Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Refurbished Excellent - Dash Cam 57 - Black
Average customer rating
4.4
(22 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 22 reviews
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Star
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Customer Reviews for Garmin - Refurbished Excellent - Dash Cam 57 - Black
Customer Rating
4
Records well, like driver assist features
on March 28, 2023
Posted by: JayR
We purchased this recently to use in a motorhome. On our last trip, it worked well for recording and we liked the driver assist warnings that that were triggered by road conditions. We had a problem with the voice commands while driving. In the motorhome the windshield mount was about 4' + away from the driver; the sound level was also somewhat masked by road noise. The voice commands would not work when driving but would work ok when stopped. The promo material I had viewed had shown the benefits of using Garmin Dash Cam Player to view the recordings; when I tried to download the viewer, it shows to have been discontinued.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Excellent dash cam.
on January 19, 2023
Posted by: Shayne B
from Granby, MA, US
I highly recommend this cam. It's east to use and the video quality is superb.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
1
Extreme disappointment!
on November 13, 2022
Posted by: Guppy1
A waste of my money. Instructions on how to operate are very poor. I had to resort to YouTube to find anything helpful. By chance I had an issue that the camera would have been helpful but it didn't record.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great dashcam that does it all
on November 2, 2022
Posted by: Anonymous
I like the video quality and how easy the setup was. The length of the cable was just enough to plug into a cigarette plug on the bottom of the dash. I wish it was maybe a foot longer to reach another, always-on USB outlet, but alas.
I use the timelapse mode every time I go on a roadtrip, and it's quite a convenient and effortless way to capture some of the memories related to the trip.
The only annoyance is that there is no reminder or a widget showing how much of the memory card is filled with non-erasable footage. Such footage is the saved videos, timelapse videos, and anything else on the memory card that's not the recurring, standard dashcam footage. With time, the memory card fills up with these and there is no way to know whether your dashcam has a buffer of many hours or just a few minutes that it's overwriting again and again. This might be wearing out parts of the memory card prematurely, besides leaving you with no way to retrieve footage that happened more than a few minutes ago.
Other than that, this is a great camera that I use everyday without any complaints.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Nice camera but flawed iOS integration
on October 21, 2022
Posted by: DarylWM
I have a Dash Cam 57 and a Dash Cam Mini 2. The camera produces nice video, but the connections with the Drive app on my iPhone 14 Pro are frustratingly flakey. I've spent a lot of time repairing connections and getting dropped connections when I'm trying to export video. The only reliable method to export video is to take out the SD card and copy the contents to the computer. The picture-in-picture multi-camera feature therefore doesn't work, as it's impossible to achieve and maintain a connection with both cameras at the same time. Both cameras have the latest firmware so I don't think the live view and PiP features are ready for prime time.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
One for each vehicle....!
on July 30, 2022
Posted by: Yakima Guy...
For some reason, the first "57" I purchased malfunctioned - would not record while driving. After much frustration and trial and error - and the help of a wonderful Garmin technician (William), Garmin had me return the unit. They sent me a new one - worked great. I was so impressed with Garmin's response and William's help, that I ordered a second "57" for my second vehicle. Love 'em!!!!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Easy to use!
on May 31, 2022
Posted by: dives2little
This is so much easier to use than our old dash cam! Easy to mount, easy to use, andreally low profile!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Love the model 57
on May 25, 2022
Posted by: Daryl
Works well and good resolution but disappointed that I cannot access the software Garmin Dashcam Player. I have an installed version because I have the Garmin GPS dashcam combo.
I have no desire to upload to a cloud service.
I’ll check out the Garmin Drive app export feature.
The dashcam seems to create a whole lot of small files and the GDCPlayer merged them all perfectly. I’m of the opinion that Garmin is promoting a cloud subscrition service.
I have no desire to upload to a cloud service.
I’ll check out the Garmin Drive app export feature.
The dashcam seems to create a whole lot of small files and the GDCPlayer merged them all perfectly. I’m of the opinion that Garmin is promoting a cloud subscrition service.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin