![]() ![]() But the lack of GPS and average-quality video make it, well, more average than most Nextbase dash cams.Autoblog may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. We love the battery-supported parking mode, after-incident captures, and the ability to capture action to the rear without having to run a wire to a camera in the back. The Nextbase 222X is a good dual-channel dash cam. Also, I wish there were some way to turn off the large Nextbase logo on the video. I was, if not as enthusiastic about them as I have been about Nextbase captures in the past. ![]() Overall, you should be satisfied with the 222X’s captures. Note that despite the low light in the area, even at 720p the rear camera captures the license plate details nicely. Notice that you can read the license plate numbers. This is actually quite good for a rear-view camera mounted next to the front camera. The rear view night capture doesn’t seem as nice, but it did not have the advantage of streetlights and headlights brightening up the landscape that the front camera did. Overall, still decent low-light capture.Ī capture of oncoming traffic here in SF at night. You also lost detail in the dark areas to the sides. Color is fairly accurate, though it doesn’t handle headlight flare quite as well as others. The 222X’s front night captures reveal good detail straight ahead, but not as much as many cameras to the sides. This is with the convertible top up and a poorly adjusted rear camera. The beginning of Interstate 80 here in San Francisco. The images still show off the quality 720p nicely. Subsequent use showed I was being just a tad paranoid. It was so stiff at first, I was afraid of breaking it. If you know anything about SF, yes that’s the now-shuttered Cliff House.Īs you might notice from the two rear day captures, I was all over the place adjusting the swiveling rear camera. Front view on a nice sunny day.įorgive me, but it was so nice here in SF the day I tested, I dropped the top and included an extra rear-day capture just to make you jealous. Tooling along next to San Francisco’s Marina. ![]() Unlike with many cameras, detail doesn’t suddenlty pop out as you brighten the image either. Peripheral detail is inferior to what we’ve seen from other Nexbase cameras, or recent competition. The night captures are decent, with the same saturation and detail in the middle 90 degrees. The internal 320MaH battery will manage 48 hours of sleep time with 15 minutes of recording. That’s nice, but if you’re going to make extensive use of the feature, or want more than two days of run time, Nextbase and I both recommend that you either hard-wire the camera, or use an OBD-II (easier) or powered-mirror adapter (easiest). When you park, the camera goes to sleep but can wake up when prompted by a G-sensor disturbance to capture video. What you’ll see depends on the size of your back window. The rear-view camera is telescopic and doesn’t cover the interior, just your vehicle’s rear quadrants through the back window. The Nextbase 222X with its power-up screen shown. Embedded GPS info is also great for tracking your travels. While not absolutely vital, it can be very handy to confirm the location of incidents where there are no distinguishing landmarks. On the downside, there’s no GPS and no option for it. The main body attaches magnetically to a mount adapter housing the mini-USB power jack, which in turn marries with either a sticky or suction mount. The 222X’s display is a crisp 2.5-inch color model that shows off the current image and navigation menus nicely. Just don’t buy the 222X after having read other reviews, seeing the module port, and thinking it’s the jumping-off point for expanding at a later date. This is an issue no other dash cam could possibly suffer, as Nextbase is the only vendor we’re aware of that makes a modular system. According to the company, those modules will be sold, but only paired with cameras. ![]()
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