Rove R2-4K Dash Cam Built in WiFi GPS Car Dashboard Camera Recorder with UHD 2160P, 2.4″ LCD, 150° Wide Angle, WDR, Night Vision

Box is nice. about where it ends.
The picture quality is okay but nothing to write home about.
Nowhere on the specifications does it mention the battery size. They do this so you don’t know how long it can record without power. let me save you the hassle. 5 minutes.
No eject button or a way to get out the micro SD card.
The screen goes blank if you look at it other than dead center.
Unit gets hot after only a short time.
You thought you could use your own USB car charger. Think again! because they couldn’t incorporate IQ charging which has been around for years, your cell phone charger will most likely destroy the battery. anything over 3 amps will.
The Wi-Fi feature is absolute garbage.

Maybe my expectations were high. But given the not so low price I expected more.

This is my 3rd camera from Amazon. And the ONLY one that is great! In my opinion and basing it on the ones I have. My first one was good, but low quality video, 2nd was 1020P video but crud night vision. While the night vision on this one is good, it is grainy but you can still see details, could tell if someone hit you, or you witness an accident.
I put up a few photos showing the clarity of the pictures. This are grabbed from moving pictures (screen shots) but still very clear.
The things I love about it;
1. GPS tells how fast you’re going, what direction and your coordinates at all times. If a cop pulls you over and says you’re doing 65 in a 55 zone, if you were, oops, if not, you have video proof of exactly how fast you were going.
2. You not only have video but you can take snapshots at any time, even use it as a camera to take pictures of places and things. Might have to carry a battery pack for power but it’s a great cam too.
3. I can connect to it with my Android phone (works with smart phones too) and see what it sees. Of course the range isn’t going to be super long but say it’s on outside a restaurant and you’re close enough, you can connect and watch what’s going on.
4. The suction cup to mount to the windshield is the best I’ve seen. It also has other mounting options but I chose this and it’s great.
5. I can do 1, 3, 5 and 10 minute size video. You can also do 4gb per video but at the highest setting, you’re not going to get much, and that setting is the only setting that once the micro sd card is full, it will not overwrite old files. The other settings will.
6. You can watch the video on the cam, your phone, your TV and the computer.
7. With the Rove APP you not only see your videos, but it will show you on the map where you are during the video.
So… if you do have an accident, or witness one like I did a couple of months back with my old camera, quality is why I ordered this one. But anyhow, you are covered. Has 150 degree view angle (could be a bit more for my liking) but you can see for yourself in the pictures I posted.
The ONLY thing I don’t like is the size of the screen but I knew the size before I ordered it as it’s posted in the description so I can’t ding it for that. A larger screen would be nice but the camera is still great.

I was contemplating a different dash cam with WiFi (well known make 512gw) but saw this cam on the U.S site. It is hugely popular with the U.S truckers, and having read the reviews there and seen the silly negative ones here (about the plasticises used in production which a particular U.S state demands is on all plastic items) I decided to give it a try.
Firstly I hooked it up to my computer and checked the firmware, it is bang up to date. Software for the camera was easily installed onto PC.
Upon installation in my truck, I’ve had a lot of window suction pads over the years (sat navs, phones and previous cams) and this is by far and back, the best screen adhesion of them all. You can also use sticky pads (provided) and as it came with both a suction pad and a clip for using the sticky pads, I put them in my car windscreen. (I have since tested sliding it out of one T bar mount (suction pad) and transferring it into the one in the car and it was very simple to do. So effectively, whenever I drive, I have this cam in the vehicle. It is also supplied with short and long usb cables, which helped a lot as my truck has a usb connection within reach of the screen, my car doesn’t, so long one went in the car.
This week I had a possible insurance scam incident on the M6 roadworks in Cheshire. Bloke pulled in front, brake hard, then pulled away onto the coned area of the hard shoulder. As I didn’t hit him, I carried on. Upon arrival at the customer, I fired up the app on my iPad (also have it on phone). WiFi connection to phone was simple. Press to stop filming first, then into menu, go right, first item in WiFi, turn it on. Next on tablet, with app running, goto WiFi settings and the rove is displayed, connect and then once connected, return to app. Files were very easy to find, and simple to download. Be prepared, a 5 minute clip in 4K is over 600mb ! Cam takes upto a 128gb micro sd card and I recommend buying a decent one (class 10 and make sure it is 4K compatible or card will soon be useless) of those so you can record near enough a whole day. The video quality was fantastic, and I could easily read his number plate on the iPad screen. Saved clip to phone. You can also use the iPad as a remote screen for the camera once connected, interesting as you can leave connected to WiFi, and use as security device. You can also change most settings probably more easily using the iPad than the small buttons these cams all have

Overall, I am delighted with this cam. I can see why the truckers over the pond love it and it gets a massive big thumbs up from me

Once again, regarding the SD card. Upto 128gb. You just get both class 10 and 4K compatible. Due to the complexities I don’t understand of recording and re-recording 4K on sd cards, they will fail if they don’t meet that standard

The dashcam is ok at best. It worked ok while the product was under warranty. 4 months after warranty expired, so did the dashcam. It won’t power up.
while it was working, it did not have any motion detection, it just recorded everything. It also powers off immediately when the car is turned off, there is no parking monitoring to speak of.
The suction cup is also fairly weak. I have a cellphone holder that only fell off once when the temperature was -20C. This suction cup fell off at least every few weeks.

UPDATE:
the store responded to my messages comparing their product to Apple’s iPhone (which also provides 1 year warranty). I’m not sure if they think their products are of comparable quality or design to Apple’s, but this camera is quality is simply unacceptable. I’ve had a $50 dashcam that lasted 3 years. They clearly use inferior parts and labour but charge 3 times as much as other manufacturers.
The representatives of this company have no respect for the customers judging from their self-righteous justification of their deplorable products and abhorrent customer service.
I’ll be leaving a negative review for the company itself as well. absolutely disgraceful

I have just viewed the first video files from my new Rove R2-4K and I am quite satisfied with the video quality. Here’s my experience so far. Unpacking the dashcam, I was impressed with the detailed user manual, information regarding what micro-SD card to purchase, and Rove’s emphasis on customer satisfaction. The provided Amazon link for the recommended micro-SD card was for the US only and including a Canadian link would have been helpful. After some research and reading numerous reviews, I followed Rove’s recommendation of ordering a micro-SD card directly from Amazon. Since Rove provides excellent and detailed how to videos for setting up the dashcam, I barely had to look at the printed manual. These videos are a real bonus, are extremely helpful, and once again reinforce the company’s focus on customer care. Bravo! One thing that did not work was the Car DV Player for PC which I downloaded from the Rove site. Once installed, it showed my progress on a map, but the window where the video should have played remained empty. I was able to play the dashcam video on several media players including VLC. The video was of good quality and very sharp with the sun behind my vehicle. Driving into the sun, the quality deteriorated a bit so that license plates were no longer easily readable (see attached screenshot). I am running the dashcam on the highest available video quality setting. The wifi connection works well and is an easy way to change settings on the dashcam, but downloading video is slow and I opted to transfer video to my computer using the micro-SD card instead. The camera itself seems solid and well-built and the built-in view screen is more than adequate. Overall, I am very satisfied with this purchase.