AndrewL
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I bought a bunch of premium front-back dash cams and reviewed them. Everything was purchased by me, didn't get anything for free.
SUMMARY
Street Guardian SG9663DC - My great value pick for a premium camera. Has the features needed: reliable parking mode, heat resistance, good video quality, WiFi and strong customer service. Unfortunately, you have to use a third party WIFi App, an external GPS and there's no spoken notifications.
Thinkware F800 Pro - Great for parking mode. Better energy efficiency and parking functionality compared to the other cameras we tested. The video quality isn't very good, cloud features are rather useless (at least in Oct 2018).
Blackvue DR900S - Has amazing day video quality due to its 4K sensor and a solid cloud mode. Great app experience with fast WiFI transfers. It's also the most expensive camera at $480 USD with a slow 26 second startup (vs 12-14 secs), high power consumption and video frames are lost on the rear camera between files.
Cameras we Bought, Tested and Didn't Meet the Cut:
Blackvue DR750S - I might get this camera in hot environments if you need cloud parking mode. Otherwise the Thinkware F800 Pro does a better job.
Blackvue DR590W - Rear camera is really bad for 2018. I think the Viofo A129 will be way better.
Lukas AR790 - Realized way too late that there are so few distributors outside of South Korea and little investment by the manufacturer compared to Thinkware/Blackvue/Viofo.
SUMMARY
Street Guardian SG9663DC - My great value pick for a premium camera. Has the features needed: reliable parking mode, heat resistance, good video quality, WiFi and strong customer service. Unfortunately, you have to use a third party WIFi App, an external GPS and there's no spoken notifications.
Thinkware F800 Pro - Great for parking mode. Better energy efficiency and parking functionality compared to the other cameras we tested. The video quality isn't very good, cloud features are rather useless (at least in Oct 2018).
Blackvue DR900S - Has amazing day video quality due to its 4K sensor and a solid cloud mode. Great app experience with fast WiFI transfers. It's also the most expensive camera at $480 USD with a slow 26 second startup (vs 12-14 secs), high power consumption and video frames are lost on the rear camera between files.
Cameras we Bought, Tested and Didn't Meet the Cut:
Blackvue DR750S - I might get this camera in hot environments if you need cloud parking mode. Otherwise the Thinkware F800 Pro does a better job.
Blackvue DR590W - Rear camera is really bad for 2018. I think the Viofo A129 will be way better.
Lukas AR790 - Realized way too late that there are so few distributors outside of South Korea and little investment by the manufacturer compared to Thinkware/Blackvue/Viofo.