Garmin Dash Cam Live, 24/7 Live View, Always-Connected Dash Cam

I purchased this from Amazon a few days ago as well as the Constant Power Cable. So far, I'm loving it. I subscribed and connected it to LTE service through Garmin for $10 a month for 7 days of saved video. It's then connected to the OBDII port using the Constant Power Cable. Over three nights of testing, I've been able to remotely connect to the dash cam to view the live feed perfectly. At work, it successfully sent me a notification of an event and uploaded the event video to the cloud a minute later. This leads to the one downside. This dash cam does not have a rear camera which is really lame. Nothing occurred in the front view video so I assume that, being in a parking garage, the vibrations of a passing car set it off. If so, it's annoying that I didn't have a rear camera to see the event but I am happy with the fact that the camera is sensitive enough to pick that up. However, you can purchase one of their Mini cams for about $130 and route it into the Constant Power Cable as it has two USB ports on it. You will not get live parking mode alerts with that camera unless your vehicle is within range of your WiFi network. If you live in an apartment and park 50-80 yards from your building like me and want live parking mode alerts with your rear camera, you'll need a 2nd Dash Cam Live and a 2nd $10 a month subscription. I'll be doing one or the other but most likely just purchasing a 2nd Live cam to get the full power of the system. With competitors LTE cameras you're paying $600+ so you're really only paying maybe $100-200 more or even less considering how you power the device. I was set on getting a BlackVue LTE camera but the reviews of the app have been really bad - like unusable in some cases so I opted for the rock solid interface of the Garmin. The BlackVue ones start at $470, with a $11 a month LTE subscription but if you want the parking mode, you need to hardwire it to the battery (which I'd never want to do) or get one of their battery packs which are $160-$390. The power of this camera is that you have LTE service with parking mode alerts and video upload. If somebody were to try stealing your wheels in the middle of the night, you get an alert. If somebody breaks your window and steals stuff in your car, you'll get an alert as well as a video uploaded to the cloud in the case that they remove your SD card or steal the camera altogether. If somebody steals your car, and doesn't remove the camera, you have GPS tracking. If you need to check anything, you can turn on the Live View etc. Setup and installation was a breeze - took an hour including routing the cable through the rubber gaskets around the door and floor. There isn't much more to say right now other than a few things I learned through my chat with support and reading manuals: 1 - The Garmin knows to enter parking mode through the OBDII port diagnostics. 2 - When using parking mode, KEEP THE APP OPEN but in the background! Otherwise it doesn't send notifications. 3 - When in parking mode, it isn't constantly recording and draining power. If an event occurs (a vibrational incident), then the camera starts filming and records/uploads the event. 4 - The Constant Power Cable can be switched between operating for 10m, 24 hours or infinitely. I do really wish it had a 12 hour setting here to cover the night time/sleeping only. It's silly that there isn't a 12 hour option or one between 10m and 24 hours. 5 - The Constant Power Cable has battery voltage protection so it won't drain your battery to nothing. It will shut off after 10 minutes if it detects the battery is under 12v.

I’m paying the monthly subscription, the app says everything is active, and the live view STILL only works when my phone is basically touching the dashcam. That’s not LTE — that’s Bluetooth with extra steps. And when it finally loads, the video is so pixelated it looks like surveillance footage from a gas station in 1994. For this price plus a subscription, the LTE should be rock solid. Instead, it’s unreliable, slow, and basically pointless for real remote monitoring. Update: So now I have to wait around two weeks to get a refund since they can’t replace it for another one even though it says “Free 30-day refund/replacement.

Was really nice cam but my wife wanted something different

I subscribed to the LTE plan, and it sometimes works. Called customer service and all they did was send me a troubleshooting video that didn’t cover my issue. Again, I have a subscription. I get live video 33% of the time, 33% of the time it asks me to join a WIFI which doesn’t work and 33% of the time it says wait until we connect to DC live. My expectation was paying $10/month would get me live video all the time. I suppose this is better than not having a camera but I would not recommend it.

In the softwares current state the camera isn't worth it. The main features of the camera do in fact work just about only 10% percent of the time. The parking guard will alert me for example but can't watch the video because it can't connect to do the camera. Unidentified driver works well just takes a bit of time for the notification. Live view almost never works, as well as the gallery. All this is with the LTE connection so if it doesn't work then what's the point? Just get the 67w instead.

Easypeasy IDk, why most y’all expect lte act as a 5g, if you can’t take today go for it tomorrow be realistic it’s not IP cameras 24/7 to watch weather effects signal I didn’t see any issues with the app it’s friendly at each corner pretty straightforward not confusing I consider this a first step review I may leave another comment regarding the reliability of this particular dash cam in near future.

This is a great camera, especially with the LTE capabilities. You couldn’t see your car from anywhere I think the only downfall is they should really come out with a rear camera other than that well worth it.

Cannot connect to camera when car is turned off. Ridiculous product where you spend 400$ on dash cam, 50$ on garmin obd cable and main advertised feature plain does not work. Whenever it works and I can connect half the video screen is purple another half is unrecognizable blur. Did not identify and record my test clap on the hood right in front of it. Was able to establish connection only in first 15-30 minutes of parked car. Camera quality is terrible - car plates right in front of it are unreadable in day. Amazon has at least two cameras for 250$ price. LTE connection is stable - can make FaceTime calls alright from these locations in Austin TX. Returning this nonsense, waste of my time

Good dash cam

Hello, I am leaving full time inside my Mitsubishi rvr for 5 yeards now. I made this choice of camera for have full acces to my camera in anny time, occasion, from anywhere. Whend i go for haking or camping, or i left my car alone in middle of no where, i weel like to no if all my setup are secure and safe. This camera made my home car more safe.

Remote live view worked for two days and never again. Camera got enough signal. DO NOT WASTE MONEY

This is a good high quality camera with great video. I love that the incident videos are automatically uploaded via my wifi network as I approach my house. However, the live video function does not work no matter how strong the LTE or wifi signal is. Your phone literally has to be within feet of the unit in order for it to work. All other "live" functions work just not live video.

I paid over $400 , in 5 months its not turning on. can't get proper support. expensive garbage.