Price: $229.99
(as of Nov 20, 2024 19:33:15 UTC - Details)

Small camera, big protection. The pocket-sized Garmin Dash Cam™ 57 with voice control (only available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Swedish) and wide 140-degree lens automatically records 1440p HD video and provides discreet eyewitness incident detection. Notice: Some jurisdictions regulate or prohibit use of this device. It is your responsibility to know and comply with applicable laws and rights to privacy in jurisdictions where you plan to use this device.
Pocket-sized dash camera goes virtually unnoticed on your windshield; automatically records and saves video of incidents with GPS location, date and time
Wide 140-degree lens records 1440p HD video with Garmin Clarity HDR optics for crisp detail day and night
Voice control (only available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Swedish) lets you use spoken commands to save video, start/stop audio recording, take still pictures and more
Saved videos automatically upload via Wi-Fi connection to the secure online Vault to view and share later
The Parking Guard feature monitors activity around your parked vehicle and alerts if an incident is detected (requires Wi-Fi connection; access via the Garmin Drive app on your compatible smartphone)
Access the camera remotely for Live View monitoring (requires constant power and an active Wi-Fi connection; access via the Garmin Drive app on your compatible smartphone) when you’re away from your parked car
Driver alerts such as forward collision, lane departure and speed camera warnings, help encourage safer driving and increase situational awareness (Certain conditions may impair the warning function; Red light and speed camera warnings are not available in all regions)
Get more awareness around your vehicle using the Garmin Drive app on your compatible smartphone to view video from up to 4 Garmin dash cams (sold separately)
Durable design withstands harsh vehicle environments, including direct sunlight and hot interior temperatures
Notice: Some jurisdictions regulate or prohibit use of this device. It is your responsibility to know and comply with applicable laws and rights to privacy in jurisdictions where you plan to use this device.
Reviewer: Customer Review
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A dashcam you can depend on
Review: I have owned several dashcams over the years. Some more expensive than this, others less so. In the end, I frequently find myself recommending Garmin simply because they are devices that work well and that you can depend on when the time comes where you really need that video footage.Everything on this works well, and I can not overemphasize the importance of that. Other units may look cooler, may have more features, or may claim better resolution. That is great, but many of those are riddled with glitches and may fail you when needed.This unit offers everything most users will ever need. High quality images, fast and accurate GPS, wifi and Bluetooth connectivity that actually works, an app that actually works, and more.The form factor is very compact and it has a great mounting system. While I like the look of some wedge units, I find it much easier to actually use the screens and buttons on the Garmin. Likewise, the menus and UI make sense and are simple to navigate.There are also some well thought out touches such as providing two cables which point in different directions to accommodate wher you have mounted the unit. I wired it to my overhead panel using a 12v to USB converter. There is a separate hard wire kit available.The Garmin has a battery which will last for about 30 mins without power. One nice thing this enables is short term parking monitoring without being hardwired to constant power. I do not park outside overnight so this works great for trip to grocery store, etc. No worries about draining your vehicles battery.I do not use the Lane Assist or collision warning as my vehicle already has this feature. I have used it with other vehicles and it mostly works well with a bit of excessive nagging.One nice thing with the Garmins is that you can run multiple cameras and it will keep them in synch. No need to hardwire them all together. This makes it easier to install a multi camera setup. I will be putting a mini at the rear hatch.The video is excellent during the day, still very good at night. You can mostly read license plates. I am attaching some video but note that posted videos have lower resolution. When you view the full res videos they are very impressive.Again, everything simply works well which is the most important factor when selecting a web cam. It is backed up by a proven and reputable manufacturers. Others may claim better PQ or offer space alien detection mode. Decide what is most important to you and go from there.

Reviewer: Ocean Blue
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Little Camera - Is It Overpriced ?
Review: The Garmin 57 is great little cam. I love the size – it’s actually smaller than the EZ Pass (brand name for the transponder for toll roads on most of the East Coast) mounted to my front windshield. The picture isn’t bad - it’s clear enough to read overhead road signs when fairly close to them & license plates (from about half a car length). The night vision is “ok” – it get’s the job done. Road signs (being very reflective) are quite visible at night, but I’m not really reading license plates at night (I believe my headlights are washing them out.) There is a setting for “exposure” which I keep at the default setting – perhaps I could improve the visibility of license plates at night by adjusting the exposure. But for the “bigger picture” (who pulled out in front of who, who sideswiped who, or who ran the redlight), they’re very effective.I am using a 256 GB micro SanDisc Extreme. I get tons of hours of driving time - not sure exactly how many hours – Garmin says 256GB will store approximately 18 hours (see Garmin’s chart in my attached pics). That’s a lot of driving time. I am using the parking mode & powering the camera through my vehicles OBDC port using an adapter (acquired from Amazon), that allows me to select 5 minutes of parking time or until my vehicle battery reaches 11.6V.The setup for the camera has quite a variety of options that allow you to tailor the operation of the Garmin 57 to meet your needs. If there’s something you want the camera to do, look carefully through the set-up options – it’s probably there. I am using the driving alerts which I kind of like. They include lane departure, following to closely, telling you when the traffic in front of you is moving at a stop light, etc. They’re not bad since I’m driving a Jeep Wrangler which notoriously have very little to no similar technology.The Garmin App (in my humble opinion) is absolutely worthless – I don’t think it’s possible for ANYTHING to work SLOWER than the Garmin App. I tried using it on Day 1, gave up & never looked at it again. Anytime I want to view a file I do it on my PC. I just pop out the Micro SD, put it in the adapter that comes with the Micro SD & pop it into my PC. The .MP4 files are located in the DCIM Folder & if you specifically asked the Garmin 57 to “Save” the file, you will find them in the “Saved” folder or otherwise in the “Unsaved” folder which will be overwritten when the Micro SD is full. I usually just go to the ”Unsaved” folder & view everything from there using Windows File Explorer. If there’s anything I really want to keep I simply copy it to my PC. The .GLV files are basically worthless to me at that point – they are just a very low resolution videos - I think intended to work faster with the Garmin APP – so I just delete then by doing a sort, selecting them as a group & hitting “delete”. It frees up a tiny bit of space on the Micro SD, but also gets rid of HUNDREDS of files that you don’t need. When you select a group of .MP4 files, go to the top one, right click & hit “Open”, your selected viewer will automatically play one after another in a “continuous” fashion. So you could highlight a whole group from a recent trip & watch the trip without touching your keyboard.So, in my “title” to this review I pose the question, is this device overpriced. I definitely think it is. I purchased the Garmin 57 over the more expensive models (67W) which provide a 180 degree view, not because it is less expensive, but because the 180 degree view was too distorted for me. I watched a super video on YT where the reviewer was showing the videos from each of the cams side-by-side, & very quickly took the 67W out of my shopping cart & replaced it with the 57 model. But here’s the reason I think these cams are overpriced. My home surveillance cameras (Wyze V1 - $25 & Wyze V2 - $35) (I have seven of them) have a MUCH better image than the Garmin 57. They have much better detection capabilities, and VERY FAST continuous playback through the app. These are $25 & $35 cameras & I think for the main purpose of a video camera (recording video), these cameras blow away the Garmin 57. Now you could say that I’m comparing apples & oranges but there are actually people who use the Wyze cams in their vehicles & when it comes to video recording – they get awesome results for a tiny fraction of the price. If they can produce a surveillance camera for such a low price that provides a better picture, these Garmin devices are way overpriced !!!

Reviewer: Late4BeingEarly
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: All in all, great dash camera, albeit a little pricey
Review: I’ll start off with saying that all around I’m very happy with this camera. I was using a cheap cam before, and was having a lot of issues with it so I figured I’d shell out the money to get something a little higher quality. I could say some nitpicky things about it, see the pros and cons below if interested, but all in all it’s a great dashcam.Pros:-Easy to install-GPS-Screen is big enough you can see and navigate it just fine, but it’s not distracting while driving-Garmin Vault is nice, it uploads the videos when connected to wifi and stores them for 24 hours—just make sure you have wifi connection where you park your car-I noticed sone complaints about the app, but it works fine for me so far, and has some features I like such as the live view. I think it just could use a little optimization though-All around feels like a quality productCons:-A little pricey, and to store footage in Garmin Vault longer than 24 hours, it’s either $5/mo to store for 7 days, or $10/mo for 30 days-I haven’t gone for much night driving but from what I can tell the picture is a bit grainy at night-The included microSD card is only 16GB, so you might have to purchase a larger card if you want to be able to store more footage-If you want to hardwire install it, you need to purchase that kit separately, and it only works with the Garmin brand “Parking Mode Cable,” so no third-party installation kits.

Reviewer: Birch
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Could not properly fasten it to the windshield as those parts were not in the box. Keeping it on the windshield with some velcro strips, so it wobbles around a lot. Wish the seller would have stepped up and provided the missing parts. Otherwise, it works OK.

Reviewer: JOSE MONARREZ Bañuelos
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Súper práctica y comoda