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Review on 📹 2020 70Mai Smart Dash Cam 1S - Recorder Camcorder with 1080p, Night Vision, Wide Angle, G-Sensor, Loop Recording, App WiFi, Voice Control by Michael Lara

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Stylish, compact, small DVR

The overall quality leaves something to be desired. Car charger and charging cable included. The cable fits my Nissan Quest perfectly. If you have a large machine, you may need to run cables. Some good things about this camera are: 1. Overall, it is easy to use. Setup is easy. Plug it into a power source, download the 70mai app, create an account and log in, you're almost done. Connect your phone to the Wi-Fi camera, then open the app and you should see the dashcam. Once connected, you can adjust the settings and adjust the camera angle through the app. Every time you turn on the device, it will start recording video.2. The indicator light looks elegant. Voice notification and control is loud and clear.3. It offers a piece of plastic sheeting that sits between the stand and the front glass panel. Not sure about other brands, but I've had two other DVRs that didn't come with these thoughtful accessories. I still need more time to test other features, so I'll keep updating as soon as I find something out of the ordinary. Now it's time for cons.1. The registration process requires codes that will be sent to your registration email. But it took about 3-5 minutes, so you'd better register before installing the dashcam.2. The app is unintuitive and buggy. After downloading the video it said the video is in a local album. It took me a while to find the local album in the account category. After the download, I could no longer find the registered device, even though the WLAN was connected. I have to press the button 5 times (another complaint, what's that design? 3 presses and 5 presses right?!) to factory reset the camera so I can start over. After another round of optimization I finally got it working again.3. Voice recording was on, but it disappeared. I was listening to YouTube while driving and suddenly the camera said something (couldn't hear it clearly due to the loud background noise) and then the recording stopped. I have to say "record video" to continue recording. The recording of the voice was lost just then.4. a sequel will follow if discovered in the future. Summary. I'd say it's a decent product, works well and is pretty easy to use (despite the buggy app). Voice control is a good idea, but there's only "take photo" and "take video". Let's hope they can add something like stop recording in future updates. Speaking of upgrades, I have one more bug to mention. He told me to turn it on after turning it off after receiving updates. I didn't tell you when the update was made. I probably sat there for another 5 minutes before I found out about this fact. A small thing, but still not thought through. This dash cam has a lot of potential in my opinion as my current complaint was mostly related to the firmware and the iOS app. I hope it can be updated and improved. Now my only concern is the battery as my other cameras only failed to boot in -5 to 10C. This camera works in temperatures from 60 to -20 ° C, so we'll see.

Pros
  • Price
Cons
  • Good but not great