Toguard c200

[SHIGMAN]

Hi, has anyone purchased a 4k toguard c200? Daylight quality is fairly good but low light conditions and the night time quality are very poor, it has a sony 1.8 imx335 sensor and WDR, I've had cheaper dash cams than this with better low light and night time quality,

 

[DT MI]

Don't have that camera but, in general, 4K cams don't excel in low light conditions because of the smaller individual pixel size limits the amount of light they can capture.

 

[SawMaster]

The IMX335 can do well at night; it's in the A119V3, the A139, and the B2K so you can check vids of those cams to see it's potential. The IMX291 is better at night, but has a lower native resolution so it's not as good daytime. No experience with the Toguard but on the cheaper side my B2K is a great value and for a little more the A119V3 is a very good cam and an excellent value.

Every cam is a compromise so choose based on what you need most. I do very little driving at night, and US plates are tough to capture, so I tend toward best daytime performance as long as night performance is decent. No matter which cam, the odds are that save for the closest cars I won't get plates at night but the UK plates are far more readable so this approach may be good enough for you too.

Phil

 

[SHIGMAN]

The IMX335 can do well at night; it's in the A119V3, the A139, and the B2K so you can check vids of those cams to see it's potential. The IMX291 is better at night, but has a lower native resolution so it's not as good daytime. No experience with the Toguard but on the cheaper side my B2K is a great value and for a little more the A119V3 is a very good cam and an excellent value.

Every cam is a compromise so choose based on what you need most. I do very little driving at night, and US plates are tough to capture, so I tend toward best daytime performance as long as night performance is decent. No matter which cam, the odds are that save for the closest cars I won't get plates at night but the UK plates are far more readable so this approach may be good enough for you too.

Phil

Nice one Phil, i was looking at a b4k yesterday, it's supposed to have the imx415 sensor in it but it shows to be very grainy on a night looking at YouTube videos of it , I've had a few dash cams over the years and found the azdome gs63h to be a good all rounder but they don't seem to last that long, i was looking at a A119 v3 yesterday, they don't look that bad do they? Decent crisp images both day and night, price in uk about £95.

 

[SawMaster]

I was speaking of the B2K, the B4K is a different cam. The B4K is true 4K, but at a rather basic level. Their B2K does better at night and has better overall image quality, but lacks a bit in details as it's only 2K. The A119V3 is hard to beat: reliable, well developed, great image quality day and night, and seems to endure well. The 'wedge' form-factor works well with most of today's cars. Anything else which does equal or better costs considerably more making it a very good value.

Phil