Very affordable dash cam below $50. You get what you pay for though. Does the job, but for about $30 more you can get something better.
Coolcrazy N7 – Full Review And Video Samples
Category: 1920×1080
Modern dash cams should support at least 1080p resolution (1920×1080 pixels, also known as Full HD). Dash cams that record at 720p (HD) or lower are outdated and not good enough to read license plates.
Dual channel dash cams should support Full HD or better for both the front and the rear video channel.
World’s Smallest Dash Cam: The Garmin Mini 3
The smallest dash cam available to date. Extras: CPL + HDR + Wi-Fi + basic parking mode. Cloud capable with a paid subscription. Allows multi cam network.
Pruveeo D90-4CH Review: A Low-Cost Four Channel Dash Cam
Low-cost dash cam with 4 channels. Left and right cameras can be turned to face any direction and have IR night vision. GPS, Wi-Fi. No lock file button.
70mai Omni X200 Review: Dash Cam With Self Rotating Lens
A dash cam with an extra fun factor. Swivels around almost 360º automatically, and supports parking mode and cloud connectivity.
BlackVue DR750X-3CH Plus: Video Samples & Specs
A quick overview of the BlackVue DR750X-3CH’s specifications, as well as some sample videos recorded at day and at night.
BlackVue DR750X-2CH Plus, And Its Variants (LTE, 3CH, IR…)
Cutting-edge parking mode and cloud features. Great video, especially impressive at night. Elegant design. One of the best high-end dash cams in 2022.
Garmin Mini 2 – Smallest Dash Cam Of 2022
Highly stealthy dash cam with cloud connectivity. Has Wi-Fi, voice control, basic parking mode. Video quality is a bit disappointing though.
Garmin Dash Cam Mini
A simplistic, easy-to-use dash cam that focuses on the basics. Can create PIP videos of up to 4 camera feeds. No GPS or parking mode. Reported to suffer from overheating issues.
Blueskysea B2W
A mid-price taxi/Uber dash cam with a unique design that allows you to rotate the camera lenses to the sides, thus letting you film the driver’s or passenger’s window when needed. Has infrared, IR-cut filter, Wi-Fi, optional external GPS.
Viofo A129 Duo IR: Best Taxi/Uber Cam 2020
Dual 1080p dash cam with infrared LEDs for the rear camera, enabling taxi/rideshare drivers to record the passenger cabin even at night. Has Wi-Fi, 2″ screen, optional GPS, optional CPL filter for front camera. Short and long cables included so you can install the rear camera on the windshield or rear window as preferred.
Thinkware F200 and FA200: What’s The Difference?
An entry-level dual channel dash cam with great options for parking mode, but mediocre video quality. Supports buffered and simple parking modes, and in the case of the Thinkware FA200, time-lapse parking mode as well. Wi-Fi, no screen, capacitor. Optional GPS.
BlackVue DR590 / DR590W
The cheapest camera we have reviewed that supports buffered parking mode. Optional features include Wi-Fi, GPS, and a rear camera. Has capacitor and voice guidance. No screen.
Street Guardian SG9663DCPRO+ Review
An excellent front-and-rear dash cam for beginners and experts alike. Records top quality 1080p video footage at 15Mbps, both ways. Wi-Fi. External GPS. CPL filter included. 2″ screen for easy set up and video playback. Stealthy wedge shape. Excellent customer support.
Apeman C450 Series A
A low-cost camera that barely covers the basic features that every dash cam should support. Video quality is mediocre. No extras (like GPS or Wi-Fi).
Crosstour CR900 – Low-Cost Dual Dash Cam
Low-cost front and rear dash cam that records 1080p both ways. Video quality is fair overall. Optional external GPS. Up to 32GB card size.
Nextbase 312GW
A reliable, highly popular little dash cam that comes with all the basics, plus Wi-Fi and GPS. Video quality is sub-par though.
Street Guardian SGGCX2PRO: Best Video Quality
A single-channel dash cam that can be upgraded to dual channel. Excellent video quality and reliability. GPS. Time-lapse parking mode supported. Easy to set up and use. Top video quality in 2020.
VAVA Dash Cam VA-CD001
A unique, stylish dash cam that you can easily swivel around 360 degrees on its magnetic mount and point it to the passenger’s window or to the rear when needed. Comes with GPS, Wi-Fi, and a remote lock file/snapshot button. Low heat tolerance and only fair video quality though.
Garmin 65W
A tiny, discreet high-end dash cam with Wi-Fi and GPS. Outstanding field of view at 180°. Easy to set up and use. Great customer support. Video quality is not satisfactory for this price though, and camera can be prone to overheating in hotter regions.
70mai 1S
A stealthy low-cost dash cam that supports Wi-Fi. Unfortunately, overall quality isn’t great.
Viofo A129 Duo
A sub-$200 front-and-rear dash cam that records 1080p both ways. Good overall video quality. Supports GPS, Wi-Fi, CPL, buffered parking mode. Has some initial quirks that will hopefully be sorted out in the future.
Aukey DR02
Easy-to-use entry-level dash cam. Optional external GPS. Large viewing angle and high temperature resistance. Stealthy wedge shape. Supports motion detection and time-lapse video, but no true (buffered) parking mode.
Street Guardian SGGCX2
A high-end, single-channel dash cam that records excellent video quality, day and night. Upgraded model of the popular SG9665GC, with a better lens and several other improvements. External GPS receiver and CPL filter included.
Blueskysea B1W
Stealthy, elegant-looking, easy to use dash cam for around $50. No screen. Wi-Fi. Records at 1080p, but video quality isn’t the greatest.
Z-Edge S3
Decent low-price dual-lens dash cam. Records 1080p front and rear, or 1440p in forward only mode. Simple battery powered parking mode included.
BlackVue DR750S-2CH: Dual Cam With Cloud
BlackVue’s latest dual channel dash cam records 1080p, front and rear. Video quality is good, but not the best we’ve ever seen. Lots of improvements over the DR650S-2CH, including higher bit rate, better rear video, a lock file button, better heat resistance, and faster boot up time.
Thinkware F800 Pro
Dual-channel dash cam that records 1080p both ways. Supports GPS, Wi-Fi, and three different parking modes. Great video quality. Sturdy build with an elegant and stealthy all-black casing. Excellent customer support.
Vantrue N2 Pro (Uber)
A taxi cam that records 1080p both ways, with IR LEDs illuminating the passenger cabin at night. Excellent for taxi or uber drivers. Great rear video day and night. Forward video is fair to good, with a noticeable blue tint though. Supports time-lapse and motion detection parking mode.
Thinkware F800
Dual-channel dash cam that records 1080p both ways. Better night and rear video quality than all competitors (as of mid 2017). Has GPS, Wi-Fi, and buffered or time-lapse parking mode.
Mini 0906: Best Low-Cost Front & Rear Dash Cam
A stealthy, 2x1080p front-and-rear dash cam with above average video quality, and for an accessible price. The Mini 0906 might be the most exciting addition to the Mini series in a long while!
LG Innotek LGD521
Elegant, stealthy 1080p/720p front and rear dash cam that supports Wi-Fi. Video quality is fair or better except for rear night video, which is poor. Optional external GPS. Buffered parking mode with motion detection and low-voltage cutoff.
Anker Roav C1
Wedge-shaped 1080p dash cam that records good video at day, fair video at night. Great build quality and excellent customer support. WDR. Wi-Fi. 2.4″ screen. Simple parking mode that doesn’t require hard-wiring, due to large internal battery.
Nextbase 512G
A 1080p dash cam that records good quality video, day and night. Easy to install and use. Supports GPS and comes with a built-in CPL filter. 2.7″ screen.
Viofo A118C2
A newer version of the A118-C, the A118C2 records better night video due to its larger aperture of F2.0. Also now features a mount for a CPL lens, and better shielded power cable. Optional GPS. Capacitor. Highly stealthy wedge shape.
Thinkware X550 / X550D
An updated version of the Thinkware X500, the X550 comes with a darker casing and supports time-lapse as well as buffered parking modes. Optional rear camera (1080p both ways). 2.7″ screen. GPS / GLONASS. Dual save. Capacitor.
Viofo A119S / A119S V2
A newer version of Viofo’s best selling A119. The A119S uses the same casing, but records significantly improved night video, albeit at a lower resolution. Aperture F1.6. Optional GPS. 2″ screen. 135° diagonal viewing angle. Sony STARVIS IMX291 sensor.
Papago GoSafe 260 (GS260-US)
A reliable rear-view mirror mounted dash cam that’s been around since 2014. 1080p. Optional GPS. Excellent customer support. Intuitive to use. Clips onto most existing rear-view mirrors.
Thinkware F770
A discreet, attractively designed dual 1080p/30fps dash cam with Wi-Fi, GPS, and buffered parking mode. Easy to set up and use. No screen. Capacitor instead of battery.
BlackVue DR650S-2CH
2016 version of BlackVue’s top-selling DR650GW. Improved configurability of rear camera. Alert if impact detected in parking mode. Supports Wi-Fi, GPS, cloud connectivity. Up to 128GB recording capacity.
BlackSys CH-100B
A reliable front and rear dash cam with a great form factor and lots of extras. 1080p front, 720p rear. Easy to install and use. Excellent customer support. Wi-Fi. Capacitor. Optional GPS/GLONASS and OBD-II modules available.
Thinkware X500 / X500D
Modular, great value-for-money dual channel dash cam. 1080p@30fps front and rear. Very good video at day, good at night. Integrated GPS. WDR. Capacitor. G-sensor. Motion detection. Buffered parking mode.
Mini 0903 (Nano Q)
Smallest and (so far) best dash cam of the Mini series. GPS. Wi-Fi. Parking mode. Capacitor based. Astonishingly sharp 1080p video day and night. Up to 64GB SD card supported. Magnetic mount for CPL filter.
Yi Smart Dash Cam
Affordable, simple-to-use dash cam. Wi-Fi. WDR. 165° viewing angle. Good video quality at night, very good at day.
Street Guardian SG9665GC
A stealthy, wedge-shaped dash cam that ticks all our boxes: Great video quality, reliability, customer support, and user satisfaction. 1080p. GPS. WDR night vision. Up to 256GB SD cards. Optional CPL. Capacitor instead of battery.
Garmin nuviCam LMTHD
A full-featured sat-nav unit with an integrated 1080p dash cam. Good video quality at day, average at night time. 6.1″ pinch-to-zoom touch screen. GPS. Up to 64GB storage. Voice menu with voice recognition. Connects via miniUSB, Bluetooth & Wi-Fi.
Rexing V1 Basic
A highly discreet Chinese wedge-shaped dash cam with 1080p resolution. Good video quality at day, fair at night. 2.7″ screen. 170° viewing angle.
Transcend Drive Pro 520 (TS32GDP520)
Taxi cam that records high quality footage at day and at night, both inside and outside the vehicle. Resolution: 1080p front, 720p rear. Supports Wi-Fi, GPS, G-sensor. Free apps for iOS and Android. Sturdy build quality, great design.
Panorama X2
Dual 1080p dash cam with two Zoran Coach 12 processors, one for the front and one for the rear video stream. High bit rate and great video quality. Supports GPS (optional), WDR, buffered parking mode, CPL filter.
Lukas LK-9750 Duo
Dual channel dash cam with 1080p front and rear. 4″ touch screen. GPS, GLONASS. Large temperature resistance. Up to 512GB total storage. ODB-II support. Buffered parking mode with in-built battery discharge prevention.
Vico-Marcus 5
Front & rear recording dash cam with 1080p@30fps. Better rear/night video quality than other dual channel dash cams. 2.4″ screen. Buffered parking mode. Optional external GPS. Capacitor based. WDR super night vision. Mount for CPL filter.