I've always said, the best dashcams are simple dashcams. While it's fine to spend big money on a device with all the features you can think of, some of us just want clear video quality, simple controls, and a compact unit in our windscreen.

I've been using a Viofo WM1 dashcam for quite a while now, and It fulfills that brief very well. It's very compact, it has a 2K Quad HD processor with a Sony Starvis sensor and it can be had for £100 if you know where to look.

Viofo is forging a solid reputation for making some excellent road-trip monitoring tech, and there's a wide range of dashcams available in its line-up - but they refer to this one as a "stealth" dashcam.

And that's because it's brutally minimalist. It's one of the smallest dashcams I've tested, it has just four key buttons, no display, and it's diminutive enough to hide behind a rear-view mirror, out of sight.

The lack of display won't suit everyone, but I never really look at them anyway. I just find them distracting, so it's not a problem for me.

There's no battery installed either, and it mounts to the windscreen with a sticky pad rather than a suction cup, but this will be a bonus to some. You just need to be very careful when placing it. I do like the fact the USB-C power cable attaches to the mount rather than the dashcam itself though, it's a clever touch.

Don't be fooled into thinking the WM1's small size makes for fewer features entirely, though. Besides that trick sensor, which really does give great image quality, it has GPS built-in and a G-sensor, and there's three parking modes.

These modes use AI to keep watch on the vehicle's surroundings all the time, as long as it's hard-wired with a kit available from Viofo's website.

Setting this up will give you automatic event detection, time-lapse recording and low bitrate recording.

Other accessories you can acquire to enhance the package are a polarising filter, which is great for cutting glare, and a Bluetooth button to give you remote control for the recording mode.

The lack of display does mean there's no instant playback from the device, of course, and that's fine because the Viofo app is very good, and the WM1 connects up quickly over its built in WiFi.

Messages and notifications are delivered to the driver by a built-in voice system, which is one of the less annoying ones, and it means you don't have to check the app to ensure the recording has started, or if the SD card is functioning fine.

Simplicity is the name of the game when it comes to the Viofo WM1. It's great to have a dashcam that can be setup once and then forgotten about. Too many sensors and it can become annoying and difficult to find an ideal configuration. The WM1 is great at just being a dashcam. And, while it might lack a display and some other trick sensors, its video quality is what justifies its price.

If you want a quality dashcam without the bells and whistles, this might just be the one for you.