There is not much to "dislike" about this entire package, the price is right (I believe sternly in the mantra of "you get what you pay for") so I expect to pay a decent amount of money for a product far superior to the 100's offered on Amazon for as low as $20. If you understand that a quality product will cost a reasonable amount of money, you will then understand why I love this dash cam from Vanture so much. I use the word love because I have tried many others and if they didn't fail, they simply didn't live up to expectation or they simply couldn't deliver on promises. The X2 from Vanture however, this little gem comes through on every front. Its not the cheapest nor is it the most expensive but its all I needed for my car, something that would do the job when called upon and boy does the Vanture X2 do just that! Its recordings are crisp, sharp and clear, with slightly boosted colors but it makes for great little videos if your driving in the city or out in nature, the vantrue X2 captures it all very well. I made sure to place it close enough to the windshield so as to set the focus outside of the vehicle and not on reflections on the interior of my windshield or a squished bug on the windshield. At night the X2 does a wonderful job at capturing the vehicle in front of you and most of your surroundings so long as they are lit up and seeing as I live in the city, everything generally is well lit. Even when the lights are low, the night vision mode kicks in and does a pretty darn impressive job of showing items hiding in the dark.
The software running the camera is fool proof, I'm sorry but if you can't work this camera, you're a bit of a dummy because its very intuitive. Out of the box, once you plug the X2 in and have an SD card inserted, as soon as you power on your vehicle, it will begin to record. The screen will then proceed to turn off on purpose to save and prevent any extra strain on your battery however the camera is STILL recording. Most negative reviewers seem to think this is the camera failing and shutting off, which it is NOT. If they would simply review the recorded footage they would see that the camera was indeed still running performing its job as expected. You can turn the screen on to check the cameras status at any time by pressing any of its buttons to wake the screen. Sound can be muted if so desired for interior privacy but were you to be in a accident Im sure having the audio would be to your benefit and the sound quality is very good here as well. Out of the box the X2 comes with EVERYTHING you need from the mount to the SD card and it produces a better picture than a 1080p camera seeing as it can record in 1440p.This means clearer and easier to read number plates and details in videos. The X2 will also shut itself off automatically once you shut off your vehicle as your vehicles battery voltage will usually drop slightly below 12 volts when the engine is not running and the X2 camera will sense this and shut itself off. If the cigarette lighter port you have your X2 camera connected to gets shut off completely like some auto manufacturers do when you turn your vehicle off, then the X3 camera will also shut off instantly.
The GPS add-on unit works flawlessly as well and the added info such as GPS co-ordinates, speed and bearing all show up as a wonderful overly in the recordings and the install was as simple as literally just removing the old mount and using the newly provided GPS mount, it doesn't get any easier than that.
There is not much more you can ask for in a dash camera that the X2 doesn't already do:
simplicity in use, great video quality both day and night, Auto on and Auto off, SD card access for easy file transfer to your PC,many more features that allow you to further personalize your X2 and make it function even better with your scenario. This will be my 3rd Vanture X2 camera as the other two cameras Ive installed and trusted to protect my wife and her sons vehicle. For my personal vehicle I will be installing my venture X2 with a rearview mirror hardwire kit now that I know just how tough and well built there cameras are, thank you Vantrue for making such an awesome product in sea of duds, copycats and fakes! thank you!
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Product Description
2.5K 30fps & 1080p 60fps
Utilizes the newest Ambarella A12 CPU, advanced H.264 video compression technology and OV4689 CMOS sensor, X2 provides 4 kinds of HD resolutions: 2540x1440P/30fps; 2304x1296P/30fps; 1920x1080P/60fps; 1920x1080P/30fps, records videos with super clear resolution capturing crucial details of any incidents.
Super Night Vision
X2 features strong ability of the night vision. With HDR system, automatically adjust exposure, helps in capturing smaller details not normally seen at night while driving.
170˚ Wide Angle
170˚ wide angel lens records both front and side situations of the car, the 6-layer glass lenses and F1.8 large aperture ensure high resolution images with excellent color balance.
Auto Power On and Record
Auto turn on and record while car engine starts.
Auto LCD OFF
Auto/Manually turn off the display after the recording begins so you won't be disturbed by another glowing rectangle on your windshield, you can also keep the display always on.
Loop Recording
Seamless Loop recording allows old file to be replaced automatically with new files when the card reaches capacity. Support up to 64GB micro SD card.
Parking Monitor
Parking monitor can be triggered by Motion Detection or Time Lapse. Motion Detection auto start/stop the recording when it senses movement/no movement in front. Time Lapse captures photos at the set time interval and then auto edit them together to a video clip. To use the parking monitor, please hardwire it or connect it with external battery.
Emergency Protect
Emergency Detection Feature (G-Sensor) can auto lock current video file and collect it into the "Event" folder for you in case of emergency!
Audio Recording
Built in microphone/speaker for audio recording, you can also turn the audio off.
GPS enabled
X2 has GPS option, with which you could track the driving route and speed. TO USE X2'S GPS FUNCTION, YOU'LL HAVE TO BUY AN EXTRA GPS MOUNT.
Specification:
Processor: Ambarella A12A55
Image Sensor: OV4689 CMOS sensor
Video: H.264 compression format;2540x1440P/30fps; 2304x1296P/30fps; 1920x1080P/60fps; 1920x1080P/30fps,
Image: JPEG; 16M Pixels
Audio: Microphone and Speaker (PCM) Equipped
Internal memory:4M
External memory: Support 64GB max, micro sd card of Class 10
USB Port: USB 2.0, Mini
Battery: 130mAh 3.7V Polymer Li-ion battery
Operating Temperature: 32 to 158 deg. F.
Video Playback: Support view on PC/HDTV/Dash Cam
PC Operation System: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10/Mac
Reminder:
No memory card, X2 might not work well with Sandisk card, Samsung Evo card is recommended.
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Review edited - Read my April follow up on the 2nd half of review. Same problem that I see many others also have
Feb 2017 - I read in a post from another reviewer about a phenomenon with this camera that I have found to be true. Below are a couple of 1:1 snapshot comparisons between the Vantrue and my GoPro Hero 5 set to a resolution of 2.7k at 30 fps. As noted by another reviewer. The Vantrue is very clear (actually clearer that the Gopro) when the vehicle is stopped as can be seen by the plate number of the white pickup. But when in motion, the clarity of the two cameras definitely swaps considerably. I have not done a night time comparison but expect that the Vantrue will far outperform the GoPro so at that point I will give it another star. My thought process is that if the Vantrue cannot outperform the GoPro as a car cam, then I might as well spend another $150 or so and get a Hero5 Session which I can use predominantly as a car cam, but grab from the dash and use for other activities as well when and if I don't have my regular Hero 5 handy.April 2017 follow up - I have read this same issue in other reviews. I have been using the camera for a couple months and on just about every occasion that I have wanted to refer to the video footage it turns out that the camera has faulted. I have it mounted over toward tha passenger side so that it does not block my view. What I have noticed is that it will just stop recording. THe monitor is still on, but not recording. When this happens the camera is completely locked up. Can't even power it off. You have to do a hard reset to get it working again. I have the camera hooked to accessory power so I don't always notice. I leave the car with the camera still on thinking that it is running to the setting I have which is to keep recording for another 5 minutes. What is really happening is that it just run (without recording) until the battery dies. Then, the next time I start the car it may work again. Very unreliable. The reason to have this camera is to capture very important unplanned footage. This camera lacks the most important feature necessary - reliability. As I mentioned, every time I have referred to it to get trivial footage, I find that it happens to be one of the times the camera has faulted out. Also, every time you reset it you then have to set the date and time again. So, regardless of the performance review I covered back in Feb when I initially gave this camera 3 stars this camera is useless because of it's horrible reliability so for that reason it gets 1 star - hate it. Find something else.
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