VIOFO - A129 Plus Duo
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Last updated: Aug 1, 2025 Scoring
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"Has stood up to Texas heat. ... Try 100 for 3-4 months. ... Houston heat."
"My VIOFO A129 is on its third AZ summer and still going strong."
"Have had it for over 5 years in the Texas heat and never one issue."
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"The image quality is great ... so much so, that a Garda asked me for the name of it before when reviewing footage from an accident I was in and said he’s never seen such clear imaging from a dashcam. ... the imaging during day and night"
"It's crystal clear"
"STARVIS2 sensor is amazing"
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1
"Having recently been in a serious crash in my last car with another VIOFO camera, I was able to simply slide the camera off its mount unhook the cables and now I had all the footage immediately to be able to provide to police and and the insurance company."
"saved me twice with accidents and not having to fight insurances."
"The image quality is great ... so much so, that a Garda asked me for the name of it before when reviewing footage from an accident I was in and said he’s never seen such clear imaging from a dashcam. ... the imaging during day and night"
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"For what it ’s worth i have ZERO car experience and I got the viofo front and rear cam and used the donggar adapter to power it off the rain sensor behind the rear view mirror. ... I watched maybe 2 tutorials, went slow, and was able to get everything in place in well under an hour with no issues. ... Highly recommend, super easy to do."
"The front was stupidly easy with an adapter you can buy to connect it to the power for the Homelink rearview mirror (if equipped)."
"I used a dongar pro, so power was super easy."
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0
"unbeatable value IMO."
"This is the one I went with after way too much research on more expensive units. It’s been great"
"Cheap but reliable, wouldn't want to go any cheaper."
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10
"Lasted almost 2 years before it died."
"I have the viofo duo. Would not recommend because mine does overheat. ... I was in an accident end of july 2 years ago and it did not capture it. ... The shock of the crash did trigger the g sensor so i have the footage of my car on its side and the recovery process afterwards, but not the actual wreck itself. ... When its not overheated you have tl remember to reset it for it to start filming again. Very frustrating. ... It works good in the winter months but ive left it unplugged since about march ... All i know is it works fine in the winter but anything over 90 i have to reset it everytime i turn the car on. And it wont turn on and let me reset it until its cooled off ... I pretty much gave up on it after months of it not working right."
"I don't trust them anymore with their built in capacitors that died."
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"Also, the WiFi is sloooooooooow. ... It would basically take all night to pull all the video from the day."
"when WiFi is enabled, it overheats in the summer."
"the app kinda sucks for pulling videos if you need them quickly."
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"The biggest grief was routing the wire from the front to the back. I went down to the floor and ran it along the door sills and back up to the window."
"if you don’t want to hardwire it, you can run into problems. ... One of mine is plugged into the lighter socket which on my Lexus would be powered on only with ignition, on my Skoda it’s always on, I’ve had a few flat batteries as a result."
"The install isn’t hard, just a bit tedious, especially if your fuse box is under your steering column. Typically you will need to take off a few internal trim pieces as well as the weather seal around the drivers side door."
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"I wasn’t happy with how hard I had to hit the car to get it to trigger. ... I feel like it could easily get door dinged and it wouldn’t save the footage."
"it's very inconsistent as far as recording when you need it to"
"No the .error is only powered while the car is running."
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"They're only 1080p so about 4 years ago I decided I really wanted to upgrade to 2K or 4K resolution"
"I ended up buying another one as I wanted a 4K camera."
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