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VIOFO - A229 Pro 1CH
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Based on 1 year's data from Mar 8, 2026 How it works
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"The picture quality day or night is fantastic."
"It has the best picture quality of any dash cam I’ve seen, both day and night."
"the Sony Starvis 2 sensors make nighttime footage incredibly clear"
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"The picture quality day or night is fantastic."
"It has the best picture quality of any dash cam I’ve seen, both day and night."
"the Sony Starvis 2 sensors make nighttime footage incredibly clear"
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"his plug and play harness made installation so easy."
"hardwire installed it myself in 15 minutes ... any local car stereo shop can install it in minutes if you aren’t comfortable hiding the wires and using a fuse tap yourself."
"I got a Viofo A229 instead and like another commenter, I mounted it in the black dot area of the windshield next to the mirror and I hardly notice it."
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"I have Viofo A229Pro for 2 years and a half. No issue so far."
"those have worked fine in the Texas heat for years."
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"Connects from the dadhcam’s power cable to the engine noise speaker cable and uses its power directly. ... Allows the dashcam to stay on when parked and it comes with a switch to prevent draining your battery completely. ... Super useful"
"most cameras come with a voltage cut off that you adjust (e.g. 12.4, 12.2, 12, and 11.8). I have mine set to 12.2v and it usually records 4 hours post parking at a low bit rate."
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"The app is not great but works."
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"PLEASE don’t remind me of the struggle getting that damn wire through the rubber boot!"
"Myself I can't find a type-c type-c cable, that is short enough and works from the usb-C port near the mirror. ... no aftermarket type c to type c worked for me, but Samsung original 1m long did. Would prefer a shorter one. ... None works for my viofo A229 pro."
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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."
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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."
"I don't trust them anymore with their built in capacitors that died."
MrJuicyJuiceBox 0.5Nice try u/hachielectronics we know you have alt accounts. (Love the a229 with the hardwire kit btw)
54fighting 0.2I 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.
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.
6Five_SS 0.2On 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.
9IX 0.2I use the VIOFO A229 Pro with the rear camera. I even have it hardwired so that parking mode is available
Adventurous-Cold 0.2if 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.
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.
AJ_Mexico 0.2I 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.
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.
AmazingAsian 0.2Whatever you do get, look into tapping into the rearview mirror power. Eliminatees having to run a wire to a power source so far away. https://dongar.tech/products/10pin-type-b-lexus-toyota I currently run the A229 pro with wifi to phone to quick access when the car is on. No subscription is required and can handle 3 channels (front, rear, and interior).
It's great thus far, and I've read that it has a lot of positive reviews. It's super easy install for front an rear cameras, too.
They're pretty well hidden and out of the way for me. You can see the front one is hidden behind the rearview mirror and doesn't interfere with Eyesight cameras. The rear is so small it doesn't block the way either. https://preview.redd.it/c5iguy5u4qcf1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26e545b05d271ea466f9bf7d2d2e1c8878a374d2
apevenger 0.2Viofo A329 or A229 Pro, those are the only decent dashcams I know where you can get a half decent footage and legible license plates.
bb502 0.2I have the viofo a229 pro, 2 camera and love it.
bbf_bbf 0.2If you judge "best" by most integrated features and system from one manufacturer, I'd say it would be the BlackVue DR970X-2CH LTE PlusDR970X-2CH LTE Plus with their extended use battery pack and data plan. It has the new(ish) Starvis 2 4K sensor for its front camera, so is among the best in PQ and if you subscribe to a monthly BlackVue plan you can access the camera at all times. because it has its own cellular connection. [https://blackvue.com/product/dr970x-2ch-lte-plus-na/](https://blackvue.com/product/dr970x-2ch-lte-plus-na/) [https://blackvue.com/product/blackvue-ultra-battery-b-130a/](https://blackvue.com/product/blackvue-ultra-battery-b-130a/) [https://blackvue.com/sim-card/](https://blackvue.com/sim-card/) It's too pricey for my budget and has features that I don't require, so I personally chose a Viofo A229 Pro about 1 1/2 years ago. Today, I'd probably go for the Viofo A329.
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