I just love your reviews! Something about your tone & personality... You're soft-spoken & have no foul language! What a relief... You're reviews are honest & just detailed enough to be informative & not overwhelming or boring. Plus... You're a dog lover which makes you a good human being in my book! Thx for your time & effort so the rest of us can purchase things the educated way, being "informed".... 🗯👌😯🐶🌹🌵🌴🙂

SOUNDS TO ME LIKE IT'S WORTHLESS FOR WHAT THEY CLAIM IT WILL DO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONEST REVIEW. I WAS GOING TO BUY ONE, GLAD I SAW THIS FIRST.

Excellent review. It's nice to see someone do an actual review rather than a 30 minute long video of someone who thinks they are funny or entertaining when they are just nauseating to watch. This review is all about the product and I thank you for that. Great job.... Keep them coming.

Thank you! Came close to purchasing this yesterday and decided to find a review! You've saved me so much frustration! Subscribed!

You are the only review person I trust. Bought my dashcam and other things that I wanted to buy, and so far I am very , very happy with my choices, thanks to you... especially my dashcam.

The Night vision, infa red makes you look like the zombie things in I am Legend

When it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Nice review. My Wife picked me up one for a stocking stuffer when she was in line at Menards. I didn't open it yet. I decided to check reviews before. You saved me such a headache. BLESS you and thanks 4 posting.

Call 911 and describe the thief wearing a purple shirt. No wonder the thief was never found!

I just saw this camera ad on tv today and now that I have seen your review, I just saved some bucks! Thanks!

Nope would not buy this. Thank you for the review.

Glad someone put a video out on this product, I keep getting emails about it about every other day and of course in their videos everything works perfectly, even the color and motion. Knew it was too good to be true, thanks for the video.

You are a much needed service. Thanks for all the reviews! Grateful.

13:19 who the heck is this? That's just creepy.

I used to use cameras like this for my RC videos. To disable/change the time stamp, it’s normally required to place a text file inside the default directory. Additionally, the “motion activation” features really only work when connected to continuous power. These little cameras use up a lot of battery quickly and judging from the size, there’s probably not a lot to go around.

Thank you for your review! You saved me money! Please keep the reviews coming!

Thank you for sharing this video, it really helps to know that this camera doesn't work well at all. My husband got one for Christmas and we will be taking it back .

Sounds more like cop scam.... Thanks for another great review. Keep up the great work. ATB : )

Thank you for this review. You saved me some money!!! Keep doing what you do!!!

I appreciate the effort put forth to really review these products. You don't seem to gloss over or avoid performing certain tests. I will mention here, as it was mentioned in a comment on the article you wrote, about changing timestamp w/cop cam. Now I haven't bought this product nor do I know for certain the efficacy of this info but I've seen it mentioned via several comments. To CHANGE the timestamp, to change date and/or time, you must alter the "time.set.txt" file changing the values in said file to the current/correct date and time. I've also seen it posted that the values go "date" first then "time" and that the time should be set using military time format. So I hope this helps anyone still trying to set this.

Thanks for the review bro. I was so close to buying one. Awesome video.

Thanos makes an appearance at 13:18

Thanks for sharing this with us...! You saved me from getting ripped off...! Have a great day and be blessed.

Thank you for the very thorough and fair review. It helped with decision making!

I was thinking of getting one of these... thanks for the video!!!... glad i found your channel.... definitely subscribing!!!... thanks again!

Thank you for the honest, extensive review. I almost bought this as an extra "security" cam, but will not now. That TV hype can get you when you least expect it! Sadly, most ASOTV stuff turns out to be crap.

You legit scared the hell out of me when it went to night vision. It makes you look INSANE LMAO

Great video. I was going to buy a couple and I changed my mind after watching your video. I think you are a very honest man. Thank you for your video.

Today was my first day using it. I found it very jumpy when walking. It worked a lot better outside than inside. I was able to take photos after seeing the green light come on. I took them one by one, and they did show up in a photos folder on my laptop. As for the video player, I use VLC which read the .avi files flawlessly plus many other file types. Thanks for the review. I'm gonna look at others as well and try to learn as much as I can about this. Thanks, also, for clearing up my confusion about the inaccurate time stamp and date. That is definitely a big negative.

Always love ur reviews but this was fantastic.....if it's ever sold in Ireland, won't buy it!!!! Great video & was super seeing so much of Bailey ❤️

It's odd how old the night cam mode made you look. It's almost like looking at a completely different person.

You did a great job explaining everything and now I am set to do 30 minute video clips with jumpy vision with coloration that makes black look purple and not to mention the lack of view which is less than 140 degrees

Wow. Wish I'd seen this a couple of weeks ago. Good video, substandard product. Just subscribed. Thanks.

Bought it and it sucked. First it recorded in purple then it broke and won't work after 3 days. can't get a hold of anyone. my bank did a charge back. what thieves.

This review is crazy good. Got this as a Xmas present and you basically did everything I wanted to do to 'vet' this little cam. THANK YOU! Subscribed!

Dude you done a AWESOME job explaining this cop cam. Thank you sir!!!👍👍👍

Thank you for the most in-depth review on this camera. I agree it looks like a nice first attempt but needs more bugs worked out to make it a better all around camera.

This product looks like it is right up there with the Perfect Polly for the shittiest products I've seen you review. Thanks for showing us the stuff that sucks along with the stuff that works. I love your channel dude keep up the great work.

I bought a similar item . From what I was able to figure out about the time stamp was that you have to go into a txt file and manually set the date and time and save the file . I remember it working that time but the quality was bad so I never really used it again .

Great review, thank you. To take a picture, power on as per instructions, then hold power button for 2 additional seconds, then each time you want to take a picture you have to push the button. Robert

Fantastic review many thanks I was looking at this no more.Cheers

reminds me of the Keychain Spy Cameras (808 Car Keys Micro Camera #16?) and the time stamp you have to make a text file for it to change at the next boot if I remember correctly.

The night portion of this video was extremely creepy! Appropriate for October but far too creepy for everyday use!

Thanks for that very good review. You really put it through its paces. I saw it on TV yesterday and actually went onto their site to look closer at it last night but thankfully held off buying. It fails in so many areas. The footage of you at night was a disaster - it didn't look like you in the least! The daytime coloring didn't bother me and still could be used as evidence. But without a current time stamp, well, the cops would not accept it. I once had a very small camera I bought from a spy camera store, was supposed to film for two continuous hours. The most was 25 mins - around the same as the copcam. That was for the first few times. Thereafter, it would film for about 10 minutes before closing down with a dead battery. I ended up tossing it.

I appreciate the review. Just saw the tv add and was thinking how cool it would be if it worked. Saved me the $ and hassle. THANKS

James your the best! Keep these coming!

These cop cams are repackaged Chinese cheap cams from literally years ago. Ones like them were sold for under 10 dollars and were plagued with issues. Stopped recordings, bad jittery video, poor battery life, corruption of recording files etc. They came in many styles, such as pen, box and lapel mounted covert cameras. The cameras underlying design remained the same. As for changing the time, those old cameras required saving a specific text string formatted a certain way, including the date and time to the root of the mini sad card, and upon restart with card installed, the camera would write the date to the camera. Avoid these, unless it’s under $3.00 with mini sd card included.

Thank you for posting this. I was going to buy one. Glad I didn't waste my money. Thanks again!

I have the same thing... got it about a year ago and it was confusing for me too lol! And knowing how it was orientated the video when it did work was upside down on one test. Glad to know I was not the only one to have had problems with this or thought it was confusing

Thanks James, The Black turned purple during the day, and you seemed to become clean shaven during night filming. Very weird. I am looking for a decent priced cam. But it wont be that one. Be safe

See like it is just on the verge of being awesome for the price. Unfortunately the recording stopping whenever is the deal breaker. Maybe it is a faulty SD card it came with can you try another card that is known to be good? Maybe try hooking it up to an external battery pack too

Very thorough and informative review.. thanks!

So glad I checked this out. Saved me some money. Keep up the good work!

Almost bought this. Thanks for the review.

I've said it once and I'll keep saying it. Everytime I get ready to purchase something I look to your channel to see if it's been reviewed and again I get slapped back into reality of " don't buy it" or " buy it" ..thank you for always fully testing the products.

Just got one of these and I am glad I watched this video thank you!

Thanks for a really good idea what this thing does. Saved me some frustration and money.

You know I saw the infomercial on this, and I wondered if it would be worth the money or not just to have it around in case I got picked up or something. Thanks for the review because it's definitely not worth the money!! And I will definitely not be buying it! Keep up your reviews they've been saving me a lot of money!!

I just bought one but after seeing this, I am bringing it back. Thank you for your help.

Thank you so much for the review. Did you test any mini and worth Dash cam ? Thank you again.

Thanks for the heads up on the cop cam . I was wondering if it was worth getting.

better off using an old android phone with detection mode turned on, much better quality more storage more battery and costs nothing since its a old device

Saw their ad earlier today, and I was like there's no way it's going to be that good for that price.

Great video, got good info 👍 hey got a question do you have a option that works?

I was about to order it and watched this. THANK YOU!

First impression: a lot of packaging for such a small unit. Next impression: Not impressed. More E-junk.

13:36 Here we have a rare glimpse of Voldemort with his nose

I just brought a Mini Cam the same one just not the Cop Cam. Your reviewed is spot on. Having a same problems with the time and date stamp. Can't get the setting right between the 720p vs1080p(looks the same) and getting the night vision to work. I think is best use for is getting footage of baby talking and learning how to walk.

You're a very nice guy. You told all truth even while showing respect for the product at the same time. Keep it up, my brother. Thank you.

You can find this camera in a million brand variations and they all suck just like this one. Same junk different packaging.

Just an SQ11 cube camera from china, I have one myself (the SQ11, not this cop cam version) and tried it out recently, it's not too bad so long as you're expecting it to be pretty rubbish. I've stuck an IR cut filter over the lens of mine though as the stock lens has no IR cut hence why things look purpley-red...

Very helpful I was about to buy two of them off a friend of mine now I know why he's selling them so cheap thanks for the review very helpful

Unfortunately, I purchased this BEFORE watching your review... You are spot on James! You highlighted all the same issues I've experienced...

I am so glad I came across your Channel I wanted one of these cop cams so bad I could not stand it thank you again for doing this video . I have real bad anger issues and I believe if I bought this and it did not work as much as I want something like this I would have probably took a bulldozer and bulldoze down my house and everybody else's in the neighborhood . Again I would like to thank you .

This is literally an off the shelf rebadge of the SQ11 Chinese Cubecam, you can get it for 5 dollars on aliexpress and it's the original, just as good product ( i have one)

A cop cam add is playing on my tv right now. Glad I did my homework. Will be saving my money, thanks.

I had high hopes too...I may purchase one but I will wait a bit and like you said it may come out with a better version/upgrade.

Thanks James. Reminded of 'let the buyer beware'. Glad I watched your thorough presentation and saved myself Aus$80.

Early todayy, You look like a vampire with nightvision on

James, thankyou for doing a review of the cop cam. Even though nearly 4yrs have past since your review you saved a pensioner from wasting 50 precious dollars on a product I wouldn't now buy even if it were 2 dollars. Thanks again, I'm now a subscriber of your KZfaq channel.👍😊

I purchased this cop cam also ran into some of the same problems You may have helped me somewhat. Get back to you. Thanks for the video.

This is really funny dude, I'm at the shop at the moment and I wanted to buy this camera, exactly the same camera, but I did a search and found your review, so I took the time and watched your review. Actually I decided not to buy it. Well I bought a $68 one, which is - I really hope - a bit better. Thanks for that correct review! 👋

Can you look into the SQ11 mini camera. The cop cam is a variant of the SQ11. The SQ11 can be found on Amazon for $15. It also can be used as a webcam/dash cam? For the date try this: Connect the mini video camera to the computer. Setting the time is done by creating a text file named «TIMERSET.txt» in the root directory of the device's memory card, with the following content: «YYYYMMDDHHMMSS» «Y» (or «N», if you do not want the date and time stamp displayed on video files) For example, «20170625140003 Y» After saving the file, disconnect the video camera from the computer and turn it on.

Thank you for all of your time and work in this review.

thank you so much, this is honest review to the consumer. other youtube reviewers the dont test it they just tell the ads description. and they lie to get viewership. probably they are lazy to give honest review. you man i dont know your name but you saved me money thank freakin review

The reason you were having issues playing and importing the files is while they are in AVI containers, the video is stored in m-jpeg codec format (yup, like the picture format). The reason they do that is encoding chips for good compression formats like h.264 (what most cameras record in nowadays) are expensive (relatively speaking) and have higher battery demands, so they use chips that are extremely simple, cheap, and power sipping that use this dated crummy format. Another plus (for them) is they can usually cheap out even more with the battery because it really takes almost nothing at all to power these chips. That's probably the issue you had, a terrible battery and a almost non-existant battery management/charging circuit. You'll see this a lot with any Chinese cameras sold on Ebay for under 50 dollars (dash cams and 'spy' cams are famous for this format) These exact cameras are sold all over Ebay as "Cube Camera"s. They've been around since the Polaroid Cube first came out years ago. This just seems like an investor was browsing Ebay and got the terrible idea to import these things and market them without realizing the poop build/design quality. And yes, as people pointed out they have no InfraRed filter, since the moving shutter required to move it out of the way for night shots costs money and somewhat increases size. So that's why the colors are off. In fact: if the sensor was more sensitive to IR, the color would really be bad but it doesn't look like they used a sensor that's very IR sensitive (again, they gotta save money) so they probably used a bargain basement sensor not really intended for night shots (because all sensors are at least a little IR sensitive). That would explain the crummy night time preformance. Anyway, keep in mind I'm no expert, and just doing some speculating on the sensor. Hope that helps.

The night version makes you look like one of the dudes on “I AM LEGEND” 😂

The time/date stamp is controlled through a file when you connect the cam via a USB cable. You just go in and edit the file by overwriting the time and date. I used mine outside 4 times with my dogs and it worked fine thus far. I am currently testing it now by strapping it to my fence post where there's a ton of squirrels that run around back there.

I was thinking of gettin it and glad I watched this video. thank you

😔 Darn I had such high hopes 😏Thank you dearly for saving me the headache 💜 ✌️

You did a good job in reviewing this proto-type video cam that im sure not going buy until they ever decide to improve it (which i think they never should of marketed it) ... get your refund ,people!

Was looking for a camera to put on my boat - it won't be this one. Thanks for a decent and comprehensive review

People like you that actually use the internet for GOOD AND INFORMATIVE REASONS. Gives me hope for us. Thanks for taking time out of your life.

Honestly, I think you're being way too generous on this product, especially with the video quality. In addition, what's up with the excessive amount of packaging for such a tiny product? lol

13:19 to 14:13 Damn you look like Thanos out of Avengers.

No wonder they were on Clearance BEFORE Christmas! Started out at $40, Clearance for $20! I’m glad I saw this before I wasted my money! Had to sub to your channel! Good stuff!

Thank you for testing it out. I would be interested in what you would recommend.

Demon James!

This was just released in Australia. Thanks so much for saving me my hard earned money.. .

I have one and was playing around the files could not be read on my computer....had mine for about 1 year after first try I just threw it in the drawer. Found it this evening and found your review on KZfaq. I’m gonna keep trying and see if I get the same results as you.

Excellent Review. Very Detailed Thanks