Review: Papago GoSafe S30 1080p Dashcam

Sunny

Well-Known Member
Joined
May 31, 2014
Messages
5,095
Reaction score
1,739
Location
Colorado
Country
United States
Dash Cam
More than I can review. ;)
Thank you @PAPAGO! for providing Papago S30 camera for review.
Product site: http://us.papagoinc.com/products/gosafe-s30/
*********************************
Quick links to review sections:
Daytime Screenshots
Daytime Videos
Night Screenshots
Night Videos
*********************************
Conclusion:
PROS: It's very lightweight and small so very discrete from outside.
Works great and both video and audio are very good.
Has nice features such as stop and go, light reminder etc...
Night videos are much brighter than GoSafe 388 model.

CONS:
The only thing that needs improvement is the small mount.
It doesn't have enough room to angle down than what's needed so I used the suction cup mount that works pretty good.
***********************************
Description:
The Papago GoSafe S30 is based upon Sony illuminated sensor that's supposedly gives better night/low light video quality.

Features
GS388_feat5.jpg


Papago S30 Unboxing Video:

Package contents:

1. Papago GoSafe S30 dash camera.
2. Suction cup mount.
3. Sticky mount.
4. Adata 8GB microSD with full size adapter.
5. USB car charger. 5V 1A
6. mini USB to USB cable.
7. Product manual.
8. One extra VHB tape.

Product boxes of GPSA-US (GPS Module), S30 and 388:
DSC03816-Papago-S30-388.jpg

GoSafe S30 has suction cup mount as well as sticky mount whereas 388 only comes with sticky mount but mounts are interchangeable if needed.
DSC03817-Papago-S30-388.jpg

S30:
DSC03820-Papago-S30.jpg

GPS module for Papago cameras:
DSC03830-Papago-GPS-antenna.jpg

Papago GoSafe S30 and GoSafe 388 side-by-side:

DSC03827-Papago-S30-388.jpg

DSC03826-Papago-S30-388.jpg

DSC03825-Papago-S30-388.jpg

DSC03824-Papago-S30-388.jpg

DSC03823-Papago-S30-388.jpg

DSC03822-Papago-S30-388.jpg

Physically, it's pretty small.
21250605862_e498cdbe9e_o.jpg

21250605512_07a116b931_o.jpg


Test to follow...
 
Last edited:
Reserved...
 
Papago GoSafe S30 Folders and file size:
PAPAGO>VIDEOS
A 5 minute clip is around 480mb in size.

Papago S30 Folders and files.jpg

Overall bit rate : 13.1 Mbps
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Duration : 5mn 1s
Video Bit rate : 11.9 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 30.000 fps
Audio bit rate : 512 Kbps
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Sampling rate : 32.0 KHz
 
Last edited:
Daytime video screenshots:
Video quality is pretty good.
It's in the same category as dashcams based on NT96650 chip.
Audio is good and clear without any distortion.
GPS locks on pretty quick, under 25 seconds.

2015_0101_000005_001.MOV_000004060.jpg

2016_0213_075327_008.MOV_000079616.jpg

2016_0213_075327_008.MOV_000119792.jpg

2016_0213_075327_008.MOV_000147747.jpg

2016_0213_075327_008.MOV_000085534.jpg

2016_0213_075327_008.MOV_000226507.jpg

2016_0213_075828_009.MOV_000145931.jpg

2016_0213_075828_009.MOV_000167721.jpg
 
Last edited:
Daytime Videos:
Video quality is pretty good.
It's in the same category as dashcams based on NT96650 chip.
Audio is good and clear without any distortion.
GPS locks on pretty quick, under 25 seconds.


 
Last edited:
Night/low light video screenshots:

2016_0213_082225_011.MOV_000137155.jpg

2016_0213_082725_012.MOV_000048981.jpg

2016_0213_085634_013.MOV_000005374.jpg

2016_0213_085634_013.MOV_000017870.jpg

2016_0213_085634_013.MOV_000047033.jpg

2016_0213_085634_013.MOV_000085559.jpg

2016_0213_085634_013.MOV_000121918.jpg

2016_0213_085634_013.MOV_000174833.jpg

2016_0213_085634_013.MOV_000189621.jpg

2016_0213_085634_013.MOV_000263894.jpg
 
Night/low light videos:
Night videos are little brighter and better in comparison with 388 but quality is comparable with other Novatek based cameras.


 
Last edited:
One more daytime video:

 
One more daytime video and conclusion:

Conclusion:

It's very lightweight and small so very discrete from outside.
Works great and both video and audio are very good.
Has nice features such as stop and go, light reminder etc...

The only thing that needs improvement is the small mount.
It doesn't have enough room to move any more downward than what's show here.

************************
2016_0305_012749_060.MOV_20160308_180159.453.jpg
 
Last edited:
Back
Top