My preferred dash cams in 2024

I’d also recommend any interested viewers watch this comprehensive video comparison of a number of different cameras to see how video quality varies between them. https://youtu.be/lzdxCOvPq5Q

Dashcams! Yes! That's how I found your channel. Came for the Dashcams, Stayed for the puppets and the interest in old tech.

Oooh - dashcams. That's how I found this marvelous channel. Your dashcam reviews were the best on YouTube back then - so thorough. But then I found this channel to have much better content ;). So a nice reminder of my personal history here. Keep it up man, really the most interesting tech channel around.

Another tip for knocked cameras, if you don't want to use tape or glue for wahtever reason; use a paint-pen to mark the position that is optimal, so if it gets out of alignment, just wist 'til the paint lines up again, just like setting the correct cam position in an engine... :)

Many years ago I watched one of your early dashcam reviews before buying one. That original one is now my rearward facing camera, with a more modern bells and whistles model in the front. I had it fitted to my previous BMW convertible. One day a car bashed into me in ASDA's car park. I wasn't moving, the other driver came out of a space near me and walloped the side. She shouted and bawled how it was my fault, I just smiled sweetly whilst writing down the contact info as per Road Traffic Act. Two other people approached the lady and spoke with her in her native tongue which was recorded on the dashcam. This was clear because I had the hood down in the sunshine. Later, my insurance company was about to settle in her favour as she had two independent witnesses to say I was speeding like a maniac through the car park etc. etc. The insurance had a copy of the dashcam footage, but they said that on such a smallish claim it was not worth arguing. If it ever came to court, they said, the conflict of evidence would mean the case was not a slam-dunk. I approached my local University language department with a view to translating the car park conversation, and thanks to some helpful people there it turned out that the people were conspiring to be those false witnesses. They were offering to concoct the reckless speeding narrative with the lady driver being only too pleased to accept the offers. I sent all this to the insurers to have the whole thing reversed. the third party insurance was revoked and they found themselves on a barred list for fraud. So, those moments taken to install a dashcam can repay you a thousand times.

I love watching those dashcam compilations sometimes, the amount of self reporting is hilarious.

I'm also a VIOFO man myself, mainly because of maintenance - they need none. I've had a119 v2 in my car since 2017 and it never failed. It's wired in such a way that it comes on with the opening of the car and goes to sleep a few minutes after closing. It always records, never corrupts the sd card (and i've used many cheap SD as well as more expensive ones, never had any issues), and due to having a capacitor inside it's battery will never fail since there isn't one.

I remember watching the old dashcam videos. It really is crazy how far they have come over the years!

Tailgate wire hack. Take a 3/8 extension from your socket set. Wrap the lead around the bar to produce a spiral and heat the coil with a hot air gun. You need to get this pretty hot but obviously common sense not melting the lead. Then allow the coil tightly wrapped around the bar held with some tape until cold. The pvc will hold this coil shape and make a tidy tailgate harness. You can have a practice go with the heat using an old usb cable you got free with something else. Can use anything as a centre bar but found 3/8 gives a good coil that’s holds it shape.

Excellent timing! My husband and I selected our FIRST dashcam video based on your videos and your website... and now it's time to replace/upgrade those old ones. THANK you for this video!! (Wishing you continued success with your channel!!)

Gosh I feel old, I still remember you reviewing that weird flashlight looking dashcam that would constantly skip footage...

Through this video, I have learned to set video quality manually in my YouTube app to "Advanced" and then 1080p. I heard you praising the high quality and clarity of that dash cam - but it didn't look like it to me. Then I discovered YouTube was automatically choosing 360p to show me your video! 😳 I have no idea why - I have a decent wi-fi connection, and it coped just fine when I turned it up manually.

If you have trouble with radio reception just put aluminium tape around the cable and ground one end to the car body or other ground sources, it should reduce the radio signals coming from the cable. The tape works like shielding in a coax cable.

Love these Mat, a little old school throwback and still extremely beneficial. Always appreciate your work sir. Cheers from North Carolina in the US!

I got this 139A pro last year before going on a road trip through the US and I am so pleased with it! Endless and fantastic quality footage of the whole trip.

Thanks for the update on dashcams

This is why I have liked your videos so much over the years -- it's a certain kind of practicality you bring, and an appreciation of tech without worshipping it for its own sake. I wasn't particularly looking into dashcams when this notification popped up, but now all of a sudden I'm keen to install one! As we would say back home, onya Matt.

Brilliant. One of my long-time questions about your channel has been solved. 😀 Now you could make a video telling us all about the puppets; where they came from, how they stayed for a while, and why they went away, never to return. 😪

The wiper covarage area tip is priceless. That alone deserves a like on this video. Thank you

Kind of intrigued to see the jump in quality.