Vantrue E1 Lite 1080P Mini Dash Cam, 60fps HDR Night Vision Car Camera

This is an awesome little dashcam!! Video quality is outstanding, lots of menu options to customize what and how you record. And frankly, the size is great. Easily attaches to my windshield and hides behind my rear view mirror. It gives me everything I need without being something I have to stare at all the time. Great customer support for questions you might have. Highly recommend

The camera is small and works well. This mini version just includes the front facing camera. I highly recommend. You will need a micro-sd card. Choose one that is rated for temperature and many write cycles - some specify dashcam compatible. You might want to buy a circular polarizer to cut the windshield glare but this is not necessary. Vantrue sells one but I have a 3rd party one and it works fine. After installing the camera you will probably need to adjust the G-sensor. Mine would go off all the time, which saves the current clip to a special folder that is not written over. You will probably also need to turn-off the wifi for normal operation because it could interfere with your adroid or apple auto. You only need the wifi when you access the camera with your app -such as when pulling off video clips.

I have liked the camera so far. I think they made several improvements on their previous model that I used, although some may not be preferred. TLDR; I like it a lot, I would change some things, but they are mostly personal preferences over general user needs. Pros: Camera and microphone quality are great. The initial startup of the camera is a lot more helpful. When you disconnect the camera from the mount, it saves before powering off, so you do not lose the last recorded video. Video clips made are now 5 minutes instead of 20 minutes, and saved to a different folder with a button press or voice command, which makes finding saved moments the intended way easier. With my last camera I would end recordings early to make them easier to distinguish. The buttons are easier to use when driving. It is easier to remove from the mount, since it is just a slide on with no latch mechanism. I wonder if this will hold in an accident, but I am not worried about losing the previous video from it losing power, so it is not a big deal. The phone app is convenient, and I like that the computer app is not needed for convenient video access with computer. Support on Facebook is still very helpful and will do their best to assist you with whatever the issue is. The manual is clearer on some things I asked support about previously, such as if 1 or 5 is the high for the G-Sensor. Cons: In order to get direct file access connecting to the computer, you need to use the USB-C cable that comes with the camera. I just happened to have 3 other cables for other devices, all of which were just black cables, so that was confusing for a bit. I would recommend adding some color to it somewhere to make it more identifiable. Event folder videos will overwrite each other if there is no open recording space. I can see why this is a thing, but also it is risky if you do not move videos off frequently. This is somewhat mitigated by the format reminder, which is new. The camera does not swivel at all. As a plus, you don't have to worry about the angle changing when hitting a button or a bump or another car, but also you cannot change it if something is happening just off camera. It is easy to accidentally set the time wrong when you first set it up without realizing that it uses military time, ie 6PM = 18. It is an embarrassing mistake, but it took me a while to figure out why my dates and times were off. Both: They recommend using one of their SD cards. I used the one I already had with no issues, although I would like if there were an option to add it to the Amazon order, since I didn't realize about theirs until reading the manual. The manual is a bit long, but well written for the most part. The only big change I would make is adding the voice command list in the manual. It references the voice commands, but the list of commands may only be found in the camera menu itself. I figure this may be because the camera may update in the future, and the manual if saved would not update. It includes and adhesive piece for attaching the camera mount, which is good and I did not have it come loose at all. However, wherever you put it is where it will stay indefinitely, so decide well. There are two though, so you get a redo. I would have preferred if the mount were two pieces, so that you may have more than one mount location, but that would also be more expensive. The voice commands are a great addition, since it lets you control the camera with less risk of affecting your driving. Most worked for me and both the camera and remote microphones pick up well, however I could not get a couple voice commands to work ever. Not sure if it is an accent or enunciation thing, but I never got them to work.

Vatrue E1 Dash Camera supports wifi connection to the Vantrue mobile app and the camera also allows voice control. Vantrue is taking seriourly the dashcam market. The camera package feels nice. I added an unbox video for the content: - The Vantrue E1 dashcam - A magnetic mount. Very convinient if you want to take the camera with you and connect it to your PC. - A 12V car charger - A USB C cable. It's mainly use for data transfer to your PC. - 2 Electrostatic stickers. Apply the sticker in your widshield and the use fix the camera mount. Don't try to fix the camera mount directly to the widshield. - A wireless remote control. It's has the option to mute/unmute audio, lock the video, and take a picture if you hold the lock video button. Also we may found in the box: - Some warning stickers: Protected by Vantrue - A soft cloth. Convienient at the time before fix the electrostatic sticker in the windshield. - A crowbar to hide the cable. - The user manual. Please, read it first! My experience with the E1 camera. What I liked: - Small size. It doesn't block your field vision and you get less distracted. You can use a voice command 'Turn off screen' to turn the screen off and reduce any kind of distraction. - Wifi connection with the Vantrue App. It's the best option to look at the videos and play them using your mobile. It's easy to use and the app do not ask to create an account to use this feature. - Night videos are amazing. This is one of the strong features. - The remote control. You can stick it in your steerwheel and have the most common function you may need when you are driving: mute the camera, lock the video or take a picture. - Voice control feature. Do not requiere a voice activation command, only say "take photo" and it will perform the operation. The commands I have tested with are: "Lock video", "take photo", " turn off screen", " mute camera" The voice command are available also if you have muted the camera. What I think Vantru should do better: - Give a list of the possible voice command. It has been a discovering process found the commands. Who you should get this camera? If you are in a marked looking a camera with a high resolution: (2592 x 1944P 30 FPS), a wide angle of 160 degrees, a nice quality night videos f1.8 plus the extra of having a voice control, a remote control and wifi app, Vantrue E1 offers a good product.

This is one of the cheaper options for dashcams and it works pretty good. The only bad thing is that it doesn’t come with a micro sd card and one has to be bought separately. I bought 3 and the only one that seems to work with the cam is their own branded micro sd card