sun) to assess their ability to handle backlighting. Exposure and image clarity varied greatly.
- Light Box Sign Readability: The final test involved capturing a clear image of a gas station sign with a digital display, assessing the cameras’ ability to handle bright lights and reflections.
Highlights:
- Top Performers: The Viofo brand consistently outperformed most other cameras in multiple tests, particularly in low-light and challenging lighting conditions. The Red Tiger and Cool Crazy also performed exceptionally well.
- Price vs. Performance: The video demonstrates that price doesn’t always correlate directly with performance. Some budget-friendly options showed surprisingly good results in certain tests.
- Significant Differences: The review highlights significant differences in performance between various dash cams, emphasizing the importance of careful consideration before purchasing.
- Comprehensive Testing: The video conducts a thorough evaluation across multiple scenarios, providing a well-rounded assessment of each dash cam’s capabilities.
- Final Rankings: The video concludes with a ranked list of the dash cams based on their overall performance, with the Viofo taking the top spot.
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I test all sorts of things, from tools to automotive products, to help viewers make informed purchasing decisions and to avoid getting ripped off. Also, I have awesome Patreon supporters, which allows me to decline all sponsorships and promotional items from manufacturers and to offer the most unbiased reviews you’ll find anywhere. Please watch a couple of videos and consider subscribing.
“The one dashcam” is Viofo V300. But it’s only a single camera.
For the last 5 years, Viofo is top of the pack for a lower priced camera.
Source: dashcamtalk.com
Awesome, thanks for sharing this link with is!
Archive 1: https://web.archive.org/web/20250228132025/https://dashcamtalk.com/
Archive 2: https://archive.is/ZVyOq
I love my red tiger with the rear camera. I look forward to watching this later.
Edit: looks like I made a good choice! Great video too, I saw it on my feed but passed it up the first time.
This guy always coming through with interesting tests.
Awesome, I just found him today (the YT algorithm did good this one time)!
TIL, about channel:
Also, I have awesome Patreon supporters, which allows me to decline all sponsorships and promotional items from manufacturers and to offer the most unbiased reviews you’ll find anywhere.
I’d love to have a similar video comparison but for motorcycle helmet dashcams. Here things can get more complicated in that they might need to include additional features, such as Bluetooth, radio and intercom functionality into the mix.
You might have to dig through motorcycle forums to find some reviews!
Please share the sources or videos if you discover more information!
My information is a bit limited. From my own personal experience, there seem to be quite a bunch of Chinese made dashcam-intercom devices, which seem to be based off of the same SOC, which seems to be pretty dated.
As much as I don’t like this guy, he makes a decent summary here. And yeah, these comments apply to motorbike dashcams, too, because it’s also the same damn power-on sound and folder structure mentioned in the video, always. It’s just, for motorbike ones, on the same battery there’s a second independent circuit hooked for bluetooth/intercom functions. Other than that, it seems to be the same as for cars. i’d like to see some review/analysis about all of these, to see if any of them is truly different/better.
For what’s worth, I’ve been using Freedconn ones on different series (R1, R1-plus, R3). The latest one, R3, claims to record at 4K, and the image is a bit sharper, but I’m not sure if the sensor is really 4K-worth of sharpness. At least it’s clear enough to view acceptably the license plates in night conditions, for which the R1 series were not (maybe okayish in well lit city areas, definitely not on the road). I’ve been buying these because I’m happy with the bluetooth/intercomm, and wanted to change only one at a time, while keeping compatibility with my gf’s one without having to replace both at once. I’d still be happy to check something else if it was better clearer picture, specially in the night.
Yeah, Linus left a bad taste in many who followed what Gamers Nexus (and Louis Rossmann) exposed and brought to light about Linus’s company and work ethic.
Thanks for taking the time and explaining your knowledge with the cameras and for informing us on what you use!
He usually does great in depth tests, but I was kinda disappointed with the lack of testing with these dash cams, along with his choice to review ultra cheap units. At the price points he was looking at, these were all basically using toy camera sensors, aside from the higher prices units.
But also the was so much more to test. Like if they would actually record during a crash impact, or glitch out? How much of a quality loss, if any, do multi channel cameras suffer even more cameras are recording? Etc.
This dude probably spent weeks making this video. Adding more units and more tests would be an endless battle.
Conventional wisdom when it comes to dashcams is that there’s pretty much a ceiling for quality. You can spend more money but you won’t get anymore quality. Kinda the same story as webcams.
Yeah I get that too. That’s why I thought it wasn’t worth his time to review those super low budget cameras. If you’re paying 30 bucks for one, you know it’s gonna be web cam sensor from 2010.
I don’t think you understood. The super low budget ones are the only ones worth buying. The expensive ones don’t have any improvement in quality.
Great points!
If you encounter another channel or source with some or all of those tests, please post and share them with us!
