This camera is small and easily hidden. I am not technologically savvy and it was easy to set up. If I can set up, anyone can. The battery lasted over 3 weeks on motion detection. You can change the settings to use less battery. The live streaming is good. I also snapped a screenshot and video. Both of good quality. I did not purchase a subscription. The picture and video saved to my phone. The night vision is good. There is a light to turn on the add color to night vision. I had a problem with the light but customer service was helpful and the problem was fixed. Simple, easy to use, good quality streaming, clear video. Very pleased and impressed! Read more
Even though these cameras suggested use is for "indoor", I've mounted them on my porch and under my car port to use as security/motion monitoring cameras. They have worked well under dry outdoor conditions. I get notifications when someone steps up to the front door; UPS, FedEx, DHS etc when they deliver a package. I can monitor anyone driving/walking up my driveway toward the carport and around to the side door. I use a 16G SDMC for storage of video which. for my purposes, works great. I would definitely recommend this camera for use in any dry (indoor or outdoor) situation! Read more
I’m so happy with this purchase! The camera quality is incredibly clear, both day and night, and the AI motion detection works flawlessly. I love that it comes with a 64G SD card and has an impressive battery life — I haven’t had to recharge it often at all. Setup was super easy, and the connection to WiFi was quick and stable. It gives me real peace of mind knowing I can check in anytime and everything is recorded securely. Excellent value for the price — highly recommend to anyone looking for reliable home security! Read more
This camera was easy to setup using the recommended app (UBox) and the quality was much better than I expected. The battery life has been very good - I've had it in a relatively high traffic area for over a week and it still has about 80% battery. If "silent" mode is disabled in the app for this camera, anytime motion is detected, on my Android phone, I get a message in my notification area with a snapshot from the camera. I also get an alert on my phone when the camera goes offline (internet, battery, or just powered off). Also, while viewing the live stream, listening in on the audio, sounds are nicely amplified and easy to hear - I have not tried the microphone feature yet to try and speak to someone near the camera. **Security Concern**: Most people won't care about this, and some will think it is a benefit, but I am a software engineer and this is slightly concerning to me. Normally, you are only able to access a WiFi camera when your phone/computer is on the same network as the WiFi camera you're viewing, unless you open up ports on your router (port forward) specifically for the camera (you shouldn't do this unless you know what you're doing), or if you have a VPN connection to your router. However, with this camera, after pairing and adding it to my WiFi network using the UBox app, I was able to turn off WiFi on my cell phone and still connect with the camera and live stream video and sound via the cellular connection. This means that the camera is connecting to a server somewhere that relays the audio and video to the UBox app on my phone, bypassing the firewall on your router. Unless the pairing process also performs some SSL/TSL security setup (it may, but I could find nothing to confirm this), then this means that technically whoever owns that server could view the camera stream and audio without your permission. I hope/doubt they are, but considering the number of companies that are hacked these days, I'd be cautious using this camera as a baby monitor or within range of private conversations just in case. Like I said, for some people, being able to access the camera's feed while out of the house may be desired. If you're not very tech-savvy, but need to keep an eye on the baby sitter, pets, someone working on your house, etc, while you're out, this is a great option to allow that. A few tips for users: 1. The default resolution when you first connect is standard definition (SD). If you tap on "SD" in the UBox app, it will switch over to high definition (HD). It appears you have to do this every time you connect with the app, likely to conserve battery. 2. If you turn off your phone screen while connected with the camera to live-stream, when you turn on your phone again, it never seems to be able to connect with the camera again (just spins and never connects). You need to go back to the previous screen (viewing available cameras), then connect with the camera again to begin streaming. Wish List: - It would be nice if there was an option to always connect with HD mode **EDIT** I did find this in the app settings. - It would be nice if the device password was accessible so that I could connect with it using other camera viewing apps. - Without the cloud subscription, it doesn't appear there is a way to view the recorded video that is stored on the local SD card from the app. I was hoping I could use the app to access the recorded video that is stored on the local/physical SD card and that the cloud subscription would only be needed if I wanted to store the video in the cloud. - It would be nice if the local hotspot viewing feature could be set permanently as the operation mode so that this could be used as truly portable camera for use when WiFi is not available. Given the great battery life of this camera, I was hoping to take it with me when traveling and just be able to connect to it directly from my phone when I needed to view the video stream (I doubt I can connect it to a hotel WiFi since most have a confirmation page to accept on a browser). Read more
Pictures are clear. The setup was easy enough for a 75 year old to understand. Motion detection was at 100 feet+. Well worth the money at this price point. Read more
I am giving this 5 stars as it does exactly what I bought it for, but for some it may not be a 5 star product based on their needs. I am in an odd set up at my home and I can't see deliveries, etc from living room windows, only from my bedroom. So I set up this camera in my bedrooom window just to see when delivery trucks arrive. I am on 2nd floor so my camera only faces parking and there is no violation of privacy. I can say it works very well. I can see what I need to see. I don't need to keep a record of anything, so I don't use the cloud that you can purchase. It syncs quickly and the app for it works well. The video quality isn't too bad, but not great. Only con is that if you wanted this to be on all the time and unplugged then it might only last a few days before you'd have to recharge it. Mine lasts several months, but I only look at it when I need to. Otherwise I'm very happy with my purchase! Read more
great little camera but limited to one ssid and app. battery longevity seems to be good but haven't had it long enough to test. Would have given the cam 5 stars but it's extremely limited to ubox app only. Not compatible with any other app or HiP2P client. Wifi 2.4 range is decent but only restricted to one ssid network at setup. You must reset cam and start all over to change ssid which is time consuming and a pain in the but when you're on the go. It kind of defeats the portability to use outside of your setup network your using. So much for using it for security when away. I wanted to use it in hotel rooms, in my car, or other locations for security. Can't do it without starting all over setup again. It should be a easy fix for the app to be updated to be more user friendly and usable. User manual is not complete and you must access their website for more. All in all, it's worth the money and the hardware is very good with the exceptions given. I hope they realize it can be improved for its functionality by updating the software Read more
