VIOFO - A229 Duo Plus
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Last updated: Aug 27, 2025 Scoring
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"EVERYONE should have them. They can save hundreds of thousands of dollars, years of stress and keep you out of prison."
"We had a person in front of us at a red light, when it turned green, put it in reverse and plowed into us. ... no one would have believed us (insurance company) if we didn have footage or admission"
"If someone calls the police on you and it's their word against yours, you might lose in court. And not just traffic court. You can be charged criminally ( depending on that person's "story" ). If that happens, it will be months of stress, thousands on a lawyer and you still might lose. No license to get to and from work, thousands in fines, sued civilly, and angry for 10 years with much higher insurance premiums. ... Whenever there's an incident, save the recording on your PC incase someone tries to blame you etc."
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"Make sure whatever dashcam you buy has a capacitor and NOT a battery. ... In the summer the interior of cars can get well above 120° and cook the battery. A capacitor will survive, no problem. The same for the winter, the batteries fail in the constant, deep cold, capacitors don't."
"Yeah they are specifically better in the heat than other cameras because they use a super capacitor instead of a battery to do the final writing to the SD card when the power gets cut by your car. ... Batteries tend to have issues in extreme heat/cold"
"Tbh your supercapacitor sealed the deal. ... You should advertise that more for this region as overheating is a huge problem here."
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"personally I found running the USB to be stupid easy."
"I just installed my A229 2-channel cameras yesterday, I highly recommend using the ASC connector that you can buy off of Hachi Electronics. Makes it so much easier to hardwire than messing around with the fusebox."
"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."
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"The picture quality day or night is fantastic."
"I recommend the quality of the dashcam, despite their "chinese" off brand name, they make great stuff (not sponsored lol). ... the one I posted has 1440p front and rear and is very clear."
"The 2K is actually really good too, even during night time"
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"Damn good camera for the price."
"Viofo a229 is the best hands down for the price. ... You can get better if you spend a lot more money but it's not worth it unless you want integration into a head unit."
"The one I got was super affordable"
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"It does NOT handle the Florida heat at all. ... Constant shutdowns while driving and parked have rendered it absolutely useless. ... Viofo's solution? Kick it down to 1080 / 2k and hope works. It did not. ... The camera is seriously flawed."
"My VIOFO A229 camera constantly powers down & reboots when temps are above 70 & the sun is out. ... Camera is unreliable"
"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."
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"It’s also a PITA for me to use WiFi because when I’m in the car my phone connects to CarPlay and CarPlay disables WiFi."
"Slow and the app _blows_."
"I hate the interface and the software."
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"The rear camera died at 13 months which stopped the front from recording. ... They wanted me to pay $40 for a replacement rear cam though it was still in warranty."
"the cable for the rear camera, given that it's way too long for the tiny 86 interior. ... I currently have most of it coiled and shoved inside the right rear C-pillar trim panel (which is a great place for it, I just need to clean it up so the panel can actually close)."
"The biggest hurdle was getting the wired connection from the front camera to the rear one"
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"Routing the two wires properly through the A pillar (behind the airbag) did take me an hour or so and a little improvising ... I ended up bending a wire hanger into a C shape, tying the cable to that, and pulling the wire hanger up and behind the airbag. ... Would've saved me thirty minutes or so if I had planned on how I would snake the wire through the A pillar before hand."
"The biggest hurdle was getting the wired connection from the front camera to the rear one"
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"I have the Viofo A229 Dual dashcam installed with a hardwiring kit in my car and in retrospect I feel I should have gone for something cheaper. ... You can buy the hardwiring kit and a CPL filter (if there is one) for the 70mai A510 and still be nowhere close to the budget you'd need for the Viofo A229"
"Just pricey"
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