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hey everyone Jimmy with Jim's review room it's been maybe a year or two since I reviewed a dashcam I'm personally not attempting to see if I can find one any better anchor did reach out to me and sent me a review unit to tests but as always I'll be sure to give you a 100% unbiased review the Anchor Rove retails for $129 however at the time this video I have seen them on sale for $100 instead I'll place my Amazon affiliate links in the video description below click on those links and they will give you the most updated prices in real time you never know when these things might go on sale so sit back relax and hopefully my videos can help you make that purchase decision welcome everyone to jim's review room door over the physical features the rove goes with a clean and straightforward design starting up top you have the insert for a microSD card and some dash cams do have compatibility issues with certain brands however I was able to confirm with my Kingston in SanDisk 32 and 64 gigabyte models they do work the robe is connected using a micro USB ports instead of a mini USB port which helps with offering more compatibility with wires laying around your house and on the left side you have your enough button and a little speakerphone that is quite loud with this chirps fortunately you're able to turn this off in the menu before discussing the 2.4 inch screen and its touch buttons the robe does apply a super-long micro USB cable I measured it at 10 feet long which is enough for my car if I were to run the cables along the headliner the a-pillar and under the glovebox to the cigarette lighter now most dash cams comes with a moderately sized that huge plug but the one anchor provides is the smallest I've seen in addition you get two USB ports one for the camera of course the other port you can use to charge your phone now getting back to the camera this was possibly the most subjective part of the review it uses 3m double-sided tape to stick to your windshield that's ridiculously sticky and even lightly pressing it against a glass for the first time it stays on strong so be sure to align it the best that you can the first time the camera mounts along the angle of the glass so in an event that you need to go through the menu settings your angle viewing is severely downward that might be a con for you and the flip side and this might be the very reason why you prefer this design at eye height when driving I rarely if ever see the dashcam itself it doesn't obstruct my vision at all you can still unmount the road quite easily by sliding it off changing your settings then and sliding it back on as a side note during my week of testing the dashcam does not fall off when turning and in the recent 90 degree weather that heat inside the car has not caused the dashcam to unstick from the windshield anchor also provides a Wi-Fi option and an app where it provides all of your menu settings and the option to review your safe footage without the need to move the dashcam itself so that's one way to work around it my personal opinion I do prefer a more versatile and flexible suction cup in the event I would ever need to move the camera to another car or if I would like to realign my camera with greater ease now if you're looking for a dashcam comment down below let me know if design works for you or not going over its features there's continuous looping of your footage when your memory card fills up the dash cam will delete your oldest videos and save the newest ones very much standard on any dash cam now one setting I did notice missing was the ability to change the recorded length of each video and despite the lack of flexibility for the end user from the factory the standard recording time is three minutes before the dash cam records a new file in my opinion three minutes is still very reasonable there is a G sensor or what I would rather call a collision sensor when the dash cam senses a considerable collision the rove automatically saves the file lacks it so no one can accidentally delete it just in case any file would not be overwritten when the memory card fills up and continues with loop recording there is a built-in battery in with motion detection when someone or something walks her drives by the car while your car is off in parked the camera will start recording then stop when there's no more motion a handy feature in a parking lot or parking garage moving on looking at the user interface the rove is one the easiest ones to use here there's touch sensitive menu keys on the bottom and selecting through to tackle the different settings is simply done by pressing ok as shown on screen the display is 2.4 inches it's enough to align your camera view recorded content if you'd like and display does turn off after 30 seconds a minute or you can have the screen stay permanently on after you start driving but let's move on to the video footage everything you see on your screen is completely unedited and comes direct from the road dash camera itself from my assessment the 1080p display is very good for a dashcam here some of the things that you want to look out for is the clarity of lesson plates while a vehicle is in front of you the numbers and letters aren't very much attainable for insurance purposes the other aspect to look for is field of view the rove offers 145 degrees viewing angle which isn't bad as the lower-end dash cams offers 120 degrees and on the upper end there's - temps at these similar price range featuring a hundred and seventy degrees of viewing angles instead anchor falls right in between and highways you're able to see over your front and fenders for sort of catching anyone possibly merging into you at intersections field of view is important as well if someone runs a stop sign or red light you're able to get a glimpse of them on the sides but I'll meant though the other 170 degree cameras might be a better option now you can be the judge if this is enough for you other video features you want to make sure that you have here is great night time performance most des Champs do struggle here with too much glare or maybe too much noise in the image an Kerr does as well as my 180 dollar dashcam that I Drive with on a normal basis blacks are blacks colors are accurate there is some glaring as with most dash cams at times when you do pull right off to the lesson plates but it's not as bad as other cheaper dash cams on the market now what is recorded is better than others that I personally experienced and having a dashcam in general is better than not having one at all in the end after my assessment with the Grove before the price it's very reasonable for what it offers the only error that I would really critique here was the mounting of the dashcam itself but again there's pros and cons behind that you can be the judge and the positive sign it does come with most standard features that you see on other dash cams available and the video quality for $99 it does really well so that's it for this review be sure to LIKE and subscribe if you haven't already be sure to follow me on Facebook Twitter or Instagram I'm Jimmy with jims review room and I'm here to help you make that purchase decision you guys take care and I'll see you on the next one bye