VIOFO - A229 Pro 2CH
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Last updated: Aug 1, 2025 Scoring
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"VIOFO A229 Pro is the only dash cam that you can read plates easily on."
"If you can spend money get a Viofo and enjoy high quality videos ... So practically I have 8mp IMX678 sensor on front camera and 5mp IMX675 sensor on back camera which is all other brands put on front cameras (Rove, Xiaomi etc.) even it is Starvis 2 new sensor it ’s still a 5mp. So back camera performance on Viofo is similar to top brands new dashcams front camera ... Top of the line sensor with 8mp and Stravis IMX 678 sensor - image quality is perfect. ... because I want not just dash cam for the sake of having dash cam, but also best image quality therefore I spend more. ... For now I ’m happy with video quality"
"the Sony Starvis 2 sensors make nighttime footage incredibly clear"
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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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"It's the easiest install ever ... i just had to remove one panel to get to the connector, then tucked all the wires into the sides of trim pieces and the headliner."
"Install very 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."
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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"
"Hardwired into the fusebox, runs about 10 minutes after turning the car off ... it’s been great."
"While the camera was in parking mode, we were able to capture footage of one of my coworker's cars being stolen."
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"It's about the same price with two cameras and all the hardware. ... Very happy with the unit."
"I find them to offer the highest video quality at a mid level price."
"a229 pro is a good deal you can get on amazon as low as 240 with hardwirekit too"
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"The second time I witnessed a huge crash on the freeway that I very narrowly avoided. Pulled over so I could pull footage for the "victim". Red button was on showing it was recording, but no buttons were working at all when trying to pull up, recording light was clearly on. Had to unplug and turn it back on to find out it wasn't recording for the past 2 days.... ... Very unreliable."
"Literally the only two times I needed to pull videos, it didn't record, I could not believe it. ... The first time I needed, I reviewed clips after parking 30 min later, and for some reason the 1 minute clip I needed just didn't exist. Every other clip was there, but not that specific one. Triple checked every clip before and after the event and it just wasn't there..."
"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 is TIGHT in there and I didn’t want to mess with it forever."
"Installing can be a pain"
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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_."
"The app is hit or miss with connectivity, you can plug in a pc direct to the camera for downloads, or just pull the card and pop it into a computer to pull files."
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"High durability SD cards are fairly expensive, Viofo ’ own brand especially so. ... (And don’t even think of using a cheap one… it’ll fail on you faster than you can say knife.)"
"Viofo has ongoing SDcard corruption issues"
"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"
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"Just in case the camera doesn't quite pick it up."
"Having a license plate be legible is hit or miss even on the fancy ones ... rarely helps ya deal with insurance or nor will the cops chase down a hit and run in a city."
"Odds are it's going to be difficult to read on the video, especially at night"
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