I have had the opportunity to review a variety of security cameras for vehicles and today’s review leads me to the Tigebraver 1080P Security Drive Dash Camera.
This camera is under $30 but is meant to be used with a smartphone. The camera is mean to be attached to your front window and there is no screen to view while driving or review footage.
It does come with a 64GB micro SD card and it also comes with cigarette port adapter and a power cable.
The camera features FC CMOS + 160 degree wide angle + 6G lens, wide dynamic range, 1080p HD and also has a 24-hour parking monitor, but you need to have a ACC hardwire kit for it to work. It also features night vision.
The camera offers loop recording, so if it runs out of space, it records over older footage, so recording is uninterrupted.
But for all of the positive things that it offers, in this day and age, you really need a dash camera with a screen. It helps to have a screen to see what is being recorded and it helps to have a dash camera to view things you have recorded. With it being smart phone app dependent, if that doesn’t bother you, then by all means, check this dash camera out.
The other thing is that this is one of the types of camera that utilize a tape to affix to your window.
This can be problematic for those who live in areas where it can get extremely hot as the web camera’s two stick tape might melt and fall off due to the weight and the windshield being too hot. So, take this into consideration.
The other thing is I live in a city that you just don’t leave electronics like this, you need to remove it and put it back on. This is not a device that makes it easy to do that. Because the camera doesn’t easily slide out of its connector and to remove the holder with the 2-sided tape and lose the adhesiveness to put it on and off. So, take this also into consideration if you live or work in a not so safe area.
Overall, for under $30, it’s a decent dash camera. While I am perfectly biased towards cameras that have comes with a screen that records while you are driving and where you can look at videos that you recorded easily, some may not care to watch it while driving and view it later on their Viidure phone app.
But I like the idea of using this as a secondary or tertiary camera to record towards the driver or record from the rear, this would definitely work well for that, but if you do decide to go this direction, I do recommend getting a 3-4 port cigarette adapter, especially if you have multiple devices.
But as mentioned, the Tigebraver 1080p Security Drive Dash camera does do the job and at under $30 it’s not bad at all. But there are valid concerns that I do raise in this review that I hope people read before buying.
