Owlcam review: The easiest, classiest, most phone-centric dash cam on the market
When it first shipped, the Owlcam broke new ground by cherry-picking the best ideas from the competition and adding an excellent trick of its own: uploading incident video in real time to the cloud....
View ArticleVantrue X4 Dash cam: Sharp 4K UHD captures come at a price
The VanTrue X4 is one of the first 4K UHD dash cams available, but you should definitely expect more to follow--it's the thing with vendors right now. This bleeding-edge model shows some of the...
View ArticleAukey DRS2 dual dash cam review: Excellent video in all directions, and...
The most distinguishing feature of the Aukey DRS2 ($150 on Amazon) is its interior camera, which can be detached from the main body for use as a rear camera. Nice, but its best trick is taking...
View ArticleViofo A129 Pro Duo review: Dual-channel 4K UHD goodness
Viofo's A129 Pro Duo must be performing some level of optical and video processing voodoo, because this front/rear dash cam combo ($250 on Amazon) captures are nearly perfect. As the 4K UHD upgrade...
View ArticleOwl Cameras is dead and users who bought its expensive dash cam are in limbo
Owl Cameras is dead. The startup made a splash in 2018 with the Owl Car Cam, a dash cam that plugged into a car’s OBD-II port and recorded both inside and outside the vehicle, uploading those videos...
View ArticleVava 4K UHD Dash Cam review: Great design and features plus 4K video capture
Vava’s dash cams, including the new Vava 4K UHD Dash Cam version reviewed here, have been favorites since we first espied their hockey-puck shape and experienced their ability to swivel and capture...
View ArticleGarmin Dash Cam Tandem review: Dual cameras are twice as nice in design,...
With the Dash Cam Tandem, Garmin has finally nailed its formula. Along with existing small size, full feature set, clever magnetic mounting system and the improved motion compensation from company’s...
View ArticleOwlcam is the security-focused dash cam rehatched from failed startup Owl...
Goodbye, Owl Cameras; hello, Owlcam. The well-regarded Owlcam dash cam, which nearly died when startup Owl Cameras, Inc. ran out of money earlier this year, officially rehatched Thursday as a consumer...
View ArticleNexar Beam dash cam review: Affordable, with unlimited cloud uploads
The Nexar Beam isn’t the first dash cam to upload video to the cloud—that honor goes to the Owlcam—but it’s nearly as elegant as the Owl, and far more affordable at $90 from Amazon. Free unlimited...
View ArticleThe Vantrue N2 Pro dash cam is back to $120 today, its lowest price
Dash cams are pretty handy for keeping an eye on your car, both when you’re behind the wheel and when you aren’t. But they can get a little pricey, especially when you add lots of features. Today,...
View ArticleAukey Mini Dash Cam review: Small, simple and amazingly affordable
The Aukey Mini Dash Cam surprised me—in a good way. After testing it, and seeing how the 1080p Mini delivered good day and night video, with excellent stabilization, I was expecting a price along the...
View ArticleVava VD009 Dash Cam review: Excellent features and video
Vava’s VD009 dash cam takes some of the most detailed video we’ve seen—day and night, front and interior. We were slightly disappointed that it doesn’t feature Vava’s usual hockey-puck form factor,...
View ArticleZenfox T3 3CH Dash Cam review: Three cameras give you more to like
The $250 Zenfox T3 three-channel dash cam covers action to the front, rear, and inside of your car. It’s large for a dash cam, which makes it super-easy to handle, set up, and use. In fact, it’s one...
View ArticleCobra SC 201 Dash Cam Review: Outstanding video, GPS, cloud uploads
Dash cams are all about capturing the action, and few do it better than the front/interior Cobra SC 201 Smart Dash Cam (currently $179.95 on Amazon). The exterior night video, especially, is...
View ArticleSylvania Roadsight Pro Dash Cam review: Good video, easy to use
Sylvania is relatively new to the dash cam game, but the $140 Roadsight Pro ($140 on Amazon) is a pretty good place to start. Then again, I was predisposed upon installation to like it—it’s one of the...
View ArticleJomise K7 dash cam review: Great performance and a puzzling phone dependency
Once I had the Jomise K7 Dash Cam up and running, I was impressed with the high quality of its video captures, and most especially its ease of use. I’ve never before described using a dash cam as fun,...
View ArticleAukey 4K Dash Cam DRS1 review: Nice 4K UHD video, easy to install and use
It’s pretty amazing how far dash cams have come in just a few short years. Aukey’s 4K UHD DRS1 offers great 4K UHD/WDR day and night video captures, is easy to use, easy to install, and costs $120....
View ArticleOwlcam 5.0 is a premium dash cam with AI, voice control and more
Owlcam 5.0 is the premium dash cam that’s ready to move forward from a troubled past. Announced Friday and available for preorder (due to ship March 19), it reboots a promising product that nearly...
View ArticleNextbase 222X dash cam review: Classy, versatile design, good day video
Nextbase makes some of our favorite dash cams, but they’re also on the pricey side. The company’s new, Walmart-exclusive, dual-channel (front/rear) 222X reviewed here is more affordable ($139 at...
View ArticleThinkware F200 Pro dash cam review: Detailed video in a super-small form factor
Thinkware’s F200 Pro is the slimmest, least dash-cam-like dash cam we’ve ever tested. That’s a very good thing if you don’t want people to know you’re recording, or simply want to remove it from your...
View ArticleViofo A139 3CH 3-channel dash cam review: Discreet design and full car coverage
Viofo’s A139 3CH three-channel, three-camera dash cam system is a first in our experience. We’ve tested three-channel products before, but the interior camera has always been integrated into the same...
View ArticleGarmin's 2021 dash cams add cloud storage and app connectivity
Garmin announced Wednesday that one of PCWorld’s favorite line of dash cams has been upgraded with phone and cloud connectivity. The new dash cams, which are available immediately via garmin.com,...
View ArticleHow to install a dash cam
How do you install a dash cam? After so many years of dash cam reviews, experience has shown there's more to it than inserting the SD card, slapping the camera on the windshield, and plugging it into...
View ArticleGarmin Dash Cam 57 review: Small and mighty, now with cloud storage
The diminutive Garmin Dash Cam 57 reviewed here is the top of the line for the company’s new generation of mainstream dash cams. It’s on the expensive side ($230 from Garmin), but you get what you pay...
View ArticleNextbase 622GW 4K UHD dash cam review: Fantastic 4K UHD captures (day and night)
Nextbase’s latest dash cam, the 622GW is the complete package, offering fantastically detailed day and night 4K UHD video, Alexa support, as well as Emergency SOS in case of, well, emergency. Add...
View ArticleGarmin Dash Cam Mini 2 review: Tiny camera with good image quality
If you like your dash cams small and unobtrusive, easy to use, with good day and night captures, then Garmin’s tiny, $130 Dash Cam Mini 2 is what you want. It’s so miniscule, it was completely hidden...
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