I bought this dash cam bundle from Very.co.uk. In November 2021. I wasn’t sure if a cheap dash cam would do the job so I decided investing a bit more because I live and work in Greater London and I’ve been witnessing lots of bad driving, including in the area I reside, where racing seems to be the norm and the consequences are people getting injured or property destroyed.Very as usual has been great with the delivery and I received the order by the end of the month. I was so excited to test both cameras so I rushed to book an appointment with my garage to install both cameras. I kept the bundle boxed and unwrapped in the box for at least two weeks because of the garage’s availability so very stupidly I didn’t try the camera before any installation.The “D” day ... MoreI bought this dash cam bundle from Very.co.uk. In November 2021. I wasn’t sure if a cheap dash cam would do the job so I decided investing a bit more because I live and work in Greater London and I’ve been witnessing lots of bad driving, including in the area I reside, where racing seems to be the norm and the consequences are people getting injured or property destroyed.Very as usual has been great with the delivery and I received the order by the end of the month. I was so excited to test both cameras so I rushed to book an appointment with my garage to install both cameras. I kept the bundle boxed and unwrapped in the box for at least two weeks because of the garage’s availability so very stupidly I didn’t try the camera before any installation.The “D” day came. The garage made a wonderful job as the wires were concealed properly and both cameras were working but … they left the SD card provided with the bundle untouched and they advised me to follow the instructions and leave the camera to charge overnight and then insert the card. I followed the advice and on the following day my excitement was wiped out. The SDcard wouldn’t stay in place. I knew that the SD card slot is spring loaded, so when inserting the card, fully pushed into the slot for the this to click into place but, neither me, my son and a friend were able to make the card remaining in the dash cam. We didn’t feel the click so the card was not in place and I kept receiving a message on the front camera to insert the card. I have a hectic live so I only could report this fault a few days before Xmas.Very asked me to contact Nextbase which I did and in fairness staff was very helpful although I felt that they were delaying the claim process as I received repeated emails asking over again if I had followed the instructions on how to use the SD card, which I reported I knew what I was doing considering that I have good IT skills.I have also complained about the battery on the device and I was surprised to discover that, the Series 2 Cameras have an internal lithium-ion battery for emergency uses only! I bought this bundle because the way it was advertised made me believe that I bought a very super dooper dash cam!! The internal battery has around 10-15 minutes of battery life. However, with the Rear Camera added, the battery life drastically reduced due to the additional power draw. So, I end up buying a dummy dash cam as using both front and rear cameras the battery life is drastically reduced to 1-3 minutes if fully charged.My disappointment started when I stupidly didn’t try the 2 cams before an installation was made. I took the car to my local garage and this was pricey, almost the double of Nextbase advertisement: offering this service at a competitive price around £85 but you need to consider that this could mean only one camera. The advertisement states “start from”.My bad luck!! During the Xmas period I couldn’t use the cameras and when I sent the front camera for Nextbase to repair a drastic incident happened. On the same weekend someone hit and run my car. This isn’t unusual in the area I live but unfortunately the CCTV neighbouring also didn’t catch the incident.This has been so frustrating!I feel proper mugged. My main reason to purchase the bundle was specifically to use in the Parking Mode. Little I knew that for this feature I will need to use a Hard Wire Kit because the Cigarette Lighter Cable is to use all the time when driving.It’s annoying to have the cable dangling over the gear box . My advice is : buy a cheap camera with minimal installation because I bought “dummy cams”. Remember if charged the front and rear camera will only record 1-3 minutes.I would love to have my money back but this means that I’ll have to pay to disassemble the bundle. I need to consider that I’ve lost a considerable amount of money: I made a bad purchase, installation and the repair of my car which would be recorded in 1-3 minutes. If the emergency battery was working.I don’t recommend buying this bundle because didn’t worth what I paid for it. I had a very basic market dash cam that worked better.I rate 4star for Nextbase technical support team. They kept in touch, they were friendly and they followed through with the arrangements. One start less because of the double emails sent asking if I followed all the steps before contacting about the faulty camera.

99% of problems with Nextbase cameras are inadequate memory cards people use, it must be over 48mb/s write speed. No need to pay £62 for the Nextbase one, me and many on the dashcam forums use the Samsung EVO Plus(white colour card is latest one) 128Gb which costs £13 on Amazon, has write speed of 60mb/sec and longevity measured in years not months with formats every 2-3weeks as advised by Nextbase.The camera functions great, be sure to hardwire to a 12v ignition live fuse.Very strong magnet attachment mount, I keep knocking my rear view mirror when removing camera because magnets are so strong!Pairs with phone ok, no issues, takes 1-2minutes to download clips to your phone. Certainly not any longer.Shame it doesn’t come with a small protective case or soft ... More99% of problems with Nextbase cameras are inadequate memory cards people use, it must be over 48mb/s write speed. No need to pay £62 for the Nextbase one, me and many on the dashcam forums use the Samsung EVO Plus(white colour card is latest one) 128Gb which costs £13 on Amazon, has write speed of 60mb/sec and longevity measured in years not months with formats every 2-3weeks as advised by Nextbase.The camera functions great, be sure to hardwire to a 12v ignition live fuse.Very strong magnet attachment mount, I keep knocking my rear view mirror when removing camera because magnets are so strong!Pairs with phone ok, no issues, takes 1-2minutes to download clips to your phone. Certainly not any longer.Shame it doesn’t come with a small protective case or soft pouch to store the camera in.Upgraded from a 2014 model Nextbase 402G, specs show the 422GW to be superior, the 402G was still very good but looking at how much bigger the 1 minute saved clips are in MB, the newer 422GW has hugely more processing power.The ease of use is certainly a benefit of the newer models, touchscreen is quick to respond and accurate and very easy to use. Single physical button to press to save a clip if something is observed while driving is good.Battery when new lasts 12 minutes, this isn’t designed to be a stand alone self powered Dashcam , it’s just to power on the dashcam for it to record a minute clip in park mode.Purchased for £111 with various Halfords discounts at the time, add a £13 Samsung EVO Plus 128Gb card, so £124 all in, i think that is a good price for a Dashcam package of this quality and camera optics/video footage recording.

I thought I deserved a new camera after someone crashed into me and my old camera recorded the event. It was recommended by the Halfords team, it has GPS so also records your speed and updates the time and date automatically the images are also very clear and easy to see. The quality is high enough to share on the police reporting site if you witness an accident or dangerous driving, I'm sure that the person who crashed into me would not have been so honest when the police turned up had I not had a recording. The 422 is better than my old camera as it has a "protect" button and it's possible to save a recording and stop if being recorded over if you're on a longer journey. I haven't yet tried the Alexa features or connected it to my phone but plan on doing that at ... MoreI thought I deserved a new camera after someone crashed into me and my old camera recorded the event. It was recommended by the Halfords team, it has GPS so also records your speed and updates the time and date automatically the images are also very clear and easy to see. The quality is high enough to share on the police reporting site if you witness an accident or dangerous driving, I'm sure that the person who crashed into me would not have been so honest when the police turned up had I not had a recording. The 422 is better than my old camera as it has a "protect" button and it's possible to save a recording and stop if being recorded over if you're on a longer journey. I haven't yet tried the Alexa features or connected it to my phone but plan on doing that at some point. Top tip - when placing it think about where the wipers reach. I had to reposition it as when it rained the recording was not clear, all I could see was raindrops. Moved it 5cm lower and it's now perfect, luckily it came with a spare window sticker. My old dash cam constant popped off the window in the heat but the 422 sticks to the window and is much more secure. It can be removed in two ways, either just the camera (magnetically attached) or the camera and fitting that attaches to the sticker (sliding it off). This means I don't have to leave it overnight or in the sun if I don't want to, it also has a park feature which I'll try once I've connected my phone. The charging cable can also be connected either to the camera or the window fitting. I am so pleased with it, it has greatly reduced the anxiety I had after being crashed into and worrying I would be crashed into again. Why the 422? Well, it also has a rear view attachment you can buy that records car cabin and out the back window. Thank you to the staff in Halfords who patiently explained the features of the camera. It was easy to fit and set up.