Garmin Dash Cam 57 Compact Dash Camera
Garmin Dash Cam 57 Compact Dash Camera
SMALL CAMERA, BIG PROTECTION
Featuring a wide 140-degree field of view that captures and saves important details in 1440p HD video, the compact, voice-controlled Garmin Dash Cam 57 has you covered.
Dash Cam 47 Comparison Chart
140 Degrees | Lens field of view | 140 Degrees |
1080p or 720p | Clarity of recording | 1440p, 1080p or 720p |
Parking guard | ||
Live view | ||
Voice control | ||
Driver alerts | ||
Incident detection |
140 Degrees | Lens field of view | 180 Degrees |
1080p or 720p | Clarity of recording | 1440p, 1080p or 720p |
Parking guard | ||
Live view | ||
Voice control | ||
Driver alerts | ||
Incident detection |
- Dash Cam 57
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| Dimensions: | 5.62 x 2.14 x 4.05 cm; 60 Grams |
| Model: | 010-02505-11 |
| Batteries Included: | 1 D batteries required. (included) |
| Manufacture: | Garmin |
| Dimensions: | 5.62 x 2.14 x 4.05 cm; 60 Grams |
| Origin: | China |
Good picture quality. Enough to read number plates in good lighting.
Does not take SD cards larger than 32GB. Didn’t know this until I purchased a 128GB card that I had to downsize to 32GB.
No complaints overall.
The flaws mainly originate from the app and how terrible it is. The amount of times my partner has had many scares when my car is simply sat there, and I close the door on it and it alerts collision detected. I don’t slam my doors btw… It’s just the parking mode thing doing it’s job but it should clearly know I’m still there and it’s not a collision. The Vault system has me paranoid as hell. I am genuinely worried that the one time I need to rely on my dashcam, the vault will mess up and my footage will be lost. It’s just not great how it required WiFi to sync and get that to your phone.
The parking mode is a nice feature but not really if you’re like me and don’t want to destroy your car battery by having the cam hardwired in. The battery should last a lot longer than it does when it’s been on an entire journey before you park up for the day at work.
The picture quality is great in both day and night conditions. The voice activation is handy but the other features such as speed alert and speed cameras are sooooooo annoying. I don’t use them. The only additional feature I have used is the Travelapse one. That’s pretty cool!
I would buy for just the camera. The app is reason enough to avoid.
Looked around for lots of camera , I came to the conclusion this is the best on the market . Minimal look
In summary, great quality and clear footage, easy to install, easy to use.
First off, Garmin is not the best dashcam brand at the moment. The software leaves a lot to be desired with lots of functionality missing. However, for the price, this is still a good choice. The picture quality is pretty good with plates readable. Saving clips is easy with voice command or by clicking the button. Speed limit warnings and lane departure also work pretty well. Parking mode also works well with the (additional cost) parking mode cable.
There’s no polarising filter which means that you will get reflections from within the car which is disappointing for a product of this price. You can’t view “unsaved” videos even though they’re on the SD card, which is dumb.
Had this for a few weeks and it does the job well.
I have it tucked behind the rear view mirror and it has a full view of the road ahead
This is my first dash cam and was easy to install and use. Videos are good quality. Suction is good and camera does not fall or move. I checked many cameras before this and was happy with my decision to buy this one would highly recommend. Only downside is downloading video footage over WiFi takes longer than I expected a 26min took just over half an hour to download. Apart from that very good quality. Camera is small and was able to hide behind rear view mirror.
This is great and easy enough to use (i’m very impatient and hopeless at reading instructions).
BUT it should say “order SD card with this or you can’t even set it up”.
So if you haven’t got one lying around the house get one on order at the same time!
“Not professionally installed ”
Work well
If you brake harsh it responds and marks it as an insistent
You hardly know it there
Voice command is a good feature
App is easy to use
Confusing at first it interfaces with your phone with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, but NOT at the same time.
Once you figure it out it fine!
I recommend using a high endurance micro as card
Possible one of the best Dashcams I have had. I previously had 55w and other amazon dashcams in the past but this is one of the best. great picture and video. easy to install and setup
I was nervous buying after seeing a few negative reviews but ours has been great! Really easy to install and no issues connecting to the app using an iPhone. The only downside I would say is that when you want to save a video to your phone then it seems to force you to first upload the video to the Garmin cloud (via your phone) and then download it from there. Seems longwinded and a waste of data. Other than that though we love it. Very small and easy to hide on your widescreen.
Bought this having had two Nextbase cameras that each died within a few months and I wanted something that actually seemed designed to cope with the heat of being mounted on a car windscreen (!) I’ve had two of these now for about 10 months, including the hottest Summer on record, and both are still working perfectly. It definitely helps to invest in the robust SD cards you can now get (mine is from Integral) but they basically just work. The picture quality is adequate rather than spectacular, but they’re incredibly small so you can just forget they’re there until you need to review some footage.
What a great device, I’d get one for the back if I wasn’t in a cabriolet. Far more than just a dash cam, speed alerts, traffic moving etc etc, well worth the money aswell
Got this as an upgrade for my existing Garmin camera. My old one was super bulky and used a suction cup so on hot days it would fall off the windscreen and set my car alarm off!
I got this to have a smaller replacement and it’s exactly that, fits really nicely and discreetly on the windscreen and the magnetic attachment means it won’t fall off when the weather changes!
Great tiny little camera to plug and play and leave until something bad might happen, footage is really clear and consistent. The only negative I got is the WiFi data transfer of footage is extremely slow.
We have 4 of these in the family cars. Easy to install, easy to connect to (via your phone), easy to set-up and easy to forget until you need it.
On my second unit as the original one had a few issues with turning on. Garmin customer support were not the greatest I must say but sent a replacement. Very easy to install and nice and discreet.
Happy with the unit (so far)
Easy to install, sync and use. Not suction though, adhesive pads. I chose this for its size because I didn’t want anything in my line of vision. Really easy to use and sync once you have the phone app.
Lagging wireless connection sometime it takes time for your phone to connect to the device sometime in lose connection. I had the device freeze on me once it wouldn’t turn on And it wouldn’t record I left it alone for a day and it fixed itself
After having a chepo one that was useless I decided to try a premium product and boy is it impressive. A dash cam that works excellent product only had it a couple of days but even the android app interface works well and it gives safety information as you drive plus its a very compact camera
I like the camera, small and unobtrusive, the adhesive to attach it to the windscreen is not up to the job, I have had to purchase a suction pad from ebay to make it work. Initial setting up of camera is confusing instructions aren’t clear. I had to research on Google on how to do it properly.
I was looking to get a dash cam after a refund of a product. I know garmin well as I have a couple other products of theirs and they are decent. I bought this along with the constant power cable, having this makes the car tidier but isnt required.
The picture quality is good for its size and at night its picture is acceptable. The connection to the phone isnt the quickest and most stable but it does work and transfering files straight to the phone isnt too bad, the app allows trimming of the clip before transfer which is neat. Some people have mentioned overheating, mostly in parking mode, so I leave it set for 10 minutes, then auto shutoff. All cameras will get hot if they are left constantly processing images for hours. if your phone was left filming high res for 10 minutes it would start to get a bit warm. the same applies with this camera, it will feel warm or hot when driving along but it is designed to withstand this.
Was in a car accident and my dash cam broke a few before and has no footage to show. So bought this, and the camera is lovely. It’s small and compact. Voice commands and Wi-Fi so you can download photos and videos. The park safe mode is a good mode to have aswell. I like how it’s sticks onto the windscreen with m2 tape rather than suction cups.
Ive been using it for nearly a month now and it seems to work fine. I just wish it had a small screen so you can see easily and quickly it is pointing forwards correctly. Next dashcam i buy will have a rear facing camera as well.
I still need to get the power supply wire properly fitted instead of just hanging down the windscreen to the power socket.
I notice it gets quite warm when in use.
with dashcams, you tend to get what you pay for but beyond a certain price point it just becomes useless gimmicks like Alexa. I think this is the perfect ideal dashcam taking into account the picture quality, features and price.
This dashcam offers good quality in daytime and nighttime, has wifi so you can download videos via the downloadable app, it has many assist’s such as lane departure and even proximity and even voice control! The parking mode is brilliant too.
The one downside i’d say is that it takes roughly 15-30 seconds to switch between parking mode and actual dashcam recording which can be a bit of a nuisance but it’s a minor thing.
Caught my car accident perfectly with its wide angle view, nice and clear! Was able to retrieve the footage and have it sent to my insurance within half an hour of the accident. Highly recommended!
I am very impressed with the added features, which I was unaware of, for instance the speed camera warning.
I travelled from Warrington to Hull, and back, along a stretch of “smart” motorway, and the warnings it gave were spot on as to where the active cameras were situated.
Another useful feature, when sat in unmoving traffic is that it warns you when the traffic begins to move.
It paired with my iPhone without a problem.
I have also wired it into my fuse-box using the Garmin parking mode cable, and this also works a treat.
Lastly, as I did not read the specs first I was pleasantly surprised how small and compact the camera is.
I would highly recommend this product.
Love this little dashcam. It is incredibly small and therefore, doesn’t distract or obscure vision of the driver. The long cable is plenty long enough to tuck away the cable. The video quality is good, though the polarising lense should come included. I paired this device with the Garmin Constant Power Cable and it works a treat.
I bought both this one and a BlackVue to compare, and the Garmin impressed me a lot more. It’s thoughtfully designed with nice tactile buttons and clear status lights (a bit strong, though – I may tape over them (UPDATE 2022-07: I’ve gotten used to them)). The instructions and app onboarding are well thought through.
It was easy to install in my Honda – no special skills or tools needed.
Please note that the longer of the two included USB cables is angled upwards (to route the cable along the ceiling and down the side) and the shorter one is angled downwards (to go straight down to a socket).
Brilliant dose speed cameras accident black spots gives warning if you get too close to car in front.
Firstly, although small it has a heft to it and feels well made, unlike the VanTrue which feels like it came out of a Christmas cracker. Installing it is very easy, the stickers are unobtrusive, and the thinness of the connection wires makes them very easy to hide. The standard kit comes with a 13ft long cable so no problem wiring front to rear. Set up is flawless and the app is excellent and deserves its very high rating. It was easy to connect both cameras to the app and they work well in conjunction. It might not come with as many bells and whistles as other brands and the camera resolution is not as high as others, but for its intended purpose it is more than enough. The constant power cable which plugs into the OBD II port gives full parking mode protection. The power cable is expensive for what it is but after the frustrations of the other brands I was happy to have such an easy plug and play installation. A 2 year manufacturers warranty comes as standard for further piece of mind. For anyone that finds the review articles fairly useless as they talk about all the features of the dash cams but no mention of reliability, I would fully recommend the Garmin range.
3 things to note. The camera doesn’t have a screen that’s what your mobile is for. You can access a live feed of the camera at your home to make sure it is set in the best place and that leads me onto another point you may be able to access a live feed if you have internet in your car. I don’t think you’d be able to watch live driving if your not in the car as the connection is mainly through Bluetooth, but perhaps that’s the future. Last point to access the videos/camera without turning your car on, wasting battery and petrol then just use a mobile external battery via the USB lead.
All in all I am very happy with this product. I’ve had Garmin gadgets for years and thought why not give this one a go and to be honest I’m glad I did.
Wasn’t sure about this – but very happy with the dashcam it’s very small and discrete, responds will to audio commands and hard braking, etc recording and storing video easily.
Supplied adhesive pad (and spare) are fine and do a good job. Some comments about these not being any good but once fixed if camera doesn’t need to be moved they seem very solid.
WiFi connection was a bit fiddly to set up but once done works solidly every time, playback over WiFi is good resolution.
I initially bought a 40 dash camera – it quit within 2 days ! Bought this Garmin – mainly because I had one of their sat nav’s some years ago and was very pleased with it. This dash cam works well and is worth the extra investment – Recommended
Good compact dash cam. The app works well too. I did have a problem when I mounted it inside rear tailgate on estate car with a hardwire kit as lost good DAB radio signal when it wrote to the sd card. Had to remove it and use it in my other car front screen which it performs great. One of the smallest cams, easy to hide behind the mirror.
Very small and just does the job, I have fitted it with the Garmin hard wire kit and would recommend.
I like that this is a very small and discreet dash cam. Adhesive fitting is small and sticks well. I wired mine up to the power supply in the electric rearview mirror and so have no trailing wires at all, using a Dongar technologies piece of kit from the USA. There is no parking camera functionality as the unit is comparatively simple. The app from Garmin works reasonably well but I would recommend a large SD card to store as much on the camera as Garmin charge for cloud storage
Easy to use, easy to set up and a reasonable price.
Looks so good! So small and descrete, app works perfectly, hardwired in very easily, very pleased
This is a discrete and gives a good picture. It is non distracting.
Great little dashcam , never had a garmin dashcam before bought this to replace my old dashcam , i am really impressed with vdo quality and their night shot ability that come from very little dashcam with so many features such as speed camera warning , collision warning , lane departure warning ,this dashcam is a must buy
I’ve now got two of these fitted in different cars. Vary good value and easy to fit out of the drivers line of sight.
Purchased for my Dad at Christmas to replace an ageing dash cam. Easy to fit, updated fine and is functioning fine. Can’t ask for more from something simple.
Good quality photos and videos though downloading videos to phone through the app can be painful slow
Like the size of the camera, video and sound quality good. would rather it record in upto 5 min loops rather than continuously record and then you have to trim what part of the recording you require late
Very Good cam dash , nice and safety alerts it help me a to drive a safety a lo
I bought a camera before. I was very happy with it, so decided to add one for my back window. You can speak to this updated version and Garmin to record or take a picture. I had just the right amount of lead to reach the back window. I have a small car, I’d struggle with the lead if I had a bigger car. The quality of the playback is fantastic. It’s highly recommended.
Recently bought this dashcam. Works as expected. slightly disappointed with the price. They should also include the polaroid lense with the item.
I owned a Nextbase 522GW that was troublesome from the start, so I purchased a Garmin 67. I found the wide angle lens too wide as I could see all my dashboard. I sent it back and got the 57 which has a better viewing angle. Screen is a little small, but it has some great features to make up for it, like driving too close, vehicles moving away in front while stationary and lane drifting. It also has speed cameras. One thing I would like to see that the Nextbase had is constant on screen speed. Other than that I’m pretty happy with it.
This is an excellent DashCam but the provided adhesive mounting pad is a nuisance. You cannot move it to a new position. The Garmin pressure, rubber mount pad will have to be purchased to enable you to find the best position for the Cam. Just pull off the supplied adhesive mount and push on the rubber mount type. The features of this Cam are lengthy including the usual drive monitoring: 180 degree view; Clear HD lens; Auto Guard status when car is stationary; takes a 256Gb micro SD card (very fast in Cam formatting); Speed Cam over-the-air updates; Lane assist; Road speed monitoring with warnings; Speed Cam warnings with distance countdown and screen colour changes as you approach the SpeedCam too fast; Warning alarm beeps; Voice control functions (excellent); Software updates over-the -air; If in the area of your home WiFi, you can monitor your DashCam remotely by smartphone; Bluetooth monitoring when setting up Cam position (excellent); Travelapse which you can start/stop by voice command to record your journey independently of all the other monitoring and recording features. Highly recommended.
The phone app is much faster and better than nextbase
Really impressed so far. Easy to set up and configure. Reasonably easy and quick to view saved footage on the cam via wi-fi and download to the phone. Nice and small. Don’t notice it behind the rear view mirror. After 1 month then I’d definitely recommend if you want a small cam without a screen.
Installation in my 2020 Audi A3(8Y) was simple enough but you may want to buy the Garmin OBD cable. I didn’t like the fact that a permanent adhesive mount is included but not a suction one. The Garmin 12V adaptor is better than many in that it has two USB outputs.
Overall the video quality is pretty good during day, at night you can sometimes read number plates but it’s average for its price. HD seems a bit behind the times in this price category – it should be 4K. Also, the optional polarising filter (around 20) really does reduce glare and should have been in the box. Another sign of being behind the times comes with the fact this unit uses Micro USB not USB C – keep up Garmin!
The voice command feature works well at all but the highest speeds where wind noise etc. can affect it but the incident button is easy to access. At night I’m glad of the fact there is no distracting LCD screen on the camera.
So overall, yes, the camera serves its purpose and video quality is decent enough under most conditions plus the app is okay too but it’s not a leading-edge product and there are extras to buy like the filter, suction mount and if you want it, the OBD lead.
Installation in my 2020 Audi A3(8Y) was simple enough but you may want to buy the Garmin OBD cable. I didn’t like the fact that a permanent adhesive mount is included but not a suction one. The Garmin 12V adaptor is better than many in that it has two USB outputs.
Overall the video quality is pretty good during day and night and usually you can read number plates but HD seems a bit behind the times in this price category – it should be 4K. Also, the optional polarising filter (around 20) really does reduce glare and should have been in the box. Another sign of being behind the times comes with the fact this unit uses Micro USB not USB C – keep up Garmin!
The voice command feature works well at all but the highest speeds where wind noise etc. can affect it but the incident button is easy to access. At night I’m glad of the fact there is no distracting LCD screen on the camera.
So overall, yes, the camera serves its purpose and video quality is decent enough under most conditions plus the app is okay too but it’s not a leading-edge product and there are extras to buy like the filter, suction mount and if you want it, the OBD lead.
Excellent piece of kit. Fits behind the rear view mirror so no additional obstruction through the window screen. Good picture on smart phone. Good buy for the money.