Viofo

Viofo T130 3CH

Name: Viofo T130 3CH
Brand: Viofo
Price: 180 USD
Availability: InStock

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SupercapacitorInfrared cabinScreenless

The T130 is the cheapest way in this catalog to get three channels with an infrared cabin camera, and it is unapologetically built for people driving for a living rather than for image-quality enthusiasts. Front is 2560x1440 at 30fps on a 5MP Sony IMX335 behind an f/1.6 140-degree lens; the cabin and rear are both 1080p Sony STARVIS IMX291 modules on 165-degree f/1.8 lenses, with infrared LEDs on the cabin channel so the interior records with all the lights off. The body is a screenless cylinder that sits flat to the glass. Where it shows its price is connectivity: 2.4GHz Wi-Fi only, no voice control, and sensors a generation behind the A229 line. What it does not compromise on is the supercapacitor, rated -4 to 149 degrees Fahrenheit, which is exactly right for a camera that spends summer afternoons in a parked car waiting for the next fare. Parking modes work with the Type-C HK4 hardwire kit, sold separately.

Approx. price: ~$180
Hot car: Supercapacitor; Supercapacitor, rated to 149°F
Parking tier: Buffered; Hardwire kit optional

Best for

Rideshare and delivery drivers who need three angles on a working budget.

The description and the pros and cons above are written from published specifications, not from owner reports. Owner sentiment, where we have it, is in its own section below.

What the numbers mean here

The front camera records 2,560 horizontal pixels across a published 140-degree field of view, which is 18.3 pixels per degree — plate-legible close in. The rear channel manages 11.6, so it is the less detailed of the two. How this is calculated, and what it does not tell you.

It runs on a supercapacitor rather than a lithium cell, so there is no battery to swell in a car parked in summer sun — the classic way a windshield-mounted camera dies. The maker publishes an operating range of -4°F to 149°F. Supercapacitors and heat.

Keeps a rolling buffer, so the seconds before an impact are saved as well as the impact itself. It is the most useful parking mode and the hungriest. The hardwire kit is a separate purchase, which is the line item people forget when budgeting. What each parking mode records.

Specifications

Manufacturer-published figures, recorded from Viofo’s own product page and a specialist retailer’s spec table. Fields the maker does not publish are omitted rather than guessed.

Type: Triple-channel
Channels: 3
Front resolution: 1440p
Front frame rate: 30fps
Front sensor: Sony IMX335
Front field of view: 140° (as published)
Front aperture: f/1.6
Rear resolution: 1080p
Rear sensor: Sony STARVIS IMX291
Rear field of view: 165°
Interior resolution: 1080p
Infrared cabin: Yes
HDR: HDR
Power cell: Supercapacitor
Operating temperature: -4°F to 149°F
Parking modes: buffered, time-lapse, low-bitrate, motion
Hardwire kit: optional
GPS: built-in
Wi-Fi: 2.4 GHz
LTE / cloud: None
Max storage: 512GB microSD
CPL filter: optional
Screen: None
Voice control: No
Form factor: cylinder
Mount: adhesive
Release year: 2022

Features

Three channels: 1440p front, 1080p infrared cabin, 1080p rear
Infrared LEDs on the cabin camera for recording with the lights off
Screenless cylindrical body
Supercapacitor, -4 to 149 degrees Fahrenheit
Built-in GPS logger, 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, app control
microSD to 512GB shared across three channels

Where it is strong

Three channels including a real infrared cabin camera for under two hundred dollars
Supercapacitor power with a 149F ceiling, which is what a car that sits in parking lots all day actually needs
Screenless and small enough that passengers mostly do not notice it
Takes a 512GB card, so three channels still give a reasonable loop

Where it gives way

2.4GHz Wi-Fi only, and downloading three channels of footage over it is a genuinely long wait
No voice control, so locking a clip means reaching for the camera or the app
Older IMX335 and IMX291 sensors - noticeably noisier at night than the A229 line
The front lens is quoted at 140 degrees but only 1440p behind it, so plate legibility at distance is limited
Parking mode needs the separately sold HK4 kit

What owners say

Summarised from public owner discussion. Nothing here is our own testing.

The T130 is bought by people who need three angles and have a budget, often two at a time for a household with two drivers. The infrared cabin channel is the reason it gets chosen over a two-channel camera, and on that count owners are satisfied.

When this one goes wrong it tends to need a warranty claim rather than a fix. Wi-Fi that never comes up at all - no network broadcast, LED never lights - has happened to owners out of the box, and Viofo has replaced units. Card trouble is the other recurring theme, with 'insert SD card' appearing on a card that had been working and reformat prompts arriving unprompted.

The app is thin by current standards: view a clip or delete it, and not much else. Combined with the 2.4GHz radio, most owners end up doing anything serious with a card reader instead.

What owners like

Owners buying for multiple vehicles at once pick it because three channels at this price makes a two-car purchase affordable
The infrared cabin camera is the feature people buy it for, and it does the job it is bought for
It uses the same HK4 hardwire kit as the rest of the current Viofo line, so the install knowledge transfers
Owners report Viofo honouring warranty claims on faulty units

Common complaints

Dead-on-arrival Wi-Fi is a reported failure - the camera's network never appears and the Wi-Fi LED never lights, which needs a warranty claim rather than troubleshooting
The app offers little beyond view and delete, which owners who wanted real clip management find thin
Card trouble recurs: owners get 'insert SD card' on a card that was working, and reformat prompts out of nowhere
2.4GHz Wi-Fi makes pulling three channels of footage slow enough that owners give up and use the card reader

What owners of the Viofo T130 3CH ask

The camera's Wi-Fi never shows up on my phone. What now?

If the Wi-Fi LED never lights and no network is broadcast, that is a hardware fault rather than a setup problem, and owners in that position have filed warranty claims successfully. Try a factory reset first, then contact support with the LED behaviour described - it is the detail that gets the claim moving.

Is the three-channel version harder on the car battery?

It uses the USB-C HK4, the same kit as the A119 Mini 2, the A229 line and the WM1. Set the low-voltage cutoff conservatively; three channels draw more than a single-channel camera and the margin before a car will not start is smaller.

Why does it keep asking me to reformat the card?

Three simultaneous streams are hard on a memory card and standard consumer cards fail at it. Use a high-endurance card formatted in the camera. Owners seeing repeated reformat prompts or 'insert SD card' on a working card have generally solved it by replacing the card rather than the camera.

Is the app any good?

Owners describe it as basic - you can view a clip or delete it, and little more. For anything involving several clips or a long session, pulling the microSD card is faster, particularly since this camera only has a 2.4GHz radio.