Dash Cam Front with 32G SD Card, BOOGIIO 1080P FHD Car Driving Recorder 3'' IPS Screen 170°Wide Angle Dashboard Camera Aluminum Alloy Case, WDR G-Sensor Parking Monitor Loop Recording Motion Detection

This was an easy set up which at 75 I now like easy. I didn't mind it hooking into the cigarette lighter - only us it for camera. Anyway, in California in heat waves so I bought an extra suction cup since that is what goes first out here in the sun (different camera at the time) and I can then just screw in the camera.

Easy to set up and works great.

Update, Sep 2024 - it's still working fine, still wobbly on its mount, but the suction cup has only fallen off the windshield a couple times - car was parked in direct sunlight on hot days (above 95F/35C outside). For best results, clean the glass and the suction cup before mounting, just like any other suction mount.Original review, edited for clarity only, or where [noted]:I'm OK with this dashcam, especially for the price. It's an upgrade in resolution and viewing angle from my previous 10-year old cheapo webcam. My complaints, beginning with the worst issues and their workarounds:-Using the supplied SanDisk (C-10 rated) mini 32GB SD card, the .AVI video files it produces at highest resolution can hang randomly if you view them with Media Player on Win 11. Solve this by installing the excellent open-source (and multi-OS) VLC Media Player from Vetinari on your laptop/PC instead. (Yes, I used the cam to reformat the SD card a couple times. Doesn't fix the issue) Not interested in trying lower resolutions.-The mount won't tighten enough to keep cam steady if I touch it gently or if want to press a control button. I have to re-point the cam manually every time. At least it doesn't wobble when I hit a bump. This may be a random issue just with my mount. The threaded connecting screw is smaller than the "thicker" standard camera tripod mount, so I can't try the other windshield mounts I have lying around. Mount uses a normal suction cup.-Battery can't keep accurate time when car's powered off. Cam's clock will lose minutes in a couple days. And there seems to be no way to turn off timestamp from displaying, so it's always there and (increasingly) wrong. But other cheapish, non-GPS dashcams I've tried also have clock inaccuracy, so oh well.-The user interface is arcane. This is also a problem with other cheapish dashcams. Don't expect otherwise. It took me an hour goofing around with the cam and the user booklet to understand the commands and menus. I'll have forgotten everything soon. [note from 2024: I did forget everything. Fast. But these things are set-and-forget, so it doesn't really matter. I've never needed to do playback on the cam's own screen - I just pop out the storage card and read it on another device. And there's really no point in resetting the clock - see above. So I can ignore the menu system.]Uses an old-style "mini B (5-pin)" USB power connector (look it up) and will run from any USB adapter that provides 1500 mA at 5vDC (that's most of them). Ships with a bulky cigarette lighter/accessory socket adapter. Substitute your own, smaller adapter.-Features I have not tried:You can apparently connect a proprietary second, wired camera (not included). Their idea is that you connect it to a power lead on one of your back-up lamps, so it comes on only when you're in reverse. No idea what that recording is supposed to look like.Audio recording. No thanks.Snapshot camera emulation. Why? I have a phone for that.[New section, Sep 2024:-I like that when the car turns on and the cam powers up from the cigarette lighter/accessory socket, the bright built-in LCD screen displays what the camera's recording for 2 or 3 minutes. This is enough time to get the car started and underway, then later tweak the cam's point of aim that gets out of whack due to the wiggly ball-mount, as described above]

Easy to use and install

Honestly its a good camera. My car sits outside and is exposed to the cold and high heat weather. Im suprised the camera survived the 90+ degree weather for months without dying. Even after that, there was a crash in front of me on the freeway and I was able to review the footage. My car got stolen along with the camera so I am buying this again.

Bought this to use with motion detection. When you set this up with motion detection ON, it functions correctly just for a little while, after which it resets the setup to motion detection off. This makes the camera absolutely unreliable and useless to capture anything when motion detection should be sensed. Why does the setup keep resetting after a while?I emailed their customer support three times but could never get a response.Apparently, there is no customer support for this product.Don't buy!!!!I am returning this camera to Amazon.

Finally needed it after a car wash incident because the Tesla driver in front of me didn't know how to place his car in car wash mode. Anyway, when this camera was needed, it failed. Nothing was recorded that morning although there were two recordings from later in the day on the SD card. Full review of the card showed a hit-or-miss recording operation, sometimes it recorded, usually it didn't. And I always made sure the lights were on and the image came up when turned on by the ignition. I found recordings on the 32GB provided card from a year ago, last week, yesterday, and random dates and times. BUT IT DOES NOT RECORD CONTINUOUSLY! I pulled it down and hooked it up, and now the menu is stuck and won't reset. If you want piece of mind, buy this camera. But if you want to count on it, buy anything else.Updated 3 days later - I think I've found the problem, the supplied SD card. I swapped it out with a Sandisk 128GB, forget the owner's manual 32GB limit, and it has recorded every minute since. I'm upping my score to 3 stars.

Easy to mount and connect to my vehicle with problems. Easy to operate. And great clarity with the video.