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"utter waste of money"

"really frustrating"

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

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

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

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

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

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

"didnt work"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"terrible product"

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

"app extremely slow"

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

"the alexa integration doesn't work for me"

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

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

"totally garbage"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"wasted hours installing and and re installing"

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

"utter rubbish"

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

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

"it's not safe"

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

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

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

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

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

"constant error message about 2"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"the app would also just turn off randomly"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"don't waste time looking anywhere else"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"i would reccomend this product"

"this is not a baby monitor"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"then i explained to hubby"

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

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

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

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

"it is a good product but is very unreliable"

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

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

"works ok quite annoying to set up"

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

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

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

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

"poor camera!"

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

"this device really is not secure"

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

"absolutely disgraceful"

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

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

"truly a bit of junk"

"this has not just been hastily cobbled together"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"i dicsovered this when i went to connect"

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

"too complicated to setup"

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

"it's just been a annoying to use"

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

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

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

"i cannot fault the service nor their response"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"do not buy this product"

"won't reach the server"

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

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

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

"this makes me distrust the reviews"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"very annoying"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"sound quality is good but video not so much"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"couldn't be easier"

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

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

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

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

"here's my problem"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"i would not recommend"

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

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

"it’s quite loud"

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

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

"this was exactly what i needed"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"the app does not work"

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

"do not waste your money on this"

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

"slight delay but nothing major"

"terrible product"

"4 the login server is extremely slow and unreliable"

"biggest gripe?"

"for a cheap camera it is good"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"the worst camera iv had not happy at all "

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

"it keeps losing connectivity and keeps turning off"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"i believe this has a few major drawbacks"

"it connects but drops immediately"

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

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

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

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

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

"app very clunky"

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

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

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

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

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

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

"i found this to be utterly useless for me"

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

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

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

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

"not difficult but slightly annoying"

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

"purchased this wifi camera as my last one failed"

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

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

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

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

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

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

"then a much smaller hole could be drilled"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"4 the login server is extremely slow and unreliable"

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

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

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

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

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

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

"the only thing it does not have is sound"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"then the one that was working stopped working"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"doesn’t make sense"

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

"impossible to connect"

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

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

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

"this review is based purely on lack of functionality"

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

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

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

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

"4ghz broadband as 5ghz will not work"

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

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

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

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

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

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

"this alone makes the cameras unreliable"

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

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

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

"this was also a painful experience"

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

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

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

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

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

"after googling and trying!"

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

"absolute piece of junk"

"returned as utterly useless to me"

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

"not a huge issue but could be better"

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

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

"what the hell is this!"

"buyer beware!"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"the picture is very clear and faces are recognisable"

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

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

"motion detection algorithm is not good though"

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

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

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

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

"without the app the camera is useless"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"this restriction is not immediately obvious"

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

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

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

"the cloud service is next to useless too 2"

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

"old review i cant even test it out"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"for this price what can you possibly do wrong"

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

"on this setting you get nothing else"

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

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

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

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

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

"also app permissions are alittle odd"

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

"can't really go wrong"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"wish i could give zero"

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

"not a huge issue but could be better"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"no security reasons for that"

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

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

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

"i find this annoying"

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

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

"does lack a some bit"

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

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

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

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

"have already returned 1"

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

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

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

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

"this camera should be removed by amazon"

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

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

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

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

"unable to set camera up"

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

"i am sending mine back"

"very old technology"

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

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

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

"the signal was so weak to the internet"

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

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

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

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

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