Mounting Guide
Two ways to capture a community drive — start in two minutes with the phone you already have, then upgrade to a permanent dual-camera setup when you’re ready.
Phone on the Sun Visor
Zero hardware to buy. Mount your phone, drive, and upload — perfect for your first 30-day trial.
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Flip down the driver’s-side sun visor and rest your phone against it, screen facing in, camera facing out the windshield.
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Secure it with a rubber band around the visor — a $0 fix that holds the phone steady on the drive.
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Open the StreetLens app and confirm the road ahead is centered in the preview, with the horizon roughly mid-frame.
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Tap Record, drive the community at 15–20 mph, then stop recording. Video and GPS upload automatically.
Dual Dashcams on Window Clamps
Left and right side coverage in one pass. The recommended setup for ongoing, GPS-verified inspections.
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Attach one Smatree flex clamp mount to the door handle of the driver’s window and another clamp to the passenger’s window in the same way.
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Snap a Miofive 4K Front Dash Cam (main unit) onto the left side mount clip and a 4K Rear Dash Cam (other unit) onto the right side, lens pointed outward to capture the homes on that side of the street.
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Run the power adapter to the Front Cam (main unit) and confirm the camera is recording with GPS enabled.
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Drive the community at 15–20 mph — left and right cameras capture both sides in a single pass.
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Connect the data cable from the dashcam to the mobile, or pull the SD cards and connect the card reader to the mobile (as guided by the mobile app), or to the PC to drag-and-drop the footage into the StreetLens web portal.
Which should I use? Start with the phone-on-visor setup to try StreetLens free — no purchase required. Once you’re capturing communities regularly, the permanent dual dash cam kit records both sides of the street in a single drive for the most complete coverage.