best dash camera

W hen you’re on the road, you’ll want to take advantage of as many safety features as possible. This is especially the case for people who must drive a great deal every day, whether commuting to and from work or school or for all the errands that you run for your family throughout the week. A dashcam helps you see if anyone is too close to your vehicle for safety’s sake. You can also enjoy watching videos after your trip, to show off where you’ve been to friends, family, and colleagues. After driving around for a while in a car with a dashcam installed, you’ll be wondering why you didn’t install one year ago! While some automobiles will come with a dashboard camera already installed, if you bought a car that does not have this feature already, you can still use this technology by putting in your dashcam. The problem is, you have little time to do research and make comparisons of the various dashcams currently for sale. With that in mind, we wanted to present a guide to the b...

D ay or night, the best dash cam should capture small details like license plates without missing the big picture, all while being easy to use right out of the box. After eight hours testing 14 of the best models around, we found three cameras that outperformed the rest. How We Chose the Best Dash Cam Image quality With dash cams, image quality is measured in a couple different ways: resolution and field of view. We only considered dash cams have at least a 1080-pixel resolution — the standard for what’s considered HD. Field of view, on the other hand, is more art than science. Generally, the larger the degree of the field of view, the more the camera will capture along the sides of your car. But more isn’t necessarily better: The wider you go, the more distant objects in front of the camera will appear, making it hard to see small details even when they’re right in front of your car. Dash cam manufacturers are also notoriously misleading about these difficult-to-measure numbe...