So, I was one of the one that pre-ordered this camera with much anticipation on Indieogo thinking it would be the best thing since sliced bread. The company did a great job marketing on their funding page, and it all seemed really good specs wise. Their previous camera the Waylens Horizon is well known as a great performance-capture dashcam for car racing enthusiasts, so I had a good feeling about this 360.
Unfortunately, after many, many, many months of delays when I finally received the camera the video quality I would have to say it pretty horrible. In bright daylight I can't even read license plates right in front of the car. At best, it serves as a side-view-to-front-view experience camera where I can show the context of a side-swipe accident if that occurred.
I also have a Thinkware f770 (front and rear) and the Thinkware is night and day miles ahead of the Waylens in terms of video quality.
It must be the bitrate the video is recorded at or something, but the Waylens shows a lot of visible artifacts and just feels like a crappy $50 Chinese dashcam off Amazon or something.
It's disappointing, but I thought I'd share my experience with you guys in case someone was thinking about getting the camera since it's now available for purchase.
I'm going to attach some links to the Waylens footage I uploaded to Youtube so you can see a general sense of what I mean.
Video #1 Parking Mode in Daylight:
Video #2 Driving Footage in Daylight:
I can show the night time mode if anyone is curious. The camera goes into black and white and it looks similar to a thermal camera footage.
Unfortunately, after many, many, many months of delays when I finally received the camera the video quality I would have to say it pretty horrible. In bright daylight I can't even read license plates right in front of the car. At best, it serves as a side-view-to-front-view experience camera where I can show the context of a side-swipe accident if that occurred.
I also have a Thinkware f770 (front and rear) and the Thinkware is night and day miles ahead of the Waylens in terms of video quality.
It must be the bitrate the video is recorded at or something, but the Waylens shows a lot of visible artifacts and just feels like a crappy $50 Chinese dashcam off Amazon or something.
It's disappointing, but I thought I'd share my experience with you guys in case someone was thinking about getting the camera since it's now available for purchase.
I'm going to attach some links to the Waylens footage I uploaded to Youtube so you can see a general sense of what I mean.
Video #1 Parking Mode in Daylight:
Video #2 Driving Footage in Daylight:
I can show the night time mode if anyone is curious. The camera goes into black and white and it looks similar to a thermal camera footage.