ROVE R3 Dash Cam Front and Rear with Cabin 3 IPS Touch Screen 3 Channel Dash Cam 1440P

I usually don't write reviews but I was compelled to write this one as a benefit to other Dash Cam Shoppers since it's hard to choose a dash cam when you have so many choices. I've own several dash cams and for the first time I felt I bought quality product. I have to say that this is my first ROVE Cam. I'll start with the detail in the documentation included and the packaging itself. Amazing detail that I never seen before. An actual manual with detail pictures, something that most Dash Cams lack. I know they strongly suggest buying there memory and their kits, but even so, I think it's worth the cost if you're going to enjoy a good product. I just finished installing the CAM in my car and had the chance to tested on the road. Let me start with the APP. I love that finally I have an app that bears the name of the actual CAM as opposed to a generic app that is not specific to the app. The speed in downloading clips to your phone are amazingly fast and easy. Moving on to the packaging, they include everything you would need to install, including the electrostatic films, additional adhesives, support clips, and a car strip install tool. Also, the fact that you can install the cam using either the suction cup or using the stronger bond with the sticky mount. Based on pass experience with suction cups, they eventually fall off. The sticky mount is the way to go. One thing I wish the manufacturer would improve is, that when you use the sticky mount, you would have the flexibility to angle the ROVE screen to a more desireabale angle (mostly a 90 degree angle facing the cabin). Right now when you install the CAM with the sticky mount, you will have to live with the angle of the screen based on the windshield location. It is not adjustable. I also love the touch screen. This is a big improvement over other cams that just have buttons. A Touch screen is such the the way to go. The picture quality is just stunning. Even the 1080p footage. There are tons off other good things I could say about this product, including the support that they have for the product, which I haven't had to use thankfully, but I would just say that I am very happy I did my research on the ROVE CAM and now that I am an owner of one of these I, I am a very happy customer. Read more

Got the hardwire kit along with the R3. That allows for parking mode to be enabled. Which is something I need as our last car seemed to be a magnet for people hitting our car in a parking lot. Now we'll have proof and something to use to find people if they hit our Volvo XC60. Once the hardwire kit was installed (less than an hour) I put in the dashcam. Paired it with the software and it needed a firmware update. Highly suggest you do this before installing in the car. The firmware update lost all the settings I had setup and needed to reformat the SD card. Even the SSID of the WiFi changed after the firmware update. Drove around the neighborhood and saw I had to rotate the rear camera 180. That fixed that problem. Downloaded videos and at 1 min a piece it still takes a while to get the video over the 5GHz WiFi. But the video quality of all 3 cameras is excellent. Each cam saves the video to a different subdirectory aptly named Front, Cabin and Rear. Works great with my Android Pixel 7 Pro and the Rove app. Remember to use the popup Android presents because the WiFi has no internet connection you still want to remain connected to the WiFi. The front/cabin cam is on the suction cup that works REALLY well. I like that I can adjust the angle of the camera with the suction cup. Not sure that will work too well with the sticky tape. The rear camera I applied the electrostatic sheet to the rear windshield and stuck the camera to that. So far holding up just fine. For those of you concerned with privacy there is ZERO CLOUD STORAGE of videos. They stay on the SD card until you download them to your phone. Then you can copy them to the cloud if necessary. I leave the WiFi on the dashcam turned off until I need to download. I have been wanting a dashcam now for a long time. This with the parking monitoring by having the hardwire kit is worth its weight in gold. I did use the Rove 512G SD card. While pricey it was worth the hassle free installation. The front cam lens filter can be had for less as someone else pointed out and it holds on fairly tightly for a friction fit lens. Read more