Curious to see your dashcams. I had a FitcamX and hated it

[RAMMER80]

Since I just bought the new 2026, I wanted to look at some ideas for dash cameras that you guys were using. I’m extremely OCD about wiring and want everything to look as clean as possible. I used to have the fit cam X and hated it as far as the operating system. The look was fine and it looked as factory as you could make it.

My idea was to use the 12 V plug on the dash and use one of the bullet point mounts and one of the ball attachments to rig up some way to have a dash camera there. Another really small dash camera is nowadays and I figured I can figure something out where I can just have it there instead of running wires all throughout the truck.

 

[PurpleRT]

So if your OCD about wiring why didn’t the Fitx work out for you?

Unless you’re accident prone you shouldn’t have to check footage daily and deal with the operating system much.

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[SW Driver]

FitCamX are nice for their OEM look, but performance is lackluster across multiple auto brands. I’ve read several reviews where people have had problems with the camera working. I did consider FitCamX when I was looking at dash cams for all my vehicles, but ultimately the average reviews made me look elsewhere.

I personally wanted a 4K dash cam with parking mode that would not drain my battery. For the Ram, I went with the new Thinkware U3000 Pro front/rear dash cam. Thinkware is a highly rated brand and performs well. I haven’t installed mine yet, but I did buy the hardwire kit and will run it to the fuse box under the steering wheel. This will hide all the wires. I park outside, so I wanted the radar parking mode. It has protections built in so it won’t drain the battery.

On other cars I went with Viofo A329S. This is their flagship model, but really all their dash cams are outstanding. I hardwired them as well.

Both brands make good products. The only other one I’d consider is Blackvue. If you really want to dig into dash cams, watch YouTube videos from Safe Drive Solutions or Vortex Radar. Both do lots of testing.

 

[LaxDfns15]

Viofo A229 Pro. Great quality, easy enough to install. Running the wires through the truck was nowhere near as difficult as my wife's Traverse. The rear lift gate took me longer than the rest of the car. Since you're not wanting to run wires throughout the truck you could do something like the A119 Pro.

 

[1923bob]

I went with the Wolfbox mirror cam last Fathers Day and love it.

 

[HSKR R/T]

Viofo A229 Pro. Great quality, easy enough to install. Running the wires through the truck was nowhere near as difficult as my wife's Traverse. The rear lift gate took me longer than the rest of the car. Since you're not wanting to run wires throughout the truck you could do something like the A119 Pro.

Wasn't too bad running rear camera wire in my wife's Traverse. Went through the rubber boot into the hatch. I did use my fish sticks I have from my data cable routing days.

 

[1923bob]

 

[1923bob]

 

[RAMMER80]

So if your OCD about wiring why didn’t the Fitx work out for you?

Unless you’re accident prone you shouldn’t have to check footage daily and deal with the operating system much.

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I don’t only use it for accidents. The app was horrible and connecting gave me so many issues. I’m in IT so I know it’s not user error.

 

[Aivars]

Viofo A229 Pro 3ch, received as a Christmas gift from my wife. Works perfect, I made some upgrade bought bluetooth remote and changed interior cam from standard to fisheye with wider angel, 512GB SSd card and Hardwire for parking mode.

Installation was easy and simple.

 

[boogielander]

have the viofo a229 dual cam system on my M3, it's okay. it does get in the way if you want to utilize high quality sunshade like covercraft, since covercraft is made to match your windshield. not that big of a deal for that particular car because I also have a radar detector high mounted on the windshield, and that got in the way more than the viofo.

have the fitcamx on the truck, routed the rear cam to the back of tailgate area inside the camper using extension cables. never gave me an issue. yes the app utilizes wifi signal so it can be a hassle to connect when the truck is on and you're using wireless carplay, but like many things i got used to it and it worked fine. i'm a part time IT full time truck installer/ outfitter, so maybe that's why I'm ok with it - my IT skills are not on your level LOL. BUT if you use a covercraft sunshade it will NOT get in the way and no one will know you have a dash cam.

have installed plenty of those wolfbox units. They are awesome, but positioning is important. Running wires is fine, but just remember the more wires you have to run (power/ rear cam/ front cam - if you go with the 3 cam system) there are more wires to hide in the headliner, which can make hiding it a pain (more wires = more space needed)

stay away from ventrue that uses mini usb b type of connection. those cables are BULKY and are royal pain in the rear to run. can cause folding marks or damages to the head unit - i've seen people done that.