Why would you even promote this ring cam if you are saying the cam doesn't work, after 30 or 60 minutes, when the car is turned off??? And why would you wait until the END of the video to tell us that? I was under the impression that the cam would activate from motion detection when the car is parked and turned OFF, despite battery setting from the app?
This guy asked my exact question, and you didn’t answer ?.. I’m also under the impression that this will detect motion all day and I will know if anyone is messing with the car, what’s the point if it is off line in 60 minutes?
John H., I spoke with Ring Cam directly and they claim that the camera does indeed begin recording after motion activation. However, the camera must be plugged into port and getting battery juice in order to be active, as stated in video. Even after the conversation with Ring Cam customer service, I still have speculations about this camera though. I would like to get more of a technical explanation from Tech with Brett, clarifying what he meant at the end of the video?
For 250$. What I really want to know is the video quality, can it pick up license plates ? That’s one of the most important things in my opinion and also where dash came fail the most.
For $250 you can get a Viofo A139 Pro and have a tested, trusted and widely recommended dash cam that is the industry leader in quality and able to pick up a lot of plates while in motion. Go with what's proven instead of paying to be a beta tester of an inferior product.
No, but I have a dedicated dashcam so not THAT import in my case. Supposed the ring cam could serve as a "back up" if for some reason my dashcam goes down.
Im a truck driver and have to leave my personal vehicle at the yard. i got this as what i thought was going to be an upgrade from my garmin Mini 2 but does the exact same thing, and it's cheaper than the ring. 1st problem, it won't notify me when there is motion OUTSIDE. 2nd problem it won't record outside movement only the inside, and that only happens when i go into my car. And 3rd this thing should come with a memory card. I like the fact i can check up on my truck from out of state but what's the point if i don't get notified when a bum looks into my window or approaches my car to jack my antenna. Ring has to go back to the drawing board with this one asap, which has lots of potential, but they decided to release it too soon just to go play outside. So for now its Garbage.
The design team of Ring must have their own special taste. They seem prefer bulky, ugly and weird designs, compared to Nest. Even Wyze look 10 times better
One thing I dont like about this is the fact that it is plugged in into your obd2 connector. First thing that comes to mind is, will this be tracking your vehicle speed? Any other dash cam uses the light swith plug.
Nice dashcam and great review. Two gripes though. Ring needs an alternate power source (my OBDII port is already in use). I would prefer a rear view mirror mount, rather than on the dash. It could serve as a front AND rear camera if it had the height of the rear view mirror.
So the camera should be free and just pay the monthly charge ⁉️ If you do not subscribe, it's not worth having ‼️ Just one more fee to pay ‼️ Deal killer for me ‼️🤔
The only downside I see with this camera is that tyou can't see the rear of the car when someone comes bumping into you from behind ! With regards to the battery 🔋 and the fact you can't have it recording all the time is because of the OBD where the car will cut power to OBD. The downside that I see is when you leave your car in the sun 🌞 for too long due to its position .. will it melt ?
The lte subscription only includes a measly 2GB a month. You can eat that up by using live view too much or having the device upload events. Explains why the video quality is so poor 😩
Got mine yesterday and watched this before my install. You might want to have your car battery checked mine stayed on and would record motion for a full 12hrs parked at work in default setting.
Thank you for making this video. I really like the options of keeping track of what's going on in your car remotely. I'm personally not a fan of Alexa so I wish Google would come out with something similar.
You have to pay extra for that. I would not hook anything from any company thats been selling people's data to my OBD reader. Like the guy that rented a car for a week and got an $8 thousand dollar bill as the car rental company fined him every single time he broke the speed limit. If your car is in your drive or access to Wifi, just buy the Wyze cam and stick a sd cars it in. Someone breaks in and the wifi sends you a notification and records everything without sending your data to your insurance company. The insurance compainies offered these spy cams for free, but no one wanted one, so now you have to pay and people line up?
@@annalee5751 I hear what you're saying. I didn't think about the extra information that can be used from the OBD port and like the thought of using a Wyze camera. Thank you!
Ok so u r limited to how much u can view or download on the lte network 👎 can u wake the camera up at anytime to request a live view even when the camera has powered off?
For local videos, I wonder how the internal memory will last after being constantly overwritten, there is no SD card option so lifespan is my concern with this setup.
I have one on order. Seems pretty good but one of the main reasons I ordered it was because I can monitor the car when I’m not with it. This may be a deal breaker for me
Hi great video one thing that no one mention or show on reviewing this dash cam is that can it read license play while you driving day time and night time?and what quality you get ? this will be the deal breaker for me to buy this camera or not. again great video is just missing more info about what the canera can do or not do.thanks anyways
There is one problem , if you use the privacy cover so the camera does not record the inside of the car , and you forget to flip the privacy cover off. And someone breaks into your car you will not see them on camera
It will take 6 months if you don't read your email right away. They give you 45 minutes to cancel. After that, you have to wait 6 months to receive it, and then you can return it. They will tell you it can not be canceled by phone or chat.
I thought it would stay in some type of low power mode unless it detects motion. An external battery is a great idea, maybe you can have a few easily interchangeable ones so it never dies on you.
If you break that muting camera blocking flip piece off, will it still work without voiding the warranty? Cause it won't be long before criminals flip that off. They should find away to embed that into the dashboard or rear view mirror. Criminals are going to break that off as soon as they jack the car. They are not going to be posing and smiling for the camera. These are just my thoughts. I'll get the 3rd or 4th generation of this. Great job Brett. 👏🏾
Great question. From everything I can find, there is not. I was wondering if they might come out with something like that later because this would be hard to attach to the trunk.
120 degree dash cams are trash. Things always happen in blind spots. A 4K 360 degree Panoramic IR Nightvision Dash Cam would be the perfect dash cam. But it doesnt exist yet
Being able to download video is the single most important function. From a technical or mechanical standpoint it absolutely does not require a subscription service. The requirement for a subscription in order to perform the most basic function is disgusting of the manufacturer. No way in hell would I reward such unscrupulous business practice. This is another company not to be trusted. You should wonder what they are doing with your cloud storage data. I'll be sure to stay away from this scam company.
If this wasn’t a cash grab, you could connect to my phone during a traffic stop and use that 4g and 5g. Will it at least record the traffic stop locally?
33:28 Wait.. So it will turn itself off after a certain amount of time, but if accelerometer is "sensing" motion it won't turn itself on and alert you... ??
Just received my Ring Car Cam. Went to install it and found out that it’s too big and impedes the driver’s vision. The blue light on the camera facing the driver is really bright and distracting. There should be alternate ways to install it such as from the top of the windshield. Returning this dash cam today.
I disagree, the camera is way smaller than expected and doesn't block anything. The light is also smaller than shown in pictures it's just a tiny dot that is barely visible.
So I unclipped my OBD from it's mounting bracket so that I could have enough room to replace the OBD port cover, it was killing me with it being off. The OBD wiring seems rigid and bulky enough to stop it from flopping around but I'll see if I need to improvise some more.
I am super disappointed with this car cam. I was excited because I thought they had night vision for both front and rear cams. It only has night vision for inside. “Help protect your car 24/7 with Car Cam, the dual-facing dashboard security camera. Two HD cameras with Night Vision detect and record movement,“ Another thing the Cell LTE service only gives you 2gb of video. This is horrible for people like me that there vehicles are not close to wifi. After using the 2gb you will need to pay for more gigs but they don’t specify how much it cost for additional data. When you contact ring they them selves down even know how much it cost. I will be returning both cameras I bought.
Is this matter/thread enabled? I missed it if you discussed. I don't want to add a subscription but am wondering if we may backdoor into iCloud HSV support over the next few months/years. I would consider replacing my Viofos with this if I could have a cloud storage option.
Seems overpriced for what it is. It's not obnoxiously overpriced, but I feel like this should be $150-$200. Plus I have trust issues with Amazon. I wish someone would take a real attempt at innovating in the dash cam market. It's either Amazon or one of the thousand of cheaply-made Chinese cams.
Memphis auto breakins and car jacking are at 2400 for 2 months, a car stolen every 30 minutes. Something like that sticking up will increase breakins. In memphis they don't care if they're on a video.
Installed 2 one on wife’s vehicle and one on mine. On medium battery setting camera stayed on an additional 4 hours. So not sure why your is only 15 min? Great video by the way!
Oh that is great hear! I have owned 4 different Honda's and there seems to always be something weird with the battery so I'm wondering if that has to do with it. We also don't drive tol much so maybe that is the issue.
I’m having the same issues with the camera turning off quickly after the car has stopped. It’s stopped 39 minutes after the car stopped. My OwlCam in my other vehicle works for three days & then stops. Thanks.
Very unclear as to how 1080p is mentioned "up to 1080p Infrared Lights for Night Vision". But otherwise 540p? Also, I use front and rear cams on all my vehicles. This needs to be addressed for people that want full coverage.
How much of a privacy does it really have who also knows if everything is connected My problem is if your car gets stolen and the person wants to video they can just remove it throw it away and then it's useless I prefer just to get GPS on the vehicle than to have a camera and on that notion I don't like anything on my ODB port cuz in case my check engine light comes on I have to remove it and see what's wrong with it and then connecting it reconnecting it will even work
Good concept for a - Cam but in no way I'm letting an app that I have to pay for monthly monitor my vehicle's internals on the computer as well via ODB2 no thanks
Does amazon automatically send footage to the police? It would be very convenient to get tickets in the mail for every infraction instead of getting pulled over. Real time saver! 😍
Why is it says my truck battery needs attention when im not driving? And now the only time I can see anything on my camera is when I'm in the truck because of this?
This because the camera is turned off because it has depleted what it can use from the car battery without completely draining the car battery. Most likely your batter is healthy but you could get it tested to see if it does have any issues.
Got mine on Friday the 17th. Installed it the next day. Installation and setup were easy. Would I would like to see if GPS coordination and mph can be a future firmware update?
I'm confused. I watched the whole video and towards the end you said, it only stays on a few minutes & it cuts off and you are no longer protected/ meaning its not recording anymore, but when you leave the vehicle, doesn't it start recording when it's in motion detection mode?
Right at the start LOL "inside and outside of the camera" Is the "traffic stop" record function retrospective eg covers last few minutes / seconds of recording? If not its likely to be after the event.
Good luck with getting one, it will be months . I preorder mine and won't get it till 1-9 March. Will be about May-August for you as it's saying 3-6 months on their store.
you have created a hazard by having the excess cable under the drivers side of the dash. the excess is supposed to go to the right to prevent possible tangling hazards. If not for yourself, for the others who have followed your example.
Thanks for the very thorough observation. I checked for possible excess wire and possible tangles in the location and everything is good for now. I'll certainly give it another look.
Not necessarily a hazard lol. Not every car has room to put excess cable to the right of the camera, and leaving it exposed on your dash looks bad. The wire is so thin even if you somehow got entangled it would either unplug or just snap if it actually somehow got caught on your foot. It's not hard to just wrap up the cable in a loop and secure it somewhere.
@@alec_508 it absolutely is a hazard and it is dangerous for others to follow this video as an example. There is plenty of room to stow the excess cable to the right of the camera. Just use the provided tool to secure it under the dash.
@@grafxgear How is it a hazard? He literally still tucked it into the dash board lol, it's not even in the footwell. Also not all cars have room to the right of the camera especially smaller ones.
Thanks for the video. Big kluge of a mounting arm. Can the camera be detached from arm so i can use my 1/4-20 GoPro mount already on the dash? It would be nice if it could be disassembled with minor surgery. Not a very good resolution. Connector is on wrong side. Most odb are by driver.
I just used mine today. Do you know how it somehow vanished the roof of my car and is seeing the outside of my car from the interior? Does that make sense? It’s crazy!
Great review , I’m kinda upset knowing the possibly the camera will not be able to be on all night or all day , than there’s actually no security 24/7 or be able to view anytime I want Thank you
Instead of using ring connect go. Can I use my phone internet to have internet signal on the cam. Basically tethering. I have 40gb 5g internet tethering every month on my phone plan
Yes, it will record events until until the camera has used enough of the car battery and then turns off to keep the battery safe. In some cars it might only be an hour or could be a day.
I’ve been very curious since this device was announced. I’ve been trying to figure out what happens in a accident. Basically, in legal situations, you need to have an entire video, not 20 seconds clips. Is video recording all the time while driving or does it record sometimes?
Yes the video is recording all the time when driving and you can view the full video on the app. It only lets you download 20 seconds but you could screen record a long part of the video of you need to.
It does lose a lot of functionality for me because of my vehicles limitations. Some others have had it last for 12 hours which would certainly make it a much better monitoring system.
Won't work as the ODB2 is a requirement, guess it checks to make sure it's plug in to ODB before you can complete the install process. This is why you have to check to make sure your car is compatible.
1. My understanding is the USB C port is not standard and a regular usb charger will not work. 2. It likely uses the ODB port to know when the engine is on and to start recordings.
I forgot to mention the Ring Protect Go subscription is only availbe in the US. Get your Ring Car Cam here: amzn.to/3Z2o4nI
Why would you even promote this ring cam if you are saying the cam doesn't work, after 30 or 60 minutes, when the car is turned off??? And why would you wait until the END of the video to tell us that? I was under the impression that the cam would activate from motion detection when the car is parked and turned OFF, despite battery setting from the app?
This guy asked my exact question, and you didn’t answer ?.. I’m also under the impression that this will detect motion all day and I will know if anyone is messing with the car, what’s the point if it is off line in 60 minutes?
@@SuperKane68 great question hopefully we get an answer.
John H., I spoke with Ring Cam directly and they claim that the camera does indeed begin recording after motion activation. However, the camera must be plugged into port and getting battery juice in order to be active, as stated in video. Even after the conversation with Ring Cam customer service, I still have speculations about this camera though. I would like to get more of a technical explanation from Tech with Brett, clarifying what he meant at the end of the video?
@@SuperKane68 ok thank you
Brett, can we get a 3 months later update on that?
For 250$. What I really want to know is the video quality, can it pick up license plates ? That’s one of the most important things in my opinion and also where dash came fail the most.
For $250 you can get a Viofo A139 Pro and have a tested, trusted and widely recommended dash cam that is the industry leader in quality and able to pick up a lot of plates while in motion. Go with what's proven instead of paying to be a beta tester of an inferior product.
No, but I have a dedicated dashcam so not THAT import in my case. Supposed the ring cam could serve as a "back up" if for some reason my dashcam goes down.
That center dash placement is going to cover your light/dimmer sensor right in the middle i think some vehicles use that for the rain sensor too
Im a truck driver and have to leave my personal vehicle at the yard. i got this as what i thought was going to be an upgrade from my garmin Mini 2 but does the exact same thing, and it's cheaper than the ring.
1st problem, it won't notify me when there is motion OUTSIDE.
2nd problem it won't record outside movement only the inside, and that only happens when i go into my car.
And 3rd this thing should come with a memory card. I like the fact i can check up on my truck from out of state but what's the point if i don't get notified when a bum looks into my window or approaches my car to jack my antenna.
Ring has to go back to the drawing board with this one asap, which has lots of potential, but they decided to release it too soon just to go play outside.
So for now its Garbage.
Weird placement choice by Ring as in most area/country it is not allowed to put anything in the windshield except the 3 to 5 inches at the top of it.
After Amazon bought RING it has turned into s*** products. They have no clue what they are doing!
It’s not really on the windshield. It’s wedged in between the windshield and the dash…just don’t tape it
The design team of Ring must have their own special taste. They seem prefer bulky, ugly and weird designs, compared to Nest. Even Wyze look 10 times better
One thing I dont like about this is the fact that it is plugged in into your obd2 connector. First thing that comes to mind is, will this be tracking your vehicle speed? Any other dash cam uses the light swith plug.
I think this cam is too expensive $ 250.00 ! Plus $ 60.00 a year for the service 🥺 damn ! Pricey 💥 and it's missing like a SD card for storage.
My concern would be Texas heat.I noticed on the specs that the highest operating temperature was 113 Fahrenheit.
Yes it will actually bake in your car 🚨
Yeah I’m in Mississippi. During Spring/Summer, our heat indexes are 100+ all the town.
I am definitely going to buy me one …. Thank you for sharing this product 👍🏻👍🏻
Nice dashcam and great review. Two gripes though. Ring needs an alternate power source (my OBDII port is already in use). I would prefer a rear view mirror mount, rather than on the dash. It could serve as a front AND rear camera if it had the height of the rear view mirror.
Get and odb splitter
So the camera should be free and just pay the monthly charge ⁉️ If you do not subscribe, it's not worth having ‼️
Just one more fee to pay ‼️
Deal killer for me ‼️🤔
The only downside I see with this camera is that tyou can't see the rear of the car when someone comes bumping into you from behind !
With regards to the battery 🔋 and the fact you can't have it recording all the time is because of the OBD where the car will cut power to OBD.
The downside that I see is when you leave your car in the sun 🌞 for too long due to its position .. will it melt ?
The lte subscription only includes a measly 2GB a month. You can eat that up by using live view too much or having the device upload events. Explains why the video quality is so poor 😩
Got mine yesterday and watched this before my install. You might want to have your car battery checked mine stayed on and would record motion for a full 12hrs parked at work in default setting.
That's really good to hear yours lasted much longer. I'm curious, how long do you typically drive a day?
@@TechWithBrett Short commute 4miles. It is a new car a 2023 Kia Niro hybrid.
I’ve went 4 days so far with it still being on after the car shut off and that was on the lowest setting.
Thank you for making this video. I really like the options of keeping track of what's going on in your car remotely. I'm personally not a fan of Alexa so I wish Google would come out with something similar.
You have to pay extra for that. I would not hook anything from any company thats been selling people's data to my OBD reader. Like the guy that rented a car for a week and got an $8 thousand dollar bill as the car rental company fined him every single time he broke the speed limit.
If your car is in your drive or access to Wifi, just buy the Wyze cam and stick a sd cars it in. Someone breaks in and the wifi sends you a notification and records everything without sending your data to your insurance company. The insurance compainies offered these spy cams for free, but no one wanted one, so now you have to pay and people line up?
@@annalee5751 I hear what you're saying. I didn't think about the extra information that can be used from the OBD port and like the thought of using a Wyze camera. Thank you!
Ok so u r limited to how much u can view or download on the lte network 👎 can u wake the camera up at anytime to request a live view even when the camera has powered off?
For local videos, I wonder how the internal memory will last after being constantly overwritten, there is no SD card option so lifespan is my concern with this setup.
As somebody who's had other Dash cams I find this product to be ridiculously useless
I have one on order. Seems pretty good but one of the main reasons I ordered it was because I can monitor the car when I’m not with it. This may be a deal breaker for me
I got mine yesterday. I pre ordered and save $50. Installation was easy. I subscribed and paid for the whole year. So far it’s good.
Can you tell me how long it stays on after you exit the vehicle?
Does it pick up license plates ?
Ya, you'll love it when Ring sells your data to your insurance company. And you even rigged it up to your OBD? Wow.
@@annalee5751 don’t be so paranoid
Hi great video one thing that no one mention or show on reviewing this dash cam is that can it read license play while you driving day time and night time?and what quality you get ? this will be the deal breaker for me to buy this camera or not. again great video is just missing more info about what the canera can do or not do.thanks anyways
Great video! Love how you show all major uses and functions of the device. Makes me want to get one now.
I'm glad it was helpful!
There is one problem , if you use the privacy cover so the camera does not record the inside of the car , and you forget to flip the privacy cover off. And someone breaks into your car you will not see them on camera
It will take 6 months if you don't read your email right away. They give you 45 minutes to cancel. After that, you have to wait 6 months to receive it, and then you can return it. They will tell you it can not be canceled by phone or chat.
6-9 months to receive it. the website told me and I'm in the States. Crazy.
What we call VERY NICE CRAP...OVERPRICED
Power needs to be on left hand side not the right
I thought it would stay in some type of low power mode unless it detects motion. An external battery is a great idea, maybe you can have a few easily interchangeable ones so it never dies on you.
It's garbage, period.
How does work or not work with Amazon auto
If you break that muting camera blocking flip piece off, will it still work without voiding the warranty? Cause it won't be long before criminals flip that off. They should find away to embed that into the dashboard or rear view mirror. Criminals are going to break that off as soon as they jack the car. They are not going to be posing and smiling for the camera. These are just my thoughts. I'll get the 3rd or 4th generation of this. Great job Brett. 👏🏾
Great review, 👍 I like the simple design. Is there an attachment for backup cam?
Great question. From everything I can find, there is not. I was wondering if they might come out with something like that later because this would be hard to attach to the trunk.
Doesn’t it cover the in car day-night sensor? It’s for ur auto dim rear view mirror and auto headlights features in most cars ??
12:00 just get a yellow top battery and set to high
I felt this review is more of an app review than dash cam, no spec no video resolution test etc 😂
120 degree dash cams are trash. Things always happen in blind spots. A 4K 360 degree Panoramic IR Nightvision Dash Cam would be the perfect dash cam. But it doesnt exist yet
95% of people will not buy a dash cam with subscriptions…✌️
Being able to download video is the single most important function. From a technical or mechanical standpoint it absolutely does not require a subscription service. The requirement for a subscription in order to perform the most basic function is disgusting of the manufacturer. No way in hell would I reward such unscrupulous business practice. This is another company not to be trusted. You should wonder what they are doing with your cloud storage data. I'll be sure to stay away from this scam company.
Why not allow for an external battery to be connected to the cam..? 30/60 min parking mode is pretty much useless…. rendering the product useless imo.
ehhh, i'll wait till Eufy Makes a better version
Ddpai mola n3 pro is better and you get a rear camera for the back of your windshield and best of all no subscription
🤷🏻♂️
If this wasn’t a cash grab, you could connect to my phone during a traffic stop and use that 4g and 5g.
Will it at least record the traffic stop locally?
Great Video the only thing I don't like Is have to plunging into my OBD with some cars this is a potential can of worms,
Terrible camera. when I needed the footage "something went wrong" of course it did. Defeats the purpose of it.
That doesn't look like it would stay in place. How does it not just bounce around when hitting a bump..
My Alexa record voice functio. DOesnt work, what am i doingwrong?
33:28 Wait.. So it will turn itself off after a certain amount of time, but if accelerometer is "sensing" motion it won't turn itself on and alert you... ??
Using the OBDII port is not a good idea. You can use the Vantrue hardwire kit to power this by the way.
Don’t buy this! I installed it and had the worst experience with customer service and within the unit. Returning it as soon as possible!
The placement is not good. Your dash lights will always think it's night.
Just received my Ring Car Cam. Went to install it and found out that it’s too big and impedes the driver’s vision. The blue light on the camera facing the driver is really bright and distracting. There should be alternate ways to install it such as from the top of the windshield. Returning this dash cam today.
I disagree, the camera is way smaller than expected and doesn't block anything. The light is also smaller than shown in pictures it's just a tiny dot that is barely visible.
Bah bah
Why does it take 6-9 months to ship out to us? Absolutely ridiculous!
I got mine in the mail from the pre-order and decided to watch the review first before I set it up tomorrow.
So I unclipped my OBD from it's mounting bracket so that I could have enough room to replace the OBD port cover, it was killing me with it being off. The OBD wiring seems rigid and bulky enough to stop it from flopping around but I'll see if I need to improvise some more.
It's garbage brought it and now I'm returning it poor image quality
I am super disappointed with this car cam. I was excited because I thought they had night vision for both front and rear cams. It only has night vision for inside. “Help protect your car 24/7 with Car Cam, the dual-facing dashboard security camera. Two HD cameras with Night Vision detect and record movement,“ Another thing the Cell LTE service only gives you 2gb of video. This is horrible for people like me that there vehicles are not close to wifi. After using the 2gb you will need to pay for more gigs but they don’t specify how much it cost for additional data. When you contact ring they them selves down even know how much it cost. I will be returning both cameras I bought.
Is this matter/thread enabled? I missed it if you discussed. I don't want to add a subscription but am wondering if we may backdoor into iCloud HSV support over the next few months/years. I would consider replacing my Viofos with this if I could have a cloud storage option.
Seems overpriced for what it is. It's not obnoxiously overpriced, but I feel like this should be $150-$200. Plus I have trust issues with Amazon. I wish someone would take a real attempt at innovating in the dash cam market. It's either Amazon or one of the thousand of cheaply-made Chinese cams.
Wyze will do it.
That would be a really great price. The Hookup channel has a great video on some different options.
You had the chance to get it for $200 if you pre-ordered it also, you still have a chance come different holidays and prime day
Memphis auto breakins and car jacking are at 2400 for 2 months, a car stolen every 30 minutes. Something like that sticking up will increase breakins. In memphis they don't care if they're on a video.
Installed 2 one on wife’s vehicle and one on mine. On medium battery setting camera stayed on an additional 4 hours. So not sure why your is only 15 min? Great video by the way!
Oh that is great hear! I have owned 4 different Honda's and there seems to always be something weird with the battery so I'm wondering if that has to do with it. We also don't drive tol much so maybe that is the issue.
@@TechWithBrett i think it depends too if the vehicle uses an AGM battery or lead acid
I’m having the same issues with the camera turning off quickly after the car has stopped. It’s stopped 39 minutes after the car stopped. My OwlCam in my other vehicle works for three days & then stops. Thanks.
Very unclear as to how 1080p is mentioned "up to 1080p Infrared Lights for Night Vision". But otherwise 540p? Also, I use front and rear cams on all my vehicles. This needs to be addressed for people that want full coverage.
How much of a privacy does it really have who also knows if everything is connected My problem is if your car gets stolen and the person wants to video they can just remove it throw it away and then it's useless I prefer just to get GPS on the vehicle than to have a camera and on that notion I don't like anything on my ODB port cuz in case my check engine light comes on I have to remove it and see what's wrong with it and then connecting it reconnecting it will even work
Now we have to pay people to invade our privacy. What a world we live in
I will NEVER buy another RING product after experiencing their customer support (or lack off...)..... 😡😡
Will this record automatically on a loop anytime you drive?
Good concept for a - Cam but in no way I'm letting an app that I have to pay for monthly monitor my vehicle's internals on the computer as well via ODB2 no thanks
Does amazon automatically send footage to the police? It would be very convenient to get tickets in the mail for every infraction instead of getting pulled over. Real time saver! 😍
Why is it says my truck battery needs attention when im not driving? And now the only time I can see anything on my camera is when I'm in the truck because of this?
This because the camera is turned off because it has depleted what it can use from the car battery without completely draining the car battery. Most likely your batter is healthy but you could get it tested to see if it does have any issues.
Great review , I now know Not to buy this cam.👎
Every comment I make that's critical of this product is instantly deleted. Sure says a lot about this channel.
I still see all your comments. A word of advice would be to not post as many comments. TH-cam would flag that as spam.
Got mine on Friday the 17th. Installed it the next day. Installation and setup were easy. Would I would like to see if GPS coordination and mph can be a future firmware update?
That would be really cool. It might be possible one day.
Are you saying it doesn't have GPS?
@@Bryan-Hensley it has gps , but only for the location feature. It doesn’t overlay it on the video. Only date and time is overlayed on the video .
I'm confused. I watched the whole video and towards the end you said, it only stays on a few minutes & it cuts off and you are no longer protected/ meaning its not recording anymore, but when you leave the vehicle, doesn't it start recording when it's in motion detection mode?
Questions... what If I can hit work wifi on same network ...
Right at the start LOL "inside and outside of the camera"
Is the "traffic stop" record function retrospective eg covers last few minutes / seconds of recording? If not its likely to be after the event.
When using Wi-Fi to connect Carplay, how do you connect Ring Cam? Wi-Fi cannot be used on two devices at the same time.
Awesome video gonna order one right now!
Good luck with getting one, it will be months . I preorder mine and won't get it till 1-9 March. Will be about May-August for you as it's saying 3-6 months on their store.
@@Soljie1969 When did you pre-order?
you have created a hazard by having the excess cable under the drivers side of the dash. the excess is supposed to go to the right to prevent possible tangling hazards. If not for yourself, for the others who have followed your example.
Thanks for the very thorough observation. I checked for possible excess wire and possible tangles in the location and everything is good for now. I'll certainly give it another look.
Not necessarily a hazard lol. Not every car has room to put excess cable to the right of the camera, and leaving it exposed on your dash looks bad. The wire is so thin even if you somehow got entangled it would either unplug or just snap if it actually somehow got caught on your foot. It's not hard to just wrap up the cable in a loop and secure it somewhere.
@@alec_508 it absolutely is a hazard and it is dangerous for others to follow this video as an example. There is plenty of room to stow the excess cable to the right of the camera. Just use the provided tool to secure it under the dash.
@@grafxgear How is it a hazard? He literally still tucked it into the dash board lol, it's not even in the footwell. Also not all cars have room to the right of the camera especially smaller ones.
I definitely do not recommend this product you should never leave anything constantly plugged into the OBD port because damaged can occur
is it compatible with 2013 Honda Civic
Thanks for the video. Big kluge of a mounting arm. Can the camera be detached from arm so i can use my 1/4-20 GoPro mount already on the dash? It would be nice if it could be disassembled with minor surgery. Not a very good resolution. Connector is on wrong side. Most odb are by driver.
First flaw if most of the vehicles have the computer port on the left side why do the put the connection port on the right side? 😒
I may have said something wrong there. If it is on the left side it is compatible. All other areas say it doesn't work.
Do you have to have Alexa in order to use this product
Is it possible to connect a 360 degree view?
Take out the camera if you attach it incorrectly to the windscreen is a REEALLL PAIN!
I just used mine today. Do you know how it somehow vanished the roof of my car and is seeing the outside of my car from the interior? Does that make sense? It’s crazy!
Give all my telemetry to Amazon. No thanks.
I hate how ring made the mount for this camera. It’s almost a deal breaker for me. Camera doesn’t seem to be to good of quality . Cool idea tho
Great review , I’m kinda upset knowing the possibly the camera will not be able to be on all night or all day , than there’s actually no security 24/7 or be able to view anytime I want Thank you
Just make sure your front cam is off if your picking your nose.....especially when family has access....lol
Instead of using ring connect go. Can I use my phone internet to have internet signal on the cam. Basically tethering. I have 40gb 5g internet tethering every month on my phone plan
doesn't seem to be the most quality camera's either
Warning. My friend sent his back wasn't happy with the quality!
You did a really good job explaining everything! Good job
How does this work or not work with Amazon auto
This isn't going to work a tractor trailer?
What car do you have? Is your battery good? Just curious. Thanks.
Does anyone have this? Is this a good investment for a driver wanting to use dash cams?
will the ring cam record when the car engine is off? or in park mode?
Yes, it will record events until until the camera has used enough of the car battery and then turns off to keep the battery safe. In some cars it might only be an hour or could be a day.
I’ve been very curious since this device was announced. I’ve been trying to figure out what happens in a accident. Basically, in legal situations, you need to have an entire video, not 20 seconds clips. Is video recording all the time while driving or does it record sometimes?
Yes the video is recording all the time when driving and you can view the full video on the app. It only lets you download 20 seconds but you could screen record a long part of the video of you need to.
@@TechWithBrett what a trash system
They changed this with other dash cams .. black Vue is the same and you can't download the video ..
Can someone please explain what's the point of the battery died 2 hours after parking?
It does lose a lot of functionality for me because of my vehicles limitations. Some others have had it last for 12 hours which would certainly make it a much better monitoring system.
@@TechWithBrett why do others last longer than some? It doesn't make any sense. Perhaps ring remotely monitors is the only explanation
Can you just use a 12v to type c adapter? Or OBD2 is strictly needed
I we would like to know that to
Won't work as the ODB2 is a requirement, guess it checks to make sure it's plug in to ODB before you can complete the install process. This is why you have to check to make sure your car is compatible.
1. My understanding is the USB C port is not standard and a regular usb charger will not work. 2. It likely uses the ODB port to know when the engine is on and to start recordings.