Garmin - Dash Cam 47

Piece of trash. I bought a Campark Dash Cam from Amazon, and I had it for almost a decade, but it started acting up. Corrupted files even with a new SD card, randomly shutting off, etc. I bought a Garmin Dash Cam 47 as a replacement. Best decision of my life! I can download the videos right to my phone, change settings, etc. It has park monitoring, crash detection, beautiful video quality, lane departure, GPS tracking speed, location in coordinates, and date and time always accurate. Go to Best Buy and get the Dash Cam 47 if you want to buy one from a brick and mortar store. The Walmart camera will get you nowhere. My very first Dash Cam was from Walmart, I threw it out almost immediately. It wasn't even worth my time to return it. The cheap front and cabin facing cameras have horrible video quality. Don't buy it.

I use Garmin cams. I have a DC47 in my car and I think the one in my Silverado is a Garmin Mini 2 or 3. Both do the job.

Bought a Garmin 47 last year. It’s already obsolete but it does the job. I spent extra to have the support of an actual company I can reach out to if needed.

There is already a thread for it r/dashcam and a couple post on here for dash cams. Personally I have the garmin 47

Garmin Dashcam 47. $260.00CDN on Amazon. Had mine for a couple years, it's tiny, very good quality (build and video) and has all the bells and whistles. Don't buy anything from Toyota unless u have to.

I have the Garmin Dash Cam47. No, the Accessory Connector is actually a Nissan Part. [https://parts.nissanusa.com/parts/nissan-accessory-service-connector-t99f64ra0a?c=Zz1vdGhlciZzPW90aGVyJmw9MSZuPUNhdGVnb3J5IFBhZ2UmYT1uaXNzYW4mbz1mcm9udGllciZ5PTIwMjMmdD1wcm8tNHgmZT0zLThsLXY2LWdhcw%3D%3D](https://parts.nissanusa.com/parts/nissan-accessory-service-connector-t99f64ra0a?c=Zz1vdGhlciZzPW90aGVyJmw9MSZuPUNhdGVnb3J5IFBhZ2UmYT1uaXNzYW4mbz1mcm9udGllciZ5PTIwMjMmdD1wcm8tNHgmZT0zLThsLXY2LWdhcw%3D%3D) You can put one on each side behind the kickplate, you don't have to install two

I have used dash cams for close to a decade now, at the beginning I used Chinese bargain brands, that typically would last 6 months. We now use Garmin, the oldest one we have is 7 years old and is in my wife’s car, I had the same one, and it lasted about 5 years, I then got the Garmin 45 which lasted about 3 years. I now have 2 Garmin 47’s, one in my personal vehicle, and one in my work vehicle. I recommend Garmin for reliability and quality for the $150-$200 price range.

Garmin 47 with adapter. Not much more of a price difference and you get a couple more features that are nice

I have the Garmin Dash Cam 47. The device seems ok, however the software and user interface is hot garbage.

Garmin 47 with the obd constant power adapter. Far from the best but it's a solid unit and hasn't failed me yet. The parking guard mode has come in handy a few times. Front facing only.

Get your self any Gamin dash cam I use the dash 47 it’s perfect

Garmin 47

I got mine from Amazon, bit pricy when you add everything together (dashcam, memory card, power cable) but I like the quality and does what I need. The garmin app can let you see your dash cam in real time if you have a garmin constant power cable. I would also suggest getting a usb drive which are like 10 quid, that allows you to slot a memory card in it, that way you can pop out the memory card from your dash cam and get your dashcam footage easily without having to move the dashcam. This video is a good demonstration of the dashcam in action [YouTube video](https://youtu.be/AQ_m0NskZf0)

I have the garmon 47 and it’s held up for almost 3 years now

I personally just got the Garmin 47 for the front and Garmin mini 2 for the rear for my Forester. Been great so far

I have a Garmin DC 47 dash cam that I use with a usb to usb c adapter from best buy. I had previously purchased a viofo dash cam but it wouldn’t power via usb c for whatever reason.

It’s nice and OEM looking but it’s personally not my cup of tea. I have the Garmin 47 and it’s really good. Survived two Texas summers so far.

Garmin cam 47 w/ the donger adapter to power it.

That's fine. Just ask the right question. The make of your vehicle has absolutely no impact whatsoever on what dash cam you should buy. It's about like asking "What's the best air freshener for the silverado". But for what it's worth, I have a Garmin Dashcam 47 and am happy with it. Small metal disc adhesive mounts to the windshield, and the dashcam attaches by magnet to it. Run the power wire up around the top of the windshield and down the A post and you're in business. But I've got a Sierra.

Yes $230 for 1080p single channel only is rather expensive. I can't even find a equivalent Viofo since the current ones are 1440p minimum. Garmin have a lithium ion battery to provide up to 30 minutes of extra recording when power is out, while most others use a super-capacitor to only close video file safely when power is out. Lithium ion battery are known to not last long in high heat, but I haven't seen Garmin having battery bulging issue. Garmin have their own software with a unique feature that let you sync multiple Garmin cams. Other brands just modify Novatek base software stack, all their apps have similar look and features. Garmin also have lots of accessory options although somewhat expensive, like you can use a suction cup mount instead of sticker mount.

I know 2 guys with them that have been really happy. They are still selling units. There are a lot of action cameras but I went down the rabbit hole and two issues hit most, battery life (I wanted at min 4 hours) and dashcam mode that was useful. I ended up getting the Garmin front (recently) and rear (over 2 years ago) and have been really happy. For me integration to make it easy and on every ride is key. I move them between bikes in 30 seconds too this way.