Ring Car Cam review 2024: super easy to use

Ring’s most recent addition to its array of security products, the LTE-enabled Ring Car Cam (which retails for $249.99), features two 1080p cameras that can record activities both on the road in front of your vehicle as well as inside the vehicle itself. We like that it is easy to set up and that it is compatible with the extensive Ring companion app. Additionally, its privacy mode is one of a kind and very useful. When it is used, it turns off the camera and mic that are facing the cabin, but it maintains the camera that is facing forward active.

The fact remains, however, that it is a very pricey investment due to the high asking price as well as the nearly obligatory monthly subscription plan. If you find up needing video footage of a vehicle accident for the purposes of insurance or legal action, this dash cam could end up paying for itself in the end. And despite this, it is more affordable than the Dash Cam Tandem, which is Garmin’s comparable product.

Ring Car Cam Specifications

Ring Car Cam: Design

Ringing Protect Go also turns on the Traffic Stop mode of the Car Cam, which is meant to protect riders if they are stopped by the police. After selecting the feature and its Alexa skill during setup, you can just say “Alexa, record” and the camera will start recording up to 20 minutes of video and send notifications to shared Ring account users while streaming the footage to the cloud. Outside of traffic stops, you can use this mode any time you might be in a dangerous position and want to save a recording. You can buy this Ring Car Cam from its official website

Quick Setup and Performance

If this is your first item from the company, you’ll need to set up an account and download the software. First, we tapped the three bars in the upper left corner of the app screen, chose Set Up a Device, and then chose Cars. We scanned the QR code on the card that came with the goods with my phone. Then we told it my car’s name and where we park it at night. When the app asked if we had already put the camera, we said that we hadn’t. It then told me to park where we could get a good cell phone signal and find my truck’s OBD-II port. Next, we used the adapter that came with it to connect one end of the 8-foot power wire to the mounting arm and the other end to the OBD-II port of my car.

Ring Car Cam: Image Quality

When you stretch 1,920×1,080 pixels over such a large FOV, you can only get so much information. Still, the quality of the picture is good enough that you can read license plate numbers from about the length of a car in broad daylight. Its nighttime quality isn’t as good, but the footage can still be used on roads or streets with enough light.

Final Words

The $250 Ring Car Cam, you can take the company’s expertise in home security cameras on the road with you. It’s understandable that the additional subscription might first put off some customers. If you don’t have a subscription, you may still use the Ring app to easily see, download, and share video recordings of whatever is happening in or around your vehicle.

Those who are already familiar with Ring’s other home security cameras will find that the Ring Car Cam is the best option available. The Nextbase 322GW and the Scotch NEXTS10032-ET are two good choices if you don’t want to deal with a subscription or aren’t comfortable using an Alexa-enabled camera in your vehicle.

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