Nextbase - 522GW Front & Rear Dash Cam Bundle

Nextbase 522, front and rear camera (both internal to the vehicle, window-stuck). App-based recovery and archival of footage, ripped from the removable SSD on the camera. Good camera quality front and rear, acceptable night quality. Legible number plates and intuitive to setup and use. Buy it from Halfords (£200?) and pay them £50 to install it for you with a hardwire kit so it runs off your battery. pro-tip: the adhesive pads are terrible and will let go (usually in summer, you get 12 months use out of them easy) but Halfords know this, and my local Halfords will just give me replacement pads for free. YMMV

I've had Nextbase 522GW cameras in mine and the missus car for the five years, to be honest I'd say they're just OK. The battery life in them is a joke, I just replaced my battery. The image quality is OK in daylight but fairly poor at night.

I have a NextBase 522 front and rear hardwired into the car. Never had any issues with it or cause to use it, thankfully.

Have had a Nextbase 522gw with rear camera on my car for 4 years now. Works well overall with great quality but the main issue is battery. The battery on it became useless in a few months and the dashcam turns off immediately after ignition power is stopped. Looking for a new dashcam for our new car and considering one of the Viofo models. They seem to have good reviews and come with capacitors instead of batteries so parking mode should work better.

I've had the Nextbase 522GW for about 5years. Not the cheapeast but the image quality is top notch and it hasn't missed a beat since I installed it. I also installed the optional rear-view camera, which I would also reccommend. I installed it myself. The worst job by far was threading the cable through the headlining and rear hatch for the rear camera.

* Nextbase 522gw front & rear dashcam Has been good for me

In my previous car I had the 522gw which worked great for a while then just started having multiple issues. My friend has the same model and also had the same problems as me. I'm guessing you probably have an older model which I've heard is more reliable.

I have the next base 522. spoiler alert: Alexa does not work on these things, and they need to stop claiming it does.

I have a nextbase 522gw after some ***** scraped up my car while leaving a petrol station and decided to speed off. I got it wired in by a local car electronics company so it comes on with the ignition and no ugly wires. You can get cabin facing modules for it and rear facing cameras - the latter requires a bit more work to hide the cables so I just opted for the front facing camera

I'm currently using a Nextbase 522GW in my main car, with the ball rear cam. It works, but it has a tendency to get quite hot and the other day (car was reading mid 20 degrees) when it turned on it had an SD card error. It needed to cool down before it would work again, and that's started happening intermittently even when its not hot. Although the NB app, on paper, has everything you need its terrible and slow. I've been looking to move away from Nextbase for my other car (which has a 322GW in it, which stopped working in less than a year of use). Playback is OK, but I think the quality of the image could be better. Also the G meter is really sensitive even when turned down to low. With it on it locks/saves a clip when it things something has happened, but was triggering just going around my local small roundabout that had a slight pothole in it which caused a little bump...

The fact you don’t have one already is surprising for me. I had nextbase 522GW this one last 6 years. Now I bought 70mai a510 it’s a front and rear camera and im happy with it. There’s no drawbacks of having a dashcam, if anything happens you don’t have to argue with the other driver about who was at fault, simply send video to insurance company and that’s it.

This is the bundle i got : [https://www.halfords.com/technology/dash-cams/nextbase-522gw-front-and-rear-dash-cam-bundle-450454.html?plpPlacement=5](https://www.halfords.com/technology/dash-cams/nextbase-522gw-front-and-rear-dash-cam-bundle-450454.html?plpPlacement=5) Dashcam front and rear, fantastic quality, GPS among other features i like. Worth spending for a good quality one you'll only need to buy once.

Most dashcams operate from the cigarette lighter out the box. Hard wiring is a separate thing to do. My nextbsse 522 has sucker pad and lighter plug in. About 5 seconds to install and take out.

I have a Nextbase 522GW with the rear camera add on. Had it for 5 or 6 years now, the only issue they have is the batteries fail after a couple of years but you can buy a replacement direct from Nextbase for £10 just replaced it for a 2nd time and now as good as new again. Image quality is great 4k front 1080 rear. The app is OK but not great, if I want to take vids off I just take the card out and use my PC. Mine gets a lot of use as I drive between 2 and 8 hours a day depending on the site I'm at.

I have a Nextbase 522GW. Does the job and the quality is good. The app for accessing and retrieving the videos off the device remotely is a pile of crap!

I’ve got a Nextbase GW522. It’s my second Nextbase, the battery in first died after 8 years, this one is 2 years old and going strong. Like insurance, it’s better to have it and not need it than not have it when you do need it.

If you're thinking about getting a dash cam, I’d say go for one that’s easy to use and gives good video quality. Like, you don't want grainy footage, right? A couple of good options are the Vantrue N2 Pro and the Nextbase 522GW. The Vantrue N2 Pro is solid, especially if you want something with a front and rear camera—great for Uber or Lyft drivers too. The quality’s awesome, and it has night vision, which is super handy. On the other hand, the Nextbase 522GW is packed with cool tech like Alexa built-in and a touchscreen. Plus, it's got this neat Emergency SOS feature, just in case. For budget-friendly stuff, check out the Anker Roav Dash Cam—it’s simple, easy, and gets the job done without breaking the bank. Just make sure it has loop recording (so it overwrites old footage) and parking mode, so you're covered when the car’s off. Oh, and don’t forget to grab a good memory card too!

Dash cam is for the front, reverse is for the rear. I bought them both myself and brought them to the store for them to fit. I think I went with the 522GW bundle

Depends on budget. Im a fan of the nextbase kits. 320xr is a good front and rear kit with SD card for £129 odd (1080p 30fps parking.mode no GPS tracking) . Then you have the 522gwnbudle which is front and rear cam and SD card and they go from £199-£269 roughly (2k 60fps app connection night vision parking mode and has GBS tracking).

Yeah, I'd bought a nextbase for my dad one Christmas, and it seemed good. I would fit it myself, but as I'm looking for one with parking mode, I'd have to get it hardwired, which I'm not too sure how easy that'd be to do I might just bite the bullet and get one from halfords and get them to fit it, tho i know they tend to be more expensive, and I've read a few bad stories about getting things fitted and there being issues Edit - I've been looking at the 'Nextbase 522GW Front & Rear Dash Cam Bundle' on halfords, it's a bit pricey but it looks like it has everything I need I assume I'll still need a hardwire kit for the parking mode so with the cam, fitting and hardwire cables I'd be looking at £375, but it'd be worth it if there were any issues involving my car I'll check out more reviews but so far this seems ideal

Yeah I heard such good things about them I would buy it but I'm stuck with the next base 522 which is a pile of horse shite 😂

My Nextbase 522GW just bit it after 3 years here in Arizona.

I've used a nextbase camera 522GW for 8 years and its solid. Unsure what issues youve had but I came hear to suggest nextbase!

Front and rear is the only option. Had someone drive into the back of my car, admit fault to me and then told their insurance company I reversed into them. asked his insurance company if they wanted to see the rear dascam footage I had (I didn't tell him I had it) and they promptly paid up and told me he would be blacklisted for making false statements. Got a RoadAngel in my new car but after two months have had that changed as it just drained the battery and now got a Nextbase front and rear camera after advice from multiple people.

I have Nextbase HD front and rear cameras. Picture quality is good. They're OK, but after a year or so the internal battery fails. This means the time and date recorded start from "zero" every time I start the car. I haven't bothered to replace them. I've had this happen twice in both of my cars. The cost to replace batteries is about 1/3 the price of a new camera. DIY battery replacement is also an option, as they are soldered connections. I've hard wired them into the car fuse boxes. It's easy and cheap to do, plenty of YouTube tutorials. Definitely buy a rear camera too.

Toyota branded Nextbase unit, installed by dealer. Quality is only average but the install is very neat (no visible wires at all) and the camera easily clips in and out. There's a Toyota Dashcam app to view it or you can take out the SD card or the whole camera and connect to pc.