TP-Link Tapo Pan/Tilt Smart Security Camera, Indoor CCTV, 360° Rotational View
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Product Summary
- No Hub Required - Works with any Wi-Fi router without the need for a separate hub
- 1080P HD with Pan Tilt - 360 Degree rotational and 114 Degree vertical views with 1080p resolution and night vision up to 30 ft
- Two-way Audio - With built-in microphone and speaker, you can keep in touch with your family anytime, anywhere
- Motion Detection and Activity Zones - Custom activity zones and notification will sent to your phone once motion is detected
- SD Storage - Local storage supports up to 128 GB Micro SD card (SD card is not provided). Frequency 2.4 GHz; System requirements iOS 9+, Android 4.4+
- Tapo Care Explore the Cloud video storage and more advanced functions with a 30-day Free Trial. You will be notified before your free trial expires with information on how to pay for a subscription
- Note-If there are wireless connection issues, please setup the camera in same room where the main router is to avoid any interferences also make sure the Tapo app and firmware of the camera is fully updated before and after setup to avoid any disconnection issue.
Product Attributes
- Width: 3.4 inches,
- Height: 4.6 inches,
- Weight: 1.0 pounds,
- Length: 3.4 inches,
- Size: Indoor
Brand
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Product Review Analysis*
Positives |
Neutrals |
Negatives |
| 61.1% | 12.8% | 26.1% |
Senti score [73.9%] |
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perfect
great
really brilliant
disappointed
excellent
useless
expected
avoid
brilliant
poor nightvision
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cheap
least
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better
unable
amazing
wrong
complete waste
smart
super
truly excellent
poor
works perfect
completely waste
impressed
Pros & Cons
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Pros [153]
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Strength |
|---|---|
really brilliant"fantastic value does exactly what we need records everything on the sd card that we bought when it senses motion we can view it from our mobiles alter the view from the mobiles it's really brilliant"
|
100.0% |
truly excellent"was not expecting too much for the money i paid but this is truly excellent"
|
100.0% |
works perfect"1 is on mouse watch in the loft works perfect in the dark and produces a good picture"
|
100.0% |
wonderful piece"wonderful piece of kit!"
|
100.0% |
excellent product"excellent product and great value"
|
100.0% |
very pleased"great camera very pleased"
|
100.0% |
excellent rotation"really impressed with this good value and excellent rotation"
|
100.0% |
made well designed"the app is well made well designed"
|
100.0% |
works brilliantly"motion detection works brilliantly with notifications to your phone"
|
100.0% |
super recommended"super recommended!"
|
100.0% |
brilliant cameras"brilliant cameras"
|
100.0% |
greatest strength"i must say this product’s greatest strength is the ease of set up followed by the remarkably well designed app"
|
99.9% |
absolutely fantastic"absolutely fantastic product"
|
99.9% |
excellent piece"excellent piece of kit wanted a bit if security without having the expensive cost of of cctv installed bought this because of practicality of being able to move around the house if needed and the cost brilliant price no negatives as if yet only had a couple of days but so far so good may buy more if price stays the same"
|
99.9% |
great motion detection"great motion detection and works with alexa"
|
99.7% |
moving bushes"it sends alerts on detecting movement but i switched it off as the moving bushes were triggering"
|
99.7% |
highly recommend"would highly recommend"
|
99.6% |
reasonable ir performance"picture quality is more than acceptable for the cost of the unit and i am getting reasonable ir performance as well inside the ir is unlikely to be great in an open outdoor environment "
|
99.4% |
extremely good"the night vision quality is extremely good too"
|
99.4% |
really good"for a cheap camera it’s really good"
|
99.3% |
good remote control"good points: relatively easy to set up mostly plug and play clear ios app excellent camera quality for the price night vision particularly good remote control of horizontal and vertical panning from the app which improves the already good coverage two way sound although quality isn't particularly good a motion detection alarm which can be disabled local video storage on a micro sd card which is easy to manage in the app"
|
98.9% |
nice piece"nice piece of kit for the price "
|
98.8% |
very clean"you will pay a bit more for these but they have there own tp made software that’s very clean and simple"
|
98.7% |
works perfectly"purchased to keep an eye on my two house bunnies and it works perfectly"
|
98.6% |
amazing product"amazing product sends notifications to your phone if motion is detected"
|
98.5% |
real bargain"i bought this camera for £25 and it's a real bargain"
|
98.2% |
good imagery"good imagery and nice app would be nice if whilst using ptz it would not consider this a motion alert bit over sensitive"
|
97.8% |
worked a treat"i had difficulty setting up but downloaded an older version of the app and that worked a treat"
|
97.8% |
excellent picture"bought this to replace a cheaper camera being only five pounds more i should’ve bought this first excellent picture little lag unlike the other one and motion detection is great if not a little sensitive but ought for the babies room so works for me"
|
97.5% |
great sound"picture great sound could be better but low on my priority"
|
96.8% |
amazingly well"it works amazingly well and i would not hesitate to buy it again"
|
96.5% |
only downfall"good little camera very clear and night vision is good only downfall is after a week or so it stops working and you’ve to reconnect it all to get it working again which is a pain"
|
96.1% |
very impressive"very impressive"
|
95.6% |
c200 smart"currently under thirty pounds from amazon the tapo c200 smart camera by tp link offers good value at the price – ideal for inexpensive and reliable real time monitoring but it is not a fully secure camera five stars for all that it does well"
|
95.0% |
quite powerful"it is really quite powerful for the low price and i have had zero connection issues even when accessing it remotely from other locations"
|
94.7% |
cameras are excellent"cameras are excellent"
|
93.1% |
excellent camera"excellent camera for the price"
|
92.9% |
connections are great"i use it for my shop to make sure everything is okay and the connections are great"
|
92.6% |
perfect and worth"simple perfect and worth it for £25!"
|
92.1% |
good depth"the camera itself is great however and is easily viewed in the app adding multiple cameras is a straightforward process as well the image quality is clear and with good depth and field of vision alerts are instant and the ability to have the camera sound its own alarm is a definite plus"
|
91.9% |
bargain at the price"i think this camera is a bargain at the price and a great addition to any security system it is also peace of mind when you are away from home as this camera is accessible from anywhere in the world as long as you have your phone with the tapo app installed and internet access"
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91.7% |
need smart"great value top quality camera that doesnt need smart hub"
|
91.4% |
well written"good quality video and unlike your typical unbranded chinese smart kit the software is stable and well written"
|
91.2% |
work to perfection"amazing product i deployed a few of these and they work to perfection"
|
91.2% |
absolutely love this"absolutely love this!"
|
90.4% |
super product"super product"
|
90.3% |
motion detection is great"motion detection is great and you can setup areas if you want to limit the size of area for motion detection"
|
89.9% |
does an excellent"i bought this because of the trusted tp link brand association and there being no cloud storage involved for putting in a window to cover the garden and it does an excellent job"
|
89.3% |
amazing for the price"this product is amazing for the price"
|
89.2% |
no issues very good"overall everything just works as it should with no issues very good for the price"
|
89.2% |
great and easy to"you need to buy a micro sd card for recording app is great and easy to use"
|
88.9% |
good functionality"great pictures good functionality for minimising alerts ability to record to local storage and even chat to those on the room!"
|
88.8% |
way audio is perfect"two way audio is perfect"
|
88.6% |
perfect for my needs"perfect for my needs at a great price"
|
88.5% |
work brilliantly"it will work brilliantly to keep an eye on my naughty cats whilst at work"
|
88.5% |
great camera"great camera for monitoring your home while away i keep my audible alarm off until i have captured an intruder on video enough so they can be recognised before turning the alarm on"
|
88.5% |
absolute bargain"absolute bargain for the price and would definitely recommend purely for the pan function alone!"
|
88.4% |
positive detections"motion detection is a very basic contrast based algorithm and as such there's a lot of false positive detections"
|
88.3% |
great fearures"perfect little camera with great fearures amazing price for what you get!"
|
88.0% |
great camara"a great camara but after 10mins it ask for reconnect"
|
88.0% |
does an amazing"the picture quality is perfect and does an amazing job at keeping an eye on our little fury friend"
|
87.6% |
camera is a bargain"this camera is a bargain"
|
87.5% |
great addition"this security camera from tp link is a great addition to any security system looking at the build quality it's fair to say for the price it is very good and should not cause any problems reliability wise"
|
75.0% |
perfect item"perfect item"
|
75.0% |
reasonably good"reasonably good camera only concern is that the security on app might be a bit low the green light keeps on turning on and off even when private mode is on its almost seam someone else has been watching us 👀"
|
75.0% |
works well"the app also gives you full pan and tilt control over the cam and it works well"
|
75.0% |
good price"this unit carries the tp link name which offers reasonable products at a good price with a name that could be trusted"
|
75.0% |
decent software"worth the bit extra cash to get a solid device with decent software"
|
75.0% |
reasonably well"pros reasonably well priced £35 at time of review has 1080p resolution can be set up with app and internet router and run without need for a pc or additional software can also be used with onvif compatible software eg blue iris and ispy etc cons wifi only would be nice to have had an ethernet port or even poe wifi is 2"
|
75.0% |
great price"perfect for my needs at a great price"
|
75.0% |
good points"good points: relatively easy to set up mostly plug and play clear ios app excellent camera quality for the price night vision particularly good remote control of horizontal and vertical panning from the app which improves the already good coverage two way sound although quality isn't particularly good a motion detection alarm which can be disabled local video storage on a micro sd card which is easy to manage in the app"
|
75.0% |
very handy"a very handy piece of internal monitoring equipment"
|
75.0% |
good light"the video quality is sharp with good light although the colours are a little off"
|
75.0% |
looks good"quality looks good on the phone easy to set up"
|
75.0% |
great features"picture quality is really good with some great features and easy to use app"
|
75.0% |
suitable surface"fitting is simple but this camera is not stand alone or battery powered it requires the supplied power supply to be connected mounting the camera is quick and simple screw the removable base of the camera and screw this to a suitable surface and then simply refit the camera to the base by just twisting back on"
|
75.0% |
seems well"seems well made but longevity is always an issue with this sort of thing"
|
75.0% |
cctv cameras"the picture quality is very clear it's not high resolution but i found it's a clearer and more focused image than the 5mp annke cctv cameras i installed and sent back "
|
74.9% |
smart technology"having recently bought my first alexa and reading up on various other smart technology decided to give this camera a go"
|
74.9% |
indoor cameras"and at a fraction of the blink camera price if you need indoor cameras"
|
74.9% |
handy features"the app is easy to use and has lots of handy features such as motion detection notifications and the ability to stream the live or recorded streams"
|
74.9% |
great value"great value for money"
|
74.9% |
proper security camera"ideal as a baby monitor for watching the pets when you're away from home or for generally keeping an eye on things – if you need a proper security camera i can recommend the tp link kasa range which i have used myself for a couple of years"
|
74.9% |
storage capabilities"i would also recommend getting a large sd card for maximum storage capabilities"
|
74.9% |
really well"motion activation seems to work really well and it’s simplicity itself to review and download footage via the mobile app as well as capture still images"
|
74.9% |
decent controls"decent controls over app"
|
74.9% |
indoor security camera"although this c200 indoor security camera is by tp link it is not part of their established “kasa” range of smart home products but is a the start of a new system named “tapo”"
|
74.9% |
outdoor environment"picture quality is more than acceptable for the cost of the unit and i am getting reasonable ir performance as well inside the ir is unlikely to be great in an open outdoor environment "
|
74.9% |
record continuously"with 64bg you can record continuously for 1 week then it will loop round"
|
74.9% |
link products"the quality of tp link products is generally good"
|
74.9% |
playback remotely"for data security the recordings are only stored locally on micro sd so you must purchase cards with these but you can playback remotely through the app but bear in mind that this is reliance on your home network speed and connection quality where you are"
|
74.9% |
especially useful"this is especially useful if she triggers a well being alarm either on purpose or accidentally"
|
74.9% |
great device"what a great device"
|
74.9% |
unique things"can set up movement regions for each individual camera can call them unique things and specify whic room including garage dog house they are located in"
|
74.8% |
picture quality"picture quality is surprisingly good especially for night use"
|
74.8% |
outdoor camera"great that it can record continuously and store to sd card so no payment for cloud storage unlike the outdoor camera"
|
74.8% |
recommended item"recommended item"
|
74.8% |
price range"great camera for the price range"
|
74.8% |
really efficient"this is great value for money and a really efficient “baby monitor” or in my case a way to check on the security of my home"
|
74.7% |
change position"has sound and you can talk through the camera and change position from your phone"
|
74.7% |
value price"this is worth to buy with this value price"
|
74.7% |
good night"the picture quality i have found to be really good night or day if used indoors"
|
74.7% |
five stars"currently under thirty pounds from amazon the tapo c200 smart camera by tp link offers good value at the price – ideal for inexpensive and reliable real time monitoring but it is not a fully secure camera five stars for all that it does well"
|
74.7% |
pretty easy"syncing with my home wifi was pretty easy once i'd downloaded the android app"
|
74.6% |
awesome value"for 25 quid awesome value"
|
74.6% |
smart plug"decent camera and only payed 25 pound aswell you can move the camera round through the app like left right and up and down and i have the smart plug aswell it is also in the same app so gunna get another to use as a baby monitor and can control all in the 1 app if you get me"
|
74.6% |
works fine"after getting past the setup phase the app that connects you to your camera works fine"
|
74.6% |
easy to navigate"being able to control the camera with my mobile phone is fantastic and the ui is easy to navigate"
|
74.5% |
good picture"1 is on mouse watch in the loft works perfect in the dark and produces a good picture"
|
74.5% |
screen info"configuration is also easy and comprehensive with the ability to change the on screen info from the camera location date stamping etc as well as the motion detection parameters night and day picture modes and so on"
|
74.5% |
that position"you can also mark a particular position the camera remembers this & will return to that position automatically should you choose"
|
74.5% |
fantastic functionality"fantastic functionality and great value!"
|
74.5% |
good enough"i put a 128gb sd card in it and i believe it worked just shy of 3 weeks recording 24 7 on the lower definition setting which is still good enough for me"
|
74.5% |
amazing price"such a great product at an amazing price"
|
74.5% |
picture position"you can zoom in on the picture position the camera how you want and it allows you to receive motion detection notifications if that's your thing"
|
74.5% |
definitely recommended"definitely recommended"
|
74.4% |
excellent value"other than that considering the entire package pricing included this is excellent value"
|
74.4% |
pretty good"night detection is pretty good and the picture quality is quit decent for the price"
|
74.4% |
very helpful"picture quality and sound very clear and being able to rotate the camera is very helpful"
|
74.4% |
very quiet"camera pan and tilt is very quiet just barely audible and much better than a different victure webcam that i've tried"
|
74.4% |
amazing value"amazing value"
|
74.4% |
just great"just great"
|
74.4% |
very easily"good value for money and linked to alexa very easily"
|
74.4% |
siren alarm"also motion detection has a siren alarm"
|
74.3% |
fine tuning the position"pan and tilt controlled via the app are great for fine tuning the position"
|
74.3% |
works flawlessly"mine is setup using my iphone7 and works flawlessly i highly recommend it!"
|
74.3% |
seems good"night vision seems good but haven't used it for that"
|
74.3% |
good value"other than that good value and i would still recommend it"
|
74.3% |
image quality"the camera itself is great however and is easily viewed in the app adding multiple cameras is a straightforward process as well the image quality is clear and with good depth and field of vision alerts are instant and the ability to have the camera sound its own alarm is a definite plus"
|
74.3% |
quality product"quality product that provides peace of mind"
|
74.2% |
location date"configuration is also easy and comprehensive with the ability to change the on screen info from the camera location date stamping etc as well as the motion detection parameters night and day picture modes and so on"
|
74.2% |
great item"great item"
|
74.2% |
responded promptly"i contacted tp link customer service who responded promptly"
|
74.1% |
removable base"fitting is simple but this camera is not stand alone or battery powered it requires the supplied power supply to be connected mounting the camera is quick and simple screw the removable base of the camera and screw this to a suitable surface and then simply refit the camera to the base by just twisting back on"
|
74.1% |
fantastic camera"fantastic camera"
|
74.1% |
well worth"well worth cost"
|
74.1% |
nice quality"nice quality and superb app"
|
74.1% |
problems reliability wise"this security camera from tp link is a great addition to any security system looking at the build quality it's fair to say for the price it is very good and should not cause any problems reliability wise"
|
74.1% |
excellent and easy"excellent and easy to use and set up"
|
74.1% |
quick and easy"the app tapo app from play store for android for this camera is fairly simple to use and adding a new camera is quick and easy just remember to have your phone connected to 2"
|
74.0% |
whole process"the whole process about as difficult as putting on a hat"
|
74.0% |
excellent security"as yet untested as i've not had any unwanted intruders but the picture quality is good enough to recognise faces and combined with the controlled socket switches provides excellent security"
|
74.0% |
very reasonable"very reasonable price"
|
74.0% |
correct position"the adjustment for moving the lens to the correct position by using the app in the room is a bonus"
|
74.0% |
crystal clear"sound quality is low but the main image is crystal clear"
|
74.0% |
relatively inexpensive"this is a relatively inexpensive unit though it appears to have all the features of more expensive models works with any wi fi router 1080p hd two way audio and motion detection"
|
74.0% |
very happy"very happy"
|
74.0% |
price quality"really good product for the price quality is good"
|
74.0% |
cost effective"it is cost effective and comes with good customer support and the quality of the video is excellent"
|
74.0% |
compatible software"pros reasonably well priced £35 at time of review has 1080p resolution can be set up with app and internet router and run without need for a pc or additional software can also be used with onvif compatible software eg blue iris and ispy etc cons wifi only would be nice to have had an ethernet port or even poe wifi is 2"
|
73.9% |
cost security cameras"it’s good to see a well known manufacturer such as tp link producing good quality low cost security cameras"
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73.9% |
smart phone"in light environments it has a very good picture and easily controllable from your smart phone locally"
|
73.9% |
link router"easy to set up and configure using a tp link router "
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73.9% |
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Cons [226]
|
Strength |
|---|---|
complete waste"so the multiple view is a complete waste of time"
|
99.9% |
poor nightvision"poor nightvision the ir nightvision is not great!"
|
99.8% |
completely waste"completely waste of money"
|
99.7% |
very disappointed"very disappointed"
|
99.0% |
really annoying"this is really annoying as without live streaming you cant keep recording nor is there snapshots or motion"
|
98.8% |
huge problem"have tried everything and every range of sim card yet there is a huge problem"
|
97.1% |
crap camera"crap camera and very noisy!"
|
96.1% |
away dreadful"stay away dreadful product"
|
95.9% |
terrible reboots"here are my other cons glitchy app auto switches from hq to lq no way to stop it notifies with no apparent trigger detection is also over sensitive delays in notifications sometimes hours get 20 notifications from whole day in one go sound is terrible reboots required regular tech support is poor it admittedly is an amazing concept and if a little more effort was made could have been fantastic"
|
95.5% |
pretty poor"the instructions are pretty poor i suggest you need to look at this problem personally i would not buy the two together camera is fine on it's own"
|
94.6% |
failed far too quickly"tried hitting the "retry" button and it repeatedly failed far too quickly for it to have even attempted a substantive check"
|
75.0% |
privacy issues"whilst the hardware produced by such firms may be ok i always have concerns about the robustness of their software and privacy issues"
|
74.9% |
card issue"the other niggle was the sd card issue mentioned above"
|
74.9% |
almost misleading"it’s almost misleading as during the night it only shows what is directly in front of the camera"
|
74.9% |
delayed rate"if notifications are on be prepared to get bombarded but at a delayed rate"
|
74.9% |
sensitive delays"here are my other cons glitchy app auto switches from hq to lq no way to stop it notifies with no apparent trigger detection is also over sensitive delays in notifications sometimes hours get 20 notifications from whole day in one go sound is terrible reboots required regular tech support is poor it admittedly is an amazing concept and if a little more effort was made could have been fantastic"
|
74.9% |
only issue"only issue i have is power cord should be white"
|
74.9% |
more expensive"1 extension if you need more length and these are no more expensive than usb cables"
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74.8% |
being stolen"that way the device or memory cards being stolen will not mean the loss of footage"
|
74.8% |
very noisy"crap camera and very noisy!"
|
74.8% |
security issue"i do not want to have to flag the exact location of the camera as i believe that represents a security issue if the server is compromised"
|
74.8% |
false alarm"i have turned these to the lowest settings which work well but get the odd false alarm"
|
74.8% |
very laggy"the play back is very laggy and not easy to view back recorded footage very time consuming"
|
74.7% |
reboot time"reboot time is fixed at 3am"
|
74.7% |
cheap cameras"iv had cheap cameras in the past which have concerned me for security reasons"
|
74.7% |
error message"it is ok but it won't except the memory card i have tried 2 different cards and i just get an error message saying there is a problem with the card the cards both work in my tablet"
|
74.6% |
forced permanently"the camera can be left on auto day night mode or forced permanently into day or night mode"
|
74.6% |
another issue"then another issue was the camera telling me that the memory card had a problem which turned out to mean it needed formatting first but i found an option in the software that means the camera can do this for you"
|
74.5% |
virus outbreak"still not operational and now too late as location is shut down due to virus outbreak"
|
74.5% |
coding issue"not sure if this is a coding issue or me being dim"
|
74.3% |
almost unintelligible"the only bit which is let down would be the microphone listening to what's going on through the phone app is almost unintelligible you have to be very close to the camera to understand what someone is saying"
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74.3% |
itself not damaged"i dropped the camera from approx 5’ onto concrete snapped one of the bracket lugs but camera itself not damaged and working fine"
|
74.2% |
connectivity problems"there have been no real issues maintaining a connection and any connectivity problems are solved by exiting the program and opening again this only happens when i switch wifi signals on my phone now and then"
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74.1% |
goes wrong"dont use the auto restart it can randomly completely screw up the setup when it goes wrong and it will use the manual option in the app"
|
74.0% |
pretty limited"awesome little camera you are pretty limited and stuck within the tapo app but i’m sure updates will come ie there is no patrol mode just virtual and horizontal scan"
|
73.8% |
failed instantly"again it "could only be controlled locally" and the check screen failed instantly on every retry"
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73.8% |
back cant beleive"this rubbish is going back cant beleive this cr** is tp link branded"
|
73.8% |
utterly useless"utterly useless"
|
73.7% |
stolen again"to prevent it or help it if it got stolen again i bought this lil camera"
|
73.5% |
utter junk"the box says the unit is a c200 but the app says a kc110 kc115 it is utter junk and i would not engage with tapo or tp link again"
|
73.5% |
live views"further in addition to remote access using the tp link camera ios or android app you can also stream live views to any alexa device that has a screen and similar kit from google"
|
73.4% |
false alarms"many false alarms"
|
73.4% |
assistance useless"now have no picture assistance useless"
|
73.4% |
cheap chinese"the picture is fine not any better than the cheap chinese no brand its replacing"
|
73.0% |
main problem"the main problem is when you try to view more than 1 camera you select a 4 camera window or swipe left it only shows 1 at a time"
|
73.0% |
wasted my money"wasted my money with this it works on 2"
|
72.9% |
lesser quality"it has two rtsp feeds one 1080p hd and another lesser quality"
|
72.8% |
cause problems"this cause problems at night due to the reflection off the night vision lights"
|
72.8% |
spent hours"i bought this camera after spent hours viewing other people feedbacks"
|
72.6% |
freezes even"it looses connection and freezes even with the app !"
|
71.8% |
poor sound"poor sound"
|
71.6% |
connection issues"don’t know if that’s the app or 4g or wifi connection issues"
|
71.1% |
unless well hidden"may not be ideal as purely security camera unless well hidden"
|
70.8% |
privacy implications"this is outrageous advice which would have all sorts of privacy implications which i am not prepared to contemplate"
|
70.2% |
cheap records"good points small cheap records to micro sd card app lets you watch remotely app does seem to work can review saved footage at up to 8x speed bad points motion detection is essentially useless it doesn't detect me walking down our drive but does detect random cars outside of the detection zone"
|
70.2% |
another problem"another problem to add to the long list"
|
70.2% |
virtually unusable"this review is likely more about failings with the tapo app and or any underlying apis rather than the device itself which in itself "seemed" functional however since both need to operate seamlessly to effectively utilise the latter the problems described within render the camera virtually unusable"
|
69.8% |
power cable"the power cable is nice and long i have the camera mounted upside down at the top of the window the image can be flipped and the cable runs across the top of the window and all the way to the floor"
|
69.6% |
cloud payments"i'm using this with a 32gb sdhc card to record video so no ongoing cloud payments"
|
69.5% |
disturbing them"i can see how this can be immensely valuable to people with animals that needs to be left on their own or with babies whose parents would like to interact with them without physically disturbing them!"
|
69.4% |
does not work"i had purchased this to monitor outside through a window however this does not work"
|
69.1% |
little fella"i'm still learning with this little fella but whatni did find easier for me is to put it on the 'motion detection' setting for recording as opposed to continuous recording then i don't have to through hours of footage"
|
69.1% |
seem a shame"some of the app features can not be used as the camera firmware is not supported which would seem a shame"
|
68.9% |
still is n't ideal"forcing permanent day mode avoids this although it also keeps the camera in lower sensitivity colour recording mode so although better than night mode it still isn't ideal"
|
68.8% |
recording way too long"no way to set duration for clips recorded after each trigger it carries on recording way too long"
|
68.8% |
having issues"but having issues with the mic 🎤 and speaker 🔈 quality isn’t great"
|
68.8% |
return window"would have returned for refund but missed the return window"
|
68.5% |
mess mic speaker"paid £25 and is good for that but made in china it’s ok for that price and all works great app is really easy to use shame it does not have a zoom just on the screen can go in more but then comes a mess mic speaker are poor a good starter camera"
|
68.4% |
picture wasnt"since it was purchased as a baby monitor to use via echo show the picture wasnt bright enough"
|
68.1% |
waste your money"don’t waste your money"
|
68.1% |
essentially useless"good points small cheap records to micro sd card app lets you watch remotely app does seem to work can review saved footage at up to 8x speed bad points motion detection is essentially useless it doesn't detect me walking down our drive but does detect random cars outside of the detection zone"
|
67.8% |
lacking instructions"the troubleshooting is lacking instructions"
|
67.8% |
stopped working"after initiation the update the camera turned off and stopped working"
|
67.8% |
not 5ghz compatible"4ghz wifi as camera and phone have to be on the same wifi for installation the camera is not 5ghz compatible"
|
67.3% |
wrong plug"i can't do much with an item that's got the wrong plug"
|
67.3% |
from recording video"i have a 64gb memory card installed and the biggest benefit from recording video so far has been seeing how many cats use my garden as a thoroughfare"
|
67.2% |
other configuration"camera video stream can be viewed through a google nest hub limited view time only although any other configuration or playback of recordings must be done through the app"
|
67.2% |
this problem"has anyone else has this problem?"
|
67.2% |
often delayed"motion detection at default level is erratic sometimes no detection even though you walk straight in front of the camera and other times detection with no obvious movement and often delayed"
|
67.1% |
wrong with"after that i’ve tried to reconnect the camera and got all kinds of errors possible it didn’t blink at all then it blinked but the app didn’t see the camera after few times resetting and powering off the app saw the camera but was unable to connect to wifi stating something is wrong with it i have other products by tapo and none of them ever complained about my wifi "
|
67.0% |
causing the issue"update: it was just one of the cameras causing the issue"
|
67.0% |
says no internet"in the app it constantly shows the camera as offline or says no internet even though i could stream podcasts radio"
|
66.8% |
waste of money"waste of money !"
|
66.7% |
erratic sometimes"motion detection at default level is erratic sometimes no detection even though you walk straight in front of the camera and other times detection with no obvious movement and often delayed"
|
66.6% |
gimmick not functional"activity zone adjustment is a gimmick not functional if it sees it it will get recorded basically"
|
66.4% |
camera recording video"privacy mode stops the camera recording video and sound"
|
65.9% |
your main router but"if however you have access points and or extenders then it might be a nightmare it will connect to your main router but not to extenders or access points in order to do that you have to disable ap on those devices and the enable it after you have set up the camera"
|
65.9% |
rigging this gadget"i was off down the pub while he slaved away rigging this gadget up"
|
65.8% |
facial characteristics"having tried it i can see most facial characteristics well enough to be able to make people out in low light situations"
|
65.6% |
fault in unit"doesn’t record on auto detect but does detect and sound sounder so fault in unit"
|
65.4% |
not much good"during daylight this is a fabulous bit of kit but at night it is not much good"
|
65.4% |
logging into the ios"bad points when logging into the ios app after set up ios tries to use a new suggested password rather than the one already set up and saved in keychain"
|
65.4% |
unable to return as this"they tried it a couple of months later and it didn’t work and was unable to return as this was outside the return window"
|
65.4% |
being opened"dose anyone how to keep it recording without the app being opened"
|
65.3% |
beaten in price"cannot be beaten in price vs performance"
|
65.1% |
zoom not too clever"zoom not too clever seems to distort the picture"
|
65.0% |
disappointed in tapo"i’m very disappointed in tapo!"
|
65.0% |
complained about my wifi"after that i’ve tried to reconnect the camera and got all kinds of errors possible it didn’t blink at all then it blinked but the app didn’t see the camera after few times resetting and powering off the app saw the camera but was unable to connect to wifi stating something is wrong with it i have other products by tapo and none of them ever complained about my wifi "
|
65.0% |
full of bugs"the skill app whilst easy to set up is full of bugs the latest one is that even if you turn off notifications it notifies you of every event"
|
64.5% |
does not physically"" this is incorrect privacy mode does not physically close the lens"
|
64.0% |
double glazing"like all similar products can't see through double glazing at night due to infared reflecting off the surface"
|
63.5% |
must be bogus"unless our flat is somehow haunted without our knowing these alerts must be bogus"
|
63.5% |
lens flare"there is a strange lens flare possibly because the ir light is too close to the lens and light reflects directly back into the camera"
|
63.3% |
more configuration"i'm going to try one more configuration then if issues still exist i'll be returning both cameras as not fit for purpose"
|
62.9% |
near impossible"a well made camera with clear visuals however the screw down mounting plate is near impossible to disengage so make sure it is correctly aligned before fixing"
|
62.8% |
evidentially useless"this makes it evidentially useless as a security camera"
|
62.7% |
obvious sound issues"the speaker is reasonably loud for when you want to two way call or alarm however the design choice to put it at the rear of the camera has obvious sound issues"
|
62.7% |
clear old files"the loop function allows it to record continuously so you don't need to worry about having to clear old files or change sd card when full"
|
62.6% |
however the screw"a well made camera with clear visuals however the screw down mounting plate is near impossible to disengage so make sure it is correctly aligned before fixing"
|
62.2% |
through windows"for shooting through windows at night turn of the auto mode and set it day only this switches the night vision leds off but you will outdoor lighting to compensate"
|
62.2% |
avoid future issues"in summary i can recommend the tp cameras however please ensure you allow enough time beforehand for ample set up and troubleshooting to avoid future issues"
|
62.0% |
does n't even"i have been on their web site but it doesn't even show me which way round to put the sd card into the slot in the camera"
|
61.5% |
visual deterrent"much better than i was expecting it to be as i bought it as a visual deterrent due to its size but i’ve been pleasantly surprised by the quality of images captured"
|
61.3% |
other issues"this is after the latest update that seems to have fixed a few other issues but without a permanent live view i can't give it more than one star as a baby monitor"
|
61.2% |
incorrect privacy mode"" this is incorrect privacy mode does not physically close the lens"
|
61.2% |
rubbish with instructions"easy set up and i'm rubbish with instructions"
|
61.1% |
faulty sound and"item was faulty sound and mic didn't work"
|
60.5% |
would n't recommend"i wouldn’t recommend"
|
60.5% |
less frequent"after reducing the motion detection sensitivity to its lowest level and reducing the field of view used to detect motion the alerts are now less frequent but still occur for no apparent reason"
|
60.5% |
every three tries"getting into the "more" section works once every three tries and when there sometimes it fails to show you live feed so have to go out and back in again"
|
60.4% |
avoids this"forcing permanent day mode avoids this although it also keeps the camera in lower sensitivity colour recording mode so although better than night mode it still isn't ideal"
|
59.9% |
photo if one wanted"once can even take a still photo if one wanted"
|
59.7% |
stolen off my prius"i recently had the catalytic converters stolen off my prius and was very p*****off about it!"
|
59.6% |
negative comments"firstly can i say that i am surprised by some negative comments given the price of this camera and what it packs"
|
59.4% |
only two minor issues"only two minor issues 1"
|
58.9% |
server is compromised"i do not want to have to flag the exact location of the camera as i believe that represents a security issue if the server is compromised"
|
58.8% |
does n't do anything"also when i try and retrieve the recording it shows a small picture icon of the recording but when i try and open it to watch it it opens a black screen with a play button which doesn't do anything"
|
58.7% |
have one niggle"if i have one niggle is that if you're using this as a security camera the plug is so easy to undo maybe they should come up with some sort of screw connection with maybe an allen key to tighten so it cannot be easily pulled out apart from this the quality is good but it's a shame you cannot use it with with echo dots without having a fire tv it will be nice just to ask the dot to show the camera and to choose what device you wanted to show on i"
|
58.7% |
miss my old camera"i bought this camera to replace a baby kimcam and now that i've the tp link tapo i'm going to miss my old camera"
|
58.7% |
such issue"secondly the live feed is not continuous on your phone evry few minutes it keeps asking permission if you want to continue absolutely horendous device no such issue with yi cameras"
|
58.4% |
does n't reset"after that it seems to lose the connection or something went wrong again and i’ve got red light on the app says the camera is offline and the camera doesn’t reset or tries to do anything"
|
58.4% |
find an inconvenience"most other cameras have standardized on micro usb for power but this has its own transformer and connector which i find an inconvenience"
|
57.8% |
they are defunct"do not buy the sd suggested as they are defunct and not even the correct format for the camera"
|
57.7% |
similar problems"i note from other reviews that others had similar problems with the 128gb"
|
57.7% |
cheap camera"if you intend to get a cheap camera that supports pan and tilt for your home to monitor things you will not go wrong with the tapo c200"
|
57.6% |
still no luck"5 allowing the app every permission still no luck"
|
57.6% |
horrible black lead"lead is not long enough for something like this you would want it up high or in a corner horrible black lead hanging down"
|
57.5% |
audio very poor"it would be a 5 star from me if the recorded audio is better i find the audio very poor at a few feet away you cannot make out what i was saying"
|
57.3% |
jerky and noisy"i appreciate that this is the budget end of tp link's range of cameras but even so i was not impressed with the picture quality when compared to similar priced cameras the camera was also jerky and noisy when rotating"
|
56.9% |
almost impossible"streaming to google hub is almost impossible as it looses connection or freezes"
|
56.6% |
pest control plug"in my kitchen i had a pest control plug attached which had a red light permanently on"
|
56.4% |
which is not included"the only way to record footage is to store it locally on an sd card which is not included"
|
56.3% |
would be no record"can't really recommend as a security camera as no cloud storage meaning a burglar could simply steal the camera and there would be no record"
|
56.2% |
back as it failed"within a fornight had to send one back as it failed"
|
56.2% |
than not enough"but i'd rather have too sensitive than not enough"
|
56.2% |
would be a problem"for most people i don't know if this would be a problem but it's worth bearing in mind that using something like zoneminder shinobi ispy etc"
|
56.2% |
trying to connect"i ended up having to forcibly disconnect my phone from the wifi while the camera was trying to connect"
|
56.2% |
failed every time"when i reinstalled it as an “existing configuration” it failed every time at the end with a black pop up that reads “the network is unstable"
|
56.1% |
failed to format"no sd worked and you keep hearing the same sentence 'there is a problem with the sd card' and failed to format"
|
56.1% |
night vision is not great"however night vision is not great"
|
56.1% |
such a low price"i'm very impressed at the quality for such a low price"
|
56.0% |
window blocking any image"as expected the ir lights in night mode are no good as they bounce off the window blocking any image but day mode and some outdoor flood lights connected to a photocell fix my night viewing issue"
|
56.0% |
sounds a lot better"however speaking through the app to the camera sounds a lot better"
|
55.9% |
only quibble"my only quibble is that it notifies you of every little movement"
|
55.9% |
n't connect to alexa"won't connect to alexa!"
|
55.8% |
little difficult"i wanted to stream it to a desktop pc & expected that to be a little difficult but if you download the free ispy software it's hardly a problem since the camera is compatible with rtsp & onvif"
|
55.7% |
poor & garbled"image quality is very good but sound is poor & garbled speech generally unintelligible"
|
55.3% |
party ip cam software"also able to access from 3rd party ip cam software but without camera positioning"
|
55.2% |
retain memory positions"the camera could not retain memory positions"
|
55.2% |
no subscriptions either"i have put a memory card in it so there are no subscriptions either"
|
55.2% |
away from home"from the app on your phone if you are away from home"
|
55.1% |
poor wifi connection"however using the free software ispy i have imported the lower quality feeds for motion detection lower quality feeds have less weird video glitches if your camera has poor wifi connection and then i clone it so i have 2 smaller feeds one detecting the front yard another to detect the road"
|
55.1% |
very cheap at #"very cheap at £24"
|
55.0% |
technically this is false"technically this is false"
|
54.9% |
sounds a bit poor"the audio recording sounds a bit poor"
|
54.9% |
other issue"the other issue was that the camera appeared not to be recording clips on detecting motion"
|
54.8% |
ignore a 128gb"i would advise to ignore a 128gb and use a 32gb which gives a massive 4 5 24hour recording"
|
54.7% |
not know the product"this item may be sophisticated but when it fails the support instructions are misleading and the help desk are incompetent and do not know the product"
|
54.7% |
would n't have known"lastly a few times the camera has been offline the app said it was powered of but i checked the plug and the wifi which had no issues and i had to restart the camera which in theory isn't great when if suddenly something happened or if i didn't check i wouldn't have known"
|
54.7% |
just a poor"the replacement is just a poor"
|
54.6% |
fared less"at night turn off i fared less and use outdoor pir lights or as i do street lights!"
|
54.5% |
very annoying"the reason i give 1 star is because after 1 month of use the camera started rebooting by itself without any option activated to do so and its very annoying during the night when it does that allmoste eveey hour"
|
54.5% |
problem with this"the problem with this is if you wanted to quickly view all cameras you can't"
|
54.4% |
cloudy and unfocused"the image looks cloudy and unfocused"
|
54.4% |
hard choosing"it was hard choosing because some offer subscriptions or are quite expensive"
|
54.4% |
full pan tilt zoom"full pan tilt zoom in 1080 hd for £25 tech is so good and cheap these days took me 2 mins to set it up and its great for wildlife watching as in here on the bird feeder or with night vision to see nocturnal ones later brill"
|
54.4% |
cars headlight"no preview image of what triggered the cam could have been a cars headlight fox or an uninvited visitor fly tipping by your fence"
|
54.4% |
even format the old"also of forcing you to use an sd you can't even format the old sd you have forcing you to spend a large amount of money to try various brands of which at least with luck one will working"
|
54.2% |
surrounding the lens"most cameras have a ring of at least 6 ir led's surrounding the lens this one only has a line of 4 relatively small leds which don't really give much illumination!"
|
54.2% |
nothing ever"thankfully nothing ever did but i goes to show ensure you set up these cameras properly and maybe test them for a week in advance to iron out any kinks"
|
54.2% |
hence did n't work"i had bought this to use as a baby monitor but found in some houses we visited the wifi didn't stretch to the room and hence didn't work"
|
54.1% |
dogs cage upstairs"so i bought 2 of these one for my dogs cage upstairs and the cage downstairs because my dog has had a major surgery where i need to see him tplo where he broke a ligament and these cameras have worked the charm they record when he is moving and when it hears sound and the night vision is brilliant i'm"
|
54.0% |
delivery dont plan"if you plan on using it to monitor for an event like a take away delivery dont plan on doing it on an echo show or spot or firestick as it cuts off after about 5 mins its fine on the app though so again its down to low quality skill software"
|
53.9% |
going to be beaten"for the price it's not going to be beaten"
|
53.9% |
n't expecting much"the features of the camera are wonderful i wasn’t expecting much but now i have ended up buying a 2nd device"
|
53.8% |
which is let down"the only bit which is let down would be the microphone listening to what's going on through the phone app is almost unintelligible you have to be very close to the camera to understand what someone is saying"
|
53.7% |
been offline the"lastly a few times the camera has been offline the app said it was powered of but i checked the plug and the wifi which had no issues and i had to restart the camera which in theory isn't great when if suddenly something happened or if i didn't check i wouldn't have known"
|
53.7% |
need to swipe"i have 2 and have both linked so i only need to swipe the picture on my phone to see the other camera"
|
53.6% |
could be better"activity zones could be better but i will play with these a bit more before giving up completely"
|
53.6% |
camera is wrong"there is no option that your wifi is fine not the option that the camera is wrong"
|
53.5% |
problem with the card"it is ok but it won't except the memory card i have tried 2 different cards and i just get an error message saying there is a problem with the card the cards both work in my tablet"
|
53.4% |
network is unstable"when i reinstalled it as an “existing configuration” it failed every time at the end with a black pop up that reads “the network is unstable"
|
53.3% |
assign a location"however this also consistently failed after attempting to assign a location to the re added device as did every retry"
|
53.2% |
echo dot 5 as stated"also doesn’t connect to amazon echo dot 5 as stated"
|
53.0% |
unstable and immature"the app "feels" buggy unstable and immature certainly compared to it's kasa counterpart and in my humble opinion tp link would be better served by consolidating control of kasa and tapo products into their more mature kasa app and api and focusing on the kasa brand"
|
53.0% |
might as well"it’s by far the worst i’ve seen it is so bad that it might as well not have the function"
|
53.0% |
kinds of errors"after that i’ve tried to reconnect the camera and got all kinds of errors possible it didn’t blink at all then it blinked but the app didn’t see the camera after few times resetting and powering off the app saw the camera but was unable to connect to wifi stating something is wrong with it i have other products by tapo and none of them ever complained about my wifi "
|
52.9% |
with no recourse"and again the device eventually disappeared from the tapo app devices screen leaving me with no recourse but to reset re add it over and over again"
|
52.7% |
terrible on this"as soon a it’s more than 6foot from the rooter it pretty much stops working we’ve a full mesh network with boosters and it’s terrible on this"
|
52.7% |
jump through hoops"i am trying to send it back but amazon only grants returns for a month before it makes you jump through hoops"
|
52.7% |
no cloud storage"can't really recommend as a security camera as no cloud storage meaning a burglar could simply steal the camera and there would be no record"
|
52.7% |
failing part"i had problems setting up as could connect to camera as in guide but then kept failing part way through setup then i realised the following"
|
52.6% |
does n't support that"that requires port forwarding on the router and this camera doesn't support that"
|
52.6% |
disgusting option"even with the sd card installed the camera has a disgusting option that delete the entire motion notification log from the previous day"
|
52.6% |
smashed to bits"understand that as a security camera there can be a few issues with offline storage as the sd card can just be taken out of the camera can be smashed to bits along with the sd card but as this isn't the main reason for my purchase this doesn't bother me"
|
52.4% |
no real issues"there have been no real issues maintaining a connection and any connectivity problems are solved by exiting the program and opening again this only happens when i switch wifi signals on my phone now and then"
|
52.3% |
anything more is terrible"would be alright for maybe 3 4 metres but anything more is terrible"
|
52.2% |
complain about"if that's ok for you then really there's little to complain about"
|
52.2% |
alarm noise"when motion detection is activated it makes a alarm noise to warn anyone that it is recording"
|
52.1% |
wasting a good hour"so at the end you are stuck wasting a good hour each day going through clips recorded at various playback speeds to see what triggered the cam"
|
52.1% |
easily accessible"i like that the sd card is hidden and not easily accessible if you don't know where to look for it"
|
52.1% |
issues with the software"all the cheap other ones have issues with the software they use"
|
52.0% |
difficult as it captures"playback for review is difficult as it captures so"
|
52.0% |
show errors"poor show errors are confusing and contradictory"
|
51.8% |
load recordings"accessing recordings is good compared to others where i could never load recordings "
|
51.8% |
ispy software"i wanted to stream it to a desktop pc & expected that to be a little difficult but if you download the free ispy software it's hardly a problem since the camera is compatible with rtsp & onvif"
|
51.8% |
help desk are incompetent"this item may be sophisticated but when it fails the support instructions are misleading and the help desk are incompetent and do not know the product"
|
51.7% |
software beeps"both trigger separate high quality feeds to record and i make it so that if anyone steps on the front of our property the software beeps"
|
51.6% |
software tapo"the software tapo is very handy"
|
51.6% |
broken after a year"this is not a first time to buy an indoor camera hopefully don’t broken after a year"
|
51.4% |
sure what i"not sure what i am going to do now?"
|
51.4% |
really ca n't go wrong"for the price you really can't go wrong"
|
51.3% |
video glitches"however using the free software ispy i have imported the lower quality feeds for motion detection lower quality feeds have less weird video glitches if your camera has poor wifi connection and then i clone it so i have 2 smaller feeds one detecting the front yard another to detect the road"
|
50.9% |
existing configuration"when i reinstalled it as an “existing configuration” it failed every time at the end with a black pop up that reads “the network is unstable"
|
50.5% |
camera has no zoom"unfortunately the onvif profile it support doesn't not support ptz or rather pt since this camera has no zoom"
|
50.2% |
no zoom capability"pan and tilt work well no zoom capability"
|
50.1% |
| ... | |
Top positive statements
| Statement | Strength** |
|---|---|
| "its brilliant I really like it works like a dream great product" | 94.3% |
| "This product is amazing for the price." | 93.1% |
| "Nice quality and superb app." | 93.1% |
| "Fantastic bit of kit the picture quality is great and very easy to set up." | 93.1% |
| "Great product easy to install picture quality is superb ." | 93.1% |
| "Great camera very pleased" | 93.1% |
| "Night vision is good and daytime quality is good too happy with product although it has trouble connecting to the app first time takes a couple of refreshes" | 93.1% |
| "Amazing product I deployed a few of these and they work to perfection." | 93.1% |
Top negative statements
| Statement | Strength |
|---|---|
| no data! | |
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Positive mentions
| Mentioned | Object | Mentioned in | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| CCTV |
"the tapo c200 is a affordable CCTV baby monitor for home use"
|
74.9% | |
| Smart Security Camera |
"great Smart Security Camera easy to setup"
|
66.0% | |
|
"works just about with Google"
|
64.0% | ||
| Alexa |
"not tried on Alexa delivered promptly still evauating"
"good value for money and linked to Alexa very easily"
|
58.2% | |
| Apple |
"but i love it's thx118 scifi aesthetic or if you an Apple product fan this fits right in too "
|
55.1% |
Negative mentions
| Mentioned | Object | Mentioned in | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wanscam |
"but my old Wanscam can record out of a window at night so is still in use"
|
67.0% |
Emotion analysis
Positive tone |
Neutral tone |
Negative tone |
| 36.6% | 33.4% | 30.0% |
neutral 32.9%
worry 24.5%
happiness 22.5%
fun 7.0%
relief 3.4%
sadness 2.7%
hate 2.2%
love 1.9%
surprise 1.0%
anger 0.7%
enthusiasm 0.5%
empty 0.5%
joy 0.2%
* analysis performed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods, data for the analysis has been gathered from multiple publicly accessible sources.
** strength is the level of sentiment expressed in a sentence, phrase or keyword. It ranges from 0 to 100%
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last analysis update 2024-12-15
