But here it feels like Miofive has incorporated a 4K imaging sensor without overlooking other key aspects, as we’ll dig into in the next section. This mode also operates solely on battery power, and since the MIOFIVE only charges while the ignition is on (sans the fuse kit), if you’re parked for a while it may not be entirely reliable long term. While I would consider the output video quality to be “good enough” for the typical use case, the crystal clarity that many of these dash cams advertise is a bit of a misnomer in the context of capturing the details of a moving object.

For its single-channel model, the Miofive is equipped with a built-in 500 milliamp-hour lithium battery which should be able to power a 1-channel 4K dash cam for a bit over 2 hours. You can turn off the AI warnings individually, but sadly you can’t silence the less meaningful messages without also muting all of the AI-driven warnings. New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging . Installation is simple, getting started is quick, and you can pretty much just connect and leave it to do its thing in the background. It’s not badly specified, either, with AI driver assistance features that work well, even it can become annoying.

Overall, setup is super easy and the camera simply gets on with recording high-resolution video on loop. You don’t need a user account to access the app, although you're encouraged to create one in the app at every given opportunity. Wouldn’t it be great if that unblinking eye was on the inside of your car, just under your rear-view mirror, and you were able to pull up everything it records in a matter of seconds?

From this list, we recently discovered MIOFIVE, a dash cam brand that claims to offer true 4K QHD, dual-band Wi-FI, smart safety and security features. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Again, it could capture relatively crisp individual frames on my late night spin around a city centre block, allowing me to make out several number plates – always the sternest test given their propensity to wash out completely under headlights. I couldn’t place the dash cam fully out of view behind the rear view mirror because of the design of my windscreen, which blocks the camera view. The non-touchscreen provides access to additional control options, such as the album/back, setting/next and emergency video/confirm capacitive buttons.This can help expedite investigations in the event of an insurance claim or traffic ticket, act as a deterrent to vandalism, or even just provide a record of your journey. In some situations it would have benefited from a polarising filter, which removes cabin reflections, but unfortunately Miofive doesn’t sell one – you’d have to rig something up yourself. Dash cams can help drivers SAVE money in the long run by getting them out of hit-and-runs, vehicle accidents and more. Even though the turn wasn’t sudden to you, you’ve slowed sufficiently, checked your mirrors, signalled and made your manoeuvre. The GPS technology built into the Miofive examines the driving environment through its DSP (Digital Signal Process) and monitors as well as displays real-time trip data including time, speed (km/h, mph), and GPS coordinates.

The dash cam's 12W of power is supplied via USB, and if your car doesn’t have a USB connection then you can use the supplied cigarette charger with USB instead. This should be plenty, but the large size of 4K files is worth considering if you intend to record a lot of footage and transfer files frequently. Recently, I was reviewing another company's dash camera and I ran into a problem with its front windshield mount(s) having excessive free play in them allowing the front camera (or rear view camera plugged into the front camera) to move while driving.

Many other cameras use a suction cup, which is overall a quicker and potentially less messy option; but the method of installation is a minor sticking point.