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"further to this when i brought the camera's inside next to the sync module they do work however the live stream lag is extremely poor and hit and miss if it loads at all"

"i was so excited to get this system but i was very disappointed"

"the wifi signal is just awful making the camera close to useless for me"

"i live in a small bungalow which doesn’t bode well for a large house really annoying have tried reinstalling camera and showed full bars on wifi but yet again no ‘live view’"

"my only gripe with this product is the quality of the wall mounts that come with each camera"

"but if they only last a year i will be happy as it’s still more than other more expensive systems"

"firstly the night vision just doesn't work"

"better screen masking options to block areas with plants or false alarm"

"the biggest issue i found was connectivity reliability the camera loses connectivity with the cloud too often reducing reliability"

"unless i park the car in exactly the same spot every night and set an exclusion zone around the windows there is no way to avoid this"

"called blink support and they never heard of error message like this and told me to return it to amazon"

"night vision has changed to a closer range to cam lense only problem so compared to old xt not quite as good"

"did some research & was almost put off by one or two negative reviews"

"however i am pleasantly surprised and am not planning on returning this as it stands"

"my gripes are you get an intruder the alarm sound on your phone will most likely be inadequate as it uses your notification sounds which are in my experience very short but it also means you get false alarms whenever other notifications come down which can be very frequently"

"delay between motion and detection and notification wasted my money as usual with amazon reviews 😡😡😡"

"the only negative for me is the lack of full integration with smartthings"

"update: after amazon responded and suggested another camera in addition to the original i have seen further issues with the blink technology and will be returning both cameras"

"fundamental design flaw as it’s too easy to steal"

"i would say that if the camera is situated in a busy area then definitely get a power cable as the batteries will not be reliable and you will spend a fortune on replacing them"

"i need a replacement for this camera it has no and does not work"

"i'm going to look into my legal rights as not fit for purpose but past amazons return window"

"if amazon were to make this camera with the option of hard wiring with both power mains and internet cables this camera would sell like hotcakes"

"do not waste your money"

"by the 8th of november it has stopped working"

"must be a faulty camera xt2 the other 2 x xt cameras are working very well indeed no problems at all"

"by the time the app opens 10 12 secs and the awful awful lag catches up whoever was at the door has gone"

"just disappointed"

"absolute garbage"

"will be returning this as its just not good at what it is meant to be good at"

"one of the main selling points "2 year battery life" is a total disaster"

"which is a really pointless requirement when you're talking about outdoor cameras"

"really disappointed"

"the quality is shockingly awful!"

"you can't distinguish faces 10 feet away just not up to amazon's usual quality just thought i had to review as it was quite disappointing"

"well they are really frustrating!"

"part of the problem is that the camera lens is quite distorted and out of focus over most of the field of view and is only really sharp in the center of the image"

"incredibly disappointing that it cannot be used as a trigger for alexa or smart home functions"

"at lowest possible settings it lags terribly even with a high end router and high speed broadband"

"terrible absolutely terrible"

"awful product delayed triggering time which means someone could get out of view before recording begins"

"actually its outrageously poor considering the cost of the camera and i see already that amazon is offering additional additional mounts for a further £9"

"these cameras are one of the best options if you want a close to completely trouble free & wireless installation without having to lay extra wires do anything more difficult than minor drilling with the right accessory mounts you may not even do any drilling at all thus not needing a technician"

"the quality of the picture is reasonably good in the day time but night vision is pretty poor even at the enhanced quality setting"

"also had to put these up high due to how easy they pop off the wall mount criminals would take them easily lol i’ve just ordered the silicone covers for them so that might help with the cold conditions "

"which means it just hangs from most sockets very untidily"

"biggest waste of money i have ever seen"

"poor show amazon"

"it's an embarrassing product that amazon should not of put there name to"

"the motion detection is delayed so it seems pointless to use it as a communication to talk to deliveries because when they come and the camera records you can’t physically access the live stream as it says ‘camera busy’ as it’s recording?"

"it is now going straight to the garbage where it belongs"

"received the blink xt2 yesterday and was very disapointed"

"if you try to see who's at the door and it fails first time and you try to view again it just says "live view in progress" when it isn't"

"terrible customer service not worthy of the amazon brand in my opinion"

"it's ok but still has faults in design"

"live view absolutely useless"

"this may sound small but its frustrating a little at times"

"as is compared to the nest & foscam models i own i've found using this item very frustrating to the point where i really feel like it's not just limited but actually useless"

"if you need to get an appreciation of the kind of issues then read the other reviews and be aware that some of them are based on completely unrealistic expectations"

"i had planned on adding more cameras to the system but im not left wondering if i would just face the same issues again and with less options for placement it could just end up being wasted money"

"i think blink know there's a manufacturing problem with the xt2s and are going through delay tactics"

"do not recommend as you could be wasting time depending on whether they'll send you a working unit or not"

"i’ve been looking at this for a few months and always been put off by some very harsh reviews of poor performance"

"obviously that is not a satisfactory situation as an unwelcome caller may not be registered"

"if i had been aware of the limited range of the motion sensors i would've probably bought something else i will stick with them and buy more cameras eventually"

"if you bear that in mind you can't fault these at all"

"my camera has good wifi signal too but still delay happens"

"this is basically flawed"

"can't fault them at all"

"the camera to wi fi strength reading drops off rapidly with distance and needs a repeater in every room blink give standard complcated answers not applicable to uk internet providers especially with dual frequency routers"

"i’m returning mine as they must be broken"

"i am fortunate enough to have a detached house and there is 1 camera on each side 4 "

"another problem by the way is getting the back of the cameras and almost impossible task i know they have to be waterproof but it is a ridiculous task involving a lot of frustration and asking other people to try"

"we've had some torrential rain since installing them and the camera housing has withstood the downpour a heavy frost did obscure the lens one night until the sun warmed things up"

"all because a lot of people dont know what they're doing i have a mine field of easy to set up and hack things out there and trying to find a security device i can be sure is safe"

"they look good work excellently and have a great feature where you can block out certain parts of the area to prevent unwanted activations which for cheap cameras like these are a brilliant function my arlo set up doesn’t even have this!"

"never written an amazon review before but thought it would be best to warn anyone thinking about wasting money on these"

"i had both cameras mounted within 10 mins i have wooden cladding outside so was quick to do but any surface to screw in the bracket will be quick once you have rawl plugs in if not onto wood"

"i would have been very satisfied except for one massive problem"

"fibre wifi 500mb and this camera is just very slow"

"i did contact customer services and they tried to resolve it and eventually stated it was a hardware issue so they immediately sent me another camera but the replacement is exactly the same"

"there is a short lag for the clips to upload to the cloud but i haven’t found this to be a major issue"

"99 during the limited time sale"

"unfortunately the xt2 camera fog in cold weather making them practically useless"

"one slight issue is that occasionally the signal drops however this can be easily remedied by restarting the 'sync module"

"easily removed and stolen"

"however with constant alerts from motion detection the storage soon fills up it’s not as user friendly to quickly delete videos either to free up space i have hundreds of videos at this point of basically both happening"

"in night mode the image is even worse as expected i suppose"

"i would advise hat they are put in a discrete or high position to prevent then being stolen"

"they are truly one of the major infuriating electronics"

"1 failed straight out the box with no sound had a nightmare trying to get it replaced and still waiting support team lied to me telling me it was coming in next "few days" it's already been a week and still not materialised despite it having been sat in the dpd depot for the last 3 days"

"in this time the camera may capture someone approaching your front or rear door then during the 10 seconds break completely miss them entering the property or doing damage or anything else that you may want captured"

"dreadful service"

"blergh live view fails often"

"they look good work excellently and have a great feature where you can block out certain parts of the area to prevent unwanted activations which for cheap cameras like these are a brilliant function my arlo set up doesn’t even have this!"

"i just wonder if i should have sent it back when i realised there was a connection problems ?"

"the quality is good at distance but the images do become blurred if you zoom in to the max but that being said i think they are good enough"

"they’re brittle plastic and come with just two screws no wall plugs etc"

"constantly losing connection"

"i’m returning mine avoid!"

"it also provides a link to trouble shoot this problem"

"if thinking of buying the recommended camera shields for incelment weather again dont bother the wind blows the water onto the cameras and the fixing stems rust its only been two months save your money and yout valuable time avoid blink"

"originally i changed to blink from the first arlo cameras that were very expensive not as good quality video used batteries that were expensive and only lasted 6 month max before needing to buy new batteries"

"another main issue is that you cant use local storage without manual downloads or purchase more cloud storage"

"one slight issue is that occasionally the signal drops however this can be easily remedied by restarting the 'sync module"

"the only thing the app is missing for me is that you cant mass download the clips all at once you can however mass delete them"

"you get a decent amount of storage allowance"

"ease of installation pir motion detection meaning fewer false triggers free cloud storage thumbnails in the software to quickly indicate what caused the trigger night vision 2 way audio alexa integration etc"

"if they alarm now i get my torch and go look in my garden or ignore them as for watching footage "

"your lazy programmers can't learn how to escape dangerous characters welcome to the 20th century"

"i've had a blink interior system for some time and i am completely happy with it the video quality and ease of connection operation is unbeatable in my opinion"

"the only slight drawbacks are the max 60 sec recordings before a 10 sec pause but have found so far that 60 sec are ample"

"in some cases the person is already turned around and walked away"

"be prepared for multiple missed events and false alarms"

"another issue the motion detection has is reflections"

"batteries lasted 9 days on the front camera 😂😂 if you want to actually see what's going on at home get a wired one there's literally no point in these the 2 year claim is honestly such nonsense"

"you cant really see faces i spent ages trying to sort it out"

"the instructions are pretty useless as this is app based just download the free app and follow the setup prompts"

"night vision is poor to okay unless there is some light about"

"daytime quality is ok but the night mode is very blurred"

"one of the three cameras run out of battery after only 5 weeks of use and the other two also shows low battery"

"night vision is very blurry which is a shame because the daytime images are really clear"

"2 battery life is very limited unless you want the camera to be non operational for most of the time"

"would be nice to have a way to reboot the camera and sync module via the app these are working well so far conected to bt home wifi mesh discs edit: few days in a live view on camera and thumbnail snapshot seem to be failing regularly at night when network usage in the house is at its lowest"

"i have ordered and got a washing machine which i love and many household products delivered which is so helpful as i have been told to self isolate"

"9 months later still not fixed the issue reported to management level broken promises of firmware update to address these issues have been unanswered junk camera poor customer support steer clear of this substandard camera that is painful to use"

"update: just 17 days after getting the camera and setting it up i have got a low battery warning"

"when you do a live view there is an awful buzzing sound for a second or so before the audio comes through"

"my garden device is almost dead after one month!"

"i installed outside under the roof to monitor the access back to the garden a part some silly problems with the motion sensor due to the smokes of the boiler i installed it too close my fault it works perfectly: hd video in day night vision that allows to recognise faces but it takes a lot of power of course decent audio quality in night vision it crackles on ios but not android in my case the time lapse to receive the notification is 10sec tested at home and at work using mobile 4g network"

"must admit i really like these cameras but where they fall down is when it comes to setting a schedule regardless of how many cameras you have linked up you can only set it to turn them all on or all of together"

"originally i changed to blink from the first arlo cameras that were very expensive not as good quality video used batteries that were expensive and only lasted 6 month max before needing to buy new batteries"

"don’t even have to worry about the batteries going flat alexa can be set up notify you and even order replacements from amazon"

"also to note sometimes we go or leave by the front door and it doesn’t record"

"as is compared to the nest & foscam models i own i've found using this item very frustrating to the point where i really feel like it's not just limited but actually useless"

"4ghz only solution"

"what then happens if the module or the cam loses signal is that the cam does not work you get a blank grey screen on the the app saying disconnected"

"one dissatisfied customer"

"i struggled for a couple of hours to get it set up so alexa would notify of a 'visitor' but eventually gave up and called amazon who looked up the problem and discovered that it only works in the usa and canada and not in the uk yet?"

"however i set one up outside in the daytime it was fine come night time it was virtually impossible to see anything i had to go outside to look because i thought an extremely thick fog had descended it was literally impossible to see anything at all when the motion detector alerted me to movement i can only assume it was a cat but all i could see was eyes as it moved across my patio"

"it is easy to set up trigger areas within the field of view to eliminate spurious alarms"

"on the good side i like the motion detection and how u can choose what to detest radius and u can schedule them although u can’t pick an individual camera to schedule which is annoying "

"the biggest issue i found was connectivity reliability the camera loses connectivity with the cloud too often reducing reliability"

"the main failing in my view is that it does not reliably reconnect to the wifi if there has been an outage e"

"and they are very inconsistent and have a lot of failed errors the night vision isn’t amazing quite burred you can make out shapes but nothing clear"

"the main problem with this system is the camera quality its poor compared to even the cheap camera systems"

"only limitation is the quality of your wifi signal but the camera system shows how strong the signal is during set up"

"contacted the blink technical support but they were utterly useless repeatedly telling me to make sure it was switched on!"

"had for 1 week reset twice because it lost wifi signal less that 30cm from router first frost this morning camera picture terrible"

"another surprising and disappointing factor is when i’d contacted amazon in this and asked for them to be replaced they have declined and can only offer a 30 day faulty return policy!"

"we now have a camera at every access point to the property doors windows gates garden fence and not one of them has lost connectivity despite the large area they’re monitoring"

"up my neighbour going to work this morning very easy to install i think it took me longer drilling the walls with 2 holes i have a really expensive wired cameras set up and they are great i was really socked how easy it was i had to drill holes for my wired installation i wish these were about then"

"postman deliveries cars on and off driveway however it can still pick up headlights at night within the self set exclusion areas areas set within phone software so position and direct the lens carefully to avoid false triggers as this can deplete the battery life max life approx 2 years "

"night vision camera clicks noisy when comes on and off and red light is switching on and sensitive to light"

"using the built in speaker is a bit clunky !"

"i am copying a statement from the product description down here and please tell me if any part of that would indicate that "hey btw this camera is totally useless without buying an additional module""

"the mount is a bit feeble and it would be simple to steal one of these if it was mounted low down"

"the main problem is the lag in picking up movement"

"all in all i would not recommend purchasing this product and am seriously regretting wasting my money"

"so this was difficult fiddly and time consuming"

"i'm just saying that this product is not as good as it claims and for that reason it is way way way over priced"

"luckily i had positioned the blink in a corner above the front window so it was well tucked away and wasn't easily spotted"

"can’t give 0 stars sadly!"

"only had few months and app on phone showing that battery's are low health mm to say these last for 2 years is crazy as i only used for short views "

"night vision is rather poor you are able to see a person moving from 10m but that's practically it "

"unfortunately the xt2 camera fog in cold weather making them practically useless"

"these 2 issues make this device completely unsuitable for my needs so now i just use it as a deterrent"

"however with constant alerts from motion detection the storage soon fills up it’s not as user friendly to quickly delete videos either to free up space i have hundreds of videos at this point of basically both happening"

"it never catches the subject for short events"

"negatives: all four cameras have at some point gone offline leading me to have to delete and reinstall hint: make sure you have all the serial number of the cameras recorded in case you have to reboot them i didn't and had to climb back up a ladder to remove the camera and record the number"

"in truth i was just being impatient and it did connect after leaving it long enough to go make a brew"

"also having not adjusted any settings and previously recieving activation notifications despite movement infront of the camera was failing to detect anything"

"when you can't get it to announce that motion detected and run a routine battery will never last week let alone 2 yearsthis claims that it works with alexa but it doesn't say that it's limited function routines are very difficult to get working triggers impossible ifttt helps with g00gle home amazon edited this review!"

"i believe they've been manufactured in humid conditions and fog when the internal temp drops"

"he can do to help the third advisor couldnt be less interested or helpful if he tried telling me to return them this isnt helpful or convenient ive been without the front camera for 3 days now we bought these after being burgled a few months ago safe to say im not happy in the slightest and ive"

"i would like it to automatically connect to my original ssid even if it is a slower connection"

"i am so fed up with going to the door and finding sales people knocking even though i have a sign saying no cold callers"

"i can manually enable them and disable them but that's a massive pain in the ass"

"setup was super easy but please note you need wall plugs if you're installing on brick walls you get screws included in the box but no wall plugs"

"works ok indoors when initially testing out the camera albeit the app is very un user friendly and live feed is very clunky at best like the old days of trying to watch a video over dial up broadband"

"these cameras are one of the best options if you want a close to completely trouble free & wireless installation without having to lay extra wires do anything more difficult than minor drilling with the right accessory mounts you may not even do any drilling at all thus not needing a technician"

"i still have some unresolved issues with the camera"

"i have sky tv the connection to router is through a sky hub maybe this is the reason but i am heart broken and very frustrated"

"junk for money"

"i can't stress enough that some negative reviews on this product are down to simple mistakes from the user not the device this inculdes wifi range and the strength of your wifi unfortunately if your have poor wifi you will have delays and possibly connection issues"

"you can section of certain parts of the field of view of the camera to minimise trees & bushes moving around in the wind giving false alerts"

"but this can be helped by being able to set up dead zones in the settings"

"they often don’t work and the camera fires even though it’s set to ignore part i’ve updated the photo in app too "

"and they are very inconsistent and have a lot of failed errors the night vision isn’t amazing quite burred you can make out shapes but nothing clear"

"another problem by the way is getting the back of the cameras and almost impossible task i know they have to be waterproof but it is a ridiculous task involving a lot of frustration and asking other people to try"

"not many false alarms sensitivity can be turned down during windy weather and areas of the frame can be ignored so it doesn't pick up buses seen over the back gate "

"overall i'd recommend you buy this product however there are some big issues that may stop you"

"it has no secure mount and is a clip on so would have concerns of theft ironic i know so i have purchased third party secure cradle that screws together"

"the "advanced zoning" doesn't work or is very intermittent on some of the xt2 cameras"

"very easy to install all it takes are a couple of drilled holes and that's it"

"if you have got weak signal near your camera i would recommend you get a tp link powerline wifi extender available on amazon on the positive side: the camera runs on two batteries that are included these are meant to last for two years i haven't had it for long enough to comment on this the camera comes with a bracket and screws included"

"motion detection this is the biggest problem of all"

"now the biggest downside to this system: the night vision!"

"random issues with connection and camera stops recording have to reset the box then"

"just no excuse poorly executed"

"massive delay in showing you the image when you get a notification or just want to view"

"wake up the next day your stuffs gone but at least you’ve got a video of some masked thieves stealing your stuff"

"further to this when i brought the camera's inside next to the sync module they do work however the live stream lag is extremely poor and hit and miss if it loads at all"

"as is 4 stars only and the price is the saving grace in comparison to other systems on the market"

"they can log into and adjust your system if you are having issues so maintenance is automatic with regular software updates which self install"

"most irritating though was because app kept crashing the number of logins in a session is apparently quickly hit and access cannot continue since user is locked out for an hour for security"

"upon looking on the blink community forum it seems like an on going issue that has yet to be fixed"

"quality is ok but it's a rip off unless it can trigger events might as well put a cheap webcam in a plastic bag"

"i get over 50 alerts per day busy road and battery lasted around 2 months"

"i regret buying them"

"the android app is easy to use but a bit slow to connect"

"i set mine up checked the live feed once then found out that it must have been a fluke because it didn’t work once fitted"

"its massive selling point is the fact the cameras have zero cables!"

"i would like to see the ability to connect these to more than one network or ssid as i use a wifi repeater if the repeater goes down for some reason the camera connected to the repeater would be useless"

"okay there are accessories that enable you to enclose the camera in other colours but many will not think of this and will simply not buy the camera as it's black?"

"i tried moving the sync module to 3 different positions but nothing changed still a poor signal"

"your lazy programmers can't learn how to escape dangerous characters welcome to the 20th century"

"this proved to me that this product can’t be good if can only offer a 30day warranty"

"blink support advised i needed another sync module which is not available at that time nor do they have any eta"

"another surprising and disappointing factor is when i’d contacted amazon in this and asked for them to be replaced they have declined and can only offer a 30 day faulty return policy!"

"battery life unknown at the moment but the claims are 2 years the app is super simple and useful too as it allows all settings to be done from anywhere any time"

"i’m returning mine as they must be broken"

"to make things worse technical support makes you waste time when contacting them with the usual "try to move the camera" "try to change batteries" "try restarting it" etc"

"at lowest possible settings it lags terribly even with a high end router and high speed broadband"

"more annoyingly in trying to find a suitable location to refit the camera that was meritful in terms of camera angle but also would actually connect to the sync module i held the camera at various points around the walls outside my house to see whether it connected to the sync module and it seemed ok in a couple of spots so i picked one and drilled more holes and fitted it to the wall for a second time"

"just no excuse poorly executed"

"at night the infrared image is useless most of the time"

"i installed outside under the roof to monitor the access back to the garden a part some silly problems with the motion sensor due to the smokes of the boiler i installed it too close my fault it works perfectly: hd video in day night vision that allows to recognise faces but it takes a lot of power of course decent audio quality in night vision it crackles on ios but not android in my case the time lapse to receive the notification is 10sec tested at home and at work using mobile 4g network"

"i was quite excited to try out this camera but was disappointed by the lag time its nuts upto 7 seconds lag viewing live footage"

"currently the app lacks a schedule to arm or disarm the system"

"postman deliveries cars on and off driveway however it can still pick up headlights at night within the self set exclusion areas areas set within phone software so position and direct the lens carefully to avoid false triggers as this can deplete the battery life max life approx 2 years "

"its seems to me like the product has been rushed out in beta form and is not yet fit for purpose"

"unfortunately i'm unable to recomment this product the basics here is it needs to be reliable enough to leave and bring up footage when needed not constantly check its connected"

"appalling product and dire customer service"

"there is an unacceptable delay between the camera picking up moment and the image appearing on your phone or tablet"

"the only way to turn it off is to remove the batteries"

"other times it picks up motion in the disabled grid"

"more annoyingly in trying to find a suitable location to refit the camera that was meritful in terms of camera angle but also would actually connect to the sync module i held the camera at various points around the walls outside my house to see whether it connected to the sync module and it seemed ok in a couple of spots so i picked one and drilled more holes and fitted it to the wall for a second time"

"do not believe the slick adverts for this unit as they paint a false picture they are obviously primed with knowing someone is at the door etc"

"waste of money and i regret resent buying"

"my biggest issue was the night vision when there was any other light from lichen windows or the ir light on a different security camera"

"on tripped recordings they all miss the initial stages with the recorded footage only capturing the final moments such as the ‘intruder’ walking away"

"could do with a locking screw to stop it being removed so easily"

"but the supplied mounting is utter crap"

"works with echo devices but you need a fast upload and download speed for this to work else alexa will fail to connect"

"ironically a picture on the amazon sales listing which i saw before purchase shows the camera mounted at an entrance door which is in a reachable position"

"i think blink know there's a manufacturing problem with the xt2s and are going through delay tactics"

"but its grossley underdeveloped lot more work needed to make this a "market leader""

"the camera brackets are a bit flimsy and i am worried that the next gale will blow them of the brackets"

"g frosty morning the images become unusable because of condensation!"

"i wish i had done this broom handle test to begin with as it took three attempts screwing this one camera into brick to find a spot that worked which was a real pain and to be honest i was close to sacking it all off and sending it back for a refund after it didn’t work the second time"

"very poor quality slow at reacting and the sound quality is extremely poor"

"very disappointed"

"awful just awful"

"my old ip camera was having some problems losing connectivity resetting itself and so on and it was getting really annoying"

"my only gripe is that i can't find any software that runs on a mac to view this camera which is a shame"

"its a steal for the price ive seen more expensive ones but i dont know how much better you can get than this"

"i bought the camera and app so i could monitor my 91 year old mother from 150miles away and it doesn’t work"

"if you don’t allow location services it says you must activate it in an error message"

"only problem which you might need to be aware"

"all of the camera brands appear to have negative reviews but all the problems are the same for whichever camera you buy – i get the impression though that in many cases it is the users poor internet connection and wi fi signal that create these issues"

"in the process of returning this"

"on max sensitivity gives false alarms and lower sensitivity is not reliable"

"wasted my money!"

"my only negative is after a month it stopped recording unless you subscribe for a fee so now i just use it to check on my dog when i need and to just scroll back if i need to look back at what she has been doing"

"i have had no further issues and i have been thrilled with the purchases"

"the only obvious design flaw is if the camera is stolen then your video is gone"

"we are yet to mount it on the ceiling where we want it as the usb power cable isn't very long so limits where we could place it we will need to get an extender"

"overall it is a good camera for the price it is really simple to set up and connects well to wi fi the app is good and simple to use i would like the picture to be a little clearer my biggest issue is that my phone seems to need a really good internet connection to connect to camera otherwise i can’t"

"the wifi funktion does not work"

"i doubt i can return it now as it is outside the 30 day return window"

"the camera is extremely easy to set up and you should have no problems if you have a strong wifi signal if not hard wiring to the router a reliable broadband internet speed and a phone capable of running the app i am using an ancient iphone 5 otherwise you are likely to experience the problems mentioned in many of the negative reviews of any brand of camera"

"don’t waste your money if you need real time monitoring baby etc "

"update: now it’s 11th november since then one of the cameras have fell onto the floor not at a height and it has stopped working cannot pan or move the camera up and down for a different view"

"i have to give the seller 5 out of 5 for customer service they made the effort to get in touch and resolve my issues and replace the faulty camera for an improved model what a difference the image is outstanding i wish others would take a leaf out of this manufactures effort thank you!"

"overall a severe disappointment"

"i'm extremely disappointed"

"all in all an absolute waste of money"

"complete waste of money !"

"total waste of money"

"extremely annoying"

"the resolution on this camera is great and the night vision means i can see what's happening even in total darkness"

"the worst thing is"

"really disappointing product"

"not sure why it does this but it's quite frustrating"

"small disappointment due to the impossibility to automatically download a picture or a small clip upon movement"

"purchase with caution"

"not reliable and really annoyed!"

"the camera is fine but people need to know that that it only works with one specific app ipc360 which is complete garbage!"

"3 motion control time periods are very crude too cant set different time periods for different days"

"in short: the camera has pretty shoddy build quality in my case around the microsd card slot"

"we previously used a monitor that connected through her light bulb fitting which had a huge downside to it we couldn't use her main light or it affected the connection to the actual monitor !"

"two days in and manual useless does not show where to insert sd card or which way up"

"i have a good broadband connection and even hard wired it when i thought maybe its just not any good for wireless connection but the picture quality is very poor definitely no where near 1080p and extremely choppy glitchy"

"please don’t get me wrong we are happy customers but if you want proper cctv i wouldn’t bother with these because like us you’ll probably just end up buying better which in the long run wastes money on these cheaper cameras so glad we only bought the one to test it out first"

"i have my elderly mum come stay quite often & she is suffering with dementia"

"i had a motorola camera for our baby its been nothing but a pain since i bought it: continual video dropouts and poor pan zoom"

"also the card they send you saying to review it 5 star and they will send you a brand new camera for free is absolutely nonsense"

"everything worked great for about a week but now the app keeps disconnecting from the camera every few minutes so i have to keep opening the camera back up to see if my baby has woken up rather than it just staying on all the time which is very frustrating"

"i'm tech savvy and can't even connect this junk to the wifi after numerous attempts"

"the insistence on using cloud storage in china is annoying and risky"

"the app also suffered from the fact that their "leave feedback" from is completely broken in that it always fails to send the message and they don't bother replying to messages left on reviews for the app"

"only when i received it did i become aware that you actually have to pay extra for this which was disappointing"

"camera itself works fine but the asian server which the camera app relies on is terribly unreliable keeps resetting and kicking us out of the app and having problems connecting we're pretty sure it's not our internet as other things like video streaming work fine "

"but not blocking issue"

"you do need an sd card to record video so bypassing the costly cloud storage"

"please do not buy because of security and privacy issues!"

"small issue i had was sound in one camera but after reinstalling it this went away"

"but didn’t work when i was out the country due to wifi connectivity issues so not practical for cctv security when abroad"

"i therefore decided to return mine"

"but the app is extremely glitchy and will frequently crash"

"i was planning to but another one for the living room but i won't as the password issue is a big one for me"

"there are many cameras on the market at the moment and i spent days researching all the best selling and reviewed cameras"

"the instructors are helpful however the only issue is it never informed me to put sound on my phone to set up wifi and that's the only issue i have had with the device and i will be looking at buying more just as soon as i get a bigger home"

"make sure your phone is not on silent mode while monitoring especially babies so you can hear their sound when they wake up"

"clearly chinese rubbish"

"i would hazard a guess it doesnt if there’s no info on it"

"i have changed memory card twice 32 gb and 64 gb and formatted using the icp360 app as recommended so it's not a memory card problem"

"the app is a little clunky and my main criticism is that you cannot set and save your own preset camera angles to move to as and when you want to"

"i spent longer finding the ideal spot in the room than on set up"

"will be returning them to amazon"

"i was very skeptical for the price and didn't expect a lot"

"scrubbing function to access earlier footage is easy to use with section with activity marked out"

"and still unreliable connection!"

"this is a big security issue for me"

"they don't even drop litter in my street now"

"streaming gets delayed often and sound or video switches off randomly"

"i have stopped using it as there are serious security flaws in both the camera and the very basic app"

"it literally screeched very unpleasantly at me when i had my phone in my little girls bedroom!"

"very dissatisfied"

"construction is very solid and it feels bombproof"

"i bought these because there are some local yobs around my area who think it’s funny to throw eggs at my windows"

"the app is pretty awful"

"but having researched and watched graham on dogs behaving very badly"

"if your camera is placed somewhere where privacy is not an issue its a nice piece of kit that works pretty well otherwise i would avoid"

"i haven’t used the cloud storage functionality as i don’t need it but there is a free trial period offered"

"too often many many times a day says that the network speed is slow and so cannot show a live view or recordings although both cameras are wired to a virgin hub2ac"

"when they added that it spent all night "crunching bones" we knew that none of us was willing to spend the night up there and potentially sacrifice ourselves to find out what that something was!"

"and now we reach the reason why spoiler alert i returned the camera for a refund"

"the image quality is ok but given the two main faults i have it cannot be relied upon for reliable surveillance and therefore defeats the point of having it"

"your videos are being hosted by a non uk site that provides minimal information about how it handles your data"

"product description fails to state that cloud storage requires a monthly payment plan and camera continually records rather than just recording when motion is detected"

"i bought this as a baby monitor and the fact it also has night vision but knowing it can be moved without me giving permission is an unsettling factor"

"i like the 2 way audio feature which my old baby monitor doesn't have because sometimes the baby just needs to hear a reassuring voice to help settle back to sleep"

"it would be a 5 star review if it wasn't for the off line issues"

"i didn't want to pay for an expensive product and was worried how this would effect the wuality of the camera it hasnt"

"we already have a bt 6000 monitor which is upstairs in the babies room but i wanted a cheaper option for her daytime naps in the lounge"

"by the time i got it back out it had been damaged"

"i took a still photo to show my dad he was impressed that i could find him in room even though it was that dark my dad has always been resistant to having a camera as he thought he would be spied on and that it would be intrusive"

"if there is one gripe it is that there doesn't seem to be a way of transferring the recordings on the sd card to a pc for more convenient viewing but that is a minor issue and i remain thoroughy impressed"

"i had intermittent issues with the first camera i purchased when trying to replay video on the sd card as sometimes the video would freeze however i was sent a replacement and this is working fine so far"

"very poorly made camera big gap as seen in photo tried insert my samsung 32gb sd card and it went straight through and dropped inside the camera now i can't retrieve it so lost a memory card inside and i cannot return the camera because of personal data in the card someone would get hold of it!"

"returning soon"

"we used it at first to monitor our poorly kitten but is now relocated to provide security for our house and keep an eye on the rest of our cats"

"even restarting my phone sony xperia less than 6 months old doesn't always work and i am left without the use of the app"

"we purchased this camera as we're planning on going away for a short summer break and didn't want to go all out on a full home security system but still wanted to be able to keep an eye on things"

"good to share between parents both can view at once position negatives: doesn't tilt down as much as i would like to view into a cot from a higher position regular drop offs even in good reception big downside each time it disconnect it loudly says "camera off" and then "camera on" when it reconnects not ideal when you're trying to get your baby to sleep"

"whilst this isn’t a major problem for a pet monitor there is no way i would trust this as a baby monitor"

"what i like about the camera: clear picture whether during daylight or night vision clear sound motion detector works with only a couple seconds delay unfortunately i have to give only 1 star as the camera is prone to being faulty"

"to my dismay there was a server error that showed up that did not allow me to access the camera"

"it’s safe to say it’s been unplugged and we will not be using this again"

"too many dodgy issues with this camera"

"if your angle of insertion is slight off the card can easily catch hold of this gap and further pushing of the card will cause it to drop through the gap into the camera missing the actual sd card slot "

"almost £30 for the most useless camera ever and i'm 100% sure that all the reviews are bogus!"

"there is an option to use their cloud storage service if you do not have an sd card but wish to save the recordings to view back this is a free trial for 30 days then there is a cost – but it is reasonable and optional"

"the first issue is that the power cable isn’t very long so have needed to buy an extension lead"

"what i like about the camera: clear picture whether during daylight or night vision clear sound motion detector works with only a couple seconds delay unfortunately i have to give only 1 star as the camera is prone to being faulty"

"the camera after tried the entire week every single days never worked"

"really i can't fault this device"

"probably the only down side is it only looks down about 40 degrees it can look up over 90 degrees though so you may get some issues seeing lower down if the camera is mounted too high"

"returned item"

"absolutely a waste of money no more inconvenience at christmas to send it back"

"i’m on about the alert mode before the new update you can delete this whenever you liked now they just store on the app even when you clear memory card so it’s not full they remain on the app"

"unfortunately faulty"

"we spent around £150 on a baby camera and monitor set up from one of the leading brands being new parents and fairly new to world of wireless cameras we though this was a good deal however after a year it has decide to stop working"

"i have stopped using it as there are serious security flaws in both the camera and the very basic app"

"as it doesn't have a base unit this means the camera is effectively useless unless you plan to put it next to the wifi router not always practical!"

"tried to add this camera to the outside camera software i currently use and it would not work"

"only thing is that the built wifi receiver is not strong enough so we bought a power line adapter and now it’s brilliant connection"

"i bought 2 of these to mount in my stables as i have some poorly horses and we need to be able to watch them 24 7 and living in a stables isn't the best of places"

"very impressed with this little gadget"

"hit the share button asks for a username which i'm told is the email address of the other user nothing happens"

"being a new cat mom i was quite nervous to leave my boys alone for a handful of hours so it was perfect to keep track of them!"

"only disappointment was that the cord was a bit shorter than i would have liked because i wanted to attach the camera to the ceiling which limited me to higher electrical outlets"

"however the item itself is poor disconnects itself and will not reconnect once you go off the app you have to use with it"

"it worked for 1 hour and booom screen went offline i tried resetting and i kept getting error notification"

"awful chinese product"

"the power lead is also very poor quality it is very loose and if you touch it gently it will come out of it's port on the camera so i have to keep are plugging the power lead back in to the camera as it falls out quite often"

"if anyone has any suggestions please fire away otherwise the camera is going to be replaced as its essentially useless for security purposes"

"you can also buy 1 year subscription to 360 app for about £12 a year and get a rolling 30 days of recording storage on the 360 cloud"

"waste of 30 pounds"

"i purposely typed wrong password for wi fi and it immediately made announcement "access point password is wrong""

"nothing worked"

"i bought two after having had a heart attack"

"very big security concerns with this device and after reading some reviews we didn’t see them when we bought it it seems as though multiple people are experiencing the same"

"failed a few times using my phone but when i used my ipad it worked"

"sadly it's not"

"stay far away!"

"i had a motorola camera for our baby its been nothing but a pain since i bought it: continual video dropouts and poor pan zoom"

"the 2 way voice is clearly audible too but there is a small delay but nothing unacceptable"

"you only get notification messages and if used for monitoring wandering risks for confused elderly it's insufficient"

"i did use the two way communication my dog heard me but to be honest it made her worse as she then tried to climb up and eat the camera"

"when compared to my pi zero with camera this really looks poor"

"thought this was ok at first till i bought another brand elsewhere its poor quality rubbish app as its hard to view reports accurately and the sound quality when trying to hear whats going on is a waste of time"

"i do like this home security camera i use this for my dog when at home alone and whilst working through his separation issues"

"also there's a card that comes with the cam promoting some free sd card and camera peripherals"

"i can never understand why videos of cctv in the private sector are of such poor quality when a camera for this price is so good!"

"these things are too risky to be used indoors or where children are concerned"

"i have been really impressed by the camera easy to set up good images night vision etc but the app constantly freezes and or produces the message 'unable to contact server'"

"great concept but unreliable unit"

"update:::: it then fell off my low table"

"when the cloud storage month runs out you can install a sd card to store the video but i do not know whether you are able to check the video when logging into the app to do this"

"this malware is widely used in ddos attacks and cannot be removed from the camera"

"the app is the biggest failing of this product it keeps freezing"

"at first i was a bit apprehensive at its cheap price having had other 100 150 pound cameras which were't too user friendly or reliable"

"i wasn’t expecting too much for the money but i’m blown away with the quality for one but ease of setup straight out of the box and download the app for my phone and ipad and i was all set to be able to keep an eye on my new puppy from my own bed i could even talk to him to calm him down when he started crying!"

"our baby monitor recently gave up the ghost and we were looking for something cheap and cheerful to fill the gap until we didn’t need to keep an eye on him anymore"

"there is a slight delay in transmission from the camera to the device but it's only a couple of seconds so once we knew this it was fine"

"if you have the latest sky q which is 5ghz this camera will not work"

"from taking this camera out of the box to actually using it took no time at all in fact actually downloading the app took the longest"

"the problem is the camera can't pick up the wifi signal we have superfast bt broadband so not a cheap provider in a room that is probably less that 10 feet in a straight line from the router"

"also had faulty one and company replaced with issue"

"we used it at first to monitor our poorly kitten but is now relocated to provide security for our house and keep an eye on the rest of our cats"

"waste of time and money"

"if there are any buyers wishing to buy this but perhaps have some questions first it is probably worth asking in the question & answer section because i am sure any question can be answered on this little delight!"

"our elder dog has recently had an op’ to remove a tumour"

"configuration failed each time"

"i did and this one does work with virgin media superhub"

"i bought this to keep an eye on my dog while out and it works but barely it has to be plugged into your moderm unless you have a very old wifi the app is awful and constantly tries to trick you into buying a subscription and crashes constantly while using"

"i was so relieved that we weren’t on holiday as we had planned"

"tried to add this camera to the outside camera software i currently use and it would not work"

"the camera seems to tilt more higher than lower"

"it also needed to work from a usb cable as the coop is powered by a solar panel this limited my search somewhat"

"4 wireless which makes it useless in europe"

"just don't expect to be able to see outside through windows at night as the night vision lights reflect off the window so the picture isn't great then picture is fine in the day just as good as our much more expensive cctv system"

"i was hesitant at getting one that links through a phone purely cause i dont like my phone being on all night long"

"terrible product touch the camera and disconnects from your phone and needs deleting and resetting only connects 1 in 100 attempts even when following all the instructions and ensuring it’s on the correct band width of wifi all in all a terrible product!"

"and the phone app you need to run it is simple to follow as well although you get full instructions in the accompanying manual too which helps "

"ios app is clunky and push notifications when motion is detected seem to only work sometimes"

"you can’t skip small increments as it seems to jump in 10min blocks so again you have to watch footage in real time if not captured by the motion detection feature"

"the laugh is the victure camera is not designed to be an exterior solution however it's non aggressive looking design makes it look more like a friendly robot compared to your usual exterior cctv camera"

"so i have stood the pc530 in front of the screen that i view my old cameras on and point it at the screen and can now view my old cameras via this new one on my mobile phone as an additional bonus i can now pan around the room and check on my dogs when we are out if we are ever allowed out that is!"

"doesn’t feel cheap of flimsy"

"doesn't even record when only set to detect movements"

"4hz wireless band which screwed up my router's settings and made all devices at home congested and slow"

"the video files are encrypted and you only seem to be able to watch them on the app on your phone which is really really badly designed"

"when the device came up in a lightning deal i thought it was a good time to give it a whirl especially as the reviews looked largely positive"

"would like the monitor to be less bright and less volume & would like to see a two way microphone on it so you can talk into the monitor & the sound comes out of the camera"

"the power lead is also very poor quality it is very loose and if you touch it gently it will come out of it's port on the camera so i have to keep are plugging the power lead back in to the camera as it falls out quite often"

"i took a still photo to show my dad he was impressed that i could find him in room even though it was that dark my dad has always been resistant to having a camera as he thought he would be spied on and that it would be intrusive"

"firstly the negative points:"

"i'd avoid this model"

"despite continued attempts at resetting the unit i eventually decided the unit could not be relied upon"

"as soon as your phone screen goes off it's stops working"

"if you are purchasing this camera for security only – i still feel it is worth purchasing this camera"

"i tried various combinations but no response from the app just does a dumb screen refresh"

"alternatively you can swipe on the live picture for it to go where you want it to"

"i am impressed by this little product for our new baby although i have had problems getting the two way speaker to work and also the night vision seems to stay on even if you have the light on in the room other than that can’t complain for the money"

"there was fault in my room and i used the planon app the report the issue to given a email that it was done but while i was passed out asleep in my room"

"i have a good broadband connection and even hard wired it when i thought maybe its just not any good for wireless connection but the picture quality is very poor definitely no where near 1080p and extremely choppy glitchy"

"sound is what you would expect from a small speaker not great but not too bad either"

"unless you have your phone too close to it it then sounds extremely distorted and i mean even just in the same room as it"

"the app is broken crashes every 2 minutes or so you can't use it as a baby monitor"

"good thing is camera is audio playback for any error occurs during configuration so easy to debug"

"first impressions were positive setup was relatively easy the picture quality was at least reasonable and the iphone app whilst not perhaps the most stylish you could hope for seemed to control the camera well over a network in my short tests"

"i have the event cloud storage for 30 days on subscription however it doesn't save 30 days it misses the majority of events mixes them on the time line and time stamps are completely inaccurate"

"but this one failed to perform the night vision is awful motion dection was naff and picture quality even in the day was bad"

"update stopped working properly after 6 months no way of getting refund"

"the camera starts talking to the phone app but then just stops and i receive the configure failed"

"the description does not mention this additional expense for the buyer and should be flagged up as mis selling"

"to install the app you need to disable security settings"

"even tried to connect directly via cable but kept saying ‘no camera detected"

"most of the time you doesn’t know you are 5 minutos delayed and sound is not working"

"i use my camera for indoor activity just incase i get broken into but you could use this camera for multiple things"

"what i like about the camera: clear picture whether during daylight or night vision clear sound motion detector works with only a couple seconds delay unfortunately i have to give only 1 star as the camera is prone to being faulty"

"it does make a clicking sound when the ir turns on and off but again doesn't really bother me but you can hear it when the light gets low it will turn on and off until it gets dark enough for it to be on permanently"

"too often many many times a day says that the network speed is slow and so cannot show a live view or recordings although both cameras are wired to a virgin hub2ac"

"nothing else to say except refund via amazon went smooth as always"

"there is also a cloud storage option you pay a subscription for as a alternative so it would make sense why my sd card would end up corrupted"

"tried about 5 times and just heard this weird noise"

"this isn't true in the slightest they just generally moan"

"this means it is poor for night time use"

"i suppose there is a chance that my one was broken but seems others have similar issues"

"the victure has not dropped connection or let me down to date"

"it always notifies me correctly when somebody is there and captures the footage however i would say that the amount of footage that it captures is sometimes too short"

"the poor video quality is the trade off for a simple reliable easy to access product"

"i have plain bb so no concerns with 5g non compatibility"

"app needs a little work as there is no way to fast forward through saved videos and it tends use too much battery power"

"not well made and poor product"

"for the purposes we need it for all it's missing is the treat dispensing option that furbos have which isn't a big deal for us"

"the power lead is also very poor quality it is very loose and if you touch it gently it will come out of it's port on the camera so i have to keep are plugging the power lead back in to the camera as it falls out quite often"

"you can refuse and get past this but why does the developer want to know where you are so badly?"

"so anyone else who is having neighbourhood issues this is definitely the camera to buy if you want clear images and videos"

"we don't believe it's the wifi don't have any issues with our ring doorbell "

"the motion detection barely works"

"i have fitted sd card into the unit but not watched anything back on that as of yet"

"it can not find the device"

"lots of work to be done on the app is desperately needed as without it the camera is useless"

"product is faulty"

"probably the only down side is it only looks down about 40 degrees it can look up over 90 degrees though so you may get some issues seeing lower down if the camera is mounted too high"

"no sd slot icloud recording for a couple of weeks which then stopped now expected to pay extortionate icloud rental now has gone offline and won’t go back online"

"i've had other ip cameras before but they always end up being a bit unreliable"

"the app you download is not great either clunky and non responsive most of the time"

"their app is woeful and laggy"

"i had to put it on my guest wifi which you can only have with an expensive router or an access point"

"the next day i moved the camera to a different room and the card no longer worked or was even recognised by pc and laptop when attempting to format"

"it should be collected with no printer required"

"i can't believe what you get for such a low price"

"pan the room at a swipe of a finger"

"an app on both of our phones could let us check in to the dogs at any stage the voice option on it was great for deterring the puppy from eating the sofa!"

"there was a small problem at first and i almost sent it back but then i realised the problem was caused by me"

"most of the time you doesn’t know you are 5 minutos delayed and sound is not working"

"the night vision was good but only gave it 4 stars because of local light pollution"

"my son has recently told me that the camera talks that it scared him and it's said bad words and the word 'pants'"

"a bit tricky to set up the process doesn't always go smoothly but persevere"

"the email apologised for the "late response" and pointed me in the direction of removing the camera and then adding it but this time marking the location as the uk which it was originally set to"

"they don't have a massive long cable and we had to buy an extension for one so that we could position it upside down on the ceiling in one room but that's no big deal"