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Wansview WiFi IP Camera, 1080P Wireless Home Security Camera Q5 for ..

Best price: £17.99 (40% off)
  • 2K Full HD WiFi IP CameraWith 2K full HD resolution, wansview h..
  • Two-way Audio & Works with AlexaBuilt-in microphone & speaker o..
  • Smat Pan/Tilt/Zoom & Crystal Night Vision105 wide-angle enhance..
  • Real-time MonitoringWith sensitive motion sensor, wansview secu..
  • Security and Customer ServiceFinancial Encryption Technology an..

Product Attributes

  • Size: 1 Count (Pack of 1)

Positives

Neutrals

Negatives

60.4% 13.3% 26.3%

Senti Score  [73.7%]

Neos SmartCam | Wi-Fi SmartHome Security Camera, Works with Alexa, 1..

  • Works with Alexa ask Alexa to show your kitchen lounge nursery ..
  • 1080P Full HD with live stream and 8x digital zoom 2 8mm Focal..
  • Motion & noise detection with alerts when motion or noise is de..
  • Free cloud storage Videos are stored for 14 days for free and s..
  • Night vision with F2 0 aperture ir-cut filter and four 850Nm in..

Product Attributes

  • Width: 2.0 Inches,
  • Height: 2.2 Inches,
  • Weight: 0.2 Pounds,
  • Length: 2.0 Inches,
  • Size: 1 Count (Pack of 1)

Positives

Neutrals

Negatives

39.7% 11.6% 48.7%

Senti Score  [51.3%]

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Neos SmartCam | Wi-Fi SmartHome Security Camera, Works with Alexa, 1..

poor ratings cheap excellent poor absolutely brilliant useless frustratingly useless excellent love frustrating excellent great smart annoying absolute waste great amazing brilliant

Compare Cons

absolute waste in both products

"absolute waste of time"
99.9%

total waste in both products

"device was a total waste of money and i would not recommend it to anyone"
99.8%

time delay in both products

"there seems to be a time delay this is a wee bit frustrating"
96.4%

doesnt work in both products

"i have deleted the camera off the app and attempted to reset and reconnect but it seems the reset button doesnt work either"
75.0%

error messages in both products

"however after a few days i kept getting error messages and the camera wouldn’t connect"
75.0%

small issue in both products

"only small issue i experienced was the initial setup as there were some issues with the conpanion app and wifi"
74.9%

only gripe in both products

"i have been using it for over a month now and it works fine no problems at all it is a very good camera but my only gripe with it is you have to use it with the phone app so you can't link it to another security camera system such as onvif"
74.9%

only issue in both products

"my only issue is that you cannot control the camera movement via alexa however you simply just have to open the app and there you go"
74.9%

false advertising in both products

"ad states q5 has a microsd slot: false advertising!"
74.9%

major issue in both products

"i would like to see a free cloud service like some others offer but it again is not a major issue when local recording can take place anyway"
74.8%

more expensive in both products

"this one is as good as any of the other more expensive ones with the added bonus of working off a usb power pack if needed"
74.8%

does n't work in both products

"the phone app is very good but the win10 pc app really doesn't work"
74.8%

pretty useless in both products

"all in all pretty useless even with cloud storage this is the same"
74.5%

only problem in both products

"later on the only problem i had was with the timer"
74.5%

zero stars in both products

"if i could give this zero stars i would but there is no option"
74.0%

just plain in both products

"all that for this price is just plain crazy"
73.7%

false alarms in both products

"this is done on the wansview servers and so far i have not had any false alarms even though it is pointed at our front door with a large glass window beside it so after checking other cameras on amazon i decided to invest in another wansview this time the q5 which is at a very good price"
73.4%

false alerts in both products

"i like the motion detector and also like to have a different brand from my alarm system so i can rely on two different systems to be sure there are no false alerts"
73.4%

main problem in both products

"the main problem i've found is with the software"
73.0%

free trial in both products

"i can’t afford the cloud storage so i haven't tried the free trial only to have it disappear at the end of the trial period"
72.7%

rather poor in both products

"the micro sd card slot is very discreet and hidden meaning that it would be hard for a potential burglar to take out there are however some minor flaws: the microphone sounds rather poor"
72.4%

only negative in both products

"the only negative is that i haven't been able to find a way of sending the recordings onto someone else"
72.3%

little trouble in both products

"had a little trouble at first but they do sort problems out quickly and send upgrades for the system"
71.7%

negative point in both products

"this happens seamlessly as long as you have a wi fi connection to the camera if this is lost for some reason it does not record if a firmware upgrade was possible to resolve this it would make the camera even better so this is really the only negative point i have overall for the price i don’t think this camera can be beaten or at least i haven’t found one so far!"
71.1%

power cable in both products

"the nice long power cable and various sets of fixings meant that i could ceiling mount it and the app has a feature whereby you can then flip the picture so that it is the right way up"
69.6%

waste your money in both products

"don't waste your money on alarm systems that no one takes notice of"
68.1%

stopped working in both products

"somehow after few months it stopped working"
67.8%

many issues in both products

"i had many issues in the beginning and had to install and reinstall a few times"
67.2%

totally useless in both products

"when i installed them i found that they were unreliable prompting me to read the amazon reviews varying from totally useless listing the problems i was experiencing to absolutely brilliant"
65.8%

cheap camera in both products

"the ip camera works as it should has a mobile app and various functions like many modern ip there is a cloud option etc etc this camera was quite a cheap camera so i didn't expect much but i was pleasantly surprised out of all of the cameras i got this is the only one not going to the bin"
57.6%

complete waste

"a complete waste of money"
99.9%

absolute garbage

"absolute garbage i have tried contacting customer service twice now with no success"
99.7%

total darkness

"picture attached is taken in total darkness so very good night vision"
99.6%

quite dull

"first normal then infrared and the last is through a glass window note: it's raining so looks quite dull"
99.6%

quite annoying

"i find this quite annoying as i have been using other cameras without problems in the contacam software for several years!"
99.5%

awful experience

"i've used other brands previously and had an awful experience"
99.1%

very disappointed

"very disappointed"
99.0%

really unlucky

"i must be really unlucky compared to all the other reviewers"
94.4%

terrible camera

"this is a terrible camera"
94.3%

lags behind

"the video lags behind by several seconds not a problem for baby monitor but if you use the 2 way talk it gets difficult because of the lag"
93.2%

gets bored

"personally my dog just looks around and then gets bored"
92.4%

inaccessible externally

"my old wired foscam has an ip address a built in webserver and sends emails albeit using old protocols which will eventually make it inaccessible externally "
92.2%

very bad and worst

"the video quality is very bad and worst"
89.9%

think carefully

"i would recommend that potential buyers think carefully as to whether thes cameras fullfill their requirements"
88.1%

really slow

"when it works it's quite good with a good picture though using the voice part or moving it makes it immediately run really slow and its already quite slow"
85.8%

worry cancel storage

"ok not to worry cancel storage but wait checked email and have been charged for a years worth of storage non refundable"
75.0%

error alarms

"i receive so many false error alarms each day i'm going crazy"
75.0%

were not clear

"i’d like to firstly say it was not obvious that there is a memory card slot that is under the lens and instructions were not clear"
75.0%

closed rtsp port

"the only problem i had was that the camera has a closed rtsp port so i cannot use it with the hardware provided by my existing camera recording service provider however for £20 this camera will still come in use and i will also trial the wansview cloud service to see how it compares to my existing provider"
75.0%

very difficult

"another issue i’ve encountered using an iphone 8 is when using the app to view the camera image the app freezes and it is very difficult to close the app"
74.9%

fault them

"that one took me less than 90 seconds to setup as i was familiar with the process can't really fault them so far!"
74.9%

mysterious scratches

"i initially bought this camera to monitor my pets as mysterious scratches were appearing on the dining room table reading wansview website they said their cameras were onvif compliant so would work with blueiris which i already have with outside cameras so no need for their cloud storage and all cameras in one place"
74.9%

ridiculous service

"i wanted a webcam for my computer this is some ridiculous service which takes an age to set up and after youve done it makes you agree to sign up for some service what service?"
74.9%

massive problem

"there is only a second or 2 difference between the camera and your phone viewing so absolutely fine though the sound on mine isn't great you can understand what is being said so it's not a massive problem and it seems to be intermittent so may be some kind of interference from something electrical in my home or next door on the camera side"
74.9%

screw driver

"● cost = 10 10 ● set up = 10 10 dose not need a good fantastic wifi signal but dose need a fair signal like all wifi products ● fixing fitting product to areas = 10 10 all fixings come with each camera only need a screw driver and power socket close by there is an approximately 1"
74.9%

suddenly freezes

"then it suddenly freezes and it pings back to a few hours before to footage i’ve already viewed it’s so annoying i couldn’t believe it"
74.9%

disappointing factor

"another disappointing factor is you can only change the position of the camera from the app and not from amazon echo show"
74.9%

plain sailing

"once the app had been downloaded it was all plain sailing"
74.9%

experiencing problems

"if you are experiencing problems with earlier versions of the android app i recommend deleting it and loading the latest app version"
74.8%

drops again

"plugged back in and reset the camera to factory settings and continued to set it up again and it was working fine for a few hours and then the internet drops again"
74.8%

limited time

"the instructions are misleading you do not have to use the cloud but the micro sd card will only work for a limited time then wont be recognised and wont let you format it so that function is totally useless"
74.8%

fake reviews

"i was concerned when i read about the fake reviews but was attracted by the price and knew i could always send it back if it's rubbish"
74.8%

user error

"on all occasions it was user error and they helped me understand what i needed to do"
74.8%

crashed frequently

"i had a foscam indoor camera a few years ago which was a nightmare to set up and it crashed frequently"
74.8%

slow start

"customer support has been in touch for updates after a slow start their response has been good"
74.8%

very noisy

"footage we found video it from a diff device of device app is on works well also another issues we found when playing footage back and camera is being moved on video it’s very noisy but would def but again def worth the money"
74.8%

security issue

"get notifications on my mobile of motion can be helpful but sometimes the delay is too long if it was security issue"
74.8%

snooze alerts

"they have passed on suggestion for location based activation of alerts and also ability to snooze alerts to the development team for the money this camera is a no brainer and i plan to buy more for my house"
74.8%

third party software

"you can't view these with a web browser or third party software such as ispyconnect"
74.8%

failed recently

"i have two older wansview cameras which are very reliable and never drop off the network and when a camera of a different make failed recently i bought the q5"
74.7%

little problem

"i had little problem with paypal payments i’m not really using it often "
74.7%

lacking 🤦‍♀️

"i also cannot view when i’m not connected to the same internet as the camera any tips for this as the instructions were seriously lacking 🤦‍♀️"
74.7%

little rascals

"the two way communication is pretty useful for catching little rascals who are up to mischief"
74.7%

some minor flaws

"the micro sd card slot is very discreet and hidden meaning that it would be hard for a potential burglar to take out there are however some minor flaws: the microphone sounds rather poor"
74.6%

paypal payments

"i had little problem with paypal payments i’m not really using it often "
74.6%

were unreliable

"when i installed them i found that they were unreliable prompting me to read the amazon reviews varying from totally useless listing the problems i was experiencing to absolutely brilliant"
74.6%

lowest alert

"i have set it on the lowest alert setting and it still detects small motions when i am sat using my computer on my desk"
74.6%

very outdated

"i cannot recommend this product it seems very outdated compared to my old motorola i had a couple of years ago which was of similar price as this one"
74.6%

delete them

"these then sit on your phone till you delete them"
74.6%

annoying thing

"only slight annoying thing is the clicking sound when night vision turns on off at dusk apart from that brilliant"
74.6%

another issue

"another issue i’ve encountered using an iphone 8 is when using the app to view the camera image the app freezes and it is very difficult to close the app"
74.5%

connection issue

"i've only had one connection issue and that was on its first day re did connection and had 24 7 cover and streaming since"
74.4%

find fault

"i can't find fault with anything"
74.4%

trouble shooting

"went through all trouble shooting and stil can't get it to connect back to my wi fi"
74.4%

unnecessary visits

"this will save me many unnecessary visits to the hall"
74.4%

dreadful read

"dislikes : app is dreadful read reviews as to why on the app store motion detection only captures 10 seconds of video unless you pay monthly camera only works from its own app"
74.3%

very expensive

"it doesn't pick motion up very well the cloud storage with wansview is very expensive compared to others and its night vision is atrocious"
74.3%

negative reviews

"i must say that i was quite worried about the negative reviews and the positive ones were too good to be true however since it was the cheaper that specified to meet my requirements i went for it"
74.3%

fault mode

"i have bought the wansview camera so that i can monitor the boiler from home and see that it has not gone into fault mode"
74.2%

clunky interface

"clunky interface for moving camera"
74.1%

caused a fault

"the cable was too short & caused a fault"
73.9%

technical problem

"had a minor technical problem with one of the cameras but customer support were really quick to reply and quickly resolved my issue"
73.9%

very functional

"very functional app and control"
73.9%

responds very slow

"the app is difficult to use to find a recording due to an innovative timeline scroll which responds very slow"
73.8%

very simplistic

"the app is very simplistic but still has everything you need you can also take photos of the live feed via the app"
73.7%

some niggles

"i do have some niggles which i will describe here"
73.6%

crashes or bugs

"i pleased to dash i haven’t experienced any crashes or bugs in the application so am happy with that"
73.5%

major problem

"i’d like to see a smoother pan on the camera which is very choppy but this can be rectified until a fix is released by setting up the 4 favourite positions which then fixes this issue so for me it’s not a major problem and of course doesn’t stop the normal pan tilt action"
73.4%

bloody difficult

"why the hell is it so bloody difficult to just set them up"
73.4%

laggy & inaccurate

"even the pan–tilt–zoom function is laggy & inaccurate"
73.3%

does n't matter

"like the exterior cameras i struggled to install using the qr code but to be honest the manual setup is so easy it doesn't matter"
73.0%

wasted my money

"wish i never wasted my money!"
72.9%

wont connect

"but most of the time this is irrelevant because it wont connect"
72.9%

cause problems

"viewing inside the house would not cause problems"
72.8%

quiet intrusive

"notifications are quiet intrusive but can be silenced"
72.7%

theres been

"you can schedule when you want to receive 'alerts' i do this 11:00pm 6:00am so that when i wake up i can see if anything has happened but if you don't want alerts you can just go into the app and see if theres been any movement recently"
72.7%

problem with motion

"when we had a problem with motion alerts sandra at customer service was very quick to reply to emails and kept me informed every step of the way"
72.4%

never worked

"when it arrived it never worked"
72.4%

loses connection

"generally it is good but sometimes it loses connection usually at a time you need it most"
72.2%

returned this

"i returned this"
72.1%

unreliable boiler

"i am the manager of a community building which has an unreliable boiler"
72.1%

photo zoom

"the zoom on the video and photos are great too zoom on video only works while video is playing but the photo zoom would definitely be court room evidence quality"
71.8%

gets difficult

"the video lags behind by several seconds not a problem for baby monitor but if you use the 2 way talk it gets difficult because of the lag"
71.2%

connection issues

"ive not had any connection issues and the picture is clear and solid and night vision works well"
71.1%

under 2 months

"this is crazy it's only been under 2 months and it's playing up already"
70.8%

echo show5

"wanted this camera to keep an eye in my toddler's room using the new echo show5"
70.5%

security risks

"since the camera has a direct connection to your network you don’t have to worry about security risks"
70.4%

tilt remotely

"you can pan tilt remotely but recommend muting the app first as the motor makes a very loud noise"
70.0%

instilation issue

"had inition instilation issue!"
70.0%

loses wifi

"so now i have no reliable connection to camera which loses wifi all the time i have been charged for storage i do not need and could not cancel and have purchased 2 sd cards and a wifi extender"
69.7%

camera operation

"screenshot and zoom in case you’re interested i think i’ll end up repositioning the camera to get the best view of the space but the picture quality and camera operation are great"
69.6%

would not work

"restart via app would not work"
69.6%

destruction or theft

"although the onboard micro sd is discretely hidden away the camera could be subject to destruction or theft"
69.5%

became clear

"once i had set it up and downloaded the wansview app it soon became clear that it wasn't for me"
69.4%

rubbish exploitation

"sending back do not even bother to order this rubbish exploitation"
69.2%

bull terrier puppies

"i have had this camera for over a month now and i use this to keep an eye on my two recently purchased bull terrier puppies"
69.1%

much higher

"there are not many options you can modify but then if you want to be able to tweak this that and the other then you'll be needing to buy a much higher spec camera at a much higher price"
69.1%

little thumbnail

"another feature i like is the setup of preset positions showing a little thumbnail of where you set it up clicking on the thumbnail takes the camera straight to that position"
69.1%

little gadget

"great little gadget"
69.1%

would be returning

"i’ve thrown out the box as cake on bin day or would be returning"
69.1%

were not consistent

"however when i then signed out of the app it would not allow me back in as my email and password ‘were not consistent’"
68.9%

after countless problems

"i had high hopes for this camera after reading the reviews but after countless problems and it constantly restarting my internet connection every few minutes i had to plug it out and do some troubleshooting"
68.9%

n't quite reach

"unfortunately although the picture quality and zoom was excellent i'm afraid the motion capture didn't quite reach"
68.9%

ball upwards

"to insert just pan the lens ball upwards to review the sd card slot and push in with the contacts downwards until it clicks and holds the card inside"
68.9%

silent in operation

"they are silent in operation so can be used without disturbing anyone"
68.6%

hidden again

"when connected the ssid can then be hidden again"
68.3%

prescriptions payments

"i cancelled all my future prescriptions payments and will be returning the camera"
68.2%

streaming sites

"i've been through about 4 cameras some cheaper some more expensive but they all seem to remove the capability to use the ip camera for sharing on devices like splitcam for those wanting to use it on streaming sites"
68.2%

tricky to connect

"nicely built tricky to connect but just follow the instructions and it works"
68.0%

questionable reviews

"amazon you need to tighten up on questionable reviews!"
67.9%

bitterly disappointed

"i would never recommend this and i am bitterly disappointed and would suggest to others to really research what you are paying for"
67.9%

remote supervision

"obviously no use for remote supervision of the premises"
67.9%

minor limitation

"one minor limitation on only 4 accounts can access it"
67.7%

unwelcome visitors

"should there be any unwelcome visitors their images will be captured remotely to my phone"
67.7%

unfortunately the camera

"wansview camera really just rating the purchasing and returning experience as unfortunately the camera i received didn't work!"
67.3%

complaining however

"this is not something i am not complaining however as it reassures you to know what when it comes to an event which you want surveillance of it will definitely capture the footage"
67.2%

negative ones

"after reading some clearly fake reviews and some negative ones i still decided to buy this product as one thing i did not see was a negative review on network security"
67.1%

clunky the panning

"it doesn't want to stay connected and sometimes i have to manually restart for it to comeback on line again : this device is clunky the panning around the room is a joke it either zooms around and just doesn't connect with the fingertip control"
67.1%

drips off all the time

"drips off all the time"
67.0%

save it forever

"i haven't signed up for the storage as the motion detection and the app gives you a couple of days anyway and if you view it via the app you can save it forever on your phone but if you are going away and wont be using your phone and app a tech free holiday if such a thing exists then you can have that added option when signing up knowing that the images are stored ready for when you get back"
66.9%

missed motion

"there have been a few occasions when the camera has missed motion and therefore i have been unable to view what happened during this period"
66.8%

small delay

"there was a small delay in the device recognising the qr code from my mobile device when syncing but that was probably due the privacy screen on my iphone"
66.8%

does n't save

"it will be 2:30pm but i will get an alert for 6:26am but there is nothing there i am also now unable to save any of the alert videos to my phone it just doesn't save it and if it does it tells me there is no video to view"
66.8%

opens almost instantly

"the app is brilliant and opens almost instantly to view via the cloud which this camera uses"
66.5%

returning experience

"wansview camera really just rating the purchasing and returning experience as unfortunately the camera i received didn't work!"
66.2%

connectivity local

"the wansview g5 ticked all the boxes: wifi connectivity local and or cloud storage remote viewing via the app or a website motorised remote control of the field of view microphone and speaker so i can scare anyone aboard excellent picture quality"
66.1%

little quality

"loses a little quality but you can still make out what's happening"
66.1%

could be fake

"i think the positive reviews for this product could be fake"
66.0%

delayed around 8 seconds

"connecting to the camera from the app can take up to 10 seconds and video sound feed is delayed around 8 seconds"
65.9%

dont buy this camera

"dont buy this camera!"
65.9%

tilt action

"i’d like to see a smoother pan on the camera which is very choppy but this can be rectified until a fix is released by setting up the 4 favourite positions which then fixes this issue so for me it’s not a major problem and of course doesn’t stop the normal pan tilt action"
65.9%

tilt control

"pan tilt control with dual motors 360 degree panorama viewing angle night vision function two way audio with internal microphone and speaker"
65.9%

isnt moving

"either because he moves and alerts me or i'm just being nosey and wondering why he isnt moving"
65.8%

photo or video

"we only use the camera for real time viewing and an occasional of photo or video"
65.8%

much of a concern

"i also aren't keen on the colour during the day grass shows as pink but this isn't too much of a concern"
65.6%

fixing the problem

"giving me the answer i needed and reporting the issue which resulted in a firmware update within 2 days fixing the problem"
65.5%

logging into the camera

"no issues logging into the camera when remote"
65.4%

dislike this product

"i really dislike this product"
65.4%

same problems

"my friend bought one as well and has the same problems"
65.3%

drop off the network

"i have two older wansview cameras which are very reliable and never drop off the network and when a camera of a different make failed recently i bought the q5"
65.2%

minor gripes indeed

"these are minor gripes indeed"
65.0%

some updating

"the support via email was great and it just required some updating after contacting them to unlock the rtsp function so it might take a couple of days if this is what you need make sure you install the camera and it is online for them to access it and upgrade the camera software but despite not being standard this option is there where other companies just fobbed me off this camera they were very helpful"
64.9%

disappointed with this

"disappointed with this"
64.8%

problem for baby monitor

"the video lags behind by several seconds not a problem for baby monitor but if you use the 2 way talk it gets difficult because of the lag"
64.7%

further hassle

"sometimes it takes a little patience for the wifi connection to take place but once set up there should be no further hassle and you can keep track of the camera via any ios or android device with the app installed"
64.7%

disappointed even signed

"i’ve tried endlessly but could not get this camera up and running very disappointed even signed up for the monthly plan but made no difference i’m going to return as it’s completely useless"
64.7%

removed from the title

"i think the term "wireless" should be removed from the title since it does need to be plugged in to work so isn't actually wireless"
64.7%

storage login

"now free storage not accessible user name and password on wansview site different from camera login and also different from storage login"
64.7%

it's rubbish

"i was concerned when i read about the fake reviews but was attracted by the price and knew i could always send it back if it's rubbish"
64.6%

lost signal

"connected and then lost signal"
64.5%

slight delay

"there is also a slight delay when adjusting camera positioning manually but again that's expectable and acceptable"
64.4%

no longer listed

"went back onto mine and my phone was no longer listed "
64.3%

big laggy sometimes

"cons: the video can be a big laggy sometimes"
63.9%

slight hiccup

"after a slight hiccup getting the q5 connected to the wifi as i'd mislaid the instructions and hadn't left the q5 pointing at the qr code long enough during which wansview's customer services were very attentive everything is working fine"
63.9%

lens adjustment

"the lens adjustment on the app can take a bit to respond but it makes this cute creaky noise when it does lol"
63.3%

lens upwards

"contrary to some reviews here there is an sd card slot it’s on the vertical axis of the lens so tilt the lens upwards and you will find the slot"
63.3%

card recording

"i have not used the sd card recording or subscribed to the cloud service"
63.3%

fault and this camera

"there is nothing at all i can fault and this camera gives us confidence when going out and watching what the puppy is up too : thank you"
63.3%

flat in around 15 mins

"installation was very easy i installed 3 separate cameras in her flat in around 15 mins"
63.3%

convoluted link

"they send convoluted link to cancel storage which is well hidden on the website and storage sites these are two different sites b the way "
63.1%

faulty sd card

"the camera is pointing at my gate it also doesn’t record properly don’t know if that’s to do with a faulty sd card?"
62.4%

scare them

"more come if nobody is there to scare them off and it works well for that"
62.0%

cheap clone

"can't comment on the android app as it will not run on my 5 yr old android phone previously an lg flagship model not a cheap clone "
61.9%

were asleep

"38 am when both me and my partner were asleep"
61.7%

fault these cameras

"i cannot fault these cameras"
61.5%

often laggy

"my only gripe is that the connection is often laggy but that could be due to my network"
61.5%

appears to be cheap

"the camera appears to be cheap but you will need to subscribe to cloud at £60 yr to use this camera"
61.3%

additional charge

"you want to end up with something that you can get additional charge of £65 for using it this is the right product for you!"
61.2%

only cloud options

"the ability to save recorded files both locally via micro sd and also a cloud option is a plus too where a lot of other cameras have only cloud options and at a hefty monthly cost"
61.1%

alerts active inactive

"3 there is no option to make the motion alerts active inactive based on your location this would be a neat feature as although you can schedule hours of operation these can change based on your day to day routines i emailed their support re points 2 and 3 and was impressed to get a very prompt answer"
61.0%

cheap chinese rubbish

"cheap chinese rubbish i'm afraid"
60.9%

most limited

"more expensive did not mean better i had a more expensive one and it had the most limited functions of all of them"
60.7%

hang it upside down

"you can hang it upside down and the settings let you flip the image so everything works great"
60.7%

refuses to work

"i wasn't expecting amazing quality as it was just to watch over the dog crate but i can't recommend a product that refuses to work"
60.6%

registration problem

"with the registration problem sorted the software simply works and does what it needs to do"
60.4%

poor however

"cons night time image is poor however this is to do with aiming the camera out of a window it suffers with ir glare however if there is a light source outside still functions well enough"
60.4%

fault the camera

"i’m getting very reliable motion detection can play back from the sd card set up camera with pan and tilt and set the viewing position to a favourite so if i pan tilt just hit favourite and it will return to your favourite position i haven’t tried using camera with alexa i’ve set it up but haven’t found a reason to try it yet so can’t comment on if it’s good or not at the moment i can’t fault the camera or app"
60.3%

miss k doore

"many thanks miss k doore"
60.2%

negative review

"after reading some clearly fake reviews and some negative ones i still decided to buy this product as one thing i did not see was a negative review on network security"
60.2%

minor hurdle

"the one minor hurdle to installing the camera was that i needed to switch my mobile phone over to the 2"
60.1%

little sluggish

"the software is sufficient for monitoring your home at times the camera movements can be a little sluggish in terms of response to your gestures but simply tapping in the direction you wish to move seems to work better than holding your finger on the arrow"
60.1%

very bad experience

"it was really a very bad experience to buy this product"
60.1%

would not recomend

"would not recomend"
59.9%

work unfortunately

"there's a windows and a mac viewer software on the wansview website i've not managed to get the mac one to work unfortunately but the windows one seems ok my only criticisms are that if you log in on the desktop software it then logs you out of the phone app and vice versa"
59.7%

allowed to return

"i asked to return because i was sick and delay 1 days and not allowed to return it is unfair"
59.7%

annoying or maybe

"the only thing i don’t get along with rather than dislike is that on the app when you rotate the camera the lag can be annoying or maybe it’s too sensitive?"
59.5%

speaker output

"microphone and speaker output was very clear"
59.5%

infra red glare

"you can turn the night vision off so you don’t get the infra red glare on your window if you’re using it on a window ledge looking out onto your garden it’s relatively easy to set up"
59.4%

delay time feature

"many problems with customer services befor so none of the cameras worked as described and they had a very long delay time feature that made them inseficiant to the sellers claim i would never purchase one from the companny again"
59.1%

card recordings

"you can't view your memory card recordings unless you are viewing from the same internet connection so you can't view recordings away from home on your phone like i can with my other camera"
59.0%

offline and not working

"keep going offline and not working making it useless"
58.8%

another issues

"footage we found video it from a diff device of device app is on works well also another issues we found when playing footage back and camera is being moved on video it’s very noisy but would def but again def worth the money"
58.8%

more than a bit dubious

"i was more than a bit dubious about the purchase of the wansview q5"
58.8%

they are wrong

"i’ve seen some negative reviews but they are wrong"
58.7%

autistic child

"brought this just to monitor my autistic child at night and olaying with his older brother as he needs constant to protecting from harming himself and his brother"
58.7%

few weeks of operation

"the app gave good instructions during setup and after a few weeks of operation haven’t had any issues with the software"
58.5%

tapping in the direction

"the software is sufficient for monitoring your home at times the camera movements can be a little sluggish in terms of response to your gestures but simply tapping in the direction you wish to move seems to work better than holding your finger on the arrow"
58.3%

delay in image

"installed wansview phone app and camera worked fine but delay in image meant real time detection was lagging"
58.2%

quality of the speaker

"there is a speaker to allow two way communication but the quality of the speaker isn't great but definitely not an issue"
58.1%

money is generally tight

"as money is generally tight i’m now left with this piece of equipment i’m going to have to sell on"
58.1%

many problems

"many problems with customer services befor so none of the cameras worked as described and they had a very long delay time feature that made them inseficiant to the sellers claim i would never purchase one from the companny again"
58.0%

wrong as well

"if you are thinking in the same way you might be wrong as well"
58.0%

stop the glare

"night vision is in real time colour and you can turn off the light to stop the glare"
57.9%

very choppy

"i’d like to see a smoother pan on the camera which is very choppy but this can be rectified until a fix is released by setting up the 4 favourite positions which then fixes this issue so for me it’s not a major problem and of course doesn’t stop the normal pan tilt action"
57.9%

ignore the rest

"my other wansview cameras have the ability to nominate an area to respond to the motion detection and ignore the rest but i have not been able to find out how to do this with this camera so not even sure if its possible"
57.7%

these drop outs

"these drop outs can last from a few minutes to a few days"
57.5%

very tinny

"images are grainy and the audio is very tinny"
57.4%

corrected several issues

"working with wansview support they identified and corrected several issues and the latest version of the app v1"
57.3%

devices to connect

"it also isn't made clear that there is no alternative to configuring the camera via the ios android app there is no way of configuring via a pc or direct via a web interface even though the camera presents a local wifi network and allows devices to connect and appears to have a web server which simply replys "403 forbidden" "
57.2%

annoying and worrying

"ok i get up in the morning and my garden gate is always open someone is opening it i don’t know why or if they’re coming onto my property or what they’re doing and it’s annoying and worrying me"
56.9%

blah de blah

"put in your wifi password blah de blah de blah"
56.9%

limited and basic

"instructions were limited and basic and not too hard to work out no option for uk so go with the dublin choice for set up"
56.8%

flippin ' joke

"this is a flippin' joke"
56.8%

does not naturally

"the actual camera only moves when you move it manually on your phone and does not naturally track movement"
56.7%

maybe too accurate

"it seems to be very accurate maybe too accurate"
56.6%

not find it reliable

"personally i will not invest in this companies products again as i did not find it reliable"
56.5%

accessible user name

"now free storage not accessible user name and password on wansview site different from camera login and also different from storage login"
56.4%

same anxieties

"wansview not only met my needs as a truck driver that’s able to monitor my vulnerable mum miles away i also take my mum to dementia clinics and have recommended these cameras to all the other concerned family members of other going through the same anxieties as our family was but no more thanks wansview"
56.4%

n't rate them

"i haven’t used the night vision or motion detection in this application so can’t rate them but i am intending to buy at least one q5 for my own home and i want to trial the outdoor w4 camera down at the hall to monitor the car park area"
56.3%

it's a scam

"it's a scam"
56.2%

have had a bad experience

"my advice to those that have had a bad experience is to try again and follow the setup instructions to the letter"
56.2%

trying to connect

"the wansview picture showed up on screen with 3 dots showing it was trying to connect"
56.2%

does have a

"the camera motor does have a lag"
56.1%

completely useless

"i’ve tried endlessly but could not get this camera up and running very disappointed even signed up for the monthly plan but made no difference i’m going to return as it’s completely useless"
56.1%

possible to connect

"4 ghz any other frequency was not possible to connect"
56.1%

bloody simple

"keep it bloody simple"
56.1%

with ir glare

"cons night time image is poor however this is to do with aiming the camera out of a window it suffers with ir glare however if there is a light source outside still functions well enough"
56.1%

headlights birds

"i set mine so that outdoor events like car headlights birds and waving trees did not alert"
56.1%

have a nag about

"the app is simple to control and full of useful features the one thing i have a nag about is family members are not able to view video clips that are saved just screenshots but apart from that it’s"
56.1%

viewer software

"there's a windows and a mac viewer software on the wansview website i've not managed to get the mac one to work unfortunately but the windows one seems ok my only criticisms are that if you log in on the desktop software it then logs you out of the phone app and vice versa"
56.1%

faulty camera

"after a faulty camera which was sent back i was sent a replacement camera and contacted by their customer service by email they did really want to assist or so i thought!"
56.1%

make it inoperable

"camera is getting a bit warm after some timw of usage but it doesn't make it inoperable"
56.0%

small problem

"it’s a relaxing image to have on the tv when we’re in the room and not using it for programmes and the picture quality is very good the only small problem being slight reflection from the glass as it is viewing outside from inside the house"
56.0%

loses a couple of stars

"for me it loses a couple of stars because of that 10 sec recording issue"
55.9%

local storage permissions

"android app refuses to launch without location & local storage permissions"
55.9%

that was not answered

"posted a question about this that was not answered"
55.8%

through the app nothing

"the camera works really well if i'm sat in the other room but as soon as i try to access the console through the app nothing happens"
55.8%

customer services befor

"many problems with customer services befor so none of the cameras worked as described and they had a very long delay time feature that made them inseficiant to the sellers claim i would never purchase one from the companny again"
55.4%

disable the infra

"my final point is the quality very impressed with both daytime & nighttime images with ability to disable the infra red at night too"
55.4%

limited wifi range

"one down side to the camera is the limited wifi range"
55.4%

there is no improvement

"can always cancel after a month if there is no improvement"
55.3%

have this problem

"i don't have this problem with any other wifi device including my security cameras which are outside on the walls"
55.3%

went wrong

"our alarm recently went wrong and after getting a quote for £650 to have it fixed i thought i'd try some more modern security options"
55.2%

there are no alerts

"update: it's now 21st fen i can now view alerts but i am having alert notifications when there are no alerts"
55.2%

upgrade the software

"if they were to upgrade the software to give you the option to 24 7 record this would be a 5star product easily"
55.2%

reading wansview website

"i initially bought this camera to monitor my pets as mysterious scratches were appearing on the dining room table reading wansview website they said their cameras were onvif compliant so would work with blueiris which i already have with outside cameras so no need for their cloud storage and all cameras in one place"
55.2%

wansview website

"there's a windows and a mac viewer software on the wansview website i've not managed to get the mac one to work unfortunately but the windows one seems ok my only criticisms are that if you log in on the desktop software it then logs you out of the phone app and vice versa"
55.2%

minor downsides

"there are a few minor downsides but definitely not enough to knock a star off the review"
55.2%

nothing there

"it will be 2:30pm but i will get an alert for 6:26am but there is nothing there i am also now unable to save any of the alert videos to my phone it just doesn't save it and if it does it tells me there is no video to view"
55.2%
...

absolute waste in both products

"absolute waste of money!"
99.9%

total waste in both products

"total waste of time now having to return it and ask them to delete my account didn't setup correctly was poorly packaged and i was not comfortable giving them so much personal information and having no means to delete the information afterward"
99.8%

time delay in both products

"you have to log off then back on each time you want a different view between cameras also the time delay can be annoying from camera triggering"
96.4%

doesnt work in both products

"however in reality the software has significant bugs which when you chat to the developers via the app nice feature they tell you that they know it doesnt work but they are working on a fix but cant give you any idea of when the fix will be ready"
75.0%

error messages in both products

"i'm often seeing error messages which say the camera cannot be accessed these go away after restarting the app"
75.0%

small issue in both products

"however a small issue"
74.9%

only gripe in both products

"my only gripe is that the free clips are too short"
74.9%

only issue in both products

"my only issue is i can not turn the cameras off"
74.9%

false advertising in both products

"it is not compatible with your alexa smart devices at all total false advertising at its best"
74.9%

major issue in both products

"this is a major issue which they promised to address somehow but it's unclear if this feature will be free or if this will come with a sub based system or similar"
74.8%

more expensive in both products

"for my purposes i only bought the camera because it was a cheap way to find out if i really needed a better and probably more expensive one"
74.8%

does n't work in both products

"the app keeps logging my wife out so the whole arm disarm when one of us is in the proximity doesn’t work"
74.8%

error message in both products

"it still records clips and you can play them back but you get an error message "unable to connect to camera" when you try to view in real time"
74.6%

pretty useless in both products

"however this neos camera does not have the ability to define the motion trigger area but instead it reacts to any movement anywhere within its field of view so you constantly get false triggers and loads of video of random people walking by in the street outside and random cars driving by which makes the motion sensing pretty useless"
74.5%

only problem in both products

"the only problem i would say is the microphone isn't the greatest and the night vision is reasonably ok but apart from that i can't fault it!"
74.5%

zero stars in both products

"i would give it zero stars if i could"
74.0%

just plain in both products

"i can accept low quality but this just plain doesn't work"
73.7%

false alarms in both products

"so you'll end up disabling motion tracking on those cameras due to the amount of false alarms"
73.4%

false alerts in both products

"sound and motion sensitivity has to be dialled right back otherwise you will be inundated with emails from false alerts"
73.4%

main problem in both products

"the main problem being is you don't realize you are not getting notifications until you haven't got any!"
73.0%

free trial in both products

"i've started the free trial for the 1 min recordings and they are all good quality"
72.7%

same problem in both products

"i got told that other people have had the same problem"
72.4%

rather poor in both products

"for £30 which is about what my other two cameras mentioned earlier cost in comparison to those the live stream on this neos is rather poor"
72.4%

only negative in both products

"the only negative is that it doesn't work with google home hub at the moment"
72.3%

little trouble in both products

"i often have trouble viewing the stream but the bandwidth at the property is low so that may be the reason that said i have little trouble viewing the feed from the nest doorbell"
71.7%

power cable in both products

"first the length is just under 2m so if your power source socket is further including traversing corners etc then you will need the specific power cable for this"
69.6%

waste your money in both products

"don't waste your money"
68.1%

stopped working in both products

"i have lowered the rating on this camera due to the fact that a few weeks after installing it and buying another one the live stream stopped working"
67.8%

many issues in both products

"the app itself is basic and has so many issues it’s difficult to list them"
67.2%

totally useless in both products

"i have found that bug in the software means that it doesnt retain the settings so when it you do go out it does arm but then doesnt record or notify you rendering the camera totally useless"
65.8%

poor ratings

"check the google play store and you'll see the poor ratings"
99.8%

frustratingly useless

"frustratingly useless"
99.8%

fiendly waste

"more than night vision stays on even the system is disabled and live view is not in use not echo fiendly waste of energy intrusive"
99.7%

shockingly poor

"shockingly poor piece of kit"
99.7%

extremely annoying

"the fact you can buy it directly from neos company for only £20 is extremely annoying that i paid £25 for it here"
99.7%

worst thing

"the camera seems ok but the app for it is genuinely the worst thing i've seen in ages"
99.5%

without this

"we wouldn’t be without this kit"
99.5%

extremely poor

"ok i have extremely poor eyesight but still find it very difficult on a 10 inch tablet"
99.4%

embarrassing unable

"tried several times again this evening and had a multitude of issues ranging from time outs "i'm sorry this is really embarrassing unable to generate a qr code unknown error" messages still not connected to alexa still not working"
99.0%

takes forever

"fed up of a blank white box appearing on screen some sort of missing error message and have to restart the app fed up with autoarm function takes ages to detect ive left home hours sometimes likewise takes forever to detect your return home"
98.8%

extremely short

"i thought this neosmart cam would be a great replacement but although the sound and picture is very good it does not automatically record except for extremely short clips triggered by either the sound or motion sensor"
98.4%

most awful

"also there is no was to turn off the audio feed so if you are in the same room as your camera with the app operational on your phone you get the most awful feedback"
98.4%

useless cameras

"so i have three useless cameras"
98.2%

useless feature

"this is useful for saving battery life on battery operated cameras but these cameras are mains wired so it just a useless feature that cannot be turned off"
97.3%

quite slow

"in general baby monitors have bad image quality poor sound and can be quite slow but you pay a premium as it’s a baby product"
97.1%

hugely disappointing

"overall hugely disappointing and i certainly wouldn't recommend it"
96.0%

bloody terrible

"but the reality is the app is bloody terrible"
95.1%

pretty poor

"but the sound quality both ways is awful night vision is pretty poor to unless something is within a metre of the camera and not in pitch black"
94.6%

sparse and unable

"the instructions are sparse and unable to find anything online"
93.9%

failure to do as stated

"i also believe they use ‘‘tis a part of home insurance with arriva i would question the legality of any claim due to its failure to do as stated?"
93.8%

netflix everytime

"means me and wife have more time together rather than start stopping netflix everytime"
92.1%

extremely worrying

"like others i found its insistence on knowing your full address and the app having access to the phone's location services extremely worrying"
91.5%

quite confusing

"i think she finds that quite confusing but it at least distracts her for a bit!"
91.0%

fails on a regular basis

"this unit fails on a regular basis to “self arm” when leaving home!"
89.9%

with this junk

"but seriously amazon should dis associate their alexa device 'deal' with this junk"
89.1%

that is terrible

"i have a purpose outside camera with a huge wifi ariel that is terrible"
89.0%

absolutely useless

"well it recorded what happened before and after the gate opened so was absolutely useless to find out who entered my garden"
88.9%

useless outdoors

"but i've also found that the motion detection is useless outdoors with or without zones sensitivity or sound settings"
87.8%

limited cloud storage

"the limited cloud storage is an annoyance"
75.0%

buggy ios app crashes

"buggy ios app crashes freezes "
75.0%

losing connectivity

"always losing connectivity demanding me to reset the camera almost daily and even doing that i have no guarantee it will work"
75.0%

wasted money

"so annoyed i wasted money on this as finding one to work with my alexa"
75.0%

error notifications

"i constantly get error notifications of armed then disarmed this can carry on alday"
75.0%

noisy motorbikes

"motion detection: i've given it a 5 i have it set to the lowest sensitivity which seems fine it does pick noise from a noisy motorbikes going past and the wind if it's a windy day"
75.0%

locked down

"it will only record the few seconds the manufacturers allow and the footage is "locked down" by proprietary format not generally compatible with anything else"
75.0%

privacy issues

"i have no concerns with privacy issues and the firmware is regularly updated"
74.9%

useless product

"such a useless product very difficult to set up"
74.9%

nasty taste

"and it just leaves a nasty taste in my mouth"
74.9%

unwelcome intruders

"i have no doubts at all that i will be buying another very soon to protect my man cave from unwelcome intruders"
74.9%

error screen

"next morning at work checked the neos app error screen no live feed an error has occurred"
74.9%

limited functionality

"basically a closed system with limited functionality that forces you to spend £30 a year to automate turning all your cameras off or on"
74.9%

somewhat hamstrung

"dislikes: contrary to the advertised functionality the sd card actually records continuous 1 minute clips regardless of whether camera is armed disarmed and regardless of motion detection thus rendering the camera somewhat hamstrung if customers only want to record extended 'motion' events when out of the house for a couple of weeks"
74.9%

poorly made

"the software is well made and the features are great 👍 not like some of those crap chinese poorly made interfaces"
74.9%

delete footage

"i have 2 of these in my flat but for some reason they both at the same time randomly delete footage!"
74.9%

expected cons

"motion detection works as expected cons: sound is below adequate not great for live feeds"
74.9%

useless brick

"bin file in order to flash the camera so now i have a useless brick which is a shame because it seemed like a decent little camera while it worked"
74.9%

lowest setings

"geofencing often fails motion detection triger huge number of fake alarms even on lowest setings and the noise does same is triggered by itself when night vision is comming on "
74.9%

ridiculous issues

"i really don’t recommend this and i believe they had plenty of time to fix these ridiculous issues"
74.9%

fake alarms

"geofencing often fails motion detection triger huge number of fake alarms even on lowest setings and the noise does same is triggered by itself when night vision is comming on "
74.9%

faces leaves

"there are colour aberrations on edges of objects and fine detail say text faces leaves are not clear indicative of a poor lens"
74.9%

noisy neighbours

"if you have noisy neighbours who might set it off you can turn it off "
74.9%

average worse

"all set up picture quality on the poor side of average worse in the dark could not connect to alexa"
74.9%

fake details

"in response to the security concerns you are required to provide your address on signup although you could provide fake details but you do not need to provide access to your iphone's location unless you want to use the auto arm disarm feature"
74.9%

falls flat

"unfortunately you buy this camera as a package and this is where it all falls flat on its face"
74.9%

significant bugs

"however in reality the software has significant bugs which when you chat to the developers via the app nice feature they tell you that they know it doesnt work but they are working on a fix but cant give you any idea of when the fix will be ready"
74.9%

return fees

"the only reason why i don't return it its because i'm based in italy so amazon will let me pay for the return fees"
74.9%

rather expensive

"customer support is outstanding and there are no cloud storage fees unlike some rather expensive big brand cameras"
74.8%

ridiculous password

"you require a ridiculous password for the phone app that can never be remembered"
74.8%

seem unfounded

"previous concerns around the app wanting too much information in another review seem unfounded as i was only asked for my address which was explained"
74.8%

find error

"they set up quite easily then the app told me the firmware needed updating i tried for times and it failed each time so i cancelled that went back to look at the camera picture to find error 90 and no picture and it would not reconnect"
74.8%

practically useless

"bought to use as a nursery camera and it's been practically useless"
74.8%

poorly packaged

"this product poorly packaged and terribly constructed"
74.8%

fails again

"and if it fails again back it will go"
74.8%

hardware shame

"in summary it's an amazing kit of hardware shame that the software lets it down"
74.8%

delete videos

"anyone who knows that you have this camera could easily download the app and view inside your property delete videos totally defeating the purpose of having a cam"
74.8%

very lacking

"however the recording options are sadly very lacking"
74.8%

even worse

"very poor quality built to snap images is rubbish and the app is even worse"
74.8%

seems unsecure

"it seems unsecure always under maintenance and often offline"
74.8%

main gripe

"main gripe is sound cannot be switched off and is very sensitive so my show repeats everything with slight delay that becomes very annoying if left on tried to cover mic hole but had little effect"
74.8%

intrusive behaviour

"the sdk is same as chinese products with more or less flaws retain same intrusive behaviour you can be watched at anytime"
74.8%

very inconvenient

"initially it runs in cut down form and provides you with a triggered 12 second recording which cannot be triggered again for a 5 minute “cooling off” period which is very inconvenient"
74.8%

very uneasy

"we turned the camera on as we were leaving on a holiday and on day 4 it decided to disconnect and stop working completely leaving us very uneasy worrying and wondering about what is happening back at home"
74.8%

overpriced cloud storage

"i can imagine what it is like from other cameras i've used overpriced cloud storage for fifteen second clips"
74.8%

equally frustrating

"equally frustrating is that you can only alarm all or none of your devices"
74.8%

fall behind

"please be aware that the live stream can fall behind by several minutes after viewing for a few minutes"
74.8%

avoid reflection

"you can record out of a window but needs to be placed very close to avoid reflection at night"
74.8%

made worse

"the problems seemed to be made worse when adding a 2nd user onto the account"
74.8%

intrusive info

"also intrusive info regarding physical address of camera required at set up"
74.8%

very laggy

"very basic need to add your address for some random reason very laggy didnt love the quality returned for refund although a nice "concept" if people can make use of it no good as a security camera though as if its monitored 24 7 there is lag which isnt good for security might be good for checking pets"
74.7%

didnt work

"saying " alexa show me kitchen " just didnt work"
74.7%

record out windows

"supposed to be indoors only but can record out windows but needs to be in intimate contact to avoid glare from night vision leds"
74.7%

absolute junk

"absolute junk would not work from first installation tried installing again and again kept getting the same message "cannot find the specific network name" tried to contact customer services no reply"
74.7%

cooling down

"i’m struggling with the concept of a security camera that delivers 12 second motion detected clips then waits 5 minutes before it will do the same neos call this a cooling down time or something "
74.7%

cheap cameras

"no rtsp support that many other cheap cameras offer"
74.7%

annoying that

"annoying that didn’t work on 5ghz & had to switch phone to 2"
74.7%

biggest issue

"this was probably the biggest issue i had with this product"
74.7%

increasingly lag behind

"it worked pretty well for 3 weeks but suddenly the live feed started to increasingly lag behind"
74.7%

software issue

"it doesn't work properly at the mo apparently due to a software issue which they're investigating"
74.7%

very intrusive

"the set up was very intrusive as reported by other reviewers and i was unhappy about providing exact address location"
74.7%

disgruntled customers

"all of the above comments have been raised by disgruntled customers since product launch yet the neos developers can't seem to be able to release firmware updates to fix these basic oversights"
74.6%

main issue

"the main issue i have had with this camera is that it decided to delete footage before the 14 day period"
74.6%

absolute nightmare

"however as time has gone on the app and software have proven themselves to be an absolute nightmare and very unreliable"
74.6%

very badly

"if you only ever want to use it for live view and the motion alerts it's fine but it is very badly restricted without the ability to playback your recorded videos from the app"
74.6%

slight issue

"had a slight issue with the firmware update timing out on installation of camera one"
74.6%

slow connection

"the only downside is that it appears to stream to neos and then back to my device which on a slow connection is a negative"
74.6%

very sketchy

"firmware and integration with amazon echo show devices is very sketchy"
74.6%

update rubbish

"fed up with the live feed delay when live feed actually loads neos keep repeating we fixed it in last update rubbish read the reviews "
74.6%

very irrelevant

"a very irrelevant answer that doesn’t help at all!"
74.5%

been stolen

"apparently a sd card will record all events but this is only useful after the robbery and assumes that the neos has not been stolen"
74.5%

closes down

"the app crashes and closes down regularly"
74.5%

stop me using

"for a cheap camera this is kind of enough to stop me using it"
74.5%

prevent glare

"setup behind door surround glass to prevent it's theft but then had to disable led's to prevent glare so night image not so good while in daylight it is superb"
74.5%

their dog poop

"hoping to catch the dog owner that keeps letting their dog poop on my property and doesn’t clean it up!"
74.4%

under maintenance

"it seems unsecure always under maintenance and often offline"
74.3%

utter crud

"i can only presume they had been paid to promote it because it is utter crud"
74.3%

major fault

"the second major fault is the motion detector"
74.3%

failed immediately

"sometimes it failed immediately sometimes it froze halfway through sometimes it had a flickering message"
74.3%

which annoyed

"i have given this only 4 stars as despite being tech savvy and computer literate i still needed their support which annoyed me"
74.3%

grainy distorted

"picture faultless talk back so grainy distorted scares the crap out of my daughter"
74.2%

zero notifications

"very erratic operation either you get zero notifications then you are inundated with them"
74.2%

basic oversights

"all of the above comments have been raised by disgruntled customers since product launch yet the neos developers can't seem to be able to release firmware updates to fix these basic oversights"
74.2%

camera isnt

"the camera isnt being picked up"
74.2%

mixed feelings

"mixed feelings about this camera on the whole it's good for the price"
74.2%

would n't work

"i really wanted to like these but just wouldn't work"
74.1%

questionable security

"questionable security and use of sensitive data"
74.1%

kept failing

"tried to reconnect but kept failing"
74.1%

minor issue

"the other minor issue is that the night vision mode is set to auto and occasionally it doesn't seem to reset to normal mode when it becomes day time"
74.0%

stupid camera

"such a stupid camera i have never seen such a delay in any camera"
74.0%

cheapo chinesium

"cheapo chinesium for me now"
74.0%

spent more

"ah well it's only £25 you've thrown away i've spent more on a tankful of petrol and with nothing to show for that!"
74.0%

unknown error

"tried several times again this evening and had a multitude of issues ranging from time outs "i'm sorry this is really embarrassing unable to generate a qr code unknown error" messages still not connected to alexa still not working"
74.0%

confusing website

"it has a confusing website that seems to be a houshold insurance website with minor links to this camera"
74.0%

connection problem

"alexa connection problem sorted and now working fine on both my cameras"
73.9%

throw away

"while it's true this only for indoor use so is not as robust as a nest cam in pretty much every other respect this is equally good and comes for an almost "throw away" price"
73.8%

loud hissing

"the issue i had with my previous camera is that the audio was terrible all you could hear was loud hissing"
73.8%

return another

"i may have been unlucky but im not risking paying out and having to return another again if it doesnt work"
73.7%

utterly useless

"utterly useless"
73.7%

limited options

"and the limited options to be able to record to sd card as the developer would like you to subscribe to their cloud however for me it is my house i do not want to share my privacy with the world"
73.7%

fussy husband

"and i’ve researched many even my fussy husband loves them"
73.7%

some glare

"this really is an indoor camera i face mine out the window at my cars so i get some glare from the glass but there are mounts for external available"
73.7%

some trouble

"i had some trouble setting it up as i inputted my address incorrectly i thought my internet wasn't connecting because the cause of set up failure wasn't clear happy i managed to figure it out"
73.7%

constantly unavailable

"the live feed is constantly unavailable have had to re set up the camera on a regular basis involving reconnecting it to our wifi and to the app that comes with it which is a real inconvenience"
73.6%

more useless

"one of the more useless features of the app is the "auto arming" which should arm the camera when you move out of your geographical area and disarm when you return home"
73.5%

disable audio in the

"it would also be good if it were possible to disable audio in the app as ours is mostly pointing outside through the window"
73.5%

false triggers

"however this neos camera does not have the ability to define the motion trigger area but instead it reacts to any movement anywhere within its field of view so you constantly get false triggers and loads of video of random people walking by in the street outside and random cars driving by which makes the motion sensing pretty useless"
73.4%

single problem

"very disappointed i wish i had bought a tp link camera instead have a couple of them for years and never had a single problem "
73.4%

focal seizures

"our son has been seizure free for almost 2 years but in june they returned as focal seizures so we decided to install the camera as he likes to spend most of his time in his room playing video games so the motion sensor would alert us when it picked up move ment so we could respond accordingly and also as a watchful eye as he sleeps"
73.3%

loses settings

"constantly drops off the network most times loses settings"
73.2%

primary issue

"the primary issue that i identified in my initial review was rectified some time later"
73.2%

longer recordings

"i dropped a star due to the constant requests to upgrade at a cost i think way to high for longer recordings which were free when i first had them"
73.2%

waste money

"don't waste money if you have any latest samsung"
73.1%

sync faulty

"the actual hardware software not in sync faulty"
73.1%

return home

"one of the more useless features of the app is the "auto arming" which should arm the camera when you move out of your geographical area and disarm when you return home"
72.9%

poorly printed

"there is no support on this product you have to figure everything out for yourself using the rubbish instructions and poorly printed qr codes"
72.9%

soooo intrusive

"the app is soooo intrusive!"
72.9%

privacy concerns

"addendum july 2020: i am amending my original review from 1 star to 4 in recognition of the fact that neos did make changes to their mobile application which addressed enough of my privacy concerns for me to not only begin using the camera i initially purchased but to go on to purchase an additional three other units"
72.7%

pointless security

"the boost payment doesn’t upgrade to ‘full’ recording and as below still has a cool off period of 1 minute itonly records 50% if the time pointless security if it doesn’t capture everything!"
72.7%

does connect

"software lets it down alexa echo show sometimes won’t connect when via the app it does connect"
72.7%

continually freezes

"takes ages to sync and the app continually freezes"
72.7%

delete account

"it didn't work and i tried it on 2 separate wireless networks also after having to create an account and the device didn't work there was no option to close delete account so this is more time wasted trying to contact them to request the close my account"
72.7%

kept becoming faulty

"within 2 years we were on our 4th motorola baby monitor £150 and it kept becoming faulty"
72.5%

working software

"now they are charging for neos 'boost' a month optional subscription for 'extras' i think the priority should be working software!"
72.2%

drops connection

"someone only needs to fart within 200 metres of it and it drops connection"
72.0%

been unusable

"since a firmware update at the end of march this product has been unusable as the app hangs when trying to review clips"
71.9%

poor sound

"in general baby monitors have bad image quality poor sound and can be quite slow but you pay a premium as it’s a baby product"
71.6%

seem silly

"the complaints about privacy seem silly to me how can you expect notifications to be sent to your mobile if you aren't prepared to give the system your number?"
71.6%

important glitch

"how long does it take to fix this important glitch?"
71.3%

gets worse

"video delayed about 10 seconds then gets worse got to 20+ seconds"
71.2%

needs improvement

"it's ok but needs improvement"
71.2%

unstable though

"i’ve found the app extremely unstable though"
71.1%

breaks down

"connectivity is a nightmare this might sometimes be due to bad wi fi or dodgy 4g but the feed constantly breaks down and leaves a blank screen"
70.7%

have got greedy

"as i said previously they have got greedy and will not get any more money from me in subscriptions or cameras"
70.7%

walks free

"this meant that footage of a burglary taking placing that i was suppose to be forwarding to the police so they could arrest the individuals no longer exists and the burglar walks free"
70.6%

lesser cool

"they obviously know this is not very good because you can upgrade with a monthly subscription to get a longer recording with a lesser cool off time i therefore bought one from china that records motion until it stops which is what you would expect from a security camera!"
70.4%

movement useless

"it only records little snippets not continuous when it sees movement useless if you are using it for security"
70.4%

very erratic

"very erratic operation either you get zero notifications then you are inundated with them"
70.0%

very basic

"very basic but at £20 what do you expect!"
69.9%

overly sensitive

"however there are a number of points for improvement: the supplied usb cable is too short to reach the level of power sockets if the camera is ceiling mounted the 10 second recording time is too short to be very usable the motion detection is overly sensitive it will often record passing car headlights and on one occasion even a moth in the room"
69.8%

storage fees

"customer support is outstanding and there are no cloud storage fees unlike some rather expensive big brand cameras"
69.8%

your money mine

"do not waste your money mine are all going back!"
69.6%

no real definition

"very poor struggled with low light and no real definition"
69.5%

small extras

"it does take a sd card and also has an upgrade on the app that allows you small extras like 1 minute of recording instead of 12 seconds for something like £3"
69.3%

after initially

"took about 24 hours for it to work after initially trying to set it up"
69.3%

absolutely rubbish

"the app is absolutely rubbish"
69.2%

does not work

"have this in my living room now i know where all my cats sleep when i’ve gone to bed disappointed with the neos boost have paid for the subscription but it does not work"
69.1%

little snippets

"it only records little snippets not continuous when it sees movement useless if you are using it for security"
69.1%

little blighters

"and being more skilled than the average techie i had a look at what the little blighter was passing back over the internet neos might be a british developed sofware planted on chinese hardware but i discovered these little blighters are sending api calls back to a server in china!"
69.1%

little bundles

"don't be tempted the hassle you have to go through to connect these little bundles of joy is just infuriating besides neos wanting to know everything about you and your house the set up i had to do was lengthy and ultimately pointless if you have a dual band router which is probably 95% of you you're gonna run into trouble these only connect to the lesser 2"
69.1%

poor picture

"my wifi is great so it's not the signal that is causing the poor picture the movement detection feature is a joke"
68.8%

unwanted notifications

"this is great to prevent unwanted notifications"
68.8%

cheap nanny

"so if you need it for a cheap nanny cam it would do the job"
68.7%

missing recordings

"i had just one camera set up for about 3 weeks with only 1 occurance of missing recordings"
68.7%

replacement same issues

"they tried to resolve it by sending me two replacement same issues"
68.6%

giving it a 4 star

"i have been using this camera for almost a year now and it's good for indoors but not recommended for outdoors night vision is perfect you can see very well as to who it is it records noises and detects a moving object and alerts you straight away on your phone reason why i'm giving it a 4 star is because"
68.5%

n't quite enough

"it would be useful if you could adjust the length of the clip captures as sometimes 12s isn't quite enough"
68.3%

potential but not worth

"has potential but not worth it yet"
68.3%

getting tired

"they replaced motorola focus 35 cameras which are getting tired"
68.3%

it's not good

"during the day it is good but at nighttime through a window it doesn't work and during the day if there is sunlight shining towards the glass it's not good"
68.2%

constant crashes

"while the camera quality is really good and the system is easy to set up it's let down by near constant crashes"
68.1%

no ifttt support

"* motion detection is very good no false positives so far cons are all software and so hopefully sortable : * no ifttt support for the non technical this is a neat way to link home devices such as turn on the lights if motion detected * no ability to mask certain areas"
67.5%

no rtsp support

"no rtsp support that many other cheap cameras offer"
67.5%

less important

"no idea why this has less important functionality than the us version"
67.5%

disappointed i wish

"very disappointed i wish i had bought a tp link camera instead have a couple of them for years and never had a single problem "
67.5%

keeps crashing

"unfortunately after only a couple of days the motion noise alerts stopped app keeps crashing and signing you out"
67.4%

lacks sharpness

"the quality of the image is slighty blurry and lacks sharpness and that's in hd!"
67.3%

remove sd card

"720 hd old school short clips unless you want to pay for longer if you put micro sd card in the software in camera won't let you watch it unless you remove sd card and connect to computer to watch"
67.3%

issues i guess

"at least the app takes you to a website telling you they are having issues i guess that's a plus lol"
67.2%

heart attack

"slight heart attack"
67.1%

security concerns

"in response to the security concerns you are required to provide your address on signup although you could provide fake details but you do not need to provide access to your iphone's location unless you want to use the auto arm disarm feature"
67.1%

skeptical about this

"i was a little skeptical about this from reading reviews of the app asking for too much info"
67.1%

disconnects after 30 mins

"when used with alexa the screen on any device disconnects after 30 mins"
67.1%

limited alexa integration

"great if you want a cheap fun camera in your house but i wouldn’t really put it in the home security category and i’m surprised they sometimes bundle this camera with the echo show 5 given the limited alexa integration"
67.0%

tinny and difficult

"sound quality form the tiny inbuilt speaker is awful very tinny and difficult to understand the speech"
66.9%

awful night vision

"but the sound quality both ways is awful night vision is pretty poor to unless something is within a metre of the camera and not in pitch black"
66.9%

much information

"previous concerns around the app wanting too much information in another review seem unfounded as i was only asked for my address which was explained"
66.9%

disconnects all the time

"the camera disconnects all the time!"
66.9%

quality slight

"easy to setup and good picture quality slight lag of live feed but not that long"
66.8%

negative points

"negative points"
66.7%

error code

"i kept having network issues with it and it refused to connect giving me error code 90"
66.7%

waste of money

"waste of money"
66.7%

screw and wallplug

"my kit never actually contained a screw and wallplug as stated so i would say that if you are handy with a drill and countersink and you dont need extra usb cable then dont bother with the mount kit"
66.5%

give it a miss

"give it a miss"
66.4%

first week

"it doesn’t take any stills when it detects motion it should so i don’t know if mine is faulty it did the first week set up was hit and miss it’s quite discrete i like that element"
66.3%

widespread problem

"i am not sure if this is a widespread problem but be wary!"
66.3%

additional areas

"i already have a good cctv setup costing several hundred pounds but wanted additional areas covering to keep an eye on my cats and kittens who love to hide away in difficult to reach areas"
66.3%

completely false

"this description needs to be changed it states with an sd card you can record for x amount of days and have the footage this is completely false"
66.2%

massive holes

"there are 2 massive holes in the feature set for this device: 1"
66.2%

having trouble

"hope this helps any of you having trouble connecting"
66.2%

remove the card

"updated december 2019 so neos still haven’t added sd card support through the app meaning the only way to view the sd card footage is to physically remove the card and plug it into a computer"
66.2%

lengthy conversation

"this can't be used as a nanny cam anymore and according to a lengthy conversation with their support they have no intention of fixing this"
66.0%

sending it back

"i received my 1st neos smartcam today and have to admit that after reading all the comments i was ready for sending it back but as there where also quite some positive feedback i just had to try it myself"
66.0%

awful business model

"secondly the ‘boost’ premium payment is an awful business model even though they have dropped it to £2"
66.0%

draining my battery

"i don’t want to have to have location settings draining my battery on all the time and i don’t always remember to manually switch the alerts in and off"
65.9%

settle down

"i'm not sure why but it seemed to take a couple of days to "settle down" and react to whether my phone was in the house or not but since then has been working fine"
65.9%

n't work there

"it didn't work and i tried it on 2 separate wireless networks also after having to create an account and the device didn't work there was no option to close delete account so this is more time wasted trying to contact them to request the close my account"
65.8%
...

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best camera in both products

"for me this has to be the best camera on the market"
96.0%

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excellent camera in both products

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92.9%

it's brilliant in both products

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92.7%

very effective in both products

"a very effective bit of kit for the price i would say!"
91.8%

great camera in both products

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88.5%

absolute bargain in both products

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84.7%

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75.0%

good instructions in both products

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75.0%

great price in both products

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75.0%

very handy in both products

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75.0%

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75.0%

seems well in both products

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75.0%

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74.9%

great value in both products

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74.9%

really well in both products

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74.9%

outdoor cameras in both products

"i very highly recommend these products and am considering a couple of outdoor cameras from the range and will leave a review for them once i have purchased them"
74.9%

would happily in both products

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74.9%

recommend these in both products

"overall i have been really impressed with these two little cameras and i would definitely recommend these to anyone looking for a decent indoor camera"
74.8%

looks great in both products

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74.8%

very quickly in both products

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74.8%

picture quality in both products

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74.8%

extremely excellent

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100.0%

simply brilliant

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100.0%

most brilliant

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100.0%

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100.0%

very pleased

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100.0%

excellent compatibility

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100.0%

simply fantastic

"simply fantastic"
100.0%

highly highly

"• watch my cat • secures my property • reduces the price of my insurance • gives me peace of mind would highly highly recommend"
99.9%

brilliant product

"all in all a brilliant product for so cheap!"
99.9%

remarkable piece

"this is a remarkable piece of kit for the price"
99.9%

excellent phone

"great camera picture quality is excellent phone app receives alerts while away from home can play them back to check or go live to see whats going off"
99.9%

excellent results

"i’ve used both settings to try and get excellent results"
99.9%

service excellent

"customer service excellent with good quick responses and resolution"
99.8%

absolutely fine

"i decided to keep it switched on over night and the next morning it worked absolutely fine"
99.7%

amazing facilities

"these cameras offer amazing facilities at an astoundingly low price"
99.7%

highest quality

"the picture quality and streaming has been of the highest quality"
99.7%

incredibly good

"the night vision is also incredibly good when the camera detects that the light level has changed it will change the mode in meer seconds resulting in very little downtime"
99.6%

best thing

"the best thing what i like about it is it's design it is so cute and small and yet so useful"
99.6%

clever chap

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99.5%

works fantastically

"the wansview cloud app works fantastically well it is very responsive when controlling the camera it is amazing being miles away from home and moving the camera to locate my dog!"
99.5%

outstanding camera

"all in all for the money this is an outstanding camera that i highly recommend!"
99.3%

favourite positions

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99.3%

minimal effort

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99.3%

best results

"the motion detection works although i still need to set it up for best results now we have decided the best place for the camera"
99.3%

more detailed

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99.1%

ultimate technophobe

"i'm the ultimate technophobe and yet i found the set up and installation so incredibly easy"
99.1%

quality good

"picture quality good"
99.0%

brilliant purchase

"but otherwise it is a brilliant purchase i may well but another so i can cover other angles"
99.0%

good remote control

"up and running quickly and easily good app and good remote control and viewing"
98.9%

monitoring internally

"for price and quality this is a great little discrete camera for recording or simply monitoring internally with a wide angle of view"
98.9%

really sharp

"i love the fact that you can set camera positions and by click of a button camera will go to desired position night vision is really sharp and very clear actually better than my samsung note 9 😄"
98.8%

terrific product

"terrific product and the results are better than expected"
98.8%

very clean

"the app itself is very clean and intuitive"
98.7%

absolutely everything

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98.6%

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97.9%

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97.8%

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97.7%

support excellent

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also available

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95.3%

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95.0%

full technical support

"wansview have sent me full technical support for this item and have resolved the issue for me"
94.8%

absolutely a bargain

"absolutely a bargain!"
94.3%

fast and excellent

"it’s recording and the notifications on the app and phone are fast and excellent pictures and you can record to a memory card"
94.1%

been brilliant

"its been brilliant so far but its night capability though a window looking outside it poor"
93.8%

it's excellent

"the best part is the quality of the camera it's excellent"
93.1%

really exciting

"i can also sit and look at my front door whenever i'm out which is really exciting"
92.3%

great quickly

"the app is great quickly loads and has no lag"
92.1%

excellent however

"i purchased and use the wansview 1080p hd wireless cloud ip camera q5 and must state that i have had several surveillance cameras including the ring system which is excellent however for a standalone camera with excellent definition and recording back up i cannot speak too highly of the wansview q5"
91.9%

itself is amazing

"another best part is the 2 way audio communication whenever my child wakes up i can hear her voice on my mobile and i can talk thru my mobile to my child sitting anywhere in the house which itself is amazing"
91.9%

very satisfied

"all in all i am very satisfied was a great choice like i said"
91.8%

very smart

"the wansview q5 is a very smart piece of kit"
91.7%

price it is amazing

"for the price it is amazing"
91.7%

little difficulty

"i had a little difficulty setting the first two up so emailed the company and they were fantastic"
91.7%

best camera technology

"they are by far the best camera technology i have seen"
91.4%

little tricky

"the set up was just a little tricky though that has improved with later releases of the app and watch out that you don't have a combined 2"
91.3%

well written

"the instructions are clear and well written"
91.2%

done an excellent

"very pleased with my purchase with it being cheaper in price than others and so far has done an excellent job"
91.1%

works a treat

"i use it for keeping an eye on the dog when i'm out works a treat"
90.9%

brilliant and inexpensive

"nowadays in a tech store you could easily pay up to £££'s of pounds for these yet this model from wansview is brilliant and inexpensive"
90.6%

truly enjoy

"thank you for a great product that i truly enjoy"
90.1%

excellent baby monitor

"i could also see this camera being used as an excellent baby monitor"
90.1%

motion detection is great

"motion detection is great and you can choose the sensitivity or turn it off completely"
89.9%

really impressive

"their response time was really impressive and they even took the time out to send a chaser email to query that my issue had been resolved which it had"
89.9%

° turn is excellent

"5: 360° turn is excellent"
89.9%

they are a bargain

"and they are a bargain!"
89.5%

recommend it great

"quality is brilliant you can also have a two way conversation on it you can also pan around the room from your phone all in all for the price of this i would highly recommend it great if you want to see whats happening in your house while your not there great product this is the second camera i have"
89.2%

pleased and happy

"seeing as i’m so pleased and happy with the cameras and application so far i have also subscribed to the cloud storage"
89.2%

brilliant for it's price

"this camera is just brilliant for it's price"
89.1%

good partis

"the only good partis the initial setup it is easier than other cheap cameras on the market"
88.8%

work brilliantly

"they work brilliantly"
88.5%

great works

"cute camera the quality is great works well if ur wifi is good"
88.3%

great again

"this is great again for use in a darkened room for sleeping or secrecy"
88.1%

great cams

"and i've never had any compromise on the water resistance always great cams"
88.0%

well positioned

"the camera is well designed seems good quality and the micro sd slot is well positioned"
87.7%

honest everything

"to be honest everything about the camera far exceeds my expectations"
87.6%

camera is a bargain

"i think this camera is a bargain!"
87.5%

went faulty

"our camera went faulty around 3 months later but it was swiftly replace with minimal effort"
85.4%

perfect clarification

"perfect clarification"
75.0%

nice addition

"i’ve been using this camera for few weeks now and it’s a nice addition to my living room"
75.0%

bonus option

"i bought the camera to monitor automated equipment in a workshop it was extremely easy to install thanks to the simple adjustable bracket and decent length of cable provided though i might have liked the ability to screw the base plate directly to a wall ceiling as a bonus option very helpful that it's a usb cable too so if i had needed longer that wouldn't be a problem"
75.0%

great image

"great image at night and brilliant image in day light"
75.0%

resolved quickly

"the issue was resolved quickly and i’ve had no problems since"
75.0%

perfect addition

"it has been a perfect addition to add"
75.0%

reasonably well

"the camera itself feels reasonably well built and looks very nice"
75.0%

fairly easy

"set up was fairly easy wi fi connection failed first time around but connected second time around and no issue at all with the second camera"
75.0%

fantastic addition

"the motion alert feature is another fantastic addition although it’s not used for this particular room set up i am however considering purchasing another camera for the front of my home as a security system and the motion alert feature in that instance will be priceless"
75.0%

nice features

"also the application is user friendly with nice features"
75.0%

perfect view

"mount to a wall and the arm is also adjustable to set the perfect view"
75.0%

swift installation

"i am extremely happy with my purchase of the wansview q5 camera the camera comes well packaged with everything you need for a swift installation"
75.0%

cctv installation

"this is definitely the best security camera i have purchased and will buy more to replace my cctv installation"
75.0%

desired designation

"well made with the great feature of being able to move the lense to a desired designation plus a favourite option function to reset back to original position"
74.9%

really easy

"setting up the camera was really easy and i especially like the qr code scanning to register wifi settings"
74.9%

recommend enough

"this really is a superb quality camera cannot believe it's this good for this price of £30 cannot recommend enough"
74.9%

suitable location

"once i had a suitable location for it i installed it in a matter of minutes"
74.9%

clarity simple

"if your looking for a camera with night vision clarity simple use affordable rather than ‘cheap’ practical value for money then this is for you"
74.9%

fabulous price

"fabulous price too"
74.9%

were great

"the notifications to my phone were great and it was exceptionally easy to set up and use"
74.9%

free support

"i had to update the firmware because it was only recording short videos and the free support provided was exceptional"
74.9%

fast delivery

"better if it was free but i suppose they’ve got to earn their shackles anyway super fast delivery well boxed and it is really quite impressive"
74.9%

perfect position

"preset position good saving time to get perfect position each movement"
74.9%

great facility

"you have a great facility on the app where you can talk through the app through the camera"
74.9%

were fantastic

"i had a little difficulty setting the first two up so emailed the company and they were fantastic"
74.9%

indoor security camera

"i purchased this to mainly use as an indoor security camera for home in order to obtain live pictures when i am away and have to say i have been extremely happy with it thus far"
74.9%

decent english

"instructions were in decent english as well"
74.9%

nice device

"when it works it is a nice device but it has to work all the time and needs to be as close to plug and play as possible"
74.9%

panned remotely

"the camera can be tilted and panned remotely and will give a good view if positioned in a large room"
74.9%

will happily

"i wouldn't have subscribed to the cloud storage for an internal camera normally as the microsd slot will happily take a 128gb card according to the documentation which by my calculations is enough for a month or so if set to motion activated recording however i felt it was a good idea for the external camera as that is obviously more vulnerable"
74.9%

record constantly

"1st one we received didn't record much emailed the seller and they worked quickly to guide us through set up this didn't resolve the issue so a replacment was arranged and received within 3 days new one is much better doesn't record constantly like we wanted but is very good at motion recognition"
74.9%

saved position

"it is used inside my workshop and with the "positions' option i can view either of the two doors with one tap on the screen the camera pans across to the saved position automatically"
74.9%

free access

"they can be used in conjunction with the wansview app which makes setting up very straightforward and provides limited free access to their cloud system for recording and retrieving motion events"
74.8%

additional ones

"and find the additional ones regularly fail to connect"
74.8%

look forward

"an outdoor system to keep my home and my dogs and puppies safe is something i would consider invaluable and look forward to receiving one in the future"
74.8%

very worthwhile

"overall this is a very worthwhile purchase and i would definitely consider buying others for different parts of the home"
74.8%

remarkably easy

"i found it remarkably easy and was very happy with the quality of the image"
74.8%
...

absolutely brilliant in both products

"bought this so we could keep an eye on our dog when we're out and it has been absolutely brilliant"
100.0%

excellent product in both products

"picture quality could be improved but for the price it's an excellent product"
100.0%

brilliant camera in both products

"brilliant camera for both day and night time viewing connects to phone laptop etc and once activated on phone instantaneously records any movement and sound activations"
100.0%

quite good in both products

"picture quality during the day does seem to be quite good for the price"
99.9%

excellent piece in both products

"excellent piece of kit for the price the reviews on here are very misleading this camera does support alexa via the neos skill and does support triggering via detected noise does everything i need"
99.9%

installation process in both products

"during the installation process you get guided through via voice from the camera and the status of the process is displayed on your phone tablet"
99.9%

extremely good in both products

"the reality is that despite being low cost it is extremely good value easy to use two minutes to set up "
99.4%

really good in both products

"night vision this is really good"
99.3%

works perfectly in both products

"as with my first camera it works perfectly"
98.6%

excellent picture in both products

"still water tight and giving an excellent picture"
97.5%

best camera in both products

"this is probably the best camera under £100 in the world"
96.0%

very impressive in both products

"overall a very impressive performance"
95.6%

excellent camera in both products

"excellent camera for the price we paid so we have bought 3 in total so our house is covered by the cameras and peace of mind for leaving the house protected"
92.9%

it's brilliant in both products

"for the price it’s brilliant"
92.7%

works brilliantly in both products

"the motion detection works brilliantly and the night vision is great"
92.1%

very effective in both products

"motion detection i'd very effective perhaps a little too much for how we have located it"
91.8%

highly recommend in both products

"highly recommend!"
90.5%

great camera in both products

"great camera packed with all the features and more of cameras 5x it’s value"
88.5%

absolute bargain in both products

"considering how much all other smart home cameras cost this is an absolute bargain"
88.4%

detailed instructions in both products

"camera came well packaged and with short but very easy detailed instructions usb cable power adapter similar to apple and mounting plate if needed"
84.7%

works well in both products

"i have it placed in 3 different location around my apartment which one location it's slightly poor in wifi signal but camera still works well"
75.0%

good price in both products

"good price as well"
75.0%

good instructions in both products

"nice compact camera easy to set up good instructions"
75.0%

great price in both products

"super little security camera at a great price i was sceptical when i brought this because it was so cheap however the quality of the picture in both day and night mode are exceptional at this price point"
75.0%

very handy in both products

"it's very handy"
75.0%

looks good in both products

"looks good but you cannot change order of cameras pause recorded videos or view recordings stored on sd card remotely"
75.0%

seems well in both products

"i have had a few niggles and issues initially but all seems well now"
75.0%

indoor cameras in both products

"i have two other indoor cameras from another company which are good they swivel around and up and down and the picture is great motion detection is 1st class"
74.9%

great value in both products

"great value would recommend"
74.9%

really well in both products

"overall a really well made product with a really stable app that connects quickly and gives good image quality"
74.9%

outdoor cameras in both products

"they aren't supposed to be outdoor cameras but you can buy third party cases i have two outdoors fully open to sun wind and rain: no issues whatsoever"
74.9%

would happily in both products

"i would happily pay £40+ night vision works great the picture quality is more than good enough the 2 way audio feature and the auto arming feature work amazingly well"
74.9%

recommend these in both products

"i would now i'd recommend these for indoor use they also work with alexa which is great for use as a baby monitor"
74.8%

looks great in both products

"the camera it's self looks great and is well made"
74.8%

very quickly in both products

"currently using 64gb microsd card and works perfectly i have had 1128gb with no problems night vision and motion detection works very well however the motion detection can be a little strong in some occasions notifications are great and come through to your phone very quickly!"
74.8%

picture quality in both products

"picture quality is very very good and the sound is clear"
74.8%

outdoor camera in both products

"it's not designed as an outdoor camera yes you can get housing to overcome this but if you have good outdoor lighting then this will take good shots at night through glass"
74.8%

excellent love

"camera quality is excellent love that i can record footage or take pics and also handy when he stirs during the night to see if he's settling ok"
100.0%

excellent great

"fantastic value for money security camera picture quality is excellent great app and easy set up"
100.0%

extremely powerful

"i decided in the end to use an outside mount for it and have it under a porch camera quality is very good although the ir isnt extremely powerful for excellent night vision the alerts were impossible though zoning needs to be implemented"
100.0%

great experience

"a great experience for the user and a good home security product"
99.9%

extremely detailed

"and what an amazing bit of technology it is not only does it do what it says on the tin but it also records video in 12 second burst so we now have extremely detailed videos of his night seizures to take with us to his hospital visits"
99.8%

great motion detection

"i have two other indoor cameras from another company which are good they swivel around and up and down and the picture is great motion detection is 1st class"
99.7%

real winner

"come on neos smartcam team match the service that wyze cam offer and you will have a real winner!"
99.5%

brilliant as well

"beware of cheap ip cameras that do not have the same security this does through the app fantastic camera app support has been brilliant as well"
99.4%

cam auto arms

"add your address to tell the cam geographically where it is link to you mobile when you leave the house with your phone & the geo bubble round the house the cam auto arms come home & it auto disarms"
99.4%

amazing boost

"the settings and preferences are amazing like the auto geo fencing setting alarm mobile viewing sound and motion alarm sensitivity and sharing recordings notifications of triggers and recordings to play back adding cameras and sharing live view is also a bonus cloud storage amazing boost easy to access and good value considering arlo you have to opt into just to use it which i think is unfair considering you already have to fork out for wi fi"
99.3%

potentially amazing

"a potentially amazing piece of equipment especially at the price limited in functionality by deliberate choices of the company making them which removes most choices and any versatility of use"
99.2%

absolutely amazing

"absolutely amazing camera especially for the price!"
99.0%

amazing product

"motion detection zones needs to be considered as well all in all it's a great product but when things like what i have mentioned and other have too it will turn a great product into an amazing product"
98.5%

pleased and highly

"am very pleased and highly recommend"
98.4%

little vague

"that said support is great though sometimes a little vague "
97.8%

super small cube

"the camera is a nice super small cube with an extending magnetic base which means you can easily place and adjust it anywhere vertically and horizontally"
96.8%

amazingly well

"i would happily pay £40+ night vision works great the picture quality is more than good enough the 2 way audio feature and the auto arming feature work amazingly well"
96.5%

minor comment

"only a minor comment that the power cord is quite short about 1"
95.3%

extra payment

"extra payment for monitoring required"
95.2%

good angle

"crispy colours and a good angle of view enough to capture a full room wall to wall from a central point"
94.7%

well designed

"arrived promptly in well designed packaging"
94.6%

otherwiae its brilliant

"otherwiae its brilliant"
94.4%

sound quality excellent

"sound quality excellent so picks up movement and noise"
93.8%

magnetic disk

"this is a very neat device in a small and discreet housing with adjustable stand and facility to attach to a magnetic disk which sticks to a surface"
93.8%

make it amazing

"for this price is good but a better software would make it amazing!"
93.1%

neos smart

"neos smart cam is probably the best ip cam you could get within its price range!"
93.1%

excellent given the price

"the picture and video quality are excellent given the price"
93.1%

excellent for the price

"the camera is excellent for the price"
93.1%

have fun and enjoy

"have fun and enjoy"
93.1%

night vision is amazing

"night vision is amazing!"
93.1%

these are brilliant

"i think these are brilliant"
93.1%

brilliant i love

"this camera is brilliant i love it"
93.0%

still and excellent

"its still and excellent unit would defo buy another one if i need it "
93.0%

fantastic simply

"the camera quality itself is fantastic simply brilliant"
92.9%

amazing i love

"wow this camera is amazing i love it it was so easy to set up and connect to alexa the picture quality is great in the day and night it notifies you straight away of a noise or motion on your phone and you can view it straight away"
92.1%

exceptional value

"so far there have been a few outages but overall exceptional value for money!"
92.1%

excellent usually

"customer support is excellent usually reply same day"
92.0%

best 20 quid

"best 20 quid i spent "
91.8%

principle is superb

"the principle is superb"
91.7%

they 're excellent

"i do have mine set up as outside cameras using the third party outdoor housing £9 on amazon but they’re excellent"
91.7%

great also

"night vision is great also"
90.6%

bargain for the price

"a bargain for the price"
90.6%

best outcome

"the best outcome out relate to the above with respect to the nanny cam the ability to have alexa automatically start viewing it on an echo show when there is motion would be amazing"
90.4%

quality excellent

"the camera has a built in stand which is great if you need to lift it slightly it also has 2 way speech so you can talk to and speak back to anyone in the vicinity of the camera the angle of view is very wide and picture quality excellent"
89.7%

excellent coverage

"wide field of view for excellent coverage and with digital zoom which does degrade the quality as you zoom in but still adequate"
89.7%

amazing for the price

"the picture quality is amazing for the price"
89.2%

good downstairs

"my router is in the attic so wifi is good downstairs but not strong the camera live stream was a little patchy as a result but moving it upstairs the issue goes with a stronger wifi signal"
88.8%

amazing the clips

"the picture quality is amazing the clips when it is armed are good night vision is great too"
88.6%

way audio is great

"i have managed to connect a mi fi device network so added bonus for me the features are reliability are well beyond those of the cheaper far eastern chinese ones so not even comparable in my opinion face id is also amazing but not yet used two way audio is great"
88.5%

really happy

"really happy with the camera does a lot for a low price"
88.4%

flipping awesome

"for a cheap camera that's alexa compatible it's flipping awesome"
88.3%

secure & reputable

"i've also spoken to neos and they've told me the data from the cameras is fully encrypted both in live viewing & when being sent to the cloud & can only be viewed by the owner protected by id pass the cloud services are also provided by amazon so all channels seem secure & reputable"
88.3%

really amazing

"this little camera is really amazing"
87.0%

fact optional

"the phone number during signup is in fact optional and doesn't need to be provided!"
85.9%

nicest looking

"i was wondering if i was doing the right thing but i bought it because this camera was the smallest the nicest looking and one of the best prices"
84.9%

good coverage

"good picture good coverage easy to install and the app to view when away from home works every time whether via wifi or mobile data"
75.0%

reasonably good

"so i’ve bought 2 of these i was originally fairly impressed the picture was reasonably good the motion detection works well and for the price there wasn’t too much to argue with"
75.0%

great deal

"first of all setup takes a long time and as others have said in their reviews you have to disclose a great deal of personal information"
75.0%

moderately useful

"these cameras are amazing value for the price but the system is so flakey and unreliable it cannot be used for any moderately useful security application"
75.0%

waterproof case

"other than that great camera and plan to mount outside in a waterproof case"
75.0%

precise signal

"precise signal is needed to set up and it took perseverance to position the camera on line"
75.0%

good points

"good points: easy to setup"
75.0%

love these

"i love these"
75.0%

stable position

"took ages to set up the app is way too finicky too much personal data needed and nightmare getting cam to point in a stable position as the slightest movement of the power cable disturbs alignment of camera swivel joint on the fixed bracket is too loose"
75.0%

great features

"really great features using as a security cam the only thing i would say is that what is the point of haveing an sd slot that could record two weeks or a month like other cameras which are a fraction of this value camera to just record 12 second clips which wipe however long?"
75.0%

insurance company

"after researching the manufacturer and associated insurance company i decided to get a quote for my building and contents cover which was very competitive especially with a 20% reduction for using the cameras"
75.0%

recognition cameras

"we live in an age where londoners are being arrested for merely looking away from facial recognition cameras"
74.9%

cctv cameras

"love these wifi cctv cameras"
74.9%

seems great

"having the option to record everything onto a mini sd card seems great but having to remove the card to see whats there is a pain"
74.9%

light enough

"the only thing is occasionally when i think it would be light enough it remains on night vision when in the auto mode"
74.9%

looks appealing

"the installation was very easy and the product looks appealing but it doesn't really work"
74.9%

increase rating

"may increase rating if that gets fixed"
74.9%

massive positive

"having the additional option to put in a microsd card to keep recording longer is a massive positive too"
74.9%

good reviews

"for the low cost and otherwise good reviews i decided to get the item and i do not regret it"
74.9%

outdoor lighting

"it's not designed as an outdoor camera yes you can get housing to overcome this but if you have good outdoor lighting then this will take good shots at night through glass"
74.9%

record continuously

"the best way to use is probably to set it to record continuously using an sd card 32gb is about good enough for 2days i believe "
74.9%

smart tech

"has to be a five star rating other smart camera manufacturers take notice cheap smart tech is achievable!"
74.9%

ideal solution

"these "cameras" are an ideal solution for this purpose"
74.9%

better software

"for this price is good but a better software would make it amazing!"
74.9%

outdoor version

"would like them to do an outdoor version"
74.9%

great device

"a great device thoroughly recommended"
74.9%

functioned flawlessly

"the camera was very easy to set up and the app functioned flawlessly from the start allowing remote live viewing of the room from anywhere in the world with an internet connection and access to stored online recorded video of any movements and sounds detected by the camera"
74.9%

better products

"bound to be better products out there"
74.9%

recommended these

"i have recommended these to every one even brought a few as gifts"
74.9%

equally impressive

"the nightvision is equally impressive night vision on a camera that cost less than a half decent meal"
74.8%

price range

"neos smart cam is probably the best ip cam you could get within its price range!"
74.8%

simple instructions

"is when we are out also reacts to shadows over the front door admitted we face the sun light just a shame the print is so small on the simple instructions and it took me ages to find the app two things to improve on a nifty little thing wont replace outdoor cct but does add to your armoury"
74.7%

proper security

"this is great for use as a baby dog monitor but would advise to seek elsewhere for proper security use"
74.7%

best prices

"i was wondering if i was doing the right thing but i bought it because this camera was the smallest the nicest looking and one of the best prices"
74.7%

five stars

"five stars in all categories!"
74.7%

being useful

"not really used the record function but can see it being useful if we go away as a security cam"
74.6%

work great

"they work great through the app and also with the echo show 5"
74.6%

worked flawlessly

"noise and motion detection has worked flawlessly thus far"
74.6%

really wide

"however the technoligy is great the autoarm movement and sound sensors are good night vision is fantatsic and the camera has a really wide lens"
74.6%

blown away

"for such a cheap camera i was blown away by the features of this camera and app"
74.6%

smart plug

"reliability of recording increased by rebooting each camera by way of a smart plug just after arming"
74.6%

fantastic cameras

"fantastic cameras"
74.6%

metal disk

"i also purchased the extra mounting kit which has another metal disk with a countersunk hole in the centre for the screw"
74.6%

prob relieved

"he’s prob relieved!"
74.5%

easy to navigate

"app is easy to navigate"
74.5%

very competitive

"after researching the manufacturer and associated insurance company i decided to get a quote for my building and contents cover which was very competitive especially with a 20% reduction for using the cameras"
74.5%

good picture

"it works well during the day and night giving good picture"
74.5%

pretty easily

"night vision works pretty well but the ir led's are very obviously on so any real intruder would spot the cameras pretty easily"
74.5%

monthly subsciption

"you may also need depending if setting up outside a weatherproof casing more add ons which bumps up the price and the option to pay a monthly subsciption of £3"
74.5%

super clear

"i use this for 2 reasons 1 as a baby monitor so much better that those expensive ones picture is super clear and i use it as a cctv when i am out of the house"
74.5%

good enough

"compact has a magnetic base with fixing if needed nice long usb cable good picture quality plenty good enough to zoom in on "
74.5%

amazing price

"amazing price for such a well designed well functioning piece of kit"
74.5%

arrived home

"for example last week i arrived home and the gates was open and i thought i check what happened"
74.4%

just amazing

"and to round it all off the price is just amazing would i recommend these little cameras absolutely!"
74.4%

were not wrong

"the reviews were not wrong"
74.4%

will probably

"all in all happy customer and will probably buy some more to use around the house"
74.4%

pretty good

"the android app is also pretty good again does a lot of things similar to nest"
74.4%
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  hate 0.4%
  surprise 0.2%
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  happiness 11.2%
  sadness 3.5%
  relief 2.2%
  fun 0.8%
  surprise 0.4%
  love 0.4%
  hate 0.4%

* analysis performed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods, data for the analysis has been gathered from multiple publicly accessible sources.
** strength is the level of sentiment expressed in a sentence, phrase or keyword. It ranges from 0 to 100%
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last analysis update 2024-04-26