
Thinkware - U3000
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Last updated: Aug 1, 2025 Scoring
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"Yes my crash was at night and rear camera which is only 2K had what I consider perfect night vision. I could clearly see her facial expressions as she plowed into the back of my car."
"I have U3000 and night vision is great. ... I was rear ended 3 days after install at night and footage shows every expression on the ladies face as she slammed into me."
"I wanted an awesome parking mode ... it will last 30 days with the backup battery in radar mode."
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"I have U3000 and night vision is great. ... I was rear ended 3 days after install at night and footage shows every expression on the ladies face as she slammed into me."
"3 days after install was rear ended, was amazed at quality of video as I had not even installed the app or checked video before."
"great at reading license plates"
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"Reason I got it is for the OBD power option. ... Just run the wire to the OBD and not have to worry about it."
"with the ODB2 power option simplifying the installation to the point if you can hook up a TV you can install yourself."
"Parking mode works perfectly with the OBD port"
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"Tech support is amazing, I work in IT and deal with support companies all day and THINKWARE support is better than 90% of computer software vendors"
"You can buy Thinkware anywhere and get decent warranty/support"
"Tech support was super good and explained how to transfer video to PC, as I did not want to lose anything by missing a step."
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"From the driver's seat, you cannot see the front dash cam or wires as it's tucked up in front of the the rear view mirror with wires running behind the covering that hides the auto dimming/compass wiring."
"fits really nicely behind the mirror"
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"nothing but trouble setting it up ... horribly-written instructions ... clunky apps (you actually need two separate apps, God knows why) ... unhelpful customer support from Thinkware didn't make things easier."
"THINKWARE is were you have to hook up your camera to watch remotely but here’s the catch.. Are you ready to add a hotspot to your phone plan I did I got t mobile hotspot 10 gigs $30 extra a month added to my phone bill"
"I struggled with that as well. ... I could not get wifi to connect at all... ... I find the app a little lacking except to change settings... ... so I bought a USB reader for my phone and not only does it work.. .but it works WAY faster."
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"THINKWARE is were you have to hook up your camera to watch remotely but here’s the catch.. Are you ready to add a hotspot to your phone plan I did I got t mobile hotspot 10 gigs $30 extra a month added to my phone bill"
"Expensive as hell. ... Camera was $550 and the battery was $200+"
"Not a cheap* setup ... The Thinkware setup in the Outback was around $900. ... If you are not installing yourself you will add additional cost."
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"the camera wouldn’t recognize when the car was parked vs driving ... which obviously made it completely useless."
"99+ alerts this morning during overnight parking in my own driveway. ... Must have detected every car that went buy. ... Makes the feature useless."
"it catches A LOT of moments of nothing ... Cars passing by, people walking thru the parking lot. ... turning on the car reports the number of incidents that are sometimes so high that I don't even bother to review."
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"THINKWARE is were you have to hook up your camera to watch remotely but here’s the catch.. Are you ready to add a hotspot to your phone plan I did I got t mobile hotspot 10 gigs $30 extra a month added to my phone bill"
"I didn’t know that you have to go actually turn your car on to look at footage if you don’t have hotspot I don’t know if all dashcams are made like that but the sucks to have to have your car idling to look at footage.."
"I struggled with that as well. ... I could not get wifi to connect at all... ... I find the app a little lacking except to change settings... ... so I bought a USB reader for my phone and not only does it work.. .but it works WAY faster."
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"The thinkware, while you can see a lot, is blown out so bad you can't make any license plates or signs out."
"No such animal. ... Thinkware U3000 and Blackvue DR970x plus box will catch some"
"I decided to turn off Super Night Vision when I first got it (Idk if I heard it’s improved since then?)"
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