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Nexer Forest: One-minute review
Nexer One is a 4k dash camel that employs a clever modular design and always LTE data connections to offer automatic cloud uploads with unlimited storage, wireless video transfer and remote streaming. It can be purchased with either 128GB or 256GB internal storage, but there is no microSD card support. Rear and internal cameras are also available.
The $ 71.90 for unlimited cloud storage and live streaming seems like a good value for 71.90 per year, but is dependent on working properly on a strong cellular signal; If you have 4G at home, it may not be a dash cam for you.
Nexer A: Price and Availability
The price of Nexer one is from $ 329.95 for the 128GB model (which can be recorded up to 37 hours), or from $ 379.95 for the 256GB model (which ranks up to 78 hours). Adding an interior camera painted in this review increases those prices by $ 379.95 and $ 429.95 respectively.
The cost of Nexer’s LTE conservation plan is $ 9.99 per month or $ 71.90 per year. This includes the ability to stream up to your phone, plus unlimited cloud storage, a 24/7 parking mode, real-time GPS tracking, emergency alert and rear camera compatibility.
Nexer says that one will soon be available in the UK, but did not announce prices at the time of review in June 2025. The cost of the LTE Conservation Plan is also unknown for now, and is not available in Australia.
Nexer Forest: Space
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Video |
4K resolution at 25 to 30 frames per second |
Row 0 – Cell 2 | Row 0 – Cell 3 |
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Visual area (fov) |
140 degrees (forward), 160 ° (interior) |
Row 1 – Cell 2 | Row 1 – Cell 3 |
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storage |
Internal (128GB or 256GB), cloud (unlimited, applied) |
Row 2 – Cell 2 | Row 2 – Cell 3 |
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Gps |
Yes |
Row 3 – Cell 2 | Row 3 – Cell 3 |
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Parking mode |
Yes, with remote streaming |
Row 4 – Cell 2 | Row 4 – Cell 3 |
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App support |
Nexer Connect App |
Row 5 – Cell 2 | Row 5 – Cell 3 |
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Dimensions |
3.5 x 2.75 x 1.2 inch / 88.9 x 69.8 x 30.5 mm |
Row 6- Cell 2 | Row 6- Cell 3 |
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weight |
7.4oz / 210g |
Row 7 – Cell 2 | Row 7 – Cell 3 |
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Battery |
Yes, it is used to record parking events |
Row 8 – Cell 2 | Row 8 – Cell 3 |
Nexer Ek: Design
Nexer is a clever piece of a design, as far as the dash cam goes. It has no screen, so you have no chance to be distracted while driving, and the unit itself is relatively thin, but LTE data module and interior camera are connected, it is quite large.
The clever bit is how Nexer uses a magnet. First, it connects its windshield mount with a very strong magnet. Then you stick the mount into your windshield with an adhesive bandage, and a power cable runs from Mount to a continuous power supply to the OBD2 port of your car, even when it is parked and closed. Power is then sent on a dash cam as soon as Magnet snatched it into place.
There are more magnets on both sides of the main unit. You can extract a cover from one end to attach that calls the Nexer Connectivity Ad-on, originally an LTE (4G) antenna which gives the dash cam a cellular data connection for live streaming for your phone and cloud video storage-later on.
Removing the cover from the other end enables you to connect the alternative interior camera, which is sold separately, but was also provided by Nexer for this review. Overall, it is a clever design that is well executed, and I particularly like how an OBD2 cable is included in the box in Nexer, rather than a USB cable and 12-volt socket adapter.
As mentioned, there is no microSD card slot, with one completely dependent on internal storage.
Nexer Ek: Performance
The setup process requires a decent 4G connection, for the Nexer Connect smartphone app and dash cam. Although I live in London, my street has terrible cellular coverage, so it was not surprising to see that he has failed to get itself online. I covered a distance of about half a mile, standing, and the dash cam quickly attached to Nexer’s cloud service and completed the setup process.
While the quality of the video is the most important aspect of any dash cam, more for this model than video recording. You can use either Nexer Connect app or Nexer’s online dashboard to install every trip. Your driving route is shown on a map with the distance and duration of your journey. Then it is easy to see the low-resolution timelap of a trip, or download a high-resolution portion.
If you are away from your car (and so are not directly connected to the dash cam via Wi-Fi), you can see the mapped routes and periodically. And, when you can request to download the high-race part between 30 seconds and five minutes, the next time you do not turn your car, you will not download. Instead, it is best to reach your car, connect directly to the dash cam on Wi-Fi, and transfer high-race recording to your phone.
Another feature is live streaming, where the LTE connection of the Nexer One allows you to see the live feed on your phone with a dash cam. It takes about 30 seconds to start and when using LTE (instead of direct Wi-Fi connections), you are limited to three minutes of watching live at a time. This makes sense, given how much data will be swallowed by long currents. This is an easy way to check on your car, and it means that you can see a live feed, when the dash cam is revealed when the collision is revealed, as it will start recording automatically.
Since I live in an area with patch cellular coverage, some driving routes and failed to upload from time to time. This process occurs after you are parking, while decreasing the dash cam, but a bad data connection can prevent the upload. The downloads are unavailable until the next until you turn on your car and drive in an area with better signals.
If you live and mostly drive in the area with strong LTE coverage, you will be fine, but if not – and you want to use connected features of Nexer Forest regularly – then you will need to think twice about buying it. Nexer one is designed to connect to a series of networks instead of only one, so it should always hunt the best signal. But I found that it sometimes failed to connect, especially in known blackspots.
Events – where the dash cam detects a collision, is either parked or driving – sorted in its own section of the app and dashboard, making them easier to find.
The app lets you choose from three video quality options, but disappointing uses these names – original, standard and premium – instead of identifiable numbers, such as 1080p or 4K. The tapping on ‘Learn More’ opens Nexer’s website and suggests that the basic is 720p (and 540p for interior view), standard 1080p (720p for interior), and premium 4K (Plus 720p again for the interior).
Standard default is the option. These full HD recording looks great on the phone app, but the quality takes a dip when flying on a large computer screen. The footage is fine, but the details like the license plates of the incoming vehicles, even at just 20mph in the bright day light, is often difficult to read.
Give Nexer to a premium and 4K videos are quite sharp, with more suity license plates and road signals. The files are also large, in which a five-minute clip weighs in a 1.5GB from the front-facing camera and a five-minute clip in 360MB from the lower-spec interior view.
The large size of 4K files highlights Nexer’s slow Wi-Fi transfer speed. Taking those five-minute, 1.5GB and 360MB clips to your iPhone, on a direct Wi-Fi connection, took a full five minutes.
The interior camera is of a low imagination, but still provides a good view of the driver and the front-seat passenger. Since I drive a small two-seater (a Mazda Mita, or MX-5 for non-US readers), this camera manages to capture the acceptable scene from the rear windshield. However, due to the small front windshield of my car, I have to partially hide Nexer behind the mirror, which blocks some internal view of the camera.
If I have bought myself a Nexer one, and still a car is tight on space, I will probably do without the interior camera. He said, if you are a taxi or ride-share driver, your interior recording (and a sign is that your passengers are telling) may be useful.
Finally, there is a parking mode. It works when the Nexer Forest is associated with the OBD II cable, or an alternative hardwiering cable that gives it strength from the fuse box. When a collision is detected, the camera starts springs and recording in life. These video appears in chronological order in the app, but only one can be downloaded when you switch your car next time – and so until the camera has a good cellular connection.
Parking mode, unlimited cloud storage, live streaming and other functions – including emergency alert, GPS tracking and rear camera compatibility – are part of all membership schemes. Its price is $ 9.99 per month or $ 71.90 for the whole year. Although Nexer one acts like any other offline dash cam without this fee, storing footage locally, taking membership is not very high. If you do not want to pay for membership, you will be better than buying a separate dash cam.
He said, I can see the value here – especially if you live in an area with solid cellular coverage. After the online video is available through the app or any computer browser, the microSD takes the normal dash cam pain point to remove the card and manually transfer the footage. When I am away from home, I also like the idea of ​​being able to investigate on my car, but my local cellular coverage made it difficult.
The dash cam sometimes sent phone notifications, when more information is promised when tapped. But doing so opened the app and I saw the home screen. It was also sometimes also told that a recording was in the process (while the car was parked and closed), then saved a five-minute journey in the activity page of the app. Tapping on it led to a page full of error messages, a map in which the car was, and a timellaps and high-raz clip promised to be “available soon”.
Nexer told me that there are some issues with firmware updates recently, but after re -establishing the latest firmware I have still experienced connectivity problems. A number of phone connects to the network, but it seems that I cannot provide the coverage required to work where I live. It works right elsewhere, but bad signals at home snatches a part of someone’s functionality.
I asked Nexer to whether it could be connected to home Wi-Fi for video upload and firmware updates, but, and it was told that when it is on the roadmap, there is no time for launch.
Nexer Forest: Sample Video
Front camera
Internal camera
Should you buy Nexer one?
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How did I test Nexar one
- I installed Nexer Forest in my car
- I used dash cam during several trips during a week
- I downloaded the footage, experimented with adjusted settings and live streaming function.
I installed Nexer One in my car and used it as my dash came for about a week. I used it on many trips, and every time I used my car recorded the footage. I then downloaded (and uploaded) from the dash cam to check my recording quality, and used live streaming function to see how well it works.
