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"the battery life and the major issue i’ve had with it is it stops recording and turns off after a short time"

"doesn’t work"

"poorly translated instructions"

"absolutely crap the battery is awful literally doesn’t last half hour utterly useless!"

"it has 1 star on the apple app store and all the app reviews note the same problem i have had"

"it is much smaller than i thought it would be"

"does not work and will be returning for a refund"

"don’t waste your money!"

"waste of money"

"sending it back!"

"major issues getting this to work"

"well designed night visian gives usnice results didn't even know you can have so goog video in cheap camera"

"for me a slight downside is that i can't disable the microphone which is something i personally don't like"

"poor sound quality and motion detection doesn’t work for me"

"very disappointing"

"so i bought this camera it is very small and can be connected with the phone the picture quality is very clear so that i can observe the baby's situation anytime anywhere it is really a great product"

"absolute waste of time i’m afraid"

"complete waste of money"

"total waste of money"

"total junk"

"really disappointed"

"absolutely crap the battery is awful literally doesn’t last half hour utterly useless!"

"it can be used for a period of time in case of power failure"

"very disappointed"

"you really can’t have it far from your router literally struggled even from the next room"

"typical of products from china poor translation and incomplete instructions"

"offten is disconecting and don’t record picture quality is rubish and night vision is awful nightvision is recording with max 6 fps and normal record with max 20 fps waste of money"

"awful product"

"utter garbage nightmare to set the app is rubbish and crashes after 15 minutes use it just stopped working and won’t switch on"

"i had another ip cam that was garbage compared to that"

"what a waste of time money"

"this device is useless and unusable and nobody should consider wasting money on it"

"the setup instructions bore no relationship to available phone settings or responses to any attempts to make this thing work and it never did"

"if you are in the same room as the camera and the router is links ok but move away and it’s very slow as lags"

"this was over a two day period of ensuring that we had not become mentally challenged by being locked down!"

"i returned this item it was very difficult getting it to connect but when it did the picture and sensitivity were not bad for the price however it would not stay connected and staying up all night reconnecting every three to four minutes was not the point of buying a camera"

"after several wasted hours of repeatedly charging and reconnecting we summed this up as a 'death wish inducing' experience and gave up on it!"

"first thing i noticed was very small dots like burned pixels"

"this device is useless and unusable and nobody should consider wasting money on it"

"returning item as not compatible with samsung s9"

"false advertising is against the law"

"utter garbage nightmare to set the app is rubbish and crashes after 15 minutes use it just stopped working and won’t switch on"

"overall disappointing"

"my husband put this on his desk and then called up the hustle and bustle of the office to get the job done!"

"the app this camera recommendeds you download is very buggy and looks like its been hacked together very quickly"

"if you want something reliable then completely avoid this"

"i use it to detect movement to avoid intrusions or to control when children return to school"

"worked for day then stopped with error message saying camera offline even though ok when camera and phone back on same network"

"utter chinese junk do not buy night vision terrible battery life terrible "

"night vision doesn't work properly and the instructions to set up are poorly written to the point of being useless"

"great spy camera but the battery doesnt last long the info says 5 hours charge but i have tested it and they only last 1 hour to 1 hour 10 mins even when the recording is on full the camera it self mmm will when its full light inside or outside clear picture but when its night time and the lights are"

"spent ages to make it work on my iphone looking for tutorials on youtube"

"works for a day then suddenly blurred image"

"another 'no make' chinese import and 'looks good' but is actually pretty useless in real life!"

"the only problem is you have to keep it close to wifi for it to work i used my phone's internet which worked the best"

"typical of products from china poor translation and incomplete instructions"

"the quality of video is really bad the night vision is very limited"

"mixed results when trying to record to sd card"

"it does not fall and adapts well"

"wish i had scrolled further down and read the negative reviews"

"customer service no help at all so returned unit as it just wouldn’t work"

"didn't expect this mini security camera to work this well i have been thinking about getting a camera for quite some time i live in an apartment complex and when i get amazon packages sometimes it gets stolen"

"daylight image quality good night vision very poor and noisy and absolutely no audio whatsoever"

"i am usually able to work our technology but really struggling"

"it is so small that nobody notices it"

"you cannot remove this either!"

"therefore totally unreliable if going away from hone for example"

"batteries last about 2 minutes and connectivity is poor when it does connect"

"very tacky n plastic totaly not worth wot i paid"

"next time no connection so i gave up and returned item after wasting ages trying to get it to work"

"as it scattered around the room damaging the window my partner thought it was a safe collet the cam pieces so it doesn’t hurt our pets and throw them away"

"the night vision is also good but the auto function flicks to black & picture so i leave it on the forced setting"

"i’m buying a 5ghz mains powered one and hopefully will have better luck with that one!"

"the battery issue"

"after the defocusing issue tested for 5 further days"

"it gets quite warm when operating and the motion detection is overly sensitive"

"two problems i do i have are that it doesn't offer the option to stream to a cloud or drive if it does and i'm just an idiot apologies and that it has to remain plugged in because it only runs for an hour"

"if you're using these cameras via lan for home security or child monitoring you have been warned!"

"my reason for the poor review is that it's useless as a camera as the battery lasted approximately 1hr after several full charges"

"you wont have problem by zooming it out and seeing people"

"it has a small shelf"

"the camera is fairly light and can easily be hidden away from unwanted visitors"

"no instructions of how to set it up for viewing once you leave range & no clue as to the password 1 st time set up it wouldn’t let me on as it said wrong password yet i hadn’t changed it i shall be returning it"

"avoid at all costs"

"after alot of research it has come to light that the only 2 apps you can download to view the camera have a glitch which means as soon as you're out of range of your own wifi it won't connect anymore"

"however due to its limited wifi capability"

"even though i almost always have my phone close by i work on my laptop late into the night so it's nice to be able to check in on her without draining my battery on my phone"

"it’s useless!"

"totally useless"

"the application is simple and the image can be magnified like any photo or video which may be useful"

"the first really unnerving experience is that the supplier has not even paid a native speaker to ensure the user manual is written in intelligible english much of what is written is chinglish nonsense"

"two problems with this"

"this product dose not connect or work please don't waste your time on this product"

"update 01 03 2020 after using this product for a a few weeks and constant charging because one issue i did not notice is that the battery power only last up to 2 hours max the cam burned my socket and cracked into pieces"

"even though i almost always have my phone close by i work on my laptop late into the night so it's nice to be able to check in on her without draining my battery on my phone"

"waste of time ordering"

"you can put it on any table or shelf and you will hardly see it"

"save your hard earned money and buy something that does what it is supposed to do"

"now the outside is really too messy so i bought this mini version of the camera so that i can be outside or upstairs at any time to see the home picture connected to the phone is very good the picture is very clear worthy of recommendation of a product￥￥￥"

"waste of time and money"

"first let me state that our home has external cctv which works brilliantly so we are no novices to technology"

"the back garage side of the house faces the street and it is difficult to see who is coming and going"

"poor battery life very short wifi range"

"it doesn't even record anything the picture quality is awful!"

"stay away from this rubbish and headache of a product!"

"can’t connect the camera to the app that it was originally paired with app has been discontinued "

"the problem i’m experiencing is it does not connect to the internet so you can’t watch it live from outside your wifi order 2 so far only one will connect despite it saying 4 cameras will work however i’ve been mislead"

"i have the product and after 4 days doesn’t charge anymore"

"wifi signal disappears and therefore connection disappears"

"this is not too bad but the battery is pointless which also makes the watch accessory pointless"

"very poor documentation"

"will b sending it bak asap"

"my reason for the poor review is that it's useless as a camera as the battery lasted approximately 1hr after several full charges"

"it’s really very bad product"

"battery will last about an hour then it overheats to the point you won’t be able to hold it with your bare hands"

"connection is terrible"

"it's so low key it's almost invisible and i've found that it allows us to be warned if we're doing anything"

"i have tried repeatedly to connect but no success"

"unbelievably disappointed"

"so give him a miss"

"app has loaded but three people have tried to connect to the camera without success"

"thr product doesn’t work properly it takes ages to connect and the battery doesn’t last more then 40 minutes"

"battery power poor"

"very complicated"

"it cames already broken!"

"security cam don't make me laugh?"

"ive had it less than 24 hours and its bordering on useless and dangerous unfortunately"

"overheats even just on battery power and that does not last long at all even if not recording"

"hidden costs for icloud and you pay for the app on all my other cameras i don't have to but it look good nice and sturdy and i'm sure it worked well but i didn't try it "

"overheats even just on battery power and that does not last long at all even if not recording"

"tried everything to get it to work and it failed every time"

"i’ve queried amazon regarding this but have had no reply :"

"was sent a link via email to connect but guess what it doesn’t work and is in chinese"

"if you check recent reviews on the app or even questions on youtube video you will see this is a common problem"

"there is no sound and no light while is recording so nobody can see it which is good"

"just out of return time product no longer works"

"terrible app & camera"

"bought it for the house so maybe my mum can see the little one from her phone when we don’t have time to video call her as she lives far away "

"this camera did not connect to anything"

"what a load of crap!"

"there are no proper instructions or what there are are poor"

"furthermore i don't have to worry about the other issue"

"this camera does not work its sound"

"initially it was ok but now i can’t view the live feed on my mobile and it just says ‘logging in’ or ‘request service’"

"update 01 03 2020 after using this product for a a few weeks and constant charging because one issue i did not notice is that the battery power only last up to 2 hours max the cam burned my socket and cracked into pieces"

"i trash it after few days "

"as a result the motion alarm doesn’t work either"

"not small as advertised works when it wants to"

"if you turn the app off or leave the house it will not reconnect"

"i’m so impressed as i didn’t even realise it comes with a “watch version” too "

"i hanged it where my roof end so no contact with rain"

"well designed night visian gives usnice results didn't even know you can have so goog video in cheap camera"

"my only guess is that it might have been the one faulty camera they sold "

"a piece of garbage not worth returning"

"i had my baby last year and he was really naughty causing me to worry about its safety every time i went out"

"no plastic on this thing"

"the minute you leave the home it will not connect"

"the worst camara i’ve brought so far 1needs to be plugged in to the mains most the time because battery life is so short 2 every time you view it it uses its own wi fi and when i need to use my home wi fi i have to reconnect it"

"connection between the camera and application very very weak "

"doesn’t stay connected long enough to record anything"

"results almost immediately late last night it clearly captured a large tom cat poking his nose through the door and slowly entering my poor cat had by this time come upstairs"

"my only guess is that it might have been the one faulty camera they sold "

"after several wasted hours of repeatedly charging and reconnecting we summed this up as a 'death wish inducing' experience and gave up on it!"

"i have been looking for so long for a camera that actually works great and does what it’s supposed to"

"basically waste of my money because it doesn’t work"

"ac adapter not supplied and charge doesn't last very long"

"it's not that small as it looks on the picture"

"can't connect to internet"

"i spent several hours trying and retrying and leaving it for a good hour thinking it might just be slow first time"

"i purchased this camera so i could watch my home when i am away i wanted one of these as they are small and easy to hide incase of a break in"

"very difficult to set up"

"i returned this item it was very difficult getting it to connect but when it did the picture and sensitivity were not bad for the price however it would not stay connected and staying up all night reconnecting every three to four minutes was not the point of buying a camera"

"in the application you can enable disable the video recording function if there is no card then the video will be recorded on the phone"

"i don't have time for any more of this misery and will instead invest my effort in returning the product to amazon"

"without connection away from home it is pointless"

"it does lag a little but it won't last too long"

"it has now made the short journey to the rubbish bin because that's what it is rubbish"

"time stamp wrong and only able to view recordings on card by removing and playing back on a pc"

"also i felt the watch strap wasn't secure enough and in fact weak at the stop fitting would disconnect when tightening onto wrist if not careful"

"free and simple smartphone applications it's a little weak but that's not the point"

"the camera often fails to work with the software that is limited in features"

"the ios software has been removed from apple app store and the company is not responding to emails"

"i used the software hwdv cam first of all this small camera has a pretty good picture quality in a lit area"

"instructions are about p2plivecam so instructions no good"

"its so tiny that if you wouldnt know there is camera you wouldnt see it"

"so i'm compelled to mention very good seller communication and after sales support and wanted to clarify my review is specifically about the offending camera"

"absolutely crap the battery is awful literally doesn’t last half hour utterly useless!"

"not very happy with my choice it keeps disconnecting from wifi battery last too short"

"if the power bank has no power the camera is off straight away"

"just out of return time product no longer works"

"camera keeps shutting down and going off line son doesn’t work"

"but camera would get full marks if you did not see the light's when it is on"

"utter chinese junk do not buy night vision terrible battery life terrible "

"does not work at all also no barcodes to scan"

"it's rubbish cam and product"

"to confirm: id label = cmc735 ********d01 f***31"

"instructions are rubbish!"

"two hours charging then it only lasts 30 minutes or more"

"we originally purchased only one nanny cam so that we could try it out without investing in several at a time"

"it doesn't stay connected to your phone signal drops record doesn't work unless you have it open while it records which is pointless and it's battery barely lasts an hour"

"this product i do not feel is fit for purpose the app dosnt sean to load properly and it is very slow to connect to the internet"

"dose not hold battery charge for even one minutes"

"it's very clear to shoot and change faces"

"i did not expect this product"

"update: fair do's to the seller who quickly responded to my review and are investigating this issue"

"being returned my wifi is 5g so doesn't work"

"i found this to be utterly useless for me"

"looking at the app reviews it seems a lot of people have had the same problem"

"then a much smaller hole could be drilled"

"the app does not work"

"do not waste your money on this"

"waste of money only works with wansview apps nothing else not even the ispy app on pc"

"sending it back as it may work well but not as described"

"customer service seems non existent and the online faq is poorly translated c from chinese"

"after using this for over a month i have had some major issues with it"

"for a cheap camera it is good"

"the only slight downside is that at night it does pick up the motion of moths passing in front of the lens but i am sure if i adjust the motion detection this may change"

"the ball joint for adjusting angle makes much easier to fit and the camera itself is much smaller and has alexa functionality that works great shame this couldn't be added for existing models however one of the biggest issues for me is old cameras and new cameras have to be operated on separate apps which for someone who already has many wansview cameras doesn't work for me"

"very disappointing coz i was really looking forward to trying this out"

"if you want to connect it via ethernet cable then get an extra long one as the only provided is very small"

"my first camera had issues i think it ended up becoming water logged after we had terrible rain and the night vision was glitching however customer service sent out a brand new one with a week or so"

"they only positive aspect of this camera is that it has decent picture quality but pretty much everything else makes this camera an utter waste of money"

"the set up wasn’t as smooth as expected on the first day to account registration activation failure delay"

"but by far the worst thing is that every now and then the camera goes off line"

"it’s really frustrating that this camera doesn’t work with an nvr"

"when i went through the set up to connect to wifi camera would only work for about 20 seconds and then cut out i had to unplug to reset i was a bit disappointed with the camera i found the email for support and emailed to my surprise i had a answer after about a hours it was sunday with clear instruction"

"it takes forever to login and doesn’t work times out most of the time"

"the 10 second limit extreamly affects the use of the product"

"no answer waste of £25 company wrote to me to offer a refund plus £10 to remove the comment on amazon"

"my biggest disappointment is with the wansview cloud app both on my phone and pc version"

"the worst camera iv had not happy at all "

"2 only one user can log in and view the camera at a time which is extremely annoying and useless"

"it keeps losing connectivity and keeps turning off"

"the only small issue is that it can be a bit too sensitive to anything moving like grass or rain"

"i know a poorly made item when i see it"

"i’ve got a few other wansview cameras and cannot fault them and the customer service is excellent i would absolutely recommend it"

"* the camera shuts down without you realizing it but there would be chunks of gaps of missing footage i wouldn't recommend this camera to anyone i know"

"my only gripe is the app although it works it will not work on older android devices"

"the only downside is the really chunky wires that need drilling through the wall!"

"the only issue i can say is that i would have preferred it if the main cable could be unplugged from the camera to make it easier to feed through a wall"

"sensitivity adjusted it's not all plain sailing hence the 3 5 stars"

"i realized that by then the 30 day trial had expired even without even turning on the camera and that company had taken the annual subscription charge from me through paypal"

"there are a lot more expensive cameras out there but this one does the job"

"though i can see it being useful for those that require this feature for £30 the camera is extremely good value for money it isn't cheap flimsy plastic rubbish like most are for this price"

"not what you’d usually expect from a lesser known chinese brand"

"i got it on but then the app didnt work"

"i believe this has a few major drawbacks"

"it connects but drops immediately"

"a static picture seems good quality but when there is movement you get lag drift & pixel distortion more often than not"

"i had a little problem setting the camera up as it would not read the qr code but after contacting customer support they suggested printing the code bigger which did the trick"

"no mention was made in the selling literature that you had to subscribe to an separate i cloud storage facility"

"1st was wifi dropping out accepting that maybe a signal strength issue so opted for a wired connection and reconfigured it to suit"

"only thing is if you have poor wifi like me it does take a while to load but it is still recording whilst loading"

"app very clunky"

"eg a indecent happed and it was not captured on my camera because the camera stopped filming at that point"

"guess will have to return this if i dont get my verification email by the morning"

"* another thing i found annoying is the camera will automatically cut after a few minutes during recordings which will reflect in some missing footaging that may have been useful"

"i know this w4 outdoor camera isn't the most expensive but i was hoping for a little better as i have the k2 indoor camera which i am very happy with"

"the major down side is the cloud storage it’s very expensive and only one user from the household can view the cloud storage"

"as far as the camera is concerned adding it to the app and putting it into operation was very simple"

"but once it was fitted up on the outside wall problems began"

"the ball joint for adjusting angle makes much easier to fit and the camera itself is much smaller and has alexa functionality that works great shame this couldn't be added for existing models however one of the biggest issues for me is old cameras and new cameras have to be operated on separate apps which for someone who already has many wansview cameras doesn't work for me"

"i would like to use my own client app or at the very least be able to login via a browser"

"as this was my first time using an app based wifi camera i was intrigued to find out how "much hassle" it would be to set up"

"not difficult but slightly annoying"

"it is smaller than i thought it would be and smaller than the ezviz but that doesn't matter"

"purchased this wifi camera as my last one failed"

"wansview w4 the camera came with all the fixing require to install it to the wall the cable is a little to short to get through the cavity but that’s not a deal breaker i have not tried the cloud based software yet but once i get round to it i will test out the 30 day free trial then its only around £6 and month after that great for security in mind there also a motion detection service that’s free your phone pings every time something passes its path"

"they offer a 30 day free trial cloud recording service"

"took me a couple of hours getting 1 of them up and running then wasted a day trying to get the the other one working then wasted ages again trying to go through it all again with their support"

"sometimes it takes a little patience for the wifi connection to take place but once set up there should be no further issues and you can keep track of the camera via any ios or android device with the app installed"

"that said i'm overall satisfied with these despite the constant resetting it's still a deterrent in itself and nobody knows of the cameras are working or not unfortunately neither do i half the time until i look at the app"

"i had to leave the ethernet cable hanging outside as i can't drill that much without being worried about structure"

"ok it's a bit here and there with this type app is awlful drops off when it feels like but the picture night vision and install of it is pretty simple app is getting worse need vital evidence no ya can't get it with this it's dreadful"

"when it arrived and i opened the box i was very surprised with how sturdy it felt and all its accessories i had a little trouble setting it up so contacted the customer service who were absolutely brilliant they suggested ways to sort it out which worked a few days later they checked up just to make sure it was working which i appreciated"

"overall problem solved really satisfied with the product despite my old review because great customer service really does change the game and of course the product itself is doing its job pretty well now that its working"

"fixings supplied are good the cons i feel with this product are: lack of installation instructions and information on how best location needs a large diameter hole for the ethernet plug may require specialist drill if mounting on brick wall would be better is settings enabled adjusting how long video clips are recorded for on motion detection the default is a bit on the short side for my liking"

"the camera meet my needs it has really good night vision but it is sensitive to raindrops and small insects buzzing around"

"the camera definitely meets my needs it has worked through rain and snow without any connection issues at all"

"first as the camera is connected to the internet rather than being only accessed locally it exposes a lot of security risks it might get hacked"

"we are no longer running to the window as nosey neighbours at every noise from paranoia"

"4 the login server is extremely slow and unreliable"

"these cameras are just great value great picture quality both night and day my only slight quibble is the cabling supplied is bulky at the camera and very short "

"i would think with recordings with that layout there should be a next button that allows you to jump to the next clip"

"downside is that motion detector is quite sensitive to wind blown leaves cobwebs etc"

"the power cable on the plug is quite long but i still had to use an extension"

"the wansview cloud app is pretty basic but provides all that is necessary for a simple cloud based camera operation at a budget price"

"i just followed the instructions and had the device running within ten minutes i think the most difficult part was having to point the actual camera at my tablet which was displaying a qr code that was part of the set up process just had to have a little patience steady hand and good aim it has now been running outdoors for ~6 weeks it is monitoring a robin nesting box with no issues at all"

"i find this is the biggest downside to this camera and if recording time could be extended to 20 secs or more then i would have given this camera 5 stars"

"the only thing it does not have is sound"

"even to try the 30 day free trial you have to provide your paypal account nice little earner there from all those forgetful people like me that start the free trial and then forget to cancel it before it runs out "

"it's a ok camera could be improved theres a massive delay when someone goes by or a car by the time the camera shows a object passes it has already happen 30 seconds before"

"the ball joint for adjusting angle makes much easier to fit and the camera itself is much smaller and has alexa functionality that works great shame this couldn't be added for existing models however one of the biggest issues for me is old cameras and new cameras have to be operated on separate apps which for someone who already has many wansview cameras doesn't work for me"

"finally after i complained my camera misteriously stopped even powering on"

"camera was ser up for wireless operation using my bt5 hub"

"just a shame the wifi signal was not strong enough to set it up without wires"

"* another thing i found annoying is the camera will automatically cut after a few minutes during recordings which will reflect in some missing footaging that may have been useful"

"mounting the camera was a breeze just had to align and finalise where i wanted it drilled the holes and used the rawplugs provided then mounting the camera to the 3 holes drilled and then screwing it down"

"honestly people say you can't put a price on safety but for less than £30 i can't see why everyone doesn't have them!"

"it just means that the hole needed to pass the cable through will need to be quite large 65mm at the largest point ethernet cable end and with no way to disconnect it from the camera body left with no choice"

"i bought this on amazon because it stated it was half price but after finding it for £20 on ebay clearly this is not half price at all the image is great and the night vision too there is sadly no audio recording on this the app is useless unless you pay for the cloud too store your videos as from the"

"eventually connected it to ethernet updated firmware camera connected but no image"

"then the one that was working stopped working"

"i cant help but feel the way the software is designed is to make you buy cloud storage and stop you from recording by other means as unlike previous models you cannot set cameras to write to a hard drive via ftp which offered a low cost recording solution"

"i haven't tried the cloud storage yet as for my needs is is less important"

"* the camera shuts down without you realizing it but there would be chunks of gaps of missing footage i wouldn't recommend this camera to anyone i know"

"what it doesn’t tell you is that if you want to benefit from the full use of it then you need to sign up and pay for cloud storage and only payable using paypal"

"really disappointed to camera i’ve had before 😞"

"i run several websites and they use webcams to provide tourist information"

"what puts me off is that it is a hong kong website you have to pay for storage and also there is a small delay on the camera with cars going past about a two second delay but not a problem"

"i had trouble at first when connecting the app to my camera but this was because my wifi signal was weak"

"nb if you have a dual band router which most modern ones are you will have to disable the 5ghz band temporarily whilst you set the camera up as the phone has to be on the same band as the camera ie 2"

"it does integrate with alexa but this is much too slow and laggy to be much use"

"doesn’t make sense"

"the image quality is pretty good even in the infrared by that i mean you can recognise a face easily but there is no zoom feature to restrict field of view i wanted to exclude the neighbours property "

"impossible to connect"

"camera was easy to set up and now waiting for lambing to start in late january!"

"i can’t use a wired lan cable as i have no method of routing it i rent so can’t just drill holes 3"

"the aerial kept falling down wouldn't stay upright even though i tried nipping it with a ba spanner"

"this review is based purely on lack of functionality"

"all i can say is that i was not disappointed with this in the slightest!"

"this has been a problem with most of the outdoor cameras i've had so it's not an issue specific to this model"

"find the right area you want to site the camera and then follow the clearly written instructions in good english drill holes screw it up to the wall ceiling wherever"

"now i can see any suspicious activities around my house from anywhere in the world"

"slight delay but nothing major"

"4ghz broadband as 5ghz will not work"

"the reviews for the app are appaling and i wish i'd seen these before buying"

"only downside i would say depends though on the use case is that it's missing a microphone"

"but despite the settings saying i have got the alert set it doesn’t alert me"

"so far we have seen a cat and hedgehog at night and lots of birds 😊😊"

"as a diy novice i was a little skeptical but the instructions are clear and very straight forward"

"the update kept on failing over wifi even after leaving it for 3+ hours"

"this alone makes the cameras unreliable"

"i purchased this for security for my business and had tried a number of other cameras from other companies which i had to send back to them as i was not happy with them"

"disappointing given i'd already said a don't use paypal to the same person and in the same chain of emails this should not have been offered or at least they should have been upfront about this in the first place if they are unable to refund the same way it was paid for"

"update do not fall for the email scam they send you"

"this was also a painful experience"

"i'm also reluctant to subscribe to the cloud fees as the picture quality isn't great"

"has had the firmware updated and the echo shows are the only items that run on wireless everything else is ethernet cabled"

"we are no longer running to the window as nosey neighbours at every noise from paranoia"

"i bought 7 on sale and you get what you pay form if you are technically bad with computers this may frustrate you"

"terrible product"

"it has a little weather cap to help take the glare of the sun out of the shot and to stop rain dripping on the lens"

"after googling and trying!"

"i should add i have done many checks of my devices and wifi with no improvement"

"absolute piece of junk"

"returned as utterly useless to me"

"there is one cable from the camera which splits into 3 at the end providing connections for power ethernet and an external re set button"

"not a huge issue but could be better"

"i have turned off the notifications on my app which works well but doesn't suit me"

"4 the login server is extremely slow and unreliable"

"biggest gripe?"

"what the hell is this!"

"buyer beware!"

"and the thing that works for us is we can look at them any time but only one of us gets the notification when the camer is triggered so we are not being distracted at work evt"

"can’t fault the camera the app or customer support"

"wansview cloud app is very easy to use the one feature which attracts me that you have to invite other users to login independently and it’s not like that i had to give my password credentials for others to login which is extra security feature"

"so takes short recordings when it senses motion i did buy 2 of these the one for out the back is ro keep an eye on the kids and dogs"

"for my installation would have been better if it did not have a plug just bare wires to install in a connected box"

"it also lights up red at night to help deter people away"

"we did have issues with setup and connecting to the wifi and please note that you do need 2g to connect the camera to as it doesn't connect to 5g"

"you can find which i did later when i returned mine much better options for an extra 5 or 10£ with 2 antenas tf card storrage and even some free cloud storage app the camera connects it self"

"slight lag on live feed but the picture really makes up for it"

"this makes it fairly useless for my needs and the intention is to return it"

"the only negative thing i could mention is the size of the hole needed for the cables as i expected to use only the camera with wifi i did not need to use the ethernet cable "

"detection is so sensitive even the smallest bug can be detected i am so impressed i have already ordered another one cloud storage is great too and 3 options to suit your budget many systems don't offer you that"

"anyways there is a slight reflection from the window but it's nothing major"

"mounting the camera was a breeze just had to align and finalise where i wanted it drilled the holes and used the rawplugs provided then mounting the camera to the 3 holes drilled and then screwing it down"

"the picture is very clear and faces are recognisable"

"not do great if someone decides to come and cause havoc and then are not captured in the act!"

"these drop outs can last from a few minutes to a few days"

"motion detection algorithm is not good though"

"the issues i encountered were down to my error not the device"

"i have already subscribed and paid for the cloud service £65 total per annum for 1 3 cameras but you can pay an additional subscription for 5 or even 7 external cameras which works really well as it only records motion and stores it via your wifi straight into the cloud and is kept there for up to 7 days so you can review the recorded footage or current footage from your mobile phone and it has an app alert if it detects movement"

"i also set up continuous recording via the cloud based service offered which again is a very low cost annual fee"

"without the app the camera is useless"

"the aerial kept falling down wouldn't stay upright even though i tried nipping it with a ba spanner"

"i ordered the camera so that my parents who are elderly farmers could keep an eye on their handful of breeding sheep who lamb in a small barn next to the farm house"

"so any decent robber just needs to take longer than 10 seconds and the camera will miss them"

"why can't it keep me logged in v"

"ok it's a bit here and there with this type app is awlful drops off when it feels like but the picture night vision and install of it is pretty simple app is getting worse need vital evidence no ya can't get it with this it's dreadful"

"however just recently there was an update to the camera which caused a small problem but have to say after emailing the seller via the app it was resolved within 48hrs"

"i got it for a specific purpose as i have a few problems with my upstairs neighbour and i need proof"

"4g portion of the signal but i had it confirmed by support that this isn't possible"

"shame that these software and cabling issues are letting it down as the picture and night mode is awesome and the hardware quality is one of the best i've see in these budget cameras"

"even contacted me again the following week to make sure problem was rectified"

"but it's not that expensive in fact i thick it's quite cheap"

"hit and miss with the motion detection in only filming the first few seconds of motion control then missing the rest completely"

"the only negative i had was that the lead from the camera for an ethernet connection if you choose to connect it this way is a little short for it to come into the premise through the wall and hence i had to use an ip junction box to house the cable in however this only adds to the look of it overall as it looks more professional"

"this restriction is not immediately obvious"

"also works really well with alexa and my fire stick i will for sure be using this company again highly recommend"

"the worst thing about is the fact that the app it uses has no free cloud storage plus camera also has no no tf card option"

"you will still get hundreds of false alerts all day"

"the cloud service is next to useless too 2"

"if i hear a noise outside by the time i've logged in and the connection sorts itself out whatever or whoever it was are long gone"

"old review i cant even test it out"

"well if you look at the most recent review saying that it’s a great camera especially with the sd storage card ?"

"we bought this to view the wildlife coming into the bottom of our garden and it dies the job well"

"id also like to say the issue of disconnecting wanswiew replaced my first camera and where very very helpful they tried to remotely fix the problem but as soon as they couldn’t the new camera arrived a day or two after they sent it out via amazon priority thank you wanswiew for all your help and product and would buy again without any hesitation"

"how do i return the original camera as it must be under warranty?"

"my motorbike was stolen from my drive and this camera didn't record anything"

"box nothing is stored i i had not already installed this i would be returning it just based on the lie this this was rrp £50 and half price but on ebay are only £20 new"

"clicking on the cloud storage icon read ' did not join any storage plan' though i have made a payment for the plan and have not received any refunds"

"if you buy the pir it is extremely keen so beware where you put it but to be fair that's what it is for "

"it only records motion which can be stored on the actual app cant remember how long for or 7days rolling paid with cloud on a monthly quarterly or yearly plan"

"voice controlled so you can alert intruders whilst you're away from home"

"restarted several times checked through settings for ages uninstalled and reinstalled app camera i received would not show an image"

"the drilling pattern sticker made it very easy to get the holes ready for mounting"

"it was fairly easy to set up although my camera would not read the qr code to connect so we had to download the app onto my partner’s phone and then it read it straight away"

"for this price what can you possibly do wrong"

"detection is so sensitive even the smallest bug can be detected i am so impressed i have already ordered another one cloud storage is great too and 3 options to suit your budget many systems don't offer you that"

"on this setting you get nothing else"

"we had to connect them on different routers as our wifi signal didn’t reach the garage "

"detection is so sensitive even the smallest bug can be detected i am so impressed i have already ordered another one cloud storage is great too and 3 options to suit your budget many systems don't offer you that"

"hello all i was using sanview cams but they never worked i looked for something working with alexa and i found the w4 omg took a sec to set up and now i have them in all my kid's rooms and outside i emailed support asking for some help to get all 4 cams to show up on a pc and i had replies from the support"

"we live in quite a wooded area so not a fault of the camera whatsoever"

"a great teething problems setting it up to begin eot"

"also app permissions are alittle odd"

"can't really go wrong"

"it’s basically you jump through several hoops of reviewing their current product sending screenshots as evidence "

"set up: in the hallway of my flat block so outside but not in the elements"

"good for the money but wouldn’t pay full price although i like it and delivery was fast i don’t like that to record day and night you need to subscribe and the cost is to pricy to keep these running on record every day of the week but it will record movement of up to around 15 seconds iv found some far"

"plus point for the old app it keeps you logged in always!"

"if i had any issues with the camera it's the motion detection which picks up flys even on the lowest setting but it's nothing majorly annoying as i prefer to have that footage"

"restarted several times checked through settings for ages uninstalled and reinstalled app camera i received would not show an image"

"so if you're using it and another family member logs in you get automatically logged out"

"secondly the camera has a big fat cable meaning if you want to install it outside you need to drill a hole about 1 inch in size which is a joke"

"then i found that when someone came up my path it didn't record that!"

"1bout a 10m second lag so not much use to check when someone knocks on the door as they have left by the time the picture comes on the screen phone and alexa unfortunately a good camera let down by having to subscribe for it to be any use payments and laggy response"

"my front security camera installed by an electrician has disintegrated in the heat!"

"wish i could give zero"

"you will need around a 25mm drill bit if fixing no to external wall due to bulky ethernet adapter"

"not a huge issue but could be better"

"even to try the 30 day free trial you have to provide your paypal account nice little earner there from all those forgetful people like me that start the free trial and then forget to cancel it before it runs out "

"i gave up on the wifi and ended up forking out more for a wifi extender with an ethernet input so i could wire it"

"we did have issues with setup and connecting to the wifi and please note that you do need 2g to connect the camera to as it doesn't connect to 5g"

"it does integrate with alexa but this is much too slow and laggy to be much use"

"sending it back as it may work well but not as described"

"the camera is cloud only so no internal memory card but the app can be used to save footage to your phone"

"sensitive to motion rain sets it off which is annoying"

"you can adjust the sensitivity i have not messed with this yet but i suspect i can exclude "moths" if i reduce the sensitivity"

"no security reasons for that"

"however this is not a pre requisite as when alerts are triggered a 10sec video is downloaded to your mobile device"

"then comes the crap you have to go buy the camera jump through all their hoops again and then give them your paypal details and they will refund you !"

"it has more wires than my current wired system and you will need to drill a big hole through your wall to feed the thick ethernet dongle through"

"i find this annoying"

"having seen the price of this camera i thought that i would give it a try to the rear of my premises it took a little while to sort it out maybe with everyone else using the internet but with the help from there support team it's a nice little camera"

"i had my doubts about this because it was only £25 but very surprised how brilliant this really is "

"does lack a some bit"

"the camera doesn’t have a very long range to connect to a wireless network plus when it detects any movement the recording stops after only a few seconds"

"3 it take no more the 2 mins for the wifi blue tooth connection"

"i use this camera for viewing the front of my property after a theft of a motorcycle"

"i was a little surprised disappointed that it did not feature onvif rtsp but was advised that they can apply a firmware update to add support for this which means i can add it to my other camera's in ispy"

"have already returned 1"

"the image quality is pretty good even in the infrared by that i mean you can recognise a face easily but there is no zoom feature to restrict field of view i wanted to exclude the neighbours property "

"there is a drilling template provided to assist in correctly locating fixing holes to mount the camera unit outside this was very useful and helped enormously in making a professional job of mounting the camera"

"in the first two weeks of operation there is a bus service goes down past my house and there is only 5 a day hourly mon fri the camera captured the bus a total of three times out of ten events i have little idea what i am doing with it and as i am not rich enough to pay for cloud access i am stuck with just the alerts one night kids tipped over my 4 recycling buckets and again the camera was as useless as a chocolate fireguard ok the night vision is really good as is the picture quality and the motion detection is too good it activated if rain is falling or a light shows from houses on the other side of the large park i live next to but it is still only as good as the times it actually activates at the correct time the lack of instructions with the package did not help either"

"pros= 1 good size not too big 2 well built metal construction 3 excellent pictures both night and day 4 pretty easy to set up cons= 1 cables attached to the camera are too big in diameter shame they can't be detached 2 lots of moths trigger the sensor at night 3 power cable quite short edit"

"this camera should be removed by amazon"

"the front one was ripped off the wall and stolen"

"and i must say wired setup is also a challenge"

"i use it to monitor my front door as i have an office at the bottom of the garden and i can't hear the doorbell"

"nice small camera sometimes struggling with connection tho shame it does not have memory card but i can take still images on my phone when motion is detected as long as the camera is online and loads working 90% of the time and a great deterrent always"

"unable to set camera up"

"if i'd known i wouldnt have bought this item"

"i am sending mine back"

"very old technology"

"what puts me off is that it is a hong kong website you have to pay for storage and also there is a small delay on the camera with cars going past about a two second delay but not a problem"

"clicking on the cloud storage icon read ' did not join any storage plan' though i have made a payment for the plan and have not received any refunds"

"the signal was so weak to the internet"

"the camera has a single cable exiting the unit with three short tails 1 a reset button 2 an rj 45 connector for wired ethernet connection and 3 a circular power socket"

"you do though need a watertight bid if installing externally for the plug and other bits"

"although the camera is a good build and quality for the price it's limited to what you can do"

"the camera has been added to the plan as per requirement the support team is a joke and they do not have anyone in the uk"

"forces you to use the new "wansview cloud" app which is a disaster"