Garmin Drive™

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Last verified 31 Jul 2026

4.6 9000 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Garmin reliability

   There's lots of dashcams on the market but I didn't expect to find Garmin offering anything in this end of the pool. That's not necessarily a criticism but i do believe you get what you pay for. And in this case what I got was Garmin reliability and simplicity at the price of cheaper offerings. The Dash Cam Mini 2 comes nicely boxed with a full set of cables and mounts. I almost sprung for the parking mode cable and am glad I didn't. This unit works well without it and the power drain is minimal, though I do unplug it when the car is in my garage. It's small. It has voice control. The SD holds enough minutes for me to record long minutes of epic roadside beauty. Okay, that's a gimme for Garmin. But the unit is beautifully versatile and largely unobtrusive. It delivers a crisp picture and the image has always been stable for me. The incident detection feature kicked in twice when traffic suddenly came to a halt. And in the one accident that happened in front of me, I was able to edit and send the footage to the aggrieved party quickly. It's a good little camera.

   CityGuideSix · 31 Jul 2026

2. 2/5Disappointed to say the least

   I have 512gb memory cards in my front and rear camera and no audio turned on. Yet every few days I get a message that the camera is slowing down and I need to reformat my memory card on both cameras. They are quality memory cards that follow the recommendations of Garmin as to what type should be used. What is frustrating is that this happens so often even though the vehicle is parked inside a garage most of the time and not driven on long trips. Also when the memory card slows the ability for the app to connect to the cameras for live viewing and stay connected becomes virtually impossible. It makes no sense to me that a company like Garmin who made the decision to delve into the market of dash cams has failed so miserably. Their customer support acts like everyone us stupid and not tech savvy which is even more annoying as I deal with tech stuff all the time and install security cameras frequently at my job and set up many of them at my business as well. When a small company like Wyze Cam can accomplish the basics in their software like having cards loop record over old recordings when the card is full, it’s super annoying to see a company that has been around so much longer not be able to make this a working option. Yes I know it shows in the settings that there are two options and one of them is this however if it doesn’t actually do it when it is selected as the option then is it truly an offered feature. Come on Garmin get it together for the sake of your customers. Unfortunately I could not go with Garmin for my new vehicle. I decided to give the Rove R3 a shot and see if they were able to provide a quality product with working features.

   VT-Renegade · 31 Jul 2026

3. 5/5Reliable Recording

   My camera starts right up every time I get in my car. I have a recent video where someone was not watching what she was doing in a parking lot and drove right out in front of me. I was able to slam on the breaks and miss hitting her. She could barely see over the steering wheel and looked at me like “what’s your problem” and kept making her turn in front of me. It scares me as I could have T boned this lady and really hurt her. Since hitting a motorcycle at night just over a year ago, I have become hyper aware of everything around me. It was at night and I turned in front of a motorcycle I never saw. A black crotch rocket, driver admits to speeding. Driver all in black from helmet down and could not have had any headlights or reflectors as I saw nothing. Thank God the driver has literally no serious injuries except of course road rash, a chipped tooth, and a broken thumb. He was driving suspended. So glad to now have a dashcam. The whole thing would have turned out differently if I had video. I never saw him. If I did, why would I turn?!

   Gloir5053 · 31 Jul 2026

4. 5/5Garmin Is Great!

   I recently went from volunteer to paid courier for The Red Cross. It’s nothing for me to drive 2 or 3 hundred miles a day! I was just using my iPhone to run my routes. That’s fine for everyday use. No complaints there. But I decided that since I was going to be doing a tremendous amount of driving I would get a dedicated GPS. Yes, most of the big players in GPS are gone. But I still would have gotten Garmin anyway! The extras included in a dedicated GPS really make a difference! Better road condition and construction reports. Faster response time on rerouteing. Just an all around better experience, at least for me! I am not bashing phone based gps at all! Just for ME it works better! I got the 66ex model! It has everything I could possibly need! My only complaint and it’s probably minor is the proprietary way the mount locks into the back of the unit. I could potentially see the lock tab breaking off or wearing out. But then I would just used a standard clamp type phone holder. But so far I am very impressed!

   Bigbobo1956 · 31 Jul 2026

5. 2/5Not worth the money

   I think results will be different for most people. Since I have had this product. I have had nothing but problems with it. I have both a front and rear camera and I have a 2021 Ford F150 and I cannot get it to communicate with the app or vice versa. It continually gives me the “connecting to Wi-Fi” message or it just stops trying to connect. I’ve got it to export one video since I’ve had it and I’ve had it for at least three weeks now. I bought it a while ago but finally got it set up but it’s only exported one video and that was a fight just to get that one video. I don’t know if anybody else has an issue with it connecting and interfering with your phone‘s Bluetooth to the stereo and stuff. It has a toggle switch That says to turn it on if you are having an issue with it interfering with your Bluetooth stereo. I’ve had the switch on and off and it still has issues. I cannot recommend this product as far as my experience goes. It is absolute garbage, and it is not worth the money I paid for it. That’s not to say somebody else might have a better experience with the products, but my experience has been nothing but frustration and absolute garbage.

   RyRy_Kalvec · 31 Jul 2026

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