Nexar Classic Reviews

by G-Money-310

Their false advertising of how this cam does everything for you is a total lie. Trying to retrieve a full length drive video from yesterday and boom, it’s not there only a couple of mins of my two hour drive are saved as video clips Because the algorithm decided the rest wasn’t worth saving. Sadly the camera decided to not record or save the road rage event where I was shot at multiple times so now I cannot get the license plate to press charges. What a scam these people run. I plan to sue for false advertising selling a lemon and putting my life in peril from not saving my info like I paid them too do. Once I finally found the video(after hours of searching and getting no help from customer service) I find out that the camera didn’t even record the license plate on the car right in front of me. I mean what is the point of a dash cam that doesn’t record the license plates for future use, how is this piece of trash worth anything if it blurs out the details you need to seek help or insurance settlement. Terrible waste of a company. They need to go out of business and be sued by the everyone that ever was scammed by these clowns. Quick update, company reached out and basically said I’m out of luck and it’s all my own fault, they don’t even care at all. Sad.

by Mex_mike14

I’ve had this dash cam for about 6 months and I’ve just become irritated with it. The camera doesn’t end up recording at all. I would average about 2 out of every 10 drives would miraculously record something (even if it was less than 3 minutes of footage) because NexarClassic would just crash in the background and I would get a constant “Drive Started - Tap to Drive There with Nexar” notification pop up on my phone so many times throughout my average 45 minute commute. It crashes every 10 seconds, I know for a fact because it makes my music go silent-- not pause, but just go low in volume as if I received a text message with the ringer off. I would have to go into my phone, go to the Nexar App, let it crash by itself, open it back up and manually close NexarClassic myself, re-open NexarClassic , then hit record drive to somewhat fix the issue but it would just end up reoccurring. Doing all those steps is not safe when driving. Since that keeps occurring, it makes my iPhone overheat which causes it to lag as well as my Apple CarPlay, and two or three times it caused my phone to entirely reboot by itself. It makes me want to buy a different dash cam but none have all the features as Nexar does. That was the reason I bought this camera in the first place. I just don’t know what to do.

by Best App Ya

My boyfriend purchased two cams, one for my car and one for his, in hopes that we could be in a “group” together. At first we loved how cool all of the features were on NexarClassic , but then things turned for the worse. Well we set up the cams and all was working fine until I realized I wasn’t getting notifications when my boyfriend drove. I contacted support, and every message in the thread was from a different person. Almost all of them telling me to send a screenshot of nexar in my settings to prove I wasn’t just missing something I guess??? Well anyway they told me the developers put out a new version for NexarClassic to fix my problem, so I updated NexarClassic and ran into more problems. Now my boyfriends drives weren’t showing at all on my app (same with me on his app), and on top of that it doesn’t save clips of drives (only the whole drive) AND the whole drive has bits and pieces of choppy, laggy footage. Looked online and almost everyone is saying they’re having the same problems as us (along with additional problems). It’s outrageous that they are even selling this underdeveloped product. My boyfriend is working on getting us a refund right now and we will be returning this product with no intentions of purchasing from this company again.

by Hducjspznchw

I thought I hit the jackpot with the price of this front facing camera and NexarClassic seemed easy enough to navigate and the picture was crystal clear but unfortunately after every update everything goes south and the camera along with pairing to NexarClassic become such a headache after every update everything unpairs you’ll be driving for 30 minutes and not realize your camera isn’t paired and then pull over and follow all the steps with so much trial and error doing the same over and over on and off on and off always claiming something went wrong please try again oh the WiFi this the WiFi that please check your WiFi just a bunch of nonsense then you try the same thing over again and poof it what’s again till this last update when it never paired up again that I actually had to contact customer service which gave me the seem steps to follow to no results so frustrating and annoying after every update such a pain

by Flowpro3

First the not well thought out part of Nexar: NexarClassic requires you to allow access to your location at all times in order for it to start and stop automatically... seems like a softer way to obtain more of your data. Why can’t it access the location when the camera turns on? Other potential MAJOR setback of NexarClassic is that it requires you to have notifications turned on in order to start and stop recording automatically. Start your car, put it in drive, get a notification that causes you to look down at your phone and take your eyes off the road and cause or get into an accident. Yes I know, “yOu ShOuLd’T bE oN yOuR pHoNe!!!” But everyone falls victim to it from time to time. Tell me I’m wrong. The last nuisance about this is the storage.. they offer unlimited cloud storage but at a minimum require 20% of your phones storage?! Seems like a HUGE miss there from a development perspective...

The good part is that it does what it says it will. Video quality is fantastic, and, when you are forced to break down and have your phone buzz and chime because you started and ended your drive, the automation is really nice. Fix the Notification and Location requirements and my rating will go up.

by >cosmo<

The automatic start/stop detection is pretty terrible. Will start recording while parked for no reason. Turn off the car the video ends but will not start back up automatically at all until you go into NexarClassic to delete the recording or just go back to the main drive screen. Being in and out constantly this is crap. The manual for the nexc2 shows the different led light indicators and what each type means..my record light is a solid green no matter what..recording solid green..not recording solid green..the manual doesn’t even list green as a color that’s represented. After setting up Siri Shortcuts to start and end drives Siri tells me she cannot do this while in the car..are you kidding me? I use recorded voice gestures to accept and decline trips hands free..when the camera is recording voice control will not respond to my gesture commands forcing me to touch my phone illegally on the freeway. Basically everything about NexarClassic is terrible besides manually doing everything yourself. The lack of ability to use gesture commands while recording just might be a dealbreaker for me. Forcing me to not be hands free is not desired. Day 1 user here. Glad I choose the 30 day trial option.

by Mab102599

NexarClassic is very well thought out, though there are a few that really should have been looked at design-wise that would save the user time and enhance the overall experience. After using NexarClassic for about a week now, it is very annoying to accidentally tap the “drive” button and have to wait for NexarClassic to start a drive, then end it, then delete that short video from the device and could. I wish there was a back arrow you could click to avoid all of those steps in the case that you accidentally bump that button (especially if you’re like me who does that twice a day!). Another pretty big annoyance is the apps integration with Apple CarPlay. Anytime I get in my car and plug in my phone, my music starts playing. As soon as nexar starts a drive, the music stops in the car and plays on my phone. I have to pause the music on my phone and resume it in the car. That’s a pretty big annoyance considering how much some these Nexar dashcams cost.

by JMaguire1991

UPDATE: I was in touch with support and they offered me a prompt refund as I was not interested in troubleshooting anymore. Updating star rating from 1 to 3

This camera was fine until I got a new truck. My truck has continuous power to the USB even when the engine is off. I park it in my garage that is up against my living room. Since installing this in my new car, I have had an incredible amount of issues. When I get in the car, I have to physically turn the camera on, if I forget, I miss half of my drive. When I get home, I get constant notifications for hours about my camera recording the inside of my garage door. If I tell it to end the drive, it immediately starts back up again. Since updating NexarClassic , it has destroyed my phone battery. The other day, my phone went from fully charged to under 20% in 2 hours, where I was only driving for 30 min of those two hours. It’s constantly turning off and on and killing my phone, and support just keeps telling me to update NexarClassic . I’m ready to toss this thing in the garbage. I better get a refund on this.

by See You Later Space Cowboy

I have to start off with how great this camera is, I’m super happy that I have it. I have already had a close call with another driver who wasn’t paying attention. This is probably the best camera that I have gotten my hands on, and it’s perfect for my work. Plus NexarClassic is super helpful when it comes to those close calls, because it detects my hard breaks, and it’ll clip that exact situation, and in a insurance claim, having footage of the accident taking place, vs not having footage is your word against their word. I’m super happy with my purchase, and will recommend it to friends and family. With that being said, there are so flaws with getting this camera. For starters you can only connect to it with your phone is if your cell service is good, if not you can’t connect to it. On top of that I can’t say for certain but the camera doesn’t start recording till you connect to your phone, which is the opposite of why I bought the nexar camera. It’s kind of a backwards process as far as having a dash cam. My camera also broke on me, which is unfortunate but I’m still standing behind this company, I just hope they fix the whole needing cell service in order to start recording. If I get in a accident and the camera didn’t catch the accident taking place, because of poor reception, then I have lost money with this camera, and lose even more if I lose the insurance claim.

by Jonicraw

Major bug with iOS 9 device (Yes, using this device as a second phone) and ever since version 4.0.3, iOS 9 keeps crashing - Tested all newer versions which only lead to crashing. Works on my iOS 11 device though. Please fix this DEV.

Besides the flaw, somewhat disappointed that although you can have the device AUTO record for you without having to open NexarClassic each time you drive, it records video that LAGS. Upon looking in the cloud, the lagged footage is in TIMELAPSE. Why are all these features controlled by the admin of NexarClassic and not the client? Personally, I want NexarClassic to record all full drives, no edits, no lag, keep things simple... Also, the website login can be so much more improved on. Extremely limited. Provide more intel on each video, memory size, speed logs, data accessible to user.

Other than that, the only solution is to keep full videos with no lag is have NexarClassic running full screen (Which anyone with one phone will quickly find this is near impossible if you need to answer calls, texts, GPS while on the go) - Hence using 2 phones, but the iOS 9 issue is crippling my options - Thankfully found an older IPA online and got NexarClassic to run for now.

by Judehl

So I bought this early February and was working like it should until a week ago. I upgraded to the iPhone 12 Pro Max and it started not working like it should. Prior I had the iPhone 8 Plus. Didn’t have an issue then. Once I had reconnected my iPhone’s wifi to the dash cam it started not letting me connect to it. I went and logged out of NexarClassic and disconnected the WiFi as well. Reconnected it hoping it would work but it didn’t but for some way or another it connected finally to my new iPhone. The other thing that I dislike before I changed iPhone’s was it was able to stay on recording without any issues. Now it won’t stay recording if even I’m on standstill at a light. It turns off after a few minutes which is irritating. Goes on whenever I move and turns off continuously. I hope you fix this nexar.

by D.J.G

It would be 5stars if UI gave us the option to see current speed and speed warnings. For example If you’re driving Speed should be on the corner of screen while Live viewing and it’ll be nice if it Flashes if going above Limit. This Can be done with GPS on board. Also I know cam can be muted if u dig deep into settings but it would be nice if there’s a touch mute/unmute on screen on one corner. Also please work on tweeking mic settings sometimes voice recordings sounds great sometimes it sounds distant.

The 1080p only if you view it from memory card with pc not cool. It should be viewable at 1080p on phone too..make it a choice on settings. If user wants 1080p or 720p they should be able to chose it. I’m sure you did it this way because of data cap but almost everyone has unlimited data.

This is good especially for hit and run the 1080p would be able to show license plates more clearly.

Other than that this little dash cam is great- g price is great and it does what it’s supposed to do.

To sum things up:

Give us current Speed with Bold Numbers
Speeding Flashing warning with color scheme
Ability to mute and unmute by touch on live view
Microphone tweek
And Absolute 1080p

by Psychedelic Girl 97

I live out of town where i am, and the road i drive theres a lot of people who don't know how to drive so for my safety and for insurance i thought about getting a dash cam for my van. I wanted the best dash cam there is and as i searched through and did some research; Nexar seemed like the best option, i saw it as an ad on Facebook and every time i saw that ad i would actually watch it to see what the other stories were from people who bought it. Eventually i went on the website and looked at what they had. I was a bit bummed when they were sold out of the Nexar pro dash cam but at the same time it looks like a pretty popular one too. So i got the slightly less expensive Beam dash cam. Its awesome! I literally caught two almost-accidents near my work and accidents happen there a lot lol. I just love looking back and seeing if i missed anything. Nexar is amazing. I highly suggest getting one especially when there are insurance scams out there too. Definitely getting my family dash cams for Christmas

by Waztnme

I have never had a problem one time with my nexc1 dash cam I love mine it takes super clear videos day or night if I could rate the camera higher than a 5 star I would. Also the features is amazing that is included that they give you with each camera. It could truly also save your life one day if In a accident sending out alerts to whom you pick. It’s already saved me from a close call, and a ticket for red light violation when the cop was so sure I’d ran the red light but when I told him I had not and not being smart with him I said I can show you on my camera when I showed him with in just seconds he said wow that camera is amazing and wanted to know where I found that at that he wanted one it’s better then the one in his cop car and I have to agree having worked in LE this camera is in ways a lot clearer than the dash cameras iv had in my past. Recommend to anyone it’s very easy to install and the customer support is amazing if you ever need them for anything.

by GottaFindANicknameApparently

One thing can be said for doing your due diligence: researching this before buying it for me, a skeptic in life, has ultimately paid off.

I’ll set the stage: we had just bought a vacation package for out of state and also recently bought a new vehicle that was light years ahead of our old one, in every way. The only thing we were lacking was a way to stay covered and protected as we traveled.

Everyone has heard the tales - two motorists in collision - both disputing fault - insurance says make your own repairs and that’s not cheap these days, unless you’d prefer a back alley patch job instead of top shelf care with a price to match.

This is the fix - get a quality dash cam. These days the price point varies, with entry level models leaving much more to be desired and quality models being much closer to the consumer.

The decision was easy, and 3 days later (springing for expedited shipping was only $30 extra), a grand total of 20 minutes in the car, and following 3 simple steps, we had the protection and peace of mind to navigate even the hairiest of road conditions.

After the vacation, this model continues to impress - no easy feat, I assure you - and consistently deliver top-notch service, while occupying an unobtrusive area of my windshield. It’ll stay there, and keep on providing the comfort and easy coverage that I’m growing more fond of from Nexar, until we add to the family, and have need of additional equipment down the road.

by Nexar Customer

First thing it me real time footage.
I was very surprised how clear you can see and read everything it captured on records.
And recording everything on cloud so you can delete footage and save it. And then there is the GPS it takes you right where you are going all you have to do put in the address and boom your there and it still recording your trip as well. I was impressed. Another impression is it helps you find your car. Just imagine you are going to the Mall or your favorite store like Walmart all you to do is hit the Nexar app and a few click there your car. And you can link with family and friends friends who have a Nexar camera system. You can see how far you are and how far they as well. And say you have a elderly family member who still love ❤️ to drive as long as you both are link you can find the elderly person like grandma or grandpa. It going to give you a piece of mind knowing where they was last seen. My only regret is that I should have ordered four more of the Nexar camera for my family and friend. So that means I am coming back to buy a few more Nexar camera.

by Mahvelous Mahvin

Out of the box it’s easy to install, extra long wiring to help conceal and keep from being tangled up. Amazing clarity! WIFI connection works well, too.

I bought the Pro version because I drive for long periods, and encounter dangerous motorists daily. Having Nexar will protect me, whether it be insurance claims or police reports. That makes for a less stressful drive because now I have Nexar as backup. What about other brands? Well, I’ve owned other cameras that required a lot of fidgeting and button pushing that are now in my junk pile. Nexar does most everything automatically and not a bunch of button pushing involved. Integration with your smartphone makes it even superior because now you have records on the cloud. The SD card size only involves how long your recordings last before looping. Any incident will get recorded automatically. So there is no fear of losing your recordings.

One button switching to alternate between recording the road or the cab (front seat) I have mine positioned to capture the back window when cars are approaching at a high rate of speed. Audio even works well. There’s just too many pros to pass this product up!

by StatFreak

The Nexar dash cam is a needed departure from the others that rely looking at a very small screen or require removal of the memory card and inserting into another device to view the video of your driving experience. Unfortunately, this is usually at another location long after the event (i.e. crash) has occurred. To me, it is important to be able to immediately view (and show to police) my incident ON SITE on my smartphone screen while the initial police investigation is being conducted. The Nexar dash cam stores your entire drive and events on your smartphone’s internal memory as well as in the dedicated Nexar cloud storage. The video resolution is great. There are many other great features which are too numerous to list here. If you have ANY issues or questions with the cam the Nexar customer service is absolutely the best I have ever experienced. They are responsive, courteous, and provide accurate answers.

by St.Melyd

I have owned dashcams and mirrorcams before, but this one beats them all.... Hands down!!!
The clarity is totally amazing as is the sound. So many great features. I tested the hard brake feature and it worked like a charm. Came up ready to send to the issuance company or to share, or both.
I live up north and the drives are incredibly scenic, I have sent clips of my drives over the mountains to friends and family all over the world. And everyone said it was like they were right there on the drives! I also love the fact it's not going to die in the heat or the cold (which has killed my previous cameras) because of the wide variants in the temperatures. Great call!! I can see me owing and enjoying this camera for many years!
Now for the customer service... It can't be beat either! The team answer any questions very quickly and professionally, they are also like your new best friend! I've only had a few questions, and they were answered in no time and in full. You get to know each team member, not like other companies with so many different people. They make sure you're happy with the Nexar cam at all times and nothing is too much trouble.
The best camera, the best customer service. Win-win. You won't be disappointed!!!

by AFalla

I have used a few different camera/app combos and always found them to be a pain in the behind, especially hated having to either pull the SD card to transfer to a computer or wait for the slow download from the camera to the phone, those things are history with Nexar...the camera is small enough and needs no user intervention so you can place it behind the mirror and out of sight....the video starts recording just about immediately (or as soon as you’re able to get off your Wi-Fi and allow it to connect to your phone) and it’s available for playback as soon as you arrive to your destination...crisp, clear and easy to scrub to the desired spot of necessary . I’ve seen complaints about being unable to use your data but that depends on your phone/carrier limitations...I use AT&T and have no issues whatsoever.

by Timmehbro

If you don't give NexarClassic permission to access location services all the time, it will constantly badger you to turn the option on. Every time you launch NexarClassic , you have to tell it no. It will send you push notifications at random times, telling you to turn on location services. It WILL SEND YOU TEXT messages asking you to turn on location services. The explanation is that they want to more accurately turn on and off autorecordings. I see no need for this as the camera is continuously recording locally when I turn it on and I always turn on the recording in NexarClassic manually. I said NO and don’t want to be asked again. There is no need for a camera that is sitting in my car to have access to my whereabouts at any given time in the day. This is a horrible feature and serves barely any function as NexarClassic uses the phone’s accelerometer to start recordings with no issue. DO NOT DOWNLOAD if you appreciate your privacy.

by Khan-Lala

I don’t know how you guys completed the spring cleaning. This newer version is a piece of crap. I’ve never written a review regarding NexarClassic cause all this time it was working as described. Now the latest version takes forever to start. And after it does. Occasionally crashing at startup. After it does start working at the end of the trip this latest version says GPS info unavailable. With the last version at least this working.

Since the last version the orientation has also messed up. I record my videos in landscape. After I mount my phone in landscape and start recording. It records fine. However after I end recording and start the recording again it’ll record in portrait while the phone is still on landscape mounted. This issue started in the last version and has passed down to this. I miss the earlier versions of NexarClassic when you guys had just started. Not to mention super fast startups. I think I’ll switch to another dash cam app.

by X3nickiex3

Considering most decent quality dash cams go for $50+, NexarClassic is outstanding. I’ve been using it with my iOttie iPhone holder and sure it’s a bit shaky but that’s only to do with my set up. It still gives good results and would provide sufficient evidence in case something did happen. I like the clip feature by tapping the screen a lot too. The only issues I’ve encountered is sometimes there’s a issue where if you’re playing music out of your car speakers NexarClassic will sometimes switch the audio to your phone speakers for some reason. After some force restarting and messing around you can usually get it back. Besides that NexarClassic will occasionally crash during recording but this is rare and can usually be spotted and fixed. It’s a bit awkward to do while driving however so if anything could be improved that would be my choice. The addition of MPH monitoring would be cool for playback but that’s just nit picky. Thanks for offering a great free dash cam app!! Please don’t stop updating lol this is a awesome thing to have.

by Lash9an

I like the camera. Especially the external and interior cams can be located at separate locations which worked out better for me. Now NexarClassic gets on my nerves. It acts like it wants to be the pack leader when you have other apps opened simultaneously. I drive Uber and Lyft when I can and NexarClassic Instead of working in the background, it opens up though be behind the one you select to be in front. Problem is, every time I try to go back and forth between Uber and Lyft apps Nexar app gets right in the middle of the action, makes me wait as it refreshes before I can access either Lyft or Uber app. I need the Nexar app to stay minimized at all times unless I manually maximized it. Another thing bothers me about NexarClassic is, it gives me notifications, a drive has started and ended. It makes me think I have a ride requests on the ride share app active behind the other. Kind of nerve wracking. I should have a choice to turn off that from popping up. When I turned the notification off in setting, app later asks me to turn it back on for auto record to work. Please fix these fixable issues, thanks.

by Ronnie91s

I placed an order for the camera and received it within three business days to the mail on upon opening the package I didn’t receive everything that it said it would I didn’t receive the SD Card and contacted customer support they replied with in a few minutes and sent me a replacement Sd card. I had purchased the camera through Facebook ad and thought I was eligible for the rebate when I registered my Camera says I was in eligible cause I didn’t purchase the rebate offer contacted support support so they will look into it and get back to me if you days because they had to check with the team they approve the rebate and receive my rebate within a couple days overall for a very semi-decent camera and good support I would recommend this to other people. Overall very friendly and informative team. Thank you Nexar team

by Corkyjon

I had previously occasionally used the Nexar app before I got the camera, using the iPhone’s camera. But the dash mount didn’t hold it high enough to see over the dash. The camera is permanently mounted and always available with what looks like a 150 degree horizontal view. When I turn on the ignition the camera gets power and the image automatically switches from the phone’s camera to Nexar within 30 seconds. The Nexar app is always open on my phone and uses the phone’s accelerometer to note accidents and sharp braking.

I initially thought that the Nexar cam was primarily to protect me from other drivers but now, concerned that it’s recording any stupid moves of mine, it serves to ensure that I am driving responsibly.

by Icky Ray

I’ve been running it for about two weeks. I don’t seem to have the same issues as other have. I’m running an iPhone X in a vent mount charger. I participated in a offer that refunds the cost after 3, 5+ mike drives. I have recommended it to several friends. The report generator will definitely save your story if you get in an accident. Where I’m at the scammers are running brake check scams on the freeway and backing scams in parking lots. I am not
Looking for some features others are, I hop in the car, put the phone in the holder and run NexarClassic , I also run Waze in the background with no problem. My only issue is I have to manually connect to it with WiFi. I’m sure it’s a phone setting, I just haven’t researched it yet.

by Rodo113

I’m truly happy with the Nexar dashcam and its seamless use from connecting to disconnecting automatically, also with the clarity and quick response to motion sensors through the phone during an event. I feel more comfortable when driving and knowing the eye in the sky has my back. I’ve had 2 people reverse into my car at a red light as odd as that sounds it happen within a month of each other. The other drivers could’ve easily said I hit them and it would’ve been my fault. Thankfully they were honest people. This makes sure I don’t run into the dishonest people, you know they’re out there lurking or cut you off and slamming on the breaks. Don’t hesitate and get one now before you have to pay full price.

by Dingbat63947

I Purchased the Nexar camera that they advertised on Facebook Which required the use of NexarClassic . After downloading NexarClassic I have had nothing but positive things to say about the way my camera runs and auto syncs to my phone. It auto records incidents when it detects unusual G-force. The best part, because it’s an app that I use on my phone when I’m in someone else’s car that doesn’t have a camera set up in the vehicle I can just use the camera from my phone. The company is always updating NexarClassic and has always been very fast to respond with any conversations that I felt I needed to have with them as for things that I’ve noticed with NexarClassic .

by IsaacR20

I’ve never written a review before, but I just had to hand it to Nexar for their excellent customer service. It’s top of the line! I got replies within seconds, and the correspondent (Vik) answered all my questions appropriately and thoughtfully. If they put so much time and care into helping their customers, just think about how much time and care they put into their cameras and app. They’re continually implementing new updates and innovations for the benefit of OUR safety, and I can confidently say that I feel a lot safer driving now than I did prior to Nexar. Thank you Vik for all your help and thank you Nexar for putting your customers first!

by Meown4houses

Other dashcam companies will sell their products and maybe help you with the set up and that’s it. Nexar provides answers for your every question and prompt too. They’re there to support you. I had an accident and the camera holder isn’t good anymore they’re so kind to send me another one for free. Thanks Nexar. But it’s not just the unexpected freebie, I feel secure that even if the camera and my phone gets damaged during an accident the pictures are stored in the cloud and not lost forever. The video images are high quality. Don’t believe any negative reviews until you’ve tried it.

by PopHop1

I messaged Nexar tonight letting them know that I needed a new power cord. The process was very simple requiring little effort on my part. I input my info via NexarClassic and literally with in seconds received a response from “RACHE” telling me she got my request and the replacement was on its way. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? From start to finish I had a new power cord on the way in the time it took me to input my personal information...30 seconds.... maybe! Outstanding Customer Service!!! By the way, the camera and it’s quality are also top notch. Looking for a dashcam and excellent support... look no further!