BlackVue - ELITE 9 2CH

Added a few things to mine. First was the all-weather floor mats from Ford- [https://www.ford.com/product/floor-liner-allweather-tray-style-4piece-black-with-pony-logo-p2754176652](https://www.ford.com/product/floor-liner-allweather-tray-style-4piece-black-with-pony-logo-p2754176652) to replace the carpet kind it came with. Second item was one someone on here posted - [https://ev-vida.store/products/led-wheel-caps-set-of-four](https://ev-vida.store/products/led-wheel-caps-set-of-four) are they needed? No. Do I love them all the same? Yes. And finally, dashcam. I went for the Blackvue Elite 9, but I do recommend a dashcam.

I got the Blackvue Elite 9 (4K HDR up front, 2K HDR at back for those low light captures) with their battery bank. The Elite 9 is pretty good at pulling power when parked so might be overkill but was seeing the 12v issues being mentioned in here at the time so didn't risk it. The Blackvue battery only charges itself when the car is running and on a full charge can run for a year in park mode. Also, one of the quickest to wake up from impacts while parked at 0.8 seconds so you don't need to run in timelapse modes etc. On the downside, kinda expensive.

Blackvue Elite 9 2ch (4K HDR front, 2K HDR back) with battery pack. Not cheap but has sub 1 second wake up if your car gets hit to catch what happened so you don't need to keep recording going while parked. And with the stuff I was seeing about the MachE 12v battery I didn't want it drawing from there.

Use Yelp to find a local car electronics fitting company (stereos etc) with a high rating and they will generally do dashcams too. I had mine (front, back and battery pack) fitted and all cables hidden for $350 and I couldn't have asked for better service. I provided the hardware as I wanted the Blackvue Elite 9 for its specs.

What is your budget? Blackvue make the best (they service the professional and consumer markets) and they just announced a new Elite 10 model with front and rear 4K cameras which can run in parking mode for months without draining the car battery. They also have the Elite 8 (2K/2K) and 9 (4K/2k) with the same low power draw in parking mode. Not cheap, but they are quality items.

Thinkware q200 2CH is a low cost reliable 2k dash cam. Enough to show who had the green light, works well enough at night. BlackVue Elite 9 2CH is a high cost reliable 4k dash cam. Better picture esp. at night, better cloud features, support for larger SD cards. Lots of great option from both Blackvue and Thinkware in the middle. Viofo gets recommended here a lot, but they struggle in the cold, only support 2 SD card models, and even then require frequent formatting to ensure recording. Great features and video quality. RedTiger is a marketing scam. They've always paid for amazon placement and reviews there, and it seems were starting to see some of that in this sub )My cams 5 years old I've never posted before look a clip that's been AI up-scaled, or here's my cut and paste or AI review).

Currently using a Blackvue two-channel model on our 2021 XV. Never had any issues. Dashcam is married to a Blackvue B112 battery that keeps the dashcam independent of the car battery and can run the dashcam for up to 12 hours whilst parked. https://preview.redd.it/tr3bu7gr8gbf1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=29a03356c531767120add2fceb922c5efee4258a

Same dashcam on our Outback but a B124X battery that runs the dashcam for up to 24 hours whilst parked. https://preview.redd.it/lpnq0dn19gbf1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e6f04f3824f7604357bc26b041e0bdffad368c5

Currently using Blackvue. 4K front, 2K rear. Both cars.

I use a Blackvue 4K dashcam with 2K rear second channel. It's connected to a Blackvue B124X battery to keep the dashcam operating independently of the car battery for up to 24 hours whilst parked. https://preview.redd.it/83k6uuucgtlf1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c362f0fb8a7a72b4aa2a8a37b6caa9ac552b0d9a

We use Blackvue in both our cars - two channel models for front and rear cam. My car's dashcam is married to Blackvue B124X battery to allow the dashcam to run whilst parked for up to 24 hours, and my other half's car runs the same dashcam but on a B112 battery which is the same technology, but smaller, only allowing the dashcam to operate for up to 12 hours whilst parked.

I've been using Blackvue for more than a decade now. Never any issues other than the dashcam eventually wearing out and replacing it with a new one. I'm using a two channel model 4K front, 2K rear, married to a Blackvue B124X battery to keep the dashcam running for up to 24 hours whilst parked. My other half has the same dashcam, but attached to a B112 battery which does the same thing, but only up to 12 hours - enough to cover the work day and a stop at the shops on the way home.

I have a Blackvue front/rear. Solid units and they stand up to the nasty summer heat here.

Used a blackvue 9 series for me

I got Audi dashcam from CPO it was terrible. 1080p quality, who use 1080p anymore its unusable during night time, and the process to save the video was also terrible. Then i move to blackvue something, now its 4k, automatically connect to your phone, and easier to save the file

I like how you had to add Black Edition like it matters with the dash cam lol I got a 4K BlackVue with front and rear. The app is bunk. But I also don’t have the cellular add on. And the footage only lasts for 24hrs so if I don’t download it that day it’s gone forever

Bought a blackvue dual front & back camera with parking mode. Watched YouTube videos of day and night performance and readability of license plates. Video clips are corded in 60 second increments with overlap start and finish. Last month got rear ended by person on the phone. They didn’t know I had a camera and they called the cops. I downloaded the event clip from the mobile app and was able to show the video to the police on the spot. The other driver got a ticket for using the phone.

I have a BlackVue front and rear on my 2025 Outback. I’m not a car guy and I installed it all myself; was pretty easy. Only thing was I forgot to untuck some slack for the wire attached to the rear camera, and when I Opened the trunk it ripped the wire out of the cam and damaged it so I had to order a new one. But both work great and I would 100% get front and rear.