Vantrue Element 1 (E1) Dash Cam Review

I was interested in testing out the Vantrue Element 1 (also known as the E1) dash camera because it appeared to be a full-featured, 2K dash camera that was small enough to possibly compete with the Garmin Mini 2. It's a fantastic, high quality dash camera with one critical flaw: parking mode. Unfortunately, Vantrue's parking mode implementation simply doesn't work. I'm hoping some of the issues can be fixed with a firmware update, but some of the issues are fundamentally flawed. Aside from parking mode, it's a nearly perfect single-channel dash camera.

Vantrue Element 1: https://amzn.to/3JDUjmN
Vantrue Hardwire Kit: https://amzn.to/3dd52Zn
Vantrue Polarizing Filter: https://amzn.to/3vN5Lqr

0:00 Introduction
0:34 Design & Build Quality
1:57 What it Comes With
2:41 What it's Missing
3:24 Polarizing Filter
4:05 The Buttons & Slots
5:26 Day Sample Footage
7:57 Audio Quality
8:10 Night Sample Footage
8:50 Using the App
18:02 Parking Mode
23:18 Conclusion