MiVue J60 dash cam - review

Sometimes advances aren’t really improvements. MiVue’s new J60 dash cam, for example, is meant to be discreet and fit behind your rear view mirror, which means there is no screen facing the driver.

It connects via an app to your smart phone which gives you a continuous image of your journey. So to set it up and make sure it is facing the road at the right angle is a bit of a faff. The other two MiVue cameras I have tried have small screens which show the view of the road for a few seconds before automatically switching the image off to avoid distracting the driver – which seems a better system to me.

The clarity of the image is fine, thanks to 30 frames per second, and a 150-degree viewing angle, and the J60 can activate itself when the vehicle is parked if it detects some activity close by, although this requires a SmartBox II cable, which is available separately.