VIOFO Dash Cam A119 Mini 2, STARVIS 2 Sensor, 2K 60fps/HDR 30fps Voice Control Car Dash Camera with 5GHz Wi-Fi GPS, Night Vision 2.0, 24H Parking Mode, Supercapacitor (SD Card Not Included)

Excellent video quality with very clear 2K HDR footage, even at night. The camera is compact, easy to install, and doesn’t block my view while driving. Wi-Fi connection works fast for downloading videos to my phone, and the GPS and parking mode add extra peace of mind. Reliable, high-quality dash cam — definitely worth the purchase!

Very small and easy to setup. I had issues with the add on hardwire kit and am still working through that. I have one on the front window of my Chevy Tahoe using the lighter power plug and one on the rear window using the lighter plug and a wireless power switch to allow on and off without having to get in via the lift glass and manually unplug. I am having some issues with off brand 128gb micro sd cards. They are fully up to spec V30 U 3 etc but keep clearing the cards and only keeping most recent 2 videos. I have formatted them in camera and even re-flashed one of the 2 cameras to ensure it had the right firmware and it is the same as what shipped on cameras. I have ordered brand that manufacturers memory and will try those once they arrive. I will update my review at that point. So far the image quality is great on the 2 videos it has on the card and I look forward to more testing with name brand memory cards.

The video quality is better than cheaper models, but it’s not particularly impressive. During the day, license plates are generally visible, but not always perfectly clear — you still need to look carefully to recognize them. At night, the reliability drops even further, possibly due to light interference. Voice control is a nice feature, but one thing I don’t like is that the device sometimes accidentally turns on the recording or Wi-Fi functions by itself. I’m not sure what causes it — occasionally, these features just activate randomly while driving. The Wi-Fi feature works, but the overall experience isn’t great. First, the connection process is rather cumbersome; you have to switch back and forth between the app and your phone’s Wi-Fi settings. I suspect it may conflict with my car’s built-in Wi-Fi network. Second, downloading videos over Wi-Fi is quite slow — transferring a three-minute clip can take about five minutes or even longer. I didn’t time it precisely, but the wait definitely feels long. It might have something to do with the memory card, though I’m using a SanDisk high-performance card. I only use the dash cam while driving, not for 24-hour recording, even though the brand recommends the MAX series.

After my Nexar dash cam had an expanded battery, I started looking for a new dash cam. I no longer wanted to be with Nexar because of their products becoming hit or miss and them no longer offering cloud video storage for free. I did quite a bit of research on various dash cams and heard lots of good things about the VIOFO. I purchased the A119 Mini 2 along with a Samsung EVO 512GB microSD card. I've currently been using it for 10 months. Setup was quick and the setup guide was easy to follow. I was very satisfied with the quality of the product as well as the size of the color display. The menus are easy to navigate and the information bar that's burned into the recording is fully customizable. You can add or remove speed to the recording which is nice depending on if you want speed evidence in your video! ;) I do appreciate that the display turns off after a specified time, which prevents screen burn-in. The included cable was the perfect size to run inside the interior trim down to under my center console for power. The app has worked fine for me; however, I find it easiest to remove the microSD and offload to a computer whenever I desire footage. One thing I dislike about this is that the only mounting option available is adhesive to your windshield. However, it was not able to come off my windshield at all. The unit comes with 2 sheets of clear adhesive to stick between the dash cam and the windshield. One of the videos is of a hit-and-run suspect where the dark grey Lincoln MKZ at the end of the video hits a car off-camera and makes a U-turn. You can hear where they side-swiped the car next to me. The photo includes the information that is embedded in the bottom of the recordings. All in all, I am very happy with my purchase and have recommended this unit to others!

Deciding on what to buy: I slaved over trying to find a quality dash cam without breaking the bank. Hours of reading reviews, I finally decided to pull the trigger on VIOFO. The Mini 2 seemed the best solution for what I was looking for. Bought a 128GB San Disk Max Endurance (only because there was a reasonable price differenced than the VIOFO equivalent), and the polarizing lens. Installation: Watched several videos on installation, I thought I needed to wire it directly into the fuse box, but after a last minute decision, I decided to use my cigarette lighter adapter (which comes with the dash cam). Recording during parking wasn't a need I had so it made sense. Installing on a 2017 Honda Pilot the lighter plugin was perfectly placed to wrap the wire around the passenger side and directly behind the dash. The cord was easily hidden, behind the dash and behind all the panels, it literally took less than 10 minutes to install. I placed the dash cam directly behind the rear view mirror so it was hidden from normal view. But if I needed to get to the dash cam I could look from below or simply move my mirror slightly to gain access to the cam. Very content with the placement. The only thing that wasn't to my liking was how it stuck to the windshield. After placing as per the installation guide, I looked from the outside and noticed there was a reasonably large bubble in the center of the glue pad. I was able to easily pull it off so I retried to stick it on again. Similar results. However after almost a month of use, I have had no issues with it falling off. Time will tell. They do provide a second glue pad in the kit so if it falls off, I'll probably use the new pad. Daily Use: Most of the settings were great out of the box. I think I increased the resolution a little, didn't max that in fear of issues or exceptionally large files. Also set the wifi to 5.8 (I guess that's equivalent to wifi6?). I turned recording audio off as I didn't see that as a need we had. I think that's all I changed. Every time I start up the car, within a few seconds it makes the start up noise and then proceeds to tell me it is recording. Felt like the start up time was very reasonable. After turning off the car, it makes a shutoff noise. No issues in usage. We did go over some rough patch on the interstate through a construction zone and it indicated it was going to lock the recording. Has only happened through that stretch of road so I didn't reduce the accident sensitivity. Felt like that's a good option. Mobile App: Many reviews of other products indicated poor mobile app quality. I must say that I have found the app to be very stable. To connect your phone to the dash cam, hold down the wifi button and it will enable the wifi. I think recording has to be stopped for that to work. Use your phone to connect and you can now make configuration settings to the cam as well as select videos/images to download. My settings save a file every 3 minutes. And with my higher resolution setting, the video files are around 553MB each. Downloading files seemed very fast, consistent, with no issues. I believe you can watch the videos directly streaming from the cam or when you download them you can watch them from the app even if you are not connected to the cam. So far, no issues. One surprising fact was when playing back a recording in the app, at the bottom of the screen it shows the movement of the car on a map. Thought that was a nice little feature. Quality of the video: I'm very content with the quality of the video. The video is crisp, clear both day and night. No issues. Overall: Installation was fast and easy. Daily usage I've had zero issues. Mobile app is easy to use and have no issues. A great buy! Definitely recommend the the Mini 2. Will be buying more for the rest of my families cars.

If Wham Bam Dashcam is why you’re here… just know mine didn’t get the memo. If you’re looking for a dash cam you can actually trust… keep scrolling. This ain’t it. I bought the Wham Bam Dashcam back in February 2026 and, not gonna lie, at first it had me fooled. Everything worked great. I was ready to hand out 5 stars like Oprah. Then April hit… and this thing completely lost its mind. Now it turns on and off whenever it feels like it. The “stay on” setting? Yeah, that’s just a suggestion apparently. Half the time I’m driving wondering if it’s recording or just vibing. It randomly announces “recording started” like it’s doing something… meanwhile whole chunks of footage are just gone. Not glitched. Not hidden. Gone. I’m talking an entire block of time 6:30 AM to 11:30 AM completely missing. And here’s the part that should make anyone pause: Right before that happened, support sent me a link to click. I clicked it… got a blank white screen… and the next morning those exact videos were gone. Now I’m seeing time gaps everywhere, especially around those “recording started” moments. And magically, those are also the clips I can’t download anymore. So let’s connect dots like grown adults: - You send me a link - I click it - Suddenly footage disappears - Now there are gaps I can’t access Yeah… no. At this point it feels like there’s some kind of backdoor access through that link into the app. Because there’s no other explanation for footage just disappearing like that. And then they send me a “free” 64GB memory card… which honestly just makes it more suspicious, not less. A dash cam is supposed to give you evidence. Peace of mind. Reliability. This one? Feels like it’s editing your day without your permission. I don’t trust the camera. I don’t trust the app. And I definitely don’t trust whatever that link was supposed to be. If you enjoy wondering whether your footage will still exist tomorrow, go for it. Otherwise… save your money and your sanity. Hard pass. 🚫 Update 4.26.26 went to log into app had 300+ videos on the memory card now there are 27. Nobody else had access to my dashcam app. It also happens in the middle of the night. They seem to be on the other side of the world since I get email replys in the middle of the night. You should be worried about security of your phone if you contact them and are having issues. You will see this kinda mess. Do NOT click links they send. It will say here's the link to what you need from Amazon and it will take you to a blank white screen. I'm telling you stay away!!!!!

I have one video uploaded, but I cropped out my own screen data that includes my license plate (plate data can be added in the app). You’ll get the idea of the image quality, but I believe that Amazon compresses this. It looks better than what is uploaded. I had a thinkware F50 from 2017 that I am upgrading because I burnt it out by accidentally connecting it to 12 V directly. My bad. As I looked to replace my old dash cam, I came across Viofo and the new a119mini 2 with GPS, Sony starvis2 and capacitor (a must in Florida) vs cam with an internal battery. The quality for both daytime driving and nighttime exceeds my old cam. Huge difference, but we are also talking a model from 2017 to 2024 release date, in all fairness. I want to note that I am not using the viofo polarizer and the image is still really good. I am certain I could benefit a little bit from the polarizer by getting rid of some windshield glare and reflection. But for me, having no polarizer does not hurt the image quality. It is difficult to quantify, but in my opinion, a big part of capturing an image is to get a license plate number if needed for identifying a vehicle. My old cam would sometimes fail to resolve plates in high contrast situations, which are often with bright days in Florida and was too grainy at night or in rain. It may have been the frame rate, too, that caused the old cam issues. I am using this new camera with the higher frame rate and middle resolution, based on some car gear review I saw. Bottom line, I’m getting way better images with this camera than the older camera. Customer service is also great. I had an issue that others were reporting, too, that I could not see the GPS data in the ios app. I heard back from customer service in a few days with detailed instructions. There was a misunderstanding on my part on how to obtain the GPS tracking data. It is not visible while viewing the camera footage in the first gallery. It must be downloaded and then viewed within the app in the downloaded My Media menu area (pancake menu in upper left gets you there as of Oct 2024 app release). That is where the GPS tracking data attaches, and shows the map. You just have to get to it a different way it appears than from what users say was available in an older version of the app. Also, the little gaps between video review that people complain about is by design. You aren’t missing any data. It’s just ending on one file and starting a new file. This is just part of the looping structure of the video clips that are taken. Any good dash cam should do this. But, I suggest also allowing the camera to do smaller sized video clips. This can be done right in the camera settings. This makes them easier to download. Having the little 2 minute clips is much easier to download. Even the small clips at high resolution can be upwards of 500 MB. That is a big file to share. Imagine trying to share a clip of the entire duration of your drive. These settings can be done while connected to the camera via wifi. Yes Wi-Fi, not Bluetooth. There are many complaints in iOS app reviews about connecting the phone to the camera. The camera does not connect via Bluetooth to the iphone. It connects via Wi-Fi. Think of it as its own little Wi-Fi hotspot. Based on some of the comments I am reading, it seems like people think that they should have their home Wi-Fi and also be able to connect to the camera. Or they keep thinking that the dash cam should be a Bluetooth device. This is not the case when the camera and the phone are connected. I do get my phone service data simultaneously (I don’t know if this is specific to carriers, but I can’t connect to the phone and still browse using my LTE or 5G on iPhone 14). To connect, turn wifi on (right lower button under camera screen). Open phone and join the new hotspot (camera will speak a wifi connected confirmation). Then open app and connect to camera. App now can control camera, review video, download and see GPS data and offer ability to share images and video to others. I was not provided a dash cam nor was I paid or rewarded to write this review.

Update 11/1/23 Changed my rate to 3 starts because of good customer service. Customer service reached out to me and sent me a new camera they said they tested before shipping. I had to send back the first defective camera to their service center. The new camera had the same voice activated command problem. No matter how I spoke... soft, loud, slow, fast, even had my wife try, the "video start" command worked maybe once out of 15 tries. The other voice activated commands work ok. Customer service wanted me to send them a video of the problem. I've already devoted enough time and back and forth emails to this issue. Not paying for features that don't work. I returned it via Amazon for a refund. There's other reviews of the "video start" command not working reliably so it's an issue with the camera firmware. Its a good 2k camera for the price point if voice recognition commands worked. Original Review: Great camera with very good video and doesn't take up much windshield real estate. Lots of user options. WiFi easily connected to my android phone. 5G option is nice for faster video downloads. The app is ok. Nothing special. All camera settings can be done via the app. The update firmware option does nothing. Con: The voice command a great option but unreliable and buggy. The dashcam has a list of voice commands it recognizes. Some work, some don't no matter how clearly you speak. As example " video start" never worked. The other strange thing is recording mode has to be stopped before entering the settings mode. Ok I get the reason why. However, select settings mode the record mode turns back on. In record mode the camera randomly repeats "recording" every couple of minutes. Turning record off and on fixes it. I did update the firmware but didn't fix the problems. The built in display is very small and only somewhat useful to set the camera angle. The live video can be viewed on your phone so the dashcam display isn't of much use. Haven't decided yet to keep the camera. Don't like paying for options that don't work. If using voice commands isn't important there are other dashcams for less money that are comparable.