Owl Car Cam Review - Security camera for cars with dashcam functionality

Buy it on Amazon - http://lon.tv/giyae (affiliate link) - The Owl Dashboard camera doubles as a car security system thanks to its built in LTE connectivity. But that comes at a cost of an ongoing subscription and metered access to your own camera. Subscribe for more! http://lon.tv/s

VIDEO INDEX:
00:58 - Pricing
01:39 - Uses the OBD port
02:08 - Power cable not well shielded
02:37 - Mounting in the vehicle
03:13 - Magnetic camera mount
03:37 - Vehicle cabin camera
04:01 - Camera will "light up" spouses, etc. as intruders
04:39 - Outward facing camera
05:09 - Touch screen controls
06:18 - Mobile app and configuration
08:54 - Dashboard cameras can prove innocence and guilt
09:27 - Credits .. Metering feature usage...
10:56 - Ok Presto : Preserve an incident when it happens with voice
11:43 - Accessing live camera view
12:39 - Directly connecting via wifi
12:56 - Browsing history
14:01 - Full resolution video only for paying subscribers
14:25 - Wifi extracted footage

This definitely feels like the minimally viable product. The in-car security camera feature is useful for monitoring your vehicle for up to 72 hours, but everything else feels spartan and unfinished.

The big issue I have here is the ongoing subscription fees and metered access to your own camera. Want to extract footage from your camera ? You'll be metered by the minute while you do it with their credit system. Run out of monthly credits and you'll need to buy more for $5.. and they don't roll over. A year of service is included (with 60 credits each month) but after that you'll be paying $99 a year. It's just too much given what the cost of entry is for this device.

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