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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%]

TP-Link Tapo Pan/Tilt Smart Security Camera, Indoor CCTV, 360° Rotat..

Best price: £26.47 (24% off)
  • No Hub Required - Works with any Wi-Fi router without the need ..
  • 1080P HD with Pan Tilt - 360 Degree rotational and 114 Degree v..
  • Two-way Audio - With built-in microphone and speaker, you can k..
  • Motion Detection and Activity Zones - Custom activity zones and..
  • SD Storage - Local storage supports up to 128 GB Micro SD card ..

Product Attributes

  • Width: 3.4 inches,
  • Height: 4.6 inches,
  • Weight: 1.0 pounds,
  • Length: 3.4 inches,
  • Size: Indoor

Positives

Neutrals

Negatives

61.1% 12.8% 26.1%

Senti Score  [73.9%]

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

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

TP-Link Tapo Pan/Tilt Smart Security Camera, Indoor CCTV, 360° Rotat..

wrong least brilliant complete waste great really brilliant completely waste amazing poor useless cheap truly excellent better excellent works perfect poor nightvision

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very disappointed in both products

"very disappointed"
99.0%

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%

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%

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%

wasted my money in both products

"mine will go on ebay shortly as i have ordered arlo instead having wasted my money on this one"
72.9%

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%

another problem in both products

"another problem that i had was the 30 day free trial — it gave me just two days"
70.2%

power cable in both products

"i note the hole for the power cable in this model so i would assume you just need to buy the cable and can do this at a later date"
69.6%

does not work in both products

"save your money mounted outside front of property nothing but constant problems from wi fi connection despite the router being less than 2m away unless you have the perfect environment in the evening the picture quality at night is awful if there is a wall light or any other object in slight view the night cam does not work"
69.1%

through windows in both products

"it states you can use it inside looking outside but the motion detectors dont work through windows"
62.2%

other issues 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"
61.2%

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%

very annoying in both products

"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%

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%

only gripe

"my only gripe is that the first battery charge only lasted about three weeks if that continues i will change my score"
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%

major issue

"a major issue which i hope ring will fix in newer models"
74.8%

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%

only problem

"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%

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%

constant problems

"save your money mounted outside front of property nothing but constant problems from wi fi connection despite the router being less than 2m away unless you have the perfect environment in the evening the picture quality at night is awful if there is a wall light or any other object in slight view the night cam does not work"
73.3%

very strange

"there is nothing at all in the manual or app that tells you how to set up alexa in this very strange how on earth is a newbie suppose to work that out?"
73.2%

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%

free trial

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

significant downgrade

"significant downgrade from the previous model"
69.6%

falls off below 40

"i have followed all the tips for extending the life including the consideration that the battery's performance falls off below 40 f"
69.5%

hang your head

"amazon please hang your head in shame"
69.4%

little camrea

"great for a little camrea just wish the battery would last longer on the high sensitivity settings"
69.1%

fairly useless

"as a security device this makes it fairly useless"
69.0%

poor security

"several stories in the media about the poor security of ring devices"
68.9%

point less

"worked fine at first but now won’t detect motion looking out glass and point less having it if it doesn’t work indoors like advertised plus no night colour"
68.9%

faulty battery

"i'm guessing from other reviews it just has a faulty battery but no way to just request this is replaced"
68.9%

new stand is limited

"although you can mount it on a flat wall you would struggle if you wanted to fit it to the ceiling or at a significant angle as the new stand is limited"
68.4%

small hiccups delays

"i have ring doorbell and this is my second camera to cover rear of the house i like that it has good picture quality but there are small hiccups delays loading videos following motion detections every now and then it is not great for £90 product"
68.4%

ring software

"the ring software gives a lot of control over the camera and if you have an amazon alexa it integrates nicely with the camera"
68.4%

poor signal

"while i can see that the app does indeed tell me the outdoor camera's have a poor signal i can only assume that must be down to subpar wifi transceivers in these things as i can use any other device i own stood riught next to the cameras without issue and wifi analysis shows my phone getting 50mbps+ right next to each camera ring claim they only need 1mbp s "
68.4%

third ring

"this is my third ring cam and my first outdoor cam i have two other cheaper cams "
68.3%

terrible delay

"there is no longer the terrible delay in logging into view the feed when not at home"
67.6%

failed after 48 hours

"product failed after 48 hours and repeatedly after 5 resets"
67.1%

over ethernet

"if you can drill your walls and run power over ethernet or have wifi outside then maybe it's for you but not for me unfortunately"
67.1%

hesitate to buy another

"i won’t hesitate to buy another one when they go back down to £60"
67.0%

unless you watch live

"when it did give a motion alert you have to wait two minutes for it to process before you can see anything so a bit pointless unless you watch live but if the burglars have walked past and out of view they’ll have stolen all of your stuff before you can see them breaking in"
67.0%

failed to connect

"the initial software updates took the better part of 30 minutes rather than just several but even after that there was still no live view failed to connect "
66.9%

would not have bought

"if i had known you had to pay to see your recordings i would not have bought"
66.8%

replacement battery

"if amaxon can just send a new battery i'd be happy to try a new one but i am not paying out for a replacement battery as other people seem to have done after just over a month of use!"
66.7%

disappointed in this

"very disappointed in this"
66.7%

firmware problem

"i called support and they ran me through all of the checks and told me it was a firmware problem and they would fix it in the next couple of days"
66.5%

ring 3 doorbell

"not massively impressed as we bought 3 outdoor cameras 2 indoor and the ring 3 doorbell and the alarm system"
66.3%

rely on the community

"tried talking to the community help as this is what ring really on to sort out their problems if you have to hunt forums for answers or rely on the community to solve problems it will get zero marks in my opinion"
66.0%

return it back

"i will return it back!"
66.0%

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%

takes too long

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

awful long

"e no literature on anything about actually using the product it's pretty much all trial and error or having to fone services when you can't find the answer on troubleshooting a bit more written info would go an awful long way to make every process easier"
65.7%

drops out all the time

"very slow and streaming drops out all the time"
65.5%

identifying the criminal

"the motion triggered video saved to the cloud is choppy and pixelated good luck identifying the criminal if a crime really happens"
65.5%

unable to comment on them

"i can’t rate any of the features as it only worked for around 2 hours so i am unable to comment on them"
65.4%

lounge cant disable

"dislike constant notification sounds lounge cant disable?"
65.4%

clearly rubbish pity

"according to the device health report everything's fine clearly rubbish pity its quite neat so i'm giving it another chance by assuming this one's duff and ordering a replacement"
65.3%

disappointed with this

"was really disappointed with this as was expecting great things as this was ring but constantly not connecting"
64.8%

cheap price

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

waste of time

"waste of time"
64.5%

before buying

"wish i'd done this before buying"
64.4%

shame as this

"shame as this could be fantastic baby monitor if working properly"
64.3%

even more disappointing

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

very poor spec

"very poor spec and low value for money"
64.0%

no plug is supplied

"how are you supposed to charge the camera when no plug is supplied"
63.8%

obscured by raindrops

"same when it rains camera easily obscured by raindrops"
63.0%

clunky and unintuitive

"the app is clunky and unintuitive"
63.0%

been unlucky

"not sure if i’ve been unlucky or there’s a problem with some cameras batteries but they do the job well when working"
62.9%

advised to get `` ring

"after being broken into last summer we were advised to get "ring""
62.5%

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%

faulty camera and 2nd

"its a 2nd camera we order first we thing a faulty camera and 2nd one doing same thing"
61.2%

returning to ring

"returning to ring"
61.2%

lasted about 3 months

"but lasted about 3 months before i had to charge it"
61.0%

huge issue

"but that’s only a short time and not a huge issue"
60.8%

very frustrated

"email very frustrated i would think twice about buying one"
60.6%

stopped working again

"but next day its stopped working again it dont record and cannot see tbe live view as well but on app its its online"
60.6%

rained on regularly

"i mounted it where it’ll be slightly protected from the elements as i wouldn’t really trust it to last very long if it was exposed to getting rained on regularly etc"
60.5%

also disappointing

"it’s also disappointing they have not supplied a 360 deg mount for the outside"
60.4%

useless without the other

"one is useless without the other!"
60.4%

point lack

"read the reviews after i bought two ring new stickup battery cameras to find that all the issues i had experienced of very poor wifi connection despite being in the next room to the access point lack of motion detection and not working through glass windows were all known issues with this device"
60.4%

highly unimpressive

"besides the issue the quality of the video was highly unimpressive during the day time"
60.3%

does n't reconnect

"only slight niggle is when wi fi is off it sometimes doesn’t reconnect"
60.3%

disable the camera

"do not select this option as it appears to disable the camera completely and you will have to reinstall it using the outdoor installation option wherever you intend to use it"
59.9%

mixed reviews

"i read mixed reviews on this and so i was a little apprehensive"
59.7%

zero marks

"tried talking to the community help as this is what ring really on to sort out their problems if you have to hunt forums for answers or rely on the community to solve problems it will get zero marks in my opinion"
59.6%

extremely weak

"the router is on the ground floor if i take the camera upstairs directly above the router then the signal is extremely weak and the video is grainy and freezes"
59.4%

absolutely disgraceful

"absolutely disgraceful"
59.2%

constant record function

"a constant record function wouldn't go amiss"
59.2%

particularly annoying

"this is particularly annoying when you are not even paying to record"
59.1%

actually ` dead

"it appeared as if it was actually 'dead'"
58.8%

major issues

"however experienced the following major issues: 1 battery only lasts less than 2 weeks"
58.7%

retract that offer

"i even contacted ring support regarding obtaining an external power supply unit who initially offered to exchange both cameras for the powered version only to retract that offer after they realised they didn’t supply the powered version from ring directly to the uk despite making them aware amazon uk were selling the item"
58.6%

very delayed

"motion detection is also very delayed and bear in mind thus does not depend on the speed of your internet connection as they will argue"
58.6%

only assume that

"while i can see that the app does indeed tell me the outdoor camera's have a poor signal i can only assume that must be down to subpar wifi transceivers in these things as i can use any other device i own stood riught next to the cameras without issue and wifi analysis shows my phone getting 50mbps+ right next to each camera ring claim they only need 1mbp s "
58.5%

lose connection

"what a load of rubbish lose connection all the time even though they are writhing 15ft of the wifi extender just about given up with these as a waste of money"
58.3%

hugely expensive

"the monitoring and data storage subscription is not in reality hugely expensive at £80 per year and covers all associated ring products"
58.2%

ring doorbell

"i have a ring doorbell so this was super easy to add on it took me about two minutes straight from the box in fact took longer to get the box open!"
58.2%

gets droplets

"the body offers absolutely no protection for the lens so when it rains the lens gets droplets on it and you can't see a thing anyway"
58.2%

great but not much

"product is great but not much range of movement once attached to the wall though"
58.1%

ring pro doorbell

"i have a ring pro doorbell that works no problem and it’s almost 10m from the router so not an issue with my wifi set up"
57.9%

lasted barely 2 weeks

"battery lasted barely 2 weeks and takes a long time to charge leaving you to need either a second battery or without protection for a time"
57.8%

drops off the network

"it works sometimes just long enough for you to think it's ok but then drops off the network"
57.7%

give them a miss

"shame as i wanted the ring doorbell next but now will give them a miss"
57.7%

time lapse

"plus you can't do time lapse like you can do on the older stick up cams"
57.7%

ring alarm system

"i already own a ring alarm system and 2 indoor cams and already have a subscription and was reasonably happy with it"
57.6%

could n't complete setup

"then the app connected but then said it couldn't complete setup"
57.5%

really not worth

"otherwise it’s really not worth it"
57.5%

these drop outs

"it appears these drop outs can happen anywhere between 4 30 hours after reseating the battery but dropping off the network is pretty much guaranteed"
57.5%

poor only 3 zones

"motion sensing options poor only 3 zones"
57.4%

prodect is not great

"prodect is not great and when we call ring support line they cannot answer our question why camera stop recording"
57.4%

still did n't work

"still didn't work"
56.9%

constant notification

"dislike constant notification sounds lounge cant disable?"
56.9%

very inconsistent

"negatives: very inconsistent i get impression once working they’ll be of value but to protect your home it’s something of concern to have so many issues straight off the bat"
56.9%

unfit for purpose

"i have no problem with my nest smoke alarms or my nest thermostat so if the replacement is also unfit for purpose i shall be buying a nest camera!"
56.6%

seal sticker

"received today previously opened box with seal sticker cut"
56.5%

flaky for instance

"even when it was on line motion detection was flaky for instance it completely missed the postman but when i opened the door two minutes later motion is captured?"
56.5%

extremely unhelpful

"update contacted ring about water inside the camera found them to be extremely unhelpful even after sending 3 pictures of a camera full of water"
56.5%

slight niggle

"only slight niggle is when wi fi is off it sometimes doesn’t reconnect"
56.5%

have problems

"i did also have problems with the live view feature it just would not load a live feed after having the camera for a couple of days"
56.4%

delay was so long

"the visitor or postman would have to be very patient and wait if this was to work because the delay was so long"
56.4%

irritating and rendering

"really irritating and rendering the camera completely pointless until a time where i can get a ladder"
56.2%

have ring doorbell

"i have ring doorbell and this is my second camera to cover rear of the house i like that it has good picture quality but there are small hiccups delays loading videos following motion detections every now and then it is not great for £90 product"
56.1%

they didnt

"disapointed because it will not work with my home hub contactd amazon and they were supposed to ring me back to get it working but they didnt"
56.1%

them wrong

"to try to prove them wrong i set up a dedicated ap just for them but i can't connect them to it because it's impossible to change the wifi settings"
56.1%

before giving

"this little stick up cam isn't really in the same league as the other ring products it stopped working after 5 months and ring support in the passed has been pretty good but this time i waited on the phone for an hour before giving up"
56.0%

a good sell

"item does not work very well does not connect to my alexa and computer after reading some of the reviews for this item its not a good sell sorry"
56.0%

trial and error

"e no literature on anything about actually using the product it's pretty much all trial and error or having to fone services when you can't find the answer on troubleshooting a bit more written info would go an awful long way to make every process easier"
56.0%

could n't rate it higher

"i couldn’t rate it higher"
56.0%

battery battery

"well after 3 months cam started switched off self and won't work until i will not take out and put back in battery battery is still charged on 90% and lowest i had 48% and still switched off self i tried reach ring support but not luck!"
55.9%

ring lineup

"the ring lineup has a good range of products for different needs and with the new ring stick up cam making your home more secure and never been easier"
55.9%

ring doorcam2

"update december 2019 camera is now working fine turns out every time it is on the same wifi stream as the ring doorcam2 it has a conflict and will not allow us to connect for live view or notify us of movement"
55.9%

does n't always

"only down side is the motion detection doesn't always capture everything at the front as we've had letters in the door but nothing having registered on the system"
55.8%

that is unusable

"we do have other ring products that work fine just the stick up cam with power cable that is unusable"
55.6%

native deficiencies

"it is disappointing that alexa cant be used to make up for the native deficiencies in these cameras monitoring on off etc etc despite coming from the same amazon stable"
55.4%

ring support line

"prodect is not great and when we call ring support line they cannot answer our question why camera stop recording"
55.4%

will refuse

"for the same signal strength sometimes it will connect to a phone for viewing and sometimes it will refuse"
55.4%

find this ridiculous

"i find this ridiculous"
55.3%

however all was not good

"however all was not good"
55.2%

exactly the same issues

"a replacement from ring had exactly the same issues"
55.2%

video not allowed

"if keeping or sharing of video not allowed "
55.2%

there's no point

"otherwise there's no point"
55.2%

they do not work

"do not buy these cameras they do not work"
55.2%

looks out of my drive

"mine looks out of my drive across the end of a cul de sac so i get some alerts due to cars in the road but they are not enough to bother me"
55.1%

they do n't work

"they don’t work"
55.1%

limited to 20 minutes

"because of the delays with communications coming from the ring side i was informed by ring support that i was being "limited to 20 minutes""
55.1%

still is n't working

"i work in it so was expecting the next level of troubleshooting but i was told to phone back in 24 48 hours if it still isn't working?"
55.1%

that's not the case

"one of my concerns was that it would only work if i was connected to the local wi fi but that's not the case"
55.1%

fone services

"e no literature on anything about actually using the product it's pretty much all trial and error or having to fone services when you can't find the answer on troubleshooting a bit more written info would go an awful long way to make every process easier"
55.1%

these are not new units

"these are not new units"
55.0%

intermittently failing

"problems tring to get working and intermittently failing"
55.0%

wifi connection was poor

"the motion sensor isn’t great and while only 3m from the router the wifi connection was poor"
55.0%

power plug

"no weather shielding of power plug"
55.0%

brick wall

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

surprisingly awful

"but it's surprisingly awful"
54.9%

with no wires

"with no wires this product is great for being able to put anywhere really on a high shelf for example is where i have mine"
54.9%

update the software

"only hitch was the length of time it takes to charge the battery and update the software but once that was done it works really well"
54.8%

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%

faulty unit

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

looking outside

"it states you can use it inside looking outside but the motion detectors dont work through windows"
54.5%

very disappointing

"very disappointing and although i will give it another charge and try again i’m already thinking of returning"
54.5%

have same problems

"anyone around primrose hill london have same problems"
54.4%

like as advertised

"the problem is with the battery life which is nothing like as advertised"
54.4%

this one could

"my area does not have fibre broadband yet but if the other 2 £20 something cameras work with the connection i have now i just dont understand why this one could not"
54.4%

no internal storage

"no internal storage and requires the cloud subscription at a very reasonable price"
54.4%
...

very disappointed in both products

"very disappointed"
99.0%

only issue in both products

"only issue i have is power cord should be white"
74.9%

more expensive in both products

"1 extension if you need more length and these are no more expensive than usb cables"
74.8%

false alarm in both products

"i have turned these to the lowest settings which work well but get the odd false alarm"
74.8%

false alarms in both products

"many false alarms"
73.4%

wasted my money in both products

"wasted my money with this it works on 2"
72.9%

connection issues in both products

"don’t know if that’s the app or 4g or wifi connection issues"
71.1%

another problem in both products

"another problem to add to the long list"
70.2%

power cable in both products

"the power cable is nice and long i have the camera mounted upside down at the top of the window the image can be flipped and the cable runs across the top of the window and all the way to the floor"
69.6%

does not work in both products

"i had purchased this to monitor outside through a window however this does not work"
69.1%

stopped working in both products

"after initiation the update the camera turned off and stopped working"
67.8%

through windows in both products

"for shooting through windows at night turn of the auto mode and set it day only this switches the night vision leds off but you will outdoor lighting to compensate"
62.2%

other issues in both products

"this is after the latest update that seems to have fixed a few other issues but without a permanent live view i can't give it more than one star as a baby monitor"
61.2%

trying to connect in both products

"i ended up having to forcibly disconnect my phone from the wifi while the camera was trying to connect"
56.2%

other issue in both products

"the other issue was that the camera appeared not to be recording clips on detecting motion"
54.8%

very annoying in both products

"the reason i give 1 star is because after 1 month of use the camera started rebooting by itself without any option activated to do so and its very annoying during the night when it does that allmoste eveey hour"
54.5%

complete waste

"so the multiple view is a complete waste of time"
99.9%

poor nightvision

"poor nightvision the ir nightvision is not great!"
99.8%

completely waste

"completely waste of money"
99.7%

really annoying

"this is really annoying as without live streaming you cant keep recording nor is there snapshots or motion"
98.8%

huge problem

"have tried everything and every range of sim card yet there is a huge problem"
97.1%

crap camera

"crap camera and very noisy!"
96.1%

away dreadful

"stay away dreadful product"
95.9%

terrible reboots

"here are my other cons glitchy app auto switches from hq to lq no way to stop it notifies with no apparent trigger detection is also over sensitive delays in notifications sometimes hours get 20 notifications from whole day in one go sound is terrible reboots required regular tech support is poor it admittedly is an amazing concept and if a little more effort was made could have been fantastic"
95.5%

pretty poor

"the instructions are pretty poor i suggest you need to look at this problem personally i would not buy the two together camera is fine on it's own"
94.6%

failed far too quickly

"tried hitting the "retry" button and it repeatedly failed far too quickly for it to have even attempted a substantive check"
75.0%

privacy issues

"whilst the hardware produced by such firms may be ok i always have concerns about the robustness of their software and privacy issues"
74.9%

card issue

"the other niggle was the sd card issue mentioned above"
74.9%

almost misleading

"it’s almost misleading as during the night it only shows what is directly in front of the camera"
74.9%

delayed rate

"if notifications are on be prepared to get bombarded but at a delayed rate"
74.9%

sensitive delays

"here are my other cons glitchy app auto switches from hq to lq no way to stop it notifies with no apparent trigger detection is also over sensitive delays in notifications sometimes hours get 20 notifications from whole day in one go sound is terrible reboots required regular tech support is poor it admittedly is an amazing concept and if a little more effort was made could have been fantastic"
74.9%

being stolen

"that way the device or memory cards being stolen will not mean the loss of footage"
74.8%

very noisy

"crap camera and very noisy!"
74.8%

security issue

"i do not want to have to flag the exact location of the camera as i believe that represents a security issue if the server is compromised"
74.8%

very laggy

"the play back is very laggy and not easy to view back recorded footage very time consuming"
74.7%

reboot time

"reboot time is fixed at 3am"
74.7%

cheap cameras

"iv had cheap cameras in the past which have concerned me for security reasons"
74.7%

error message

"it is ok but it won't except the memory card i have tried 2 different cards and i just get an error message saying there is a problem with the card the cards both work in my tablet"
74.6%

forced permanently

"the camera can be left on auto day night mode or forced permanently into day or night mode"
74.6%

another issue

"then another issue was the camera telling me that the memory card had a problem which turned out to mean it needed formatting first but i found an option in the software that means the camera can do this for you"
74.5%

virus outbreak

"still not operational and now too late as location is shut down due to virus outbreak"
74.5%

coding issue

"not sure if this is a coding issue or me being dim"
74.3%

almost unintelligible

"the only bit which is let down would be the microphone listening to what's going on through the phone app is almost unintelligible you have to be very close to the camera to understand what someone is saying"
74.3%

itself not damaged

"i dropped the camera from approx 5’ onto concrete snapped one of the bracket lugs but camera itself not damaged and working fine"
74.2%

connectivity problems

"there have been no real issues maintaining a connection and any connectivity problems are solved by exiting the program and opening again this only happens when i switch wifi signals on my phone now and then"
74.1%

goes wrong

"dont use the auto restart it can randomly completely screw up the setup when it goes wrong and it will use the manual option in the app"
74.0%

pretty limited

"awesome little camera you are pretty limited and stuck within the tapo app but i’m sure updates will come ie there is no patrol mode just virtual and horizontal scan"
73.8%

failed instantly

"again it "could only be controlled locally" and the check screen failed instantly on every retry"
73.8%

back cant beleive

"this rubbish is going back cant beleive this cr** is tp link branded"
73.8%

utterly useless

"utterly useless"
73.7%

stolen again

"to prevent it or help it if it got stolen again i bought this lil camera"
73.5%

utter junk

"the box says the unit is a c200 but the app says a kc110 kc115 it is utter junk and i would not engage with tapo or tp link again"
73.5%

live views

"further in addition to remote access using the tp link camera ios or android app you can also stream live views to any alexa device that has a screen and similar kit from google"
73.4%

assistance useless

"now have no picture assistance useless"
73.4%

cheap chinese

"the picture is fine not any better than the cheap chinese no brand its replacing"
73.0%

main problem

"the main problem is when you try to view more than 1 camera you select a 4 camera window or swipe left it only shows 1 at a time"
73.0%

lesser quality

"it has two rtsp feeds one 1080p hd and another lesser quality"
72.8%

cause problems

"this cause problems at night due to the reflection off the night vision lights"
72.8%

spent hours

"i bought this camera after spent hours viewing other people feedbacks"
72.6%

freezes even

"it looses connection and freezes even with the app !"
71.8%

poor sound

"poor sound"
71.6%

unless well hidden

"may not be ideal as purely security camera unless well hidden"
70.8%

privacy implications

"this is outrageous advice which would have all sorts of privacy implications which i am not prepared to contemplate"
70.2%

cheap records

"good points small cheap records to micro sd card app lets you watch remotely app does seem to work can review saved footage at up to 8x speed bad points motion detection is essentially useless it doesn't detect me walking down our drive but does detect random cars outside of the detection zone"
70.2%

virtually unusable

"this review is likely more about failings with the tapo app and or any underlying apis rather than the device itself which in itself "seemed" functional however since both need to operate seamlessly to effectively utilise the latter the problems described within render the camera virtually unusable"
69.8%

cloud payments

"i'm using this with a 32gb sdhc card to record video so no ongoing cloud payments"
69.5%

disturbing them

"i can see how this can be immensely valuable to people with animals that needs to be left on their own or with babies whose parents would like to interact with them without physically disturbing them!"
69.4%

little fella

"i'm still learning with this little fella but whatni did find easier for me is to put it on the 'motion detection' setting for recording as opposed to continuous recording then i don't have to through hours of footage"
69.1%

seem a shame

"some of the app features can not be used as the camera firmware is not supported which would seem a shame"
68.9%

still is n't ideal

"forcing permanent day mode avoids this although it also keeps the camera in lower sensitivity colour recording mode so although better than night mode it still isn't ideal"
68.8%

recording way too long

"no way to set duration for clips recorded after each trigger it carries on recording way too long"
68.8%

having issues

"but having issues with the mic 🎤 and speaker 🔈 quality isn’t great"
68.8%

return window

"would have returned for refund but missed the return window"
68.5%

mess mic speaker

"paid £25 and is good for that but made in china it’s ok for that price and all works great app is really easy to use shame it does not have a zoom just on the screen can go in more but then comes a mess mic speaker are poor a good starter camera"
68.4%

picture wasnt

"since it was purchased as a baby monitor to use via echo show the picture wasnt bright enough"
68.1%

waste your money

"don’t waste your money"
68.1%

essentially useless

"good points small cheap records to micro sd card app lets you watch remotely app does seem to work can review saved footage at up to 8x speed bad points motion detection is essentially useless it doesn't detect me walking down our drive but does detect random cars outside of the detection zone"
67.8%

lacking instructions

"the troubleshooting is lacking instructions"
67.8%

not 5ghz compatible

"4ghz wifi as camera and phone have to be on the same wifi for installation the camera is not 5ghz compatible"
67.3%

wrong plug

"i can't do much with an item that's got the wrong plug"
67.3%

from recording video

"i have a 64gb memory card installed and the biggest benefit from recording video so far has been seeing how many cats use my garden as a thoroughfare"
67.2%

other configuration

"camera video stream can be viewed through a google nest hub limited view time only although any other configuration or playback of recordings must be done through the app"
67.2%

this problem

"has anyone else has this problem?"
67.2%

often delayed

"motion detection at default level is erratic sometimes no detection even though you walk straight in front of the camera and other times detection with no obvious movement and often delayed"
67.1%

wrong with

"after that i’ve tried to reconnect the camera and got all kinds of errors possible it didn’t blink at all then it blinked but the app didn’t see the camera after few times resetting and powering off the app saw the camera but was unable to connect to wifi stating something is wrong with it i have other products by tapo and none of them ever complained about my wifi "
67.0%

causing the issue

"update: it was just one of the cameras causing the issue"
67.0%

says no internet

"in the app it constantly shows the camera as offline or says no internet even though i could stream podcasts radio"
66.8%

waste of money

"waste of money !"
66.7%

erratic sometimes

"motion detection at default level is erratic sometimes no detection even though you walk straight in front of the camera and other times detection with no obvious movement and often delayed"
66.6%

gimmick not functional

"activity zone adjustment is a gimmick not functional if it sees it it will get recorded basically"
66.4%

camera recording video

"privacy mode stops the camera recording video and sound"
65.9%

your main router but

"if however you have access points and or extenders then it might be a nightmare it will connect to your main router but not to extenders or access points in order to do that you have to disable ap on those devices and the enable it after you have set up the camera"
65.9%

rigging this gadget

"i was off down the pub while he slaved away rigging this gadget up"
65.8%

facial characteristics

"having tried it i can see most facial characteristics well enough to be able to make people out in low light situations"
65.6%

fault in unit

"doesn’t record on auto detect but does detect and sound sounder so fault in unit"
65.4%

not much good

"during daylight this is a fabulous bit of kit but at night it is not much good"
65.4%

logging into the ios

"bad points when logging into the ios app after set up ios tries to use a new suggested password rather than the one already set up and saved in keychain"
65.4%

unable to return as this

"they tried it a couple of months later and it didn’t work and was unable to return as this was outside the return window"
65.4%

being opened

"dose anyone how to keep it recording without the app being opened"
65.3%

beaten in price

"cannot be beaten in price vs performance"
65.1%

zoom not too clever

"zoom not too clever seems to distort the picture"
65.0%

disappointed in tapo

"i’m very disappointed in tapo!"
65.0%

complained about my wifi

"after that i’ve tried to reconnect the camera and got all kinds of errors possible it didn’t blink at all then it blinked but the app didn’t see the camera after few times resetting and powering off the app saw the camera but was unable to connect to wifi stating something is wrong with it i have other products by tapo and none of them ever complained about my wifi "
65.0%

full of bugs

"the skill app whilst easy to set up is full of bugs the latest one is that even if you turn off notifications it notifies you of every event"
64.5%

does not physically

"" this is incorrect privacy mode does not physically close the lens"
64.0%

double glazing

"like all similar products can't see through double glazing at night due to infared reflecting off the surface"
63.5%

must be bogus

"unless our flat is somehow haunted without our knowing these alerts must be bogus"
63.5%

lens flare

"there is a strange lens flare possibly because the ir light is too close to the lens and light reflects directly back into the camera"
63.3%

more configuration

"i'm going to try one more configuration then if issues still exist i'll be returning both cameras as not fit for purpose"
62.9%

near impossible

"a well made camera with clear visuals however the screw down mounting plate is near impossible to disengage so make sure it is correctly aligned before fixing"
62.8%

evidentially useless

"this makes it evidentially useless as a security camera"
62.7%

obvious sound issues

"the speaker is reasonably loud for when you want to two way call or alarm however the design choice to put it at the rear of the camera has obvious sound issues"
62.7%

clear old files

"the loop function allows it to record continuously so you don't need to worry about having to clear old files or change sd card when full"
62.6%

however the screw

"a well made camera with clear visuals however the screw down mounting plate is near impossible to disengage so make sure it is correctly aligned before fixing"
62.2%

avoid future issues

"in summary i can recommend the tp cameras however please ensure you allow enough time beforehand for ample set up and troubleshooting to avoid future issues"
62.0%

does n't even

"i have been on their web site but it doesn't even show me which way round to put the sd card into the slot in the camera"
61.5%

visual deterrent

"much better than i was expecting it to be as i bought it as a visual deterrent due to its size but i’ve been pleasantly surprised by the quality of images captured"
61.3%

incorrect privacy mode

"" this is incorrect privacy mode does not physically close the lens"
61.2%

rubbish with instructions

"easy set up and i'm rubbish with instructions"
61.1%

faulty sound and

"item was faulty sound and mic didn't work"
60.5%

would n't recommend

"i wouldn’t recommend"
60.5%

less frequent

"after reducing the motion detection sensitivity to its lowest level and reducing the field of view used to detect motion the alerts are now less frequent but still occur for no apparent reason"
60.5%

every three tries

"getting into the "more" section works once every three tries and when there sometimes it fails to show you live feed so have to go out and back in again"
60.4%

avoids this

"forcing permanent day mode avoids this although it also keeps the camera in lower sensitivity colour recording mode so although better than night mode it still isn't ideal"
59.9%

photo if one wanted

"once can even take a still photo if one wanted"
59.7%

stolen off my prius

"i recently had the catalytic converters stolen off my prius and was very p*****off about it!"
59.6%

negative comments

"firstly can i say that i am surprised by some negative comments given the price of this camera and what it packs"
59.4%

only two minor issues

"only two minor issues 1"
58.9%

server is compromised

"i do not want to have to flag the exact location of the camera as i believe that represents a security issue if the server is compromised"
58.8%

does n't do anything

"also when i try and retrieve the recording it shows a small picture icon of the recording but when i try and open it to watch it it opens a black screen with a play button which doesn't do anything"
58.7%

have one niggle

"if i have one niggle is that if you're using this as a security camera the plug is so easy to undo maybe they should come up with some sort of screw connection with maybe an allen key to tighten so it cannot be easily pulled out apart from this the quality is good but it's a shame you cannot use it with with echo dots without having a fire tv it will be nice just to ask the dot to show the camera and to choose what device you wanted to show on i"
58.7%

miss my old camera

"i bought this camera to replace a baby kimcam and now that i've the tp link tapo i'm going to miss my old camera"
58.7%

such issue

"secondly the live feed is not continuous on your phone evry few minutes it keeps asking permission if you want to continue absolutely horendous device no such issue with yi cameras"
58.4%

does n't reset

"after that it seems to lose the connection or something went wrong again and i’ve got red light on the app says the camera is offline and the camera doesn’t reset or tries to do anything"
58.4%

find an inconvenience

"most other cameras have standardized on micro usb for power but this has its own transformer and connector which i find an inconvenience"
57.8%

they are defunct

"do not buy the sd suggested as they are defunct and not even the correct format for the camera"
57.7%

similar problems

"i note from other reviews that others had similar problems with the 128gb"
57.7%

cheap camera

"if you intend to get a cheap camera that supports pan and tilt for your home to monitor things you will not go wrong with the tapo c200"
57.6%

still no luck

"5 allowing the app every permission still no luck"
57.6%

horrible black lead

"lead is not long enough for something like this you would want it up high or in a corner horrible black lead hanging down"
57.5%

audio very poor

"it would be a 5 star from me if the recorded audio is better i find the audio very poor at a few feet away you cannot make out what i was saying"
57.3%

jerky and noisy

"i appreciate that this is the budget end of tp link's range of cameras but even so i was not impressed with the picture quality when compared to similar priced cameras the camera was also jerky and noisy when rotating"
56.9%

almost impossible

"streaming to google hub is almost impossible as it looses connection or freezes"
56.6%

pest control plug

"in my kitchen i had a pest control plug attached which had a red light permanently on"
56.4%

which is not included

"the only way to record footage is to store it locally on an sd card which is not included"
56.3%

would be no record

"can't really recommend as a security camera as no cloud storage meaning a burglar could simply steal the camera and there would be no record"
56.2%

back as it failed

"within a fornight had to send one back as it failed"
56.2%

than not enough

"but i'd rather have too sensitive than not enough"
56.2%

would be a problem

"for most people i don't know if this would be a problem but it's worth bearing in mind that using something like zoneminder shinobi ispy etc"
56.2%

failed every time

"when i reinstalled it as an “existing configuration” it failed every time at the end with a black pop up that reads “the network is unstable"
56.1%

failed to format

"no sd worked and you keep hearing the same sentence 'there is a problem with the sd card' and failed to format"
56.1%

night vision is not great

"however night vision is not great"
56.1%

such a low price

"i'm very impressed at the quality for such a low price"
56.0%

window blocking any image

"as expected the ir lights in night mode are no good as they bounce off the window blocking any image but day mode and some outdoor flood lights connected to a photocell fix my night viewing issue"
56.0%

sounds a lot better

"however speaking through the app to the camera sounds a lot better"
55.9%

only quibble

"my only quibble is that it notifies you of every little movement"
55.9%

n't connect to alexa

"won't connect to alexa!"
55.8%

little difficult

"i wanted to stream it to a desktop pc & expected that to be a little difficult but if you download the free ispy software it's hardly a problem since the camera is compatible with rtsp & onvif"
55.7%

poor & garbled

"image quality is very good but sound is poor & garbled speech generally unintelligible"
55.3%

party ip cam software

"also able to access from 3rd party ip cam software but without camera positioning"
55.2%

retain memory positions

"the camera could not retain memory positions"
55.2%

no subscriptions either

"i have put a memory card in it so there are no subscriptions either"
55.2%

away from home

"from the app on your phone if you are away from home"
55.1%

poor wifi connection

"however using the free software ispy i have imported the lower quality feeds for motion detection lower quality feeds have less weird video glitches if your camera has poor wifi connection and then i clone it so i have 2 smaller feeds one detecting the front yard another to detect the road"
55.1%

very cheap at #

"very cheap at £24"
55.0%

technically this is false

"technically this is false"
54.9%

sounds a bit poor

"the audio recording sounds a bit poor"
54.9%

ignore a 128gb

"i would advise to ignore a 128gb and use a 32gb which gives a massive 4 5 24hour recording"
54.7%

not know the product

"this item may be sophisticated but when it fails the support instructions are misleading and the help desk are incompetent and do not know the product"
54.7%

would n't have known

"lastly a few times the camera has been offline the app said it was powered of but i checked the plug and the wifi which had no issues and i had to restart the camera which in theory isn't great when if suddenly something happened or if i didn't check i wouldn't have known"
54.7%

just a poor

"the replacement is just a poor"
54.6%

fared less

"at night turn off i fared less and use outdoor pir lights or as i do street lights!"
54.5%

problem with this

"the problem with this is if you wanted to quickly view all cameras you can't"
54.4%

cloudy and unfocused

"the image looks cloudy and unfocused"
54.4%

hard choosing

"it was hard choosing because some offer subscriptions or are quite expensive"
54.4%

full pan tilt zoom

"full pan tilt zoom in 1080 hd for £25 tech is so good and cheap these days took me 2 mins to set it up and its great for wildlife watching as in here on the bird feeder or with night vision to see nocturnal ones later brill"
54.4%

cars headlight

"no preview image of what triggered the cam could have been a cars headlight fox or an uninvited visitor fly tipping by your fence"
54.4%

even format the old

"also of forcing you to use an sd you can't even format the old sd you have forcing you to spend a large amount of money to try various brands of which at least with luck one will working"
54.2%

surrounding the lens

"most cameras have a ring of at least 6 ir led's surrounding the lens this one only has a line of 4 relatively small leds which don't really give much illumination!"
54.2%

nothing ever

"thankfully nothing ever did but i goes to show ensure you set up these cameras properly and maybe test them for a week in advance to iron out any kinks"
54.2%

hence did n't work

"i had bought this to use as a baby monitor but found in some houses we visited the wifi didn't stretch to the room and hence didn't work"
54.1%

dogs cage upstairs

"so i bought 2 of these one for my dogs cage upstairs and the cage downstairs because my dog has had a major surgery where i need to see him tplo where he broke a ligament and these cameras have worked the charm they record when he is moving and when it hears sound and the night vision is brilliant i'm"
54.0%

delivery dont plan

"if you plan on using it to monitor for an event like a take away delivery dont plan on doing it on an echo show or spot or firestick as it cuts off after about 5 mins its fine on the app though so again its down to low quality skill software"
53.9%

going to be beaten

"for the price it's not going to be beaten"
53.9%

n't expecting much

"the features of the camera are wonderful i wasn’t expecting much but now i have ended up buying a 2nd device"
53.8%

which is let down

"the only bit which is let down would be the microphone listening to what's going on through the phone app is almost unintelligible you have to be very close to the camera to understand what someone is saying"
53.7%

been offline the

"lastly a few times the camera has been offline the app said it was powered of but i checked the plug and the wifi which had no issues and i had to restart the camera which in theory isn't great when if suddenly something happened or if i didn't check i wouldn't have known"
53.7%

need to swipe

"i have 2 and have both linked so i only need to swipe the picture on my phone to see the other camera"
53.6%

could be better

"activity zones could be better but i will play with these a bit more before giving up completely"
53.6%

camera is wrong

"there is no option that your wifi is fine not the option that the camera is wrong"
53.5%

problem with the card

"it is ok but it won't except the memory card i have tried 2 different cards and i just get an error message saying there is a problem with the card the cards both work in my tablet"
53.4%

network is unstable

"when i reinstalled it as an “existing configuration” it failed every time at the end with a black pop up that reads “the network is unstable"
53.3%

assign a location

"however this also consistently failed after attempting to assign a location to the re added device as did every retry"
53.2%

echo dot 5 as stated

"also doesn’t connect to amazon echo dot 5 as stated"
53.0%

unstable and immature

"the app "feels" buggy unstable and immature certainly compared to it's kasa counterpart and in my humble opinion tp link would be better served by consolidating control of kasa and tapo products into their more mature kasa app and api and focusing on the kasa brand"
53.0%

might as well

"it’s by far the worst i’ve seen it is so bad that it might as well not have the function"
53.0%

kinds of errors

"after that i’ve tried to reconnect the camera and got all kinds of errors possible it didn’t blink at all then it blinked but the app didn’t see the camera after few times resetting and powering off the app saw the camera but was unable to connect to wifi stating something is wrong with it i have other products by tapo and none of them ever complained about my wifi "
52.9%

with no recourse

"and again the device eventually disappeared from the tapo app devices screen leaving me with no recourse but to reset re add it over and over again"
52.7%

terrible on this

"as soon a it’s more than 6foot from the rooter it pretty much stops working we’ve a full mesh network with boosters and it’s terrible on this"
52.7%

jump through hoops

"i am trying to send it back but amazon only grants returns for a month before it makes you jump through hoops"
52.7%

no cloud storage

"can't really recommend as a security camera as no cloud storage meaning a burglar could simply steal the camera and there would be no record"
52.7%

failing part

"i had problems setting up as could connect to camera as in guide but then kept failing part way through setup then i realised the following"
52.6%

does n't support that

"that requires port forwarding on the router and this camera doesn't support that"
52.6%

disgusting option

"even with the sd card installed the camera has a disgusting option that delete the entire motion notification log from the previous day"
52.6%

smashed to bits

"understand that as a security camera there can be a few issues with offline storage as the sd card can just be taken out of the camera can be smashed to bits along with the sd card but as this isn't the main reason for my purchase this doesn't bother me"
52.4%

no real issues

"there have been no real issues maintaining a connection and any connectivity problems are solved by exiting the program and opening again this only happens when i switch wifi signals on my phone now and then"
52.3%

anything more is terrible

"would be alright for maybe 3 4 metres but anything more is terrible"
52.2%

complain about

"if that's ok for you then really there's little to complain about"
52.2%

alarm noise

"when motion detection is activated it makes a alarm noise to warn anyone that it is recording"
52.1%

wasting a good hour

"so at the end you are stuck wasting a good hour each day going through clips recorded at various playback speeds to see what triggered the cam"
52.1%

easily accessible

"i like that the sd card is hidden and not easily accessible if you don't know where to look for it"
52.1%

issues with the software

"all the cheap other ones have issues with the software they use"
52.0%

difficult as it captures

"playback for review is difficult as it captures so"
52.0%

show errors

"poor show errors are confusing and contradictory"
51.8%

load recordings

"accessing recordings is good compared to others where i could never load recordings "
51.8%

ispy software

"i wanted to stream it to a desktop pc & expected that to be a little difficult but if you download the free ispy software it's hardly a problem since the camera is compatible with rtsp & onvif"
51.8%

help desk are incompetent

"this item may be sophisticated but when it fails the support instructions are misleading and the help desk are incompetent and do not know the product"
51.7%

software beeps

"both trigger separate high quality feeds to record and i make it so that if anyone steps on the front of our property the software beeps"
51.6%

software tapo

"the software tapo is very handy"
51.6%

broken after a year

"this is not a first time to buy an indoor camera hopefully don’t broken after a year"
51.4%

sure what i

"not sure what i am going to do now?"
51.4%

really ca n't go wrong

"for the price you really can't go wrong"
51.3%

video glitches

"however using the free software ispy i have imported the lower quality feeds for motion detection lower quality feeds have less weird video glitches if your camera has poor wifi connection and then i clone it so i have 2 smaller feeds one detecting the front yard another to detect the road"
50.9%

existing configuration

"when i reinstalled it as an “existing configuration” it failed every time at the end with a black pop up that reads “the network is unstable"
50.5%

camera has no zoom

"unfortunately the onvif profile it support doesn't not support ptz or rather pt since this camera has no zoom"
50.2%

no zoom capability

"pan and tilt work well no zoom capability"
50.1%
...

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%

works brilliantly in both products

"it works brilliantly"
100.0%

highly recommend in both products

"i have 2 of these cameras one indoors and other outside outside one surviving well after a month or two outside and the battery also lasts a while overall great products and would highly recommend"
99.6%

really good in both products

"can see a really good distance without being blurry"
99.3%

works perfectly in both products

"works perfectly and allows us to get motion alerts as well as check in on the pets during the day"
98.6%

amazing product in both products

"overall amazing product"
98.5%

only downfall in both products

"the only downfall is that you have to subscribe in order to keep your recordings after the 30 day trial"
96.1%

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%

great camera in both products

"great camera for the money"
88.5%

great addition in both products

"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%

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%

very handy in both products

"i live in a small close where we only have front communal gardens so being able to easily turn off detection in certain areas whilst my neighbours have their washing out is very handy"
75.0%

looks good in both products

"looks good and performs well"
75.0%

great value in both products

"great value and easily installed to create a home security network with minimal fuss"
74.9%

really well in both products

"easy to talk through it as well and works really well in the dark"
74.9%

smart tech in both products

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

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%

pretty easy in both products

"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%

works fine in both products

"schedule works fine but we don’t all stick to schedules do we"
74.6%

good picture in both products

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

pretty good in both products

"the cost of the ring subscriptions plans is pretty good"
74.4%

very easily in both products

"the intercom works great too so you can hear and speak with them very easily"
74.4%

good value in both products

"good value for money and better than expected for the price"
74.3%

image quality in both products

"notifications are quick and the image quality ya the best i’ve seen"
74.3%

quality product in both products

"great service and great quality product"
74.2%

great item in both products

"great item easy to set up some times it's a minute out of time but not a problem for me"
74.2%

crystal clear in both products

"just set it up and off you go works instantly and pictures are crystal clear"
74.0%

very happy in both products

"overall i am very happy and will be purchasing additional camera soon"
74.0%

smart phone in both products

"have it at the front door don't own a smart phone but it runs just as good with alexa excellent quality"
73.9%

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%

excellent both

"the quality of the images is excellent both at night and during the day and the ring app allowed full integration of the camera along with the doorbell and chime"
100.0%

superb picture

"even in the middle of the night this camera still gives a superb picture"
100.0%

absolutely excellent

"but the night vision and picture quality are absolutely excellent!"
99.9%

quite good

"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%

brilliant product

"this is a brilliant product"
99.9%

installation process

"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%

good piece

"good piece of kit"
99.8%

best thing

"the best thing about this compared to my other cameras is how quick it is to start the app and see the view from the camera"
99.6%

really effective

"its a really effective and cheap system that really works"
99.5%

whats inside the

"i purchased a 3rd party mounting bracket as i could not mount from the ceiling with whats inside the box"
99.1%

recommended highly

"recommended highly"
99.1%

been excellent

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

extremely sharp

"the picture is extremely sharp especially during daylight but at night although sharp it's difficult to see faces clearly"
96.5%

they are all excellent

"and they are all excellent"
93.1%

little camera is amazing

"this little camera is amazing it's clarity is outstanding and very easy to set up too "
93.1%

with this superb

"been stopping the dog chewing the kids toys etc with this superb!"
93.1%

very well made

"the actual bit of kit is very well made and has a high end feel to it being made from high quality plastics and other materials"
92.6%

great bit of security

"great bit of security tells u straight away that someone is outside"
91.9%

feels cheaper

"it just feels cheaper all round"
91.7%

battery life is great

"this is a great addition to my ring products easy to fit anywhere you need it the day view is excellent and the battery life is great my only complaint is the night vision being very grainy still clear enough but could be better"
91.7%

works a treat

"also i found for an outdoor camera i had to put a wi fi extender half way between router and cameras as did not quite make range but now works a treat "
90.9%

excellent easy to use

"excellent easy to use cam"
90.5%

absolutely right

"motion detection takes a bit of time to set up and get absolutely right but once you’ve got it sorted you just leave them alone"
90.2%

genuinely great

"this is a genuinely great piece of kit"
90.2%

does magnificently

"this it does magnificently"
90.1%

well impressed

"brilliant well impressed"
89.8%

quality excellent

"battery life is good and picture quality excellent"
89.7%

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%

really happy

"nonetheless i am really happy with my purchase"
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%

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%

good instructions

"easy installation good instructions and support"
75.0%

extra security camera

"inside cats do set of motion sensor but can be turned off if you prefer as an extra security camera for your home i would recommend"
75.0%

really easy

"setup was really easy"
74.9%

self works

"the camera it's self works well with the night view being impressive"
74.9%

nice option

"there is a nice option to kick off a siren remotely if needs be"
74.9%

cctv option

"a really easy cctv option"
74.9%

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%

easy installation

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

recommend these

"would highly recommend these"
74.8%

subscriptions plans

"the cost of the ring subscriptions plans is pretty good"
74.8%

working great

"the other camera in the meantime has been working great"
74.8%

livingroom kitchen

"we have it pointing at the door across the livingroom kitchen so it see most of the room"
74.7%

trusted company

"i feel safe at home or if away with ring a genuine trusted company"
74.7%

good details

"all good details"
74.7%

indoor installation

"there is an option to select indoor installation when setting up the camera"
74.7%

added features

"added features to blackout areas such as neighbours gardens are good although my neighbours asked that i don't obscure their garden if only 1 ring item subscription is small fee for added peace of mind"
74.7%

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%

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%

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%

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%

excellent addition

"another excellent addition to our security network"
74.3%

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%

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%

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%

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 perfect in both products

"1 is on mouse watch in the loft works perfect in the dark and produces a good picture"
100.0%

excellent product in both products

"excellent product and great value"
100.0%

works brilliantly in both products

"motion detection works brilliantly with notifications to your phone"
100.0%

highly recommend in both products

"would highly recommend"
99.6%

really good in both products

"for a cheap camera it’s really good"
99.3%

works perfectly in both products

"purchased to keep an eye on my two house bunnies and it works perfectly"
98.6%

amazing product in both products

"amazing product sends notifications to your phone if motion is detected"
98.5%

only downfall in both products

"good little camera very clear and night vision is good only downfall is after a week or so it stops working and you’ve to reconnect it all to get it working again which is a pain"
96.1%

very impressive in both products

"very impressive"
95.6%

excellent camera in both products

"excellent camera for the price"
92.9%

great camera in both products

"great camera for monitoring your home while away i keep my audible alarm off until i have captured an intruder on video enough so they can be recognised before turning the alarm on"
88.5%

great addition in both products

"this security camera from tp link is a great addition to any security system looking at the build quality it's fair to say for the price it is very good and should not cause any problems reliability wise"
75.0%

works well in both products

"the app also gives you full pan and tilt control over the cam and it works well"
75.0%

good price in both products

"this unit carries the tp link name which offers reasonable products at a good price with a name that could be trusted"
75.0%

very handy in both products

"a very handy piece of internal monitoring equipment"
75.0%

looks good in both products

"quality looks good on the phone easy to set up"
75.0%

great value in both products

"great value for money"
74.9%

really well in both products

"motion activation seems to work really well and it’s simplicity itself to review and download footage via the mobile app as well as capture still images"
74.9%

great device in both products

"what a great device"
74.9%

picture quality in both products

"picture quality is surprisingly good especially for night use"
74.8%

outdoor camera in both products

"great that it can record continuously and store to sd card so no payment for cloud storage unlike the outdoor camera"
74.8%

pretty easy in both products

"syncing with my home wifi was pretty easy once i'd downloaded the android app"
74.6%

works fine in both products

"after getting past the setup phase the app that connects you to your camera works fine"
74.6%

good picture in both products

"1 is on mouse watch in the loft works perfect in the dark and produces a good picture"
74.5%

pretty good in both products

"night detection is pretty good and the picture quality is quit decent for the price"
74.4%

very easily in both products

"good value for money and linked to alexa very easily"
74.4%

good value in both products

"other than that good value and i would still recommend it"
74.3%

image quality in both products

"the camera itself is great however and is easily viewed in the app adding multiple cameras is a straightforward process as well the image quality is clear and with good depth and field of vision alerts are instant and the ability to have the camera sound its own alarm is a definite plus"
74.3%

quality product in both products

"quality product that provides peace of mind"
74.2%

great item in both products

"great item"
74.2%

crystal clear in both products

"sound quality is low but the main image is crystal clear"
74.0%

very happy in both products

"very happy"
74.0%

smart phone in both products

"in light environments it has a very good picture and easily controllable from your smart phone locally"
73.9%

really brilliant

"fantastic value does exactly what we need records everything on the sd card that we bought when it senses motion we can view it from our mobiles alter the view from the mobiles it's really brilliant"
100.0%

truly excellent

"was not expecting too much for the money i paid but this is truly excellent"
100.0%

wonderful piece

"wonderful piece of kit!"
100.0%

very pleased

"great camera very pleased"
100.0%

excellent rotation

"really impressed with this good value and excellent rotation"
100.0%

made well designed

"the app is well made well designed"
100.0%

super recommended

"super recommended!"
100.0%

brilliant cameras

"brilliant cameras"
100.0%

greatest strength

"i must say this product’s greatest strength is the ease of set up followed by the remarkably well designed app"
99.9%

absolutely fantastic

"absolutely fantastic product"
99.9%

excellent piece

"excellent piece of kit wanted a bit if security without having the expensive cost of of cctv installed bought this because of practicality of being able to move around the house if needed and the cost brilliant price no negatives as if yet only had a couple of days but so far so good may buy more if price stays the same"
99.9%

great motion detection

"great motion detection and works with alexa"
99.7%

moving bushes

"it sends alerts on detecting movement but i switched it off as the moving bushes were triggering"
99.7%

reasonable ir performance

"picture quality is more than acceptable for the cost of the unit and i am getting reasonable ir performance as well inside the ir is unlikely to be great in an open outdoor environment "
99.4%

extremely good

"the night vision quality is extremely good too"
99.4%

good remote control

"good points: relatively easy to set up mostly plug and play clear ios app excellent camera quality for the price night vision particularly good remote control of horizontal and vertical panning from the app which improves the already good coverage two way sound although quality isn't particularly good a motion detection alarm which can be disabled local video storage on a micro sd card which is easy to manage in the app"
98.9%

nice piece

"nice piece of kit for the price "
98.8%

very clean

"you will pay a bit more for these but they have there own tp made software that’s very clean and simple"
98.7%

real bargain

"i bought this camera for £25 and it's a real bargain"
98.2%

good imagery

"good imagery and nice app would be nice if whilst using ptz it would not consider this a motion alert bit over sensitive"
97.8%

worked a treat

"i had difficulty setting up but downloaded an older version of the app and that worked a treat"
97.8%

excellent picture

"bought this to replace a cheaper camera being only five pounds more i should’ve bought this first excellent picture little lag unlike the other one and motion detection is great if not a little sensitive but ought for the babies room so works for me"
97.5%

great sound

"picture great sound could be better but low on my priority"
96.8%

amazingly well

"it works amazingly well and i would not hesitate to buy it again"
96.5%

c200 smart

"currently under thirty pounds from amazon the tapo c200 smart camera by tp link offers good value at the price – ideal for inexpensive and reliable real time monitoring but it is not a fully secure camera five stars for all that it does well"
95.0%

quite powerful

"it is really quite powerful for the low price and i have had zero connection issues even when accessing it remotely from other locations"
94.7%

cameras are excellent

"cameras are excellent"
93.1%

connections are great

"i use it for my shop to make sure everything is okay and the connections are great"
92.6%

perfect and worth

"simple perfect and worth it for £25!"
92.1%

good depth

"the camera itself is great however and is easily viewed in the app adding multiple cameras is a straightforward process as well the image quality is clear and with good depth and field of vision alerts are instant and the ability to have the camera sound its own alarm is a definite plus"
91.9%

bargain at the price

"i think this camera is a bargain at the price and a great addition to any security system it is also peace of mind when you are away from home as this camera is accessible from anywhere in the world as long as you have your phone with the tapo app installed and internet access"
91.7%

need smart

"great value top quality camera that doesnt need smart hub"
91.4%

well written

"good quality video and unlike your typical unbranded chinese smart kit the software is stable and well written"
91.2%

work to perfection

"amazing product i deployed a few of these and they work to perfection"
91.2%

absolutely love this

"absolutely love this!"
90.4%

super product

"super product"
90.3%

motion detection is great

"motion detection is great and you can setup areas if you want to limit the size of area for motion detection"
89.9%

does an excellent

"i bought this because of the trusted tp link brand association and there being no cloud storage involved for putting in a window to cover the garden and it does an excellent job"
89.3%

amazing for the price

"this product is amazing for the price"
89.2%

no issues very good

"overall everything just works as it should with no issues very good for the price"
89.2%

great and easy to

"you need to buy a micro sd card for recording app is great and easy to use"
88.9%

good functionality

"great pictures good functionality for minimising alerts ability to record to local storage and even chat to those on the room!"
88.8%

way audio is perfect

"two way audio is perfect"
88.6%

perfect for my needs

"perfect for my needs at a great price"
88.5%

work brilliantly

"it will work brilliantly to keep an eye on my naughty cats whilst at work"
88.5%

absolute bargain

"absolute bargain for the price and would definitely recommend purely for the pan function alone!"
88.4%

positive detections

"motion detection is a very basic contrast based algorithm and as such there's a lot of false positive detections"
88.3%

great fearures

"perfect little camera with great fearures amazing price for what you get!"
88.0%

great camara

"a great camara but after 10mins it ask for reconnect"
88.0%

does an amazing

"the picture quality is perfect and does an amazing job at keeping an eye on our little fury friend"
87.6%

camera is a bargain

"this camera is a bargain"
87.5%

perfect item

"perfect item"
75.0%

reasonably good

"reasonably good camera only concern is that the security on app might be a bit low the green light keeps on turning on and off even when private mode is on its almost seam someone else has been watching us 👀"
75.0%

decent software

"worth the bit extra cash to get a solid device with decent software"
75.0%

reasonably well

"pros reasonably well priced £35 at time of review has 1080p resolution can be set up with app and internet router and run without need for a pc or additional software can also be used with onvif compatible software eg blue iris and ispy etc cons wifi only would be nice to have had an ethernet port or even poe wifi is 2"
75.0%

great price

"perfect for my needs at a great price"
75.0%

good points

"good points: relatively easy to set up mostly plug and play clear ios app excellent camera quality for the price night vision particularly good remote control of horizontal and vertical panning from the app which improves the already good coverage two way sound although quality isn't particularly good a motion detection alarm which can be disabled local video storage on a micro sd card which is easy to manage in the app"
75.0%

good light

"the video quality is sharp with good light although the colours are a little off"
75.0%

great features

"picture quality is really good with some great features and easy to use app"
75.0%

suitable surface

"fitting is simple but this camera is not stand alone or battery powered it requires the supplied power supply to be connected mounting the camera is quick and simple screw the removable base of the camera and screw this to a suitable surface and then simply refit the camera to the base by just twisting back on"
75.0%

seems well

"seems well made but longevity is always an issue with this sort of thing"
75.0%

cctv cameras

"the picture quality is very clear it's not high resolution but i found it's a clearer and more focused image than the 5mp annke cctv cameras i installed and sent back "
74.9%

smart technology

"having recently bought my first alexa and reading up on various other smart technology decided to give this camera a go"
74.9%

indoor cameras

"and at a fraction of the blink camera price if you need indoor cameras"
74.9%

handy features

"the app is easy to use and has lots of handy features such as motion detection notifications and the ability to stream the live or recorded streams"
74.9%

proper security camera

"ideal as a baby monitor for watching the pets when you're away from home or for generally keeping an eye on things – if you need a proper security camera i can recommend the tp link kasa range which i have used myself for a couple of years"
74.9%

storage capabilities

"i would also recommend getting a large sd card for maximum storage capabilities"
74.9%

decent controls

"decent controls over app"
74.9%

indoor security camera

"although this c200 indoor security camera is by tp link it is not part of their established “kasa” range of smart home products but is a the start of a new system named “tapo”"
74.9%

outdoor environment

"picture quality is more than acceptable for the cost of the unit and i am getting reasonable ir performance as well inside the ir is unlikely to be great in an open outdoor environment "
74.9%

record continuously

"with 64bg you can record continuously for 1 week then it will loop round"
74.9%

link products

"the quality of tp link products is generally good"
74.9%

playback remotely

"for data security the recordings are only stored locally on micro sd so you must purchase cards with these but you can playback remotely through the app but bear in mind that this is reliance on your home network speed and connection quality where you are"
74.9%

especially useful

"this is especially useful if she triggers a well being alarm either on purpose or accidentally"
74.9%

unique things

"can set up movement regions for each individual camera can call them unique things and specify whic room including garage dog house they are located in"
74.8%

recommended item

"recommended item"
74.8%

price range

"great camera for the price range"
74.8%

really efficient

"this is great value for money and a really efficient “baby monitor” or in my case a way to check on the security of my home"
74.7%

change position

"has sound and you can talk through the camera and change position from your phone"
74.7%

value price

"this is worth to buy with this value price"
74.7%

good night

"the picture quality i have found to be really good night or day if used indoors"
74.7%

five stars

"currently under thirty pounds from amazon the tapo c200 smart camera by tp link offers good value at the price – ideal for inexpensive and reliable real time monitoring but it is not a fully secure camera five stars for all that it does well"
74.7%

awesome value

"for 25 quid awesome value"
74.6%

smart plug

"decent camera and only payed 25 pound aswell you can move the camera round through the app like left right and up and down and i have the smart plug aswell it is also in the same app so gunna get another to use as a baby monitor and can control all in the 1 app if you get me"
74.6%

easy to navigate

"being able to control the camera with my mobile phone is fantastic and the ui is easy to navigate"
74.5%

screen info

"configuration is also easy and comprehensive with the ability to change the on screen info from the camera location date stamping etc as well as the motion detection parameters night and day picture modes and so on"
74.5%

that position

"you can also mark a particular position the camera remembers this & will return to that position automatically should you choose"
74.5%

fantastic functionality

"fantastic functionality and great value!"
74.5%

good enough

"i put a 128gb sd card in it and i believe it worked just shy of 3 weeks recording 24 7 on the lower definition setting which is still good enough for me"
74.5%

amazing price

"such a great product at an amazing price"
74.5%

picture position

"you can zoom in on the picture position the camera how you want and it allows you to receive motion detection notifications if that's your thing"
74.5%

definitely recommended

"definitely recommended"
74.4%

excellent value

"other than that considering the entire package pricing included this is excellent value"
74.4%

very helpful

"picture quality and sound very clear and being able to rotate the camera is very helpful"
74.4%

very quiet

"camera pan and tilt is very quiet just barely audible and much better than a different victure webcam that i've tried"
74.4%

amazing value

"amazing value"
74.4%

just great

"just great"
74.4%

siren alarm

"also motion detection has a siren alarm"
74.3%

fine tuning the position

"pan and tilt controlled via the app are great for fine tuning the position"
74.3%

works flawlessly

"mine is setup using my iphone7 and works flawlessly i highly recommend it!"
74.3%

seems good

"night vision seems good but haven't used it for that"
74.3%

location date

"configuration is also easy and comprehensive with the ability to change the on screen info from the camera location date stamping etc as well as the motion detection parameters night and day picture modes and so on"
74.2%

responded promptly

"i contacted tp link customer service who responded promptly"
74.1%

removable base

"fitting is simple but this camera is not stand alone or battery powered it requires the supplied power supply to be connected mounting the camera is quick and simple screw the removable base of the camera and screw this to a suitable surface and then simply refit the camera to the base by just twisting back on"
74.1%

fantastic camera

"fantastic camera"
74.1%

well worth

"well worth cost"
74.1%

nice quality

"nice quality and superb app"
74.1%

problems reliability wise

"this security camera from tp link is a great addition to any security system looking at the build quality it's fair to say for the price it is very good and should not cause any problems reliability wise"
74.1%

excellent and easy

"excellent and easy to use and set up"
74.1%

quick and easy

"the app tapo app from play store for android for this camera is fairly simple to use and adding a new camera is quick and easy just remember to have your phone connected to 2"
74.0%

whole process

"the whole process about as difficult as putting on a hat"
74.0%

excellent security

"as yet untested as i've not had any unwanted intruders but the picture quality is good enough to recognise faces and combined with the controlled socket switches provides excellent security"
74.0%

very reasonable

"very reasonable price"
74.0%

correct position

"the adjustment for moving the lens to the correct position by using the app in the room is a bonus"
74.0%

relatively inexpensive

"this is a relatively inexpensive unit though it appears to have all the features of more expensive models works with any wi fi router 1080p hd two way audio and motion detection"
74.0%

price quality

"really good product for the price quality is good"
74.0%

cost effective

"it is cost effective and comes with good customer support and the quality of the video is excellent"
74.0%

compatible software

"pros reasonably well priced £35 at time of review has 1080p resolution can be set up with app and internet router and run without need for a pc or additional software can also be used with onvif compatible software eg blue iris and ispy etc cons wifi only would be nice to have had an ethernet port or even poe wifi is 2"
73.9%

cost security cameras

"it’s good to see a well known manufacturer such as tp link producing good quality low cost security cameras"
73.9%

link router

"easy to set up and configure using a tp link router "
73.9%
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** strength is the level of sentiment expressed in a sentence, phrase or keyword. It ranges from 0 to 100%
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