MileCheckDash cams, by what you actually need
A dash cam is worth having the day something happens on the road ahead of you, or behind you, and it's your word against someone else's. Three picks below, by what actually matters for your situation.
If you want the sharpest footage, front and rear
Viofo A139 Pro 2CH
A Sony STARVIS 2 sensor and true 4K HDR on the front camera, with a rear channel included. The sharper the footage, the easier it is to actually read a license plate or a signal color after the fact — which is the entire point of having one.
Buy link: pending — see note at the end of this page.
If you want the easiest one to actually set up and use
REDTIGER F7N Touch
4K front plus 1080p rear, with a touchscreen and voice control so you're not digging through a menu with tiny buttons to change a setting. WiFi makes pulling a clip off the camera onto your phone straightforward, without pulling the memory card.
Buy link: pending — see note at the end of this page.
If you want footage that survives even if the camera doesn't
Nexar One with rear camera
4K front-and-cabin recording with built-in LTE and automatic cloud backup — the clip from an impact uploads on its own instead of depending on a memory card that could be damaged, lost, or overwritten. Matters most for exactly the situation described in what to do if you hit a deer, where the footage becomes part of the insurance claim.
Buy link: pending — see note at the end of this page.
What actually matters when you're choosing
Front-only coverage handles what happens ahead of you. A front-and-rear camera also covers rear-end collisions and parking-lot hit-and-runs — the more common disputes where a single front-facing camera has nothing useful to show. Whatever you pick, check that it locks impact footage automatically so a hard stop doesn't get quietly overwritten a few hours later in the normal recording loop.
Know exactly where you are — live
Your mile marker shows even offline. Live DOT alerts and the nearest camera on your route are part of MileCheck Premium and need a connection to update. Runs on CarPlay and Android Auto.
Questions, answered
Do I need a front and rear dash cam, or just front?
Front-only covers what happens ahead of you. A front-and-rear (2-channel) camera also covers rear-end collisions and parking-lot hit-and-runs — the more common claim disputes where a single front camera has nothing useful to show.
What happens to dash cam footage after a crash?
Most dash cams save footage to a memory card in a loop, overwriting old clips, but lock the file from a detected impact automatically so it isn't overwritten. Cloud-connected models also upload a copy, which survives even if the camera or card is damaged.
Does dash cam footage actually help with insurance claims?
It gives your insurer a timestamped, first-person record of what happened, which is far harder to dispute than two drivers' conflicting accounts. It doesn't decide fault by itself, but it removes a lot of the ambiguity insurers otherwise have to guess at.