Garmin - Dash Cam Mini Series
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Last updated: Aug 1, 2025 Scoring
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"I am keeping it for its compact size and the fact that I don’t see it at all while I am in the drivers seat."
"No issues, it's so small it's out of the way of the eyesight."
"It hides behind the mirror so well you dont even realize it is there."
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"I am keeping it for its compact size and the fact that I don’t see it at all while I am in the drivers seat."
"It hides behind the mirror so well you dont even realize it is there."
"it's an extremely easy install"
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"reliable ... I've ran Garmin for over 10 years and had 0 failures/issues."
"+2 garmin mini for 3 years in central Florida."
"Camera has always worked great (I had it on previous truck without adapter)"
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"It save my butt when someone hit me over the summer and tried to pull a fast one."
"Saved me $10k when I got sideswiped by a UHaul."
"Absolutely, even on the app you can zoom in."
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"and the app works well. ... No, it’s free to use. ... The app just allows you to view and share the video from your phone."
"can connect to the phone at any time and transfer data without taking the SD card out."
"the app works well. ... No, it’s free to use. ... The app just allows you to view and share the video from your phone."
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"But it has shit quality so you can't even make out license plates that are right in front of you."
"I think it's terrible tbh, in my experience it's way too blurry to read a plate, not good at all. ... Someone brake checked me, so got very close to my bumper, and I STILL couldn't get their license plate when I put the SD card in my computer and went frame by frame zoomed in. Daytime video. No chance at night ... not good enough to read license plates if youre hit and run."
"But I must say, you won't really be able to read the plates on other cars unless you have perfect weather conditions."
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"App is extremely slow, you have to use it to view the videos, takes 15s to connect to the camera then maybe a full minute to download a 30s clip."
"Doesn't connect."
"getting the app to connect and pull videos from inside the car is a total pain in my ass."
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"I don’t think I can ever trust that it’s recording again without seeing the screen pop on briefly few a few seconds."
"Nothing but problems. Every day it was something. ... it just plain wasn't recording most times. ... That was the last straw."
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"I did notice that if the truck is going to sit for a long time, the battery will drain. ... My truck will sit for weeks from time to time and I came home to dead battery once. ... If I’m leaving for a while or going to be driving my car for a while, I simply unplug the camera."
"I am strongly considering upgrading to a constant power cable though."
"If I knew the car was going to be parked for the weekend or going in the garage to sit for a few weeks I’d surely unplug it."
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"Garmin Mini has two red leds that cause that sensor to think it brighter than it really is."
"Can’t turn the record lights off so you just see a red light all the time. ... if you want to record audio a red light needs to be on, and then there is a second more giant red light that is always on. ... And to cover it may be difficult as it’s right where two buttons are."
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