Most dashcams are designed to be mounted on the windscreen, for example behind the rear-view mirror. This is where it is least noticeable while driving and where the dashcam has the best view of the road. If this is not possible or desirable, you can consider mounting the dashcam on the dashboard, but this is not practical or possible with every dashcam.

Suction cup or sticker attachment

Dashcams with suction cup attachments are generally not suitable for mounting on the dashboard. The surface is not smooth enough and, moreover, this type of holder is usually not designed to support a dashcam upside down. Even with non-cylindrical dashcams with sticker mounting, the holder is usually not suitable for upside-down placement. The dashcam will then become too unstable and will make poor recordings with a lot of vibration or even fall over. In principle, only cylindrical dashcams are therefore suitable for placement on the dashboard.

Upside-down videos

If you have to turn the dashcam upside down to place it on the dashboard, the image will of course also be recorded upside down. You can rotate the images 180 degrees later on your PC using any video player. The disadvantage is that the data that normally appears at the bottom of the screen, such as the date and time, will be displayed upside down at the top of the screen.

Rotatable mount

Some dashcams, such as the Redtiger A4, F4 and F4 Pro and the AZDome M300S, have a mount that can be rotated 180 or 360 degrees vertically. In that case, you can place the dashcam on the dashboard without any problems. Instead of rotating the dashcam 180 degrees, you actually rotate the mount 180 degrees downwards while the dashcam remains facing forward.