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All-new Ring Stick Up Cam Battery | HD security camera with Two-Way ..

Best price: £87.91
  • See, hear and speak to people and pets from your phone, tablet ..
  • With Live View, you can check on your home any time through the..
  • Get notifications whenever motion is detected by adjusting your..
  • Place it anywhere: indoors or outdoors, on flat surfaces or mou..
  • Watch over your entire home by connecting one or multiple Stick..

Product Attributes

  • Width: 2.4 Inches,
  • Height: 3.8 Inches,
  • Weight: 0.4 Pounds,
  • Length: 2.4 Inches

Positives

Neutrals

Negatives

53.4% 14.3% 32.3%

Senti Score  [67.7%]

Netvue Outdoor Security Camera 1080P Waterproof Wireless WiFi Bullet..

  • See Hear and Talk In Real Time With the built-in microphone and..
  • Crisp FHD Video Even at Night With the advanced 1/2.7" CMOS sen..
  • Notify You once Motion Detected When motion is detected, Netvue..
  • Full Metal Shell, Built To Last With full-metal housing and IP..
  • Quick Setup & Stable Connection Easily complete the entire setu..

Product Attributes

  • Width: 2.6 Inches,
  • Height: 2.6 Inches,
  • Weight: 1.3 Pounds,
  • Length: 7.6 Inches,
  • Size: 1 Count (Pack of 1)

Positives

Neutrals

Negatives

70.9% 11.0% 18.1%

Senti Score  [81.9%]

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All-new Ring Stick Up Cam Battery | HD security camera with Two-Way ..

total waste just appalling poor works perfect happy better disappointing disappointed absolute garbage rubbish excellent brilliant useless absolutely delighted great absolutely brilliant

Netvue Outdoor Security Camera 1080P Waterproof Wireless WiFi Bullet..

total darkness works brilliant complete waste crap routers works perfect best excellent product excellent false expensive difficult brilliant great better poor expected

Compare Cons

very disappointed in both products

"very disappointed"
99.0%

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%

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%

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%

connection issue in both products

"we had a few other issues during set up but i think this may be pilot error or a wifi connection issue"
74.4%

false alarms in both products

"i do get a couple of false alarms each day at the moment"
73.4%

constant problems 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"
73.3%

free trial in both products

"another problem that i had was the 30 day free trial — it gave me just two days"
72.7%

connection issues in both products

"so unfortunately we had to return it and replaced it with a blink xt2 which has had no connection issues"
71.1%

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%

takes too long in both products

"the only downside is that it sometimes takes too long for the recorded videos to be viewed on my iphone"
65.8%

cheap price in both products

"the unit itself is a very cheap build hence the cheap price"
64.7%

waste of time in both products

"waste of time"
64.5%

even more disappointing in both products

"even more disappointing is that now looking through the reviews again others seem to have had the same issues with this product"
64.3%

lose connection in both products

"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%

trying to connect in both products

"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%

trial and error in both products

"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%

does n't always in both products

"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%

power plug in both products

"no weather shielding of power plug"
55.0%

brick wall in both products

"the same happens if i take it the other side of a 100mm brick wall"
54.9%

faulty unit in both products

"suspecting a faulty unit i had amazon send another and the replacement had exactly the same issues"
54.5%

total waste

"total waste of money"
99.8%

absolute garbage

"absolute garbage"
99.7%

just appalling

"just appalling"
99.6%

extremely poor

"liking the cam however the battery life is extremely poor"
99.4%

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%

really awful

"in summary really awful support from ring limited to 20 minutes what's this about!"
98.9%

takes forever

"bear in mind that it takes forever to recharge hours "
98.8%

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%

doesnt work

"this doesnt work more often then it does work"
75.0%

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%

same issue

"many many others with exactly the same issue"
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%

does n't work

"i has settings to say is it facing a window but after speaking to the tech department it doesn't work"
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%

main issue

"my main issue is that i can’t set the motion zone big enough"
74.6%

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%

pretty useless

"ring support have been pretty useless simply telling me it's my wifi"
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%

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%

would n't work

"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%

drill two holes

"charge the battery setup drill two holes and fit the mount job done!"
74.1%

zero stars

"zero stars!"
74.0%

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%

more useless

"this proved to be even more useless than the device"
73.5%

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%

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%

same problem

"having read loads of comments from other users with the same problem i have returned the cam"
72.4%

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%

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%

does not work

"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%

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%

sending it back

"sending 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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

useless outdoors

"but as you can see the camera is foggy and so useless outdoors in uks climate"
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%

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%
...

only gripe in both products

"the only gripe i can think of is the thickness off the camera connections especially the internet one"
74.9%

only issue in both products

"initial setup is a little complicated but if you follow the instructions carefully then it works the only issue being that the cameras need a 2"
74.9%

major issue in both products

"using ethernet wired connection was not a major issue"
74.8%

more expensive in both products

"once up the camera is easy to set up with the downloadable app qr code supplied and the images are as good as i have seen on some more expensive cameras"
74.8%

only problem in both products

"the only problem i had was that i had to position the camera very close to the router as the camera kept dropping out even though the wifi signal showed 57% and that this was a good signal"
74.5%

false alarms in both products

"when it's sunny and cloud cover comes across again it false alarms"
73.4%

constant problems in both products

"easy enough to install but i’ve had constant problems with the cameras stopping functioning when the cards fills up you get no alert this has happened even though it’s supposed to reformat automatically"
73.3%

free trial in both products

"we also pay around £1 a month so we continue to receive video recorded notifications after the free trial ends a tiny amount for piece of mind "
72.7%

connection issues in both products

"i have been a long time user of another brand of wifi camera but kept having connection issues so i though i would give netvue a go prompted by other reviews and there very competitive price"
71.1%

power cable in both products

"i took another reviewers suggestion of putting all of the wires in a junction box outside as the cables are too bulky as a group to easily put through the wall so i just put the power cable through"
69.6%

takes too long in both products

"so this feature got turned off which is one of the reasons i wanted the camera it would notify that there was motion at my door i would ask alexa to show me the front door cam to see who it was then answer the door the whole process was to hit and miss and just takes too long by the time the video comes up the person would have left thinking there is nobody at home"
65.8%

cheap price in both products

"i have had cctv systems before that were far more expensive and was a little dubious about a camera at such a cheap price and thought that the quality would not be that good"
64.7%

trying to connect in both products

"i guess most of the time the video comes up but sometimes it times out trying to connect"
56.2%

trial and error in both products

"this really is just a case of trial and error and the app offers sensitivity adjustments so you can have it exactly as you want it"
56.0%

does n't always in both products

"also to subscribe to the motion data as the camera doesn't always get a photo of the trigger but will record it!"
55.8%

power plug in both products

"however there is no way to stop recording except by pulling out the power plug which seems a bit brutal the app should provide for this to prevent file corruption i did try disconnecting power the sd card seemed ok and successfully re mounted on restoring power"
55.0%

very disappointed in both products

"i am just very disappointed i cannot return the other camera or even request a refund as i have no power adapter to set up the second camera which is now left redundant"
54.8%

faulty unit in both products

"the camera whilst working was a fairly good product for the price paid the problem & the reason of the low rating is due to the customer support while the support for set up alone was good the issue with support for returning a faulty unit is a complete nightmare"
54.5%

even more disappointing in both products

"live view works fine which makes it even more disappointing"
54.3%

waste of time in both products

"i thought the microphone and speaker were going to be a waste of time but i can clearly hear anyone talking at my front door"
51.6%

complete waste

"the motion detection on the camera is a complete waste of time and will just alert you every couple of minutes even when there is absolutely nothing there so i had this disabled the whole time i owned the camera which is a really big disadvantage!"
99.9%

total darkness

"i don't know how it would work in total darkness but for me it's fine"
99.6%

crap routers

"the people with wifi issues either don't know what they are doing or have crap routers"
99.4%

incredibly frustrating

"it’s just incredibly frustrating"
98.5%

time delay

"there is a time delay when watching on my phone but that is to be expected with all devices of this type"
96.4%

will be buying

"as soon as they do this i will be buying!"
96.2%

record continuous

"you would either have to get a memory card to record continuous but then in the event of it being stolen you have list all the footage or pay £8 a month for 24 7 recording to the cloud"
92.5%

connection is so terrible

"the camera itself isn't bad by any means and especially for £40 however the biggest fault i have with it is the connection and even though i have a wifi extender literally less than 4 metres away from the camera really the connection is still garbage half the time it says the camera isn't on which is rubbish because i know it's on it's just the connection is so terrible"
89.8%

every drop

"i still need to play with the settings much more to get it all right as i am getting alerts for every drop of rain that falls at the moment and that’s on the lowest sensitivity setting"
89.8%

tideious and frustrating

"i like that you can add a micro sd card in and it will record everything for you but setting these up can be tideious and frustrating"
89.5%

lengthy and unsuccessful

"after lengthy and unsuccessful attempts to contact the company direct located in china with no apparent uk agent i was informed robotically via e mail chat that it only worked at 2"
89.5%

storage issue

"the only reason i give this 4 stars is because of the storage issue with multiple devices not being available"
74.9%

storage issues

"but it is not designed to be a high end 8 mega pixel camera with all the transmission and storage issues that you would come up against"
74.9%

fall apart

"the camera body is ok mostly plastic so will either fall apart or last until the next millennium"
74.9%

made cheaply

"so we have power it's a standard dc connector and massive extension cables are cheaply available through amazon lan with an indicator led built in again a 25m run is easily purchased but even longer can be made cheaply and thirdly a weatherproof wifi reset button: i default away from wifi but recognise the brilliant innovation this option is just try getting up a ladder and removing the access plate to locate a tiny black button inside the body of the unit "
74.9%

fault this

"honestly can't fault this especially as we got it when it was on offer"
74.8%

picture freezing

"i got so fed up with various things going wrong such as the picture freezing that i thought i’ll sort it out tomorrow"
74.8%

user error

"i had issues setting up wifi connection but it turned out to be user error my end"
74.8%

main gripe

"setting up the wifi so as to use without the rj45 cable was my main gripe"
74.8%

break inns

"months on still regular problems when it should just work it's unreliable bottom line in a product where reliability is critical we had an issue with car break inns and low and behold despite paying for the 24 7 service"
74.8%

annual fees

"seems good value for money but the costs to subscribe to cloud services are not clear at the outset so i guess the low product price is balanced with the annual fees to subscribe"
74.8%

or 4 adjacent holes

"not everybody realises you can make 3 or 4 adjacent holes to create a larger one it leaves me thankful that we share a world with folk like that because it means i still have a job"
74.8%

would be rubbish

"i thought the picture quality would be rubbish but it's really not"
74.8%

awful feeling

"get the awful feeling that its spying on us"
74.8%

didnt work

"had this arrive today after looking around alot i found this on offer with an added amazon discount code it didnt work out to be cheapest but looked to be best value anyway when it arrived i opened it up and theres everything you need besides a drill and screwdriver to fit it actually included the corrected masonry drill bit for the plugs anyway about 10mins later it was installed setting up was very simple"
74.7%

loud noises

"even though i set it up with just one square area of motion detection it still picks up loud noises when cars go past"
74.7%

lose connection sometimes

"and some cameras do lose connection sometimes"
74.7%

left redundant

"i am just very disappointed i cannot return the other camera or even request a refund as i have no power adapter to set up the second camera which is now left redundant"
74.7%

annoying wires

"the camera is ultimately a wi fi camera but there are three annoying wires which you can't easily hide"
74.7%

error message

"i put an sd card into it which it quickly used the memory on you should be able to clear the card from the app but that doesn’t seem to work it gives an error message every time"
74.6%

your unsure

"there are video tutorials if your unsure as you setup"
74.6%

slight issue

"slight issue with the large network cable as i had to drill a very large hole to get this mounted to the wall so that no cables were showing"
74.6%

screw heads

"this made installation harder than need be as the screw heads are so soft they stripped immediately"
74.5%

several problems

"i have had several problems since and sadly they were all caused by me!"
74.4%

very expensive

"cloud storage lasts for a 14 day trial then it is a very expensive subscription per camera"
74.3%

becomes expensive

"it becomes expensive at $70 per year per camera"
74.2%

camera isnt

"obviously the only way you know the camera isnt connected to tour router is when you open the netvue app"
74.2%

unfortunately only

"the instructions which come with it are easy to follow but unfortunately only tell you about installing it & nothing about using it but i found this information on the web"
74.1%

minor issue

"only minor issue found so far is that one sd card of two wouldn't 'mount' meaning it required manually reformatting on my pc but was soon sorted and have had no further issues with it"
74.0%

particularly awkward

"we have a particularly awkward outdoor view and cannot see the gate or visitors without going outdoors and round the corner so i decided to be brave and try an outdoor camera although it did seem a bit sci fi and hi tech for our rather basic household"
73.9%

only let down

"only let down is the motion detection it doesn't pick my 6ft frame up but does trigger with flies"
73.8%

long painful

"it takes a lot to impress me and get a security device put into my smart home and this camera has ended a long painful search"
73.7%

busy electrician

"i’ve only just found a busy electrician to fit my camera"
73.7%

some trouble

"i had some trouble connecting these cameras to my wi fi at 1st"
73.7%

further problems

"so we had a spate of tyre damages to cars outside the house so decided to get a good quality night vision camera to use as a deterrent to further problems"
73.4%

false triggers

"i have positioned my camera to cover my front garden so i don't want false triggers from the road outside it was very simple to disable the image zones where i don't want a notification then the sensitivity was adjusted with a simple slider"
73.4%

false alerts

"so unless you mount the camera under an overhang which shelters the camera from rain or snow then you are going to get a lot of false alerts"
73.4%

major problem

"i've got a major problem trying to figure out how to house these cables"
73.4%

built in speaker

"having a built in speaker on the camera is just a bit of fun so far"
73.3%

first issue

"this is the first issue"
72.6%

never gets

"the device is up to date and never gets unplugged"
72.5%

slight negative

"one slight negative is that the mounting screws provided were of a very poor quality"
72.5%

disgusting support

"disgusting support!"
72.5%

only negative

"my only negative is that it is quite big and obvious on the front of the house"
72.3%

further issues

"only minor issue found so far is that one sd card of two wouldn't 'mount' meaning it required manually reformatting on my pc but was soon sorted and have had no further issues with it"
72.2%

better features but

"downsides motion detection sensitivity in app is not great app could have better features but not the worst either no option to view on laptop pc the drill bit that came with it was really poor quality that broke in less then 10 seconds of using"
72.2%

false motion detections

"you tighten up some grub screws after adjustment which holds the camera rock solid so there are no false motion detections due to camera wobble "
72.0%

brick walls

"i do understand that expecting the wifi to go through two outdoor brick walls is a big ask"
71.5%

returned damaged item

"looks like i was given a returned damaged item"
71.4%

babies nursery

"this is my second netvue product after purchasing an indoor camera for our babies nursery and this product is just as if not more impressive"
70.6%

echo comared

"there is a delay in the live view on the echo comared to the app on galaxy note"
70.5%

dubious people

"as there have been a few dubious people around decided on this vigil camera to keep a check out"
70.2%

detection issue

"the motion detection issue is now with their research team and i am confident that they will come up with a solution to the sensitivity issue very quickly"
69.8%

spoke out from

"our postman had a right scare when we suddenly spoke out from it"
69.7%

more defined

"i wish the motion detection had daily settings for when its active and a greater number of squares to get a more defined area"
69.6%

little adva

"after a while i worked out that the wireless mesh network in my house was a little adva ced for the wifi card in the camera"
69.1%

more bothersome

"the second and more bothersome is that when i tried to access the sd files in my computer i figured that the video files are in a proprietary format!"
68.6%

small adjustments

"installation outdoors was pretty easy and took a few small adjustments to get the perfect picture"
68.2%

waste your money

"feel free to waste your money you really would be better getting a wired unit with a centrally controlled hard drive all at home as that will run for years with no issues"
68.1%

woefully short

"firstly the power wire is woefully short limiting placement unless you add in extension cables"
68.0%

against brick

"everything needed seems to be in the box even down to a masonary drill if you were mounting against brick"
67.9%

unwelcome visitors

"i bought 2 of these cameras for my mum as she has had some unwelcome visitors looking around her property recently needless to say she hasn't received any problems since!"
67.7%

unwanted visitors

"camera feels sturdy and solid has a built in mic to capture sound and also a speaker so you could even scare off unwanted visitors by talking into the app!"
67.4%

unless i missed something

"i would suggest that you carry most of step 4 with the included parts to weatherproof the ethernet connector unless i missed something "
67.2%

less satisfactory

"it was equally easy to pair it with alexa but the results are less satisfactory"
67.0%

aerial flops

"my only quibble is that the aerial joint is not sufficiently stiff and the aerial flops around rather than standing upright"
66.9%

high and cant

"sound from the camera speaker is also good but useless for me as i have mounted the camera too high and cant hear it from the floor"
66.8%

small drill hole

"installation to its location was easy and i only needed to use a small drill hole to feed the supplied power cable into an outdoor cable box where the power connection together with wifi and ethernet cable not being used in wifi set up and the camera was easily fitted into location a template was provided but i didn't use this"
66.7%

blank error

"finally it’s not value for money and the motion detection when alerting gives a blank error which cannot be seen what it’s picked up"
66.6%

first week

"i will be buying a second camera 👍🏻 update after a few months: i left my previous review after the first week or so of having the camera after being bribed by netvue with 3 months free subscription to motion detection alerts"
66.3%

only shortcoming

"the only shortcoming is the software which is limited for retrieving photos and videos from the sd card"
65.6%

no cables were showing

"slight issue with the large network cable as i had to drill a very large hole to get this mounted to the wall so that no cables were showing"
65.5%

not very good

"the night vision is not very good but you still see so for me it’s awesome"
65.4%

difficult installation

"having read previous reviews i thought very carefully about where i should position it to avoid a difficult installation"
65.4%

improving its software

"although a budget buy this camera does everything much more expensive cameras do and netvue appears responsive to customers in developing and improving its software"
65.3%

scratch as reviewed

"not normaly one who writes reviews however having purchased a number of alleged good external cameras all of which never came up to scratch as reviewed or advertised"
65.3%

waste your time

"don't waste your time"
65.3%

drop out of wifi

"the camera does drop out of wifi so at times i cant see it on my phone but i've found that this doesn't mean it isn't working as the camera continues to record to the sd card when not connected to wifi so nothing is missed"
65.2%

killed by the same

"it's younger sibling killed by the same update is going back on an amazon doa return"
65.1%

buying netvue

"will definitely be buying netvue again if we need more"
65.0%

been diabolical

"the support from netvue has recently been diabolical"
64.8%

indoors netvue

"i have used indoors netvue and they are great but i did not expect to be amazed by the quality of the outdoors one too"
64.8%

definitely lacking

"there’s also no web interface and support is definitely lacking"
64.8%

that i replaced

"by comparison the cheap camera that i replaced kept buffering and losing connection constantly"
64.6%

slight delay

"two way communication does work but has slight delay inevitable i guess "
64.4%

real shame

"a real shame because when they first worked they were brilliant but they’ve clearly done something to the firmware that doesn’t play nice now"
64.4%

difficult to setup

"difficult to setup as it only works with 2"
64.4%

removed from software

"when this trial add on was removed from software the camera was completely disabled and had to return"
64.3%

supply requirements

"best of all the power supply requirements are the same as my analogue system so they literally took minutes to swap over"
64.2%

same or worse

"but saying that think it would be the same or worse on any other camera"
64.2%

hard drive failures

"the picture quality with these is much better and i actually see the fact they don't record to a central box as a bonus no more hard drive failures!"
64.2%

dubious about a camera

"i have had cctv systems before that were far more expensive and was a little dubious about a camera at such a cheap price and thought that the quality would not be that good"
63.7%

unable to upload

"i have had a few videos which were unable to upload"
63.6%

works it randomly

"and when it works it randomly goes into buffering every so often"
63.5%

complain too much

"have tried adjusting the sensitivity but can't get it to work properly but for a camera of this price i can't complain too much"
63.4%

card recording

"as i had already purchased a netvue wi fi doorbell and been very pleased with it buying the netvue vigil camera s was an obvious next step as they offer sd card recording and playback capability without needing to purchase cloud based storage it’s just a case of mounting the units out of easy reach"
63.3%

very low level

"the following reasons why i could not give it 5 stars: the speaker on the camera is very low level and even though it is installed just above head height you cannot be heard very clearly"
63.3%

damaging my property

"bought this camera as i have a bad neighbour next to me who keeps damaging my property"
63.2%

falls at the moment

"i still need to play with the settings much more to get it all right as i am getting alerts for every drop of rain that falls at the moment and that’s on the lowest sensitivity setting"
63.1%

gets too expensive

"one subscription should cover more cameras not just one otherwise it gets too expensive"
63.0%

opposite initially

"at night the problem was the opposite initially there was no motion detection as soon as it was dark although after a couple of weeks of emails back and forth to support they sent through new firmware which resolved this problem"
63.0%

really cant

"which it really shouldn't be to be honest if i could be bothered to take the camera down and send it back i would but i really cant as it was a bit of a task getting it up"
63.0%

cable enterance

"one thing i would like to say is that it would be nice to have a sealing plug if you are not going to hard wire the broadband side and just use the wifi as it leaves a tiny hole in the cable enterance"
62.8%

three smaller holes

"cover the camera in lens in something i taped a sock around it disconnect the end with the three mounting holes using the hex key provided hold the mount against the wall and drill three smaller holes with a 4mm drill bit take the mount away and open the holes up to fit the rawlplugs"
62.8%

outside instead

"you could fit a connection box outside instead of running cable through the wall"
62.5%

wont record

"motion sensor is temperamental wont record our car parking pretty large subject image but will record endless hours of rain"
61.9%

proprietary format

"the second and more bothersome is that when i tried to access the sd files in my computer i figured that the video files are in a proprietary format!"
61.9%

minimal affect

"if you need a cost effective way to monitor your home minimal affect on the wifi check from anywhere and has a speaker for interactions with home for example asking someone to leave a parcel somewhere safe "
61.9%

cable assembly

"installation is not straightforward because you will need a very large hole in wall to pass cable assembly through"
61.8%

not sufficiently stiff

"my only quibble is that the aerial joint is not sufficiently stiff and the aerial flops around rather than standing upright"
61.7%

minor issues

"two minor issues though"
61.4%

very unreliable

"i’ve recently bought several of these netvue 1080p outdoor security cameras as my existing ones from another maker were very unreliable and constantly dropped their wi fi connections"
61.3%

very poor quality

"one slight negative is that the mounting screws provided were of a very poor quality"
61.2%

useless ornament

"as soon as is possible this useless ornament will be taken down and replaced with something that actually works!"
61.2%

might get stolen

"i got the outdoor camera because a number of dogs have gone missing out of peoples gardens and as my house has a dirt road at the side i’m always nervous that one of my fur babies might get stolen"
60.8%

opened a chat

"already used footage for an incident i did have a problem where just after the time the firmware updates the camera failed i opened a chat at 8am and gave the problem to customer services who passed to technical services who by 9"
60.7%

tried live chat

"i tried live chat and didn't get anywhere"
60.4%

photo in this review

"have attached photo in this review"
60.4%

extremely hard

"night vision is as about as good as ir can get and at this price point it's extremely hard to beat"
59.8%

it's awful

"you have to download a small player they made i found in netvue forum and it's awful!"
59.3%

killed by the update

"killed by the update "
59.1%

card playback

"i'm using a 128gb micro sd card playback is of a high quality and unbroken"
59.0%

card formats

"i’m not using cloud but i am using the sd card the card formats while installed and for a couple of days i’m able to use the camera fine and watch back recordings but then i’m not able to view recordings unless i join cloud for a fee of course"
59.0%

occasional rambler

"for the price paid the camera is excellent i did look around and all the other camera's where more expensive so far i am very pleased the camera picture day or night is excellent and the piece of mind i get from seeing what is going on around my property is great i do live in a very remote area and therefore no traffic passes my house just the occasional rambler"
58.7%

open the holes

"cover the camera in lens in something i taped a sock around it disconnect the end with the three mounting holes using the hex key provided hold the mount against the wall and drill three smaller holes with a 4mm drill bit take the mount away and open the holes up to fit the rawlplugs"
58.6%

mount it too high

"only issue advice is so mount it too high as the spiders are always making webs on the camera and this also can trigger off motion alerts if u have this set up"
58.6%

only issue advice

"only issue advice is so mount it too high as the spiders are always making webs on the camera and this also can trigger off motion alerts if u have this set up"
58.4%

rubbish all the time

"it does work without the cloud subscription but motion detection is rubbish all the time"
58.2%

biggest fault

"the camera itself isn't bad by any means and especially for £40 however the biggest fault i have with it is the connection and even though i have a wifi extender literally less than 4 metres away from the camera really the connection is still garbage half the time it says the camera isn't on which is rubbish because i know it's on it's just the connection is so terrible"
58.1%

aerial joint

"my only quibble is that the aerial joint is not sufficiently stiff and the aerial flops around rather than standing upright"
58.0%

cheap camera

"by comparison the cheap camera that i replaced kept buffering and losing connection constantly"
57.6%

apparently all connected

"the unit showed a solid green light so apparently all connected but the app said the camera is offline"
57.6%

mega pixel camera

"but it is not designed to be a high end 8 mega pixel camera with all the transmission and storage issues that you would come up against"
56.9%

delay is so long

"but the delay is so long"
56.7%

fault this bullet

"cannot fault this bullet cam"
56.6%

dead original unit

"after a stream of emails to support i am now returning my dead original unit"
56.3%

hesitate to recommend

"for the price of this camera i would not hesitate to recommend it"
56.3%

would not be that good

"i have had cctv systems before that were far more expensive and was a little dubious about a camera at such a cheap price and thought that the quality would not be that good"
56.0%

file corruption

"however there is no way to stop recording except by pulling out the power plug which seems a bit brutal the app should provide for this to prevent file corruption i did try disconnecting power the sd card seemed ok and successfully re mounted on restoring power"
55.9%

only quibble

"my only quibble it that the camera is not poe"
55.9%

record continously

"are equally good in many ways but don't record continously"
55.8%

even no reply

"unfortunately even after 2 months i didn't receive the free 64gb sd card as mentioned in the package i received after claiming even no reply to my 2 emails"
55.3%

teething problems

"compact camera but as this model has an ethernet plug on it you have to drill at least a 12mm hole to get the cable through the wall lots of teething problems but the online chat is instant and they always seem to fix the issues but i'd rather it just ran seamlessly than have any pro lems like dropped signal etc or a tf card that has worked perfectly well in the camera for 2 weeks suddenly is no longer recognised"
55.2%

fire stick

"well i've now set it up outside and had tried it on wi fi and on internet cable also as i have a fire stick and alex's i did link it to there account on a good note it works well with the app on a good but bad point as i did not adjust my settings but turned on motion detection it was cool for the first"
55.1%

internet supplier issues

"i have unfortunately ended up with a lan connection to my router but as i said earlier this may be my internet supplier issues"
55.1%

does n't play nice

"a real shame because when they first worked they were brilliant but they’ve clearly done something to the firmware that doesn’t play nice now"
55.1%

unreliable bottom line

"months on still regular problems when it should just work it's unreliable bottom line in a product where reliability is critical we had an issue with car break inns and low and behold despite paying for the 24 7 service"
54.9%

through smaller holes

"one criticism would be the leads should be detachable to get through smaller holes"
54.9%

4ghz not 5ghz

"4ghz not 5ghz"
54.9%

not adjust my settings

"well i've now set it up outside and had tried it on wi fi and on internet cable also as i have a fire stick and alex's i did link it to there account on a good note it works well with the app on a good but bad point as i did not adjust my settings but turned on motion detection it was cool for the first"
54.8%

with no progress

"every day i contact nevue to be told that their “engineers are working on a fix” but that’s been four days now with no progress so i’m sending these back for a refund"
54.8%

sd card not included

"an sd card not included is required to store images video including motion detection although a paid cloud service is available"
54.8%

sensitivity issue

"the motion detection issue is now with their research team and i am confident that they will come up with a solution to the sensitivity issue very quickly"
54.8%

user login

"but i went to my hubs user login on internet explorer and turned the 5g off so it could connect to the 2"
54.8%

n't take long

"had to go through the process twice but it didn’t take long"
54.7%

back in screw

"to get footage you need to get a ladder and climb the ladder to the camera unscrew it all to get to the memory card take the memory out put it into your pc get the footage you need then go back up the ladder put the memory card back in screw all the camera back together and as your doing all this your"
54.7%

no way to stop recording

"however there is no way to stop recording except by pulling out the power plug which seems a bit brutal the app should provide for this to prevent file corruption i did try disconnecting power the sd card seemed ok and successfully re mounted on restoring power"
54.7%

wrong for the price

"can't really go wrong for the price"
54.7%

few problems with

"i recently brought the homecam indoor secuirty cam from the same seller last month and had a few problems with it and these got resolved really well and rapidly because of this i decided to buy a new camera for the outside secuirty of my house"
54.7%

not work with iftt

"my only real criticism is that i would like more control over scheduling the motion detection and they do not work with iftt"
54.7%

would not brake the bank

"i was looking for a easy install camera for a while now that would not brake the bank and then my friend showed me the netvue he has i was shocked when he told me how much he payed and all the features the camera qualty is amzing with the movement notafication sent to your phone so you know where ever"
54.7%

no longer recognised

"compact camera but as this model has an ethernet plug on it you have to drill at least a 12mm hole to get the cable through the wall lots of teething problems but the online chat is instant and they always seem to fix the issues but i'd rather it just ran seamlessly than have any pro lems like dropped signal etc or a tf card that has worked perfectly well in the camera for 2 weeks suddenly is no longer recognised"
54.7%

bare this in mind

"you can view the cameras live without signing up to any storage or buying an sd card from the app but you wont be able to record the footage so bare this in mind"
54.7%

removed '' recently and

"i wanted this to monitor our back garden as we've had some items "removed" recently and i am delighted with how easy it was to setup and use"
54.7%

no battery back

"if the 12v power cord is cut then that's the end of your camera security as there is no battery back up"
54.7%

would not link

"when linking accounts to amazon it would return a load of code and would not link"
54.7%

being a victim of crime

"having being a victim of crime and searching the internet for a good but reasonably priced outdoor camera i can honesty say i am pleased with this product"
54.6%

have a bad neighbour

"bought this camera as i have a bad neighbour next to me who keeps damaging my property"
54.6%

tyre damages

"so we had a spate of tyre damages to cars outside the house so decided to get a good quality night vision camera to use as a deterrent to further problems"
54.6%

not like about

"what i did not like about it was the setup"
54.6%

not buy this camera

"but now the camera is pointless constantly showing off line constantly needing to format the sd card do not buy this camera!"
54.6%

long as your cameras

"so long as your cameras will be close to your router then it should be fine"
54.6%

away in another country

"i had some doing work in my garage while i was away in another country and i was able to view and speak clearly with the"
54.6%

have n't needed it

"no instructions with the camera at all but good website and it appears they have good customer service but i haven't needed it yet!"
54.5%

only slight frustration

"the only slight frustration is that there is large bunch of cables out of the camera body which are redundant if you are using as a wireless device"
54.4%

sceptical of the signal

"i was sceptical of the signal and thought i'd have issues with the wifi signal dropping out"
54.4%

stay connected

"no matter which ever way i tried it would just not stay connected"
54.4%

screws wall

"what i did find good that the camera came with all screws wall plugs a masonry drill bit and a hex key to adjust the direction of the camera"
54.4%

seems a bit brutal

"however there is no way to stop recording except by pulling out the power plug which seems a bit brutal the app should provide for this to prevent file corruption i did try disconnecting power the sd card seemed ok and successfully re mounted on restoring power"
54.4%

facebook it logged it

"only hicup is with the alexa app i could not get it to add the skill but when i logged in via netvue on the computer and logged in via a password password reset and not facebook it logged it in and now all working"
54.4%

no subscripton charge

"has motion sensor in the app to alert you of movement and captures a screenshot each time in the app no subscripton charge required for this "
54.3%

it's really

"i thought the picture quality would be rubbish but it's really not"
54.3%

seems a bit excessive

"not sure on cloud and motion upgrade costs as seems a bit excessive but haven’t looked in to this yet"
54.3%

before it is overwritten

"you can however scroll back in time and record for whatever period you want as long as you do it before it is overwritten"
54.2%

not comment on that

"i'm not using motion detection yet because i wanted this primarily to be able to see who is at the front door so i cannot comment on that"
54.2%

problem here

"whatever had blocked the camera reporting in was fixed by the reboot and the camera went live it was also a lot more responsive through the app so my router was the problem here"
54.2%

no marker for humans

"cloud service don’t work as described gives me 100+ notifications that my cat is running around but can’t detect no humans see pictures no marker for humans"
54.2%

warning on my iphone

"get in seconds a warning on my iphone and can see what is happening"
54.1%

expensive subscriptions

"good product and no need for expensive subscriptions either :"
54.1%

nobody at home

"so this feature got turned off which is one of the reasons i wanted the camera it would notify that there was motion at my door i would ask alexa to show me the front door cam to see who it was then answer the door the whole process was to hit and miss and just takes too long by the time the video comes up the person would have left thinking there is nobody at home"
54.0%

password reset

"only hicup is with the alexa app i could not get it to add the skill but when i logged in via netvue on the computer and logged in via a password password reset and not facebook it logged it in and now all working"
54.0%

weak wifi signal

"i don't need the ethernet option but would be useful to those with weak wifi signal great addition!"
54.0%

rubbish in my opinion

"without the costly addons the camera is rubbish in my opinion"
54.0%

while not subscribing

"u still get motion alerts while not subscribing"
53.9%

this is only 1080

"you can zoom into the image on te phone app but the resolution falls off pretty fast as this is only 1080"
53.9%

good not good

"not good not good at all"
53.8%

10 minutes long

"first problem: it seems that each video file is 10 minutes long but there are some space between them some seconds that don't get recorded at all"
53.7%

exactly as advertised

"i was delighted after i replaced a defective similar unit from another brand because this device behaved exactly as advertised"
53.7%

short demonstration video

"using the app each stage of the set up is clearly explained and supported by a short demonstration video"
53.7%

more difficult to install

"my only issue is the three cables hanging out of the back of it makes it a little more difficult to install"
53.7%

camera wobble

"you tighten up some grub screws after adjustment which holds the camera rock solid so there are no false motion detections due to camera wobble "
53.7%

the wrong place

"i really wanted it to film across my whole driveway but that's more down to me putting the camera in the wrong place"
53.7%

is dual banded

"connecting to router bt hub was a little frustrating but i expected that as bt is dual banded"
53.7%

problem persists

"it has been having trouble loading the live feed but i sure it is a blip and am going to contact customer support if the problem persists"
53.7%

been completely useless

"pretty easy to set up and worked well for a couple of weeks and then following a firmware update the cameras have been completely useless"
53.7%

could be better

"camera isn't perfect though and a few things could be better might even be the app and not the camera to be honest"
53.6%

made the mistake

"i made the mistake of cutting the network plug off to help feed the wire through thinking i wouldn't need it as i was using wireless"
53.5%

received no reply

"have tried contacting their customer service but received no reply so will try and get a refund somehow"
53.5%

minutes only

"actual time attaching camera and cables was minutes only"
53.4%

hear the birds

"easily hear the birds from back of the house"
53.4%

dropping off without

"as to the camera once initial issues sorted probably due wifi dropping off without me knowing it is excellent"
53.4%

no wires showing

"bit of a con showing the camera fitted flush against the wall with no wires showing"
53.3%

therefore i returned

"so therefore i returned it"
53.2%

n't often write reviews

"i don't often write reviews but i am quite impressed with this camera"
53.2%

no reson and picture

"i got this one for my back way as there have been some crimes in some other back ways so just like the fact its keeping a eye on my home while i go to work pros easy to set up and helpful app cons just can cut out some times for no reson and picture can be a bit hard to see sometimes but that could be times of the day would get other one for my front way aswell"
53.2%

fail on me recently

"i did have one fail on me recently after 6 months"
53.2%

large holes

"cons: large holes required for installation"
53.1%

4ghz wireless not a

"4ghz wireless not a 5"
53.1%

128gb cards no longer

"support says that 128gb cards no longer work"
53.1%

ethernet socket

"it is the ethernet socket that determins the size!"
52.8%

will never know

"quite why they didn't do this in the first place i will never know"
52.8%

with no buffering

"showing 97% signal in the app with no buffering"
52.7%

will not necessarily

"despite what anyone says it will not necessarily be easy to fit"
52.7%

difficult to connect

"4ghz if you don't do this it may be difficult to connect you can switch 5ghz back on after its connected"
52.7%

blocked '' area

"picked up car headlights even though in “blocked” area"
52.7%

that do n't have audio

"i've been searching a long time for home security camera's with two way audio to replace my outside ip camera's that don't have audio"
52.6%

solves this issue

"but cloud storage solves this issue"
52.5%

right scare

"our postman had a right scare when we suddenly spoke out from it"
52.4%

rely on pir lamp

"at night in ir in rainy day is prone to false positives detects rain drops or snow flakes practically useless so i switched off infra red and rely on pir lamp to detect motion outdoor"
52.4%

costly addons

"without the costly addons the camera is rubbish in my opinion"
52.3%

view anywhere

"you can view anywhere not just when you are on the same local network"
52.3%

have n't explored

"lots of choices in settings i haven't explored yet"
52.2%

approx # 75 cheaper

"this bullet style camera is approx £75 cheaper than my hikvision!"
52.1%

please do n't change

"please don’t change "
52.1%

could n't be easier

"set up on these cameras couldn't be easier"
52.0%

miss and certainly

"however using the camera to monitor outside motion is hit and miss and certainly not effective with the infra red camera as the light reflects off the windows at night"
52.0%

find nothing

"it is beyond frustrating especially when something has been stolen off your driveway which has happened this morning only to find nothing was recorded!"
51.8%

drilling the holes

"even a drill bit for drilling the holes for mounting the camera"
51.8%

netvue software

"another desireable feature of the netvue software is that it allows ‘sharing’ this enables me to share all the camera features with my wife and as such she also can manage the settings and receive notifications from the motion alarm"
51.8%

eyespy software

"i’d like to connect this to my own nas drive or eyespy software but ip address access is not allowed"
51.8%

eliminated the problem

"4ghz was better did have trouble connecting to a wifi extender did away with that so eliminated the problem"
51.8%

quite bulky wires

"the camera connection has 3 quite bulky wires which would need a really big hole to bring inside"
51.7%

small hole

"this means you only have to drill a small hole through the wall for the power cable and into the back of the junction box"
51.7%

more and more unreliable

"at first these seem great but as time wears on they become more and more unreliable"
51.7%

still was n't working

"as it wasn't connecting for me they sent a solution to get an update through but still wasn't working"
51.6%
...

Compare Pros

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%

excellent both in both products

"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%

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%

been excellent in both products

"love my smart tech across the home and previously purchased ring doorbell 2 and floodlight which have been excellent "
98.3%

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%

works a treat 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 "
90.9%

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%

really easy in both products

"setup was really easy"
74.9%

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%

easy installation in both products

"wow easy installation with a clear picture day and night"
74.8%

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%

absolutely brilliant

"amazing absolutely brilliant"
100.0%

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%

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%

amazing product

"overall amazing product"
98.5%

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%

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%

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%

smart tech

"love my smart tech across the home and previously purchased ring doorbell 2 and floodlight which have been excellent "
74.9%

outdoor version

"great a much smaller than the outdoor version"
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%

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%

work great

"i have a number of smart devices and fire sticks in each bedroom all of which work great"
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%

good picture

"camera worked extremely well inside the house good picture and motion detection"
74.5%

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%

will probably

"will probably buy another for the other side of the property"
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%

pretty good

"the cost of the ring subscriptions plans is pretty good"
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%
...

works brilliant in both products

"the app works brilliant too with plenty of clear adjustments for motion dection etc the motion dection"
100.0%

works perfect in both products

"this camera is fulfilling my demands and works perfect"
100.0%

excellent product in both products

"excellent product in every way"
100.0%

brilliant camera in both products

"this is a brilliant camera we are very impressed as this is mounted on the relevant side of our house in the dormer attic window on the second floor g 1 2 for ease of connection"
100.0%

excellent both in both products

"i have to say that i am very impressed the picture quality on all three cameras is excellent both in day and night modes"
100.0%

works brilliantly in both products

"if you have a micro sd card as well you can fit this and you can quickly rewind to any desired timestamp which works brilliantly"
100.0%

quite good in both products

"it took only a few minutes to set up on wifi the instructions are quite good"
99.9%

installation process in both products

"the installation process was straight forward and mainly intuitive connect to wifi then scan the device barcode in app video very helpful and professionally done and it's done!"
99.9%

highly recommend in both products

"would highly recommend"
99.6%

really good in both products

"the night vision is really good"
99.3%

works perfectly in both products

"it works perfectly through the app on my phone"
98.6%

been excellent in both products

"so far the product has been excellent basically it does what is says on the tin"
98.3%

very impressive in both products

"night vision is very impressive"
95.6%

well designed in both products

"well designed and well made solid camera"
94.6%

excellent camera in both products

"excellent camera that's perfect for the price and does the job amazingly"
92.9%

works a treat in both products

"the night vision works a treat"
90.9%

quality excellent in both products

"the motion detection is very good the picture quality excellent and the cost of these cameras beats most others"
89.7%

great camera in both products

"great camera for the price"
88.5%

really happy in both products

"overall with this camera i am really happy with it and would recommend this to anyone!"
88.4%

camera is amazing in both products

"this camera is amazing!"
87.8%

works well in both products

"the android app works well with my samsung a6 and allows us to enable disable motion controls and tune them and manage all of the recordings"
75.0%

good price in both products

"great product at a good price we are delighted and a little amazed with this piece of kit"
75.0%

good instructions in both products

"easy to install good instructions and easy access on my phone with excellent resolution"
75.0%

very handy in both products

"as i am often away because of work i thought this would come in very handy"
75.0%

looks good in both products

"looks good "
75.0%

really easy in both products

"setup is really easy using the app recommend using the qr code method as seems to work quicker and have had no issues with recording using the sd card"
74.9%

great value in both products

"overall well worth the money and definitely great value"
74.9%

really well in both products

"easy to set up and works really well with alexa on the tv"
74.9%

easy installation in both products

"even the drill bit was supplied for easy installation"
74.8%

recommend these in both products

"all in all a great product for the low cost and i would highly recommend these to someone who doesn't want to have proper cctv cabling installed"
74.8%

picture quality in both products

"it has a brilliant picture quality far better than i imagined it would"
74.8%

very pleased

"it has only been installed 24 hours but so far i am very pleased"
100.0%

impressive both

"the picture quality is impressive both during day and night"
100.0%

best mounted

"best mounted high to avoid tampering also unless you have the cloud back up for storage as with only an sd card as back up any thief getting their hands on it will take the evidence with them!"
100.0%

absolutely superb

"absolutely superb camera especially for the price!"
100.0%

superb camera

"for the price this is a superb camera"
100.0%

superb night vision

"the image is superb especially for the price the fact they let you record locally to the camera via micro sd the two way audio wide field of view the fact i can ask alexa on my fire tablet or fire tv to show me the camera and it pops straight up superb night vision i am very excited to see how netvue develops the platform going forward here are some suggestions on how they might improve going forward"
100.0%

very detailed

"the live playback on the phone app is very detailed"
100.0%

really excellent

"which is downloaded onto iphone or ipad you get really excellent pictures both night and day of the area covered by the camera"
99.9%

unbelievably good

"easy to install the wired connection worked best for me the picture is unbelievably good the motion detection feature is excellent and can be adjusted for sensitivity and 'hot spot' areas very easily in the app"
99.9%

outstanding product

"outstanding product and outstanding service we've had this camera for 3months over now and the quality for relatively little money"
99.9%

absolutely fantastic

"absolutely fantastic camera!"
99.9%

excellent piece

"although not being poe is a bit of a pain on an outdoor camera this is an excellent piece of gear and fantastic value"
99.9%

superb sound quality

"excellent camera for the money good night vision superb sound quality works wifi or wired"
99.7%

outstanding service

"outstanding product and outstanding service we've had this camera for 3months over now and the quality for relatively little money"
99.6%

works fantastically

"first one arrived unfortunately with a damaged microphone however the technically team where brilliant and being unable to solve the issue have sent a replacement which works fantastically"
99.5%

excellent sound

"picture quality is excellent sound could be better but i bought them for the picture rather than the sound"
99.4%

most impressive

"most impressive"
99.3%

seems excellent

"thus value for money seems excellent"
99.2%

professionally done

"the installation process was straight forward and mainly intuitive connect to wifi then scan the device barcode in app video very helpful and professionally done and it's done!"
99.0%

moving traffic

"very handy for moving traffic if your camera is sighted near a road"
98.9%

nice piece

"this product is a nice piece of kit"
98.8%

impressive stuff

"impressive stuff for such a good value camera"
98.3%

real bargain

"it’s a real bargain"
98.2%

incredible piece

"this is an incredible piece of kit for the price"
97.7%

excellent picture

"for the price it's an excellent buy and gives both excellent picture and sound quality"
97.5%

terrific camera

"a terrific camera for the price"
97.3%

both excellent

"the picture quality in both day light colour and night time b&w are both excellent at 1080p"
95.4%

also available

"especially as customer service is also available via email chat or by calling direct"
95.3%

fixing screws

"the camera was easy to mount with 3 fixing screws and the adjustable mount had enough degrees of freedom to enable me to point the camera exactly where i need coverage"
94.9%

wireless or wired

"you have the option of wireless or wired network connection which is really dependant on the strength of your wireless signal"
94.7%

sandisk extreem

"set it up hard wired internet connection with a sandisk extreem pro 128gb memory card"
94.0%

secure recordings

"zoom in and out with ease and of course its waterproof and it has a selection of contract monthly fees to suit you fantastic i’m rarely pleased with this camera and you can also use an micro sd card for secure recordings my best perches of the year"
93.9%

nice strong

"the quality of the camera is nice strong and durable"
93.7%

solid and so far reliable

"these cameras are solid and so far reliable i would highly recommend these to anyone"
93.1%

microphone is amazing

"but the microphone is amazing"
93.1%

really amazing

"i love the fact that you can have multiple users on the same camera and the night vision is really amazing which i was sceptical about but pleased to be proven wrong"
93.0%

picture is great

"picture is great!"
92.7%

product is amazing

"this product is amazing"
92.0%

a bargain well

"buy now to get a bargain well done netvue"
92.0%

excellent also

"the picture and sound are excellent also the motion detection feature is is accurate"
92.0%

excellent in all aspects

"the netvue cameras however are excellent in all aspects"
92.0%

tiny screws

"i had to go back up to my camera on the roof and remove the 2 absolutely tiny screws on the cover to get the sd card out then take it to my laptop to format it before reinstalling it and putting the cover on again trying not to drop the tiny screws"
91.9%

what i think is great

"also what i think is great is that you can talk over the camera"
91.7%

quallity is great

"for price the quallity is great"
91.7%

incredible better

"the motion detection is just incredible better than any of the other cameras i bought to try out"
91.6%

overall excellent camera

"overall excellent camera s whether you go for the bullet or the indoor"
91.1%

very well designed

"the mobile app is very well designed and the installation was incredibly easy"
90.7%

went blurry

"i then changed my cctv system to a cloud based system which was ok until the cameras went blurry"
90.1%

integrate perfectly

"the setup has been simple the online response is quick and seem less and integrate perfectly with my echo spot"
89.8%

superb customer service

"good software and superb customer service!"
89.2%

camera is excellent

"for value this camera is excellent but the problem comes with power cables"
88.8%

good recordings

"i am so impressed with this camera i have ordered another it is at a really cheap at the moment the picture is really clear and the night vision is superb using a sd card means you can look back easily with the app good recordings too"
88.8%

good conectivity

"good conectivity as my camerat is about 60ft away from my router mounted on my garage no issues so far !"
88.8%

love them well

"this is the second camera i have purchased i just love them well made easy to set up with lot's of options and settings works well with alexa and on your mobile phone"
88.6%

just brilliant

"it’s easy to use and easy to set up and the live chat is so helpful it’s just brilliant"
88.5%

absolute bargain

"absolute bargain if you ask me"
88.4%

excellent features and

"the picture quality is excellent features and app are easy to use and to date no problems"
88.3%

clearly and detailed

"night vision is great and shows things very clearly and detailed"
88.2%

brilliant interface

"the software set up is very simple due to a brilliant interface which walks you through everything in the most basic fashion"
88.0%

great addon

"this is a great addon for external security or even just knowing the amazon guy has been round!"
88.0%

well its1080p

"ive had the netvue outdoor security camera for a few months now and it has been working really well its1080p waterproof wireless wifi bullet camera with ir night vision"
87.7%

good support

"very good picture quality and good support via the app"
75.0%

good coverage

"100 degree field of vision allows good coverage of the rear of house and driveway too"
75.0%

great deal

"a brilliant camera night and day views are a great deal better than my previous more expensive camera that this one replaced"
75.0%

good guide

"i found the installation easy and straight forward with a good guide from the 'app' and packeted guide"
75.0%

reasonably well

"all works reasonably well but the interface for checking recordings and events is slow"
75.0%

fairly easy

"i found installation fairly easy using the qr generated code and its a good value peace of mind security solution"
75.0%

good security device

"this is a good security device"
75.0%

neat addition

"still a neat addition to a camera and it does fundamentally work!"
75.0%

great price

"you will be happy with this purchase great price too"
75.0%

good points

"good points: installation: easy enough to do aids there to use which are very useful"
75.0%

adequate quality

"i bought this as a gift and was expecting a basic camera with adequate quality but i was greatly surprised"
75.0%

really useful

"this is a really useful feature"
75.0%

compatible products

"connection to wi fi was fairly straight forward via my android smartphone as was the addition of the device to my alexa compatible products"
75.0%

respectable price

"simply easy to set up easy to use great quality at a respectable price"
75.0%

shockingly good

"in summary an amazing camera for a shockingly good price"
75.0%

great features

"here are the great features of this camera build quality instructions and ease of use excellent 1080p video picture quality so impressed it supports up to 64gb sd card!"
75.0%

great sense

"the best part of the whole process was in the ability to be able to talk through the camera to people passing i had our neighbour looking for me under the car we were in stitches for hours playing it back this might not be recommended practise as our neighbour has a great sense of humour not all neighbours do "
75.0%

nice picture

"sending camera back picture is great tried three sd cards all new ones and would not recognised one of them so as far as i'm concerned if you want to just look at a nice picture but if you need to record stay away from it's crap"
75.0%

cctv installation

"it is well made with a solid construction and now looks like a professional looking cctv installation at the property"
75.0%

great help

"the inclusion of a suitable allen key and masonry drill bit are a great help during installation"
75.0%

fairly responsive

"connects first time every time fairly responsive"
75.0%

good position

"all i had to do was download the app link the camera to my wifi and find a good position outside"
75.0%

seems well

"seems well made and if stands test of time then it will definitely represent good value"
75.0%

decent product

"generally a decent product"
74.9%

recommend enough

"can’t recommend enough"
74.9%

sturdy casing

"good quality camera well built in sturdy casing"
74.9%

cctv cameras

"i was a little worried about the set up as i've tried cctv cameras in the past and they were such a nuisance and ended up unused but this one is so incredibly easy!"
74.9%

easy instructions

"the camera is quite sturdy and robust with easy instructions to help with installation and set up was done in a short time"
74.9%

human detection

"there is also a human detection setting so it will only detect motion if believed to be human activity which works quite well"
74.9%

indoor cameras

"i bought 2 for outdoor use to compliment my indoor cameras"
74.9%

works easily

"the app was easy to set up and it works easily with alexa"
74.9%

monthly option

"monthly option is also available all in all this is definitely one of my better purchases and i wholeheartedly recommend this product"
74.9%

good reviews

"i did lots of research before buying this and they had good reviews"
74.9%

outdoor cameras

"we now own three of the outdoor cameras from netvue for external security along with two indoor units which we use for dog monitoring"
74.9%

great communication

"arrived on time even during the lockdown great communication and tracking found the product very good quality and quite easy to set up night time vision in black & white is good quality and daytime is in great hd picture sometimes buffers but it’s probably my internet connection at fault if using with alexa would suggest it’s a password problem everything has to be the same but apart from that would recommend netvue "
74.9%

great security

"i am adding to my first review with a photo of my new camera on the front of my house so pleased with both cameras great security for my property"
74.9%

elite ultra

"i have put an 128gb sandisk elite ultra in it and formatted it so i guess it's working"
74.9%

indoor units

"we now own three of the outdoor cameras from netvue for external security along with two indoor units which we use for dog monitoring"
74.9%

quality instructions

"here are the great features of this camera build quality instructions and ease of use excellent 1080p video picture quality so impressed it supports up to 64gb sd card!"
74.9%

would happily

"i would happily buy again"
74.9%

more relaxed

"makes me feel more relaxed knowing the house is save when i am away for business"
74.9%

indoor homecam

"i already own the netvue indoor homecam which i’m extremely happy with so i stuck with netvue for the outdoor security camera and i am glad i did as i am extremely happy with my purchase"
74.9%

indoor nest

"although my indoor nest was wider at 130 there isn’t too much difference i need to be concerned about"
74.9%

rapid notifications

"i'm extremely pleased with it and the quality of the photos as well it's rapid notifications"
74.9%

quite sturdy

"the camera is quite sturdy and robust with easy instructions to help with installation and set up was done in a short time"
74.9%

pretty useful

"once set up the camera initiates immediately when reattached to the power supply pretty useful when you are stuck up a ladder during installation"
74.8%

have liked

"the picture is really good quality for the price and the only thing i would have liked is a smaller cable as the size of the hole that needs to be drilled is quite large"
74.8%

first security camera

"this is the first security camera i have ever purchased and i really am very pleased with the one i chose"
74.8%

looks great

"the picture quality looks great too"
74.8%

more reliable

"i have it set up with a memory card but you can also pay for cloud storage which i think would be better and more reliable"
74.8%

researched cctv

"i researched cctv for months before opting for netvue and i'm so glad i did"
74.8%

proof step

"on first opening the camera i was happy to find a fool proof step by step guide along with screws wall plugs mounting template and even the correct size drill bit simple things like this is a nice touch"
74.8%

light colour

"the picture quality in both day light colour and night time b&w are both excellent at 1080p"
74.8%

looks well

"easy to set up and looks well made"
74.8%

very quickly

"iam just updateing the review to say i have purchased another of these had problem with a firmware update but that was very quickly sorted by the excellent netvue customer service on line chat"
74.8%
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30.2% 34.0% 35.8%
  neutral 33.3%
  worry 31.6%
  happiness 16.3%
  fun 6.0%
  relief 3.7%
  sadness 3.0%
  love 2.8%
  enthusiasm 0.9%
  hate 0.7%
  surprise 0.5%
  boredom 0.5%
  anger 0.2%
  empty 0.2%
  fear 0.2%
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Negative tone

23.3% 47.2% 29.4%
  neutral 47.2%
  worry 27.8%
  happiness 18.2%
  relief 3.1%
  sadness 1.2%
  fun 1.0%
  love 1.0%
  hate 0.4%

* analysis performed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods, data for the analysis has been gathered from multiple publicly accessible sources.
** strength is the level of sentiment expressed in a sentence, phrase or keyword. It ranges from 0 to 100%
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last analysis update 2024-11-14