Dash cams. What do you like and not like about yours?

Tell me.    Traffic is getting scarier with everyone staring at their devices.

I'm eyeballing this for the F150 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SZNL2WT/ref=ewc_pr_img_1?smid=A1TZNKUKE5JK9T&psc=1

https://dashcamtalk.com/

Here is the indepth review on the model you listed: https://dashcamtalk.com/vantrue-s1/ which finishes with this remark:

Not a bad camera and many owners will be satisfied but in this price range, some of the competitors offer slightly better value.

This site says nice things about the brand VIOFO  Here is a sample at $169 and its long form review: https://dashcamtalk.com/viofo-a129-plus-duo/

I have a couple Anker Roav brand models that have been good.  They are a few years old and were just average rated at the time.  

Since my Chevrolet onstar mirror is so giant I wish I could tap power from that and run a camera.  I just don't feel like running a cable  down the A pillar.  

I bought 2 new ones this year from VIOFO, one is 4K and the other is 2K. They're both A129s, one is a Plus Duo, and the other is a Pro Duo(?).

So far I'm happy with both of them, they have wifi/app capability for viewing files and changing settings more easilty, but also have a small screen and buttons directly on the unit, in case you don't want to bother with the app. The other big plus for me was the emergency button that you can press to save the current file (although it also has a g-sensor that auto-locks clips that it thinks contain an event. Unlike many older dashcams I've had, the g-sensor doesn't go off every time you hit a piece of gravel in the road, so you can actually leave it turned on. It's only gone off once or twice so far, from hitting a massive pothole or something similar.

Link to the A129 Plus Duo on Amazon 

Datsun310Guy said:

Since my Chevrolet onstar mirror is so giant I wish I could tap power from that and run a camera.  I just don't feel like running a cable  down the A pillar.  

I know I have seen companies that sell power tap kits for this exactly. Have you looked into it?

Every vehicle I own has a Viofo camera in it. My son rear-ended someone that pulled out in front of him on the interstate. He was running 60, she was running 25 when she merged in front of him. The lady tried to claim it was his fault. The dash camera proved otherwise. End of discussion. That one event paid for all of the cameras. 

The Viofo cameras are the only ones I have found that heat doesn't destroy. 

I have just replaced the camera in my work truck with a dual camera setup that looks forward and back. This one. 

We've got a couple of $40 Amazon ones in our cars.  They work well enough.

Couple years back lady blue a stop sign and I t-boned her at a few MPH.   She told the cop I went flying thru the intersection, and she had the right of way.   A quick view of the cam by the cop, I was free to go and the lady was getting a ticket.

I have the Garmin Mini 2 in my ND. It's primary virtue is being tiny, which I like very much; everything else is sort of meh. Image quality is passable, but despite reports that the overheating of the original Mini had been resolved in the Mini 2, it became either unresponsive or started beeping every two minutes on the hottest days on my recent road trip (and that with the roof closed and the A/C on). But for the most part it serves its purpose.

Edit: I decided to contact Garmin customer support with the overheating issue. They quickly offered an exchange for a new unit - hopefully that resolves the problem.