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

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

"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"

"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"

"constant error message about 2"

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

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

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

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

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

"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"

"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"

"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"

"very annoying"

"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"

"utter waste of money"

"totally garbage"

"really frustrating"

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

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

"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"

"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"

"utter rubbish"

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

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

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

"didnt work"

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

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

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

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

"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"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"then i explained to hubby"

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

"terrible product"

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

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

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

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

"it is a good product but is very unreliable"

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

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

"works ok quite annoying to set up"

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

"app extremely slow"

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

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

"poor camera!"

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

"this device really is not secure"

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

"absolutely disgraceful"

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

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

"truly a bit of junk"

"this has not just been hastily cobbled together"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"i dicsovered this when i went to connect"

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

"too complicated to setup"

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

"it's just been a annoying to use"

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

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

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

"i cannot fault the service nor their response"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"the alexa integration doesn't work for me"

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

"do not buy this product"

"won't reach the server"

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

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

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

"this makes me distrust the reviews"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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"

"so the multiple view is a complete waste of time"

"crap camera and very noisy!"

"only issue i have is power cord should be white"

"1 extension if you need more length and these are no more expensive than usb cables"

"it is ok but it won't except the memory card i have tried 2 different cards and i just get an error message saying there is a problem with the card the cards both work in my tablet"

"the power cable is nice and long i have the camera mounted upside down at the top of the window the image can be flipped and the cable runs across the top of the window and all the way to the floor"

"i had purchased this to monitor outside through a window however this does not work"

"don’t waste your money"

"waste of money !"

"i wouldn’t recommend"

"if you intend to get a cheap camera that supports pan and tilt for your home to monitor things you will not go wrong with the tapo c200"

"the reason i give 1 star is because after 1 month of use the camera started rebooting by itself without any option activated to do so and its very annoying during the night when it does that allmoste eveey hour"

"poor nightvision the ir nightvision is not great!"

"completely waste of money"

"very disappointed"

"this is really annoying as without live streaming you cant keep recording nor is there snapshots or motion"

"have tried everything and every range of sim card yet there is a huge problem"

"stay away dreadful product"

"here are my other cons glitchy app auto switches from hq to lq no way to stop it notifies with no apparent trigger detection is also over sensitive delays in notifications sometimes hours get 20 notifications from whole day in one go sound is terrible reboots required regular tech support is poor it admittedly is an amazing concept and if a little more effort was made could have been fantastic"

"the instructions are pretty poor i suggest you need to look at this problem personally i would not buy the two together camera is fine on it's own"

"tried hitting the "retry" button and it repeatedly failed far too quickly for it to have even attempted a substantive check"

"whilst the hardware produced by such firms may be ok i always have concerns about the robustness of their software and privacy issues"

"the other niggle was the sd card issue mentioned above"

"it’s almost misleading as during the night it only shows what is directly in front of the camera"

"if notifications are on be prepared to get bombarded but at a delayed rate"

"here are my other cons glitchy app auto switches from hq to lq no way to stop it notifies with no apparent trigger detection is also over sensitive delays in notifications sometimes hours get 20 notifications from whole day in one go sound is terrible reboots required regular tech support is poor it admittedly is an amazing concept and if a little more effort was made could have been fantastic"

"that way the device or memory cards being stolen will not mean the loss of footage"

"crap camera and very noisy!"

"i do not want to have to flag the exact location of the camera as i believe that represents a security issue if the server is compromised"

"i have turned these to the lowest settings which work well but get the odd false alarm"

"the play back is very laggy and not easy to view back recorded footage very time consuming"

"reboot time is fixed at 3am"

"iv had cheap cameras in the past which have concerned me for security reasons"

"the camera can be left on auto day night mode or forced permanently into day or night mode"

"then another issue was the camera telling me that the memory card had a problem which turned out to mean it needed formatting first but i found an option in the software that means the camera can do this for you"

"still not operational and now too late as location is shut down due to virus outbreak"

"not sure if this is a coding issue or me being dim"

"the only bit which is let down would be the microphone listening to what's going on through the phone app is almost unintelligible you have to be very close to the camera to understand what someone is saying"

"i dropped the camera from approx 5’ onto concrete snapped one of the bracket lugs but camera itself not damaged and working fine"

"there have been no real issues maintaining a connection and any connectivity problems are solved by exiting the program and opening again this only happens when i switch wifi signals on my phone now and then"

"dont use the auto restart it can randomly completely screw up the setup when it goes wrong and it will use the manual option in the app"

"awesome little camera you are pretty limited and stuck within the tapo app but i’m sure updates will come ie there is no patrol mode just virtual and horizontal scan"

"again it "could only be controlled locally" and the check screen failed instantly on every retry"

"this rubbish is going back cant beleive this cr** is tp link branded"

"utterly useless"

"to prevent it or help it if it got stolen again i bought this lil camera"

"the box says the unit is a c200 but the app says a kc110 kc115 it is utter junk and i would not engage with tapo or tp link again"

"further in addition to remote access using the tp link camera ios or android app you can also stream live views to any alexa device that has a screen and similar kit from google"

"many false alarms"

"now have no picture assistance useless"

"the picture is fine not any better than the cheap chinese no brand its replacing"

"the main problem is when you try to view more than 1 camera you select a 4 camera window or swipe left it only shows 1 at a time"

"wasted my money with this it works on 2"

"it has two rtsp feeds one 1080p hd and another lesser quality"

"this cause problems at night due to the reflection off the night vision lights"

"i bought this camera after spent hours viewing other people feedbacks"

"it looses connection and freezes even with the app !"

"poor sound"

"don’t know if that’s the app or 4g or wifi connection issues"

"may not be ideal as purely security camera unless well hidden"

"this is outrageous advice which would have all sorts of privacy implications which i am not prepared to contemplate"

"good points small cheap records to micro sd card app lets you watch remotely app does seem to work can review saved footage at up to 8x speed bad points motion detection is essentially useless it doesn't detect me walking down our drive but does detect random cars outside of the detection zone"

"another problem to add to the long list"

"this review is likely more about failings with the tapo app and or any underlying apis rather than the device itself which in itself "seemed" functional however since both need to operate seamlessly to effectively utilise the latter the problems described within render the camera virtually unusable"

"i'm using this with a 32gb sdhc card to record video so no ongoing cloud payments"

"i can see how this can be immensely valuable to people with animals that needs to be left on their own or with babies whose parents would like to interact with them without physically disturbing them!"

"i'm still learning with this little fella but whatni did find easier for me is to put it on the 'motion detection' setting for recording as opposed to continuous recording then i don't have to through hours of footage"

"some of the app features can not be used as the camera firmware is not supported which would seem a shame"

"forcing permanent day mode avoids this although it also keeps the camera in lower sensitivity colour recording mode so although better than night mode it still isn't ideal"

"no way to set duration for clips recorded after each trigger it carries on recording way too long"

"but having issues with the mic 🎤 and speaker 🔈 quality isn’t great"

"would have returned for refund but missed the return window"

"paid £25 and is good for that but made in china it’s ok for that price and all works great app is really easy to use shame it does not have a zoom just on the screen can go in more but then comes a mess mic speaker are poor a good starter camera"

"since it was purchased as a baby monitor to use via echo show the picture wasnt bright enough"

"good points small cheap records to micro sd card app lets you watch remotely app does seem to work can review saved footage at up to 8x speed bad points motion detection is essentially useless it doesn't detect me walking down our drive but does detect random cars outside of the detection zone"

"the troubleshooting is lacking instructions"

"after initiation the update the camera turned off and stopped working"

"4ghz wifi as camera and phone have to be on the same wifi for installation the camera is not 5ghz compatible"

"i can't do much with an item that's got the wrong plug"

"i have a 64gb memory card installed and the biggest benefit from recording video so far has been seeing how many cats use my garden as a thoroughfare"

"camera video stream can be viewed through a google nest hub limited view time only although any other configuration or playback of recordings must be done through the app"

"has anyone else has this problem?"

"motion detection at default level is erratic sometimes no detection even though you walk straight in front of the camera and other times detection with no obvious movement and often delayed"

"after that i’ve tried to reconnect the camera and got all kinds of errors possible it didn’t blink at all then it blinked but the app didn’t see the camera after few times resetting and powering off the app saw the camera but was unable to connect to wifi stating something is wrong with it i have other products by tapo and none of them ever complained about my wifi "

"update: it was just one of the cameras causing the issue"

"in the app it constantly shows the camera as offline or says no internet even though i could stream podcasts radio"

"motion detection at default level is erratic sometimes no detection even though you walk straight in front of the camera and other times detection with no obvious movement and often delayed"

"activity zone adjustment is a gimmick not functional if it sees it it will get recorded basically"

"privacy mode stops the camera recording video and sound"

"if however you have access points and or extenders then it might be a nightmare it will connect to your main router but not to extenders or access points in order to do that you have to disable ap on those devices and the enable it after you have set up the camera"

"i was off down the pub while he slaved away rigging this gadget up"

"having tried it i can see most facial characteristics well enough to be able to make people out in low light situations"

"doesn’t record on auto detect but does detect and sound sounder so fault in unit"

"during daylight this is a fabulous bit of kit but at night it is not much good"

"bad points when logging into the ios app after set up ios tries to use a new suggested password rather than the one already set up and saved in keychain"

"they tried it a couple of months later and it didn’t work and was unable to return as this was outside the return window"

"dose anyone how to keep it recording without the app being opened"

"cannot be beaten in price vs performance"

"zoom not too clever seems to distort the picture"

"i’m very disappointed in tapo!"

"after that i’ve tried to reconnect the camera and got all kinds of errors possible it didn’t blink at all then it blinked but the app didn’t see the camera after few times resetting and powering off the app saw the camera but was unable to connect to wifi stating something is wrong with it i have other products by tapo and none of them ever complained about my wifi "

"the skill app whilst easy to set up is full of bugs the latest one is that even if you turn off notifications it notifies you of every event"

"" this is incorrect privacy mode does not physically close the lens"

"like all similar products can't see through double glazing at night due to infared reflecting off the surface"

"unless our flat is somehow haunted without our knowing these alerts must be bogus"

"there is a strange lens flare possibly because the ir light is too close to the lens and light reflects directly back into the camera"

"i'm going to try one more configuration then if issues still exist i'll be returning both cameras as not fit for purpose"

"a well made camera with clear visuals however the screw down mounting plate is near impossible to disengage so make sure it is correctly aligned before fixing"

"this makes it evidentially useless as a security camera"

"the speaker is reasonably loud for when you want to two way call or alarm however the design choice to put it at the rear of the camera has obvious sound issues"

"the loop function allows it to record continuously so you don't need to worry about having to clear old files or change sd card when full"

"a well made camera with clear visuals however the screw down mounting plate is near impossible to disengage so make sure it is correctly aligned before fixing"

"for shooting through windows at night turn of the auto mode and set it day only this switches the night vision leds off but you will outdoor lighting to compensate"

"in summary i can recommend the tp cameras however please ensure you allow enough time beforehand for ample set up and troubleshooting to avoid future issues"

"i have been on their web site but it doesn't even show me which way round to put the sd card into the slot in the camera"

"much better than i was expecting it to be as i bought it as a visual deterrent due to its size but i’ve been pleasantly surprised by the quality of images captured"

"this is after the latest update that seems to have fixed a few other issues but without a permanent live view i can't give it more than one star as a baby monitor"

"" this is incorrect privacy mode does not physically close the lens"

"easy set up and i'm rubbish with instructions"

"item was faulty sound and mic didn't work"

"after reducing the motion detection sensitivity to its lowest level and reducing the field of view used to detect motion the alerts are now less frequent but still occur for no apparent reason"

"getting into the "more" section works once every three tries and when there sometimes it fails to show you live feed so have to go out and back in again"

"forcing permanent day mode avoids this although it also keeps the camera in lower sensitivity colour recording mode so although better than night mode it still isn't ideal"

"once can even take a still photo if one wanted"

"i recently had the catalytic converters stolen off my prius and was very p*****off about it!"

"firstly can i say that i am surprised by some negative comments given the price of this camera and what it packs"

"only two minor issues 1"

"i do not want to have to flag the exact location of the camera as i believe that represents a security issue if the server is compromised"

"also when i try and retrieve the recording it shows a small picture icon of the recording but when i try and open it to watch it it opens a black screen with a play button which doesn't do anything"

"if i have one niggle is that if you're using this as a security camera the plug is so easy to undo maybe they should come up with some sort of screw connection with maybe an allen key to tighten so it cannot be easily pulled out apart from this the quality is good but it's a shame you cannot use it with with echo dots without having a fire tv it will be nice just to ask the dot to show the camera and to choose what device you wanted to show on i"

"i bought this camera to replace a baby kimcam and now that i've the tp link tapo i'm going to miss my old camera"

"secondly the live feed is not continuous on your phone evry few minutes it keeps asking permission if you want to continue absolutely horendous device no such issue with yi cameras"

"after that it seems to lose the connection or something went wrong again and i’ve got red light on the app says the camera is offline and the camera doesn’t reset or tries to do anything"

"most other cameras have standardized on micro usb for power but this has its own transformer and connector which i find an inconvenience"

"do not buy the sd suggested as they are defunct and not even the correct format for the camera"

"i note from other reviews that others had similar problems with the 128gb"

"5 allowing the app every permission still no luck"

"lead is not long enough for something like this you would want it up high or in a corner horrible black lead hanging down"

"it would be a 5 star from me if the recorded audio is better i find the audio very poor at a few feet away you cannot make out what i was saying"

"i appreciate that this is the budget end of tp link's range of cameras but even so i was not impressed with the picture quality when compared to similar priced cameras the camera was also jerky and noisy when rotating"

"streaming to google hub is almost impossible as it looses connection or freezes"

"in my kitchen i had a pest control plug attached which had a red light permanently on"

"the only way to record footage is to store it locally on an sd card which is not included"

"can't really recommend as a security camera as no cloud storage meaning a burglar could simply steal the camera and there would be no record"

"within a fornight had to send one back as it failed"

"but i'd rather have too sensitive than not enough"

"for most people i don't know if this would be a problem but it's worth bearing in mind that using something like zoneminder shinobi ispy etc"

"i ended up having to forcibly disconnect my phone from the wifi while the camera was trying to connect"

"when i reinstalled it as an “existing configuration” it failed every time at the end with a black pop up that reads “the network is unstable"

"no sd worked and you keep hearing the same sentence 'there is a problem with the sd card' and failed to format"

"however night vision is not great"

"i'm very impressed at the quality for such a low price"

"as expected the ir lights in night mode are no good as they bounce off the window blocking any image but day mode and some outdoor flood lights connected to a photocell fix my night viewing issue"

"however speaking through the app to the camera sounds a lot better"

"my only quibble is that it notifies you of every little movement"

"won't connect to alexa!"

"i wanted to stream it to a desktop pc & expected that to be a little difficult but if you download the free ispy software it's hardly a problem since the camera is compatible with rtsp & onvif"

"image quality is very good but sound is poor & garbled speech generally unintelligible"

"also able to access from 3rd party ip cam software but without camera positioning"

"the camera could not retain memory positions"

"i have put a memory card in it so there are no subscriptions either"

"from the app on your phone if you are away from home"

"however using the free software ispy i have imported the lower quality feeds for motion detection lower quality feeds have less weird video glitches if your camera has poor wifi connection and then i clone it so i have 2 smaller feeds one detecting the front yard another to detect the road"

"very cheap at £24"

"technically this is false"

"the audio recording sounds a bit poor"

"the other issue was that the camera appeared not to be recording clips on detecting motion"

"i would advise to ignore a 128gb and use a 32gb which gives a massive 4 5 24hour recording"

"this item may be sophisticated but when it fails the support instructions are misleading and the help desk are incompetent and do not know the product"

"lastly a few times the camera has been offline the app said it was powered of but i checked the plug and the wifi which had no issues and i had to restart the camera which in theory isn't great when if suddenly something happened or if i didn't check i wouldn't have known"

"the replacement is just a poor"

"at night turn off i fared less and use outdoor pir lights or as i do street lights!"

"the problem with this is if you wanted to quickly view all cameras you can't"

"the image looks cloudy and unfocused"

"it was hard choosing because some offer subscriptions or are quite expensive"

"full pan tilt zoom in 1080 hd for £25 tech is so good and cheap these days took me 2 mins to set it up and its great for wildlife watching as in here on the bird feeder or with night vision to see nocturnal ones later brill"

"no preview image of what triggered the cam could have been a cars headlight fox or an uninvited visitor fly tipping by your fence"

"also of forcing you to use an sd you can't even format the old sd you have forcing you to spend a large amount of money to try various brands of which at least with luck one will working"

"most cameras have a ring of at least 6 ir led's surrounding the lens this one only has a line of 4 relatively small leds which don't really give much illumination!"

"thankfully nothing ever did but i goes to show ensure you set up these cameras properly and maybe test them for a week in advance to iron out any kinks"

"i had bought this to use as a baby monitor but found in some houses we visited the wifi didn't stretch to the room and hence didn't work"

"so i bought 2 of these one for my dogs cage upstairs and the cage downstairs because my dog has had a major surgery where i need to see him tplo where he broke a ligament and these cameras have worked the charm they record when he is moving and when it hears sound and the night vision is brilliant i'm"

"if you plan on using it to monitor for an event like a take away delivery dont plan on doing it on an echo show or spot or firestick as it cuts off after about 5 mins its fine on the app though so again its down to low quality skill software"

"for the price it's not going to be beaten"

"the features of the camera are wonderful i wasn’t expecting much but now i have ended up buying a 2nd device"

"the only bit which is let down would be the microphone listening to what's going on through the phone app is almost unintelligible you have to be very close to the camera to understand what someone is saying"

"lastly a few times the camera has been offline the app said it was powered of but i checked the plug and the wifi which had no issues and i had to restart the camera which in theory isn't great when if suddenly something happened or if i didn't check i wouldn't have known"

"i have 2 and have both linked so i only need to swipe the picture on my phone to see the other camera"

"activity zones could be better but i will play with these a bit more before giving up completely"

"there is no option that your wifi is fine not the option that the camera is wrong"

"it is ok but it won't except the memory card i have tried 2 different cards and i just get an error message saying there is a problem with the card the cards both work in my tablet"

"when i reinstalled it as an “existing configuration” it failed every time at the end with a black pop up that reads “the network is unstable"

"however this also consistently failed after attempting to assign a location to the re added device as did every retry"

"also doesn’t connect to amazon echo dot 5 as stated"

"the app "feels" buggy unstable and immature certainly compared to it's kasa counterpart and in my humble opinion tp link would be better served by consolidating control of kasa and tapo products into their more mature kasa app and api and focusing on the kasa brand"

"it’s by far the worst i’ve seen it is so bad that it might as well not have the function"

"after that i’ve tried to reconnect the camera and got all kinds of errors possible it didn’t blink at all then it blinked but the app didn’t see the camera after few times resetting and powering off the app saw the camera but was unable to connect to wifi stating something is wrong with it i have other products by tapo and none of them ever complained about my wifi "

"and again the device eventually disappeared from the tapo app devices screen leaving me with no recourse but to reset re add it over and over again"

"as soon a it’s more than 6foot from the rooter it pretty much stops working we’ve a full mesh network with boosters and it’s terrible on this"

"i am trying to send it back but amazon only grants returns for a month before it makes you jump through hoops"

"can't really recommend as a security camera as no cloud storage meaning a burglar could simply steal the camera and there would be no record"

"i had problems setting up as could connect to camera as in guide but then kept failing part way through setup then i realised the following"

"that requires port forwarding on the router and this camera doesn't support that"

"even with the sd card installed the camera has a disgusting option that delete the entire motion notification log from the previous day"

"understand that as a security camera there can be a few issues with offline storage as the sd card can just be taken out of the camera can be smashed to bits along with the sd card but as this isn't the main reason for my purchase this doesn't bother me"

"there have been no real issues maintaining a connection and any connectivity problems are solved by exiting the program and opening again this only happens when i switch wifi signals on my phone now and then"

"would be alright for maybe 3 4 metres but anything more is terrible"

"if that's ok for you then really there's little to complain about"

"when motion detection is activated it makes a alarm noise to warn anyone that it is recording"

"so at the end you are stuck wasting a good hour each day going through clips recorded at various playback speeds to see what triggered the cam"

"i like that the sd card is hidden and not easily accessible if you don't know where to look for it"

"all the cheap other ones have issues with the software they use"

"playback for review is difficult as it captures so"

"poor show errors are confusing and contradictory"

"accessing recordings is good compared to others where i could never load recordings "

"i wanted to stream it to a desktop pc & expected that to be a little difficult but if you download the free ispy software it's hardly a problem since the camera is compatible with rtsp & onvif"

"this item may be sophisticated but when it fails the support instructions are misleading and the help desk are incompetent and do not know the product"

"both trigger separate high quality feeds to record and i make it so that if anyone steps on the front of our property the software beeps"

"the software tapo is very handy"

"this is not a first time to buy an indoor camera hopefully don’t broken after a year"

"not sure what i am going to do now?"

"for the price you really can't go wrong"

"however using the free software ispy i have imported the lower quality feeds for motion detection lower quality feeds have less weird video glitches if your camera has poor wifi connection and then i clone it so i have 2 smaller feeds one detecting the front yard another to detect the road"

"when i reinstalled it as an “existing configuration” it failed every time at the end with a black pop up that reads “the network is unstable"

"unfortunately the onvif profile it support doesn't not support ptz or rather pt since this camera has no zoom"

"pan and tilt work well no zoom capability"