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I think we've all watched those dashcam videos where someone gets caught doing something super dumb and thought how could you prove that just happened and you weren't the one being dumb if you didn't have a dashcam the answer is you probably couldn't but there are a lot of Terra bad dash cams out there and it's hard to tell the good ones from the bad so I took it upon myself to create this video showing off six of the most popular models out there because I know you guys love my videos so much there are two main kinds of setups single camera and dual camera single camera is pretty self-explanatory most people mounted facing forward but the second camera in a dual system can be deployed in a couple of different ways depending on your needs a cabbie for example might be less concerned about capturing a rear ender versus a destructive passenger in the back seat we'll start with the cheapest of our single camera contenders the g1w comes in at around fifty dollars depending on which company rebadged it it has a surprisingly good picture and that's pretty much all it has going for it like any generic Chinese electronics product the menu system is kind of bad so the translation isn't great the menus navigation is bad and you just have to hope that the settings thick and that they do what they say they do so in fairness there aren't that many things you can change anyway it's ugly and kind of sticks out so if you live in the kind of neighborhood where someone might walk by and go hey that looks like something I should steal you might not have it for very long if you leave it mounted all the time but as long as you use the suction cup instead of the janky quick-release to take it down it's 140 degree horizontal fov and decent light quality make it a good buy personally though I'd spend another 15 bucks on the Sky View a 1-1 eight its footage looks as good as the g1w but it's got a wider field of view a better quick-release system though it would benefit from an upgrade to the adhesive and it's much more compact and selfie so you probably we won't have to take it down anyway these little upgrades might not seem like much but they feel like the difference between a real dash cam and a web cam that you stick on to your windshield which might be confusing when you see my pic for our premium single cam the Xiaomi V dash cam my Serio still why it looks so much like an action cam is that they basically recycle the Yi action cam when they realize people were already using it as a dash cam the good news is that thanks to this heritage the picture from the Yi dash cam is great it's sharp enough to read license plates during the day and at night things are pretty clear as long as there's some street lighting it's got the highest resolution of anything we tested at twelve ninety sixty and there's more good stuff to the user interface for setting everything up it's also the best of the dash cam so far it's clean its attractive and it's responsive you can even do this via Wi-Fi on your phone and that is similarly responsive and quick to connect unfortunately the form factor makes it incredibly easy to spot from the outside and the premium look as much as I might like it makes it an even more attractive target for would-be thieves thankfully it does have a good quick-release system but at this price point I think Xiaomi should have considered this and designed a more subtle housing for factory criticism aside though but Yi dash cam is a great package that feels like a piece of modern net consumer electronics well everything else feels like it was designed by an accountant in 2010 the dual channel systems could learn a thing or two from Xiaomi in spite of their much higher prices all suffered from lesser image quality overall and clunkier Wi-Fi connectivity which is an even bigger problem since none of them have screens or menus built in then why would you buy a dual Channel system instead of a temple DS well it's easier to set up one camera than to separately they can record to a single SD card you can adjust the G sensor sensitivities for different directions of movement while driving and there's parking mode which allows the cameras to record vandalism or hit runs first up is the black sis campus it's image quality is unexceptional and its form factor might not be super stylish it's subtle enough to blend in so the main benefit though is it's parking mode the app may not be pretty but it allows the number of key variables to be tweaked like tunings a motion detection in certain parts of the frame or treating one of the cameras off altogether all of these things are important because for parking mode to work it needs to be wires into your car battery and the board's are recording the faster that will drain fortunately while axis includes a low voltage cutoff that will prevent your battery from dying outright making this kit popular among thinkers and people who park on the street often the same can be said of the BlackVue dr650 gw2 channel it does have a basic parking mode with tunable motion settings and shock sensitivities as you'd expect but you'll need an add-on kit from the manufacturer to protect your battery so why would you choose this one well it looks really cool I mean physically not the image quality which I would describe as good enough in spite of the 720p rear cam I mean if you think about it if you get rear-ended they're going to get pretty close to your camera anyway right overall there's not much to set the blackvue apart from the pack they're cloud backup solution won't really make much sense until mobile data is a lot cheaper which brings us to the sink where f7 70 it's not cheaper but I like this one the most it doesn't have as many settings as the blackness you can fiddle voice for parking mode and it's not as cool-looking and compact as black you but the image quality at night is the best of the gold channel systems with 1080p recording on both front and rear cams you get voltage cutoff built in like the blackness and though the parking mode zoom figuration options aren't as detailed I think they struck the best balance between tunability and simplicity it has the biggest footprint on your windshield but by staying more flush to the windshield it ended up being more discreet the thing where also features recording - built-in flash memory for emergencies in case your SD cards fail somehow and the feature I like the most it warns you of red-light cameras not that I run red lights all that often this is under the built-in GPS and good locations can be updated by downloading them from their site so conclusion time some of the dash cams feature additional driver safety systems like lane departure and collision warning but they're all inaccurate inconsistent and in the case of the G dash cam really annoying none of them are anywhere near as accurate as my car's built-in systems and frankly I wouldn't recommend buying them for these features for a basic single cam the g1w is fine if you're looking to spend as little as possible but the a1 1/8 gets my pick due to the form factor as for the dual cams the image quality on the f7 780 think where and it's red light warning help justify its price but at the end of the day the black says campus offers the best functionality at the lowest price total vert is the simple VPN app that makes it easy to browse privately and enjoy a more open Internet with tunnel bear turns on your Wi-Fi connection is secured and your online activity is kept private from your internet provider advertisers hackers and anyone looking to track you or profit from your data tunnel bear has a top rated privacy policy and does not log your activity try it free with 500 megabytes and no credit card required and if you choose to get a year of unlimited data you can save 10% by going to Tolliver comm /l tt thanks for watching guys if this video sucks you know what to do I know you do but if it was awesome get subscribed hit that like button or 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