OOONO Co-Driver NO2 [NEW MODEL 2024] - Next Gen. Traffic Safety Alarm - Warns of Speed Cameras and Road Hazards - Rechargeable - LED Indicator - CarPlay & Android Auto Compatible

The OOONO Co Driver No.2 is a fantastic piece of kit-the best i've come across in radar/safety camera detectors. Easy to set up via the app on your phone, I tried it on local cameras, section control areas and roadworks, and works faultlessly. Mobile cameras will wait for now, but I can be more confident out driving with the OOONO Co Driver No.2 on every trip. Recommended.

A great little device well worth the small cost. Warnings could be a little louder though. Really useful particularly in recognising 20 mph limit which has become much more common now in built up areas. Remember, if you exceed the limit by more than 50% its an automatic driving ban-not just points. So in a 20 zone thats 31!

Device conected to my Android phone correctly every time. So far it has correctly identified all speed cameras in my local area. Volume of Beeper could be a little louder. Even at full volume it is easy to miss the warning sound in a car with other background noise. Navigation app is not that great in the UK. Very basic functions and does not seem to recognise UK post codes. But for its intended function of warning about speed cameras and other road hazards, this seems to do a good job.

I've had my Ooono Co-Driver No. 2 for two weeks and ~1000 miles. It works very well, alerting to excess speed and speed camera's. Although I carefully observe speed limits it's easy to drift a little over speed especially down hill and on unfamiliar roads. Also, again on unfamiliar roads, it's easy to pass a speed camera or even a mobile speed camera and be concerned that you might be a little over speed. The Ooono really helps to make you aware of any over speed (I have it set at 2mph over the limit) or speed camera. I've even tried it on my motorcycle with my helmet intercom connected to my mobilephone and the Ooono in my pocket, I then receive audible alerts. Excellent. Buy one and try it yourself; I'm very pleased with it so far. Oh, battery life seems good, two weeks use and so far no need to recharge the battery.

This is a great idea in principal but for me it has two issues that ruin it. It is all about the alerts. The volume, even on maximum, is way too low. It is easy to miss when doing 30mph and so what it would be like at a faster speed (maybe with a window open) concerns me. The other issue is the length of the alert. The unit emits two sets of two beeps. Each set lasts about a second and together the whole alert might last for three seconds. This should be much longer in my opinion. So if the alerts were longer and louder then I would have kept the product as it is pretty good in other respects. It is nice and small, it re-connects to your phone automatically and it is easy to mount inside the car. Be aware that you need to have it connected to your phone via BT in order for it to operate fully.

highly recommend works with no fuss

I wanted the new OOONO CO-DRIVER NO2 after getting one too many "reminders" through the post. If you are tired of fiddling with your phone or waiting for Waze to load up just to drive down the road, this is exactly what you need. The best thing about this version is the CarPlay and Android Auto integration. It actually pops up on the big screen in the car now which is brilliant. You get the alerts right there in front of you as well as the audible sound from the Ooono. Setup was simple. You just download the app, pair it up once and that is it, then it connects automatically as soon as you start the car and drive away. The rechargeable battery is a massive plus and you just plug it into the USB-C port in the car and it's sorted for weeks. One thing to watch out for is that it can go off a bit if you live in a busy area with cameras on every corner, but you can search the settings and tweak the alerts so it only makes a noise when you really need it to. It is a bit of an investment up front but when you think about the cost of a single fine and the points on your licence, it pays for itself quickly and there’s no subscription. It is a solid, well built bit of kit that just works.

Ooono No2 Inside the box. Upon opening the box you will find one Ooono no2 device, one USB cable, a very basic manual and one set of magnetic mounts. I believe only one set of magnetic mounts is a bit stingy really because they’re tiny little magnets and it wouldn’t cost them much to include a second set for when you change your vehicle or if you have two vehicles and want to move it from one to another. Installation First charge the device using the usb lead that came with the unit. The device was very easy to install simply attach the magnetic mounts to the Uno device on the rear, remove the sticky backings, find a suitable clean area on your dash and firmly press the device to secure it to the dash. The device is portable and easily removed from the magnetic Mounts and when you want to put it back on the dash you’ve simply attach it back onto the magnets. Once this is charged, you do not need to keep it connected to the USB cable however I chose to keep my cable connected to my cars USB charging port so I don’t have to worry about the battery running out. Unfortunately, I can’t seem to see anywhere that shows you how much charge the device has and I think this is a floor in the design. It would be very simple for the app to display the charge of the device so you know when you need to charge it rather than having to charge it when it runs out of battery and I hope this can be resolved in a a future update of the app. Downloading the app I use an iPhone so I went onto the App Store and downloaded the Ooono app where you have to open an account with an email address and a password. Once you have an account and you are logged in on the app you can follow the on-screen instructions to connect your device to your phone through Bluetooth connection. This device needs a Bluetooth connection to your phone in order for it to work. Once the Ooono device has connected for the first time whenever you leave your car, it will disconnect and when you next get into your car, it will automatically reconnect as long as you keep your Bluetooth on. When you get into your vehicle, the device will make a noise to show that you have entered the vehicle and when you start to move the device will make a little tune to confirm you are connected. If your device does not connect then your device will start to flash red warning you that you’re not connected. Using the device. The unit seems to work well in detecting fixed speed cameras and camera traffic lights but it’s heavily relies on lots of other people owning a Uno device and reporting mobile speed cameras. The more people who own a Ooono device and then report the mobile speed camera by pressing the button on the Ooono device the better otherwise if nobody has already reported the Mobile speed camera, you will not get an alert. I believe it takes two people to press their device at the same location for you to then receive the mobile speed camera alerts or the road hazards like broken down vehicles and roadworks etcetera can also be reported by pressing the main button on the Uno device twice. If you approach a speed camera then your device will warn you by beeping and flashing blue. If you are approaching a hazard then your device should warn you by beeping and flashing red. The distance in which you are warned about the approaching speed camera or hazard can be adjusted in the app. I set mine at about 0.3 miles away from the camera because there is not an option in the app to distinguish between Mobile speed cameras and fixed cameras and if the Ooono device warned you of the speed camera that you are approaching any closer than 0.3 miles than the mobile speed cameras will probably be within distance to catch a speeding motorist. I think believe the app should have a distance for warnings to be given on mobile speed cameras and a different distance for warnings to be given for fixed cameras but it does not so hopefully if they update the app they may in the future change this to allow to speed warning distances for different types of cameras. The Ooono no2 device Halo light can the flash continuously Green or you can turn it off if it’s annoying if you prefer. I personally did not mind it flashing during the day but there is no way to dim the brightness of the light and when it flashed at night it was quite bright and I found it dazzling so I turned it off which makes no difference to the function ability of the device and you still get all your alerts. I believe this light needs to be dimmable or it has to have a night setting so it isn’t as bright during night hours and I hope this is something they can amend in a future app update. The Ooono app has a map feature, but it is not Google Maps which is very disappointing plus it is very basic. When you set a destination using the Ooono map it will show you your route but it will only show you the speed cameras that are close by and does not show you all the speed cameras that you are expected to come across on your journey which I would really like to know about before I set off because there could be an alternative route with less speed cameras on. I find that when you use the Ooono no2 device with the map on your phone you get a better experience because you get a warning on the Ooono device and you can then glance at your map and it will tell you what to look out for for example, a speed camera or a traffic light camera et cetera. I believe that they have to use Google Maps in the future because the map is just not good enough compared to Google Maps in my opinion. The other option they could go for is instead of you using the Ooono app map your phone could actually verbally alert you to the upcoming hazard or camera therefore then you could use the Google Maps but your phone would still tell you what danger to look out for verbally. One feature this device does not have is the ability to store personalised location hotspots for example if in your area there is a regular Mobile speed camera on a particular place on a particular street it would be nice to be able to alert you and only you to be extra careful to this potential danger whenever you approach this road because we all know how easily it is to be distracted and go that 1 mile an hour over the limit even on a road you know there is sometimes a speed camera on so for that reason I think this would definitely be a feature to incorporate into the device for the future. Overall so far I am very pleased with the product for the price however I think it needs lots of work and I would be happy to pay more money for the device if it had more of the features I have mentioned above but overall for a subscription free device I think it is well worth the £57 I paid for it and I would definitely recommend it to others.