Nextbase 522GW Dash Cam Front and Rear Camera- 1440P/30fps
Nextbase 522GW Dash Cam Front and Rear Camera- 1440P/30fps QUAD HD- WiFi Bluetooth- Built-in Alexa- GPS Emergency Response- In Car 280° / 360 Dual Dash Cam Rear Window 6 Lane Wide Recording
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| Image Quality | 1080p @ 30fps | 1080p @ 60fps | 1440p @ 30fps | 1440p @ 30fps | 4K @ 30fps // 1080p @ 120fps |
| Screen | 2″ LED HD IPS | 2.5″ LED HD IPS | 2.5″ LED HD IPS Touch | 3″ LED HD IPS Touch | 3″ LED HD IPS Touch |
| Night Vision | Yes | Pro | Pro | Pro | Enhanced |
| GPS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Offline GPS what3words + 10x GPS | |
| Wifi | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Dual 2.4GHz & 5GHz | |
| Reflection Free Lens | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | ✓ | ✓ |
| Alexa Voice Control | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Intelligent Parking Mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Nextbase Emergency SOS Response | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Super Slow Motion @ 120fps | ✓ |
| Dimensions: | 5.31 x 9.3 x 4.5 cm; 762 Grams |
| Model: | 522GW |
| Batteries Included: | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included) |
| Manufacture: | Nextbase |
| Dimensions: | 5.31 x 9.3 x 4.5 cm; 762 Grams |
| Origin: | China |
Really great camera, had a Blackvue before – the Nexbase is a better bet.
Nextbase 522GW Dash Cam Front and Rear Camera. With this front and rear dash cam you hot all the bases covered. Excellent quality and a piece of cake to fit. Comes with a tool to help you hide all the wires.
Brilliant product works well. I have bought the cheaper products in the past but have thrown them away due to not recording on the sd card and obviously if your involved in a car accident that’s when you need the dash cam to verify what happened. Plus with my Nextbase 522gw the app will show you what has been recorded well worth the extra money compared to a cheaper brand. Definitely chuffed with the purchase and I give it a double thumbs up.
I purchased this along with hard wire kit to replace a failed unit in my wife’s wee VW Polo. The install was very easy with the hard wire kit, so easy I later purchased the rear camera and installed that too. The performance of the cameras is excellent with nice clear vision day and night.
I had hoped for longer than 20 months service from Nextbase. Too many glitches, and sometimes it will not operate at all, inspite of repeated resetting. Disappointing.
The camera is great and recordings very clear but I would have liked more precise instructions, its a case of trial and error to set ut up. It needs to be positioned on the passenger side.
Got the front and rear at a great price so bought another set for my wife’s car. Superb quality and relatively easy to install.
Using it in the car for any evidence to my car insurance.
Good product bought the product, by the advertising it looks as if your getting the full kit when you only get the camera. You then have to buy SD card separately also the rear camera, so had to wait 2 more days for delivery.
Both cameras provide excellent picture quality, but the rear facing one is difficult to position each time you remove it from the magnetic mount as there is no way of locking off the position like on the old suction pad. Happy with the set up generally and despite the rear facing camera size, once it’s set you get very clear views of cars behind you.
This is great, works really well for what it’s worth. However I’ve been disappointed with is Alexa integration, that didn’t meet my expectations, quite glitchy and keeps on losing connection. I would’ve wanted to go handsfree but it keeps on using my phone and at times I have to turn the screen ON. Why bother to have this if you cannot make it seamless. I would rather prefer to use my phone’s Alexa app than this add-on gadget that adds no value to that feature. All in all its a dashcam with excellent camera, even the add-on camera is good, and it does its job well. I haven’t hardwired yet, but think that might be useful. Cheers!
Had this nextbase camera fitted, it’s good quality, picture is good, have not got me head around night vision, will have to go into settings
Can see view from dashcam clearly and easily. Can send video to mobile phone
Design,size and picture quality. Maybe a bit more expensive than other makes, but with the quality of other people’s driving you need to protect your ca
Was good but stopped working just after the warranty. Seller iZilla refused to help. Don’t bothe
I liked the dash cam, found the quality better.
But Its a bit expensive.
I think it would have been worthy with this price if the camera has its own battery with greater power. It has to rely on the vehicle’s power source all the time, so that it can be used even without connecting to the vehicle.
Don’t know it will be possible to add a battery with this camera.
The picture is good enough for accidents but it won’t pick up say facial features unless they’re very close.
If the 622 was more affordable I would have got this for the 4K.
Image was stable and not jerky/ washed out/ reflective etc.
It stores files in 1min files but it is all continuous. The 1min files are easier to email/ save etc rather than downloading a whole hour of video to find one moment for example.
Set up was easy – my USB port is below my radio so I just plug that in and don’t bother with hardwire or hiding the cables.
I bought a 128GB Scandisk U3 card because it was so much cheaper than the Nextbase one. Formatted it straight away after reading all the reviews – works perfectly.
Downloaded the android app to set it up which I did in the house and this was easy. When I’m parked up somewhere and want to use the app, it does struggle to connect over WiFi. Sometimes it looks like it hasn’t connected but when you press ‘back’ you’re suddenly connected. Its fine because I plug the camera into my PC (downloaded the Nextbase Player for PC) and it works great – really great. Has speed info and a little map that shows you where you were.
Would definitely recommend but if you have the funds, get the 4K.
Nice piece of kit this. The cables are plenty long enough too to run around the trim and back into the cigarette lighter.
You will need a fast micro SD card card. I think it needs to be at least “Class 10 U3”. The card I stuck in after I installed the rear camera wasn’t quick enough. The dashcam told me and refused to record! No biggie. They’re cheap enough these days. Bought a 64GB one and it all seems to be working sweetly now.
I find the app a little clunky. But to be honest, I barely use it now. If I do get in a prang, I’m just going to take the SD card out of it and plug it into my PC.
So yeah, worth the extra cash against the cheaper no-name brands in my opinion.
Has great picture quality and is easy to mount. I used the hardwire kit to hide all my wires and it worked great.
The picture quality is brilliant Anniversary cameras OK as well Is worth buying
I have used a number of nextbase products with the being the best so far. Feature rich, strong construction and plenty of deals available
Keypoints:
1. The 3 inch display is clear, I have also used the Nextbase App on my iPhone, but I only really review recorded video using a laptop.
2. High G Sensor Activity. The default Medium setting resulted in a number of false RED Exclamation marks on the 522GW display, these recordings are automatically protected. I have since set the sensor to high, particularly as all recordings are saved anyway.
3. Speed Awareness. All recordings constantly display vehicle speed, so it’s a wake up call on the way you drive.
To sum up, excellent camera quality and stable recordings, I’m glad I bought this dash cam.
I bought this for my girlfriend and she is very happy with the quality. Couple of wee issues but once get used to it she thinks it’s great over the last few days.
This is the third Next Base camera system I’ve purchased —- always great results.
Everything really good bought the rear camera also and Nextbase 128gb sd card.
The only problem I have is while using the park feature camera drained battery enough so I couldn’t start car.
Had my car years and had no problems with car battery.
Since installing dash cam had problems with weak or no car start.
I have now bought a bigger car battery nearly double Ah .
I use the car for work every week day which is 16 miles a day travelling.
I’m hoping new battery will solve car not starting because of dash cam .
Picture quality and clarity great, easily installed and handy download to phine
Used it for a couple of days now and it’s great. Software seems a bit old but is what you’d expect from dash cam. Video quality is good but only records in 1/2/3 minute segments… Would be nice to have more options.
Something I’d like to see is automatic deleting of old footage so you don’t have to touch the dash cam until you need it.
Overall works great and it’s nice to have if anything nasty happens.
I bought a mirror cam last year with the recommended sd card. Partner had a accident and it didn’t record the incident and was very angry. For peace of mind I bought the lastest nextbase dashcam that I thought was over priced but I feel at ease if anything was too happen again since I can rely on this.
They have Alexa built in, which links through your phone to the car audio system and it seems to work quite well.
The picture quality of the cameras is excellent. Beware that you will need to fit the ferrite blocks on the cables near to the cameras – especially the rear if you have a DAB fin aerial, and it may still hamper the DAB signal a wee bit.
The app is reasonable, but is let down by the fact you can only have a single smartphone paired to the cameras. This is an issue when there are multiple drivers with their own phones (which is obviously very common). I’ve seen comments at online forums where Nextbase claim it’s under development, but that was over a year ago and nothing has changed so far.
I bought the 522gw nextbase dash cam I had it for a couple of weeks and the screen over heated its just a defective one because my parents one is fine and she has had it a lot longer. I return this one with no hassle and got a full refund within 3 working days
Having been a Nextbase user for many years, I was expecting a good product but the ‘X22’ Series is excellent. Baulking at the cost of the 622GW, I opted for the 522 and the rear-view camera ‘bundle’ made sense. As I was replacing an older version in the front, it was 5-min job. The rear camera cable installation added probably an hour as I concealed the cable throughout its run using the vehicle cable conduits for the rear door; just fiddley, not difficult. The imagery produced is excellent, both front and rear and setting up using the touch-screen controls was intuitive and straightforward . Everything working so far so definitely 5-stars!
I haven’t used it at night yet but picture is good, my old cable fit so i didn’t need the additional wiring i purchased for the rear camera as it came with its own cable so returning was easy, my only fault with it is the battery, everything morning it tells you to connect to charger as the battery is low, not sure why the battery doesn’t stay full
Haven’t had this long and I’ve already had some near misses caught. The rear camera is surprisingly good and the Night vision is what you would expect from a dash cam. The App is useful even if a bit of a pain to set up but that may be just my ineptitude.
I researched different brands, and chose this one. It had lived up to my expectations.
Nextbase helped me set it up, and their customer service was excelle
All works very well but installing the cable for the rear camera took a long time to get right. I keep forgetting to unplug it and it runs the battery down. Overall I am very pleased with it.
Excluding the Mobile App part this dashcam and rear view cam combo is really great. Already helped in some issues on the road.
Got this in a sale a while back due to others stopped working. This time I got the recommended endurance SD card and not had one issue since
Good camera, reasonably easy to install and comes with good wire lengths suitable for all sized cars. The cameras are quite small which is great and doesn’t cause any obstruction with views from the windows. Picture quality is good, the transfer of data between the camera and a smart phone is quite slow but a really good feature. Fixings to keep the cameras on the front and rear screens are strong and secure. Overall really happy with this purchase.
The bottom line here is that it’s easy to get seduced by a dashcam – the videos all look so good don’t they? The picture looks good on this – from what I can see and the system looks like it should capture the right things. But, fitting and set up are the tricky parts.
I hired an experienced auto electrician who does this for a living (good reputation too), he fitted it, and it looked good! Four things to bear in mind: –
(1). I lost my DAB radio; the electrician says it’s a known fault with Nextbase; Nextbase says it’s not installed correctly and has sent me two attenuators to clip round the wires to shield the interference – I’ve yet to do this, I will try to update – but the key here is to check whilst installing.
(2). The magnet to the camera is very strong, so taking the camera off the permanent mount moves the mount and you will have to set it up each time you do.
(3) You try getting the micro SD card out of the camera without taking the camera down to review the footage.
(4) The PC download says the PC app cannot be downloaded securely; the Android App takes ages to pair with the camera and update – and the size of each 1-minute file on the camera is about 185mb so takes forever to download to the phone – hence why you need to get at the Micro SD card and plug it in a PC!.
I do find this frustrating and will update this review if I find a solution – I hope I can overcome these issues because the actual camera looks good.
The App is very hit and miss with connecting to the camera which is quite a pain. The app would be a strong app if it weren’t for its connectivity issues.
The Parking mode, fantastic if you want to record a bump to your car in the car park when you’re not in your car. However, there is no way to set a delay on it which means when you turn the engine off and get out your car and shut the door, it triggers the parking mode to record a protected file. Same with the boot, and when you then get back in your car. This means you have to keep formatting your memory card as the amount of space gets smaller and smaller as it begins to fill up with all these useless protected files of you getting in and out of your car. I cannot understand how no one in the design of this did not think to put a customisable delay on parking mode starting so as to avoid accidental triggers like this.
Did a lot of research into current dash cam quality and availability (or lack of for quality models anyway) and settled on this as a close first against the Garmin dash cam 55.
Previously had the 302G and the 312GW which both failed due to the inability to handle the heat of a car during a Scottish summer, which isn’t exactly a hot climate even by UK standards. Both batteries puffed up and lost all charge but still ran while the car was on. Hopefully this unit will fair better.
This camera has the same great quality footage, high bitrate and the polarising filter works very well. Number plates are very clear even at high speed. Nighttime footage also looks great but number plates can be a struggle. I’m not sure if it isn’t on any dash cam though.
The sticking point for me with Nextbase is the pitiful software. While it seems an effort has been made since previous units and the app does play video and list data for the drive very nicely, the download feature over Bluetooth/WiFi direct is awful. I can’t say I didn’t expect it as previous models were the same but good luck trying to download footage. It either takes a long time or fails repeatedly.
I gave up and simply bought a Type C micro SD card reader and not only is it blindingly fast at transferring files now, files can still be opened in the app or you can avoid their software all together if you like.
Touch screen is great, plenty of settings and Alexa integration is occasionally handy. The gyro is a bit too sensitive and tends to lock files quite often but a regular format sorts this.
So far I really like this product I hope it lasts longer than its brethren.
Hiding the wire is a different story and your ease of doing this will vary with each vehicle. I completed mine in about thirty minutes after working out the routing.
The camera has some great fetures and is linked using the Nextbase app on your smartphone and bluetooth to keep the two connected. This enables you to download any footage to your phone without having to remove the camera from the car. This can also be done relatively easily as it is connected to the mount by a magnetic fitting. It is a very strong fitting and you will change the angle of your mount each time you remove it, meaning you will want to reset the view when you then replace it.
On the side of the unit is a connector similar looking to an HDMI port and this is used to add additional camera modules such as the rear view camera.
The camer resolution is a great 1440p at 30fps, but if you prefer you can use it to get 60fps at 1080p. This also can vary when you add a rear camera where the resolution of the rear camera will be either 720p or 1080p.
I initially had problems setting up the 522GW awith Alexa, but deleted both the Alexa and NextBase apps from my device, forgot the nextbase in bluetooth and restarted my phone. Now after restarting installed apps again and when accessing the Alexa via the nextbase app setup, it correctly opened and found my nextbase 522GW. After adding it to Alexas devices, it worked. Now, the dashcam microphones pick up the Alexa wake word that connects to your phone by bluetooth to control the Alexa app. Works really well but very reliant on a good mobile signal!
The camer powers up when starting my car as I have not hardwired it. I have therefore turned off the parking mode that leaves the camera in standby on its internal battery. I found I did not travel enough to recharge the battery but if this changes I can easily reenable the option. The device is controlled via the touch screen which works well and gives access to the menu and even adds an Alexa button to the screen once set up.
Lots of menu options to change to your liking or just leave relatively alone. I am a techie person and understand the more involved settings with no difficulty.
Overall a great camera, great quality and the bonus that may be good for you is a potential discount on your car insurance when using the Nextbase!