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hey everyone I'm back with another dashcam review this time it's from Papago with their GoSafe 260 now it's no question different as it's not a standalone unit that you suction unto your windshield but it's a full-blown rear view mirror with a built-in camera now some features include a small built in screen into the glass anti glare technology for night driving 1080p resolution and a wide angle lens now of course I'll test all these claimed features here for you and you'll see what it's all about now the GoSafe 260 is 130 dollars at the time this video on amazon.com and I'll have the link in the video description below for your convenience now as always visit my website for reviews on other cameras and more consumer products I'm Jimmy with jims review room comm and I'm here to help you make a purchase decision welcome everyone to another review going over its physical features the 260 doesn't require the old mirror to be taken down but it clips over it actually though it looks to clamp on to these small mirrors of about two and a half inches tall and you want to give some room since you will want the clamps to hold on tie it down to the mirror itself now the biggest size is about three inches tall though and from my testing this does fit perfectly onto a car like a Toyota Camry that I have here by trying this on a mirror with built-in dimming and possibly other electronics it sadly doesn't fit so just a heads up on that but once it's secured onto your car it really stays stable and stationary now from my experience the mirror is wider and it does extend from the back color to the other pillar while most standard rear-view mirrors basically just shows from one side the rear window to the other now during the day the mirror does work fine here but once the Sun starts to set or at night time the auto dimming seems to dim too much that is it's harder to make out some faces of passengers in the rear here and in my case I'm traveling with my infant in the back I can't really see her face too clearly and trying to distinguish cars in the rear view is a bit tough as well I can't see if there's a police car behind me or if it's just a civilian driving a Dodge Charger now in the packaging Papago does provide a super long cigarette power adapter most - you would run the cable on this side door trim here and then up the a-pillar and then basically through your headliner now in this case it does work for the most parts but they go safe 260 does have a resistor or a transformer so which does make it a bit tricky I couldn't squeeze this into my a pillar nor the headliner of course so I really just placed this in the passenger side vanity mirror now what the rest of the wires tucked in that little black box didn't fall out if someone were to pull down that visor now it's not a big deal but it does work though now looking at the mirror up close on top you have a GPS port if you want to buy that additional accessory for $35 on Amazon and that way you can record your map coordinates and also your speed now next is the mini USB port that powers the mirror the following is a micro SD card slot that takes up to 32 gigabytes of class 10 memory now a lower class memory card like most dash cams here may not work and from my experience I do have a SanDisk branded card and that's a class 10 as well and that did fail on me the unit kept freezing although I was able to reformat my card several times no papa code did state SanDisk does provide some issues now going with a data and I believe that I pronounced a pair or Kingston memory cards 18 32 gigabyte SD cards here micro SD cards would work again the link is in the video description now the following is audio video out and last is the on/off switch now moving to the front here you can see a 2.7 inch LCD screen is built right in you can turn the screen on or off with the button and have the mirror continue to record and during the day time it's not as visible which is fine since I only use the LCD to outline the camera and at night it does glow nicely now the bottom features your menu buttons which I'll go over right after I show you the camera on the back here behind the controls is the camera which is adjustable it pans a very reasonable amount left to right but also up and down as well the visibility of the road was not an issue at all with the adjustability but going back to the menu buttons let's show you what's offered here and then I'll show you the video footage afterwards now first set of options you have the full 1080p resolution at 30 frames per second 720p at 60 frames and the list it goes now loop recording is also available meaning you can have your files record for three minutes five or ten and then have the dashcam save your file then now once the memory card does get full the camera will overwrite the old videos and save the new ones it's all automatic now easy is to adjust the exposure value motion detection is available on here as well if the camera senses movement while your car is parked this will record video perfect for basic those parking lot accidents or even vandalism issues just make sure that you reverse into your spot now record audio date stamp in GPS is really all self-explanatory here but the G sensor really comes in handy the dash cams I've reviewed all seem to have this feature already if you were in an accident the shock where the vibration to the dash cam will have the dash cam save the video right away and lock it you can't accidentally delete it instead of waiting for that three five or ten minute loop recording to kick in as I mentioned earlier now less going into the overall settings date and time beeping noises from using the buttons and language mode are once again self explanatory while TV mode is used to set your region either pal or NTSC now frequency I just basically leave alone format is to format that SD card which I highly recommend of course before doing or using a dash cam itself and default to basically reset your settings in these screen saver is last so that's everything physically here and we'll move on to the moment that you've probably been waiting for here here's some actual footage right from the go safe to sixty that's completely unedited for your analysis as well and I think it does well overall during the daytime here and just keep in mind though this is a dash cam and not a high-end digital camera but the license plates are still very much visible signs for the most part are as well the reflection and the windshield is barely if visible at all and on this very sunny day here the camera does well with managing very bright colors without blowing up the white areas like clouds and the Sun hitting bright surfaces now driving when the Sun starts is settled down was fine as well with most signs being visible and should be oxygen really no complaints and just quickly here this is an audio sample of what the microphone records while driving in your car and you do have the option to mute it as well can the love will never get lost we'll come to the latter never be caught now regarding night driving objects and vehicles are of course identifiable but license plates on the other hand here are somewhat hard to see however if a car were to merge into your lane or if there was a collision you can definitely see who's at fault now driving through neighborhoods with minimal lights the image is very dark and you really can't see too much now overall it does work but if you do live in the south or a place where street lighting is not so predominant you should take this night driving video into consideration so in the end here just let me know your thoughts in the comment section below other than that I hope this review helped you in some way be sure to visit jim's review room calm for news and reviews on other consumer electronics and if you do like my work here add me on Facebook Twitter Instagram or Google+ you get to see some behind the scenes information and you can always stop by to say hi again I'm Jimmy with jims review room comm and you guys take care I'll see in the next one bye