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Cons [258] of All-new Ring Stick Up Cam Battery | HD..	Strength
total waste in both products "total waste of money"	99.8%
extremely poor in both products "liking the cam however the battery life is extremely poor"	99.4%
takes forever in both products "bear in mind that it takes forever to recharge hours "	98.8%
doesnt work in both products "this doesnt work more often then it does work"	75.0%
same issue in both products "many many others with exactly the same issue"	74.9%
only gripe in both products "my only gripe is that the first battery charge only lasted about three weeks if that continues i will change my score"	74.9%
only issue in both products "the only issue i will have is when there’s motion it takes a while for the video to process"	74.9%
major issue in both products "a major issue which i hope ring will fix in newer models"	74.8%
more expensive in both products "a camera more expensive than the basic model and ring have turned off the functionality to flip the video 180 degrees if you ceiling mount it"	74.8%
does n't work in both products "i has settings to say is it facing a window but after speaking to the tech department it doesn't work"	74.8%
false alarm in both products "initially wanted to use through window to prevent having outside but this does not work through the window and will pick up reflections indoors sending a false alarm"	74.8%
main issue in both products "my main issue is that i can’t set the motion zone big enough"	74.6%
pretty useless in both products "ring support have been pretty useless simply telling me it's my wifi"	74.5%
only problem in both products "only problem seems to be if it is very foggy and damp then the lens can get misted and needs a clean before it senses movement!"	74.5%
would n't work in both products "i had to return 1 straight away as after charging the battery i got the “battery is critically low” message and after charging again i repeatedly got this message and the camera wouldn’t work"	74.1%
zero stars in both products "zero stars!"	74.0%
more useless in both products "this proved to be even more useless than the device"	73.5%
false alarms in both products "i do get a couple of false alarms each day at the moment"	73.4%
free trial in both products "another problem that i had was the 30 day free trial — it gave me just two days"	72.7%
same problem in both products "having read loads of comments from other users with the same problem i have returned the cam"	72.4%
power cable in both products "i note the hole for the power cable in this model so i would assume you just need to buy the cable and can do this at a later date"	69.6%
does not work in both products "save your money mounted outside front of property nothing but constant problems from wi fi connection despite the router being less than 2m away unless you have the perfect environment in the evening the picture quality at night is awful if there is a wall light or any other object in slight view the night cam does not work"	69.1%
sending it back in both products "sending it back"	66.0%
useless outdoors in both products "but as you can see the camera is foggy and so useless outdoors in uks climate"	54.8%
absolute garbage "absolute garbage"	99.7%
just appalling "just appalling"	99.6%
completely pointless "really irritating and rendering the camera completely pointless until a time where i can get a ladder"	99.3%
real disappointment "these have been a real disappointment on reflection i’m 3 days into having them setup and spent each day either having to reset one or speaking to support who basically just accuse you of it being your home network"	99.2%
very disappointed "very disappointed"	99.0%
really awful "in summary really awful support from ring limited to 20 minutes what's this about!"	98.9%
utterly pointless "you can’t view recordings 24 7 and will only record if it detects motion or you click on a live view so utterly pointless"	98.3%
disgusting marketing "disgusting marketing by ring!"	97.3%
absolutely terrible "i don’t normally write reviews but had to for this as the are absolutely terrible"	96.7%
without monitoring "i got the plug in ones because i don’t want to have the batteries die and be without monitoring in my home"	93.8%
poor weather "mine is outside and good in poor weather"	93.8%
massive waste "massive waste of time money and electricity"	93.1%
disappointed really "bit disappointed really"	93.0%
choppy and pixelated "the motion triggered video saved to the cloud is choppy and pixelated good luck identifying the criminal if a crime really happens"	91.1%
avoid my annoyance "i will tell you the issues i had which i wish i hadn't done in the hope you will avoid my annoyance at myself"	90.4%
extremely complicated "contacted ring support on line and although very helpful the advice was becoming extremely complicated needed two phones had to set up a hotspot on one etc etc "	89.0%
40days then crap "it worked well for about 40days then crap"	74.9%
flawed system "ran all of the tests in the app and signal strength was good so i can only assume it’s a flawed system"	74.9%
unfortunately it failed "good camera but i wanted it to be used indoors facing out but unfortunately it failed"	74.9%
returning mine "so unfortunately i am returning mine for a refund"	74.9%
utter rubbish "i cannot understand how other users gave this product good ratings it's utter rubbish"	74.9%
very cumbersome "this is a very cumbersome awkward and not very user friendly way of recharging a battery"	74.9%
happened useless "and £179 for hd2 door bell + £30 chime one thing i really don’t like with ring is after 30 days is over they don’t even give you 1hr to review recording previous alerts when there are issues with video not loading at the time of motion alert pops up on your phone you wont be able able to find out what happened useless!"	74.8%
overly loud "the siren mode isn’t overly loud but it’s loud enough to deter someone if needed"	74.7%
streaming error "tried live view just comes up with either streaming error or an option to reconnect"	74.7%
would suffer "audio and talk is clear but we have only used inside so cant comment on how well this works outside and i am sure other functions would suffer"	74.7%
neither battery "neither battery will take a charge"	74.7%
drop outs still "i also moved the camera to within four metres and tried two metres on both access points and drop outs still happen so it's not the signal"	74.7%
disgraceful marketing "this is disgraceful marketing and product management"	74.6%
would fail "the apps were rubbish and logging in to see the feed would fail"	74.6%
dont record "but next day its stopped working again it dont record and cannot see tbe live view as well but on app its its online"	74.6%
worse connectivity "50 per camera per month poor value and worse connectivity i have fibre 200mbps so it is not the broadband"	74.5%
just rubbish "just rubbish"	74.5%
been shocking "unfortunately my experience with these has been shocking"	74.5%
critically low battery "also when first setting up it said critically low battery and wouldn't work despite being fully charged"	74.5%
connection issue "we had a few other issues during set up but i think this may be pilot error or a wifi connection issue"	74.4%
return this "unfortunately i've had to return this"	74.4%
trouble shooting "did the usual trouble shooting thought its my internet but all my other devices work fine and i consistently get around 30mbps download and around 20mbps upload"	74.4%
second clips "30 second clips as opposed to 60 second clips field of view smaller although still good enough"	74.3%
glass windows "read the reviews after i bought two ring new stickup battery cameras to find that all the issues i had experienced of very poor wifi connection despite being in the next room to the access point lack of motion detection and not working through glass windows were all known issues with this device"	74.2%
drill two holes "charge the battery setup drill two holes and fit the mount job done!"	74.1%
useless junk "useless junk"	74.0%
disc fingbox "despite being almost on top of my mesh disc fingbox reports it constantly dropping off the network which fits with its periodic inability to detect motion or allow live view"	74.0%
slightly delayed "the sound on the camera is loud enough although sometimes the 2 way talk is slightly delayed"	73.8%
vulnerable people "you can talk to the person at your door before opening it great for vulnerable people being isolated this time i shall install more of ring"	73.6%
useless item "this ring device has never worked i can’t get it to connect to internet due to ill health i’ve had it too long to return it it’s been put on the wall at my front door not connected just an ornament don’t buy this useless item bitterly disappointed"	73.5%
replaced quickly "this device was replaced quickly by amazon and now works ok but after about 5 6 weeks i was charging another one and got the battery message again so had to return this one"	73.4%
constant problems "save your money mounted outside front of property nothing but constant problems from wi fi connection despite the router being less than 2m away unless you have the perfect environment in the evening the picture quality at night is awful if there is a wall light or any other object in slight view the night cam does not work"	73.3%
very strange "there is nothing at all in the manual or app that tells you how to set up alexa in this very strange how on earth is a newbie suppose to work that out?"	73.2%
wasted my money "mine will go on ebay shortly as i have ordered arlo instead having wasted my money on this one"	72.9%
poor or no connection "would maybe connect 1 in 10 times i checked kept saying poor or no connection and we had it connected to our to internal mesh wifi"	72.9%
hidden cost "dislike the hidden cost by ring to allow you to see any footage apart from live camera"	72.9%
drain rate "i spoke with ring tech support a few days ago and they suggested a few setting changes but the drain rate doesn’t seem to have slowed"	72.7%
over priced "over priced"	72.7%
cold weather "it is used indoors not outdoors which would shorten the battery life even more in such cold weather"	72.3%
annoying fact "another annoying fact is sometime it does not even notify when i come home"	72.2%
loses connection "constantly loses connection"	72.2%
would be better "i was thinking of buying the power cable to see if it being live all the time would be better but it is not cheap"	71.2%
connection issues "so unfortunately we had to return it and replaced it with a blink xt2 which has had no connection issues"	71.1%
over 50 % battery "easily installed outside and having been up for almost a month still has over 50% battery left"	70.9%
hard wired camera "i will be sending back and buying a hard wired camera"	70.8%
little pricey "maybe just a little pricey"	70.4%
ring 2 doorbell "i bought this in addition to our ring 2 doorbell to further improve the security at the house & it dropped to £69!"	70.3%
another problem "another problem that i had was the 30 day free trial — it gave me just two days"	70.2%
significant downgrade "significant downgrade from the previous model"	69.6%
falls off below 40 "i have followed all the tips for extending the life including the consideration that the battery's performance falls off below 40 f"	69.5%
hang your head "amazon please hang your head in shame"	69.4%
little camrea "great for a little camrea just wish the battery would last longer on the high sensitivity settings"	69.1%
fairly useless "as a security device this makes it fairly useless"	69.0%
poor security "several stories in the media about the poor security of ring devices"	68.9%
point less "worked fine at first but now won’t detect motion looking out glass and point less having it if it doesn’t work indoors like advertised plus no night colour"	68.9%
faulty battery "i'm guessing from other reviews it just has a faulty battery but no way to just request this is replaced"	68.9%
new stand is limited "although you can mount it on a flat wall you would struggle if you wanted to fit it to the ceiling or at a significant angle as the new stand is limited"	68.4%
small hiccups delays "i have ring doorbell and this is my second camera to cover rear of the house i like that it has good picture quality but there are small hiccups delays loading videos following motion detections every now and then it is not great for £90 product"	68.4%
ring software "the ring software gives a lot of control over the camera and if you have an amazon alexa it integrates nicely with the camera"	68.4%
poor signal "while i can see that the app does indeed tell me the outdoor camera's have a poor signal i can only assume that must be down to subpar wifi transceivers in these things as i can use any other device i own stood riught next to the cameras without issue and wifi analysis shows my phone getting 50mbps+ right next to each camera ring claim they only need 1mbp s "	68.4%
third ring "this is my third ring cam and my first outdoor cam i have two other cheaper cams "	68.3%
terrible delay "there is no longer the terrible delay in logging into view the feed when not at home"	67.6%
failed after 48 hours "product failed after 48 hours and repeatedly after 5 resets"	67.1%
over ethernet "if you can drill your walls and run power over ethernet or have wifi outside then maybe it's for you but not for me unfortunately"	67.1%
hesitate to buy another "i won’t hesitate to buy another one when they go back down to £60"	67.0%
unless you watch live "when it did give a motion alert you have to wait two minutes for it to process before you can see anything so a bit pointless unless you watch live but if the burglars have walked past and out of view they’ll have stolen all of your stuff before you can see them breaking in"	67.0%
failed to connect "the initial software updates took the better part of 30 minutes rather than just several but even after that there was still no live view failed to connect "	66.9%
would not have bought "if i had known you had to pay to see your recordings i would not have bought"	66.8%
replacement battery "if amaxon can just send a new battery i'd be happy to try a new one but i am not paying out for a replacement battery as other people seem to have done after just over a month of use!"	66.7%
disappointed in this "very disappointed in this"	66.7%
firmware problem "i called support and they ran me through all of the checks and told me it was a firmware problem and they would fix it in the next couple of days"	66.5%
ring 3 doorbell "not massively impressed as we bought 3 outdoor cameras 2 indoor and the ring 3 doorbell and the alarm system"	66.3%
rely on the community "tried talking to the community help as this is what ring really on to sort out their problems if you have to hunt forums for answers or rely on the community to solve problems it will get zero marks in my opinion"	66.0%
return it back "i will return it back!"	66.0%
software updates "the initial software updates took the better part of 30 minutes rather than just several but even after that there was still no live view failed to connect "	65.9%
takes too long "the only downside is that it sometimes takes too long for the recorded videos to be viewed on my iphone"	65.8%
awful long "e no literature on anything about actually using the product it's pretty much all trial and error or having to fone services when you can't find the answer on troubleshooting a bit more written info would go an awful long way to make every process easier"	65.7%
drops out all the time "very slow and streaming drops out all the time"	65.5%
identifying the criminal "the motion triggered video saved to the cloud is choppy and pixelated good luck identifying the criminal if a crime really happens"	65.5%
unable to comment on them "i can’t rate any of the features as it only worked for around 2 hours so i am unable to comment on them"	65.4%
lounge cant disable "dislike constant notification sounds lounge cant disable?"	65.4%
clearly rubbish pity "according to the device health report everything's fine clearly rubbish pity its quite neat so i'm giving it another chance by assuming this one's duff and ordering a replacement"	65.3%
disappointed with this "was really disappointed with this as was expecting great things as this was ring but constantly not connecting"	64.8%
cheap price "the unit itself is a very cheap build hence the cheap price"	64.7%
waste of time "waste of time"	64.5%
before buying "wish i'd done this before buying"	64.4%
shame as this "shame as this could be fantastic baby monitor if working properly"	64.3%
even more disappointing "even more disappointing is that now looking through the reviews again others seem to have had the same issues with this product"	64.3%
very poor spec "very poor spec and low value for money"	64.0%
no plug is supplied "how are you supposed to charge the camera when no plug is supplied"	63.8%
obscured by raindrops "same when it rains camera easily obscured by raindrops"	63.0%
clunky and unintuitive "the app is clunky and unintuitive"	63.0%
been unlucky "not sure if i’ve been unlucky or there’s a problem with some cameras batteries but they do the job well when working"	62.9%
advised to get `` ring "after being broken into last summer we were advised to get "ring""	62.5%
through windows "it states you can use it inside looking outside but the motion detectors dont work through windows"	62.2%
spoke to ring "i spoke to ring and they exchanged the battery cam with the wired version and this is much better"	62.1%
terrible product "what can i say terrible product and in conclusion not fit for purpose"	61.9%
change lack "app settings are complicated to turn on off change lack of geolocation home away makes the app tedious to use "	61.9%
wrong and out dated "however i have not been able to get it to work with alexa after going into the alexa app and setting it up it keeps saying the code that was sent me is wrong and out dated"	61.6%
avoid these cameras "if you value your privacy and security and would prefer your personal data and camera feed information not to be sold to the highest bidder please avoid these cameras"	61.3%
remove the battery "the device is battery powered but cannot be charged directly: you have to remove the battery and connect to a usb charger cable provided but no charger "	61.3%
returned unfortunately "returned unfortunately"	61.3%
other issues "we had a few other issues during set up but i think this may be pilot error or a wifi connection issue"	61.2%
faulty camera and 2nd "its a 2nd camera we order first we thing a faulty camera and 2nd one doing same thing"	61.2%
returning to ring "returning to ring"	61.2%
lasted about 3 months "but lasted about 3 months before i had to charge it"	61.0%
huge issue "but that’s only a short time and not a huge issue"	60.8%
very frustrated "email very frustrated i would think twice about buying one"	60.6%
stopped working again "but next day its stopped working again it dont record and cannot see tbe live view as well but on app its its online"	60.6%
rained on regularly "i mounted it where it’ll be slightly protected from the elements as i wouldn’t really trust it to last very long if it was exposed to getting rained on regularly etc"	60.5%
also disappointing "it’s also disappointing they have not supplied a 360 deg mount for the outside"	60.4%
useless without the other "one is useless without the other!"	60.4%
point lack "read the reviews after i bought two ring new stickup battery cameras to find that all the issues i had experienced of very poor wifi connection despite being in the next room to the access point lack of motion detection and not working through glass windows were all known issues with this device"	60.4%
highly unimpressive "besides the issue the quality of the video was highly unimpressive during the day time"	60.3%
does n't reconnect "only slight niggle is when wi fi is off it sometimes doesn’t reconnect"	60.3%
disable the camera "do not select this option as it appears to disable the camera completely and you will have to reinstall it using the outdoor installation option wherever you intend to use it"	59.9%
mixed reviews "i read mixed reviews on this and so i was a little apprehensive"	59.7%
zero marks "tried talking to the community help as this is what ring really on to sort out their problems if you have to hunt forums for answers or rely on the community to solve problems it will get zero marks in my opinion"	59.6%
extremely weak "the router is on the ground floor if i take the camera upstairs directly above the router then the signal is extremely weak and the video is grainy and freezes"	59.4%
absolutely disgraceful "absolutely disgraceful"	59.2%
constant record function "a constant record function wouldn't go amiss"	59.2%
particularly annoying "this is particularly annoying when you are not even paying to record"	59.1%
actually ` dead "it appeared as if it was actually 'dead'"	58.8%
major issues "however experienced the following major issues: 1 battery only lasts less than 2 weeks"	58.7%
retract that offer "i even contacted ring support regarding obtaining an external power supply unit who initially offered to exchange both cameras for the powered version only to retract that offer after they realised they didn’t supply the powered version from ring directly to the uk despite making them aware amazon uk were selling the item"	58.6%
very delayed "motion detection is also very delayed and bear in mind thus does not depend on the speed of your internet connection as they will argue"	58.6%
only assume that "while i can see that the app does indeed tell me the outdoor camera's have a poor signal i can only assume that must be down to subpar wifi transceivers in these things as i can use any other device i own stood riught next to the cameras without issue and wifi analysis shows my phone getting 50mbps+ right next to each camera ring claim they only need 1mbp s "	58.5%
lose connection "what a load of rubbish lose connection all the time even though they are writhing 15ft of the wifi extender just about given up with these as a waste of money"	58.3%
hugely expensive "the monitoring and data storage subscription is not in reality hugely expensive at £80 per year and covers all associated ring products"	58.2%
ring doorbell "i have a ring doorbell so this was super easy to add on it took me about two minutes straight from the box in fact took longer to get the box open!"	58.2%
gets droplets "the body offers absolutely no protection for the lens so when it rains the lens gets droplets on it and you can't see a thing anyway"	58.2%
great but not much "product is great but not much range of movement once attached to the wall though"	58.1%
ring pro doorbell "i have a ring pro doorbell that works no problem and it’s almost 10m from the router so not an issue with my wifi set up"	57.9%
lasted barely 2 weeks "battery lasted barely 2 weeks and takes a long time to charge leaving you to need either a second battery or without protection for a time"	57.8%
drops off the network "it works sometimes just long enough for you to think it's ok but then drops off the network"	57.7%
give them a miss "shame as i wanted the ring doorbell next but now will give them a miss"	57.7%
time lapse "plus you can't do time lapse like you can do on the older stick up cams"	57.7%
ring alarm system "i already own a ring alarm system and 2 indoor cams and already have a subscription and was reasonably happy with it"	57.6%
could n't complete setup "then the app connected but then said it couldn't complete setup"	57.5%
really not worth "otherwise it’s really not worth it"	57.5%
these drop outs "it appears these drop outs can happen anywhere between 4 30 hours after reseating the battery but dropping off the network is pretty much guaranteed"	57.5%
poor only 3 zones "motion sensing options poor only 3 zones"	57.4%
prodect is not great "prodect is not great and when we call ring support line they cannot answer our question why camera stop recording"	57.4%
still did n't work "still didn't work"	56.9%
constant notification "dislike constant notification sounds lounge cant disable?"	56.9%
very inconsistent "negatives: very inconsistent i get impression once working they’ll be of value but to protect your home it’s something of concern to have so many issues straight off the bat"	56.9%
unfit for purpose "i have no problem with my nest smoke alarms or my nest thermostat so if the replacement is also unfit for purpose i shall be buying a nest camera!"	56.6%
seal sticker "received today previously opened box with seal sticker cut"	56.5%
flaky for instance "even when it was on line motion detection was flaky for instance it completely missed the postman but when i opened the door two minutes later motion is captured?"	56.5%
extremely unhelpful "update contacted ring about water inside the camera found them to be extremely unhelpful even after sending 3 pictures of a camera full of water"	56.5%
slight niggle "only slight niggle is when wi fi is off it sometimes doesn’t reconnect"	56.5%
have problems "i did also have problems with the live view feature it just would not load a live feed after having the camera for a couple of days"	56.4%
delay was so long "the visitor or postman would have to be very patient and wait if this was to work because the delay was so long"	56.4%
irritating and rendering "really irritating and rendering the camera completely pointless until a time where i can get a ladder"	56.2%
trying to connect "the second my father's took me hours as his was doing a similar thing the app just hanging when trying to connect"	56.2%
have ring doorbell "i have ring doorbell and this is my second camera to cover rear of the house i like that it has good picture quality but there are small hiccups delays loading videos following motion detections every now and then it is not great for £90 product"	56.1%
they didnt "disapointed because it will not work with my home hub contactd amazon and they were supposed to ring me back to get it working but they didnt"	56.1%
them wrong "to try to prove them wrong i set up a dedicated ap just for them but i can't connect them to it because it's impossible to change the wifi settings"	56.1%
before giving "this little stick up cam isn't really in the same league as the other ring products it stopped working after 5 months and ring support in the passed has been pretty good but this time i waited on the phone for an hour before giving up"	56.0%
a good sell "item does not work very well does not connect to my alexa and computer after reading some of the reviews for this item its not a good sell sorry"	56.0%
trial and error "e no literature on anything about actually using the product it's pretty much all trial and error or having to fone services when you can't find the answer on troubleshooting a bit more written info would go an awful long way to make every process easier"	56.0%
could n't rate it higher "i couldn’t rate it higher"	56.0%
battery battery "well after 3 months cam started switched off self and won't work until i will not take out and put back in battery battery is still charged on 90% and lowest i had 48% and still switched off self i tried reach ring support but not luck!"	55.9%
ring lineup "the ring lineup has a good range of products for different needs and with the new ring stick up cam making your home more secure and never been easier"	55.9%
ring doorcam2 "update december 2019 camera is now working fine turns out every time it is on the same wifi stream as the ring doorcam2 it has a conflict and will not allow us to connect for live view or notify us of movement"	55.9%
does n't always "only down side is the motion detection doesn't always capture everything at the front as we've had letters in the door but nothing having registered on the system"	55.8%
very annoying "the only gripe i have with this camera is the privacy zone anything behind your set privacy zone s will still trigger the motion detection which is very annoying!"	55.7%
that is unusable "we do have other ring products that work fine just the stick up cam with power cable that is unusable"	55.6%
native deficiencies "it is disappointing that alexa cant be used to make up for the native deficiencies in these cameras monitoring on off etc etc despite coming from the same amazon stable"	55.4%
ring support line "prodect is not great and when we call ring support line they cannot answer our question why camera stop recording"	55.4%
will refuse "for the same signal strength sometimes it will connect to a phone for viewing and sometimes it will refuse"	55.4%
find this ridiculous "i find this ridiculous"	55.3%
however all was not good "however all was not good"	55.2%
exactly the same issues "a replacement from ring had exactly the same issues"	55.2%
video not allowed "if keeping or sharing of video not allowed "	55.2%
there's no point "otherwise there's no point"	55.2%
they do not work "do not buy these cameras they do not work"	55.2%
looks out of my drive "mine looks out of my drive across the end of a cul de sac so i get some alerts due to cars in the road but they are not enough to bother me"	55.1%
they do n't work "they don’t work"	55.1%
limited to 20 minutes "because of the delays with communications coming from the ring side i was informed by ring support that i was being "limited to 20 minutes""	55.1%
still is n't working "i work in it so was expecting the next level of troubleshooting but i was told to phone back in 24 48 hours if it still isn't working?"	55.1%
that's not the case "one of my concerns was that it would only work if i was connected to the local wi fi but that's not the case"	55.1%
fone services "e no literature on anything about actually using the product it's pretty much all trial and error or having to fone services when you can't find the answer on troubleshooting a bit more written info would go an awful long way to make every process easier"	55.1%
these are not new units "these are not new units"	55.0%
intermittently failing "problems tring to get working and intermittently failing"	55.0%
wifi connection was poor "the motion sensor isn’t great and while only 3m from the router the wifi connection was poor"	55.0%
power plug "no weather shielding of power plug"	55.0%
brick wall "the same happens if i take it the other side of a 100mm brick wall"	54.9%
surprisingly awful "but it's surprisingly awful"	54.9%
with no wires "with no wires this product is great for being able to put anywhere really on a high shelf for example is where i have mine"	54.9%
update the software "only hitch was the length of time it takes to charge the battery and update the software but once that was done it works really well"	54.8%
smoke detectors "want ring smoke detectors next 👍 updated 22"	54.7%
smoke alarms "i have no problem with my nest smoke alarms or my nest thermostat so if the replacement is also unfit for purpose i shall be buying a nest camera!"	54.7%
look a bit amateurish "although i'm now pleased with it there's still some issues making ring look a bit amateurish"	54.7%
would not buy again "bit of a rip off really you have so long and then you have to pay a prescription each month rip off would not buy again"	54.7%
does n't need a feed "two way talk i use it as a door bell no wires so it doesn't need a feed"	54.7%
n't coming down "this camera isn’t coming down!"	54.7%
never worked "this ring device has never worked i can’t get it to connect to internet due to ill health i’ve had it too long to return it it’s been put on the wall at my front door not connected just an ornament don’t buy this useless item bitterly disappointed"	54.7%
not been fully tested "the ability to invite other people to view the feed so that they can pop round if they see anything untoward whilst you are away has not been fully tested and applied that is the only drawback for me"	54.7%
main faults "these cameras have two main faults 1 you can not set the motion range further than 10 15 feet from the location of the camera these do not have the same motion technology as the ring doorbell with can be manually adjusted and extended all you get here is a "motion sensitive" bar that you slide and when on max only gives you around 10 15 feet or range very poor"	54.7%
not be charged directly "the device is battery powered but cannot be charged directly: you have to remove the battery and connect to a usb charger cable provided but no charger "	54.7%
want a deterrent "i would basically say that if you want a deterrent then it’s an expensive option"	54.7%
bought then "many bought then returned or taken down due to poor image quality battery life or push notifications"	54.6%
load of rubbish "what a load of rubbish lose connection all the time even though they are writhing 15ft of the wifi extender just about given up with these as a waste of money"	54.6%
n't prove my point "amazon not allowing me to upload any image or video not sure what is happening so can't prove my point"	54.6%
only real fault "product is fine the only real fault is the lack of information received i"	54.6%
just get the notification "not just get the notification"	54.6%
n't leave your house "basically you'll be fine with this for as long as you don't leave your house"	54.6%
grainy and freezes "the router is on the ground floor if i take the camera upstairs directly above the router then the signal is extremely weak and the video is grainy and freezes"	54.6%
that it was not stated "but given that it was not stated and it is such an obvious feature which has been witheld to induce customers to spend more with ring makes me question whether i would want to invest into a ring system"	54.5%
will not connect "trouble to connect have to pay a monthly charge for access rubbish do not buy rubbish do not buy rubbish do not buy will not connect to my wifi i have excellect wifi do not buy this load of rubbish will not connect to wifi terrible product will not connect again has not connected all day will not connect"	54.5%
faulty unit "suspecting a faulty unit i had amazon send another and the replacement had exactly the same issues"	54.5%
looking outside "it states you can use it inside looking outside but the motion detectors dont work through windows"	54.5%
very disappointing "very disappointing and although i will give it another charge and try again i’m already thinking of returning"	54.5%
have same problems "anyone around primrose hill london have same problems"	54.4%
like as advertised "the problem is with the battery life which is nothing like as advertised"	54.4%
this one could "my area does not have fibre broadband yet but if the other 2 £20 something cameras work with the connection i have now i just dont understand why this one could not"	54.4%
no internal storage "no internal storage and requires the cloud subscription at a very reasonable price"	54.4%
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Cons [255] of Neos SmartCam | Wi-Fi SmartHome Securi..	Strength
total waste in both products "total waste of time now having to return it and ask them to delete my account didn't setup correctly was poorly packaged and i was not comfortable giving them so much personal information and having no means to delete the information afterward"	99.8%
extremely poor in both products "ok i have extremely poor eyesight but still find it very difficult on a 10 inch tablet"	99.4%
takes forever in both products "fed up of a blank white box appearing on screen some sort of missing error message and have to restart the app fed up with autoarm function takes ages to detect ive left home hours sometimes likewise takes forever to detect your return home"	98.8%
useless outdoors in both products "but i've also found that the motion detection is useless outdoors with or without zones sensitivity or sound settings"	87.8%
doesnt work in both products "however in reality the software has significant bugs which when you chat to the developers via the app nice feature they tell you that they know it doesnt work but they are working on a fix but cant give you any idea of when the fix will be ready"	75.0%
only gripe in both products "my only gripe is that the free clips are too short"	74.9%
only issue in both products "my only issue is i can not turn the cameras off"	74.9%
major issue in both products "this is a major issue which they promised to address somehow but it's unclear if this feature will be free or if this will come with a sub based system or similar"	74.8%
more expensive in both products "for my purposes i only bought the camera because it was a cheap way to find out if i really needed a better and probably more expensive one"	74.8%
does n't work in both products "the app keeps logging my wife out so the whole arm disarm when one of us is in the proximity doesn’t work"	74.8%
main issue in both products "the main issue i have had with this camera is that it decided to delete footage before the 14 day period"	74.6%
pretty useless in both products "however this neos camera does not have the ability to define the motion trigger area but instead it reacts to any movement anywhere within its field of view so you constantly get false triggers and loads of video of random people walking by in the street outside and random cars driving by which makes the motion sensing pretty useless"	74.5%
only problem in both products "the only problem i would say is the microphone isn't the greatest and the night vision is reasonably ok but apart from that i can't fault it!"	74.5%
would n't work in both products "i really wanted to like these but just wouldn't work"	74.1%
zero stars in both products "i would give it zero stars if i could"	74.0%
more useless in both products "one of the more useless features of the app is the "auto arming" which should arm the camera when you move out of your geographical area and disarm when you return home"	73.5%
false alarms in both products "so you'll end up disabling motion tracking on those cameras due to the amount of false alarms"	73.4%
free trial in both products "i've started the free trial for the 1 min recordings and they are all good quality"	72.7%
same problem in both products "i got told that other people have had the same problem"	72.4%
power cable in both products "first the length is just under 2m so if your power source socket is further including traversing corners etc then you will need the specific power cable for this"	69.6%
does not work in both products "have this in my living room now i know where all my cats sleep when i’ve gone to bed disappointed with the neos boost have paid for the subscription but it does not work"	69.1%
stopped working in both products "i have lowered the rating on this camera due to the fact that a few weeks after installing it and buying another one the live stream stopped working"	67.8%
sending it back in both products "i received my 1st neos smartcam today and have to admit that after reading all the comments i was ready for sending it back but as there where also quite some positive feedback i just had to try it myself"	66.0%
absolute waste "absolute waste of money!"	99.9%
poor ratings "check the google play store and you'll see the poor ratings"	99.8%
frustratingly useless "frustratingly useless"	99.8%
fiendly waste "more than night vision stays on even the system is disabled and live view is not in use not echo fiendly waste of energy intrusive"	99.7%
shockingly poor "shockingly poor piece of kit"	99.7%
extremely annoying "the fact you can buy it directly from neos company for only £20 is extremely annoying that i paid £25 for it here"	99.7%
worst thing "the camera seems ok but the app for it is genuinely the worst thing i've seen in ages"	99.5%
without this "we wouldn’t be without this kit"	99.5%
embarrassing unable "tried several times again this evening and had a multitude of issues ranging from time outs "i'm sorry this is really embarrassing unable to generate a qr code unknown error" messages still not connected to alexa still not working"	99.0%
extremely short "i thought this neosmart cam would be a great replacement but although the sound and picture is very good it does not automatically record except for extremely short clips triggered by either the sound or motion sensor"	98.4%
most awful "also there is no was to turn off the audio feed so if you are in the same room as your camera with the app operational on your phone you get the most awful feedback"	98.4%
useless cameras "so i have three useless cameras"	98.2%
useless feature "this is useful for saving battery life on battery operated cameras but these cameras are mains wired so it just a useless feature that cannot be turned off"	97.3%
quite slow "in general baby monitors have bad image quality poor sound and can be quite slow but you pay a premium as it’s a baby product"	97.1%
time delay "you have to log off then back on each time you want a different view between cameras also the time delay can be annoying from camera triggering"	96.4%
hugely disappointing "overall hugely disappointing and i certainly wouldn't recommend it"	96.0%
bloody terrible "but the reality is the app is bloody terrible"	95.1%
pretty poor "but the sound quality both ways is awful night vision is pretty poor to unless something is within a metre of the camera and not in pitch black"	94.6%
sparse and unable "the instructions are sparse and unable to find anything online"	93.9%
failure to do as stated "i also believe they use ‘‘tis a part of home insurance with arriva i would question the legality of any claim due to its failure to do as stated?"	93.8%
netflix everytime "means me and wife have more time together rather than start stopping netflix everytime"	92.1%
extremely worrying "like others i found its insistence on knowing your full address and the app having access to the phone's location services extremely worrying"	91.5%
quite confusing "i think she finds that quite confusing but it at least distracts her for a bit!"	91.0%
fails on a regular basis "this unit fails on a regular basis to “self arm” when leaving home!"	89.9%
with this junk "but seriously amazon should dis associate their alexa device 'deal' with this junk"	89.1%
that is terrible "i have a purpose outside camera with a huge wifi ariel that is terrible"	89.0%
absolutely useless "well it recorded what happened before and after the gate opened so was absolutely useless to find out who entered my garden"	88.9%
limited cloud storage "the limited cloud storage is an annoyance"	75.0%
buggy ios app crashes "buggy ios app crashes freezes "	75.0%
losing connectivity "always losing connectivity demanding me to reset the camera almost daily and even doing that i have no guarantee it will work"	75.0%
wasted money "so annoyed i wasted money on this as finding one to work with my alexa"	75.0%
error notifications "i constantly get error notifications of armed then disarmed this can carry on alday"	75.0%
noisy motorbikes "motion detection: i've given it a 5 i have it set to the lowest sensitivity which seems fine it does pick noise from a noisy motorbikes going past and the wind if it's a windy day"	75.0%
error messages "i'm often seeing error messages which say the camera cannot be accessed these go away after restarting the app"	75.0%
locked down "it will only record the few seconds the manufacturers allow and the footage is "locked down" by proprietary format not generally compatible with anything else"	75.0%
privacy issues "i have no concerns with privacy issues and the firmware is regularly updated"	74.9%
useless product "such a useless product very difficult to set up"	74.9%
nasty taste "and it just leaves a nasty taste in my mouth"	74.9%
unwelcome intruders "i have no doubts at all that i will be buying another very soon to protect my man cave from unwelcome intruders"	74.9%
error screen "next morning at work checked the neos app error screen no live feed an error has occurred"	74.9%
small issue "however a small issue"	74.9%
limited functionality "basically a closed system with limited functionality that forces you to spend £30 a year to automate turning all your cameras off or on"	74.9%
somewhat hamstrung "dislikes: contrary to the advertised functionality the sd card actually records continuous 1 minute clips regardless of whether camera is armed disarmed and regardless of motion detection thus rendering the camera somewhat hamstrung if customers only want to record extended 'motion' events when out of the house for a couple of weeks"	74.9%
poorly made "the software is well made and the features are great 👍 not like some of those crap chinese poorly made interfaces"	74.9%
delete footage "i have 2 of these in my flat but for some reason they both at the same time randomly delete footage!"	74.9%
expected cons "motion detection works as expected cons: sound is below adequate not great for live feeds"	74.9%
useless brick "bin file in order to flash the camera so now i have a useless brick which is a shame because it seemed like a decent little camera while it worked"	74.9%
lowest setings "geofencing often fails motion detection triger huge number of fake alarms even on lowest setings and the noise does same is triggered by itself when night vision is comming on "	74.9%
ridiculous issues "i really don’t recommend this and i believe they had plenty of time to fix these ridiculous issues"	74.9%
fake alarms "geofencing often fails motion detection triger huge number of fake alarms even on lowest setings and the noise does same is triggered by itself when night vision is comming on "	74.9%
faces leaves "there are colour aberrations on edges of objects and fine detail say text faces leaves are not clear indicative of a poor lens"	74.9%
noisy neighbours "if you have noisy neighbours who might set it off you can turn it off "	74.9%
average worse "all set up picture quality on the poor side of average worse in the dark could not connect to alexa"	74.9%
fake details "in response to the security concerns you are required to provide your address on signup although you could provide fake details but you do not need to provide access to your iphone's location unless you want to use the auto arm disarm feature"	74.9%
falls flat "unfortunately you buy this camera as a package and this is where it all falls flat on its face"	74.9%
significant bugs "however in reality the software has significant bugs which when you chat to the developers via the app nice feature they tell you that they know it doesnt work but they are working on a fix but cant give you any idea of when the fix will be ready"	74.9%
return fees "the only reason why i don't return it its because i'm based in italy so amazon will let me pay for the return fees"	74.9%
false advertising "it is not compatible with your alexa smart devices at all total false advertising at its best"	74.9%
rather expensive "customer support is outstanding and there are no cloud storage fees unlike some rather expensive big brand cameras"	74.8%
ridiculous password "you require a ridiculous password for the phone app that can never be remembered"	74.8%
seem unfounded "previous concerns around the app wanting too much information in another review seem unfounded as i was only asked for my address which was explained"	74.8%
find error "they set up quite easily then the app told me the firmware needed updating i tried for times and it failed each time so i cancelled that went back to look at the camera picture to find error 90 and no picture and it would not reconnect"	74.8%
practically useless "bought to use as a nursery camera and it's been practically useless"	74.8%
poorly packaged "this product poorly packaged and terribly constructed"	74.8%
fails again "and if it fails again back it will go"	74.8%
hardware shame "in summary it's an amazing kit of hardware shame that the software lets it down"	74.8%
delete videos "anyone who knows that you have this camera could easily download the app and view inside your property delete videos totally defeating the purpose of having a cam"	74.8%
very lacking "however the recording options are sadly very lacking"	74.8%
even worse "very poor quality built to snap images is rubbish and the app is even worse"	74.8%
seems unsecure "it seems unsecure always under maintenance and often offline"	74.8%
main gripe "main gripe is sound cannot be switched off and is very sensitive so my show repeats everything with slight delay that becomes very annoying if left on tried to cover mic hole but had little effect"	74.8%
intrusive behaviour "the sdk is same as chinese products with more or less flaws retain same intrusive behaviour you can be watched at anytime"	74.8%
very inconvenient "initially it runs in cut down form and provides you with a triggered 12 second recording which cannot be triggered again for a 5 minute “cooling off” period which is very inconvenient"	74.8%
very uneasy "we turned the camera on as we were leaving on a holiday and on day 4 it decided to disconnect and stop working completely leaving us very uneasy worrying and wondering about what is happening back at home"	74.8%
overpriced cloud storage "i can imagine what it is like from other cameras i've used overpriced cloud storage for fifteen second clips"	74.8%
equally frustrating "equally frustrating is that you can only alarm all or none of your devices"	74.8%
fall behind "please be aware that the live stream can fall behind by several minutes after viewing for a few minutes"	74.8%
avoid reflection "you can record out of a window but needs to be placed very close to avoid reflection at night"	74.8%
made worse "the problems seemed to be made worse when adding a 2nd user onto the account"	74.8%
intrusive info "also intrusive info regarding physical address of camera required at set up"	74.8%
very laggy "very basic need to add your address for some random reason very laggy didnt love the quality returned for refund although a nice "concept" if people can make use of it no good as a security camera though as if its monitored 24 7 there is lag which isnt good for security might be good for checking pets"	74.7%
didnt work "saying " alexa show me kitchen " just didnt work"	74.7%
record out windows "supposed to be indoors only but can record out windows but needs to be in intimate contact to avoid glare from night vision leds"	74.7%
absolute junk "absolute junk would not work from first installation tried installing again and again kept getting the same message "cannot find the specific network name" tried to contact customer services no reply"	74.7%
cooling down "i’m struggling with the concept of a security camera that delivers 12 second motion detected clips then waits 5 minutes before it will do the same neos call this a cooling down time or something "	74.7%
cheap cameras "no rtsp support that many other cheap cameras offer"	74.7%
annoying that "annoying that didn’t work on 5ghz & had to switch phone to 2"	74.7%
biggest issue "this was probably the biggest issue i had with this product"	74.7%
increasingly lag behind "it worked pretty well for 3 weeks but suddenly the live feed started to increasingly lag behind"	74.7%
software issue "it doesn't work properly at the mo apparently due to a software issue which they're investigating"	74.7%
very intrusive "the set up was very intrusive as reported by other reviewers and i was unhappy about providing exact address location"	74.7%
disgruntled customers "all of the above comments have been raised by disgruntled customers since product launch yet the neos developers can't seem to be able to release firmware updates to fix these basic oversights"	74.6%
error message "it still records clips and you can play them back but you get an error message "unable to connect to camera" when you try to view in real time"	74.6%
absolute nightmare "however as time has gone on the app and software have proven themselves to be an absolute nightmare and very unreliable"	74.6%
very badly "if you only ever want to use it for live view and the motion alerts it's fine but it is very badly restricted without the ability to playback your recorded videos from the app"	74.6%
slight issue "had a slight issue with the firmware update timing out on installation of camera one"	74.6%
slow connection "the only downside is that it appears to stream to neos and then back to my device which on a slow connection is a negative"	74.6%
very sketchy "firmware and integration with amazon echo show devices is very sketchy"	74.6%
update rubbish "fed up with the live feed delay when live feed actually loads neos keep repeating we fixed it in last update rubbish read the reviews "	74.6%
very irrelevant "a very irrelevant answer that doesn’t help at all!"	74.5%
been stolen "apparently a sd card will record all events but this is only useful after the robbery and assumes that the neos has not been stolen"	74.5%
closes down "the app crashes and closes down regularly"	74.5%
stop me using "for a cheap camera this is kind of enough to stop me using it"	74.5%
prevent glare "setup behind door surround glass to prevent it's theft but then had to disable led's to prevent glare so night image not so good while in daylight it is superb"	74.5%
their dog poop "hoping to catch the dog owner that keeps letting their dog poop on my property and doesn’t clean it up!"	74.4%
under maintenance "it seems unsecure always under maintenance and often offline"	74.3%
utter crud "i can only presume they had been paid to promote it because it is utter crud"	74.3%
major fault "the second major fault is the motion detector"	74.3%
failed immediately "sometimes it failed immediately sometimes it froze halfway through sometimes it had a flickering message"	74.3%
which annoyed "i have given this only 4 stars as despite being tech savvy and computer literate i still needed their support which annoyed me"	74.3%
grainy distorted "picture faultless talk back so grainy distorted scares the crap out of my daughter"	74.2%
zero notifications "very erratic operation either you get zero notifications then you are inundated with them"	74.2%
basic oversights "all of the above comments have been raised by disgruntled customers since product launch yet the neos developers can't seem to be able to release firmware updates to fix these basic oversights"	74.2%
camera isnt "the camera isnt being picked up"	74.2%
mixed feelings "mixed feelings about this camera on the whole it's good for the price"	74.2%
questionable security "questionable security and use of sensitive data"	74.1%
kept failing "tried to reconnect but kept failing"	74.1%
minor issue "the other minor issue is that the night vision mode is set to auto and occasionally it doesn't seem to reset to normal mode when it becomes day time"	74.0%
stupid camera "such a stupid camera i have never seen such a delay in any camera"	74.0%
cheapo chinesium "cheapo chinesium for me now"	74.0%
spent more "ah well it's only £25 you've thrown away i've spent more on a tankful of petrol and with nothing to show for that!"	74.0%
unknown error "tried several times again this evening and had a multitude of issues ranging from time outs "i'm sorry this is really embarrassing unable to generate a qr code unknown error" messages still not connected to alexa still not working"	74.0%
confusing website "it has a confusing website that seems to be a houshold insurance website with minor links to this camera"	74.0%
connection problem "alexa connection problem sorted and now working fine on both my cameras"	73.9%
throw away "while it's true this only for indoor use so is not as robust as a nest cam in pretty much every other respect this is equally good and comes for an almost "throw away" price"	73.8%
loud hissing "the issue i had with my previous camera is that the audio was terrible all you could hear was loud hissing"	73.8%
return another "i may have been unlucky but im not risking paying out and having to return another again if it doesnt work"	73.7%
utterly useless "utterly useless"	73.7%
limited options "and the limited options to be able to record to sd card as the developer would like you to subscribe to their cloud however for me it is my house i do not want to share my privacy with the world"	73.7%
fussy husband "and i’ve researched many even my fussy husband loves them"	73.7%
some glare "this really is an indoor camera i face mine out the window at my cars so i get some glare from the glass but there are mounts for external available"	73.7%
some trouble "i had some trouble setting it up as i inputted my address incorrectly i thought my internet wasn't connecting because the cause of set up failure wasn't clear happy i managed to figure it out"	73.7%
just plain "i can accept low quality but this just plain doesn't work"	73.7%
constantly unavailable "the live feed is constantly unavailable have had to re set up the camera on a regular basis involving reconnecting it to our wifi and to the app that comes with it which is a real inconvenience"	73.6%
disable audio in the "it would also be good if it were possible to disable audio in the app as ours is mostly pointing outside through the window"	73.5%
false triggers "however this neos camera does not have the ability to define the motion trigger area but instead it reacts to any movement anywhere within its field of view so you constantly get false triggers and loads of video of random people walking by in the street outside and random cars driving by which makes the motion sensing pretty useless"	73.4%
false alerts "sound and motion sensitivity has to be dialled right back otherwise you will be inundated with emails from false alerts"	73.4%
single problem "very disappointed i wish i had bought a tp link camera instead have a couple of them for years and never had a single problem "	73.4%
focal seizures "our son has been seizure free for almost 2 years but in june they returned as focal seizures so we decided to install the camera as he likes to spend most of his time in his room playing video games so the motion sensor would alert us when it picked up move ment so we could respond accordingly and also as a watchful eye as he sleeps"	73.3%
loses settings "constantly drops off the network most times loses settings"	73.2%
primary issue "the primary issue that i identified in my initial review was rectified some time later"	73.2%
longer recordings "i dropped a star due to the constant requests to upgrade at a cost i think way to high for longer recordings which were free when i first had them"	73.2%
waste money "don't waste money if you have any latest samsung"	73.1%
sync faulty "the actual hardware software not in sync faulty"	73.1%
main problem "the main problem being is you don't realize you are not getting notifications until you haven't got any!"	73.0%
return home "one of the more useless features of the app is the "auto arming" which should arm the camera when you move out of your geographical area and disarm when you return home"	72.9%
poorly printed "there is no support on this product you have to figure everything out for yourself using the rubbish instructions and poorly printed qr codes"	72.9%
soooo intrusive "the app is soooo intrusive!"	72.9%
privacy concerns "addendum july 2020: i am amending my original review from 1 star to 4 in recognition of the fact that neos did make changes to their mobile application which addressed enough of my privacy concerns for me to not only begin using the camera i initially purchased but to go on to purchase an additional three other units"	72.7%
pointless security "the boost payment doesn’t upgrade to ‘full’ recording and as below still has a cool off period of 1 minute itonly records 50% if the time pointless security if it doesn’t capture everything!"	72.7%
does connect "software lets it down alexa echo show sometimes won’t connect when via the app it does connect"	72.7%
continually freezes "takes ages to sync and the app continually freezes"	72.7%
delete account "it didn't work and i tried it on 2 separate wireless networks also after having to create an account and the device didn't work there was no option to close delete account so this is more time wasted trying to contact them to request the close my account"	72.7%
kept becoming faulty "within 2 years we were on our 4th motorola baby monitor £150 and it kept becoming faulty"	72.5%
rather poor "for £30 which is about what my other two cameras mentioned earlier cost in comparison to those the live stream on this neos is rather poor"	72.4%
only negative "the only negative is that it doesn't work with google home hub at the moment"	72.3%
working software "now they are charging for neos 'boost' a month optional subscription for 'extras' i think the priority should be working software!"	72.2%
drops connection "someone only needs to fart within 200 metres of it and it drops connection"	72.0%
been unusable "since a firmware update at the end of march this product has been unusable as the app hangs when trying to review clips"	71.9%
little trouble "i often have trouble viewing the stream but the bandwidth at the property is low so that may be the reason that said i have little trouble viewing the feed from the nest doorbell"	71.7%
poor sound "in general baby monitors have bad image quality poor sound and can be quite slow but you pay a premium as it’s a baby product"	71.6%
seem silly "the complaints about privacy seem silly to me how can you expect notifications to be sent to your mobile if you aren't prepared to give the system your number?"	71.6%
important glitch "how long does it take to fix this important glitch?"	71.3%
gets worse "video delayed about 10 seconds then gets worse got to 20+ seconds"	71.2%
needs improvement "it's ok but needs improvement"	71.2%
unstable though "i’ve found the app extremely unstable though"	71.1%
breaks down "connectivity is a nightmare this might sometimes be due to bad wi fi or dodgy 4g but the feed constantly breaks down and leaves a blank screen"	70.7%
have got greedy "as i said previously they have got greedy and will not get any more money from me in subscriptions or cameras"	70.7%
walks free "this meant that footage of a burglary taking placing that i was suppose to be forwarding to the police so they could arrest the individuals no longer exists and the burglar walks free"	70.6%
lesser cool "they obviously know this is not very good because you can upgrade with a monthly subscription to get a longer recording with a lesser cool off time i therefore bought one from china that records motion until it stops which is what you would expect from a security camera!"	70.4%
movement useless "it only records little snippets not continuous when it sees movement useless if you are using it for security"	70.4%
very erratic "very erratic operation either you get zero notifications then you are inundated with them"	70.0%
very basic "very basic but at £20 what do you expect!"	69.9%
overly sensitive "however there are a number of points for improvement: the supplied usb cable is too short to reach the level of power sockets if the camera is ceiling mounted the 10 second recording time is too short to be very usable the motion detection is overly sensitive it will often record passing car headlights and on one occasion even a moth in the room"	69.8%
storage fees "customer support is outstanding and there are no cloud storage fees unlike some rather expensive big brand cameras"	69.8%
your money mine "do not waste your money mine are all going back!"	69.6%
no real definition "very poor struggled with low light and no real definition"	69.5%
small extras "it does take a sd card and also has an upgrade on the app that allows you small extras like 1 minute of recording instead of 12 seconds for something like £3"	69.3%
after initially "took about 24 hours for it to work after initially trying to set it up"	69.3%
absolutely rubbish "the app is absolutely rubbish"	69.2%
little snippets "it only records little snippets not continuous when it sees movement useless if you are using it for security"	69.1%
little blighters "and being more skilled than the average techie i had a look at what the little blighter was passing back over the internet neos might be a british developed sofware planted on chinese hardware but i discovered these little blighters are sending api calls back to a server in china!"	69.1%
little bundles "don't be tempted the hassle you have to go through to connect these little bundles of joy is just infuriating besides neos wanting to know everything about you and your house the set up i had to do was lengthy and ultimately pointless if you have a dual band router which is probably 95% of you you're gonna run into trouble these only connect to the lesser 2"	69.1%
poor picture "my wifi is great so it's not the signal that is causing the poor picture the movement detection feature is a joke"	68.8%
unwanted notifications "this is great to prevent unwanted notifications"	68.8%
cheap nanny "so if you need it for a cheap nanny cam it would do the job"	68.7%
missing recordings "i had just one camera set up for about 3 weeks with only 1 occurance of missing recordings"	68.7%
replacement same issues "they tried to resolve it by sending me two replacement same issues"	68.6%
giving it a 4 star "i have been using this camera for almost a year now and it's good for indoors but not recommended for outdoors night vision is perfect you can see very well as to who it is it records noises and detects a moving object and alerts you straight away on your phone reason why i'm giving it a 4 star is because"	68.5%
n't quite enough "it would be useful if you could adjust the length of the clip captures as sometimes 12s isn't quite enough"	68.3%
potential but not worth "has potential but not worth it yet"	68.3%
getting tired "they replaced motorola focus 35 cameras which are getting tired"	68.3%
it's not good "during the day it is good but at nighttime through a window it doesn't work and during the day if there is sunlight shining towards the glass it's not good"	68.2%
constant crashes "while the camera quality is really good and the system is easy to set up it's let down by near constant crashes"	68.1%
waste your money "don't waste your money"	68.1%
no ifttt support "* motion detection is very good no false positives so far cons are all software and so hopefully sortable : * no ifttt support for the non technical this is a neat way to link home devices such as turn on the lights if motion detected * no ability to mask certain areas"	67.5%
no rtsp support "no rtsp support that many other cheap cameras offer"	67.5%
less important "no idea why this has less important functionality than the us version"	67.5%
disappointed i wish "very disappointed i wish i had bought a tp link camera instead have a couple of them for years and never had a single problem "	67.5%
keeps crashing "unfortunately after only a couple of days the motion noise alerts stopped app keeps crashing and signing you out"	67.4%
lacks sharpness "the quality of the image is slighty blurry and lacks sharpness and that's in hd!"	67.3%
remove sd card "720 hd old school short clips unless you want to pay for longer if you put micro sd card in the software in camera won't let you watch it unless you remove sd card and connect to computer to watch"	67.3%
issues i guess "at least the app takes you to a website telling you they are having issues i guess that's a plus lol"	67.2%
many issues "the app itself is basic and has so many issues it’s difficult to list them"	67.2%
heart attack "slight heart attack"	67.1%
security concerns "in response to the security concerns you are required to provide your address on signup although you could provide fake details but you do not need to provide access to your iphone's location unless you want to use the auto arm disarm feature"	67.1%
skeptical about this "i was a little skeptical about this from reading reviews of the app asking for too much info"	67.1%
disconnects after 30 mins "when used with alexa the screen on any device disconnects after 30 mins"	67.1%
limited alexa integration "great if you want a cheap fun camera in your house but i wouldn’t really put it in the home security category and i’m surprised they sometimes bundle this camera with the echo show 5 given the limited alexa integration"	67.0%
tinny and difficult "sound quality form the tiny inbuilt speaker is awful very tinny and difficult to understand the speech"	66.9%
awful night vision "but the sound quality both ways is awful night vision is pretty poor to unless something is within a metre of the camera and not in pitch black"	66.9%
much information "previous concerns around the app wanting too much information in another review seem unfounded as i was only asked for my address which was explained"	66.9%
disconnects all the time "the camera disconnects all the time!"	66.9%
quality slight "easy to setup and good picture quality slight lag of live feed but not that long"	66.8%
negative points "negative points"	66.7%
error code "i kept having network issues with it and it refused to connect giving me error code 90"	66.7%
waste of money "waste of money"	66.7%
screw and wallplug "my kit never actually contained a screw and wallplug as stated so i would say that if you are handy with a drill and countersink and you dont need extra usb cable then dont bother with the mount kit"	66.5%
give it a miss "give it a miss"	66.4%
first week "it doesn’t take any stills when it detects motion it should so i don’t know if mine is faulty it did the first week set up was hit and miss it’s quite discrete i like that element"	66.3%
widespread problem "i am not sure if this is a widespread problem but be wary!"	66.3%
additional areas "i already have a good cctv setup costing several hundred pounds but wanted additional areas covering to keep an eye on my cats and kittens who love to hide away in difficult to reach areas"	66.3%
completely false "this description needs to be changed it states with an sd card you can record for x amount of days and have the footage this is completely false"	66.2%
massive holes "there are 2 massive holes in the feature set for this device: 1"	66.2%
having trouble "hope this helps any of you having trouble connecting"	66.2%
remove the card "updated december 2019 so neos still haven’t added sd card support through the app meaning the only way to view the sd card footage is to physically remove the card and plug it into a computer"	66.2%
lengthy conversation "this can't be used as a nanny cam anymore and according to a lengthy conversation with their support they have no intention of fixing this"	66.0%
awful business model "secondly the ‘boost’ premium payment is an awful business model even though they have dropped it to £2"	66.0%
draining my battery "i don’t want to have to have location settings draining my battery on all the time and i don’t always remember to manually switch the alerts in and off"	65.9%
settle down "i'm not sure why but it seemed to take a couple of days to "settle down" and react to whether my phone was in the house or not but since then has been working fine"	65.9%
n't work there "it didn't work and i tried it on 2 separate wireless networks also after having to create an account and the device didn't work there was no option to close delete account so this is more time wasted trying to contact them to request the close my account"	65.8%
totally useless "i have found that bug in the software means that it doesnt retain the settings so when it you do go out it does arm but then doesnt record or notify you rendering the camera totally useless"	65.8%
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Pros [197] of All-new Ring Stick Up Cam Battery | HD..	Strength
absolutely brilliant in both products "amazing absolutely brilliant"	100.0%
works perfect in both products "solar panel is perfect addition to the ring alarm system works perfect and it’s so easy to install!"	100.0%
excellent product in both products "this is an excellent product i was a tad critical at first but ring customer service kieran have been incredible in getting to the root cause"	100.0%
brilliant camera in both products "apart from that brilliant camera"	100.0%
works brilliantly in both products "it works brilliantly"	100.0%
quite good in both products "the good usual solid ring quality a superb picture quality if wifi is up to snuff extremely easy to use very easy set up love the portability simply pick up and move where you like quite good as an intercom in my tall house especially to scare the other half!"	99.9%
installation process in both products "similar to my review on the doorbell allow a couple of hours or so to charge the battery and once that is done the installation process setting to work is very easy and will take about 15 minutes depending on where you mount them"	99.9%
highly recommend in both products "i have 2 of these cameras one indoors and other outside outside one surviving well after a month or two outside and the battery also lasts a while overall great products and would highly recommend"	99.6%
really good in both products "can see a really good distance without being blurry"	99.3%
works perfectly in both products "works perfectly and allows us to get motion alerts as well as check in on the pets during the day"	98.6%
amazing product in both products "overall amazing product"	98.5%
very impressive in both products "the picture quality is excellent and the versatility is very impressive"	95.6%
well designed in both products "i’ve always found the ring products to be robust well designed and very easy to set up"	94.6%
excellent camera in both products "excellent camera!"	92.9%
quality excellent in both products "battery life is good and picture quality excellent"	89.7%
great camera in both products "great camera for the money"	88.5%
really happy in both products "nonetheless i am really happy with my purchase"	88.4%
works well in both products "motion detection works well indoors at least"	75.0%
good price in both products "got this because it can be moved around depending on the time of day great pictures night & day good price too"	75.0%
good instructions in both products "easy installation good instructions and support"	75.0%
very handy in both products "i live in a small close where we only have front communal gardens so being able to easily turn off detection in certain areas whilst my neighbours have their washing out is very handy"	75.0%
looks good in both products "looks good and performs well"	75.0%
great value in both products "great value and easily installed to create a home security network with minimal fuss"	74.9%
really well in both products "easy to talk through it as well and works really well in the dark"	74.9%
smart tech in both products "love my smart tech across the home and previously purchased ring doorbell 2 and floodlight which have been excellent "	74.9%
outdoor version in both products "great a much smaller than the outdoor version"	74.9%
recommend these in both products "would highly recommend these"	74.8%
picture quality in both products "picture quality is excellent in daytime and very good at night"	74.8%
outdoor camera in both products "also i found for an outdoor camera i had to put a wi fi extender half way between router and cameras as did not quite make range but now works a treat "	74.8%
work great in both products "i have a number of smart devices and fire sticks in each bedroom all of which work great"	74.6%
good picture in both products "camera worked extremely well inside the house good picture and motion detection"	74.5%
will probably in both products "will probably buy another for the other side of the property"	74.4%
pretty good in both products "the cost of the ring subscriptions plans is pretty good"	74.4%
absolutely delighted "i really can’t tell the difference looking at the image quality and absolutely delighted!"	100.0%
brilliant piece "brilliant piece of kit does exactly what it says on the tin 5 minutes to put up lovely bit of kit haven’t charged the battery for two weeks and still going strong"	100.0%
brilliant picture "apart from that it's an excellent product brilliant picture long recording memory easy to use"	100.0%
superb works "this system is superb works like magic"	100.0%
honestly astonishing "it has a wide field of view and honestly astonishing night vision for this price bracket and it piggy backs on to all the existing ring tech meaning you get a lot of bang for your buck"	100.0%
excellent both "the quality of the images is excellent both at night and during the day and the ring app allowed full integration of the camera along with the doorbell and chime"	100.0%
superb picture "even in the middle of the night this camera still gives a superb picture"	100.0%
absolutely excellent "but the night vision and picture quality are absolutely excellent!"	99.9%
brilliant product "this is a brilliant product"	99.9%
good piece "good piece of kit"	99.8%
best thing "the best thing about this compared to my other cameras is how quick it is to start the app and see the view from the camera"	99.6%
really effective "its a really effective and cheap system that really works"	99.5%
whats inside the "i purchased a 3rd party mounting bracket as i could not mount from the ceiling with whats inside the box"	99.1%
recommended highly "recommended highly"	99.1%
been excellent "love my smart tech across the home and previously purchased ring doorbell 2 and floodlight which have been excellent "	98.3%
extremely sharp "the picture is extremely sharp especially during daylight but at night although sharp it's difficult to see faces clearly"	96.5%
only downfall "the only downfall is that you have to subscribe in order to keep your recordings after the 30 day trial"	96.1%
they are all excellent "and they are all excellent"	93.1%
little camera is amazing "this little camera is amazing it's clarity is outstanding and very easy to set up too "	93.1%
with this superb "been stopping the dog chewing the kids toys etc with this superb!"	93.1%
very well made "the actual bit of kit is very well made and has a high end feel to it being made from high quality plastics and other materials"	92.6%
great bit of security "great bit of security tells u straight away that someone is outside"	91.9%
feels cheaper "it just feels cheaper all round"	91.7%
battery life is great "this is a great addition to my ring products easy to fit anywhere you need it the day view is excellent and the battery life is great my only complaint is the night vision being very grainy still clear enough but could be better"	91.7%
works a treat "also i found for an outdoor camera i had to put a wi fi extender half way between router and cameras as did not quite make range but now works a treat "	90.9%
excellent easy to use "excellent easy to use cam"	90.5%
absolutely right "motion detection takes a bit of time to set up and get absolutely right but once you’ve got it sorted you just leave them alone"	90.2%
genuinely great "this is a genuinely great piece of kit"	90.2%
does magnificently "this it does magnificently"	90.1%
well impressed "brilliant well impressed"	89.8%
excellent in doors "had a good quality picture and would be an excellent in doors camera"	89.0%
amazing as well "amazing little camera to add to my network of ring devices the picture quality is amazing as well as the angle of vision"	88.4%
simple and great "so simple and great battery life so far"	88.3%
amazing in the house "the picture quality and connectivity are amazing in the house"	88.2%
great integration "great integration with alexa echo devices with screens"	88.0%
great zoom "absolutely love the ease of use and the camera has a great zoom and picks up all the right action"	88.0%
good addition "it's certainly a good addition to the range if you are after a budget solution though"	75.0%
success rate "60% success rate at best"	75.0%
great addition "a great addition to home security flexible being battery powered and picture quality is great at night very clear although black and white"	75.0%
integrated easily "integrated easily with my doorbell and newly purchased ring alarm system"	75.0%
perfect addition "solar panel is perfect addition to the ring alarm system works perfect and it’s so easy to install!"	75.0%
extra security camera "inside cats do set of motion sensor but can be turned off if you prefer as an extra security camera for your home i would recommend"	75.0%
really easy "setup was really easy"	74.9%
self works "the camera it's self works well with the night view being impressive"	74.9%
nice option "there is a nice option to kick off a siren remotely if needs be"	74.9%
cctv option "a really easy cctv option"	74.9%
decent angle "decent angle and sensitivity and works seamlessly with my ring alarm"	74.9%
good internet "needs good internet"	74.9%
fully recommend "really please and fully recommend"	74.9%
very nicely "very nicely made piece of kit that works well and integrates with other ring products"	74.9%
cctv cloud "then came along amazon with it's usual efficiency and customer focus and here i am with a number of their cctv cloud based cameras"	74.9%
postman deliveries "the battery life is actually very good but i do not get much traffic outside my house other than us and postman deliveries"	74.9%
easy installation "wow easy installation with a clear picture day and night"	74.8%
subscriptions plans "the cost of the ring subscriptions plans is pretty good"	74.8%
working great "the other camera in the meantime has been working great"	74.8%
livingroom kitchen "we have it pointing at the door across the livingroom kitchen so it see most of the room"	74.7%
trusted company "i feel safe at home or if away with ring a genuine trusted company"	74.7%
good details "all good details"	74.7%
indoor installation "there is an option to select indoor installation when setting up the camera"	74.7%
added features "added features to blackout areas such as neighbours gardens are good although my neighbours asked that i don't obscure their garden if only 1 ring item subscription is small fee for added peace of mind"	74.7%
pretty easy "set up was pretty easy and the footage is of good quality and notifications are just a few seconds behind the event in most cases"	74.6%
performs well "looks good and performs well"	74.6%
battery compartment "installing these are relatively simple you download the ring app and follow the instructions which include scanning a qr code which is located in the battery compartment"	74.6%
relatively easy "easy to install and relatively easy to set up"	74.6%
works fine "schedule works fine but we don’t all stick to schedules do we"	74.6%
huighly recommended "huighly recommended"	74.5%
good still "battery life really good still going on 1st charge since i brought it on black friday"	74.5%
looked great "i finally got it working again and mounted it as recommended the signal looked great and it was alerting etc as expected for around two hours"	74.5%
excellent night "the images in day are excellent night not so good but ok"	74.5%
recommend also "great camera great quality pictures also great you can talk through it and it can set off an alarm would recommend also you can stick it up easily no wires brilliant product"	74.5%
great products "great products"	74.4%
integrated these "i've also integrated these into my amazon alexa system by activating the ring skill and now get a notification on my amazon echo devices when they detect movement brilliant!"	74.4%
excellent motion "night vision is brilliant day image excellent motion is detected quickly and notifies you be aware you need to pay £25 per year to save the videos in the cloud"	74.4%
worked perfectly "i cranked up the sensitivity a little and it's worked perfectly since then"	74.4%
liked cameras "i also like the link feature where once one of the liked cameras detects movement it activates the linked cameras this is useful for areas covered by more than one camera to give a better overall understanding of the activation"	74.4%
pretty well "the motion detection works pretty well although it did miss a couple of her carers going in and out at first"	74.4%
lasts weeks "i really love this range of cams the battery life lasts weeks and i've never found a manufacturer that makes solar powered cams it costs nothing to run and the video backup is really reasonable £8 for as many cams as you like and 30 day back up i plan to buy quite a few of these and retire my old setup"	74.4%
very easily "the intercom works great too so you can hear and speak with them very easily"	74.4%
recommend buying them "this is my second one now i highly recommend buying them"	74.3%
added bonus "the added bonus was that we also received a free alexa echo dot!"	74.3%
additional deliveries "would recommend especially with additional deliveries you can also speak through the camera or set off an alarm if there is a suspicious person"	74.3%
indoor viewing "fantastic product but better suited for indoor viewing would also be handy if it came with a rain hood as there has been times that the pictures has been blurred making it useless i have now moved it below the gutter which has helped"	74.3%
good value "good value for money and better than expected for the price"	74.3%
excellent addition "another excellent addition to our security network"	74.3%
image quality "notifications are quick and the image quality ya the best i’ve seen"	74.3%
quality product "great service and great quality product"	74.2%
automated home "easy to integrate into an automated home"	74.2%
perfectly well "to be fair the camera worked perfectly well until the free 30 days were up now i have nothing but problems streaming errors unable to watch live footage it’s very hit and miss and the worse problem is you can’t speak with a person to sort it out it seems the only way you can communicate is via text or"	74.2%
great item "great item easy to set up some times it's a minute out of time but not a problem for me"	74.2%
very futuristic "the item itself seems quite solid and robust my partner suggested it looked very futuristic when she saw it mounted"	74.1%
best location "setup was relatively straightforward and once i had it working just had to figure out the best location for it"	74.1%
desired effect "night vision is also clear would recommend not pointing at something which is white as it will pick up that colour and not have the desired effect"	74.1%
added light "night vision is good and i can see my number plate fine without added light"	74.1%
good cameras "the alerts are good cameras can be linked to click on if another turns on"	74.0%
been useful "battery lasts surprisingly long although a spare would have been useful so i can just do a quick swap"	74.0%
very usefull "very usefull device helps me give an extra bit of security when not at home"	74.0%
very responsive "battery life is good on a charge and the app is very responsive"	74.0%
crystal clear "just set it up and off you go works instantly and pictures are crystal clear"	74.0%
very happy "overall i am very happy and will be purchasing additional camera soon"	74.0%
extra recording space "i have gone with neos smart cam good quality build images are clear sound is clear easy connection to the wifi no ongoing fees unless i want extra recording space above what they allow you free user interface has no issues and only £20 https: www"	74.0%
recommend especially "would recommend especially with additional deliveries you can also speak through the camera or set off an alarm if there is a suspicious person"	73.9%
great quality video "very easy to set up and great quality video"	73.9%
fantastic start "it will give you fantastic start with ring system"	73.9%
smart phone "have it at the front door don't own a smart phone but it runs just as good with alexa excellent quality"	73.9%
home security network "great value and easily installed to create a home security network with minimal fuss"	73.9%
super useful "and the flexibility of snoozing when i’m in the house is super useful"	73.9%
good thing "the one good thing"	73.9%
good vision "very neat easy to set up clear good vision works with alexa show"	73.9%
quality and ease "quality and ease of video play back is second to none"	73.9%
have returned "i had bought 2 cameras but with the performance not matching expectations i have returned and will be sticking with the nests cams"	73.8%
indoor cheaper "it works in the same way as the indoor cheaper cams"	73.8%
reasonably priced "good quality and reasonably priced"	73.8%
below expectations "absolutely below expectations"	73.8%
pretty neat "otherwise a pretty neat little camera"	73.8%
that colour "night vision is also clear would recommend not pointing at something which is white as it will pick up that colour and not have the desired effect"	73.7%
excellent device "excellent device"	73.7%
good product "good product"	73.7%
going strong "brilliant piece of kit does exactly what it says on the tin 5 minutes to put up lovely bit of kit haven’t charged the battery for two weeks and still going strong"	73.6%
local wildlife "albeit there is little activity apart from the local wildlife"	73.6%
very reliable "i’ve found it easy to set up and it’s very reliable"	73.6%
great peace "this camera gives me great peace of mind"	73.6%
configurable features "easy to install and plenty of configurable features"	73.5%
ordering another "love the fact i can sit indoors and get the pic up on my echo screen will be ordering another"	73.5%
spot wildlife "bought it mainly to spot wildlife around the garden so bring battery powered this is perfect"	73.5%
lovely thing "it's a lovely thing tiny easy to screw on the wall and works perfectly"	73.5%
fantastic product "fantastic product i have the door bell and the spot light camera for my garden which leaves me feeling safer i can see what going on although i have caught some brilliant videos of wildlife that visit"	73.4%
great night vision "great night vision"	73.4%
good quality "set up was seemless as with other ring devices and the recording is of good quality"	73.3%
very neatly "the product is boxed very neatly and everything you need is there apart from a drill of course "	73.3%
light turns "working with alexa you can now setup routines so when the camera detects movement my porch light turns on"	73.2%
quality and value "fantastic quality and value for money"	73.2%
great devices "these are great devices i love the fact that these are battery operated as it means i don't have to worry about running electrical cables externally so installation is extremely simple provided you have a decent wi fi signal"	73.2%
even better "with light it's naturally even better"	73.2%
cable management "so this is perfect the fact that it comes with a rechargeable battery is brilliant and takes away that cable management"	73.1%
like magic "this system is superb works like magic"	73.1%
vision great "night vision great as is wide angle coverage and vision so spoiled by this sudden battery discharge "	73.0%
helped me greatly "here's what i had to do to achieve that: reduce motion sensitivity to 50% purchase more bandwidth from bt my provider connect a chime pro to boost signal connect a ring solar panel so £89 for the camera £49 for the chime pro £49 for the panel £189 per camera installed ring customer support were superb though talk with kieran gray he's great and helped me greatly in brief don't buy the ring solution thinking it'll be inexpensive"	73.0%
quality picture "wide angle and great quality picture"	72.9%
added security "bought for added security"	72.8%
camera quality "camera quality at night when working is great"	72.7%
better view "bought to complement my ring doorbell to get a better view"	72.6%
monthly payments "i am still paying for it too monthly payments lol"	72.6%
fantastic value "the stick up cam was easy to install and fantastic value "	72.6%
premium plan "00 i had to have it as i have a premium plan with ring for £8"	72.6%
highly recommended "highly recommended for any outdoor camera"	72.6%
quick installation "quick installation and simple to use"	72.5%
would recommend "would recommend"	72.4%
great piece "great piece of kit"	72.4%
quality piece "i think this is a good quality piece of kit and will be purchasing more cameras from ring"	72.3%
indoor and outdoor "it’s useable indoor and outdoor too which is a great advantage"	72.3%
rssi value "having gone through the initial setup everything seemed fine the camera is around 8 metres from my front door and the rssi value was good"	72.3%
priced model "this new lower priced model is ideal for my usage in the garden as the slightly narrower range of the lens compared to 2nd gen model covering my front drive is still sufficient to cover the full width of my garden"	72.3%
outdoor socket "because of l shaped connector to camera was hard to put through wall so have plugged it into outdoor socket"	72.3%
regular updates "hopefully the device will get regular updates to make it usable and a worthwhile purchase one day"	71.9%
much better "the newer camera is far superior it seems to be able to work in low light much better see the second picture above the on board ir led's supplement this camera night vision rather than it being essential"	71.9%
simple clicks "download the app open the app a few simple clicks later and that's it working"	71.8%
internet connection "you can go live and talk to the people in front of the camera from anywhere in the world that's got internet connection"	71.8%
cheaper alternative "it’s a cheaper alternative than having an official chime"	71.8%
were superb "here's what i had to do to achieve that: reduce motion sensitivity to 50% purchase more bandwidth from bt my provider connect a chime pro to boost signal connect a ring solar panel so £89 for the camera £49 for the chime pro £49 for the panel £189 per camera installed ring customer support were superb though talk with kieran gray he's great and helped me greatly in brief don't buy the ring solution thinking it'll be inexpensive"	71.7%
brillant works "brillant works well"	71.6%
went ahead "i am glad i went ahead and bought this"	71.4%
home security system "i'm also looking at the home security system now as i'm so happy with the camera"	71.3%
does actually "fairly easy to install although the name of “stick up” a bit misleading as it does actually require the bracket to be screwed on to a wall or surface"	71.3%
camera easy "great camera easy set up"	71.2%
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Pros [149] of Neos SmartCam | Wi-Fi SmartHome Securi..	Strength
absolutely brilliant in both products "bought this so we could keep an eye on our dog when we're out and it has been absolutely brilliant"	100.0%
excellent product in both products "picture quality could be improved but for the price it's an excellent product"	100.0%
brilliant camera in both products "brilliant camera for both day and night time viewing connects to phone laptop etc and once activated on phone instantaneously records any movement and sound activations"	100.0%
quite good in both products "picture quality during the day does seem to be quite good for the price"	99.9%
installation process in both products "during the installation process you get guided through via voice from the camera and the status of the process is displayed on your phone tablet"	99.9%
really good in both products "night vision this is really good"	99.3%
works perfectly in both products "as with my first camera it works perfectly"	98.6%
amazing product in both products "motion detection zones needs to be considered as well all in all it's a great product but when things like what i have mentioned and other have too it will turn a great product into an amazing product"	98.5%
very impressive in both products "overall a very impressive performance"	95.6%
well designed in both products "arrived promptly in well designed packaging"	94.6%
excellent camera in both products "excellent camera for the price we paid so we have bought 3 in total so our house is covered by the cameras and peace of mind for leaving the house protected"	92.9%
works brilliantly in both products "the motion detection works brilliantly and the night vision is great"	92.1%
highly recommend in both products "highly recommend!"	90.5%
quality excellent in both products "the camera has a built in stand which is great if you need to lift it slightly it also has 2 way speech so you can talk to and speak back to anyone in the vicinity of the camera the angle of view is very wide and picture quality excellent"	89.7%
great camera in both products "great camera packed with all the features and more of cameras 5x it’s value"	88.5%
really happy in both products "really happy with the camera does a lot for a low price"	88.4%
works well in both products "i have it placed in 3 different location around my apartment which one location it's slightly poor in wifi signal but camera still works well"	75.0%
good price in both products "good price as well"	75.0%
good instructions in both products "nice compact camera easy to set up good instructions"	75.0%
very handy in both products "it's very handy"	75.0%
looks good in both products "looks good but you cannot change order of cameras pause recorded videos or view recordings stored on sd card remotely"	75.0%
great value in both products "great value would recommend"	74.9%
really well in both products "overall a really well made product with a really stable app that connects quickly and gives good image quality"	74.9%
smart tech in both products "has to be a five star rating other smart camera manufacturers take notice cheap smart tech is achievable!"	74.9%
outdoor version in both products "would like them to do an outdoor version"	74.9%
great device in both products "a great device thoroughly recommended"	74.9%
recommend these in both products "i would now i'd recommend these for indoor use they also work with alexa which is great for use as a baby monitor"	74.8%
picture quality in both products "picture quality is very very good and the sound is clear"	74.8%
outdoor camera in both products "it's not designed as an outdoor camera yes you can get housing to overcome this but if you have good outdoor lighting then this will take good shots at night through glass"	74.8%
work great in both products "they work great through the app and also with the echo show 5"	74.6%
good picture in both products "it works well during the day and night giving good picture"	74.5%
will probably in both products "all in all happy customer and will probably buy some more to use around the house"	74.4%
pretty good in both products "the android app is also pretty good again does a lot of things similar to nest"	74.4%
excellent love "camera quality is excellent love that i can record footage or take pics and also handy when he stirs during the night to see if he's settling ok"	100.0%
excellent great "fantastic value for money security camera picture quality is excellent great app and easy set up"	100.0%
extremely powerful "i decided in the end to use an outside mount for it and have it under a porch camera quality is very good although the ir isnt extremely powerful for excellent night vision the alerts were impossible though zoning needs to be implemented"	100.0%
great experience "a great experience for the user and a good home security product"	99.9%
excellent piece "excellent piece of kit for the price the reviews on here are very misleading this camera does support alexa via the neos skill and does support triggering via detected noise does everything i need"	99.9%
extremely detailed "and what an amazing bit of technology it is not only does it do what it says on the tin but it also records video in 12 second burst so we now have extremely detailed videos of his night seizures to take with us to his hospital visits"	99.8%
great motion detection "i have two other indoor cameras from another company which are good they swivel around and up and down and the picture is great motion detection is 1st class"	99.7%
real winner "come on neos smartcam team match the service that wyze cam offer and you will have a real winner!"	99.5%
brilliant as well "beware of cheap ip cameras that do not have the same security this does through the app fantastic camera app support has been brilliant as well"	99.4%
cam auto arms "add your address to tell the cam geographically where it is link to you mobile when you leave the house with your phone & the geo bubble round the house the cam auto arms come home & it auto disarms"	99.4%
extremely good "the reality is that despite being low cost it is extremely good value easy to use two minutes to set up "	99.4%
amazing boost "the settings and preferences are amazing like the auto geo fencing setting alarm mobile viewing sound and motion alarm sensitivity and sharing recordings notifications of triggers and recordings to play back adding cameras and sharing live view is also a bonus cloud storage amazing boost easy to access and good value considering arlo you have to opt into just to use it which i think is unfair considering you already have to fork out for wi fi"	99.3%
potentially amazing "a potentially amazing piece of equipment especially at the price limited in functionality by deliberate choices of the company making them which removes most choices and any versatility of use"	99.2%
absolutely amazing "absolutely amazing camera especially for the price!"	99.0%
pleased and highly "am very pleased and highly recommend"	98.4%
little vague "that said support is great though sometimes a little vague "	97.8%
excellent picture "still water tight and giving an excellent picture"	97.5%
super small cube "the camera is a nice super small cube with an extending magnetic base which means you can easily place and adjust it anywhere vertically and horizontally"	96.8%
amazingly well "i would happily pay £40+ night vision works great the picture quality is more than good enough the 2 way audio feature and the auto arming feature work amazingly well"	96.5%
best camera "this is probably the best camera under £100 in the world"	96.0%
minor comment "only a minor comment that the power cord is quite short about 1"	95.3%
extra payment "extra payment for monitoring required"	95.2%
good angle "crispy colours and a good angle of view enough to capture a full room wall to wall from a central point"	94.7%
otherwiae its brilliant "otherwiae its brilliant"	94.4%
sound quality excellent "sound quality excellent so picks up movement and noise"	93.8%
magnetic disk "this is a very neat device in a small and discreet housing with adjustable stand and facility to attach to a magnetic disk which sticks to a surface"	93.8%
make it amazing "for this price is good but a better software would make it amazing!"	93.1%
neos smart "neos smart cam is probably the best ip cam you could get within its price range!"	93.1%
excellent given the price "the picture and video quality are excellent given the price"	93.1%
excellent for the price "the camera is excellent for the price"	93.1%
have fun and enjoy "have fun and enjoy"	93.1%
night vision is amazing "night vision is amazing!"	93.1%
these are brilliant "i think these are brilliant"	93.1%
brilliant i love "this camera is brilliant i love it"	93.0%
still and excellent "its still and excellent unit would defo buy another one if i need it "	93.0%
fantastic simply "the camera quality itself is fantastic simply brilliant"	92.9%
it's brilliant "for the price it’s brilliant"	92.7%
amazing i love "wow this camera is amazing i love it it was so easy to set up and connect to alexa the picture quality is great in the day and night it notifies you straight away of a noise or motion on your phone and you can view it straight away"	92.1%
exceptional value "so far there have been a few outages but overall exceptional value for money!"	92.1%
excellent usually "customer support is excellent usually reply same day"	92.0%
best 20 quid "best 20 quid i spent "	91.8%
very effective "motion detection i'd very effective perhaps a little too much for how we have located it"	91.8%
principle is superb "the principle is superb"	91.7%
they 're excellent "i do have mine set up as outside cameras using the third party outdoor housing £9 on amazon but they’re excellent"	91.7%
great also "night vision is great also"	90.6%
bargain for the price "a bargain for the price"	90.6%
best outcome "the best outcome out relate to the above with respect to the nanny cam the ability to have alexa automatically start viewing it on an echo show when there is motion would be amazing"	90.4%
excellent coverage "wide field of view for excellent coverage and with digital zoom which does degrade the quality as you zoom in but still adequate"	89.7%
amazing for the price "the picture quality is amazing for the price"	89.2%
good downstairs "my router is in the attic so wifi is good downstairs but not strong the camera live stream was a little patchy as a result but moving it upstairs the issue goes with a stronger wifi signal"	88.8%
amazing the clips "the picture quality is amazing the clips when it is armed are good night vision is great too"	88.6%
way audio is great "i have managed to connect a mi fi device network so added bonus for me the features are reliability are well beyond those of the cheaper far eastern chinese ones so not even comparable in my opinion face id is also amazing but not yet used two way audio is great"	88.5%
absolute bargain "considering how much all other smart home cameras cost this is an absolute bargain"	88.4%
flipping awesome "for a cheap camera that's alexa compatible it's flipping awesome"	88.3%
secure & reputable "i've also spoken to neos and they've told me the data from the cameras is fully encrypted both in live viewing & when being sent to the cloud & can only be viewed by the owner protected by id pass the cloud services are also provided by amazon so all channels seem secure & reputable"	88.3%
really amazing "this little camera is really amazing"	87.0%
fact optional "the phone number during signup is in fact optional and doesn't need to be provided!"	85.9%
nicest looking "i was wondering if i was doing the right thing but i bought it because this camera was the smallest the nicest looking and one of the best prices"	84.9%
detailed instructions "camera came well packaged and with short but very easy detailed instructions usb cable power adapter similar to apple and mounting plate if needed"	84.7%
good coverage "good picture good coverage easy to install and the app to view when away from home works every time whether via wifi or mobile data"	75.0%
reasonably good "so i’ve bought 2 of these i was originally fairly impressed the picture was reasonably good the motion detection works well and for the price there wasn’t too much to argue with"	75.0%
great deal "first of all setup takes a long time and as others have said in their reviews you have to disclose a great deal of personal information"	75.0%
moderately useful "these cameras are amazing value for the price but the system is so flakey and unreliable it cannot be used for any moderately useful security application"	75.0%
waterproof case "other than that great camera and plan to mount outside in a waterproof case"	75.0%
great price "super little security camera at a great price i was sceptical when i brought this because it was so cheap however the quality of the picture in both day and night mode are exceptional at this price point"	75.0%
precise signal "precise signal is needed to set up and it took perseverance to position the camera on line"	75.0%
good points "good points: easy to setup"	75.0%
love these "i love these"	75.0%
stable position "took ages to set up the app is way too finicky too much personal data needed and nightmare getting cam to point in a stable position as the slightest movement of the power cable disturbs alignment of camera swivel joint on the fixed bracket is too loose"	75.0%
great features "really great features using as a security cam the only thing i would say is that what is the point of haveing an sd slot that could record two weeks or a month like other cameras which are a fraction of this value camera to just record 12 second clips which wipe however long?"	75.0%
seems well "i have had a few niggles and issues initially but all seems well now"	75.0%
insurance company "after researching the manufacturer and associated insurance company i decided to get a quote for my building and contents cover which was very competitive especially with a 20% reduction for using the cameras"	75.0%
recognition cameras "we live in an age where londoners are being arrested for merely looking away from facial recognition cameras"	74.9%
cctv cameras "love these wifi cctv cameras"	74.9%
indoor cameras "i have two other indoor cameras from another company which are good they swivel around and up and down and the picture is great motion detection is 1st class"	74.9%
seems great "having the option to record everything onto a mini sd card seems great but having to remove the card to see whats there is a pain"	74.9%
light enough "the only thing is occasionally when i think it would be light enough it remains on night vision when in the auto mode"	74.9%
looks appealing "the installation was very easy and the product looks appealing but it doesn't really work"	74.9%
increase rating "may increase rating if that gets fixed"	74.9%
massive positive "having the additional option to put in a microsd card to keep recording longer is a massive positive too"	74.9%
good reviews "for the low cost and otherwise good reviews i decided to get the item and i do not regret it"	74.9%
outdoor lighting "it's not designed as an outdoor camera yes you can get housing to overcome this but if you have good outdoor lighting then this will take good shots at night through glass"	74.9%
outdoor cameras "they aren't supposed to be outdoor cameras but you can buy third party cases i have two outdoors fully open to sun wind and rain: no issues whatsoever"	74.9%
record continuously "the best way to use is probably to set it to record continuously using an sd card 32gb is about good enough for 2days i believe "	74.9%
ideal solution "these "cameras" are an ideal solution for this purpose"	74.9%
better software "for this price is good but a better software would make it amazing!"	74.9%
would happily "i would happily pay £40+ night vision works great the picture quality is more than good enough the 2 way audio feature and the auto arming feature work amazingly well"	74.9%
functioned flawlessly "the camera was very easy to set up and the app functioned flawlessly from the start allowing remote live viewing of the room from anywhere in the world with an internet connection and access to stored online recorded video of any movements and sounds detected by the camera"	74.9%
better products "bound to be better products out there"	74.9%
recommended these "i have recommended these to every one even brought a few as gifts"	74.9%
looks great "the camera it's self looks great and is well made"	74.8%
very quickly "currently using 64gb microsd card and works perfectly i have had 1128gb with no problems night vision and motion detection works very well however the motion detection can be a little strong in some occasions notifications are great and come through to your phone very quickly!"	74.8%
equally impressive "the nightvision is equally impressive night vision on a camera that cost less than a half decent meal"	74.8%
price range "neos smart cam is probably the best ip cam you could get within its price range!"	74.8%
simple instructions "is when we are out also reacts to shadows over the front door admitted we face the sun light just a shame the print is so small on the simple instructions and it took me ages to find the app two things to improve on a nifty little thing wont replace outdoor cct but does add to your armoury"	74.7%
proper security "this is great for use as a baby dog monitor but would advise to seek elsewhere for proper security use"	74.7%
best prices "i was wondering if i was doing the right thing but i bought it because this camera was the smallest the nicest looking and one of the best prices"	74.7%
five stars "five stars in all categories!"	74.7%
being useful "not really used the record function but can see it being useful if we go away as a security cam"	74.6%
worked flawlessly "noise and motion detection has worked flawlessly thus far"	74.6%
really wide "however the technoligy is great the autoarm movement and sound sensors are good night vision is fantatsic and the camera has a really wide lens"	74.6%
blown away "for such a cheap camera i was blown away by the features of this camera and app"	74.6%
smart plug "reliability of recording increased by rebooting each camera by way of a smart plug just after arming"	74.6%
fantastic cameras "fantastic cameras"	74.6%
metal disk "i also purchased the extra mounting kit which has another metal disk with a countersunk hole in the centre for the screw"	74.6%
prob relieved "he’s prob relieved!"	74.5%
easy to navigate "app is easy to navigate"	74.5%
very competitive "after researching the manufacturer and associated insurance company i decided to get a quote for my building and contents cover which was very competitive especially with a 20% reduction for using the cameras"	74.5%
pretty easily "night vision works pretty well but the ir led's are very obviously on so any real intruder would spot the cameras pretty easily"	74.5%
monthly subsciption "you may also need depending if setting up outside a weatherproof casing more add ons which bumps up the price and the option to pay a monthly subsciption of £3"	74.5%
super clear "i use this for 2 reasons 1 as a baby monitor so much better that those expensive ones picture is super clear and i use it as a cctv when i am out of the house"	74.5%
good enough "compact has a magnetic base with fixing if needed nice long usb cable good picture quality plenty good enough to zoom in on "	74.5%
amazing price "amazing price for such a well designed well functioning piece of kit"	74.5%
arrived home "for example last week i arrived home and the gates was open and i thought i check what happened"	74.4%
just amazing "and to round it all off the price is just amazing would i recommend these little cameras absolutely!"	74.4%
were not wrong "the reviews were not wrong"	74.4%
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