Kenwood DRV-A601W 4K Ultra Car Dash Cam with Built in GPS, G-Shock and 3-Inch Display

I bought one of these years ago when they first came out. It's the only car cam that has survived the long haul. The four other car cams I've owned died within a year of use. I live in the desert and the car interior temp get very high in the summer and killed the other cams but not this one. Sooooo...., I've just bought a second one for our second car and it's been installed and working just like the first one for several weeks now. I'm expecting similar performance. Also, the Kenwood desktop playback app is very well done. Haven't tried the phone app yet.

Good quality, easy or typical installation, and has lasted for sometime, unlike previous lower quality cameras. Good deal for the price.

When it works, it’s great. Good picture, front and rear camera, convenient magnetic mounting option so it’s easy to remove and replace when needed.This is the second unit I have had. The first unit lasted about 9 months, and then the display quit working. I replaced it with another and it only lasted 60 days before it quit powering on, altogether. Because I was over the 45 day warranty period, Kenwood wouldn’t replace it or repair. If I hadn’t spent the money getting it all professionally installed and all the wiring ran for this and the rear camera, I wouldn’t have bought a second unit. Live and learn I guess…

Did great bro!

Image quality is good, not great, as I expected, but still good enough for my needs. The polarizing filter helps cut down sun glare, as I often end up driving directly into the sun while going about my day.

There’s not really any positive feedback about what it’s doing or when it’s recording. It’s often randomly non-responsive, which is extra bad in a motorhome where I can’t reach it to check it. It mostly just overheats without a warning. You would think something designed to have an unobstructed view through a car windshield could handle 90F heat outside.

I like this camera and its functions - but it keeps turning off and I think it is to do with the heat it generates as well as the heat from outside. I live in Arizona so that may play into it.

I purchased this item through a vendor outside of Amazon, who installed it, and activate it for me. The app is not functioning properly. When accessing the videos from your phone, it takes forever to upload and a times does not upload which is unreliable in a car accident. The vendor called Kennwood and they said that they are aware of the issue and to tell the customer just a hold on for a little bit. I paid $500 to purchase and install this item. I need the dash cam to work immediately and not down the line. Do not purchase this item waste of money and time. Now I have to return to the company I purchased it from and hopes that they will give me a different model, or a different camera that is more reliable without costing much more.Check regularly that it is recording. I put my SD card in after reviewing the videos on my computer. The next day to reviews videos, the SD card was not detected and not recording.It’s affordable but won’t do the job. I even called KENWOOD and they said there was nothing they can do.

I just wasted my time and money to buy this crap. PLS DONT buy this product. It’s not working just few hours after delivery, I had to make a return asap. I read the reviews but I never learn from it. I fixed it but it switches off after 2mins recording and switches on again. I used the KENWOOD DRV-A501 previously and it lasted 2.5years but this one didn’t show sign of durability from the begin. If you have few cash to play around with, kindly use it on something else as this product will disappoint you. I thought the previous reviews were bias until the exact thing happened to me. Getting a good dash camera is one of the most difficult thing on the internet but if you get a good one, then you are lucky.If you don’t like the stress of returning a product or claiming a refund after or during warranty period, Pls I beg you for your sanity, avoid this product. The one star reviews aren’t bias. I can tell you that for free!!Best of luck in your search for a dash camera.

Simple to install & user friendly.

Un po' complicata da usare ma soddisfatto dell'acquisto.

Product came with no SD card and other stuff such as USB cables and the little things were missing too. Product is returned back.

Bonne qualité 4K de la vidéo, je vais m'attarder juste sur les points faible de la dashcam.3 niveaux pour le capteur G-sensor (haut/moyen et bas) j'ai essayé les 3 niveaux de G-sensor et conclusion: je le laisse au niveau bas car dans les 2 autres modes chaque nid de poule, dos d'âne ou autre déclenche la protection du fichier vidéo et même avec le niveau bas quand je ferme mon coffre la protection du fichier se déclenche automatiquement donc je suis sûr quand cas d'accident le fichier sera protéger.J'ai mis une carte de 256 Go qui est le max accepté par la dashcam ce qui permet d'enregistrer un peux plus de 08H00 de vidéo. L'idéal aurait été de pouvoir mettre une carte micro SD d'une capacité supérieur, 512Go ou 1To aurais été super.Et dernier point le support magnétique très bien mais quand même très dur à enlever, il faut tenir fermement le support magnétique d'une main et de l'autre la cam pour l'enlever, au début je n'y arrivais pas, j'avais peur de faire une mauvaise manip et de casser la cam, j'ai contacté Kenwood et j'ai réussi, il faut vraiment ne pas avoir peur.