Okay ! So now i have been messing around with the B2W for a few days, and i have developed some opinions on it.
As far as the #1 dashcam thing, that be the camera starting and recording every time, i have only seen it perform optimal so far, but i am of course just a few days into using it, so the 128 GB Toshiba memory card i am using now have not yet filled up one time as i only have 4 -5 hours of drive time on it.
When it come to the general performance the B2W also perform as one would hope for, and the click of the IR cut filter engaging / disengaging you get used to, but it is a all new dashcam sound for me.
Going into a parking garage or as yesterday under some trees, and the cabin camera will change to IR mode, even if it is not all that dark in there, so the light level of where the camera change to / from IR mode might need a slight tweak down the line.
In regard to the camera and its placement on the windscreen i feel there are issues but ones shared with all 2 in 1 Uber / taxi cameras.
While the B2W are not a big camera in itself, then when you get to installing it it do get a little bulky, even if you as me use the stick on mount, using the suction cup only amplify this "issue"
As my car have a mirror mounted off the sealing it is set some way back from the windscreen, and so will block much of the view from the cabin camera it the dashcam are mounted up high in the optimal place for a dashcam.
So your option may be to offset the B2W a little to one side or the other, or mount it lower, but then stealth are gone, but of course if its your car you only use now and then for making a extra buck then it is something you can live with, only problem might be if your local law have a issue with people sticking god know what to the windscreen.
Many places have strict rules in this regard, Denmark where i live are one of them, BUT ! it don't seem to be a law that are strictly enforced i must say, but never the less the rules are there and should then be complied to or changed in the proper manner.
As you can see i have removed my mirror for testing the B2W as i can not get myself to mount it in a illegal place, but removing the cabin mirror are actually legal here as i have 2 wing mirrors on my car, so fir testing the B2W i will proceed for a little while with this setup.
As i also told the developer in the beginning i don't personally feel these 2 in 1 solutions are optimal. I personally prefer the regular dual channel design and then have the cabin camera on a short wire so you can tweak its placement.
1: the camera get harder to install, not least in the optimal place, so stealth will get affected, but on the other hand thats not a major issue for all people, some actually want their camera to be seen.
2: i dident even think of this but have found out during B2W testing, as the 2 lenses are "locked" together in the horizontal plane, then you are forced to have a 50/50 split as if you aim the front camera lower your cabin camera will be aimed higher.
BUT ! in all fairness most cameras and the B2W handle the 50/50 split just fine, so not a major issue just something people have to realize before going with a camera like this ( not aware of similar cameras that allow for a individual adjustment in this regard )
Also another thing i have found during my short use of the B2W, the screen are not that bright so even tilting the camera so i look strait at it my tired old eyes have a problem reading it, and i had to give up on setting B2W as plate number, i was simply not able to see what i was doing on the screen.
I am able to see icons ASO on the screen, but the image in general are hard for me to see, not least the cabin camera as it is in general even less brighter than the feed from the front camera.
And i have found no option to adjust screen brightness.
When it come to the footage itself, it are not bad.
There are clear signs that bitrate are not that high ( using 16 / 8 mbit option ) i really would like to try 20 / 4 mbit ( to stay with the same total bitrate )
But ( EU ) plates on oncoming cars in good lighting conditions are a easy capture with 80 & 80 KM/h speeds, and the first night the rear camera even captured the plate on the car behind me, and i did not expect the camera to be able to do that.
Lower light or in other ways worsening conditions and plates and other delicate details of course become a problem, but thats the same for any dashcam i know off.
But if you mount your camera lower you might not be able to do that, depend on camera position and rear window size i recon, but if you get it all right it can be done and my first video in the footage thread prove that.
The hardware used to build the B2W are sound and valid, it is not packed with the cheapest you can get, so its chance of performing just about as good as you can get are there.
So for now i am happy to have the B2W in my car, and i look forward to play with it in the time to come.
I have left room for more cameras to the right of the B2W, and that space will also be put to better use as the cameras there will make way for newer models.
I would like to see some changes to the image profile too, ATM i feel the footage are a little on the "hard" side to look at, it is not bad but i do feel changes here can be made successful.