Review: Aukey DR-02 D Dual 1080p Sony Exmor Dashcam

[Sunny]

This Aukey DR02 D was sent for review.
It is available at Amazon store for $129.99:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/B075S7W6FR
Specifications
Image Sensors: Sony Exmor IMX323 2.3 Megapixel CMOS Sensors
Operating Temperature: -30°C – 75°C / -22°F – 167°F
Dimensions: Front camera: 77 x 51 x 37mm / 3” x 2” x 1.45”
Rear camera: 54 x 50 x 28mm / 2.1” x 2” x 1.1”
Product Manual PDF: Aukey DR-02 D Dual Dashcam Manual
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PROS: Very small size, all black, discrete, great day video from both front and rear cameras.
Rear camera day video quality is excellent, among the best rear cameras among the dashcams I tested.
Comes with extra mounts for both front and rear cameras.
CONS:
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AUKEY DR-02 D Dual Dashcam Test with Sample Videos

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Aukey DR-02 D Package contents:
AUKEY DR-02 D Dual Dash Camera, Rear Camera with 6m / 20ft USB Mini-B Cable, Dual-Port USB Car Charger 4m / 13ft USB Mini-B Cable,
Two Sticker Mounts for front and two for rear, Six 3M Stickers, Six Cable Clips, User Manual, Warranty Card


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AUKEY DR-02 D Dashcam Images:





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AUKEY DR-02 D Dashcam Installation Images:
From outside the vehicle:


From inside the vehicle, front:


From inside the vehicle, Rear:




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Aukey DR-02 D Folders, Files and Bit Rate:
Root folder has AUKEY folder that has MOVIE sub folder where all the files are located.
Event/triggered files are in RO folder.
File names have date and time so easy to locate a particular file.
Overall bit rate is 10.7 mbps with video @ 10.2 mbps and audio @ 96 kbps.



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[Sunny]

reserverd..

 

[Sunny]

Day Video screenshots, front and rear:

 

[Sunny]

Night Video screenshots, front and rear:




Rear window had some condensation due to cold weather.

 

[Dashmellow]

Camera does a nice job, especially at night from the rear considering the bright headlights.

 

[Sunny]

Camera does a nice job, especially at night from the rear considering the bright headlights.

Yes. The bitrate could be little higher for better details but pretty good as is.

 

[Sunny]

More day video clips joined, from cloudy, overcast days:
Front, pink clouds at the end:

Rear, evening at the end:

Sunny day front:

Sunny day rear:

 

[Importspeed]

Hi there @Sunny ! First timer here. Thanks for the review. Amazon Canada has this on lightning deal right now. Just wondering what your overall thoughts on this setup is? Also what memory card are you using for this setup?

Thanks!

 

[Sunny]

Hi there @Sunny ! First timer here. Thanks for the review. Amazon Canada has this on lightning deal right now. Just wondering what your overall thoughts on this setup is? Also what memory card are you using for this setup?

Thanks!

It's very good so far.
The rear camera cable is well made and thick so need little more room if you want to mount under the headliners.
I'm using microcenter's 32gb card.

 

[Sunny]

I had the rear camera right in the middle.
As a result, all rear videos have the heater's vertical line on them.
I moved it to one side and videos are much cleaner.

 

[Sunny]

Left turner doesn't check left: @ 00:12 had to slam on brakes but it doesn't look that bad in the video.

 

[SawMaster]

Good driving/braking there. You could definitely see the front dip quickly versus your normal smooth braking elsewhere Great vids from this cam

Phil

 

[Suppafly]

looks like a great cam alright. they're all sold out on amazon at the moment. emailed the Aukey about when they will have new stock as i didn't see it available anywhere. only the single front camera is available

 

[dkmcl2]

Hi There! I really appreciate this group! I do not have a dashcam ‘yet’! I am very impressed with the Aukey DR02D w/ Sony Exmore. In Canada on Amazon the price is $169.99 All of my questions about this camera have been answered by this thread! Thank you! I think this super capacitor unit is a better fit for me, considering the temperature ranges experienced where I live. I will post again after purchasing a camera! Again, Thank you all for your great detailed posts!
Dave in .ca

 

[SawMaster]

Welcome to DCT Dave
Yes, Sunny does excellent thorough cam reviews here- he's one of my faves for this kind if thing We're all here to help others find the cam which is right for them and discuss ways to better get what we want from our cams so if you do have any questions or problems just make a post and you'll get tons of help

Phil

 

[BFG]

This is a very useful thread.

I fitted one of these kits to my Jaguar XF earlier this year and it's been faultless. It's been unusually hot in the UK with two months of 30C + temperatures, meaning that the inside of parked cars will get over 40C (or over 100F) and there were no problems at all. Capacitor charge was unaffected, and the adhesive held no problem.

Mine are fitted top centre of both screens and easily get good coverage.

Mostly Pros, but one con I've noticed is that when clicking the button to keep a recording as read only, it doesn't do this intelligently, it just keeps whichever segment is the current one. So where I have it set to take 3 minute recordings, if something happens and the recording is 2 minutes 55 seconds in, and you press the button 10 seconds later - it will not keep the correct file. I hope they can address this via a firmware update.