I purchased (exchanged) this Dash Cam as a result of previously purchasing a less than operable Car&Driver dash cam.Even though this Dash Cam was significantly more expensive it is certainly worth the price. Given the price I don't think a dash cam this expensive will be for everyone but since I uber/lyft on the side, I determined it might be a worth-while investment. I have not been disappointed by the front facing dash cam and the video captures saved on the SD Card from working have been very good quality (including the audio). The reason that I gave this dash cam 4 stars instead of 5 is a result of the IOS Application that is used to connect to the dash cam. The Application has trouble maintaining a secure/consistent connection and being connected via wifi doesn't seem all that practical. I think bluetooth would have sufficed. Even when the App is connected, the dash cam seems to disconnect after a minute or two of non-use on the IOS device. I'm not sure if this is intentional or not but it would be nice maybe to have the phone display the rear cam while driving out of curiosity? (I have purchased the rear cam for this product but am still waiting for BB to ship to store for pick-up). That being said, the only complaint are issues with the free application being somewhat annoying to connect to and retrieve information in general. I can only hope that the application is updated sometime soon in the future. Fortunately the Dash Cam works just fine without the application and there is an indicator light (rec) which displays whether the dash cam is recording or not, also the dash cam will announce upon turning on that dash cam is in fact recording. I was unsure what to expect the first time I looked at the files on the microsd card on my computer but I was not disappointed. The image quality overall is great with the exception of trying to read license plates from oncoming traffic at night. However this is understandable but reading plates from behind at a vehicle slower speed seems to be just fine. Overall I'm very satisfied with this product and expect to get lots of use out of it while driving for lyft/uber. Even though license plates might be difficult to read, I would expect any accidents/incidents would require speaking with the other party involved or at minimum visually getting their plates if necessary in person so I don't foresee that too big of an issue. Also, even though there are phone application connection stability issues, I don't think this is a deal-breaker if you simply need video evidence of an incident. This will capture the video regardless of connecting to a phone or not. Just make sure to copy over the video asap after an incident. DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED Image 1: While driving slowly at night Image 2: Folders on Microsd (continuous recording, event recorder, manual recording, motion timelapse recording, parking recording.

This dash cam is all I needed.! Perfect for parking mode when you got it hardwired. It does it all. App is a breeze when connected to your personal phone hotspot

First of all anyone who has anything negative to say about this model, other than the minor issue of no screen, it's probably user error. I have used, returned, and threw away many dashcams in the last couple of years. Either they just didn't do the job right or failed after a few months. So I figured since this model had Rave reviews on Amazon and it was on sale at BB, I'd give it a shot, and boy can I say, this is what a dash cam should be. Yeah no screen, but the hotspot connection is quick and awesome plus it gives it internet access so it can warn you about red light cameras and if your driving way over the speed limit, if you want it to of course. And it talks to you so you always know what it is doing. Led indicators and knightrider style security led is a plus. I would highly recommend the hardwire kit, for fellow diyers out there, you can't splice the power cable it comes with because it doesn't have a 3rd wire. The power adapter it comes with is just power and ground from your cigarette lighter. The hard wire kit is 3 wire, a constant 12v, ING or ACC 12v and ground. Hence how it knows when to switch to parking mode and when to start continuous record. And it speaks and tells you as such when it switches. Parking time lapse is awesome and still detects motion during time lapse. Haven't had the lane departure or speed warnings go off but then again my music is always too loud so I probably didn't hear them anyways. The video quality is great however nighttime recording is freaking excellent. Haven't gotten a rear camera for it yet but I probably will. Oh and when you get in the car and start it, it will tell you how many incidents it recorded while parked both g sensor and motion, but even if zero, you still have the time lapse recording. Timestamp speedstamp and model overlay on video is exactly what you would expect from a dash cam. It's basically set it and forget it. One thing that I can say that is negative is that the mic quality sucks terribly, but having audio isn't really that important, if anything it would condemn yourself when presenting evidence. Comes with a 16gb microsd a USB micro sd reader, a mount plate plus 1 extra adhesive pad. 3 or 4 wire clips with adhesive backs that can be repositioned and the camera of course. Extensive feature set, very simple straightforward to use. Although the initial setup is a bit weird, you connect to it's wifi, talks you through the process, and then it automatically reads your hotspot info and you have to turn your Wi-Fi off and then hotspot on and it will connect. Make sure you deselect only allowed devices and once it connects add it to the allowed list and then turn on the only allowed devices feature of your hotspot. Haven't used the pc viewer yet but it looks awesome. Very pleased with this dashcam, yeah it's a bit pricey but it's worth every penny and then some. Solid product, no gimmicks, no bs, it does it's job, and it does it very well. Can't wait for the F900 to come out!

I have had this Think ware F800 dash Cam for about 2 weeks also have the rear camera and Best Buy hardwired the unit so I can take advantage of the parking mode. I also got a 64GB micro SD card for longer recording time. It has been easy to use, I think the parking mode is great and the video is very good for night vision Best Buy did a great job at a reasonable price for hardwiring the unit so I can take advantage of the parking recording.

After much research, I opted to purchase the ThinkWare F800 dash cam. Install was easy, and setup was a breeze, for the most part (more on this, below). The materials used on this unit have a premium look and feel. The device is pretty small, and sits nicely on the windshield right behind my rear view mirror which makes it less noticeable than other cams. Out of the box the unit comes with everything you need to get up and running, quickly. A quick start guide, 3M adhesive pads (for mounting), cigarette lighter power adapter, 16GB SD card and the unit itself. It took me about 45 minutes to install everything and get it powered up. I opted for the hardwired kit (TWA-SH). I think it could have been cheaper, but it was helpful in the sense that I didn't want yet another plug consuming a cigarette lighter port. It hooks up to the same wires your stereo uses, and keeps the device powered up when it should be. The other advantage to using this kit is that some vehicles don't power the cigarette lighter adapter when the key is off. You might think that's a good thing, but then you might not be able to take advantage of the parking recordings (someone messing with your vehicle, breaking in, etc). when the vehicle is off. My only real gripe with the unit are the Apps used to change settings, view recordings and see live video. With an iOS device (Apple), it's a breeze and there are ZERO issues. I can't say the same for Android, however. There are two apps on the Play Store to choose from, and one of them pretty much doesn't work at all. So, skip the headache and download Thinkware Cloud. Outside of the Apps being less than desirable, I still did have an issue on Android, which is kind of a big one.... connecting to the device. On Android, you need to go into your WiFi settings menu, choose the Thinkware network, connect using the default password (123456789) and then in theory, you should be able to change settings, view live and previously recorded video. This is NOT the case (on my Pixel 2 XL at least). After some research, I found that if I wanted to view live or recorded videos using the cloud App, I needed to put my device into Airplane Mode, turn WiFi back on, connect to the Thinkware network, and only then will I be able to achieve viewing of videos. This is super inconvenient, and I hope they find a fix for it soon. Again, this is NOT an issue on Apple, only on Android (and I don't believe it's all Android devices, just certain devices and carriers). I'd give this cam a full 5 stars if it wasn't for the issue/rant above about WiFi/App connectivity. Outside of this, I am very pleased with the price and quality of the device. So much so that I am considering adding the rear camera as well.