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"well they are really frustrating!"

"live view absolutely useless"

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

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

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

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

"firstly the night vision just doesn't work"

"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"

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

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

"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"

"do not waste your money"

"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"

"waste of money and i regret resent buying"

"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"

"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"

"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"

"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’"

"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"

"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"

"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"

"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"

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

"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!"

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

"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"

"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"

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

"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"

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

"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"

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

"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 "

"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"

"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"

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

"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"

"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"

"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"

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

"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'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"

"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"

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

"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"

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

"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"

"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"

"really frustrating"

"absolutely useless what a complete waste of money that was"

"only gripe is video is via a server so have to log in all the time to check the video feed and it can log off randomly when you have it on constantly"

"set up is a bit clunky could be better optimised through the app when setting up the wifi connection but not a major issue"

"it is incredibly easy to set up and i should know as i have had to return another more expensive camera as it was impossibly complicated"

"waste of money i cant really rate the camera as i couldn't get the app to work it was always offline and i had to keep reconnecting to my internet i downloaded the pro version of the app and that version was even worse"

"i’ve tried turning the lights on while it’s daytime but it still doesn’t work"

"constant error message about 2"

"there also other issues but i’d happily ignore them if i could rely on video stating on"

"i haven't had a single connection issue unlike another brand i bought for the same price"

"the only negative is the night vision is very poor which makes it not fit for purpose for me and the motion alarm goes off on the camera which i couldn't stop and couldn't find instructions to stop"

"the camera came in a professional looking box and inside the package was the camera itself the power cable and instructions on how to set it up"

"two way audio does not work can only talk can’t hear what is happening on the other end"

"i use it for monitoring my baby but it’s useless don’t waste your money"

"don't waste time looking anywhere else"

"waste of money i cant really rate the camera as i couldn't get the app to work it was always offline and i had to keep reconnecting to my internet i downloaded the pro version of the app and that version was even worse"

"for such a cheap camera i have to admit i wasn’t expecting it to be great but for my needs that i didn’t need something that was all singing all dancing"

"i’m extremely disappointed it didn’t work as i was hoping to start sleep training my baby this week and need a baby monitor"

"absolutely useless what a complete waste of money that was"

"utter waste of money"

"totally garbage"

"it takes forever to connect then it disconnects by itself and you cannot log back in for a while"

"really rubbish i know it's cheap but dont waste your money!"

"but i have to go this in case people buy this crap camera it doesn’t connect to wifi support service is not good"

"this is the second camera i've purchased and the 1st brand was really disappointing"

"i’ve seen monitors like this online and then when i’ve looked at the supporting app the reviews on the app store have been terrible which kind of defeats the point"

"there's no need for a screen like other baby monitors which usually has appalling battery life as you can see what you need on your phone whilst still being mobile"

"the night vision doesnt work well for me as i have it in a window and the reflection gets in the way but i guess that just goes to show how good the picture quality is!"

"i bought this on a lightning deal for a ridiculous price not expecting much"

"bought this to keep an eye on our dogs so we can re assure them especially after the recent bout of fireworks they are normally not bothered but this year the younger dog is a little twitchy anyway after a little issue with the connection i managed to get connected just had to change the settings on my router to 2"

"motion detector is kind of annoying as it will go off randomly without anything triggering it wish it gave me a notification for movements vs setting off an obnoxious alarm wakes baby up other than that i am happy with it brilliant price & amazing picture quality"

"it freezes all the time i mean every 10 minuets it needs refreshing because it's frozen it randomly mutes all the time too which makes monitoring a baby very difficult"

"as well as freezing pictures the app constantly logs out so we have to log back in"

"wasted hours installing and and re installing"

"not been a massive issue for us though as we have it set up looking into the cot but at times it maybe doesn’t covered all corners and would be good to be able to move camera remotely"

"utter rubbish"

"only issue i had was the short cable as i set up the camera on the ceiling so had to purchase a 3 metre cable to accommodate but other than that no issues whatsoever"

"having the picture freeze when you are trying to monitor a small baby is not convenient as my twins are at the stage of rolling over onto their tummies"

"it's not safe"

"i thought for the price i paid that the night vision would be debatable however proven wrong"

"didnt work"

"it took a little bit longer to get it going cos my phone switched itself to 5g & it showed error but it was quickly resolved when i switched it back to 2g"

"having tried multiple times to set this up it appears that it isn’t compatible with good wifi fibre which seems bizarre"

"got this to keep an eye on my cats whilst not at home and the only disappointing thing i have found is that my cats are boring as hell ha ha"

"notifications are sent to your phone to inform you of any movement and recordings have been logged"

"our baby monitor died and the day after my toddler started having night terrors"

"a significant problem though is the camera freezing or logging out this happens very often like once every 10 minutes"

"there have been occasions where i've woke up to our baby screaming and very distressed because the feed stopped whilst we slept and we weren't woken as she initially woke"

"thirdly the cable port has always been fiddly and fell out a lot which is annoying when the voice speaks every time u plug it back in making ur heart race praying to god it doesnt wake the baby "

"the garden pics are through a window glass and ive covered all the night vision leds to stop reflection bouncing off glass back into camera i learnt this from doing this with my actual cctv i have in porch to record from garden "

"however the software via the app just wouldn't work"

"the app would also just turn off randomly"

"but that is a minor issue and doesn't detract from the camera"

"download app from app store and failed to sync with phone despite following manuel instructions and youtube"

"had issues to begin with but after talking to customer support they were able to identify what i was doing wrong and i got it up and running in 5 mins still have yet to fit it to the wall though but all parts included to do this"

"you would be a fool not to buy i almost spent £100 on one so glad i didnt thank you so much i'm so happy!"

"dont waste your money absolutley shocking camera after about 5 mins starts buffering constantly and is absolute rubbish with alexa"

"while it worked we were impressed with picture quality audio less so but it was acceptable if you turned the volume to max it produced some unpleasant noise "

"motion detector is kind of annoying as it will go off randomly without anything triggering it wish it gave me a notification for movements vs setting off an obnoxious alarm wakes baby up other than that i am happy with it brilliant price & amazing picture quality"

"i also accidentally turned on the intruder alarm several times and ruined some of my baby's naps this one is mainly a tired mother's silly mistakes but i didn't find the app very intuitive"

"be careful 'cause there's more people mentioning the same problem"

"purchase of another brand had constant drop out of signal no issues with this camera so i know it was not my wi fi"

"i think the creepy sounds some users have reported in their reviews is actually delayed audio played back at such bad quality to be unintelligible making it sound like some creepy weird spooky creature intercepting your connection"

"i will warn that if you have the app open to watch it the battery of your ipad iphone dies quickly obviously just means we plug it in at the wall when we are using it as a baby monitor"

"a significant problem though is the camera freezing or logging out this happens very often like once every 10 minutes"

"thirdly the cable port has always been fiddly and fell out a lot which is annoying when the voice speaks every time u plug it back in making ur heart race praying to god it doesnt wake the baby "

"the only downside i've found is that you apparently need special software to use the video files on your pc and this isn't bundled with the camera you have to email instead but it's not a major hassle at all"

"it just became unusable and i have had to return it"

"******edit****** this product came with a card which states if you leave a review you get a free product which is a choice between another camera the same as the one purchased or one that mounts to a wall ceiling"

"we both like to check in on our little bundle whilst at work"

"the only thing i would add to it would be the ability to move the camera remotely which this model does not offer"

"still does its job just a shame about that fault"

"only bothersome thing is the app you have to use could be a bit better polished and optimised as randomly will cut the feed and return you to main menu of app"

"very slow does not alert if something passes the camera as stated"

"and last but not least my biggest gripe is that the cable charge point into the camera has become loose and will hardly grip the cable in anymore so when i’m moving camera or moving it between rooms etc it is constantly coming loose and falls out"

"also has made the kids behave themselves today and love it so much that i’m going to buy some more : really worth the money and gutted i didn’t purchase these sooner as would of saved time and money trying other types of monitors"

"i also didn't read about the limited security of these cameras until after i had purchased it"

"i can’t understand why this is happening as i have checked both the charger cable end and the entry hole on the camera and can’t see anything different or wrong that would be causing the slackness"

"it takes forever to connect then it disconnects by itself and you cannot log back in for a while"

"i read some reviews before buying and was hesitant but can honestly say i am really happy with this product everything works perfectly clear sound back and forth and image quality"

"this means that i basically had to be looking at my phone the majority of the time to make sure that i didn't miss my baby waking up to me this defeats the purpose of having a monitor"

"every time you turn it back on at the wall it shouts "camera ready" not ideal with a sleeping baby!"

"the unit also does not have an internal battery so is reliant on mains power which in itself is not a problem however the camera did get extremely hot so i would definitely not be happy leaving this in a baby's room"

"theres a start of voice of 'camera on' or sonething like that which isnt ideal if you've just put baby down and arranged the camera if its not in a fixed place"

"2nd updated review we have had these cameras for a good few months now and it took aboyt two weeks for the errors and fault to really appear"

"i did buy it with the intention of it being used as a baby monitor however the stand has limited mobility and it wouldn’t work without being screwed the the wall"

"the memory card slot also feels loose so must be damaged and of poor quality"

"the camera makes loud alerts which makes this useless for night time"

"i did buy it with the intention of it being used as a baby monitor however the stand has limited mobility and it wouldn’t work without being screwed the the wall"

"it frequently disconnects from the app and you constantly have to log in the picture freezes and the sound is atrocious"

"for such a cheap price this camera is outstanding!"

"product worked fine for 4 weeks then following a power cut the i was unable to set this up again"

"i suffer anxiety and co sleep with my 18 month old"

"but that is a minor issue and doesn't detract from the camera"

"i would reccomend this product"

"this is not a baby monitor"

"there is a slight delay sometimes 3 5 seconds but this is down to occasional wifi issues not the product itself"

"the only thing i can say is negative about it is the fact that you have to by storage once the 1 month trial is up"

"i was looking for a camera to monitor my grandchildren whilst settling down for the night"

"dont waste your money absolutley shocking camera after about 5 mins starts buffering constantly and is absolute rubbish with alexa"

"couldn't be easier to set up and the image clarity even in a pitch black nursery is incredible"

"the slightest vibration will set it off but to be fair the benefits outweigh the cons"

"another downside if it had of worked the cable far too short so would have been difficult to place on window ledges when plug is at skirting board level"

"we seem to not get sound on some devices but that’s maybe more our issue"

"so far it has failed us every night and we were woken by our baby crying really loud until we can hear her through the walls"

"shouldn’t be advertised as suitable for baby monitor suitable for monitoring indoors in your home but not for a baby instructions are badly worded in english doesn’t work on 5ghz on your wifi it only works on 2"

"waist of money will not set up wireless internet off my phone it tells u to press next then enter password for intenett but it won't stay on the sight to out your password in it goes off load of rubbish waist of my time and money i won't be buying of you ever again and i won't be sending it bk as i cba"

"below is my original review when it was 5 stars beyond is my updates 1 star review"

"still does its job just a shame about that fault"

"keeps asking you to let the app have access to all your pictures which is annoying as you cant select no dont ask me again"

"then i explained to hubby"

"there's no help online anywhere so it's basically useless"

"terrible product"

"also it says “camera ready” a few seconds after plugging it in so needs to be plugged in before baby falls asleep!"

"sure you could pay more and get rid of some of the annoying little snags but really wouldn't be worth it"

"and last but not least my biggest gripe is that the cable charge point into the camera has become loose and will hardly grip the cable in anymore so when i’m moving camera or moving it between rooms etc it is constantly coming loose and falls out"

"the cable was pretty short so couldn’t position it where needed and it as not consistent at all with the notifications on motion detection"

"it is a good product but is very unreliable"

"everything is ok but i just don’t like hi it drains your phone battery and it’s just a little inconvenient but for your pets it would be amazing"

"and what instructions actually tell you to "switch it off and on again" via a reset button if nothing happens"

"works ok quite annoying to set up"

"considering the amount of reviews on app store complaining about the same i don’t think this issue will be addressed any time sooner so i wouldn’t recommend"

"only used it as a baby monitor so far but was delighted to discover it doubles as a 2 way communication device so my wife doesn't have to scream across the house when she needs something"

"app extremely slow"

"it takes your worry away and you can check on your baby all the time"

"it does require the internet and if you want footage then icloud storage or sd card but if you just want to watch in real time then doesn’t require either"

"poor camera!"

"if using as a baby monitor be aware that there is a ring of red lights on when dark which may be true of all such cameras but could distract some children"

"this device really is not secure"

"not been a massive issue for us though as we have it set up looking into the cot but at times it maybe doesn’t covered all corners and would be good to be able to move camera remotely"

"absolutely disgraceful"

"so we do not use that mode as the beep confuses her"

"i bought this so that i could keep an eye on my dog when not home"

"truly a bit of junk"

"this has not just been hastily cobbled together"

"there's no help online anywhere so it's basically useless"

"but it would lose connection from time to time which is not great if youre using it as a baby monitor"

"this has happened a few times without us noticing and when i unmute it our baby is screaming crying!"

"they ask for your wifi password which is unnecessary for apps"

"set up is a bit clunky could be better optimised through the app when setting up the wifi connection but not a major issue"

"however it is my fault that i didn't check this"

"but it would lose connection from time to time which is not great if youre using it as a baby monitor"

"it was either the video stopped or the sound or the app itself automatically switched off"

"however there are a few things that make it unfit for use as a baby monitor in my opinion"

"have ordered an sd card as the cloud storage does not seem to be storing videos but again not really a problem"

"i dicsovered this when i went to connect"

"for the price and some of the reviews i was expecting i would need to return it but i was very surprised how good it is i would highly recommend this product"

"too complicated to setup"

"my only warning would be that it is incredibly addictive to watch and you potentially could waste hours of your time watching a sleeping baby dog empty room!"

"it's just been a annoying to use"

"it just became unusable and i have had to return it"

"when this product worked it was great but after a month of use the camera would no longer connect with the wifi"

"so it is either tec issue or someone is spying i really don’t know but because of the time this thing happened i broke the camera and throw it away"

"i cannot fault the service nor their response"

"wouldn't let me register an email for the account the app wouldn't work and what's more it was just poor quality all round"

"i bought this for monitoring my elderly dad when he's left alone as he is not allowed to try and get up on his own following an operation in case of a fall"

"the motion detection notifies you straight away as soon as something walks near"

"i do not use for a baby monitor because i have no children but what i have done with my device is to make it into a front door monitor"

"on the photo the little yellow lines indicate the movement it comes with screws raw plugs and a template if you want to wall mount it"

"really rubbish i know it's cheap but dont waste your money!"

"only bothersome thing is the app you have to use could be a bit better polished and optimised as randomly will cut the feed and return you to main menu of app"

"you also have a warning if not on wifi and switching to mobile data"

"my only negatives so far is that the app on my android phone keeps freezing or needs signing in again or says that i am not connected to the internet when i am"

"my traditional one had limited zoom and with a little one who breaths very lightly when he’s asleep it’s not great"

"if you switch between the cameras you get the annoying tips every time you switch too"

"it would be great if it stayed connected but it doesn't i have high speed internet so it's not that"

"i can’t understand why this is happening as i have checked both the charger cable end and the entry hole on the camera and can’t see anything different or wrong that would be causing the slackness"

"i use it for monitoring my baby but it’s useless don’t waste your money"

"the microphone is a good quality as well so i can sooth them if there is a problem"

"the only thing i found a bit tricky was adding a new wifi connection when i stayed at my mum's over the holidays"

"i also accidentally turned on the intruder alarm several times and ruined some of my baby's naps this one is mainly a tired mother's silly mistakes but i didn't find the app very intuitive"

"the alexa integration doesn't work for me"

"really don't know why we didn't buy this sooner"

"do not buy this product"

"won't reach the server"

"dont waste your money absolutley shocking camera after about 5 mins starts buffering constantly and is absolute rubbish with alexa"

"the only negative is the night vision is very poor which makes it not fit for purpose for me and the motion alarm goes off on the camera which i couldn't stop and couldn't find instructions to stop"

"so far i have caught his lounging about doing nothing and eating a load of rubbish"

"this makes me distrust the reviews"

"it worked pretty well until we switched wifi now it doesn't work at all"

"i tried using a different app that does the same thing but it doesn't find the camera"

"doesn't work with alexa either and the app is not english language based so it is very hard to get up and running and not very user friendly for anyone who isn't tech literate"

"easily set up even for me and i’m no good with technology 🙈 would buy again !"

"took me a minute to realise you have to keep your phone on loud to pick up sound"

"we just logged onto our app to view our one year old who's using a toddler bed for the first time to discover other sounds and voices playing through the camera audible over the app in what was otherwise a completely silent children's nursery room"

"granted we’ve only had it for a couple of days so it’s durability over the long term is yet to be seen but judging by other reviews this shouldn’t be an issue"

"so it is either tec issue or someone is spying i really don’t know but because of the time this thing happened i broke the camera and throw it away"

"however as this one is linked to ones phone one can zoom in so close i can see where we have missed at face wash time!"

"my only issue is it keeps logging me out so when i want to check on my daughter sometimes it’s a bit of a faff as i have to log in again"

"very annoying"

"it is very compact and discreet which i like as it is in my living room don't want to spook guests lol"

"it has an sd card slot so you don't need the cloud "

"they went away during the building works became of the disruption and needed a camera so her son could see the progress and get used to the changes"

"it frequently disconnects from the app and you constantly have to log in the picture freezes and the sound is atrocious"

"the only negative is the night vision is very poor which makes it not fit for purpose for me and the motion alarm goes off on the camera which i couldn't stop and couldn't find instructions to stop"

"didnt realise it had motion detection so cant comment on that but that's my not being good with technology"

"i tried it with 4 different devices and none of them could connect"

"a few people who have had negative responses to the product have stated they offer a gift for completing a review"

"finally when i came back to look at the reviews again having decided that this camera would not work for us i was quite creeped out by the mentions of potential hacking"

"really can’t sing this cameras praises any higher"

"camera got hacked whilst my baby was sleeping hacker was talking to me through the app please do not buy i am well and truly terrified"

"i've just purchased this and very fast delivery but can not connect to android theres no app for it!"

"if your using it for a baby make you turn it on before the baby is sleeping as the camera says ‘camera ready’ & you can’t adjust the volume"

"they offer prizes to customers to leave good feedback which i can only assume is why there’s anything remotely positive in other reviews"

"sound quality is good but video not so much"

"its used all day every day and not once has it let me down"

"ref light will not flash read and have followed all the instruction camera is now off line and doesn’t do the job it was intended for"

"on the first night we got the monitor for our son my husband checked the camera and it sounded like there was a man grunting in our son's bedroom"

"sometimes it takes ages to load and my toddler only needs a few seconds to get into something he's not suppose to"

"talk back isn't always clear but it's mostly fine for short commands to a toddler such as "go back to bed" or "lay down""

"the only downside is it is not supplied with a micro sd card to store the video"

"a card does come in the box asking the purchaser to leave a positive review and send a link of this to the seller and provided they do so they will receive a free gift this kind of bribery leads me to believe this is why it has good reviews on amazon and not because the product itself is any good"

"in addition there seems to be a delay of about 20sec after you have started speaking before that unintelligible audio comes out"

"it's positionable and can be screwed to a wall but sits well on its stand"

"dead easy to set up too just make sure you switch the sound on your phone on i didn’t to start with but once i realised i hadn’t it connected easily"

"set this camera up to observe him thinking he couldn’t be seen"

"for the price i can't fault this piece of kit"

"when you click on the notification the app opens up but then where it is meant to indicate what triggered the notification there is nothing so it looks as if nothing has happened"

"shame as i would have originally scored 4 however the manipulation is poor customer service"

"* nice size camera that doesn't stand out"

"i would still recommend this camera for those needing something cheap to do the job but overall it hasn’t lasted us as long as we’d thought but what can you expect for so cheap"

"as we use this for our baby monitor it is so infuriating when laying her down for a nap bedtime to discover the camera has disconnected itself as it makes a lot of loud noise when reconfiguring and this then wakes up our baby"

"5 bad due to the issue described in 4 above this is totally unusable and not really worth spending any more time criticising"

"got this to keep an eye on my cats whilst not at home and the only disappointing thing i have found is that my cats are boring as hell ha ha"

"couldn't be easier"

"performance and quality is way above what you might expect in a £20 camera and i've installed it both on a tablet and on an additional device after downloading the free ip360 software"

"it doesn't need any fancy configuration it starts to work straight away"

"needs connecting every time disconnected and it takes ages to even try and reset spend long time on connecting and it fails every time"

"i'd avoid this camera if i were you and buy one from a reputable manufacturer"

"here's my problem"

"this is my 2nd purchase of the victure baby monitor pet cam"

"not yet figured out how to listen through it as the instructions are sparse"

"i have only given night vision and picture quality 4 out of 5 because it can be a little jumpy at times but this may be down to the quality of her internet"

"had there been a category for ease of installation this would have warranted a zero"

"we have turned them off and wont be using the cameras"

"i installed the puwell cloud skill and i can see the camera listed as a device on alexa but if i use my echo show and ask "alexa show my baby room camera" the video does appear to play but it's a scrambled image which makes me think there is some sort of bug there to be ironed out to allow the camera to be displayed on echo show devices"

"stay clear of the camera guys it's cheap for a reason!"

"i would not recommend"

"was a little tricky to get the app to connect but once it did i haven't had a problem"

"4ghz but then nothing else in the house picks up that strength so pointless"

"it’s quite loud"

"the slightest vibration will set it off but to be fair the benefits outweigh the cons"

"4 bad i have never heard such bad quality sound its totally unintelligible"

"this was exactly what i needed"

"i had an issue getting it to connect to the router but that was because of my virgin 3"

"there also other issues but i’d happily ignore them if i could rely on video stating on"

"so far it has failed us every night and we were woken by our baby crying really loud until we can hear her through the walls"

"i use the monitor for my new puppy and this could cause a serious risk if one is reliant on it for a baby"

"i like how i can tell my dogs to behave if they are being naughty"