Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This an immense value for the $160 price tag. I first want to address two points that people were saying as a negative which are absolute positives (at least for me): 1) The mount is a bit tight - I cannot understand at all why people wrote this as a con. You do not want a window mount which is loose as every time you touch the menu buttons (even though I mostly use the app for settings - will get to that later) it will ruin the perfect placement you worked so hard for on your initial placement. I have not had to adjust the mount at all since my initial placement, which saves me a lot of time each time I put back the dash-cam after transferring data to my PC. 2) This uses a "mini usb" port - People mentioned that this is not ideal as it's not as current as USB-C or even Micro-usb. For me, I could not have been happier when I saw this uses a min-usb... several dash-cams use mini-usb, including the previous two I have owned. What this meant for me was that I did not have to have someone hardwire my car again as the wiring from my previous dash-cam works perfectly - saved me $50. I know some people don't hardwire theirs, but I like the clean look and keeping my extra outlet available. (The included car adapter does seem plenty long enough to be hidden discreetly though). -- Two things that I want to mention that I did not see in either the menu or product descriptions: 1) This can take still photos (through either the app or device itself) while you are recording video and capture them clearly. The two photos attached to this review were taken while I was traveling at around 65 MPH. I do like to dabble in photography, own several high priced cameras and only one camera can take photos while recording video - and I paid over $600 for it (Sony RX100)... and even that will not record photos as clear as the X3 at such high speeds. 1) This can use up to (at least) a 128GB MicroSD card. I bought the Samsung 128GB EVO Select Memory Card which has been working great for me so far. -- WHY TO BUY THIS DASH-Cam: I did own a dashcam before, but needed to upgrade it for three reasons which the X3 has covered: 1) Like a lot of dash-cams my previous one (a Papago) did not record clearly at night or when it was dark. The X3 records very clear videos and photos at night where I can read plates as far as about three car lengths away (about 4-5 car lengths during daylight). I was going to put a video sample in, but Amazon absolutely kills the quality by compressing it and I felt it would do the X3 an injustice - I'd suggest using YT for video references and not Amazon where the quality is compressed. 2) My previous dash-cam did not have a parking mode. Not only does the X3 have a parking mode, it has 3 motion sensitivities to choose from. I did not hardwire an external battery yet, but did test it for a couple days with an external powerbank and it worked flawlessly to detect people walking by (I used the medium setting). 3) Gravity Senor - While my Papago dash-cam did have a G-Sensor it failed on me. Fortunately, I haven't had a real-life situation on my X3 yet, but I was able to test it by slamming my trunk and hood - both seem to trigger it. As a precaution, I did buy a 128GB card, as I am a bit paranoid from when my G-Sensor failed on me on my last dash-cam and it ended up burning me. The lack of the above three items all ended up costing me money because my previous dash-cam either failed or didn't have those features. -- I'm going to try and not waste everyone who's reading this time, but just want to point out a couple more things why I like this dashcam: 1) You do not need to remove the suction mount to take the dash-cam. The mount has a slot where you can just slide in the dash-cam and you can remove the camera by pushing a button and just sliding out the mount. The mount also has a port to plug in the power cable (the dash-cam does as well). 2) While the wi-fi/app did not factor in to my decision at all prior to buying this it sure is great to have. I'm primarily using it to change the settings. Even though changing settings within the dash-cam directly is very intuitive, it's still easier for me to change the settings through my very large screened phone. I do want to point out that if you do plan on sharing photos from your phone you can not do it through the app itself - after downloading your cameras photos or videos through the app, you need to go within your phones file manager to share the media... I only have experience with an android device as I do not own an IOS device. ---- In summary: In this review I am not advising you on why you would want a dash-cam, because if you are reading this you probably already know. The intention of my review is to inform on why you would want THIS dash-cam. Don't skimp on something cheaper as it may end up costing you more in the long run as it did me (significantly). As someone who is a photo person I'm quite amazed at the optics & technology this little dash-cam can provide. I rarely write reviews, but felt compelled to write one now.