VIOFO A229 Pro 1CH

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Sentiment score89% positive
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Last updated: May 23, 2026

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Reddit Iconcacarine
4 months ago

VIOFO is generally well regarded. Blackvue also makes some good ones. The a229 pro has arguably the best performance to price ratio

Reddit IconSkensis
11 months ago

Viofo is what I run, you basically want a camera with the Starvis2 sensor and ideally the 4k version.

Reddit IconStandardCarbonUnit
6 months ago

Viofo. Any with the Starvus 2 sensor. 4k if you want gucci.

Reddit Icon54fighting
4 months ago

I looked at the integrated dash cam for the Highlander. The reviews for the integrated dash cam weren’t great, particularly at the price point. I put a Viofo A229 Pro in the Highlander and am going to do the same in the Camry this weekend.

4 months ago

Top Dead center in the Highlander and intend to do the same in the Camry. It’s a small camera. No complaints from the Highlander driver and expect none from the Camry driver.

Reddit Icon6Five_SS
3 months ago

On the r/Dashcam subreddit, you'll see VIOFO is a top rec, for good reason. A229 Pro in my car and now my wife's. They even have an employee browsing that subreddit commenting from their official account to answer questions.

Reddit Icon9IX
9 months ago

I use the VIOFO A229 Pro with the rear camera. I even have it hardwired so that parking mode is available

Reddit IconAdventurous-Cold
11 months ago

if you download the viofo app, you turn on the wifi in the dashcam and connect your phone to that wifi network and then open the viofo app. you can then playback videos directly off the dashcam or download the video to your phone. it works pretty well for me, I just had to rtfm to figure out how to turn the wifi on the first time

11 months ago

yeah I originally had 2.4ghz wifi selected on my a229 pro and it was really slow. switching it to 5ghz made it a lot faster, I can scrub though the video playback without much buffering which supprised me. It is still pretty slow to download a copy to my phone though

Reddit IconAJ_Mexico
7 months ago

I added a dashcam. It is better quality video than the built-in one. Many dashcams are bad at parking mode because they tend to overheat without climate control on

7 months ago

Viofo A229 Pro + RTC300 Telephoto camera. Both of these are forward-facing for me. I chose the telephoto camera as my 2nd camera instead of the usual rear camera. Tesla already has rear facing camera(s). Power is from a cigarette lighter to USB adapter in center console. My car is a 2020 Model 3.

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