Garmin Dash Cam 55,Smallest Dash Cam Review

Garmin Dash Cam 55 Design

The new Garmin Dash Cam 55 has a compact and slim design. There is a bronze ring around the lens. The 55 Cam Dash also increases camera resolution from 1080p to 1440p and adds sound control capabilities.

With these capabilities, Garmin dashcam 55 best priced at 200 $.

With a slim and small shape, making an installation can easily be done. In the box is available magnetic mounting profiles.

This then connects magnetically to the mounting arm attached to the camera itself with a ball-and-socket connection, you can adjust the installation to get the best angle.

So that the camera will be able to record the farthest angle from the windshield of your car.

Garmin dash cam 55 in the box

When you buy the Garmin 55 dash cam, this camera will be in the box, and whatever is in the box is as follows;

• Garmin 55 Dash Cam
• Low profile magnetic mount
• Vehicle power cable
• USB cable
• MicroSD ™ card
• Quickstart manually

Garmin dash cam 55 Installation

Before you remove the adhesive stand, make sure you have considered the location of the camera, so that the camera can reach better.

This is because after removing the adhesive holder, you will have difficulty releasing it after installation.

Before you can attach the adhesive stand to your windshield, the ambient temperature must be from 21 ° to 38 ° C (from 70 ° to 100 ° F).

TIPS: Before installing you can connect the camera to the power supply and place the camera where you think is most appropriate.

Clean the windshield using water or alcohol first, and a lint-free cloth. The windshield must be free of dust, wax, oil or coating.

Next step remove the protective film from the mounting adhesive.

Next, you must place the mount above the location.

TIP: Do not touch the adhesive to the windshield until the stand is properly installed and aligned because the adhesive is very sticky

Press the holder firmly into the windshield, and keep the pressure for 30 seconds.

After you install the dash cam you need to wait around 24 hours before installing the Garmin Dash Cam ™ so that the adhesive works perfectly.

Garmin Dash Cam 55 Feature

Minimalist design, simple, comfortable, lightweight and with a two-inch screen, a powerful 3.7-megapixel camera, and 1440p video recording allow you to record with good image quality even in low lighting.

For batteries that can last up to 30 minutes, this might not be too long but compared to most cameras only last a few minutes.

Battery life that is not too long has the intention to power the camera, it is only for storing the last video file when you turn off the car.

In terms of video storage, the camera is equipped with a microSD card (class 10 of 8 Gb which allows recording of at least 56 minutes) and you can increase it with another microSD up to 64 GB.

With larger memory, it will certainly be able to store more video files, although most only store accident videos for just a few minutes.

Garmin Dash Cam 55 with this LCD screen equipped with a G-sensor with this feature will detect the sudden impact of an accident and allow recording of locked videos automatically in real time without having to ensure that the camera will not overwrite video files.

Another useful feature is built-in GPS tracking, which is probably best known by Garmin. GPS can show your speed and coordinates of your location, which can be useful when submitting an insurance claim.

Road safety monitoring.

Another useful feature is the safety feature, if there is a car that is approaching too fast, there will be a warning from this camera.

Meanwhile, Lane’s departure warning will notify you if you are off track.

When traffic starts moving in front of you but you are not moving, there will be alert GO warning from this dash cam.

Another warning that you can also enjoy is a red light warning when you almost arrive at an upcoming red light.

Parking monitoring

You can use this camera to monitor your vehicle while parked.

To use this feature you need a hardwire kit so you can use the car’s battery when the car is off, or you can also use an external battery.

When this feature runs the camera will be in standby mode, using little power and only turns on when movement or impact is detected.

Voice control

Another advantage of the Garmin 55 dash cam is the Voice Control, you can activate the camera features verbally.

By simply saying “OK, Garmin” you can make a request with the following command: “Save video”, “Take a picture”, “Record audio” and “Save Travelapse”.

Maybe you don’t want to always record audio at any time, but maybe this is useful when the police come in to ticket you and you can take advantage of the “Record audio” feature.

Voice Control

Travelapse.

In addition to various safety features, this camera is equipped with “Travelapse”, which compresses long videos into fast forwarding intervals

This feature can be fun to use on a long, beautiful trip.

Overall, the Garmin Dash Cam 55 is a good mid-level dash camera that covers all the desired features at a reasonable price.

Highlight video with travelapse

Synchronize Video Wirelessly to a Smartphone

Dash Cam 55 has default Wi-Fi® With this feature, you can easily synchronize videos wirelessly to compatible smartphones so you can share videos with friends or maybe insurance agents and so on.

But you need to download the free VIRB® Mobile application.

Sharing the video to a friend

Video quality

The camera operates at a maximum resolution of 2560 × 1440 (1440p), with a frame rate of 30 fps. But you can set a high frame to 1920 × 1080 (1080p) at 60fps.

Overall the video quality is pretty good but not impressive. During the day, the camera records well to very good video.

At night, the video quality is average to moderate. Even on relatively bright roads, it is often not able to read other car number plates at night.

Details can still be made at night, but only in places with lower direct light. Maybe we can compare with Thinkware F800 pro

Sample footage Garmin dash cam 55

Day time video sample

Night time sample video