Our Overall Score:
8.8/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our GARMIN 55 Dash Cam review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if GARMIN 55 Dash Cam is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Dash cams category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £129
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like GARMIN 55 Dash Cam. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Garmin or alternative products in the Dash cams category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of GARMIN 55 Dash Cam
GARMIN 55 Dash Cam scores 8.3/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Dash cams. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of GARMIN 55 Dash Cam, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for GARMIN 55 Dash Cam and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for Dash cams, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Dash cams? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
GARMIN 55 Dash Cam scores 8.5/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the Dash cams category was £299.00, whilst the cheapest we found was £39.99 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of GARMIN 55 Dash Cam down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the Dash cams category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Dash cams category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for GARMIN 55 Dash Cam.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Dash cams category. This was £122.82 from the 41 products we found in that category. So GARMIN 55 Dash Cam actually comes in above average at £129.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £299.00 and the least expensive, which was £39.99. In total we found that of the 41, 15 were more expensive and 23 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as GARMIN 55 Dash Cam.
Prices of products from Garmin
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Garmin. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Garmin, which was £171.15 of the 45 products we found. So GARMIN 55 Dash Cam price is below average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Garmin was £12.99 with the most expensive coming in at £599.00.
Prices of products from Garmin and in the Dash cams category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Garmin that sit specifically within the Dash cams category.
For this we found that the average price was £121.00, making GARMIN 55 Dash Cam at £129 actually above average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £179.00 with the lowest priced item being £79.00. In total there were 1 items that were more expensive and 3 that was less expensive.
Reviews of GARMIN 55 Dash Cam
GARMIN 55 Dash Cam scores 9.6/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good GARMIN 55 Dash Cam is.
Overall score
GARMIN 55 Dash Cam scores 8.8/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Garmin so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for GARMIN 55 Dash Cam by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: GARMIN 55 Dash Cam
- Brand: Garmin
- Model Number: 10163731
- 125° wide-angle lensBuilt-in GPS / WiFi2″ / 50.8 mm LCD screenG sensor to measure impactAuto start
- EAN: 753759178727
- Description: Top features:- Quad HD video and GPS for detailed recording of incidents- G Sensor automatically detects incidents and protects files- Voice control lets you use voice commands while driving- Safer driving with forward collision and lane departure warnings- Functional extras include built-in WiFi and Travelapse video captureQuad HD videoRecord every moment of your journey in Quad HD with a wide-angle lens which offers clear playback so you can easily see details such as number plates.GPS captures details such as time, location, and speed so you can pinpoint exactly where and when incidents happened.G SensorIf you are involved in an incident the automatic incident detection (G Sensor) will be triggered so the recording is protected.You can also manually lock files, keeping a record of the minute before and after the incident.Voice controlFor a safer driving experience you can use voice commands to control the Dash Cam 55 while keeping your hands on the wheel.You can use basic voice commands to save videos, take pictures, start/stop audio recording, and start/stop the Travelapse feature.Safer drivingThe Dash Cam 55 offers driver awareness features usually only found in Sat Navs for a safer driving experience.A forward collision warning system alerts you if you are too close to the vehicle ahead, while lane departure warnings alert you if you drift off-road or into oncoming traffic. There’s also alerts for red light and speed camera warnings.Functional extrasEasily sync your footage and photos via WiFi using the free Garmin VIRB apps for iOS and Android which makes it simple to share with friends, insurance agencies, or legal authorities.The Travelapse video capture feature is ideal for scenic routes and interesting journeys, allowing you to easily condense hours of footage into minutes of highlights.
- Product ID: 8173340495
