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Customer Review
Alec D. Fulwyler
4.0
Good camera, tough menusReviewed in the United States on March 30, 2019
It's really nice having both a front and rear facing camera in such a small package. The picture quality is pretty good during all lighting conditions on the front facing camera, but the rear facing camera's color is washed out even during the day time almost like it is in night mode all the time (iv'e included some snapshots of both cameras in daytime and night time.) I like how the IR lights on the camera are not visible like some IR lights in other products that are faintly visible to the human eye. I don't notice anything with this product.The Menu on the camera is hard to navigate, not the same menu that is explained in the booklet and not intuitive at all. The menu navigation buttons are a pain to play around with and to this day i always mess up when trying to change a setting. They are also mounted on the bottom of the device and not below the screen...The release clip for the mount is in a tricky spot on, it is facing toward the glass but the camera pulls off toward the driver so you have to both push on the clip from the back side and pull the camera toward you to dismount it, causing me to move the camera from its perfect positioning i had set up having to reposition it when i re install it every time.Removing the flap to get to the Micro SD card is tough with large fingers, even with fingernails, i have to use a screwdriver every time to get the flap open, but being able to use up to 256GB (I have a 256 SAMSUNG) installed in it is great, I can go a few weeks without it getting full. Recording and storing 2 instances of 1080 video can take up a lot of space but you can set it to only record with one camera if you like.The battery life is completely awful, It will last maybe 10 minutes.I bought the GPS mount and the Fuse power adapter for the product and would recommend both of them as well. The GPS attachment is a little larger and the power cord comes out of the mount on the top not the side like the original mount forcing you to mount the device 2-3 inches lower than the original mount to make space for the cord and the larger component. There was little set up with the GPS mount, i just plugged it in and navigated the painful menu to activate GPS in the menu and it worked. You can also download a free Lite program for your PC to watch the video and track the GPS movement during the video from the Vantrue website, but the program is buggy and crashes on me quite often. The Fuse adapter power cord is nice also, it was (just) long enough for me to tap a fuse that comes on with the ignition then rout it through the carpet and dash, up the A beam around the top of the window and into the mount. The camera turns on and starts recording when i start the vehicle.I would recommend the product, but i would also recommend to Vantrue that they work on the menu, buttons, ease of use, and manual for the device. I still have no clue what the G sensor is for and what the park setting is or how to activate it or the details of what it does when active. Not sure i would trust the battery life with the park setting anyway.
