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Spy Camera Hidden Wifi,AOBO Smallest Mini Security Surveillance Came..
- The AOBO Mini Camera Advantage: AOBO is a professional mini sec..
- Remarkably Compact Full HD 1080P Wifi Spy Camera: Its a AOBO 20..
- Best Wireless Hidden Cameras: Although the hidden cam is quite ..
- Smart Wifi Covert Cam With Motion Activated And IR Night Vision..
- Easy to Use: Just insert a micro SD card (not included) to reco..
Product Attributes
- Width: 1.0 inches,
- Height: 1.0 inches,
- Length: 1.6 inches,
- Size: 1 Count (Pack of 1)
Positives |
Neutrals |
Negatives |
57.7% | 12.2% | 30.1% |
Senti Score [69.9%] |
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YI Outdoor Camera 1080p Home Security Surveillance IP Camera Wifi CC..
- WEATHERPROOF IP65: Thanks to this cameras IP65 protection ratin..
- FULL HD RESOLUTION WITH EXCELLENT NIGHT VISION: Live-stream and..
- SMART ACTIVITY DETECTION WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - HUMAN D..
- OPTIONAL DETERRENT ALARM: Integrated siren which, if enabled, w..
- SECURE STORAGE ON YI CLOUD - Loop recording of all the videos o..
Product Attributes
- Width: 5.9 inches,
- Height: 6.7 inches,
- Weight: 0.6 Pounds,
- Length: 3.5 inches,
- Size: 1 Count (Pack of 1)
Positives |
Neutrals |
Negatives |
55.1% | 9.2% | 35.7% |
Senti Score [64.3%] |
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Spy Camera Hidden Wifi,AOBO Smallest Mini Security Surveillance Came..
terrible
perfect
useless
excellent
great
poor
happy and secure
really beautiful
satisfied
rubbish
total waste
avoid
happy
absolute waste
absolutely love
complete waste
YI Outdoor Camera 1080p Home Security Surveillance IP Camera Wifi CC..
cheap
absolutely atrocious
happy
outstanding devices
better
useless
brilliant
faulty
great
poor
impressive performance
worst thing
poor quality
excellent
annoying
excellent product
Compare Cons
Cons [205] of Spy Camera Hidden Wifi,AOBO Smallest M.. |
Strength |
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really disappointed in both products"really disappointed"
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99.3% |
locked down in both products"this was over a two day period of ensuring that we had not become mentally challenged by being locked down!"
|
75.0% |
major issue in both products"the battery life and the major issue i’ve had with it is it stops recording and turns off after a short time"
|
74.8% |
does n't work in both products"doesn’t work"
|
74.8% |
avoid this in both products"if you want something reliable then completely avoid this"
|
74.7% |
pretty useless in both products"another 'no make' chinese import and 'looks good' but is actually pretty useless in real life!"
|
74.5% |
very limited in both products"the quality of video is really bad the night vision is very limited"
|
74.4% |
totally unreliable in both products"therefore totally unreliable if going away from hone for example"
|
72.8% |
same problem in both products"it has 1 star on the apple app store and all the app reviews note the same problem i have had"
|
72.4% |
does not work in both products"does not work and will be returning for a refund"
|
69.1% |
waste your money in both products"don’t waste your money!"
|
68.1% |
unwanted visitors in both products"the camera is fairly light and can easily be hidden away from unwanted visitors"
|
67.4% |
waste of money in both products"waste of money"
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66.7% |
waste your time in both products"this product dose not connect or work please don't waste your time on this product"
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65.3% |
waste of time in both products"waste of time ordering"
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64.5% |
waste of time and money in both products"waste of time and money"
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63.5% |
without success in both products"app has loaded but three people have tried to connect to the camera without success"
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57.2% |
other issue in both products"furthermore i don't have to worry about the other issue"
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54.8% |
absolute waste"absolute waste of time i’m afraid"
|
99.9% |
complete waste"complete waste of money"
|
99.9% |
total waste"total waste of money"
|
99.8% |
total junk"total junk"
|
99.6% |
absolutely crap"absolutely crap the battery is awful literally doesn’t last half hour utterly useless!"
|
99.3% |
power failure"it can be used for a period of time in case of power failure"
|
99.1% |
very disappointed"very disappointed"
|
99.0% |
struggled even"you really can’t have it far from your router literally struggled even from the next room"
|
98.9% |
poor translation"typical of products from china poor translation and incomplete instructions"
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98.1% |
awful nightvision"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"
|
97.6% |
awful product"awful product"
|
96.6% |
garbage nightmare"utter garbage nightmare to set the app is rubbish and crashes after 15 minutes use it just stopped working and won’t switch on"
|
95.5% |
garbage compared to that"i had another ip cam that was garbage compared to that"
|
90.1% |
waste of time money"what a waste of time money"
|
90.1% |
useless and unusable"this device is useless and unusable and nobody should consider wasting money on it"
|
88.7% |
bore no relationship"the setup instructions bore no relationship to available phone settings or responses to any attempts to make this thing work and it never did"
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88.7% |
very slow as lags"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"
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88.0% |
very difficult"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"
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74.9% |
wasted hours"after several wasted hours of repeatedly charging and reconnecting we summed this up as a 'death wish inducing' experience and gave up on it!"
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74.9% |
burned pixels"first thing i noticed was very small dots like burned pixels"
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74.9% |
wasting money"this device is useless and unusable and nobody should consider wasting money on it"
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74.9% |
returning item"returning item as not compatible with samsung s9"
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74.9% |
false advertising"false advertising is against the law"
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74.9% |
rubbish and crashes"utter garbage nightmare to set the app is rubbish and crashes after 15 minutes use it just stopped working and won’t switch on"
|
74.8% |
overall disappointing"overall disappointing"
|
74.8% |
hustle and bustle"my husband put this on his desk and then called up the hustle and bustle of the office to get the job done!"
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74.8% |
very buggy"the app this camera recommendeds you download is very buggy and looks like its been hacked together very quickly"
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74.7% |
avoid intrusions"i use it to detect movement to avoid intrusions or to control when children return to school"
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74.6% |
error message"worked for day then stopped with error message saying camera offline even though ok when camera and phone back on same network"
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74.6% |
chinese junk"utter chinese junk do not buy night vision terrible battery life terrible "
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74.6% |
poorly translated"poorly translated instructions"
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74.6% |
being useless"night vision doesn't work properly and the instructions to set up are poorly written to the point of being useless"
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74.6% |
battery doesnt"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"
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74.5% |
spent ages"spent ages to make it work on my iphone looking for tutorials on youtube"
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74.5% |
suddenly blurred"works for a day then suddenly blurred image"
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74.5% |
only problem"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"
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74.5% |
incomplete instructions"typical of products from china poor translation and incomplete instructions"
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74.5% |
mixed results"mixed results when trying to record to sd card"
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74.4% |
adapts well"it does not fall and adapts well"
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74.4% |
negative reviews"wish i had scrolled further down and read the negative reviews"
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74.3% |
would n't work"customer service no help at all so returned unit as it just wouldn’t work"
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74.1% |
gets stolen"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"
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74.0% |
utterly useless"absolutely crap the battery is awful literally doesn’t last half hour utterly useless!"
|
73.7% |
poor and noisy"daylight image quality good night vision very poor and noisy and absolutely no audio whatsoever"
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73.6% |
really struggling"i am usually able to work our technology but really struggling"
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73.1% |
nobody notices"it is so small that nobody notices it"
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72.9% |
remove this"you cannot remove this either!"
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72.9% |
does connect"batteries last about 2 minutes and connectivity is poor when it does connect"
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72.7% |
very tacky"very tacky n plastic totaly not worth wot i paid"
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72.7% |
much smaller"it is much smaller than i thought it would be"
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71.9% |
returned item"next time no connection so i gave up and returned item after wasting ages trying to get it to work"
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71.7% |
hurt our pets"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"
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71.4% |
forced setting"the night vision is also good but the auto function flicks to black & picture so i leave it on the forced setting"
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71.0% |
better luck"i’m buying a 5ghz mains powered one and hopefully will have better luck with that one!"
|
70.4% |
battery issue"the battery issue"
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70.3% |
defocusing issue"after the defocusing issue tested for 5 further days"
|
70.0% |
overly sensitive"it gets quite warm when operating and the motion detection is overly sensitive"
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69.8% |
idiot apologies"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"
|
69.3% |
been warned"if you're using these cameras via lan for home security or child monitoring you have been warned!"
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69.3% |
poor review"my reason for the poor review is that it's useless as a camera as the battery lasted approximately 1hr after several full charges"
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69.0% |
have problem"you wont have problem by zooming it out and seeing people"
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68.5% |
small shelf"it has a small shelf"
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67.4% |
wrong password"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"
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67.2% |
avoid at all costs"avoid at all costs"
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66.9% |
n't connect anymore"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"
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66.7% |
limited wifi capability"however due to its limited wifi capability"
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66.2% |
sending it back"sending it back!"
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66.0% |
draining my battery"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"
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65.9% |
it's useless"it’s useless!"
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65.9% |
totally useless"totally useless"
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65.8% |
photo or video"the application is simple and the image can be magnified like any photo or video which may be useful"
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65.8% |
chinglish nonsense"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"
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65.8% |
problems with this"two problems with this"
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65.4% |
burned my socket"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"
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64.7% |
late into the night"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"
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64.6% |
will hardly see"you can put it on any table or shelf and you will hardly see it"
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64.3% |
hard earned money"save your hard earned money and buy something that does what it is supposed to do"
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63.9% |
really too messy"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¥¥¥"
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63.6% |
no novices to technology"first let me state that our home has external cctv which works brilliantly so we are no novices to technology"
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63.4% |
faces the street"the back garage side of the house faces the street and it is difficult to see who is coming and going"
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63.2% |
poor battery life"poor battery life very short wifi range"
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62.0% |
does n't even"it doesn't even record anything the picture quality is awful!"
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61.5% |
rubbish and headache"stay away from this rubbish and headache of a product!"
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61.5% |
been discontinued"can’t connect the camera to the app that it was originally paired with app has been discontinued "
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61.4% |
been mislead"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"
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61.3% |
does n't charge"i have the product and after 4 days doesn’t charge anymore"
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61.0% |
connection disappears"wifi signal disappears and therefore connection disappears"
|
60.6% |
watch accessory pointless"this is not too bad but the battery is pointless which also makes the watch accessory pointless"
|
60.2% |
very poor documentation"very poor documentation"
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60.1% |
sending it bak asap"will b sending it bak asap"
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60.0% |
useless as a camera"my reason for the poor review is that it's useless as a camera as the battery lasted approximately 1hr after several full charges"
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59.8% |
very bad product"it’s really very bad product"
|
59.8% |
your bare hands"battery will last about an hour then it overheats to the point you won’t be able to hold it with your bare hands"
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59.5% |
connection is terrible"connection is terrible"
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58.7% |
major issues"major issues getting this to work"
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58.7% |
almost invisible"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"
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58.3% |
tried repeatedly"i have tried repeatedly to connect but no success"
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57.7% |
cheap camera"well designed night visian gives usnice results didn't even know you can have so goog video in cheap camera"
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57.6% |
unbelievably disappointed"unbelievably disappointed"
|
57.6% |
give him a miss"so give him a miss"
|
57.3% |
takes ages to connect"thr product doesn’t work properly it takes ages to connect and the battery doesn’t last more then 40 minutes"
|
56.8% |
battery power poor"battery power poor"
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56.7% |
very complicated"very complicated"
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56.6% |
cames already broken"it cames already broken!"
|
56.6% |
n't make me laugh"security cam don't make me laugh?"
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56.5% |
useless and dangerous"ive had it less than 24 hours and its bordering on useless and dangerous unfortunately"
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56.5% |
slight downside"for me a slight downside is that i can't disable the microphone which is something i personally don't like"
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56.4% |
does not last long"overheats even just on battery power and that does not last long at all even if not recording"
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56.4% |
hidden costs for icloud"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 "
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56.3% |
even if not recording"overheats even just on battery power and that does not last long at all even if not recording"
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56.2% |
failed every time"tried everything to get it to work and it failed every time"
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56.1% |
have had no reply"i’ve queried amazon regarding this but have had no reply :"
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56.1% |
email to connect"was sent a link via email to connect but guess what it doesn’t work and is in chinese"
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56.1% |
a common problem"if you check recent reviews on the app or even questions on youtube video you will see this is a common problem"
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56.0% |
there is no sound"there is no sound and no light while is recording so nobody can see it which is good"
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56.0% |
return time"just out of return time product no longer works"
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55.6% |
terrible app & camera"terrible app & camera"
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55.5% |
lives far away"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 "
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55.3% |
not connect to anything"this camera did not connect to anything"
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55.3% |
load of crap"what a load of crap!"
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55.1% |
there are are poor"there are no proper instructions or what there are are poor"
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54.8% |
does not work its sound"this camera does not work its sound"
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54.8% |
says ` logging in"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’"
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54.7% |
update 01 03 2020"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"
|
54.7% |
trash it after few days"i trash it after few days "
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54.7% |
does n't work for"poor sound quality and motion detection doesn’t work for me"
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54.7% |
does n't work either"as a result the motion alarm doesn’t work either"
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54.7% |
small as advertised works"not small as advertised works when it wants to"
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54.7% |
will not reconnect"if you turn the app off or leave the house it will not reconnect"
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54.7% |
n't even realise"i’m so impressed as i didn’t even realise it comes with a “watch version” too "
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54.7% |
no contact with rain"i hanged it where my roof end so no contact with rain"
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54.7% |
n't even know"well designed night visian gives usnice results didn't even know you can have so goog video in cheap camera"
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54.7% |
only guess"my only guess is that it might have been the one faulty camera they sold "
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54.6% |
piece of garbage"a piece of garbage not worth returning"
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54.6% |
really naughty"i had my baby last year and he was really naughty causing me to worry about its safety every time i went out"
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54.6% |
no plastic on this thing"no plastic on this thing"
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54.6% |
will not connect"the minute you leave the home it will not connect"
|
54.5% |
very disappointing"very disappointing"
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54.5% |
short 2 every time"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"
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54.5% |
very very weak"connection between the camera and application very very weak "
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54.5% |
stay connected"doesn’t stay connected long enough to record anything"
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54.4% |
entering my poor"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"
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54.4% |
faulty camera"my only guess is that it might have been the one faulty camera they sold "
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54.3% |
death wish inducing"after several wasted hours of repeatedly charging and reconnecting we summed this up as a 'death wish inducing' experience and gave up on it!"
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54.2% |
long for a camera"i have been looking for so long for a camera that actually works great and does what it’s supposed to"
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54.1% |
waste of my money"basically waste of my money because it doesn’t work"
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54.1% |
last very long"ac adapter not supplied and charge doesn't last very long"
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54.0% |
not that small"it's not that small as it looks on the picture"
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53.9% |
n't connect to internet"can't connect to internet"
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53.9% |
slow first time"i spent several hours trying and retrying and leaving it for a good hour thinking it might just be slow first time"
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53.9% |
incase of a break"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"
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53.7% |
very difficult to set"very difficult to set up"
|
53.7% |
getting it to connect"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"
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53.7% |
there is no card"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"
|
53.7% |
returning the product"i don't have time for any more of this misery and will instead invest my effort in returning the product to amazon"
|
53.5% |
from home it is pointless"without connection away from home it is pointless"
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53.5% |
does lag a little"it does lag a little but it won't last too long"
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53.4% |
what it is rubbish"it has now made the short journey to the rubbish bin because that's what it is rubbish"
|
53.4% |
stamp wrong"time stamp wrong and only able to view recordings on card by removing and playing back on a pc"
|
53.2% |
enough and in fact weak"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"
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53.1% |
that's not the point"free and simple smartphone applications it's a little weak but that's not the point"
|
52.9% |
limited in features"the camera often fails to work with the software that is limited in features"
|
52.9% |
not responding to emails"the ios software has been removed from apple app store and the company is not responding to emails"
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52.7% |
software hwdv"i used the software hwdv cam first of all this small camera has a pretty good picture quality in a lit area"
|
52.7% |
instructions no good"instructions are about p2plivecam so instructions no good"
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52.5% |
camera you wouldnt see"its so tiny that if you wouldnt know there is camera you wouldnt see it"
|
52.5% |
offending camera"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"
|
52.3% |
awful literally"absolutely crap the battery is awful literally doesn’t last half hour utterly useless!"
|
52.2% |
last too short"not very happy with my choice it keeps disconnecting from wifi battery last too short"
|
52.1% |
off straight away"if the power bank has no power the camera is off straight away"
|
52.1% |
no longer works"just out of return time product no longer works"
|
52.1% |
shutting down"camera keeps shutting down and going off line son doesn’t work"
|
52.1% |
full marks"but camera would get full marks if you did not see the light's when it is on"
|
51.9% |
terrible battery life"utter chinese junk do not buy night vision terrible battery life terrible "
|
51.7% |
no barcodes to scan"does not work at all also no barcodes to scan"
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51.6% |
rubbish cam and product"it's rubbish cam and product"
|
51.6% |
cmc735 ********"to confirm: id label = cmc735 ********d01 f***31"
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51.5% |
instructions are rubbish"instructions are rubbish!"
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51.5% |
minutes or more"two hours charging then it only lasts 30 minutes or more"
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51.4% |
only one nanny"we originally purchased only one nanny cam so that we could try it out without investing in several at a time"
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51.4% |
which is pointless"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"
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51.3% |
dosnt sean"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"
|
51.2% |
battery charge"dose not hold battery charge for even one minutes"
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51.1% |
shoot and change"it's very clear to shoot and change faces"
|
50.7% |
very small"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"
|
50.7% |
not expect this product"i did not expect this product"
|
50.7% |
investigating this issue"update: fair do's to the seller who quickly responded to my review and are investigating this issue"
|
50.3% |
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Cons [281] of YI Outdoor Camera 1080p Home Security .. |
Strength |
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really disappointed in both products"really really disappointed"
|
97.0% |
very limited in both products"the camera produces good quality pictures but the software is very very limited"
|
74.9% |
locked down in both products"you cannot record from this camera using any industry standard security equipment : the product is locked down and you are forced into their subscription services"
|
74.8% |
waste your money in both products"overall unreliable & very costly to subscribe to the yi cloud do not waste your money on this product"
|
74.8% |
pretty useless in both products"so pretty useless as the 2"
|
74.8% |
unwanted visitors in both products"the camera itself it noticable enough to deter unwanted visitors at night but not an eye sore outside the house"
|
74.7% |
totally unreliable in both products"the app supporting them is totally unreliable the cloud service fails after about 3 minutes and logs out all cameras in valid subscriptions customer service is an automated zendesk response and nothing more"
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74.7% |
does n't work in both products"whilst using the app on ios it’s a lottery if you can connect to live view and when you do it doesn’t last for long before it loses connection whilst it tries to reconnect immediately it very rarely does even closing and restarting the app or switching the cameras power supply off and on again doesn’t work"
|
72.9% |
without success in both products"tried contacting support without success "
|
72.1% |
same problem in both products"same problem with the rain"
|
69.9% |
this issue in both products"i've tried to speak to yi support about this issue many times but they are absolutely useless and stop responding after they realise they can't fix this issue by making me turn it off and on"
|
67.2% |
waste your time in both products"buy almost anything else because these will waste your time"
|
67.2% |
other issue in both products"one other issue i came across but was easily sorted was the ir light ring"
|
66.6% |
does not work in both products"good design however does not work"
|
63.3% |
waste of time and money in both products"waste of time and money"
|
62.6% |
major issue in both products"it would have benefited from a smaller plug to get through a wall rather than the full sized usb plug but not a major issue"
|
60.2% |
waste of time in both products"unless you intend to use this right next to your router it is a waste of time"
|
56.7% |
worst thing"worst thing i have ever bought!"
|
98.5% |
poor quality"this product is poor quality"
|
98.5% |
absolutely atrocious"0 10 playback on app absolutely atrocious"
|
97.7% |
drill a hole"you're likely to need to drill a hole through your wall if you aren't capable of this yourself bear in mind this is a cheap camera but paying for skilled people to install it won't be cheap"
|
95.2% |
poor microphone"great picture quality but poor microphone with a lot of noise and cannot hear clearly"
|
95.0% |
takes forever"even if it does detect motion the alert takes forever to come through"
|
93.9% |
poor really"poor really"
|
92.9% |
overall waste"as overall waste of money because of poor quality software"
|
89.6% |
useless crap"useless crap"
|
87.9% |
pretty loud"it is pretty loud and if that goes off 10 times at night i could not imagine you would have a good night sleep and wouldn't be the best neighbor to have"
|
87.5% |
turned off blind"so far one of my yi home outdoor cameras is turned off blind but it is still working periodically at the back recordings sometimes"
|
83.5% |
network disconnection"this has some intermittent network disconnection but we dont keep it on for 24x7 so its ok"
|
74.9% |
uninstall and reinstall"i’ve sent about 15 emails with no resolution they just keep telling me to uninstall and reinstall"
|
74.9% |
extremely poor"the camera has also become cloudy as moisture has leaked into the sealed lens despite being in a sheltered location thus making the image quality extremely poor"
|
74.9% |
unresolved issue"i would give this camera more stars if it wasn’t for the unresolved issue that has caused two cameras original and then replacement to go offline when ir night vision is on and it goes dark!"
|
74.9% |
security issue"i see little point in having evidence of a security issue on camera and the camera is then illegally removed along with the sd card holding the images"
|
74.9% |
notification error"the app is really easy to use and setup was quick and simple only issues i have was the wireing is to short and the time that was taken to fix the notification error was too long other than that i would recommend this product"
|
74.9% |
socket configuration"there is nothing in the description that is informing the buyer what the socket configuration is on the power adapter"
|
74.9% |
doesnt work"integration with alexa show also doesnt work "
|
74.9% |
buggy and crashes"the app is really buggy and crashes all the time"
|
74.9% |
sound useless"it renders the sound useless"
|
74.8% |
quality blurry"video quality blurry and seems more like 720p not 1080p"
|
74.8% |
totally unacceptable"moreover and this is totally unacceptable the yi customer support refused to help me with my camera because it is out of warranty"
|
74.8% |
false activations"motion detection is good unfortunately this means a lot of false activations from birds flies and raindrops"
|
74.8% |
false triggers"turn them off and the image is exactly the same without the false triggers"
|
74.8% |
absolute rubbish"absolute rubbish goes offline every night at 18:36 tried resetting it many times but sit no luck avod"
|
74.8% |
average poor"night vision clarity is average poor if you zoom in"
|
74.8% |
inclement weather"seem to cope quite well with inclement weather in the uk"
|
74.8% |
very randomly"very randomly it sending alert to me even i am right standing in front of it waving my hand it does not detect any moment"
|
74.8% |
dead spots"wifi is not very good i had to buy a power line wifi repeater but even then when i check the 24 7 cloud recording you get 5 30min dead spots where nothing has been recorded!"
|
74.8% |
complain about"so not really something to complain about"
|
74.8% |
developed two faults"camera has developed two faults"
|
74.8% |
completely useless"i get alert notifications on my phone but can't look at them due to this so basically after installing and setting up it is completely useless"
|
74.8% |
went wrong"this is a replacement for one that went wrong"
|
74.7% |
doesnt connect"left it off for a month or two while i decided what to do with it amd now it doesnt connect"
|
74.7% |
known issue"i have looked online and this is a long standing known issue that yi don't seem to be able to or want to fix"
|
74.7% |
without hesitation"would recommend without hesitation"
|
74.7% |
sadly this"sadly this leaves me with gaps in my intended coverage"
|
74.6% |
little flakey"wifi is a little flakey at times the wired option is preferable if you can run a cable from the camera to your router"
|
74.6% |
stupidly short"the biggest annoyance though is the stupidly short usb power lead that comes hard wired to the damn thing"
|
74.6% |
not very well"it appears the sd card slot is not very well aligned with the slot in the plastic as i almost did it again when i tried reinserting it"
|
74.6% |
becomes useless"raindrops snowdrops any fly or bug that gets close to it a flash of light basically anything that changes the pixel you will be alerted i have changed the settings for alertness and sensitivity to low and i get about 8 10 alert update every night if it rains so it kind of defeats the purpose as i now tend to ignore all alerts and it becomes useless now this bring me to the alert noise could you imagine if you had that turned on?"
|
74.6% |
failed completely"update: vertical axis rotation has failed completely as return window closed 1 month"
|
74.6% |
gone faulty"camera has gone faulty after a month"
|
74.6% |
useless brick"however after several months the camera lost its connection to my account so i have tried to re pair it but the reset button doesn't work so it is now a useless brick attached to the wall with a cable that has been drilled through the wall and sealed in place"
|
74.5% |
screw driver"it also comes with a screw driver but that's for the sd card port"
|
74.5% |
firmware hack"there is a firmware hack to enable that but its still not as good as i would like it to be"
|
74.5% |
came faulty"however mine came faulty the wall fitting it wobbly meaning the camera doesn’t stay at the correct angle"
|
74.5% |
party software"so you cannot use one of the better 3rd party software available on the market so most importantly you will then be tied to the yi premium cloud service that you need to pay a subscription for"
|
74.5% |
quality rubbish"nighttime pic quality rubbish"
|
74.5% |
service doesnt"their cloud service is incredibly poor where the cloud service doesnt allow you to playback recordings and also with no auto renewal feature meaning your cover can be disabled without you knowing "
|
74.4% |
very blurry"first two cameras i bought were great but the third and fourth are very blurry?"
|
74.4% |
equally ineffective"phone support says the right things but is equally ineffective"
|
74.3% |
major flaw"however there is a major flaw if relying on the sd card storage as the quality of the video files is terrible"
|
74.3% |
ignore people"if i set it to low sensitivity it ignores the lights but also ignore people and only records when i pull my car onto the drive"
|
74.3% |
very expensive"the online storage is very expensive per month even the minimum 7day plan"
|
74.2% |
most annoying"the most annoying thing is that i can't record straight to my nas"
|
74.2% |
manufacturing fault"the camera audio would be good but there is a manufacturing fault with these cameras where they are sensitive to wifi probably due to poor shielding on the hardware"
|
74.1% |
only gripe"only gripe is that the playback on my iphone jumps to first recording of the day instead of the clip i want to see"
|
74.1% |
false alarm"its will even detects flies or spider which creates false alarm"
|
74.1% |
glare issues"i had the gen 2 yi 1080p home camera and liked it but i was monitoring outside through a window and so had some glare issues off the window pane"
|
74.0% |
just doesnt"it just doesnt exist"
|
74.0% |
really inadequate"the activity clip is only 6 seconds long which is really inadequate if you are looking to collect evidence after an incident"
|
74.0% |
fail error"just states send fail error"
|
74.0% |
more difficult"makes outside wiring more difficult that it needs to be especially if you need to run the cable through walls"
|
73.9% |
internet issues"never had any internet issues either and live in remote area where internet isn’t the best"
|
73.9% |
fault them"had mine a while now can't fault them 👍"
|
73.9% |
thin garden"it’s so narrow it’s useless for anything in a domestic setting unless you are trying to capture a long thin garden"
|
73.8% |
same issue"i have consulted yi helpdesk about this who suggested i use another sd card or reformat both of which i've tried and still have the same issue"
|
73.7% |
returning it back"either way i will be returning it back to amazon"
|
73.7% |
would not work"so it would not work "
|
73.4% |
very poorly"i had to upgrade the firmware manually my cameras wouldn't connect to the wifi without that and frankly it's very poorly explained"
|
73.3% |
ignore the problem"all for them to ignore the problem and not get back to me"
|
73.3% |
cheap item"espeically since this is not a cheap item"
|
73.2% |
almost impossible"you cannot easily hear voice coming from camera live view is almost impossible even using the yi cloud"
|
73.2% |
unavailable thus"multiple lengthy periods where the cloud backup is unavailable thus rendering the camera useless as a security tool"
|
73.1% |
utter disappointment"utter disappointment i’ll send them back"
|
73.1% |
complain there"sure the framerate isn't fantastic but consider the price tag so no complain there"
|
73.0% |
return deadline"sadly i have missed the amazon return deadline"
|
73.0% |
standard zoom"with this one if you zoom in then it's useless and even on standard zoom you can't read car number plates"
|
73.0% |
buzzing noise"at first it has this really annoying buzzing noise and it was constant"
|
72.9% |
front holes"otherwise these are still great security cameras with a great app and i would still recommend them just seal the front holes"
|
72.9% |
over ethernet"yi should include poe power over ethernet"
|
72.9% |
complaints though"no major complaints though"
|
72.8% |
loses connection"whilst using the app on ios it’s a lottery if you can connect to live view and when you do it doesn’t last for long before it loses connection whilst it tries to reconnect immediately it very rarely does even closing and restarting the app or switching the cameras power supply off and on again doesn’t work"
|
72.8% |
returning as cable"ended up returning as cable not really long enough for any external points"
|
72.6% |
software technicians"all software technicians know about its issue and tricks"
|
72.6% |
stopped working"a couple of weeks later and the alerts have stopped working"
|
72.5% |
rice crispies"it works really well in every aspect except 2 areas: sound: when i enable audio there is a very loud crackling sound almost like listening to rice crispies"
|
72.3% |
carbon copy"think of apple packaging as this is almost a carbon copy of it"
|
72.2% |
only negative"amazon that a great job of getting it to me asap setup was easy the only negative was that the lead that came with it wasn't quite long enough"
|
71.4% |
further complaint"otherwise with this price no further complaint"
|
71.3% |
break down"i will break down the pros and cons pros mid range price for a well built product"
|
71.3% |
window pane"i had the gen 2 yi 1080p home camera and liked it but i was monitoring outside through a window and so had some glare issues off the window pane"
|
71.0% |
much effort"it feels like too much effort was put into pushing users to the payed cloud services rather than focusing on the free functionality side"
|
70.9% |
difficult product"if they correct the sensitivity of the motion detection and add zone control horizontal and vertical then this would be a difficult product to beat in this price range"
|
70.8% |
biggest issue"the biggest issue is the angle of view"
|
70.7% |
much reflection"unfortunately at night when the night vision kicks in there is too much reflection from number plates and its very rare it will pick them up"
|
70.5% |
more worryingly"more worryingly i've reinstalled the app in an attempt to set it all up again and can't now log in to my yi account"
|
70.2% |
cheap cables"also extending usb can be costly since cheap cables will just turn the camera off if night vision is used"
|
69.8% |
still inactive"after contacting customer service multiple times and sending all the proof for payment and identity my plan is still inactive after 1 month +"
|
69.2% |
whole problem"i have called yi twice remember to call them after 5pm both times i explained the whole problem filled in emails with photos etc"
|
69.0% |
detection problem"i suspect that the motion detection problem is due to a faulty unit so i am sending it back"
|
69.0% |
losing wifi"keeps losing wifi"
|
68.7% |
fleeting moment"i found that by the time the camera started to record all you could see way peoples sides or back for a fleeting moment before recording stopped"
|
68.5% |
impaired features"don't make a mistake they do still push their cloud storage but the camera does its job without it so you can potentially lose the videos only if the camera is stolen but you don't get impaired features like with other competitors"
|
68.2% |
different model"have another yi cam different model with same issue"
|
67.5% |
wish the clips"i wish the clips are at least 30 seconds long"
|
67.4% |
really expensive"yi cloud is really expensive versus other competitors"
|
67.3% |
still not as good"there is a firmware hack to enable that but its still not as good as i would like it to be"
|
67.3% |
despite several resets"and has been for a further month despite several resets"
|
67.3% |
least reliable"probably the least reliable camera i’ve ever seen in terms of watching live footage"
|
67.2% |
rattles around"the one i received had an sd card slot but there is nothing behind the slot and the sd card slips straight into the cass and rattles around inside the unit"
|
67.1% |
title software"as in the title software update can turn the camera into a brick and other reviews stated this too"
|
67.0% |
random drop outs"it's a shame it automatically shuts off at 9pm and has random drop outs on recording"
|
67.0% |
ignore actual people"motion follow is okay but tracks traffic and sometimes can ignore actual people"
|
66.8% |
unable to stream"also you are unable to stream!"
|
66.4% |
external points"ended up returning as cable not really long enough for any external points"
|
66.4% |
disconnects all the time"now the camera works but it just disconnects all the time"
|
66.3% |
ring spotlight"well in my opinion the quality of the yi camera video recordings is better than the ring spotlight cam which costs £280"
|
66.3% |
illustrate my problems"i will provide a video to illustrate my problems further"
|
66.2% |
motion issue"going back to the motion issue"
|
66.0% |
n't very good"this isn't very good as the reason i brought it was as i am currently away from my home so needed around the clock watch on my house"
|
65.9% |
down philip"im not impressed and feel let down philip"
|
65.9% |
swivels screws"camera wall mount that swivels screws"
|
65.9% |
fake review"this is definitely not a fake review!"
|
65.8% |
free trial"i was going to install sd cards in each camera not really explained in the instructions but east to find out how online but having been tempted into the cloud storage system by the free trial i've been so happy with it and the original 2 cameras i will continue the cloud storage subscription and add i've also bought 3 more cameras i just hope they prove reliable as i've invested so heavily in them"
|
65.7% |
issues triggered by rain"currently having motion sensing issues triggered by rain"
|
65.7% |
losing many details"it can automatically adjust the video quality by your internet speed without losing many details"
|
65.6% |
stated this"as in the title software update can turn the camera into a brick and other reviews stated this too"
|
65.4% |
very low ratings"many of the of other cameras had very similar features at a lower cost but appeared to be let down by the android ios app which would appear to consistently obtain very low ratings"
|
65.3% |
fill the hole"should use dc instead of usb had to make a widder hole for usb and then fill the hole because cable itself is flat"
|
65.2% |
cloud buffering is poor"calling function and cloud buffering is poor"
|
65.2% |
refused to work"i selected the cheap one and it just totally locked up and refused to work"
|
64.8% |
biggest annoyance"the biggest annoyance though is the stupidly short usb power lead that comes hard wired to the damn thing"
|
64.8% |
poor at night zoom"picture quality is ok in the day but poor at night zoom is grainy motion detection is hopeless doesn’t matter if you set zone goes off when it feels like it however it an affordable price and easy to install"
|
64.8% |
miss a crime or event"screenshot attached light blue means recorded data other area is dropped connection again very poor as you could miss a crime or event!"
|
64.8% |
crashes it altogether"if i push to talk over it then that just crashes it altogether i think because it draws extra power to engage the speaker and thus killing it"
|
64.8% |
false notifications"poor quality false notifications"
|
64.7% |
very dissatisfied"overall very dissatisfied and won't be buying any yi products again mainly for the useless customer service"
|
64.6% |
subscription charge"disappointed you have to pay a large subscription charge"
|
64.4% |
rain drops"overall good having a bit of an issue with sensitivity too sensitive and it alerts with rain drops and not enough and it misses some obvious things like visitors to the door"
|
64.4% |
useless for my needs"there is no way a person or car registration could be recognised which renders the camera largely useless for my needs"
|
64.3% |
waste of money and time"waste of money and time"
|
64.2% |
camera is now useless"only 3 months of use and condensation has appeared inside the camera so you can no longer see a picture the camera is now useless and can no longer be used!"
|
64.1% |
points motion detection"bad points motion detection “too” sensitive even on lowest setting no zone control no angle limitations inclusions schedule needs more customisation to inc"
|
63.8% |
like a software"seems like a software bug"
|
63.7% |
spoke to supplier"spoke to supplier and it's been a challenge to get the replacement"
|
63.7% |
lost its connection"however after several months the camera lost its connection to my account so i have tried to re pair it but the reset button doesn't work so it is now a useless brick attached to the wall with a cable that has been drilled through the wall and sealed in place"
|
63.5% |
same price"frame rate is low for same price you can get 4mp this is 2mp camera at 30fps with dc power and dual band wifi this is 2"
|
63.5% |
previously useless"so it means the camera which was previously useless is now more than useless just using electricity and hanging up on the wall"
|
63.5% |
cable itself is flat"should use dc instead of usb had to make a widder hole for usb and then fill the hole because cable itself is flat"
|
63.4% |
camera is stolen"don't make a mistake they do still push their cloud storage but the camera does its job without it so you can potentially lose the videos only if the camera is stolen but you don't get impaired features like with other competitors"
|
63.4% |
it's limitations"but then you see it's limitations"
|
63.4% |
wrong plan yi support"my cloud plan dissappeared after changing phones and now keeps signing up to the wrong plan yi support are just ignoring me"
|
63.4% |
main downsides"the main downsides were a oermenantly attached power cable and no rtsp support which means you have to buy cloud subscription for off device storage"
|
63.4% |
camera is useless"this camera is useless"
|
63.4% |
being too short"i believe the issue stems from the usb power cord being too short unless you have a socket close to where you want to place it which is unlikely as it is an outdoor camera"
|
63.4% |
which was shoddy"this is after yesterday returning a blink xt system which was shoddy"
|
63.3% |
pretty pointless"live view works but alerts don't which is pretty pointless really"
|
63.3% |
wrong with"after over a month of exchanging emails with the manufacturer and following every step they have suggested to fix it it has become clear that they do not know what is wrong with it and offer only a stony silence when i suggested they replace it or refund it"
|
63.3% |
audio problem"got two of these one has an audio problem sounds like buzzing but it's installed so can't be bothered to send it back"
|
63.3% |
micro scratches"•the black faceplate is covered in micro scratches as if it’s been wiped over with a cloth there was also no protective film on the lens"
|
63.2% |
through the software"the sd card can be viewed through the software and there's a version for windows so access from a pc also works"
|
62.7% |
became 3 hr nightmare"what became a possible 30min set up became 3hr nightmare back and forward to b&q"
|
62.7% |
fail to acquire"i kept getting the same “fail to acquire” message"
|
62.6% |
incorrectly they were"being told my sd cards were probably incompatible or formatted incorrectly they weren't "
|
62.6% |
incompatible or formatted"being told my sd cards were probably incompatible or formatted incorrectly they weren't "
|
62.6% |
this problem"i have downloaded and reinstalled the app at least six times but still will not open the apps were downloaded from yi windows and mac site has anyone else had this problem and can they help yi help team take ages to respond then state it is a computer fault"
|
62.5% |
refused to reconnect"i'm not sure if my unit is faulty but it happened both when i initially tested it out of the box and when securing it to a wall even though the camera reports as having a 100% connection to the wifi it has disconnected and refused to reconnect"
|
62.4% |
more misses"in fact far more misses than hits even when turned to highest sensitivity"
|
62.3% |
avoid this seller"laptop fire tv that irritating noise is always there i contacted seeverything uk and i was palmed off with excuses and then they totally ignored my messages the sellers name may say uk but it's actually shanghai you are dealing with i would avoid this seller and this security camera at all costs"
|
62.2% |
only big complaint"the only big complaint i have is the app is a but of mess to navigate with the same functions in different places depending on which screen you are on"
|
62.2% |
no mention of that"will not install on iphones eventually installed on ipad but then would not work unless we paid for a subscription there was no mention of that when it was bought the support is not helpful"
|
62.1% |
seems to mention"an update they appear to have added which no online review seems to mention is the addition of the notification area detection you can highlight a box within the frame where it will only notify you based on activity in this area"
|
61.8% |
alot of issues"but for some reason i had alot of issues with this current camera"
|
61.8% |
camera dies"i wish now i hadn't got the ring as i'm gonna be stuck with a hefty subscription until the camera dies"
|
61.8% |
incredibly poor"their cloud service is incredibly poor where the cloud service doesnt allow you to playback recordings and also with no auto renewal feature meaning your cover can be disabled without you knowing "
|
61.8% |
biggest issue for"biggest issue for me is that it does not support rtsp real time streaming protocol or seem to have any web interface therefore you are tied to using the official yi home phone app or pc program"
|
61.7% |
still wo n't work"says network not good enough but moved access point router next to the external wall and still won't work"
|
61.6% |
screws and fixings"includes a mounting template all screws and fixings if required and even usb cable mounting clips for a very neat install"
|
61.4% |
turn phone clockwise"and it only does landscape counter clockwise when i tend to turn phone clockwise"
|
61.3% |
failure of the ones"i have had to replace two of the usb power adaptors due to failure of the ones supplied"
|
61.3% |
next to useless"so this makes it next to useless for iding anyone if there is a break in but is otherwise good for general seeing what's going at night or when you're away"
|
61.1% |
nowhere fast"i contacted the support but got nowhere fast"
|
61.0% |
now not running properly"update dec 2018 : the app for windows pc is now not running properly"
|
61.0% |
just a bad batch"i figured it was just a bad batch or faulty component"
|
61.0% |
which is useless"camera is ok but the alerts don't work on android phones until you open the app then you get loads of notifications all at once which is useless"
|
61.0% |
not water proof"the 3m cable is non extendable as it is attached to the camera which might be an issue if you didn't have a power socket planned for this camera you don't want to leave the camera socket out in the weather: this bit is not water proof"
|
60.9% |
minor movement"it now only picks up major movement and minor movement is now ignored although the camera is set to most sensitive setting"
|
60.8% |
poor customer service"due to the poor customer service i think i'll go elsewhere!"
|
60.7% |
useless customer service"overall very dissatisfied and won't be buying any yi products again mainly for the useless customer service"
|
60.7% |
slight negative"the only slight negative is flys etc set off motion alerts at night time but i am still playing with the settings so may be able to resolve that"
|
60.6% |
really annoying"initially i had the phone alerts set up but this got really annoying getting alerts every couple of minutes so switched that off but this would be a great tool where there is not a lot of traffic setting it off and i will be using that on the garden cam once that's set up"
|
60.6% |
no power sockets"mine is placed at height looking at my front door area so there is no power sockets"
|
60.5% |
also useless"the motion sensitivity is also useless"
|
60.5% |
proving a nightmare"for instance my power socket is outside and another 8 metres away and is proving a nightmare to buy cables to get to it"
|
60.1% |
gone offline"they worked perfectly fine for about a week then they stopped recording the 5 sec clip and now the one to the front of the house is gone offline"
|
60.0% |
honest i 'm disappointed"to be honest i'm disappointed and wished i'd sent it back when i had the chance"
|
59.9% |
contacted seeverything"laptop fire tv that irritating noise is always there i contacted seeverything uk and i was palmed off with excuses and then they totally ignored my messages the sellers name may say uk but it's actually shanghai you are dealing with i would avoid this seller and this security camera at all costs"
|
59.9% |
useless at night"i had a sv3c dome camera before this one and it was useless at night"
|
59.7% |
storage plan"compared to nest where the storage plan is expensiver but you can have several cameras in the plan you pay here per camera and 90 bucks for the shortest 7 day period per camera can get quite expensive"
|
59.6% |
rain problem"i feel sure that yi will do a firmware update soon to control this rain problem"
|
59.6% |
sadly only"purchased as it had the sd card feature which on paper is great but sadly only worked for the first week or two"
|
59.5% |
widder hole"should use dc instead of usb had to make a widder hole for usb and then fill the hole because cable itself is flat"
|
59.5% |
developed a problem"1 of these worked perfectly but the second developed a problem"
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59.5% |
quite distorted"the visual is very good the sound is quite distorted"
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59.3% |
unsure at first"was unsure at first to purchase it"
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59.3% |
picture disturbance"the infrared system is now faulty and causes picture disturbance throughout the night causing the camera to constantly alarm and record the picture disturbance as the camera movement sensor thinks it's a genuine alarm movement"
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59.2% |
cable length"cheap camera does the job pros micro sd slot cheap effective cons picture not great in the dark inadequate cable length"
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59.2% |
loose connection to wi"they loose connection to wi fi"
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59.2% |
fails consistently"the camera works but the app fails consistently to either remember the login or to send notifications"
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59.1% |
microphone really loud"there is a constant clicking noise from the microphone really loud click click"
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59.0% |
just ignoring"my cloud plan dissappeared after changing phones and now keeps signing up to the wrong plan yi support are just ignoring me"
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59.0% |
camera alarm"even a camera alarm"
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58.8% |
720p and not 1080p"the image quality i would say is 720p and not 1080p as it says"
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58.7% |
simply did not work"it simply did not work"
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58.2% |
flat when i am travelling"it's easy to install and i can monitor my flat when i am travelling"
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58.1% |
feature is also poor"the search and auto detect feature is also poor and often hit and miss"
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58.0% |
useless wall ornament"have reset the camera 3 times checked all the settings and checked for firmware updates there are none and this still continues to happen so the completely fault ridden useless wall ornament that yi is marketing as a “security” camera is going back in it’s box and back to it’s biological parents"
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57.6% |
more of a deterrent"thus it’s more of a deterrent than a useful camera"
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57.6% |
not susceptible to rain"the two outdoor cams are fitted under eaves and are not susceptible to rain"
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57.6% |
very rarely an issue"i should note that this is very rarely an issue during the day just at night when the infrared is on"
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57.5% |
only then it stopped"did a reset and got it working again for one day only then it stopped"
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57.5% |
not been uploaded"initially was impressed but had issues with the cloud service in that there have been periods where footage has not been uploaded"
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57.5% |
even at low levels"if i have one concern it's that the motion sensor is too sensitive even at low levels causing many alert notifications"
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57.4% |
bad and short cable"however at night it is terrible so much so that i now ignore it eg rain will set it off despite it being in a covered location camera the picture quality is great and it picks up the wifi signal well overall if it was not for the night time notifications being so bad and short cable i would have given this 5 stars"
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57.1% |
changed my review"changed my review to one star due to latest camera not being able to download footage"
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57.0% |
stopped working 22"update we got another one delivered and just noticed it stopped working 22 feb"
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56.9% |
removed by a thief"imagine if your car is removed by a thief!"
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56.8% |
rather slow"very good image quality response is rather slow and the alert mode is not accurate even in high sensitivity mode"
|
56.7% |
binned now unfortunately"will have to be binned now unfortunately"
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56.5% |
rather poor"my only gripe with this model is the lack of zoning to only alert in specific areas the ability to set sensitivity is rather poor too so this needs to be improved upon"
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56.5% |
continually fails"one camera which is the closest to the router continually fails"
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56.3% |
same model"my brother has the same model and it works perfectly fine he has also attempted to set it up but it just doesn’t work"
|
56.3% |
cameras 1080p"i have used hikvision cameras 1080p which are much much better"
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56.2% |
wired very"cable length cable length is 10ft but it comes out of the bottom of the camera and is hard wired very bad positioning if you want to connect to a power source above the camera as it leaves a very naff finish when installed"
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56.2% |
cheap chinese"cheap chinese tat"
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55.8% |
drilled the holes"setup was easy i set them both up inside then installed installation was simple drilled the holes and apply construction adhesive to make sure it was strong"
|
55.6% |
will regret"you will regret it"
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55.6% |
quite blurred"supposed to be 1080p but the pictures are quite blurred"
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55.6% |
serious issues"camera is generally good however there are couple of serious issues"
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55.5% |
arrive days late"app is glitchy notifications can sometimes arrive days late"
|
55.4% |
no specified range"motion detection there is no specified range on this anywhere available online i looked everywhere but could find no actual technical spec so i contacted the yi community forums and was advised that the range is only 15ft from the sensor and that the sensor worked by determining heat signals body heat and so on not by actual movement"
|
55.3% |
return these items"i don't know if i can return these items as i have installed them and been using them for a while"
|
55.3% |
subscription failed"i got charged but the subscription failed"
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55.3% |
does n't support rtsp"both the android app and windows application work well however i own a few cameras from other manufacturers and prefer to use one android app to view them all which wont work with the yi camera because it doesn't support rtsp"
|
55.2% |
cloud service is awful"camera is great but the cloud service is awful"
|
55.2% |
it's not just"check the app store for the recent reviews too it’s not just me"
|
55.1% |
junked and not working"ok picture but the 3 of the cameras are junked and not working"
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55.1% |
stay on low voltage"even if they wanted to stay on low voltage a regular basic dc cable with an adapter instead of the usb charger we have to use anyway would make things lot easier instead of having to get a 20mm drill bit"
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55.1% |
contacted the support"i contacted the support but got nowhere fast"
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55.1% |
constant clicking noise"there is a constant clicking noise from the microphone really loud click click"
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55.0% |
seems very ` afterthought"i was told if it was plugged into wired it would use that seems very 'afterthought' and easy to add functionality via an update"
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55.0% |
just totally locked"i selected the cheap one and it just totally locked up and refused to work"
|
55.0% |
impressed and feel"im not impressed and feel let down philip"
|
54.9% |
inexplicable gaps"i was able to set it up quickly and all seemed well but the camera intermittently fails to load video clips and has inexplicable gaps on the timeline"
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54.8% |
wasting your money"all in all don’t buy this as you’ll regret it when you need it the most it won’t work and you’ll be left feeling stupid for wasting your money on a vastly unpractical and flawed “security” system"
|
54.8% |
little improvement"motion detection could use a little improvement"
|
54.7% |
truly terrible"the sound is truly terrible"
|
54.7% |
this one has failed"3 indoor cameras went down early today now this one has failed"
|
54.7% |
completely pointless"it doesn't give motion detection alerts unless you start the app which is completely pointless"
|
54.7% |
need a sds drill"most hand held drill only go up to 18mm so you’ll need a sds drill"
|
54.6% |
nowhere near a socket"i have ran the cable and it's nowhere near a socket so i have had to extend it"
|
54.5% |
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Compare Pros
Pros [173] of Spy Camera Hidden Wifi,AOBO Smallest M.. |
Strength |
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excellent product in both products"immensely frustrating and i am having to return what i am sure is an excellent product"
|
100.0% |
quite good in both products"very compact device the resolution is quite good and it is still sharp and sharp even if it is not upgraded to 1080p"
|
99.9% |
best thing in both products"it's the best thing you are able to use a phone instead of a tv"
|
99.6% |
strongly recommend in both products"strongly recommend"
|
99.4% |
really good in both products"night mode is really good as well although i haven't used it as much as in the day time"
|
99.3% |
excellent camera in both products"this excellent camera has very good image quality even at 720p 1080 is perfect and the price is more reasonable than rationality"
|
92.9% |
great camera in both products"i think it is a great camera and i am very satisfied with it"
|
88.5% |
absolute bargain in both products"the lens gives you a wide view and the video quality while viewing through the app is surprisingly good with can place the camera anywhere in the home or garden and the night vision is good for the price it’s an absolute bargain"
|
88.4% |
works well in both products"high quality image is good and clear the night vision works well"
|
75.0% |
great price in both products"great price"
|
75.0% |
great value in both products"but this is great value for money and the picture quality is super clear i would recommend it to anyone who needs it"
|
74.9% |
picture quality in both products"picture quality is excellent for something so small and it can record direct to your phone or onto an micro sd card "
|
74.8% |
outdoor camera in both products"can be used as an outdoor camera in front of the house"
|
74.8% |
cctv sticker in both products"it comes very well packaged and comes with everything you need from the cable to even a cctv sticker that i cannot wait to stick up"
|
74.8% |
good picture in both products"it's mindblowingly small for what it can perform good picture and video quality even in low light environments"
|
74.5% |
good enough in both products"good enough for this price"
|
74.5% |
pretty good in both products"the video quality is pretty good and camera app in my phone is helpful enought"
|
74.4% |
pretty well in both products"in fact they work pretty well"
|
74.4% |
very useful in both products"very easy to mount anywhere and best of all it really is so small discreet and so very useful"
|
74.3% |
good value in both products"it has good value for money and i would recommend it to others"
|
74.3% |
image quality in both products"the image quality is good on night vision mode as well the dice is visible perfectly"
|
74.3% |
well worth in both products"the price is well worth it"
|
74.1% |
very affordable in both products"the price is also very affordable and satisfactory"
|
73.8% |
cctv camera in both products"the quality of video is better than i had cctv camera before"
|
73.4% |
good quality in both products"the accessories seem good quality and the mount in particular will prove handy"
|
73.3% |
quality picture in both products"lovely little spy cam easy to use and surprisingly great quality picture"
|
72.9% |
really beautiful"the image is really beautiful and the camera is easy to operate"
|
100.0% |
happy and secure"makes me feel more happy and secure"
|
100.0% |
absolutely love"i absolutely love it"
|
100.0% |
very powerful"although very small very hidden but the function is very powerful"
|
100.0% |
very satisfying"it is also very high pixel this is a very satisfying shopping"
|
100.0% |
very detailed"the quality of the monitoring is very good the video is clear the customer service explanation is very detailed very clear very smooth"
|
100.0% |
works brilliantly"it works brilliantly and was a fairly easy set up just plug it in download the app and follow the simple steps"
|
100.0% |
varied success"varied success of viewing live feed away from home"
|
99.8% |
great battery"for the price this little cam is great battery on its own is a bit short but that is to be expected but when adding a power bank it is a complete game changer with 10'000 mah you get over a days worth of use"
|
99.8% |
very delicate"monitoring equipment is very good the appearance is good the quality is very good image clarity monitoring effect is very good the appearance is also very good very delicate"
|
99.7% |
highly recommend"i like this gadget i can spy on my kids during the day and also through the night is everything ok night vision very good so picture quality overall very good highly recommend"
|
99.6% |
impressive 1080p"impressive 1080p and very clear quality"
|
99.6% |
great gadgets"great gadgets please pay attention to them to ensure inner peace"
|
99.6% |
great build"great build"
|
99.5% |
very satisfactory"the baby has received the effect is very satisfactory the portrait is clear the brightness is good very convenient really recommend to buy this price performance to price ratio is very high"
|
99.0% |
amazing product"amazing product with amazing camera quality"
|
98.5% |
monitoring picture"after installation the picture quality is clear and the monitoring picture is hd which is clearer than i imagined"
|
98.1% |
monitoring effect"monitoring equipment is very good the appearance is good the quality is very good image clarity monitoring effect is very good the appearance is also very good very delicate"
|
96.6% |
unusual purpose"i bought this product for an unusual purpose note the dog in the kennel!"
|
95.3% |
powerful and intelligent"powerful and intelligent integration is my highest score for this product strong practicability"
|
93.2% |
quality is excellent"the battery stays charged for a long time as well and picture quality is excellent"
|
93.1% |
clarity is excellent"the clarity is excellent"
|
93.1% |
very exquisite"good quality simple installation the video taken is very clear the camera is very clear the shooting effect is very good the style is novel the workmanship is very exquisite i love it!"
|
92.9% |
very satisfied"this product is really good received the goods installed the quality is very good and easy to install the product is very small you can see the situation at home at work i am very satisfied with the purchase and the pictures taken are also very good it’s clear you can watch the playback the memory is large it’s very small and hard to find the image effect is good the packaging is also very strong very satisfied"
|
91.8% |
works a treat"quick and simple to use and just works a treat"
|
90.9% |
sound quality is great"the sound quality is great and the battery life is long"
|
90.7% |
great company"great company"
|
90.4% |
does a good"i can say that it is great compact affordable spycam which does a good job"
|
89.3% |
good safety performance"good night satisfactory standby time good safety performance"
|
89.2% |
great and worth"the quality is great and worth buying"
|
89.2% |
good functionality"the app android is easy to setup and provides good functionality"
|
88.8% |
good helper"the effect is very good the installation is simple the picture is very clear the night vision effect is also very good panoramic vision is big cost effective does not occupy the position concealment is very high is the optimization of modern technology monitoring equipment is our life indispensable good helper"
|
88.8% |
superb in daylight hours"the picture quality is superb in daylight hours and still clear at night with the infra red light"
|
88.0% |
great gadget"this house is really a great gadget"
|
88.0% |
perfect for this point"camera really is battery operated some hidden cameras need to be connected to mains all the time but this camera is perfect for this point can take it to anywhere and charge it when its low was able to get it installed where wanted it and the quality on this is top cannot spot from a distance just need plenty of light and this is great to capture it all overall impressed with the build quality and the functionality of this camera"
|
88.0% |
finely made"finely made"
|
87.9% |
great deal"recording is easy and with a 32gb memory card stores a great deal"
|
75.0% |
good price"excellent little camera easy to set up good quality recording in hd and easy to hide works great and such a good price with motion detection and night vision included would highly reccomend"
|
75.0% |
fairly easy"it works brilliantly and was a fairly easy set up just plug it in download the app and follow the simple steps"
|
75.0% |
perfect purchase"works flawlessly as a standalone cami needed a little camera for my apartment and my goodness was this a perfect purchase for it"
|
75.0% |
very handy"the magnetic stand is very handy and adjustable"
|
75.0% |
capacity safety"it has a large capacity safety and reliability powerful function and long service life"
|
75.0% |
good solution"the wireless camera seemed to be a good solution"
|
75.0% |
looks good"the camera looks good and i can check very easy from my phone where i am"
|
75.0% |
great features"this camera has a lot of great features at a great price including motion detection alerts and night vision"
|
75.0% |
good clear"most importantly the video quality is good clear and there is no delay"
|
75.0% |
prove handy"the accessories seem good quality and the mount in particular will prove handy"
|
74.9% |
record quality"battery life poor picture record quality superb"
|
74.9% |
strong recognition"installation is simple and convenient easy to operate the screen is very clear strong recognition good oh the monitor is very practical can not see at all the price is cheap very good recommended to buy"
|
74.9% |
decent price"got this as got very good review and for decent price"
|
74.9% |
easy everything"photography and video are easy everything is stored on a smartphone or external card"
|
74.9% |
good reviews"i just bought this camera because of the good reviews"
|
74.9% |
perfect size"it is easy to set up and super practical for everyday use as it is the perfect size to take everywhere"
|
74.9% |
premium price"the premium price of this micro camera"
|
74.9% |
favorite features"our favorite features are alert notifications snapshots recorded videos and voices etc"
|
74.9% |
please pay attention"great gadgets please pay attention to them to ensure inner peace"
|
74.9% |
looks fashionable"the appearance looks fashionable"
|
74.9% |
easy installation"very useful product and super easy installation "
|
74.8% |
decent amount"the video quality is excellent especially the hd version good wide angle to cover decent amount of area"
|
74.8% |
nice extra layer"this is just a nice extra layer of security to have"
|
74.8% |
human body"all the free accessories are very practical very satisfied with the clarity and the human body is very fast"
|
74.8% |
fully recommended"fully recommended"
|
74.8% |
very quickly"like most of these devices it uses an app that is simple to use and pairs very quickly "
|
74.8% |
matching price"overall it is a quality product with a matching price"
|
74.8% |
price range"night vision is ok for this price range"
|
74.8% |
good night"good night satisfactory standby time good safety performance"
|
74.7% |
with confidence"the motion detector is very good the image quality is superb clear sharp and one of the best i've seen from many of the small hidden cameras buy with confidence"
|
74.7% |
check remotely"the app is easy to use and i can check remotely on my phone so i can be anywhere i get alerted and see what is going on"
|
74.7% |
great ways"but i found out other great ways to use it i use it as a kids monitor i watch them while i am in the kitchen and always know what they are doing and i use it as cctv when we leave house or at night"
|
74.7% |
five stars"five stars is not a good enough rating for this camera"
|
74.7% |
finely constructed"juts finely constructed"
|
74.7% |
shooting range"small space good video effect clear high definition screen simple installation good concealment large shooting range and stable network"
|
74.6% |
lovely extra feature"the motion tracking is another lovely extra feature so if anything moves the camera will follow it the movement and at night the picture is actually surprisingly very good"
|
74.6% |
really wide"very good and really wide angle good appearance and clarity clear calls i took a special shot at the bookshelf good resolution good sound compact convenient not easy to be found beautifully packaged excellent quality looking high end no distortion really easy to use nothing to set up most appreciate the auto focus function easy to install good quality and low price"
|
74.6% |
very smooth"the quality of the monitoring is very good the video is clear the customer service explanation is very detailed very clear very smooth"
|
74.6% |
works fine"i have tried that as a spy cameras in my car and it works fine"
|
74.6% |
surveillance capabilities"i like this kit because it can be put anywhere inside or behind anything and provide surveillance capabilities"
|
74.5% |
light conditions"in low medium or high sensitivity settings it responds well in low light conditions and can easily track the movements of people and pets"
|
74.5% |
retail price"i'm satisfied with the retail price"
|
74.5% |
super clear"it’s night definition picture quality is super clear"
|
74.5% |
working good"the camera working good"
|
74.5% |
just perfect"this is just perfect for me as this is so small and can be placed or hidden anywhere"
|
74.5% |
great support"extremely simple to use no complaint about it fairly easy to use great quality great support"
|
74.5% |
fantastic paperweight"this will be a fantastic paperweight as the settings are non existent communication with seller is poor and battery life is abysmal"
|
74.5% |
incredibly easy"the setup was incredibly easy taking about 5 minutes and it was up and running"
|
74.5% |
will probably"will probably add more in time"
|
74.4% |
very convenient"i love this mini surveillance camera which is very convenient for me"
|
74.4% |
good fulfillment"this is a good fulfillment for me because i absolutely feel safer now!"
|
74.4% |
very easily"this camera takes surprisingly clear videos and is very easily concealed"
|
74.4% |
highly reccomend"excellent little camera easy to set up good quality recording in hd and easy to hide works great and such a good price with motion detection and night vision included would highly reccomend"
|
74.4% |
high quality"this compact spy camera is carefully crafted with a very modern smooth design with excellent finishes in detail and high quality just follow the instructions for a few minutes to set up"
|
74.4% |
nice hardware"nice hardware but too many problems"
|
74.3% |
super easy"really happy with the purchase,the camera is small and it is super easy to set up"
|
74.3% |
very interesting"it's very interesting"
|
74.3% |
useful and handy"i ordered this cam few months back for household purpose and i found it very useful and handy"
|
74.2% |
recommend friends"i am very satisfied with a shopping recommend friends to buy"
|
74.2% |
strong impact"for the price this secret camera has a strong impact"
|
74.2% |
quality product"overall it is a quality product with a matching price"
|
74.2% |
like privacy"the girls lay their eggs every three months but it's like privacy so it's hard to know what's going on and when it's close to completion"
|
74.2% |
discreet security camera"i bought this as i needed a discreet security camera"
|
74.1% |
strong points"the main strong points of this camera are the portability and the image quality for the item size"
|
74.1% |
mini security camera"this mini security camera is like the description the ultra mini size"
|
74.1% |
best features"the size of the camera itself is one of its best features"
|
74.1% |
image simple installation"the clarity is very good the picture is clear and visible and the same as the introduction above complete functions strong signal clear image simple installation can be used by connecting the mobile phone very convenient"
|
74.1% |
well constructed"this camera appears well constructed and comes with a charging cables and a small bracket which will enable to stick the camera to a flat suface slightly smaller or almost equal to the size of the small container of dip sauce has to be connected to the wifi inorder to view it on the app overall the unit is solid and picture quality is good for the value does the job well"
|
74.1% |
overall the unit is solid"this camera appears well constructed and comes with a charging cables and a small bracket which will enable to stick the camera to a flat suface slightly smaller or almost equal to the size of the small container of dip sauce has to be connected to the wifi inorder to view it on the app overall the unit is solid and picture quality is good for the value does the job well"
|
74.1% |
quick and easy"comes with different attachments to mount the camera quick and easy to charge"
|
74.0% |
whole process"the anti theft alarm effect is very powerful the network transmission is stable the image is clear and there is no dead corner in the whole process"
|
74.0% |
holds charge"instead of needing to be constantly plugged in like most cameras it holds charge so can be placed anywhere instead of near a plug socket this is great for us as we don’t have many sockets"
|
74.0% |
clear and smooth"after connecting to wifi you can check everything happening at home at any time and the video is clear and smooth"
|
74.0% |
very happy"i am very happy with the picture quality and how easy it is to set up"
|
74.0% |
sort guarantee"was good while it worked not the best of quality 5 months on stopped working and now sat in its box waste of money you would of thought there would be some sort guarantee"
|
74.0% |
cost effective"the effect is very good the installation is simple the picture is very clear the night vision effect is also very good panoramic vision is big cost effective does not occupy the position concealment is very high is the optimization of modern technology monitoring equipment is our life indispensable good helper"
|
74.0% |
saved video"its image quality is very high very clear you can watch the image in the saved video you can set the motion detection mode its response is very sensitive"
|
73.9% |
very stable"the camera is very stable the picture is very clear and other functions are very practical many accessories"
|
73.9% |
installed it skillfully"within 20 minutes i installed it skillfully"
|
73.8% |
very solid"this camera is well protected and very solid"
|
73.8% |
very relieved"after installing this camera in my home i'm very relieved"
|
73.8% |
vision effect"the effect is very good the installation is simple the picture is very clear the night vision effect is also very good panoramic vision is big cost effective does not occupy the position concealment is very high is the optimization of modern technology monitoring equipment is our life indispensable good helper"
|
73.7% |
nice and small easy"got this to put it in my office great product size is nice and small easy to hide picure quality is good even on night vision"
|
73.7% |
good product"this camera is really a good product"
|
73.7% |
would honestly"i would honestly use this security camera outdoor in my mailbox with the motion detector on to catch mail thieves or set it up in the living room facing the door to catch people that try and steal packages"
|
73.6% |
very practical"i'm also slowly studying other functions which are very practical"
|
73.6% |
their eggs"the girls lay their eggs every three months but it's like privacy so it's hard to know what's going on and when it's close to completion"
|
73.6% |
quickly and safe"arrived quickly and safe as described"
|
73.6% |
simple and convenient"installation is simple and convenient easy to operate the screen is very clear strong recognition good oh the monitor is very practical can not see at all the price is cheap very good recommended to buy"
|
73.6% |
good and easy"good and easy to follow instructions to set up the app and camera"
|
73.5% |
indoor entrance"i have placed it on my indoor entrance and it is not so much visible"
|
73.4% |
sharp and precise"hd video was very clear and images were sharp and precise and the overall quality is more than adequate for a security camera"
|
73.4% |
fantastic product"fantastic product"
|
73.4% |
more secure"that is more secure as camera comes off the stand easily as it is magnetic so more secure for little one"
|
73.4% |
very suitable"the image quality of both day and night vision is very suitable for the size of the cam"
|
73.3% |
very impressed"having just tested this out of the box i am very impressed"
|
73.2% |
strong practicability"powerful and intelligent integration is my highest score for this product strong practicability"
|
73.2% |
with power"the best part is that it even works on battery so does not need to be connected with power all the time"
|
73.2% |
quality and value"best quality and value for money wifi camera around"
|
73.2% |
works amazingly"it also works amazingly at night and the quality of the picture is extremely clear!"
|
73.2% |
last position"it's easy to install and it's small and i found that the magnet behind me was a good test before the last position of my entrance"
|
73.2% |
even better"was surprised as it is a bit bigger than i expected but that's even better for me"
|
73.2% |
consistently good"really happy with the purchase although there were some cheaper options available after reading consistently good reviews about this camera i am glad i went for this purchase"
|
73.1% |
ideal size"it's easy to set up and it's super practical for daily use because it's the ideal size to carry around i strongly recommend you buy it!"
|
73.1% |
record everything"casy connect with the pohe control all from mobile giving you warnings and record in your app work with wifi so you don't need to be at home to use it you can leave it wherever and it can record everything in the room"
|
73.1% |
home security wifi"compact appearance automatic infrared night vision motion activated alarm clearly capture details but also easy to hide is a good home security wifi hidden camera"
|
72.9% |
portable chargers"there is also a usb cable that flexes and u can use it in portable chargers"
|
72.9% |
more powerful"to be fair to use as a cctv you'll need something more powerful"
|
72.9% |
brilliant features"this is a great little camera with some brilliant features"
|
72.8% |
magnetic base"it is well made and equipped with another lens magnetic base and adhesive pad"
|
72.8% |
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Pros [171] of YI Outdoor Camera 1080p Home Security .. |
Strength |
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excellent product in both products"excellent product"
|
99.6% |
excellent camera in both products"otherwise this is an excellent camera"
|
98.5% |
best thing in both products"the best thing about the camera i think is the night vision it's super clear and overall amazing!"
|
97.3% |
great camera in both products"great camera"
|
93.7% |
really good in both products"daytime viewing has been really good night time isn't great it's ok close range but anything beyond 5 m is sketching luckily i have an outside light that's quite bright so it illuminates beyond the 5 m"
|
93.1% |
absolute bargain in both products"i picked up a toshiba 32gb u3 card at the same time for just £8 on amazon to bring my total purchase to £68 absolute bargain"
|
92.7% |
well worth in both products"well worth it!"
|
92.1% |
quite good in both products"camera quality is quite good comparing to other cameras available at the market"
|
90.1% |
great feature in both products"the motion tracking is a great feature for this camera"
|
75.0% |
great value in both products"great value"
|
75.0% |
very useful in both products"to summarise: this is a very useful camera for anyone looking to secure their house with cctv it's cloud connected so you can view it anywhere so long as you have data wifi waterproof functions as an intercom and does so much more"
|
74.9% |
good value in both products"easy set up decent images pleasing appearance good back up from yi email team excellent night vision cloud subscription good value for money and works very well with android"
|
74.8% |
very affordable in both products"the addition of online recording makes this a very affordable solution"
|
74.8% |
outdoor camera in both products"i purchased the yi outdoor camera to monitor our driveway"
|
74.8% |
good picture in both products"good picture and has a speaker and a microphone built in so i can speak to people when my ring doorbell craps out nearly everytime!"
|
74.8% |
works well in both products"certainly a good looking compact camera that works well"
|
74.7% |
picture quality in both products"daytime picture quality is quite good i'm sure there is better at higher cost but this will do"
|
74.7% |
pretty well in both products"it seems to have a good antenna as it can connect to the wifi pretty well even though it’s pretty far away and a couple of walls my iphone struggles at the same distance "
|
74.7% |
quality picture in both products"great camera with excellent quality picture which was very easy to setup"
|
74.6% |
pretty good in both products"i'm trying to think of any negatives and i truly cant think of any so that's pretty good news as well"
|
74.4% |
image quality in both products"image quality both day and night is superb"
|
74.3% |
good enough in both products"the image quality produced by the camera is acceptable not as good as a good quality mobile phone but good enough for its purpose"
|
74.1% |
great price in both products"all round great product and great price"
|
74.0% |
outstanding devices"these are outstanding devices"
|
99.9% |
impressive performance"impressive performance and good value"
|
99.7% |
gives excellent"for my own needs though i turned off the motion detection and the ir and it gives excellent 24 7 views of both inside and outside the house"
|
99.5% |
superb product"apart from that superb product!"
|
99.5% |
works perfect"on the medium setting it works perfect though the day but on a evening it picks up every car that passes my house no matter where i set the detection zone"
|
99.4% |
brilliant product"brilliant product well worth the money"
|
99.4% |
excellent units"both the indoor and outdoor are excellent units"
|
99.4% |
brilliant camera"brilliant camera"
|
99.0% |
really pleased"i've been using these for a few months now and i'm really pleased"
|
98.9% |
super happy"on receiving the camera i was super happy with the build quality and functionality of it"
|
98.8% |
amazing camera"amazing camera for the price £59"
|
98.6% |
absolutely brilliant"absolutely brilliant camera for the price"
|
98.4% |
strongly recommended"strongly recommended"
|
98.4% |
excellent love"excellent love it great bit of kit"
|
98.2% |
works perfectly"and works perfectly"
|
98.1% |
very smart"setup was simple we inserted the sd card downloaded the yi camera app to my iphone and registered an account from there is was as simple as plugging in the camera via a usb cable which comes with a usb plug and pointing the camera at a qr code on the phone and following the simple voice command instructions very smart!"
|
97.8% |
really reliable"kind of have to commit to the cloud which is the only downfall however it's really reliable and worth the additional cost for the low buy price"
|
97.8% |
outstanding camera"outstanding camera!"
|
97.8% |
great system"it's no security cctv system but it's a great system that uses wifi home router the cloud and mobile device notifications and apps so you can monitor what's going on around your home while you're away or at home"
|
97.7% |
very pleased"very pleased "
|
97.6% |
great pictures"easy to install great pictures"
|
97.6% |
great product"great product"
|
97.5% |
excellent rotation"excellent rotation"
|
97.0% |
time clarity"day time clarity is good but also poor when you zoom in the stream pixelates easily"
|
96.5% |
excellent cameras"these are excellent cameras & we are delighted with their performance and recoding capabilities"
|
96.3% |
excellent great"the night vision is excellent great for people who live near the country and its pitch black"
|
96.2% |
quality excellent"a littll4 dificult to set up for me but with a little help from my tec savvy son 45mins all done features are great and quality excellent "
|
95.9% |
best camera"for this price the best camera you can buy"
|
95.3% |
brilliant piece"brilliant piece of kit"
|
94.8% |
amazing and so easy"it’s amazing and so easy to set up"
|
93.9% |
excellent and great"99 easy to setup and install loads of features the app is excellent and great picture quality even in ir night vision mode"
|
93.9% |
perfect and great"perfect and great value"
|
93.9% |
simply superb"simply superb!"
|
93.4% |
excellent and essential"the mobile app is excellent and essential as you cannot at the moment access via a pc"
|
93.4% |
brilliant camera great"brilliant camera great app too thanks"
|
92.2% |
amazing quality"amazing quality but could do with rtsp added for local dvr saving otherwise you are stuck with the sd card or yi cloud subscription"
|
91.6% |
overall bargain"overall bargain!"
|
91.4% |
only fault"the app is ok and the only fault i find with it and all yi cameras is not being able to fast forward footage"
|
91.2% |
great outdoors camera"great outdoors camera with good software"
|
90.4% |
tracking unable"motion sensitivity tracking unable to point camera down beyond 95 degrees ir reflection when in night mode so with a spat of break in’s currently within our area i thought it would be prudent to get a security camera"
|
90.0% |
picture is amazing"picture is amazing and we use these to keep an eye on the house while out to make sure the cats are ok"
|
89.5% |
great product great"great cameras great product great app"
|
89.3% |
absolutely amazing"absolutely amazing product !"
|
89.2% |
excellent night vision"camera is excellent night vision is good and alarm is cleaver done can set sensitivity to low mid or high overall i really like"
|
88.6% |
outstanding value"outstanding value"
|
88.4% |
very professional"came next day the packaging was very professional and quality when it came to installing the camera to the garden shed the only problem i caee across was the screws they was just awful quality but i changed them for some betters one and mounted it to the shed"
|
88.4% |
works great"very easy to set and the app works great"
|
88.0% |
amazing little camera"amazing little camera"
|
87.0% |
quite bright"daytime viewing has been really good night time isn't great it's ok close range but anything beyond 5 m is sketching luckily i have an outside light that's quite bright so it illuminates beyond the 5 m"
|
86.9% |
really great"it’s a really great picture in 1080p and night vision works well too"
|
86.7% |
better night vision"the black 1080p dome camera is smaller looks better and has better night vision so i would recommend that dome cam instead of this one"
|
84.3% |
awesome all rounder"awesome all rounder"
|
75.0% |
fairly well"the camera is fairly well built"
|
75.0% |
build quality"i am sure it will be reliable because of the build quality but i will update if its not"
|
75.0% |
smart phone"if you can work a smart phone you can work this"
|
75.0% |
dream great"very good picture quality easy to install easy setup works like a dream great app"
|
75.0% |
perfectly well"use it to monitor a garden which is 100ft long and copes perfectly well"
|
75.0% |
outdoor ones"i'm hoping to sort these camera's as the indoor cameras work perfectly fine without any hitch the outdoor ones for some reason never ever seem to pair to my yi home app android i have set the router to use a 2"
|
75.0% |
reasonably priced"very good value camera with local storage and reasonably priced optional cloud storage"
|
75.0% |
very sensitive"the motion sensor is very sensitive and takes a little bit of adjustment to get it how you want"
|
75.0% |
nicely packed"the camera arrived swiftly in a nicely packed box and feels a premium product"
|
75.0% |
great item"i have the dashcam and indoor camera and can't fault any of them this outdoor camera was just as simple to set up great item"
|
75.0% |
very flexible"set up within minutes very flexible mounting and good picture quality"
|
74.9% |
cctv device"for a budget cctv device is really good i can safely say that i haven't had any issues on my garden so it's a good deterrent"
|
74.9% |
premium product"the camera arrived swiftly in a nicely packed box and feels a premium product"
|
74.9% |
easy access"would say set it up with easy access to it and good wifi reception from your modem"
|
74.9% |
smart device"the setting up proceed was simple as anything download the app to your smart device and click what camera you have purchased connect it to the wifi then hold the qr code to the camera it's scans it and then your all set and ready to use it"
|
74.9% |
great recommendation"definitely a great recommendation from me with the only downside that the cloudstorage prices are in my opinion way too high"
|
74.9% |
great quality"definitely recommend these cameras great quality"
|
74.9% |
great feel"out of the box the camera has a great feel to it"
|
74.9% |
great picture"cons short cable not very good speaker no 5ghz support pros great price cloud or micro sd storage option great picture 1080p good colour balance regular updated app overall i’m very impressed for the price and am now looking to extend my security further with some indoor ones"
|
74.9% |
helpful button"if you find this review useful please click the helpful button thank you"
|
74.9% |
cctv cameras"as all smart cctv cameras they have flaws pros and con"
|
74.9% |
looks well"looks well built"
|
74.9% |
great thought"night vision was great thought due to pricing would be inferior but it’s quality"
|
74.9% |
well built"conclusion a well built and quality product let down by a limited software application"
|
74.8% |
waterproof compartment"the camera offers the ability to subscribe to a cloud service or alternatively you can fit a micro sd card inside a waterproof compartment in the underside of the camera"
|
74.8% |
works really well"it was very easy to setup had some range to the router but still works really well and it does the job briliantly"
|
74.8% |
liked mine"cant fault this camera works well i like them its my second on well outdoor one got one indoor and a dash cam all work very well even my brother has them now as he liked mine "
|
74.8% |
crisp and sharp"the 1080p resolution is crisp and sharp and only shows fragments on very fast movement the motion detection and tracking works very well as long you not too fast"
|
74.7% |
well packaged"i'ts well packaged and built to a much better quality than some of the other ip cameras that i have"
|
74.7% |
full price"i bought this during a prime deal but even at full price i think it is good value"
|
74.7% |
1080p good"cons short cable not very good speaker no 5ghz support pros great price cloud or micro sd storage option great picture 1080p good colour balance regular updated app overall i’m very impressed for the price and am now looking to extend my security further with some indoor ones"
|
74.7% |
work correctly"even better now that android notifications work correctly"
|
74.7% |
cctv stickers"some cctv stickers to say that cctv is in operation would be very welcome as these are required to be displayed"
|
74.7% |
relatively safe"my area is relatively safe so i didn't need to do this but if you're worried about people tampering with the camera then this could be a good option for you"
|
74.7% |
perfectly fine"i'm hoping to sort these camera's as the indoor cameras work perfectly fine without any hitch the outdoor ones for some reason never ever seem to pair to my yi home app android i have set the router to use a 2"
|
74.7% |
alerts are great"motion alerts are great"
|
74.7% |
unbeatable price"i've got few yi camera and they are quite good for this unbeatable price i've paid 44£ "
|
74.7% |
fast and well"the mobile app is very good the cloud storage is well priced and works fast and well"
|
74.7% |
added security"i use this in my accommodation just for added security "
|
74.7% |
outdoor cameras"i bought 2 yi 1080hd outdoor cameras and fitted them in august"
|
74.7% |
free talk function"would be great if could have same hands free talk function as the done version"
|
74.6% |
good antenna"it seems to have a good antenna as it can connect to the wifi pretty well even though it’s pretty far away and a couple of walls my iphone struggles at the same distance "
|
74.6% |
cctv stystrm"super easy to set up through a qr code system got it up and running within 5 mins uses an sd card to record to and can also save to the cloud if you subscribe to the yi cooud service really impressed with this but little camera looks so smart and will be replacing my old cctv stystrm that has a plethora"
|
74.6% |
excellent all rounder"excellent all rounder"
|
74.6% |
prime deal"i bought this during a prime deal but even at full price i think it is good value"
|
74.6% |
would recommend"have their cloud service and would recommend"
|
74.6% |
just above average"picture quality is reasonable but zoomed picture is just above average and mostly only recognizable if you know people"
|
74.6% |
recoding capabilities"these are excellent cameras & we are delighted with their performance and recoding capabilities"
|
74.5% |
very good value"very good value for money"
|
74.5% |
positive reviews"came across this camera on amazon and read the reviews went with peoples positive reviews"
|
74.5% |
good wifi range"good wifi range and easy install as it's just one usb power cable"
|
74.5% |
work great"both work great!"
|
74.5% |
well enough"once it's all setup the camera works well enough"
|
74.5% |
good basic security"good basic security"
|
74.5% |
pleasurable experience"using these cameras i have more than one for ~4 months has been mostly a pleasurable experience"
|
74.5% |
ordering another"will be ordering another when they're next on offer"
|
74.4% |
good points"good points excellent picture quality in both good and low light digital pinch and zoom function good rotation movement very good app"
|
74.4% |
good number"there are a good number of settings with various sensitivity levels"
|
74.4% |
decent quality camera"this is quite a decent quality camera that has proved to be simple to fit and set up on the network"
|
74.4% |
very nicely"installation 7 10 not the hardest as it comes with a mounting template for drilling the holes good job on that one yi the one part of your system i like is the mounting packaging 10 10 credit where it’s due it is very nicely packaged"
|
74.4% |
proper router"need a proper router to see all these hi res footages tho"
|
74.4% |
moving body"it also can detect movement in your room as that i will follow to record the moving body until the moving object disappears"
|
74.4% |
decent product"pay abit more for a decent product"
|
74.4% |
strong wifi connection"overall a good camera however be sure you have a strong wifi connection as there tends to be a bit of lag when detection is triggered"
|
74.3% |
files saved"jpg files saved are to that standard"
|
74.3% |
overall a good"overall a good"
|
74.3% |
decent package"all in all a decent package at a reasonable price"
|
74.3% |
well designed"4ghz the step by step process was clear and it worked the first time no doubt thanks to the well designed app"
|
74.3% |
crisp image"so the night vision is definitely very good its a crisp image!"
|
74.3% |
pretty sensitive"movement detection is pretty sensitive it sees the headlights of cars driving past in the road despite the road itself not actually being in shot"
|
74.3% |
work very well"i have a couple of these and they work very well once you have set them up correctly though i initially had some teething problems"
|
74.3% |
arlo products"build quality i would consider excellent easily on a par with the higher priced nest and arlo products that are available within the marketplace"
|
74.2% |
very responsive"pan and tilt can be directly done from the app in normal view or also in fullscreen which is great and works very responsive and turns quite fast as well with a silent motor"
|
74.2% |
really easy"the app makes viewing the camera and setting up its many features really easy"
|
74.2% |
very good quality"it's a really good camera it does everything it's supposed to and very good quality"
|
74.2% |
very well presented"the camera came in a very well presented box along with a mounting kit screwdriver power adaptor and stand"
|
74.2% |
more useful"speaker and mic seem to work well i think this would be more useful if place at the front of a house to talk to delivery drivers etc"
|
74.2% |
fixed cameras"i have another 4 fixed cameras from yi"
|
74.1% |
good cameras"but all in all good cameras and good value"
|
74.1% |
good software"great outdoors camera with good software"
|
74.1% |
pretty painless"setup was pretty painless despite the terse instructions"
|
74.1% |
over the moon"after six months use and i'm completely over the moon with this wee camera"
|
74.1% |
looking great"i set the camera up and all was looking great"
|
74.1% |
quality item"it looks and feels a quality item"
|
74.1% |
outdoor cams"i had heard how great these cameras are for the price so we decided to get rid of my old cameras in the back garden & replace them with 2 yi outdoor cams & in the front we put a ring spotlight cam & a yi indoor camera facing out through the front window"
|
74.1% |
cant fault"cant fault this camera works well i like them its my second on well outdoor one got one indoor and a dash cam all work very well even my brother has them now as he liked mine "
|
74.1% |
works better"love these cameras have 5 around business premises can't go wrong for the price app works better on ios than android"
|
74.0% |
whole garden"daytime color is vivid and sharp and the night vision can clearly see everything in my whole garden which is over 40 feet!"
|
74.0% |
incredible price"you get all of the above for an incredible price"
|
74.0% |
quality producr"good quality producr would recomend"
|
74.0% |
connection and quality"i was happy with the connection and quality in the app"
|
73.9% |
really like"camera is excellent night vision is good and alarm is cleaver done can set sensitivity to low mid or high overall i really like"
|
73.9% |
piece of cake"setting the camera up was a piece of cake just install the yi home app select the camera scan the qr code and bob's your uncle"
|
73.9% |
quite useful"the app system works well notifications are sent directly on your phone with the playback footage which is quite useful if you are away"
|
73.9% |
very fast movement"the 1080p resolution is crisp and sharp and only shows fragments on very fast movement the motion detection and tracking works very well as long you not too fast"
|
73.9% |
good feature"worth noting that a good feature of this camera is that it can record to a micro sd card not supplied with camera which means you’ll always have the recording of past events without having to sign up for their cloud service which to be fair is inexpensive anyway plus you still get the last 7 days of events on your phone anyway"
|
73.9% |
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* analysis performed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods, data for the analysis has been gathered from multiple publicly accessible sources.
** strength is the level of sentiment expressed in a sentence, phrase or keyword. It ranges from 0 to 100%
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last analysis update 2024-11-16