VIOFO - A119 Mini 2
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Last updated: Aug 1, 2025 Scoring
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"even with the tint to my front windshield, still takes good pictures/videos. ... Honestly, I was skeptic considering I have front tint but it does extremely well even with the tint. Happy with my purchase."
"the A119 Mini 2 has the much better Starvis 2 sensor. The newer sensor has much better dynamic range so improves the chances of reading a license place of another vehicle at night. ... It has the best Dynamic range of any current sensor so you can have a better chance of reading the license plates of the vehicles in the video when recorded at night."
"it's nice to have the features of a dash cam with great night vision recording, something that a Galaxy Note 3 phone doesn't do well."
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"it fits great behind the rear view mirror. ... from the drivers seat you cant even tell its there and its well below the Eyesight cameras. ... Highly recommend"
"it's so tiny, I don't even see it while I'm driving."
"Love the mini ... Ran the cord along the top, behind the weather stripping of the passenger door, through the side, behind the gloves box and down through a hole beneath the radio but above the usb ports (there’s a light in higher trims but it’s just a hole). I used the supplied adapter."
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"Super easy to install & operate."
"8 minute install."
"Super easy and it mounts well ... I’m not really the most handy with cars and I was able to do it with ease . Comes with a little plastic tool I used to help tuck the wire into the trim ."
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"I determined in my research that this one was the best value for the money and anything with better video quality at even $300 was going to have negligible benefits. ... When blind comparing videos from the Viofo A119 mini 2 to other $300 dash cams, you could hardly tell the difference."
"for $100. Unbeatable for what it is. ... Viofo 119 mini 2 is usually on sale for closer to $100, which is pretty damn good for a one channel cam"
"Best bang for buck - Viofo. ... I've got their A119 mini v2 ($87)"
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"My A119 has six years on it in the hot Arizona sun. ... Only recently had a change the SD card. ... Camera still works perfect."
"Works like a charm in this Texas heat."
"I have a VIOFO A119 Mini 2 which is a capacitor dashcam and it does very well with the heat."
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"But it’s only a front cam."
"But it's only a front cam."
"I don't have a rear camera"
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"failed me the only time I needed it's footage to find the driver who side rubbed my car on the road. ... Number plate was not legible."
"Just in case the camera doesn't quite pick it up."
"I wish it had better resolution for reading plate numbers"
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"died from the heat in less than a year"
"the camera was not recording the videos properly. It was cutting it off abruptly every 30-45 seconds."
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"turning on and off wifi randomly"
"App is a pain to get footage from though."
"the app was not retrieving any videos"
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"However I have one section of cable that I cannot hide. ... I cannot seem to push it through those two panels (shown in pics below) and I don’t see any way to easily take apart this area. ... I was able to tuck the wire easily in the headliner and down the sides but the exposed section I still may like to further conceal? ... agreed I don't like the wire ... I'll probably just deal with the wire."
"The hardwire kit has a large bulge in the cable (capacitor?) that unfortunately you cannot stuff, so I need to remove the plastic"
"I didn’t like the idea of a cable running across my dashboard."
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