HD Convex Panoramic Rearview Mirror

Read this before you buy it. A convex mirror shows more of the road, and it also makes everything in it look further away than it really is. A car that looks a comfortable distance back in this glass may be closer than you think. Give yourself a longer look before pulling out or changing lanes, especially for the first week while your eyes adjust.

The factory mirror alone

Flat glass, so the view stops at the edges of your rear window

Whatever sits just outside that frame is invisible, and that is where a car in the next lane hides

You turn your head to check, which takes your eyes off the road ahead

Passengers in the back are out of frame, so you cannot see what they are doing

With the convex mirror clipped on

A curved surface pulls in a wider arc, so the edges of the frame show the lanes beside you rather than the trim of your own car

More of the picture arrives in one glance, so fewer head turns

Wide enough to keep the back seats in view

At 70 mm it is about as tall as the mirror already in your car, so nothing is lost top to bottom. All the extra view is horizontal, which is where the lanes beside you are

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Curved, not flat

The convex curve is what widens the view. A flat mirror of the same size would just show the same scene larger.

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HD glass, no double image

Cheap aftermarket mirrors are often moulded plastic with a reflective coating, which gives a soft or ghosted picture. This is glass.

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Clips on, no tools

Two rigid clips on the back close over the housing of the mirror you already have. Nothing is screwed, glued or removed from the car.

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Looks like it belongs

A black housing with a straight frame that sits flush over the original. From the driver's seat it reads as part of the car, not as something stuck on.

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Handles a hot cabin

A parked car in summer gets far hotter than the air outside. The ABS frame and glass are chosen for that rather than for a cool workshop.

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Comes back off

If you sell the car or change your mind, the clips release and the original mirror is exactly as it was. Nothing to undo.

Clear

True colour

What you see is the real colour of the road, the sky and the cars behind you.

Brightest picture in daylight and in rain.

At night, headlights behind you come through at full strength.

Blue tint

Takes the edge off glare

A blue coating cuts the brightness of headlights behind you at night.

Colours read slightly cooler than they are.

Slightly darker in daylight, which matters on a very overcast day.

What blue is not

It is a tint, not an auto-dimming mirror. It does not sense a headlight and darken itself. It simply transmits less light all the time, which is why it helps at night and costs you a little brightness by day.

Which one

Drive a lot at night, or sit in traffic with headlights behind you? Blue. Mostly daylight, or you want the clearest possible picture? Clear.

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Small cars and saloons

A small rear window and a flat mirror leave a lot outside the frame. This is where the extra width is felt most on a motorway.

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Family cars and SUVs

Wide enough to keep the back seats in the picture, so you can see a child without turning round. This is the reason a lot of people buy one.

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Vans, taxis and driving work

Long hours behind the wheel, constant lane changes and passengers in the back. The blue tint earns its keep on night shifts.

Glass, curve, and how it holds on

Three things decide whether a clip-on mirror is worth having. The glass is glass rather than moulded plastic with a reflective coating, which is why the reflection stays sharp instead of going slightly milky after a summer in a hot car. The curve is what does the work: a convex surface gathers light from a wider angle than a flat one, so more of the road lands inside the same frame, at the cost of making things in it look smaller and further away. Seen edge-on, the glass bows out in the middle and sweeps back at both ends, which is that curve in profile. The mounting is two rigid clips moulded into the back that close over the housing of your existing mirror. There is no adhesive, no bracket screwed to the windscreen and nothing to remove from the car, which is also why it can come off again without leaving anything behind.

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Took me a minute to get used to how far away everything looks, but after a week I would not go back. I can see both lanes beside me without turning my head.

Karen B. · Verified Buyer

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Bought the blue one for night driving and it does take the sting out of headlights behind me. It is not as dark as my old auto-dimming mirror, but it does not need wiring either.

Tom H. · Verified Buyer

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The reason I bought it was to see my daughter in the back seat without turning round. That works perfectly and the picture is genuinely sharp, not wobbly like a plastic one.

Rachel M. · Verified Buyer

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Clipped on in under a minute with no tools and came off just as easily when I traded the car in. That was the part I was unsure about and it was fine.

Peter G. · Verified Buyer