It seems that it may be focused in too closely- everything is sharp up close but not in the distance. Still pretty good though so consider that a minor complaint. The over-temp issue is more serious.
If that occurred while driving one could miss it, or at best fiddling with the cam to dismiss the warning distracts you- not good while driving
Overall I think they're getting close but haven't quite yet hit the target- dashcam needs are not the same as action cams or GPS units and it seems more that they don't understand those needs than a lack of quality overall. Other than the mount it appears that some minor tweaking at the factory and with firmware could fix these things
If their designers get more aligned to our specific needs Garmin will apparently be a strong contender in the market
Thanks to all for sharing your experiences
Phil
There is a lot to like about 55:
- build is solid
- excellent sound
- menu and settings are very polished
- side buttons are good size not hard to press, but have a nice "click" feel
- GPS performance is stellar (instant lock in my garage)
- Date/Time settings (or the lack of, automatically setup even time zone/DST)
- all "driver assist" functions work as advertised (Forward collision warning, LDWS, Traffic moving)
- voice control - it actually works very well. On other cams I can never remember which button takes a picture or mutes microphone...
- available park mode module
- inexpensive extra mounts available to purchase
Don't like:
- recording quality (low bit rate)
- battery instead of capacitor
- no video out or HDMI
- file naming
- GPS info embedded in video files
Don't know yet:
- mount - It's a good idea, very low foot print, camera is easily adjustable after mounting. Not sure how stable it will be...
That's all for now.