Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Nextbase iQ 4K Smart Dash Cam Bundle with Cabin Cam and Rear Window Cam is a conundrum to me. It wants to be so much and I wish that it could be what it intends to be, but as it is, it is a lot of extreme frustration. The setup is easy. To start, the dash cam/cabin cam unit is powered by either your vehicle's OBD port or via the fusebox. I chose to use the OBD port. The bundle comes with the necessary hardware for your choice of setup. Once plugged in, the camera chimed on and I thought I was ready to go. Apparently at that point I didn't have a good enough signal to do the needed update. A screen came up suggesting I drive around until I have good coverage. I drove all around my neighborhood and every time I saw that it was downloading the update, I would pullover to get it done. Every single time it would download the update, but it would not install the update. I don't know if it ever did install it. I did drive around to do some errands and I could get nothing to come up on my phone screen for the live-view, and I could not get anything in the library to display either, so I assumed it was not recording. Is it supposed to record 24/7? Is there a setting I can change for that? I couldn't find anything for this. When I parked at my destination, the camera showed me it was in Parking Mode and I was thrilled to see that. However, after I pulled out of the parking spot, the camera wouldn't come back on! I did come to find the files from my drive did eventually go to the library. But only the files up until I parked and nothing from after that. What I did see was quality - it recorded the front in 4K and the cabin in 2K and the videos were very clear. I could clearly hear myself singing in those videos as well! I realized there is a delay from the time of recording to the time it gets uploaded to the app to see. There is a monthly subscription fee that includes cloud storage and 4G among other things and is really necessary to be able to record videos. Because of the lack of connectivity that didn't allow the Nextbase iQ 4K Smart Dash Cam Bundle with Cabin Cam and Rear Window Cam to perform as expected, this is a no-go for me. Perhaps it is because I live in the Pacific Northwest I don't get proper reception? I really don't know and it is possible that this could work where you are. There are a lot of features that this dash cam has and I would have loved to be able to try them out. If this dash cam bundle worked as it was supposed to, I would love this thing!