Customer Ratings & Reviews

Don’t waste your money. I bought this to capture a 3,000 plus mile road trip in New Zealand. It had to reconnect each time and it would kick me out of Apple Car Play for directions. I tried connecting to WiFi at AirBNB’s or hotels to save videos, but the device kept disconnecting. After multiple days of wasting more than an hour trying to edit a clip that kept kicking me out, I gave up. I planned to download and edit when I got home. Even at home on my wifi, I had reconnecting multiple times. I was able to export 3 videos clips I edited before it said my 256 micro SD card needed to be formatting. After using it the last 2.5 weeks. Formatting it would means it would delete anything on my card. I’m know trying to figure out if there’s a way to retrieve it. I tried calling Garmin but they weren’t able to help. He said it required a class 10 SD card, which mine was. Because it was within 30 days, he said I could return it, but only if it’s bought directly through Garmin, not Best Buy. I bought the “vault” subscription as a fallback, but it only works for saved videos unlike the cloud. Due to connectivity issues, the videos weren’t saved. It was a waste of money but the frustrating part is the lost memories. The whole reason I bought this item was to capture my roadtrip, which it did not. Don’t bother with a Garmin. Not user friendly and a waste of money.

Good camera easy to set up not too small not too big

We have the Garmin mini 2 in our other vehicles and they have been great over the last four years. My Cobra SC201 dash cam went down so I figured the Garmin mini 3 would be an upgrade and so far it’s been amazing. Easy connect to the app for live view and takes up less space on the windshield. It’s a must have these days.

The "mini" series dash cams are great camersa for concealment but as MANY others have complained, not so good with the application (bluetooth connection). GARMIN needs to create a CarPlay compatible application with easier connection features. Although we know that fumbling with the phone app is a no-no we do it anyway...thats why we NEED a CarPlay application! Give us a new application that works!!! DRIVE stinks...

It’s very easy to install. The app works great all the time I highly recommend this dash cam gives me a piece of mind, knowing that everything been recorded while my car is in motion.

It’s small and works great. I had Best Buy install it so you can’t see the wires. I only go to the Eastvale store to have things installed. Because the guy does amazing work. Not no chicken job!

Can't count on being able to show police the dashcam footage on your phone in a reasonable amount of time. You may have issues getting it to show. You will be able to get it sooner or later for the court.

I use Garmin on all my vehicles, so when it was time to add one to my new car, i chose Garmin again. I like the Dash Cam Mini 3’s small size and reliability. Its small and out of the way. I dont even see it behinf the rear view mirror when driving, but i know the recordings aee there when needed. I use the Garmin Drive app to setup the devices, but i generally just take tge SD card out if I need videos.

Great DASH CAM. I bought two of these (Front/Rear) because of their size. The WiFi connection is not great - but it does not matter. The key is the Device and Video quality. I just pop the SD Card out when I need to pull any videos.

This dash cam was very intuitive to use and i enjoyed it very much.

Love it, Small hides well behind the rearview mirror in my Tacoma

This camera is a great dash camera. It is very discrete and you quickly forget it is even in your vehicle. For me, this is the biggest benifit of this camera. Also the Garmin app is very easy to use and accessing your footage is done quickly.

Size is great! Fits well behind the rearview mirror. Problems: #1, if one wants to remove the memory card, it's not easy! #2, to use the cloud storage, it doesn't even offer a free Month to test it, they immediately want one to pay.

This camera is excellent and very user-friendly. It meets all of my needs perfectly.

It's a slightly expensive dashcam but small and easy to set up!

Only good thing about this camera is the size. Awful wifi connection to view and dowload saved videos. Had to return it. Dont waste your time. $30 dash cams performs way better.

This dash camera has been the best thing eve. Catch other accidents and all caught with this small camera.

Good, simple and easy to use. 3 stars because the 12 volt adapter mine came with was no good and I had to use a different one.

It works great, fantastic we love garmin. We own three vehicles they all have garmin dash cams. But this particular dash cam we bought for our grandson to put in his first car.

What I like about it is that there is no internal lithium battery in it and the simplicity of the Garmin gui. I wish it was a 4K resolution but it woukd probably cost a lot more.