Review on MIUFLY 2K Pro Police Body Camera: Law Enforcement’s Ultimate Tool with Night Vision, GPS, and 64G Memory by Liz Trujillo

Note: I've only had this camera for 1 week. I will update this review in 4-6 months with advice on longer lifespan. Conclusion: 4 out of 5 stars for good design, workmanship, very good video quality and long battery life. This bodycam looks solid. The case is tight, when shaking inside the device there is no rattling and no numb sounds. Pros: - Very good image quality and frame rate. Even when set to 720P/30FPS, this camera produces good quality footage. The microphone is not outstanding, but sufficient. Good battery life. I get a true world record time of 12.1 hours at a frame rate of 1280x720p/30fps with the HEVC.265 codec. It's in continuous recording mode, no motion detection or IR/flashlight. - Very good clip and clips: The included clip options are commercial, with a metal leaf spring that locks the detachable clip into the clip socket on the camera body. .- Charges the battery while downloading files. After draining the battery to near zero (low battery warning level), I determined whether to connect via USB and start downloading files (a full hour of copying to my desktop hard drive) or just turning on the camera connected the charger. base, it didn't matter in load time. In both cases, it took about 4.75 hours to fully charge the battery. The camera stays cool both during active recording and while charging. This is reassuring as it means the camera's battery drain is relatively light and the charging scheme isn't overly aggressive. This greatly increases the likelihood that the battery will last a long time. (Some other devices with an internal battery tend to get hot or warm when overcharging, which is a sign that the charging circuitry is trying to transfer too much power too quickly and/or the battery isn't able to dissipate the heat fast enough .) dock included for charging (and open charging contacts on the bottom of the camera itself) of excellent quality. The dock features an automatic locking mechanism that requires the camera to be firmly seated in order to begin charging. Once attached to the docking station, the camera will not fall out under any circumstances, even if the docking station is tipped over / on its side / hit on the car seat. - Good security and privacy: NO Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or Cellular. The lack of common wireless transmission methods makes it impossible for someone to hack/steal the video from the camera unnoticed. The only way to retrieve video files is through a physical USB cable. NEUTRAL: The main lens protective cover is made of acrylic plastic, which is quite easy to scratch. Some care needs to be taken not to damage the lens, for example I would not use it when working in forestry, construction or law enforcement where the camera could be regularly hit by branches or metallic building materials. Stones or metal zippers/buttons on the suspect's clothing. It would be nice if MIUFLY released a more expensive version of the camera with a durable synthetic sapphire protective glass. (This is used by most smartphone cameras to protect lenses from keys/coins in people's pockets.) CONS: Too easy to accidentally stop recording. Pressing the "Record" button on the side of the camera will accidentally start (or stop) the recording. The same goes for a separate "microphone" button that lets you turn off sound recording. MIUFLY should add the ability to lock the record/mic buttons with either a PIN or perhaps a more complex sequence of button presses so that people who need reliable continuous recording can set up the camera for it. (This change may be implemented in a future firmware update.) - The camera is not 100% consistent in handling USB connections. From a completely off state, sometimes when the camera is connected to a computer via USB, it will automatically turn on and ask for a PIN code. In other cases, the camera stays off even when plugged in and needs to be turned on manually. Not a big deal, but it would be nice if the behavior was consistent so you don't have to guess or do extra unexpected things to plug it in via USB. Night vision IR illumination has a "tunnel" effect. IR LEDs are *very* effective (they illuminate objects more than 15 feet away in complete darkness), but they only cause the camera to see a circular area that's about 65-70% of the normal full frame size. A circular "vignetting" appears in the frame, darkening the left/right edge. I think this is probably due to the built in exposure compensation. IR LEDs are so bright and focused (in a spot beam) that they make areas outside the beam underexposed and almost invisible (black). IR video is still very useful, but a lot of coverage is lost. I suspect this problem can be solved by replacing the IR LEDs with a larger "throw angle".