The Ring Car Cam dash cam is a lifesaver for the anxious car owner.
—on the street. The dashcam, which officially went on sale a few months ago, costs $250 and has outward- and inward-facing wide-angle cameras that record constantly in 1080p. It’s a sleek device—not an eyesore like many other dash cams on the market—that squeezes between your dashboard and the base of your windshield, and can be easily installed.
The installation is straight forward. Squeeze the Car Cam at the base of your windshield and tuck the wiring.For $6 a month or $60 annually, you can enable LTE on the Car Cam, which allows you to remotely tune into and speak through the camera’s speaker, check the car’s location, receive motion alerts, and, most importantly, watch what’s happening in and around your car when you’re away from it. This feature couldn’t be more worth it. If nothing else, it provides peace of mind.
Speaking of traffic stops, my other favorite feature on the Car Cam—one I thankfully haven’t had to use yet—is its Traffic Stop function. If you say “Alexa, Record,” the Car Cam will save 20 minutes of video while stopped.Ring/Aaron Brown As for video quality, there’s room for improvement. Lettering—like on signs and license plates—can be hard to read from the cam, especially in night recordings. That’s a big issue, since dash cams are often used to identify people or vehicles involved in property damage-related incidents. This thing doesn’t need to record in IMAX, but a bit more clarity would be great.Otherwise, I haven’t experienced other serious downsides to the Car Cam.
Bottom line is, I’m very pleased with this camera in my car. The in-app remote-viewable stream is unbeatable. Let’s just hope I don’tA native of the famously car-loving city of New York, Road & Track’s digital director is constantly surrounded by beat-up old project cars. Brown’s daily driver is a problematic manual-swapped 1991 BMW 325i sedan, but for special occasions he pulls out his E34 M5 of the same vintage.
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