Customer Ratings & Reviews

Driving around the Bay Area can be really dangerous, so a dashcam is extremely important. I have multiple cars and need to have a dashcam in every one of them. Recently, one of my dashcams went out (no-name brand). I got the opportunity to give the THINKWARE - F70 PRO dashcam a shot. For starters, it's a bit disappointing that it is 1080p resolution for the price. There are others with 4k for the same, or a bit more, than the THINKWARE - F70 PRO. Another setback is the fact that this dashcam does not come with a rear camera. Looks like you have to purchase that separately. Another major drawback is that there is no screen and minimal control buttons. You control the cam via the app. I really want to have some kind of control on the cam itself, especially during an emergency. On the positive side, the dashcam has a small footprint. I really like the fact that it can be discreetly mounted behind the rearview mirror. Apparently, there is an optional GPS antenna that you can use with the THINKWARE - F70 PRO that enables speed and red-light camera alerts. I really wish they could've included it to make up for some of the drawbacks. Sounds like a really nice feature. For the price, I really think that you have better options.

I was intrigued by the screen less nature of this dash cam and found it to be perfect for a rear mounted back facing camera. The unobtrusive design and lack of a distracting screen makes it the ideal dash cam to be tucked away capturing footage without being dangerous. Since it doesn’t have a screen, all of the settings have to be done in app or via software by plugging the microsd into a computer. This has pros and cons, but overall it’s a win that you don’t have to navigate a confusing menu on a tiny screen. You can check settings and download clips using the DashCamLink app. This does mean it requires a second device to make any changes, but most of us have a smartphone on us at all times anyway so it’s not that big of an extra step. The wide FOV and clear resolution are perfect for capturing any potential incidents in great detail and context. It also has impact detection and a parking mode so you can capture any incidents that occur when you are not actually in your car. The camera comes with a 32GB microSD for onboard storage of clips.

After using the Thinkware F70 Pro dashcam for about a week I really like it a lot. in the box it came with everything  I needed to do a professional looking install. It also came with a 32GB micro SD card already installed.  This dashcam doesn't have a built-in screen which is awesome for my use. It is smaller and lighter than other dashcams so I am able to place it behind my rear view mirror and forget it is there. That is until it reminds me to "Drive safe" when I first start my car. That voice prompt will definitely be a feature I will turn off if I can ever figure out the setting. Also with it being so light I don't have to worry about it falling off when I hit a bump. The 1080P camera takes great video in both day and night time. To view the video I had two options. Using my phone which requires the vehicle to be powered on and removing the SD card and viewing it on my computer. Either option was fine for me. When viewing the video on my phone it looked excellent. however on my computer it was a little grainy but still usable. Overall, I think this is a great dashcam for someone that does not want a built in screen blocking their view.

This is a great product, especially if you drive a lot, have a commercial vehicle, or just worry about potential accidents. The installation was simple enough, although some panels in the car need to be lifted if you want the wire to be hidden. That said, the provided tool made this very easy. The image quality is quite astounding, and certainly clear enough to provide any evidence needed for a police report or insurance claim. The dash cam is sleek looking and compact so it doesn't draw a lot of attention to itself, which is nice, as many aftermarket car accessories end up looking tacky and art very easy to notice. Do you keep in mind that if you capture any footage that you need to keep, you should transfer it from the SD card quickly. This is because files will get overwritten as your SD card reaches capacity. In other words, if you get important footage on here, do not delay in backing it up. The main downside with the Thinkware F70 dash cam is that it has a proprietary cable, and in this day and age, we don't need more electronic waste. Just make it USBC compatible, as we all have tons of USBC cables.

A dashcam setup should be easy and straightforward. This was not. First there is no quick start guide. You must download the user guide by scanning a QR code provided then look around for the user guide. This user guide does not have a quick setup that you can follow in a chronological order to get started in the setup. Section 4 now indicates there is a mobile viewer and tells you to download an APP. I am using a Pixel 6 smartphone. The APP is supposed to walk you through the Bluetooth setup unfortunately it can not do this if you are using a Pixel phone. I have many devices that use a Pixel APP for BT connection and its never been a problem. AT this point I was ready to quit and send it back. I had to use the settings in the phone to connect to BT. It would connect then disconnect and it was just a hassle to get it to work consistently. Apparently the APP must be open when doing this pairing. Nowhere is the user guide is this mentioned. All this seems unnecessarily complicated and poorly described. Once it was connected it requested an upgrade download. It switched to WiFI somehow and preformed the upgrade. When the APP connects to the camera a warning message comes up that says that launching the viewer APP causes some ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Services ) to be restricted. I guess you don’t want to run this APP when driving. I find the APP now consistently connects to the camera. I used the APP to setup parameters on the camera. Pretty straightforward, although a few of the parameters are poorly described in the manual. When using the phone APP for video file playback the video is very jittery and breaks up often. This is very poor performance. Now after making a few recordings I wanted to view the files on my PC. I downloaded and installed their PC Viewer to my Windows 10 PC which initially did not recognize the files. I had to download additional LAV codecs before it played any of the files. The viewer lets you stitch together files for viewing. A 32 G micro SD card is included but not an adapter to standard SD card to facilitate reading on the PC. Installation in the car was easy with the items supplied including a tool to tuck in the wires in the header. The power cable was long enough for the installation. It would have been nice to have more wire clips. Video is acceptable and I do not record sound.

I have always thought about getting a dash cam, but I really know nothing about them, and my husband knows even less. I got this dash cam hoping it would be easy. There really isn’t anything easy about a dash cam, I guess that’s my point. This dash cam is powered by the 12 volt cigarette socket plug in. That works for me, as I wouldn’t be able to do a hard wired installation. What I really want in a dash cam, is just easy to use, plug in and know that something is recording when you want it to. There aren’t instructions or a manual with this cam. You scan a QR code and download the instructions, which is fine. The instructions don’t cater to people who have no idea how to install this thing in their car though. I had to watch as many YouTube videos as I could to get started with this. I didn’t even understand that to power the camera on, I had to have it plugged into my car, and the car had to be on. That information wasn’t specifically stated in the instructions. It might be common knowledge to some, but for someone who knows nothing about this kind of thing, it was news to me. One thing that was a concern for me, is that I live in south Texas, where it can get extremely hot inside a car. I don’t leave a lot of things in my car because they would melt or get ruined, so I was concerned about the camera being able to operate in the constant heat. According to what I found out, the supercapacitor in this does well in the heat, and will hold up to at least 149 degrees Fahrenheit. To attach the camera to the inside of the windshield, you have to adhere the cam clip, which has a pretty permanent adhesive sticker on it. That is a big commitment, as I have a new car, which I have been patiently waiting on for over two years. I wasn’t crazy about the whole cord situation, which is, shoving the cord up and around my roof liner and all that, but that is fairly standard for this somewhat temporary type installation. The cord is plenty long enough for most cars and SUVs. The camera does have a nice picture, which is plenty good enough for my purposes. Now that I have a front facing camera, I kind of wish I had a rear camera, although I don’t really want to deal with whatever that entails. I will be learning more about my new dash cam as time goes on, this is a review on something I’ve only had in my car for about five days. At this price point of around $99, it’s a good value and I like that the camera itself is not huge.

This review is on a Thinkware -F70 Pro Dash Cam. Product comes with a sticky pad to mount on your window. It is very strong and a tool is provided to remove it if needed. Product also gets hot. Product was easy to connect and work with the app on android. However, watching videos were choppy with my Samsung S23. It is best to view them off the card on a PC. When you first turn it on it says "Please have a safe drive today". When it is connected or disconnected to your phone, it says "Connected or disconnected to\from a smartphone". It has good picture quality. I can read license plates on vehicles in front of me but after about 2 cars lengths it becomes hard to read. The audio it records sounds good through the tiny mic in the back of the camera. If you press the rec button on the side for a few seconds it will say "Manual recording will now start". It will put these recordings in a separate folder called manual_rec. It stores triggered events in an evt_rec folder. When I hit a large bump in the road it will mark this as an event. It does a good job at recognizing bad bumps verses regular bumps. In the app they are labeled as C. Impact. All recorded video lengths are only 1 minute long. Other folders are cont_rec, driveinfo, motion_timelapse_rec, parking_rec and SETTING. The cont_rec is where the majority of your recordings will go. The SETTING folder contains the software to install on the PC. I did not try the PC software because I can just watch them off the card.

I've been somewhat reluctant to get a dashcam, but with the roads getting crazier by the day, it just seems like a good investment as another form of "insurance". The THINKWARE - F70 PRO 1080P Dash Cam with Wi-Fi seems to me to be a well-designed and simple unit that does the job well! I've had opportunity to see and toy with friends' dashcams, so I've seen some of the features like mirroring the footage to your phone, real-time playback on built-in screens, etc.. Nice-to-have perhaps, but all that comes at a price... regularly into the $200-$300 range. For ~$100 (less on sale), the THINKWARE - F70 PRO 1080P Dash Cam with Wi-Fi delivers an easy-to-install, easy-to-operate dashcam. My initial testing provided good video & accompanying audio. The "event detection" function automatically saves the footage surrounding a detected event in separate folder on the included micro-SD card, so it's easy to find. Similarly, if you enter manual recording mode, those are segmented from the rest of the continuous recorded files. In the settings, you can then pretty easily make sure these special files aren't overwritten. The accompanying Thinkware software is easy to use for both footage review, firmware upgrades and the like. I've got multiple vehicles and will likely look to Thinkware for more solutions!

This dashcam will drain your vehicle battery within days. Not worth it.