VIOFO - A229 Pro 1CH
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"I have U3000 and night vision is great. ... I was rear ended 3 days after install at night and footage shows every expression on the ladies face as she slammed into me."
"records clear enough in day and night to submit to insurance or a YouTube channel"
"i want the best resolution camera back there, and the dual ones out there, including fitcamx, all have 1080p res. the viofo is 4k ... the last 5 cars have all had front and rear cameras, and at least 3 times we got punted in the rear, not once in the front. one time some dumbass ran in to us at the wendys drive thru. another was when we were stopped at a red lite."
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"i have had the BlackVue DR970x Plus which proved bulletproof during the hottest Summer on record last year. my credit cards and ID’s all had to be replaced because they melted and warped, but the BlackVue keeps running without issues."
"I have Viofo A229Pro for 2 years and a half. No issue so far."
"Yeah they are specifically better in the heat than other cameras because they use a super capacitor instead of a battery to do the final writing to the SD card when the power gets cut by your car. ... Batteries tend to have issues in extreme heat/cold"
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"Connects from the dadhcam’s power cable to the engine noise speaker cable and uses its power directly. ... Allows the dashcam to stay on when parked and it comes with a switch to prevent draining your battery completely. ... Super useful"
"I can set it up a little over kill with a 4 tb ssd, a 512 sd card, and a battery backup hardwired, so when I park it 8 or 10 hours a day it will remain in parking / sentry mode and not kill my battery or record over itself."
"Hardwired into the fusebox, runs about 10 minutes after turning the car off ... it’s been great."
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"Can't see it at all! ... it is 100% hidden away. ... if it wasn't for seeing the bottom .25" of the back camera you wouldn't know it's there"
"Super easy. ... Took about 20-30 minutes"
"Was easily able to run the wires on the top, press it behind the header with the spudger they gave and make it look nice. Then on the liftgate theres a plastic cover panel you can take off to bundle the extra wire and make the drop to the camera really nice and clean."
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"Saved me $10k when I got sideswiped by a UHaul."
"If you can spend money get a Viofo and enjoy high quality videos ... So practically I have 8mp IMX678 sensor on front camera and 5mp IMX675 sensor on back camera which is all other brands put on front cameras (Rove, Xiaomi etc.) even it is Starvis 2 new sensor it ’s still a 5mp. So back camera performance on Viofo is similar to top brands new dashcams front camera ... Top of the line sensor with 8mp and Stravis IMX 678 sensor - image quality is perfect. ... because I want not just dash cam for the sake of having dash cam, but also best image quality therefore I spend more. ... For now I ’m happy with video quality"
"Viofo always alerts when the recording is not working for whatever reason, FitcamX stays silent so you can easily miss recording on accident."
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"The samsung app is junk. ... The app won't work for me. ... The wifi is broken on my unit."
"When I had an android phone it would be hit or miss with connecting to the app to the point of frustration."
"And android auto is a pita as it wants to constantly reconnect, actually had to disable the damn app."
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"But, there is one thing that you should know about parking mode, which almost nobody is talking about. The cam may drain your battery. Whether the hardwire kit has discharge protection or not, there is always a chance. ... Also, even if the harwire kit is working properly and cutting off power if the battery is discharged to some level--it puts a strain on it. Which means it wears out quicker. ... Gotcha. Be careful with setting it so low, as it not only puts a strain on the battery going through so many cycles of charging/discharging every time, but discharging it to such a low state can lead to not being able to start the car on a colder/hotter day at 11.4V ... good to hear because I had some clients who reported batteries died on them over time after they tried using parking mode. Despite it had voltage protection"
"I am strongly considering upgrading to a constant power cable though."
"The A229 Pro supports a maximum 512GB microSD card, which limits storage capacity. ... I strongly recommend connecting it to a hard drive; otherwise, it’s only useful while driving, not when parked."
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"It does NOT handle the Florida heat at all. ... Constant shutdowns while driving and parked have rendered it absolutely useless. ... Viofo's solution? Kick it down to 1080 / 2k and hope works. It did not. ... The camera is seriously flawed."
"I had 2 DJI osmosis Actions (little cube things) and they would record about 5 min and shut off from overheating."
"Until it's too hot and shuts itself off."
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"It does NOT handle the Florida heat at all. ... Constant shutdowns while driving and parked have rendered it absolutely useless. ... Viofo's solution? Kick it down to 1080 / 2k and hope works. It did not. ... The camera is seriously flawed."
"Garmin Mini 2 purple video. There are tons of reports of this happening and mine started doing this about 2.5 years in. ... If u press on the glass of the camera it goes away and then comes back a bit later while driving."
"I don’t think I can ever trust that it’s recording again without seeing the screen pop on briefly few a few seconds."
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"PLEASE don’t remind me of the struggle getting that damn wire through the rubber boot!"
"However IMO, I would avoid doing that because what if you're in an accident and it obstructs the airbags. I try and make it as clean as possible but there is still the risk. ... As for running along the pillar, I only have a problem further down closer to the glovebox because I don't want to pull out the plastic too much as it might damage it. ... Same with routing it all the way back to the rear window."
"The only thing to watch out for is the side pillar—you’ll need very long needle-nose pliers to reach the clips. ... Another issue I encountered was installing the rear camera; I used a plug washer and drilled a hole for the cable to ensure a discreet installation."
triptyx 1.0MrJuicyJuiceBox 0.8Nice try u/hachielectronics we know you have alt accounts. (Love the a229 with the hardwire kit btw)
9IX 0.2I use the VIOFO A229 Pro with the rear camera. I even have it hardwired so that parking mode is available
acguymk2 0.2Using a Viofo A229 pro for both my vehicles, 4k at front, 2k at the back. Good night footage as well. You can check with u/viofouae for inquiry.
Adventurous-Cold 0.2if you download the viofo app, you turn on the wifi in the dashcam and connect your phone to that wifi network and then open the viofo app. you can then playback videos directly off the dashcam or download the video to your phone. it works pretty well for me, I just had to rtfm to figure out how to turn the wifi on the first time.
yeah I originally had 2.4ghz wifi selected on my a229 pro and it was really slow. switching it to 5ghz made it a lot faster, I can scrub though the video playback without much buffering which supprised me. It is still pretty slow to download a copy to my phone though.
AJ_Mexico 0.2I added a dashcam. It is better quality video than the built-in one. Many dashcams are bad at parking mode because they tend to overheat without climate control on.
Viofo A229 Pro + RTC300 Telephoto camera. Both of these are forward-facing for me. I chose the telephoto camera as my 2nd camera instead of the usual rear camera. Tesla already has rear facing camera(s). Power is from a cigarette lighter to USB adapter in center console. My car is a 2020 Model 3.
Alternative_Jury2480 0.2I have absolutely no idea why it failed. It wasn't baking in the sun, didn't fall, nothing of more. It just stopped turning on. I tried another power cable for it and still wouldn't turn on or anything. When I complained they offered a refund, not a replacement or repair so I never heard back what was wrong with it. I've had a viofo a229 since then and it's much better, no issues at all.
It does. I've got the a229 pro which came with the 4k for the front and a rear cam that's 1080p if I recall
AmazingAsian 0.2Whatever you do get, look into tapping into the rearview mirror power. Eliminatees having to run a wire to a power source so far away. https://dongar.tech/products/10pin-type-b-lexus-toyota I currently run the A229 pro with wifi to phone to quick access when the car is on. No subscription is required and can handle 3 channels (front, rear, and interior).
It's great thus far, and I've read that it has a lot of positive reviews. It's super easy install for front an rear cameras, too.
They're pretty well hidden and out of the way for me. You can see the front one is hidden behind the rearview mirror and doesn't interfere with Eyesight cameras. The rear is so small it doesn't block the way either. https://preview.redd.it/c5iguy5u4qcf1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26e545b05d271ea466f9bf7d2d2e1c8878a374d2
AndrewLAFan14 0.2My current fav is Viofo A229 Pro. It offers fantastic 4K video quality with HDR, both front and rear, and the Sony Starvis 2 sensors make nighttime footage incredibly clear. Setup is a breeze, and it doesn't require an app or account, which I appreciate for simplicity.
apevenger 0.2Viofo A329 or A229 Pro, those are the only decent dashcams I know where you can get a half decent footage and legible license plates.
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