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Cons [281] of YI Outdoor Camera 1080p Home Security ..	Strength
poor quality in both products "this product is poor quality"	98.5%
false triggers in both products "turn them off and the image is exactly the same without the false triggers"	74.8%
waste your money in both products "overall unreliable & very costly to subscribe to the yi cloud do not waste your money on this product"	74.8%
completely useless in both products "i get alert notifications on my phone but can't look at them due to this so basically after installing and setting up it is completely useless"	74.8%
unwanted visitors in both products "the camera itself it noticable enough to deter unwanted visitors at night but not an eye sore outside the house"	74.7%
very expensive in both products "the online storage is very expensive per month even the minimum 7day plan"	74.2%
only gripe in both products "only gripe is that the playback on my iphone jumps to first recording of the day instead of the clip i want to see"	74.1%
false alarm in both products "its will even detects flies or spider which creates false alarm"	74.1%
more difficult in both products "makes outside wiring more difficult that it needs to be especially if you need to run the cable through walls"	73.9%
only negative in both products "amazon that a great job of getting it to me asap setup was easy the only negative was that the lead that came with it wasn't quite long enough"	71.4%
this issue in both products "i've tried to speak to yi support about this issue many times but they are absolutely useless and stop responding after they realise they can't fix this issue by making me turn it off and on"	67.2%
waste your time in both products "buy almost anything else because these will waste your time"	67.2%
free trial in both products "i was going to install sd cards in each camera not really explained in the instructions but east to find out how online but having been tempted into the cloud storage system by the free trial i've been so happy with it and the original 2 cameras i will continue the cloud storage subscription and add i've also bought 3 more cameras i just hope they prove reliable as i've invested so heavily in them"	65.7%
slight negative in both products "the only slight negative is flys etc set off motion alerts at night time but i am still playing with the settings so may be able to resolve that"	60.6%
major issue in both products "it would have benefited from a smaller plug to get through a wall rather than the full sized usb plug but not a major issue"	60.2%
waste of time in both products "unless you intend to use this right next to your router it is a waste of time"	56.7%
worst thing "worst thing i have ever bought!"	98.5%
absolutely atrocious "0 10 playback on app absolutely atrocious"	97.7%
really disappointed "really really disappointed"	97.0%
drill a hole "you're likely to need to drill a hole through your wall if you aren't capable of this yourself bear in mind this is a cheap camera but paying for skilled people to install it won't be cheap"	95.2%
poor microphone "great picture quality but poor microphone with a lot of noise and cannot hear clearly"	95.0%
takes forever "even if it does detect motion the alert takes forever to come through"	93.9%
poor really "poor really"	92.9%
overall waste "as overall waste of money because of poor quality software"	89.6%
useless crap "useless crap"	87.9%
pretty loud "it is pretty loud and if that goes off 10 times at night i could not imagine you would have a good night sleep and wouldn't be the best neighbor to have"	87.5%
turned off blind "so far one of my yi home outdoor cameras is turned off blind but it is still working periodically at the back recordings sometimes"	83.5%
network disconnection "this has some intermittent network disconnection but we dont keep it on for 24x7 so its ok"	74.9%
uninstall and reinstall "i’ve sent about 15 emails with no resolution they just keep telling me to uninstall and reinstall"	74.9%
extremely poor "the camera has also become cloudy as moisture has leaked into the sealed lens despite being in a sheltered location thus making the image quality extremely poor"	74.9%
unresolved issue "i would give this camera more stars if it wasn’t for the unresolved issue that has caused two cameras original and then replacement to go offline when ir night vision is on and it goes dark!"	74.9%
security issue "i see little point in having evidence of a security issue on camera and the camera is then illegally removed along with the sd card holding the images"	74.9%
notification error "the app is really easy to use and setup was quick and simple only issues i have was the wireing is to short and the time that was taken to fix the notification error was too long other than that i would recommend this product"	74.9%
very limited "the camera produces good quality pictures but the software is very very limited"	74.9%
socket configuration "there is nothing in the description that is informing the buyer what the socket configuration is on the power adapter"	74.9%
doesnt work "integration with alexa show also doesnt work "	74.9%
buggy and crashes "the app is really buggy and crashes all the time"	74.9%
sound useless "it renders the sound useless"	74.8%
quality blurry "video quality blurry and seems more like 720p not 1080p"	74.8%
totally unacceptable "moreover and this is totally unacceptable the yi customer support refused to help me with my camera because it is out of warranty"	74.8%
false activations "motion detection is good unfortunately this means a lot of false activations from birds flies and raindrops"	74.8%
locked down "you cannot record from this camera using any industry standard security equipment : the product is locked down and you are forced into their subscription services"	74.8%
pretty useless "so pretty useless as the 2"	74.8%
absolute rubbish "absolute rubbish goes offline every night at 18:36 tried resetting it many times but sit no luck avod"	74.8%
average poor "night vision clarity is average poor if you zoom in"	74.8%
inclement weather "seem to cope quite well with inclement weather in the uk"	74.8%
very randomly "very randomly it sending alert to me even i am right standing in front of it waving my hand it does not detect any moment"	74.8%
dead spots "wifi is not very good i had to buy a power line wifi repeater but even then when i check the 24 7 cloud recording you get 5 30min dead spots where nothing has been recorded!"	74.8%
complain about "so not really something to complain about"	74.8%
developed two faults "camera has developed two faults"	74.8%
went wrong "this is a replacement for one that went wrong"	74.7%
doesnt connect "left it off for a month or two while i decided what to do with it amd now it doesnt connect"	74.7%
known issue "i have looked online and this is a long standing known issue that yi don't seem to be able to or want to fix"	74.7%
totally unreliable "the app supporting them is totally unreliable the cloud service fails after about 3 minutes and logs out all cameras in valid subscriptions customer service is an automated zendesk response and nothing more"	74.7%
without hesitation "would recommend without hesitation"	74.7%
sadly this "sadly this leaves me with gaps in my intended coverage"	74.6%
little flakey "wifi is a little flakey at times the wired option is preferable if you can run a cable from the camera to your router"	74.6%
stupidly short "the biggest annoyance though is the stupidly short usb power lead that comes hard wired to the damn thing"	74.6%
not very well "it appears the sd card slot is not very well aligned with the slot in the plastic as i almost did it again when i tried reinserting it"	74.6%
becomes useless "raindrops snowdrops any fly or bug that gets close to it a flash of light basically anything that changes the pixel you will be alerted i have changed the settings for alertness and sensitivity to low and i get about 8 10 alert update every night if it rains so it kind of defeats the purpose as i now tend to ignore all alerts and it becomes useless now this bring me to the alert noise could you imagine if you had that turned on?"	74.6%
failed completely "update: vertical axis rotation has failed completely as return window closed 1 month"	74.6%
gone faulty "camera has gone faulty after a month"	74.6%
useless brick "however after several months the camera lost its connection to my account so i have tried to re pair it but the reset button doesn't work so it is now a useless brick attached to the wall with a cable that has been drilled through the wall and sealed in place"	74.5%
screw driver "it also comes with a screw driver but that's for the sd card port"	74.5%
firmware hack "there is a firmware hack to enable that but its still not as good as i would like it to be"	74.5%
came faulty "however mine came faulty the wall fitting it wobbly meaning the camera doesn’t stay at the correct angle"	74.5%
party software "so you cannot use one of the better 3rd party software available on the market so most importantly you will then be tied to the yi premium cloud service that you need to pay a subscription for"	74.5%
quality rubbish "nighttime pic quality rubbish"	74.5%
service doesnt "their cloud service is incredibly poor where the cloud service doesnt allow you to playback recordings and also with no auto renewal feature meaning your cover can be disabled without you knowing "	74.4%
very blurry "first two cameras i bought were great but the third and fourth are very blurry?"	74.4%
equally ineffective "phone support says the right things but is equally ineffective"	74.3%
major flaw "however there is a major flaw if relying on the sd card storage as the quality of the video files is terrible"	74.3%
ignore people "if i set it to low sensitivity it ignores the lights but also ignore people and only records when i pull my car onto the drive"	74.3%
most annoying "the most annoying thing is that i can't record straight to my nas"	74.2%
manufacturing fault "the camera audio would be good but there is a manufacturing fault with these cameras where they are sensitive to wifi probably due to poor shielding on the hardware"	74.1%
glare issues "i had the gen 2 yi 1080p home camera and liked it but i was monitoring outside through a window and so had some glare issues off the window pane"	74.0%
just doesnt "it just doesnt exist"	74.0%
really inadequate "the activity clip is only 6 seconds long which is really inadequate if you are looking to collect evidence after an incident"	74.0%
fail error "just states send fail error"	74.0%
internet issues "never had any internet issues either and live in remote area where internet isn’t the best"	73.9%
fault them "had mine a while now can't fault them 👍"	73.9%
thin garden "it’s so narrow it’s useless for anything in a domestic setting unless you are trying to capture a long thin garden"	73.8%
same issue "i have consulted yi helpdesk about this who suggested i use another sd card or reformat both of which i've tried and still have the same issue"	73.7%
returning it back "either way i will be returning it back to amazon"	73.7%
would not work "so it would not work "	73.4%
very poorly "i had to upgrade the firmware manually my cameras wouldn't connect to the wifi without that and frankly it's very poorly explained"	73.3%
ignore the problem "all for them to ignore the problem and not get back to me"	73.3%
cheap item "espeically since this is not a cheap item"	73.2%
almost impossible "you cannot easily hear voice coming from camera live view is almost impossible even using the yi cloud"	73.2%
unavailable thus "multiple lengthy periods where the cloud backup is unavailable thus rendering the camera useless as a security tool"	73.1%
utter disappointment "utter disappointment i’ll send them back"	73.1%
complain there "sure the framerate isn't fantastic but consider the price tag so no complain there"	73.0%
return deadline "sadly i have missed the amazon return deadline"	73.0%
standard zoom "with this one if you zoom in then it's useless and even on standard zoom you can't read car number plates"	73.0%
buzzing noise "at first it has this really annoying buzzing noise and it was constant"	72.9%
does n't work "whilst using the app on ios it’s a lottery if you can connect to live view and when you do it doesn’t last for long before it loses connection whilst it tries to reconnect immediately it very rarely does even closing and restarting the app or switching the cameras power supply off and on again doesn’t work"	72.9%
front holes "otherwise these are still great security cameras with a great app and i would still recommend them just seal the front holes"	72.9%
over ethernet "yi should include poe power over ethernet"	72.9%
complaints though "no major complaints though"	72.8%
loses connection "whilst using the app on ios it’s a lottery if you can connect to live view and when you do it doesn’t last for long before it loses connection whilst it tries to reconnect immediately it very rarely does even closing and restarting the app or switching the cameras power supply off and on again doesn’t work"	72.8%
returning as cable "ended up returning as cable not really long enough for any external points"	72.6%
software technicians "all software technicians know about its issue and tricks"	72.6%
stopped working "a couple of weeks later and the alerts have stopped working"	72.5%
rice crispies "it works really well in every aspect except 2 areas: sound: when i enable audio there is a very loud crackling sound almost like listening to rice crispies"	72.3%
carbon copy "think of apple packaging as this is almost a carbon copy of it"	72.2%
without success "tried contacting support without success "	72.1%
further complaint "otherwise with this price no further complaint"	71.3%
break down "i will break down the pros and cons pros mid range price for a well built product"	71.3%
window pane "i had the gen 2 yi 1080p home camera and liked it but i was monitoring outside through a window and so had some glare issues off the window pane"	71.0%
much effort "it feels like too much effort was put into pushing users to the payed cloud services rather than focusing on the free functionality side"	70.9%
difficult product "if they correct the sensitivity of the motion detection and add zone control horizontal and vertical then this would be a difficult product to beat in this price range"	70.8%
biggest issue "the biggest issue is the angle of view"	70.7%
much reflection "unfortunately at night when the night vision kicks in there is too much reflection from number plates and its very rare it will pick them up"	70.5%
more worryingly "more worryingly i've reinstalled the app in an attempt to set it all up again and can't now log in to my yi account"	70.2%
same problem "same problem with the rain"	69.9%
cheap cables "also extending usb can be costly since cheap cables will just turn the camera off if night vision is used"	69.8%
still inactive "after contacting customer service multiple times and sending all the proof for payment and identity my plan is still inactive after 1 month +"	69.2%
whole problem "i have called yi twice remember to call them after 5pm both times i explained the whole problem filled in emails with photos etc"	69.0%
detection problem "i suspect that the motion detection problem is due to a faulty unit so i am sending it back"	69.0%
losing wifi "keeps losing wifi"	68.7%
fleeting moment "i found that by the time the camera started to record all you could see way peoples sides or back for a fleeting moment before recording stopped"	68.5%
impaired features "don't make a mistake they do still push their cloud storage but the camera does its job without it so you can potentially lose the videos only if the camera is stolen but you don't get impaired features like with other competitors"	68.2%
different model "have another yi cam different model with same issue"	67.5%
wish the clips "i wish the clips are at least 30 seconds long"	67.4%
really expensive "yi cloud is really expensive versus other competitors"	67.3%
still not as good "there is a firmware hack to enable that but its still not as good as i would like it to be"	67.3%
despite several resets "and has been for a further month despite several resets"	67.3%
least reliable "probably the least reliable camera i’ve ever seen in terms of watching live footage"	67.2%
rattles around "the one i received had an sd card slot but there is nothing behind the slot and the sd card slips straight into the cass and rattles around inside the unit"	67.1%
title software "as in the title software update can turn the camera into a brick and other reviews stated this too"	67.0%
random drop outs "it's a shame it automatically shuts off at 9pm and has random drop outs on recording"	67.0%
ignore actual people "motion follow is okay but tracks traffic and sometimes can ignore actual people"	66.8%
other issue "one other issue i came across but was easily sorted was the ir light ring"	66.6%
unable to stream "also you are unable to stream!"	66.4%
external points "ended up returning as cable not really long enough for any external points"	66.4%
disconnects all the time "now the camera works but it just disconnects all the time"	66.3%
ring spotlight "well in my opinion the quality of the yi camera video recordings is better than the ring spotlight cam which costs £280"	66.3%
illustrate my problems "i will provide a video to illustrate my problems further"	66.2%
motion issue "going back to the motion issue"	66.0%
n't very good "this isn't very good as the reason i brought it was as i am currently away from my home so needed around the clock watch on my house"	65.9%
down philip "im not impressed and feel let down philip"	65.9%
swivels screws "camera wall mount that swivels screws"	65.9%
fake review "this is definitely not a fake review!"	65.8%
issues triggered by rain "currently having motion sensing issues triggered by rain"	65.7%
losing many details "it can automatically adjust the video quality by your internet speed without losing many details"	65.6%
stated this "as in the title software update can turn the camera into a brick and other reviews stated this too"	65.4%
very low ratings "many of the of other cameras had very similar features at a lower cost but appeared to be let down by the android ios app which would appear to consistently obtain very low ratings"	65.3%
fill the hole "should use dc instead of usb had to make a widder hole for usb and then fill the hole because cable itself is flat"	65.2%
cloud buffering is poor "calling function and cloud buffering is poor"	65.2%
refused to work "i selected the cheap one and it just totally locked up and refused to work"	64.8%
biggest annoyance "the biggest annoyance though is the stupidly short usb power lead that comes hard wired to the damn thing"	64.8%
poor at night zoom "picture quality is ok in the day but poor at night zoom is grainy motion detection is hopeless doesn’t matter if you set zone goes off when it feels like it however it an affordable price and easy to install"	64.8%
miss a crime or event "screenshot attached light blue means recorded data other area is dropped connection again very poor as you could miss a crime or event!"	64.8%
crashes it altogether "if i push to talk over it then that just crashes it altogether i think because it draws extra power to engage the speaker and thus killing it"	64.8%
false notifications "poor quality false notifications"	64.7%
very dissatisfied "overall very dissatisfied and won't be buying any yi products again mainly for the useless customer service"	64.6%
subscription charge "disappointed you have to pay a large subscription charge"	64.4%
rain drops "overall good having a bit of an issue with sensitivity too sensitive and it alerts with rain drops and not enough and it misses some obvious things like visitors to the door"	64.4%
useless for my needs "there is no way a person or car registration could be recognised which renders the camera largely useless for my needs"	64.3%
waste of money and time "waste of money and time"	64.2%
camera is now useless "only 3 months of use and condensation has appeared inside the camera so you can no longer see a picture the camera is now useless and can no longer be used!"	64.1%
points motion detection "bad points motion detection “too” sensitive even on lowest setting no zone control no angle limitations inclusions schedule needs more customisation to inc"	63.8%
like a software "seems like a software bug"	63.7%
spoke to supplier "spoke to supplier and it's been a challenge to get the replacement"	63.7%
lost its connection "however after several months the camera lost its connection to my account so i have tried to re pair it but the reset button doesn't work so it is now a useless brick attached to the wall with a cable that has been drilled through the wall and sealed in place"	63.5%
same price "frame rate is low for same price you can get 4mp this is 2mp camera at 30fps with dc power and dual band wifi this is 2"	63.5%
previously useless "so it means the camera which was previously useless is now more than useless just using electricity and hanging up on the wall"	63.5%
cable itself is flat "should use dc instead of usb had to make a widder hole for usb and then fill the hole because cable itself is flat"	63.4%
camera is stolen "don't make a mistake they do still push their cloud storage but the camera does its job without it so you can potentially lose the videos only if the camera is stolen but you don't get impaired features like with other competitors"	63.4%
it's limitations "but then you see it's limitations"	63.4%
wrong plan yi support "my cloud plan dissappeared after changing phones and now keeps signing up to the wrong plan yi support are just ignoring me"	63.4%
main downsides "the main downsides were a oermenantly attached power cable and no rtsp support which means you have to buy cloud subscription for off device storage"	63.4%
camera is useless "this camera is useless"	63.4%
being too short "i believe the issue stems from the usb power cord being too short unless you have a socket close to where you want to place it which is unlikely as it is an outdoor camera"	63.4%
which was shoddy "this is after yesterday returning a blink xt system which was shoddy"	63.3%
pretty pointless "live view works but alerts don't which is pretty pointless really"	63.3%
wrong with "after over a month of exchanging emails with the manufacturer and following every step they have suggested to fix it it has become clear that they do not know what is wrong with it and offer only a stony silence when i suggested they replace it or refund it"	63.3%
does not work "good design however does not work"	63.3%
audio problem "got two of these one has an audio problem sounds like buzzing but it's installed so can't be bothered to send it back"	63.3%
micro scratches "•the black faceplate is covered in micro scratches as if it’s been wiped over with a cloth there was also no protective film on the lens"	63.2%
through the software "the sd card can be viewed through the software and there's a version for windows so access from a pc also works"	62.7%
became 3 hr nightmare "what became a possible 30min set up became 3hr nightmare back and forward to b&q"	62.7%
waste of time and money "waste of time and money"	62.6%
fail to acquire "i kept getting the same “fail to acquire” message"	62.6%
incorrectly they were "being told my sd cards were probably incompatible or formatted incorrectly they weren't "	62.6%
incompatible or formatted "being told my sd cards were probably incompatible or formatted incorrectly they weren't "	62.6%
this problem "i have downloaded and reinstalled the app at least six times but still will not open the apps were downloaded from yi windows and mac site has anyone else had this problem and can they help yi help team take ages to respond then state it is a computer fault"	62.5%
refused to reconnect "i'm not sure if my unit is faulty but it happened both when i initially tested it out of the box and when securing it to a wall even though the camera reports as having a 100% connection to the wifi it has disconnected and refused to reconnect"	62.4%
more misses "in fact far more misses than hits even when turned to highest sensitivity"	62.3%
avoid this seller "laptop fire tv that irritating noise is always there i contacted seeverything uk and i was palmed off with excuses and then they totally ignored my messages the sellers name may say uk but it's actually shanghai you are dealing with i would avoid this seller and this security camera at all costs"	62.2%
only big complaint "the only big complaint i have is the app is a but of mess to navigate with the same functions in different places depending on which screen you are on"	62.2%
no mention of that "will not install on iphones eventually installed on ipad but then would not work unless we paid for a subscription there was no mention of that when it was bought the support is not helpful"	62.1%
seems to mention "an update they appear to have added which no online review seems to mention is the addition of the notification area detection you can highlight a box within the frame where it will only notify you based on activity in this area"	61.8%
alot of issues "but for some reason i had alot of issues with this current camera"	61.8%
camera dies "i wish now i hadn't got the ring as i'm gonna be stuck with a hefty subscription until the camera dies"	61.8%
incredibly poor "their cloud service is incredibly poor where the cloud service doesnt allow you to playback recordings and also with no auto renewal feature meaning your cover can be disabled without you knowing "	61.8%
biggest issue for "biggest issue for me is that it does not support rtsp real time streaming protocol or seem to have any web interface therefore you are tied to using the official yi home phone app or pc program"	61.7%
still wo n't work "says network not good enough but moved access point router next to the external wall and still won't work"	61.6%
screws and fixings "includes a mounting template all screws and fixings if required and even usb cable mounting clips for a very neat install"	61.4%
turn phone clockwise "and it only does landscape counter clockwise when i tend to turn phone clockwise"	61.3%
failure of the ones "i have had to replace two of the usb power adaptors due to failure of the ones supplied"	61.3%
next to useless "so this makes it next to useless for iding anyone if there is a break in but is otherwise good for general seeing what's going at night or when you're away"	61.1%
nowhere fast "i contacted the support but got nowhere fast"	61.0%
now not running properly "update dec 2018 : the app for windows pc is now not running properly"	61.0%
just a bad batch "i figured it was just a bad batch or faulty component"	61.0%
which is useless "camera is ok but the alerts don't work on android phones until you open the app then you get loads of notifications all at once which is useless"	61.0%
not water proof "the 3m cable is non extendable as it is attached to the camera which might be an issue if you didn't have a power socket planned for this camera you don't want to leave the camera socket out in the weather: this bit is not water proof"	60.9%
minor movement "it now only picks up major movement and minor movement is now ignored although the camera is set to most sensitive setting"	60.8%
poor customer service "due to the poor customer service i think i'll go elsewhere!"	60.7%
useless customer service "overall very dissatisfied and won't be buying any yi products again mainly for the useless customer service"	60.7%
really annoying "initially i had the phone alerts set up but this got really annoying getting alerts every couple of minutes so switched that off but this would be a great tool where there is not a lot of traffic setting it off and i will be using that on the garden cam once that's set up"	60.6%
no power sockets "mine is placed at height looking at my front door area so there is no power sockets"	60.5%
also useless "the motion sensitivity is also useless"	60.5%
proving a nightmare "for instance my power socket is outside and another 8 metres away and is proving a nightmare to buy cables to get to it"	60.1%
gone offline "they worked perfectly fine for about a week then they stopped recording the 5 sec clip and now the one to the front of the house is gone offline"	60.0%
honest i 'm disappointed "to be honest i'm disappointed and wished i'd sent it back when i had the chance"	59.9%
contacted seeverything "laptop fire tv that irritating noise is always there i contacted seeverything uk and i was palmed off with excuses and then they totally ignored my messages the sellers name may say uk but it's actually shanghai you are dealing with i would avoid this seller and this security camera at all costs"	59.9%
useless at night "i had a sv3c dome camera before this one and it was useless at night"	59.7%
storage plan "compared to nest where the storage plan is expensiver but you can have several cameras in the plan you pay here per camera and 90 bucks for the shortest 7 day period per camera can get quite expensive"	59.6%
rain problem "i feel sure that yi will do a firmware update soon to control this rain problem"	59.6%
sadly only "purchased as it had the sd card feature which on paper is great but sadly only worked for the first week or two"	59.5%
widder hole "should use dc instead of usb had to make a widder hole for usb and then fill the hole because cable itself is flat"	59.5%
developed a problem "1 of these worked perfectly but the second developed a problem"	59.5%
quite distorted "the visual is very good the sound is quite distorted"	59.3%
unsure at first "was unsure at first to purchase it"	59.3%
picture disturbance "the infrared system is now faulty and causes picture disturbance throughout the night causing the camera to constantly alarm and record the picture disturbance as the camera movement sensor thinks it's a genuine alarm movement"	59.2%
cable length "cheap camera does the job pros micro sd slot cheap effective cons picture not great in the dark inadequate cable length"	59.2%
loose connection to wi "they loose connection to wi fi"	59.2%
fails consistently "the camera works but the app fails consistently to either remember the login or to send notifications"	59.1%
microphone really loud "there is a constant clicking noise from the microphone really loud click click"	59.0%
just ignoring "my cloud plan dissappeared after changing phones and now keeps signing up to the wrong plan yi support are just ignoring me"	59.0%
camera alarm "even a camera alarm"	58.8%
720p and not 1080p "the image quality i would say is 720p and not 1080p as it says"	58.7%
simply did not work "it simply did not work"	58.2%
flat when i am travelling "it's easy to install and i can monitor my flat when i am travelling"	58.1%
feature is also poor "the search and auto detect feature is also poor and often hit and miss"	58.0%
useless wall ornament "have reset the camera 3 times checked all the settings and checked for firmware updates there are none and this still continues to happen so the completely fault ridden useless wall ornament that yi is marketing as a “security” camera is going back in it’s box and back to it’s biological parents"	57.6%
more of a deterrent "thus it’s more of a deterrent than a useful camera"	57.6%
not susceptible to rain "the two outdoor cams are fitted under eaves and are not susceptible to rain"	57.6%
very rarely an issue "i should note that this is very rarely an issue during the day just at night when the infrared is on"	57.5%
only then it stopped "did a reset and got it working again for one day only then it stopped"	57.5%
not been uploaded "initially was impressed but had issues with the cloud service in that there have been periods where footage has not been uploaded"	57.5%
even at low levels "if i have one concern it's that the motion sensor is too sensitive even at low levels causing many alert notifications"	57.4%
bad and short cable "however at night it is terrible so much so that i now ignore it eg rain will set it off despite it being in a covered location camera the picture quality is great and it picks up the wifi signal well overall if it was not for the night time notifications being so bad and short cable i would have given this 5 stars"	57.1%
changed my review "changed my review to one star due to latest camera not being able to download footage"	57.0%
stopped working 22 "update we got another one delivered and just noticed it stopped working 22 feb"	56.9%
removed by a thief "imagine if your car is removed by a thief!"	56.8%
rather slow "very good image quality response is rather slow and the alert mode is not accurate even in high sensitivity mode"	56.7%
binned now unfortunately "will have to be binned now unfortunately"	56.5%
rather poor "my only gripe with this model is the lack of zoning to only alert in specific areas the ability to set sensitivity is rather poor too so this needs to be improved upon"	56.5%
continually fails "one camera which is the closest to the router continually fails"	56.3%
same model "my brother has the same model and it works perfectly fine he has also attempted to set it up but it just doesn’t work"	56.3%
cameras 1080p "i have used hikvision cameras 1080p which are much much better"	56.2%
wired very "cable length cable length is 10ft but it comes out of the bottom of the camera and is hard wired very bad positioning if you want to connect to a power source above the camera as it leaves a very naff finish when installed"	56.2%
cheap chinese "cheap chinese tat"	55.8%
drilled the holes "setup was easy i set them both up inside then installed installation was simple drilled the holes and apply construction adhesive to make sure it was strong"	55.6%
will regret "you will regret it"	55.6%
quite blurred "supposed to be 1080p but the pictures are quite blurred"	55.6%
serious issues "camera is generally good however there are couple of serious issues"	55.5%
arrive days late "app is glitchy notifications can sometimes arrive days late"	55.4%
no specified range "motion detection there is no specified range on this anywhere available online i looked everywhere but could find no actual technical spec so i contacted the yi community forums and was advised that the range is only 15ft from the sensor and that the sensor worked by determining heat signals body heat and so on not by actual movement"	55.3%
return these items "i don't know if i can return these items as i have installed them and been using them for a while"	55.3%
subscription failed "i got charged but the subscription failed"	55.3%
does n't support rtsp "both the android app and windows application work well however i own a few cameras from other manufacturers and prefer to use one android app to view them all which wont work with the yi camera because it doesn't support rtsp"	55.2%
cloud service is awful "camera is great but the cloud service is awful"	55.2%
it's not just "check the app store for the recent reviews too it’s not just me"	55.1%
junked and not working "ok picture but the 3 of the cameras are junked and not working"	55.1%
stay on low voltage "even if they wanted to stay on low voltage a regular basic dc cable with an adapter instead of the usb charger we have to use anyway would make things lot easier instead of having to get a 20mm drill bit"	55.1%
contacted the support "i contacted the support but got nowhere fast"	55.1%
constant clicking noise "there is a constant clicking noise from the microphone really loud click click"	55.0%
seems very ` afterthought "i was told if it was plugged into wired it would use that seems very 'afterthought' and easy to add functionality via an update"	55.0%
just totally locked "i selected the cheap one and it just totally locked up and refused to work"	55.0%
impressed and feel "im not impressed and feel let down philip"	54.9%
inexplicable gaps "i was able to set it up quickly and all seemed well but the camera intermittently fails to load video clips and has inexplicable gaps on the timeline"	54.8%
wasting your money "all in all don’t buy this as you’ll regret it when you need it the most it won’t work and you’ll be left feeling stupid for wasting your money on a vastly unpractical and flawed “security” system"	54.8%
little improvement "motion detection could use a little improvement"	54.7%
truly terrible "the sound is truly terrible"	54.7%
this one has failed "3 indoor cameras went down early today now this one has failed"	54.7%
completely pointless "it doesn't give motion detection alerts unless you start the app which is completely pointless"	54.7%
need a sds drill "most hand held drill only go up to 18mm so you’ll need a sds drill"	54.6%
nowhere near a socket "i have ran the cable and it's nowhere near a socket so i have had to extend it"	54.5%
...

Cons [275] of Netvue Outdoor Security Camera 1080P W..	Strength
only gripe in both products "the only gripe i can think of is the thickness off the camera connections especially the internet one"	74.9%
major issue in both products "using ethernet wired connection was not a major issue"	74.8%
very expensive in both products "cloud storage lasts for a 14 day trial then it is a very expensive subscription per camera"	74.3%
false triggers in both products "i have positioned my camera to cover my front garden so i don't want false triggers from the road outside it was very simple to disable the image zones where i don't want a notification then the sensitivity was adjusted with a simple slider"	73.4%
free trial in both products "we also pay around £1 a month so we continue to receive video recorded notifications after the free trial ends a tiny amount for piece of mind "	72.7%
slight negative in both products "one slight negative is that the mounting screws provided were of a very poor quality"	72.5%
only negative in both products "my only negative is that it is quite big and obvious on the front of the house"	72.3%
waste your money in both products "feel free to waste your money you really would be better getting a wired unit with a centrally controlled hard drive all at home as that will run for years with no issues"	68.1%
unwanted visitors in both products "camera feels sturdy and solid has a built in mic to capture sound and also a speaker so you could even scare off unwanted visitors by talking into the app!"	67.4%
waste your time in both products "don't waste your time"	65.3%
waste of time in both products "i thought the microphone and speaker were going to be a waste of time but i can clearly hear anyone talking at my front door"	51.6%
complete waste "the motion detection on the camera is a complete waste of time and will just alert you every couple of minutes even when there is absolutely nothing there so i had this disabled the whole time i owned the camera which is a really big disadvantage!"	99.9%
total darkness "i don't know how it would work in total darkness but for me it's fine"	99.6%
crap routers "the people with wifi issues either don't know what they are doing or have crap routers"	99.4%
incredibly frustrating "it’s just incredibly frustrating"	98.5%
time delay "there is a time delay when watching on my phone but that is to be expected with all devices of this type"	96.4%
will be buying "as soon as they do this i will be buying!"	96.2%
record continuous "you would either have to get a memory card to record continuous but then in the event of it being stolen you have list all the footage or pay £8 a month for 24 7 recording to the cloud"	92.5%
connection is so terrible "the camera itself isn't bad by any means and especially for £40 however the biggest fault i have with it is the connection and even though i have a wifi extender literally less than 4 metres away from the camera really the connection is still garbage half the time it says the camera isn't on which is rubbish because i know it's on it's just the connection is so terrible"	89.8%
every drop "i still need to play with the settings much more to get it all right as i am getting alerts for every drop of rain that falls at the moment and that’s on the lowest sensitivity setting"	89.8%
tideious and frustrating "i like that you can add a micro sd card in and it will record everything for you but setting these up can be tideious and frustrating"	89.5%
lengthy and unsuccessful "after lengthy and unsuccessful attempts to contact the company direct located in china with no apparent uk agent i was informed robotically via e mail chat that it only worked at 2"	89.5%
storage issue "the only reason i give this 4 stars is because of the storage issue with multiple devices not being available"	74.9%
storage issues "but it is not designed to be a high end 8 mega pixel camera with all the transmission and storage issues that you would come up against"	74.9%
only issue "initial setup is a little complicated but if you follow the instructions carefully then it works the only issue being that the cameras need a 2"	74.9%
fall apart "the camera body is ok mostly plastic so will either fall apart or last until the next millennium"	74.9%
made cheaply "so we have power it's a standard dc connector and massive extension cables are cheaply available through amazon lan with an indicator led built in again a 25m run is easily purchased but even longer can be made cheaply and thirdly a weatherproof wifi reset button: i default away from wifi but recognise the brilliant innovation this option is just try getting up a ladder and removing the access plate to locate a tiny black button inside the body of the unit "	74.9%
fault this "honestly can't fault this especially as we got it when it was on offer"	74.8%
picture freezing "i got so fed up with various things going wrong such as the picture freezing that i thought i’ll sort it out tomorrow"	74.8%
user error "i had issues setting up wifi connection but it turned out to be user error my end"	74.8%
more expensive "once up the camera is easy to set up with the downloadable app qr code supplied and the images are as good as i have seen on some more expensive cameras"	74.8%
main gripe "setting up the wifi so as to use without the rj45 cable was my main gripe"	74.8%
break inns "months on still regular problems when it should just work it's unreliable bottom line in a product where reliability is critical we had an issue with car break inns and low and behold despite paying for the 24 7 service"	74.8%
annual fees "seems good value for money but the costs to subscribe to cloud services are not clear at the outset so i guess the low product price is balanced with the annual fees to subscribe"	74.8%
or 4 adjacent holes "not everybody realises you can make 3 or 4 adjacent holes to create a larger one it leaves me thankful that we share a world with folk like that because it means i still have a job"	74.8%
would be rubbish "i thought the picture quality would be rubbish but it's really not"	74.8%
awful feeling "get the awful feeling that its spying on us"	74.8%
didnt work "had this arrive today after looking around alot i found this on offer with an added amazon discount code it didnt work out to be cheapest but looked to be best value anyway when it arrived i opened it up and theres everything you need besides a drill and screwdriver to fit it actually included the corrected masonry drill bit for the plugs anyway about 10mins later it was installed setting up was very simple"	74.7%
loud noises "even though i set it up with just one square area of motion detection it still picks up loud noises when cars go past"	74.7%
lose connection sometimes "and some cameras do lose connection sometimes"	74.7%
left redundant "i am just very disappointed i cannot return the other camera or even request a refund as i have no power adapter to set up the second camera which is now left redundant"	74.7%
annoying wires "the camera is ultimately a wi fi camera but there are three annoying wires which you can't easily hide"	74.7%
error message "i put an sd card into it which it quickly used the memory on you should be able to clear the card from the app but that doesn’t seem to work it gives an error message every time"	74.6%
your unsure "there are video tutorials if your unsure as you setup"	74.6%
slight issue "slight issue with the large network cable as i had to drill a very large hole to get this mounted to the wall so that no cables were showing"	74.6%
screw heads "this made installation harder than need be as the screw heads are so soft they stripped immediately"	74.5%
only problem "the only problem i had was that i had to position the camera very close to the router as the camera kept dropping out even though the wifi signal showed 57% and that this was a good signal"	74.5%
several problems "i have had several problems since and sadly they were all caused by me!"	74.4%
becomes expensive "it becomes expensive at $70 per year per camera"	74.2%
camera isnt "obviously the only way you know the camera isnt connected to tour router is when you open the netvue app"	74.2%
unfortunately only "the instructions which come with it are easy to follow but unfortunately only tell you about installing it & nothing about using it but i found this information on the web"	74.1%
minor issue "only minor issue found so far is that one sd card of two wouldn't 'mount' meaning it required manually reformatting on my pc but was soon sorted and have had no further issues with it"	74.0%
particularly awkward "we have a particularly awkward outdoor view and cannot see the gate or visitors without going outdoors and round the corner so i decided to be brave and try an outdoor camera although it did seem a bit sci fi and hi tech for our rather basic household"	73.9%
only let down "only let down is the motion detection it doesn't pick my 6ft frame up but does trigger with flies"	73.8%
long painful "it takes a lot to impress me and get a security device put into my smart home and this camera has ended a long painful search"	73.7%
busy electrician "i’ve only just found a busy electrician to fit my camera"	73.7%
some trouble "i had some trouble connecting these cameras to my wi fi at 1st"	73.7%
further problems "so we had a spate of tyre damages to cars outside the house so decided to get a good quality night vision camera to use as a deterrent to further problems"	73.4%
false alerts "so unless you mount the camera under an overhang which shelters the camera from rain or snow then you are going to get a lot of false alerts"	73.4%
false alarms "when it's sunny and cloud cover comes across again it false alarms"	73.4%
major problem "i've got a major problem trying to figure out how to house these cables"	73.4%
constant problems "easy enough to install but i’ve had constant problems with the cameras stopping functioning when the cards fills up you get no alert this has happened even though it’s supposed to reformat automatically"	73.3%
built in speaker "having a built in speaker on the camera is just a bit of fun so far"	73.3%
first issue "this is the first issue"	72.6%
never gets "the device is up to date and never gets unplugged"	72.5%
disgusting support "disgusting support!"	72.5%
further issues "only minor issue found so far is that one sd card of two wouldn't 'mount' meaning it required manually reformatting on my pc but was soon sorted and have had no further issues with it"	72.2%
better features but "downsides motion detection sensitivity in app is not great app could have better features but not the worst either no option to view on laptop pc the drill bit that came with it was really poor quality that broke in less then 10 seconds of using"	72.2%
false motion detections "you tighten up some grub screws after adjustment which holds the camera rock solid so there are no false motion detections due to camera wobble "	72.0%
brick walls "i do understand that expecting the wifi to go through two outdoor brick walls is a big ask"	71.5%
returned damaged item "looks like i was given a returned damaged item"	71.4%
connection issues "i have been a long time user of another brand of wifi camera but kept having connection issues so i though i would give netvue a go prompted by other reviews and there very competitive price"	71.1%
babies nursery "this is my second netvue product after purchasing an indoor camera for our babies nursery and this product is just as if not more impressive"	70.6%
echo comared "there is a delay in the live view on the echo comared to the app on galaxy note"	70.5%
dubious people "as there have been a few dubious people around decided on this vigil camera to keep a check out"	70.2%
detection issue "the motion detection issue is now with their research team and i am confident that they will come up with a solution to the sensitivity issue very quickly"	69.8%
spoke out from "our postman had a right scare when we suddenly spoke out from it"	69.7%
power cable "i took another reviewers suggestion of putting all of the wires in a junction box outside as the cables are too bulky as a group to easily put through the wall so i just put the power cable through"	69.6%
more defined "i wish the motion detection had daily settings for when its active and a greater number of squares to get a more defined area"	69.6%
little adva "after a while i worked out that the wireless mesh network in my house was a little adva ced for the wifi card in the camera"	69.1%
more bothersome "the second and more bothersome is that when i tried to access the sd files in my computer i figured that the video files are in a proprietary format!"	68.6%
small adjustments "installation outdoors was pretty easy and took a few small adjustments to get the perfect picture"	68.2%
woefully short "firstly the power wire is woefully short limiting placement unless you add in extension cables"	68.0%
against brick "everything needed seems to be in the box even down to a masonary drill if you were mounting against brick"	67.9%
unwelcome visitors "i bought 2 of these cameras for my mum as she has had some unwelcome visitors looking around her property recently needless to say she hasn't received any problems since!"	67.7%
unless i missed something "i would suggest that you carry most of step 4 with the included parts to weatherproof the ethernet connector unless i missed something "	67.2%
less satisfactory "it was equally easy to pair it with alexa but the results are less satisfactory"	67.0%
aerial flops "my only quibble is that the aerial joint is not sufficiently stiff and the aerial flops around rather than standing upright"	66.9%
high and cant "sound from the camera speaker is also good but useless for me as i have mounted the camera too high and cant hear it from the floor"	66.8%
small drill hole "installation to its location was easy and i only needed to use a small drill hole to feed the supplied power cable into an outdoor cable box where the power connection together with wifi and ethernet cable not being used in wifi set up and the camera was easily fitted into location a template was provided but i didn't use this"	66.7%
blank error "finally it’s not value for money and the motion detection when alerting gives a blank error which cannot be seen what it’s picked up"	66.6%
first week "i will be buying a second camera 👍🏻 update after a few months: i left my previous review after the first week or so of having the camera after being bribed by netvue with 3 months free subscription to motion detection alerts"	66.3%
takes too long "so this feature got turned off which is one of the reasons i wanted the camera it would notify that there was motion at my door i would ask alexa to show me the front door cam to see who it was then answer the door the whole process was to hit and miss and just takes too long by the time the video comes up the person would have left thinking there is nobody at home"	65.8%
only shortcoming "the only shortcoming is the software which is limited for retrieving photos and videos from the sd card"	65.6%
no cables were showing "slight issue with the large network cable as i had to drill a very large hole to get this mounted to the wall so that no cables were showing"	65.5%
not very good "the night vision is not very good but you still see so for me it’s awesome"	65.4%
difficult installation "having read previous reviews i thought very carefully about where i should position it to avoid a difficult installation"	65.4%
improving its software "although a budget buy this camera does everything much more expensive cameras do and netvue appears responsive to customers in developing and improving its software"	65.3%
scratch as reviewed "not normaly one who writes reviews however having purchased a number of alleged good external cameras all of which never came up to scratch as reviewed or advertised"	65.3%
drop out of wifi "the camera does drop out of wifi so at times i cant see it on my phone but i've found that this doesn't mean it isn't working as the camera continues to record to the sd card when not connected to wifi so nothing is missed"	65.2%
killed by the same "it's younger sibling killed by the same update is going back on an amazon doa return"	65.1%
buying netvue "will definitely be buying netvue again if we need more"	65.0%
been diabolical "the support from netvue has recently been diabolical"	64.8%
indoors netvue "i have used indoors netvue and they are great but i did not expect to be amazed by the quality of the outdoors one too"	64.8%
definitely lacking "there’s also no web interface and support is definitely lacking"	64.8%
cheap price "i have had cctv systems before that were far more expensive and was a little dubious about a camera at such a cheap price and thought that the quality would not be that good"	64.7%
that i replaced "by comparison the cheap camera that i replaced kept buffering and losing connection constantly"	64.6%
slight delay "two way communication does work but has slight delay inevitable i guess "	64.4%
real shame "a real shame because when they first worked they were brilliant but they’ve clearly done something to the firmware that doesn’t play nice now"	64.4%
difficult to setup "difficult to setup as it only works with 2"	64.4%
removed from software "when this trial add on was removed from software the camera was completely disabled and had to return"	64.3%
supply requirements "best of all the power supply requirements are the same as my analogue system so they literally took minutes to swap over"	64.2%
same or worse "but saying that think it would be the same or worse on any other camera"	64.2%
hard drive failures "the picture quality with these is much better and i actually see the fact they don't record to a central box as a bonus no more hard drive failures!"	64.2%
dubious about a camera "i have had cctv systems before that were far more expensive and was a little dubious about a camera at such a cheap price and thought that the quality would not be that good"	63.7%
unable to upload "i have had a few videos which were unable to upload"	63.6%
works it randomly "and when it works it randomly goes into buffering every so often"	63.5%
complain too much "have tried adjusting the sensitivity but can't get it to work properly but for a camera of this price i can't complain too much"	63.4%
card recording "as i had already purchased a netvue wi fi doorbell and been very pleased with it buying the netvue vigil camera s was an obvious next step as they offer sd card recording and playback capability without needing to purchase cloud based storage it’s just a case of mounting the units out of easy reach"	63.3%
very low level "the following reasons why i could not give it 5 stars: the speaker on the camera is very low level and even though it is installed just above head height you cannot be heard very clearly"	63.3%
damaging my property "bought this camera as i have a bad neighbour next to me who keeps damaging my property"	63.2%
falls at the moment "i still need to play with the settings much more to get it all right as i am getting alerts for every drop of rain that falls at the moment and that’s on the lowest sensitivity setting"	63.1%
gets too expensive "one subscription should cover more cameras not just one otherwise it gets too expensive"	63.0%
opposite initially "at night the problem was the opposite initially there was no motion detection as soon as it was dark although after a couple of weeks of emails back and forth to support they sent through new firmware which resolved this problem"	63.0%
really cant "which it really shouldn't be to be honest if i could be bothered to take the camera down and send it back i would but i really cant as it was a bit of a task getting it up"	63.0%
cable enterance "one thing i would like to say is that it would be nice to have a sealing plug if you are not going to hard wire the broadband side and just use the wifi as it leaves a tiny hole in the cable enterance"	62.8%
three smaller holes "cover the camera in lens in something i taped a sock around it disconnect the end with the three mounting holes using the hex key provided hold the mount against the wall and drill three smaller holes with a 4mm drill bit take the mount away and open the holes up to fit the rawlplugs"	62.8%
outside instead "you could fit a connection box outside instead of running cable through the wall"	62.5%
wont record "motion sensor is temperamental wont record our car parking pretty large subject image but will record endless hours of rain"	61.9%
proprietary format "the second and more bothersome is that when i tried to access the sd files in my computer i figured that the video files are in a proprietary format!"	61.9%
minimal affect "if you need a cost effective way to monitor your home minimal affect on the wifi check from anywhere and has a speaker for interactions with home for example asking someone to leave a parcel somewhere safe "	61.9%
cable assembly "installation is not straightforward because you will need a very large hole in wall to pass cable assembly through"	61.8%
not sufficiently stiff "my only quibble is that the aerial joint is not sufficiently stiff and the aerial flops around rather than standing upright"	61.7%
minor issues "two minor issues though"	61.4%
very unreliable "i’ve recently bought several of these netvue 1080p outdoor security cameras as my existing ones from another maker were very unreliable and constantly dropped their wi fi connections"	61.3%
very poor quality "one slight negative is that the mounting screws provided were of a very poor quality"	61.2%
useless ornament "as soon as is possible this useless ornament will be taken down and replaced with something that actually works!"	61.2%
might get stolen "i got the outdoor camera because a number of dogs have gone missing out of peoples gardens and as my house has a dirt road at the side i’m always nervous that one of my fur babies might get stolen"	60.8%
opened a chat "already used footage for an incident i did have a problem where just after the time the firmware updates the camera failed i opened a chat at 8am and gave the problem to customer services who passed to technical services who by 9"	60.7%
tried live chat "i tried live chat and didn't get anywhere"	60.4%
photo in this review "have attached photo in this review"	60.4%
extremely hard "night vision is as about as good as ir can get and at this price point it's extremely hard to beat"	59.8%
it's awful "you have to download a small player they made i found in netvue forum and it's awful!"	59.3%
killed by the update "killed by the update "	59.1%
card playback "i'm using a 128gb micro sd card playback is of a high quality and unbroken"	59.0%
card formats "i’m not using cloud but i am using the sd card the card formats while installed and for a couple of days i’m able to use the camera fine and watch back recordings but then i’m not able to view recordings unless i join cloud for a fee of course"	59.0%
occasional rambler "for the price paid the camera is excellent i did look around and all the other camera's where more expensive so far i am very pleased the camera picture day or night is excellent and the piece of mind i get from seeing what is going on around my property is great i do live in a very remote area and therefore no traffic passes my house just the occasional rambler"	58.7%
open the holes "cover the camera in lens in something i taped a sock around it disconnect the end with the three mounting holes using the hex key provided hold the mount against the wall and drill three smaller holes with a 4mm drill bit take the mount away and open the holes up to fit the rawlplugs"	58.6%
mount it too high "only issue advice is so mount it too high as the spiders are always making webs on the camera and this also can trigger off motion alerts if u have this set up"	58.6%
only issue advice "only issue advice is so mount it too high as the spiders are always making webs on the camera and this also can trigger off motion alerts if u have this set up"	58.4%
rubbish all the time "it does work without the cloud subscription but motion detection is rubbish all the time"	58.2%
biggest fault "the camera itself isn't bad by any means and especially for £40 however the biggest fault i have with it is the connection and even though i have a wifi extender literally less than 4 metres away from the camera really the connection is still garbage half the time it says the camera isn't on which is rubbish because i know it's on it's just the connection is so terrible"	58.1%
aerial joint "my only quibble is that the aerial joint is not sufficiently stiff and the aerial flops around rather than standing upright"	58.0%
cheap camera "by comparison the cheap camera that i replaced kept buffering and losing connection constantly"	57.6%
apparently all connected "the unit showed a solid green light so apparently all connected but the app said the camera is offline"	57.6%
mega pixel camera "but it is not designed to be a high end 8 mega pixel camera with all the transmission and storage issues that you would come up against"	56.9%
delay is so long "but the delay is so long"	56.7%
fault this bullet "cannot fault this bullet cam"	56.6%
dead original unit "after a stream of emails to support i am now returning my dead original unit"	56.3%
hesitate to recommend "for the price of this camera i would not hesitate to recommend it"	56.3%
trying to connect "i guess most of the time the video comes up but sometimes it times out trying to connect"	56.2%
would not be that good "i have had cctv systems before that were far more expensive and was a little dubious about a camera at such a cheap price and thought that the quality would not be that good"	56.0%
trial and error "this really is just a case of trial and error and the app offers sensitivity adjustments so you can have it exactly as you want it"	56.0%
file corruption "however there is no way to stop recording except by pulling out the power plug which seems a bit brutal the app should provide for this to prevent file corruption i did try disconnecting power the sd card seemed ok and successfully re mounted on restoring power"	55.9%
only quibble "my only quibble it that the camera is not poe"	55.9%
record continously "are equally good in many ways but don't record continously"	55.8%
does n't always "also to subscribe to the motion data as the camera doesn't always get a photo of the trigger but will record it!"	55.8%
even no reply "unfortunately even after 2 months i didn't receive the free 64gb sd card as mentioned in the package i received after claiming even no reply to my 2 emails"	55.3%
teething problems "compact camera but as this model has an ethernet plug on it you have to drill at least a 12mm hole to get the cable through the wall lots of teething problems but the online chat is instant and they always seem to fix the issues but i'd rather it just ran seamlessly than have any pro lems like dropped signal etc or a tf card that has worked perfectly well in the camera for 2 weeks suddenly is no longer recognised"	55.2%
fire stick "well i've now set it up outside and had tried it on wi fi and on internet cable also as i have a fire stick and alex's i did link it to there account on a good note it works well with the app on a good but bad point as i did not adjust my settings but turned on motion detection it was cool for the first"	55.1%
internet supplier issues "i have unfortunately ended up with a lan connection to my router but as i said earlier this may be my internet supplier issues"	55.1%
does n't play nice "a real shame because when they first worked they were brilliant but they’ve clearly done something to the firmware that doesn’t play nice now"	55.1%
power plug "however there is no way to stop recording except by pulling out the power plug which seems a bit brutal the app should provide for this to prevent file corruption i did try disconnecting power the sd card seemed ok and successfully re mounted on restoring power"	55.0%
unreliable bottom line "months on still regular problems when it should just work it's unreliable bottom line in a product where reliability is critical we had an issue with car break inns and low and behold despite paying for the 24 7 service"	54.9%
through smaller holes "one criticism would be the leads should be detachable to get through smaller holes"	54.9%
4ghz not 5ghz "4ghz not 5ghz"	54.9%
not adjust my settings "well i've now set it up outside and had tried it on wi fi and on internet cable also as i have a fire stick and alex's i did link it to there account on a good note it works well with the app on a good but bad point as i did not adjust my settings but turned on motion detection it was cool for the first"	54.8%
very disappointed "i am just very disappointed i cannot return the other camera or even request a refund as i have no power adapter to set up the second camera which is now left redundant"	54.8%
with no progress "every day i contact nevue to be told that their “engineers are working on a fix” but that’s been four days now with no progress so i’m sending these back for a refund"	54.8%
sd card not included "an sd card not included is required to store images video including motion detection although a paid cloud service is available"	54.8%
sensitivity issue "the motion detection issue is now with their research team and i am confident that they will come up with a solution to the sensitivity issue very quickly"	54.8%
user login "but i went to my hubs user login on internet explorer and turned the 5g off so it could connect to the 2"	54.8%
n't take long "had to go through the process twice but it didn’t take long"	54.7%
back in screw "to get footage you need to get a ladder and climb the ladder to the camera unscrew it all to get to the memory card take the memory out put it into your pc get the footage you need then go back up the ladder put the memory card back in screw all the camera back together and as your doing all this your"	54.7%
no way to stop recording "however there is no way to stop recording except by pulling out the power plug which seems a bit brutal the app should provide for this to prevent file corruption i did try disconnecting power the sd card seemed ok and successfully re mounted on restoring power"	54.7%
wrong for the price "can't really go wrong for the price"	54.7%
few problems with "i recently brought the homecam indoor secuirty cam from the same seller last month and had a few problems with it and these got resolved really well and rapidly because of this i decided to buy a new camera for the outside secuirty of my house"	54.7%
not work with iftt "my only real criticism is that i would like more control over scheduling the motion detection and they do not work with iftt"	54.7%
would not brake the bank "i was looking for a easy install camera for a while now that would not brake the bank and then my friend showed me the netvue he has i was shocked when he told me how much he payed and all the features the camera qualty is amzing with the movement notafication sent to your phone so you know where ever"	54.7%
no longer recognised "compact camera but as this model has an ethernet plug on it you have to drill at least a 12mm hole to get the cable through the wall lots of teething problems but the online chat is instant and they always seem to fix the issues but i'd rather it just ran seamlessly than have any pro lems like dropped signal etc or a tf card that has worked perfectly well in the camera for 2 weeks suddenly is no longer recognised"	54.7%
bare this in mind "you can view the cameras live without signing up to any storage or buying an sd card from the app but you wont be able to record the footage so bare this in mind"	54.7%
removed '' recently and "i wanted this to monitor our back garden as we've had some items "removed" recently and i am delighted with how easy it was to setup and use"	54.7%
no battery back "if the 12v power cord is cut then that's the end of your camera security as there is no battery back up"	54.7%
would not link "when linking accounts to amazon it would return a load of code and would not link"	54.7%
being a victim of crime "having being a victim of crime and searching the internet for a good but reasonably priced outdoor camera i can honesty say i am pleased with this product"	54.6%
have a bad neighbour "bought this camera as i have a bad neighbour next to me who keeps damaging my property"	54.6%
tyre damages "so we had a spate of tyre damages to cars outside the house so decided to get a good quality night vision camera to use as a deterrent to further problems"	54.6%
not like about "what i did not like about it was the setup"	54.6%
not buy this camera "but now the camera is pointless constantly showing off line constantly needing to format the sd card do not buy this camera!"	54.6%
long as your cameras "so long as your cameras will be close to your router then it should be fine"	54.6%
away in another country "i had some doing work in my garage while i was away in another country and i was able to view and speak clearly with the"	54.6%
faulty unit "the camera whilst working was a fairly good product for the price paid the problem & the reason of the low rating is due to the customer support while the support for set up alone was good the issue with support for returning a faulty unit is a complete nightmare"	54.5%
have n't needed it "no instructions with the camera at all but good website and it appears they have good customer service but i haven't needed it yet!"	54.5%
only slight frustration "the only slight frustration is that there is large bunch of cables out of the camera body which are redundant if you are using as a wireless device"	54.4%
sceptical of the signal "i was sceptical of the signal and thought i'd have issues with the wifi signal dropping out"	54.4%
stay connected "no matter which ever way i tried it would just not stay connected"	54.4%
screws wall "what i did find good that the camera came with all screws wall plugs a masonry drill bit and a hex key to adjust the direction of the camera"	54.4%
seems a bit brutal "however there is no way to stop recording except by pulling out the power plug which seems a bit brutal the app should provide for this to prevent file corruption i did try disconnecting power the sd card seemed ok and successfully re mounted on restoring power"	54.4%
facebook it logged it "only hicup is with the alexa app i could not get it to add the skill but when i logged in via netvue on the computer and logged in via a password password reset and not facebook it logged it in and now all working"	54.4%
no subscripton charge "has motion sensor in the app to alert you of movement and captures a screenshot each time in the app no subscripton charge required for this "	54.3%
even more disappointing "live view works fine which makes it even more disappointing"	54.3%
it's really "i thought the picture quality would be rubbish but it's really not"	54.3%
seems a bit excessive "not sure on cloud and motion upgrade costs as seems a bit excessive but haven’t looked in to this yet"	54.3%
before it is overwritten "you can however scroll back in time and record for whatever period you want as long as you do it before it is overwritten"	54.2%
not comment on that "i'm not using motion detection yet because i wanted this primarily to be able to see who is at the front door so i cannot comment on that"	54.2%
problem here "whatever had blocked the camera reporting in was fixed by the reboot and the camera went live it was also a lot more responsive through the app so my router was the problem here"	54.2%
no marker for humans "cloud service don’t work as described gives me 100+ notifications that my cat is running around but can’t detect no humans see pictures no marker for humans"	54.2%
warning on my iphone "get in seconds a warning on my iphone and can see what is happening"	54.1%
expensive subscriptions "good product and no need for expensive subscriptions either :"	54.1%
nobody at home "so this feature got turned off which is one of the reasons i wanted the camera it would notify that there was motion at my door i would ask alexa to show me the front door cam to see who it was then answer the door the whole process was to hit and miss and just takes too long by the time the video comes up the person would have left thinking there is nobody at home"	54.0%
password reset "only hicup is with the alexa app i could not get it to add the skill but when i logged in via netvue on the computer and logged in via a password password reset and not facebook it logged it in and now all working"	54.0%
weak wifi signal "i don't need the ethernet option but would be useful to those with weak wifi signal great addition!"	54.0%
rubbish in my opinion "without the costly addons the camera is rubbish in my opinion"	54.0%
while not subscribing "u still get motion alerts while not subscribing"	53.9%
this is only 1080 "you can zoom into the image on te phone app but the resolution falls off pretty fast as this is only 1080"	53.9%
good not good "not good not good at all"	53.8%
10 minutes long "first problem: it seems that each video file is 10 minutes long but there are some space between them some seconds that don't get recorded at all"	53.7%
exactly as advertised "i was delighted after i replaced a defective similar unit from another brand because this device behaved exactly as advertised"	53.7%
short demonstration video "using the app each stage of the set up is clearly explained and supported by a short demonstration video"	53.7%
more difficult to install "my only issue is the three cables hanging out of the back of it makes it a little more difficult to install"	53.7%
camera wobble "you tighten up some grub screws after adjustment which holds the camera rock solid so there are no false motion detections due to camera wobble "	53.7%
the wrong place "i really wanted it to film across my whole driveway but that's more down to me putting the camera in the wrong place"	53.7%
is dual banded "connecting to router bt hub was a little frustrating but i expected that as bt is dual banded"	53.7%
problem persists "it has been having trouble loading the live feed but i sure it is a blip and am going to contact customer support if the problem persists"	53.7%
been completely useless "pretty easy to set up and worked well for a couple of weeks and then following a firmware update the cameras have been completely useless"	53.7%
could be better "camera isn't perfect though and a few things could be better might even be the app and not the camera to be honest"	53.6%
made the mistake "i made the mistake of cutting the network plug off to help feed the wire through thinking i wouldn't need it as i was using wireless"	53.5%
received no reply "have tried contacting their customer service but received no reply so will try and get a refund somehow"	53.5%
minutes only "actual time attaching camera and cables was minutes only"	53.4%
hear the birds "easily hear the birds from back of the house"	53.4%
dropping off without "as to the camera once initial issues sorted probably due wifi dropping off without me knowing it is excellent"	53.4%
no wires showing "bit of a con showing the camera fitted flush against the wall with no wires showing"	53.3%
therefore i returned "so therefore i returned it"	53.2%
n't often write reviews "i don't often write reviews but i am quite impressed with this camera"	53.2%
no reson and picture "i got this one for my back way as there have been some crimes in some other back ways so just like the fact its keeping a eye on my home while i go to work pros easy to set up and helpful app cons just can cut out some times for no reson and picture can be a bit hard to see sometimes but that could be times of the day would get other one for my front way aswell"	53.2%
fail on me recently "i did have one fail on me recently after 6 months"	53.2%
large holes "cons: large holes required for installation"	53.1%
4ghz wireless not a "4ghz wireless not a 5"	53.1%
128gb cards no longer "support says that 128gb cards no longer work"	53.1%
ethernet socket "it is the ethernet socket that determins the size!"	52.8%
will never know "quite why they didn't do this in the first place i will never know"	52.8%
with no buffering "showing 97% signal in the app with no buffering"	52.7%
will not necessarily "despite what anyone says it will not necessarily be easy to fit"	52.7%
difficult to connect "4ghz if you don't do this it may be difficult to connect you can switch 5ghz back on after its connected"	52.7%
blocked '' area "picked up car headlights even though in “blocked” area"	52.7%
that do n't have audio "i've been searching a long time for home security camera's with two way audio to replace my outside ip camera's that don't have audio"	52.6%
solves this issue "but cloud storage solves this issue"	52.5%
right scare "our postman had a right scare when we suddenly spoke out from it"	52.4%
rely on pir lamp "at night in ir in rainy day is prone to false positives detects rain drops or snow flakes practically useless so i switched off infra red and rely on pir lamp to detect motion outdoor"	52.4%
costly addons "without the costly addons the camera is rubbish in my opinion"	52.3%
view anywhere "you can view anywhere not just when you are on the same local network"	52.3%
have n't explored "lots of choices in settings i haven't explored yet"	52.2%
approx # 75 cheaper "this bullet style camera is approx £75 cheaper than my hikvision!"	52.1%
please do n't change "please don’t change "	52.1%
could n't be easier "set up on these cameras couldn't be easier"	52.0%
miss and certainly "however using the camera to monitor outside motion is hit and miss and certainly not effective with the infra red camera as the light reflects off the windows at night"	52.0%
find nothing "it is beyond frustrating especially when something has been stolen off your driveway which has happened this morning only to find nothing was recorded!"	51.8%
drilling the holes "even a drill bit for drilling the holes for mounting the camera"	51.8%
netvue software "another desireable feature of the netvue software is that it allows ‘sharing’ this enables me to share all the camera features with my wife and as such she also can manage the settings and receive notifications from the motion alarm"	51.8%
eyespy software "i’d like to connect this to my own nas drive or eyespy software but ip address access is not allowed"	51.8%
eliminated the problem "4ghz was better did have trouble connecting to a wifi extender did away with that so eliminated the problem"	51.8%
quite bulky wires "the camera connection has 3 quite bulky wires which would need a really big hole to bring inside"	51.7%
small hole "this means you only have to drill a small hole through the wall for the power cable and into the back of the junction box"	51.7%
more and more unreliable "at first these seem great but as time wears on they become more and more unreliable"	51.7%
still was n't working "as it wasn't connecting for me they sent a solution to get an update through but still wasn't working"	51.6%
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Pros [171] of YI Outdoor Camera 1080p Home Security ..	Strength
excellent product in both products "excellent product"	99.6%
works perfect in both products "on the medium setting it works perfect though the day but on a evening it picks up every car that passes my house no matter where i set the detection zone"	99.4%
brilliant camera in both products "brilliant camera"	99.0%
excellent camera in both products "otherwise this is an excellent camera"	98.5%
works perfectly in both products "and works perfectly"	98.1%
very pleased in both products "very pleased "	97.6%
quality excellent in both products "a littll4 dificult to set up for me but with a little help from my tec savvy son 45mins all done features are great and quality excellent "	95.9%
great camera in both products "great camera"	93.7%
really good in both products "daytime viewing has been really good night time isn't great it's ok close range but anything beyond 5 m is sketching luckily i have an outside light that's quite bright so it illuminates beyond the 5 m"	93.1%
absolute bargain in both products "i picked up a toshiba 32gb u3 card at the same time for just £8 on amazon to bring my total purchase to £68 absolute bargain"	92.7%
quite good in both products "camera quality is quite good comparing to other cameras available at the market"	90.1%
great feature in both products "the motion tracking is a great feature for this camera"	75.0%
great value in both products "great value"	75.0%
cctv cameras in both products "as all smart cctv cameras they have flaws pros and con"	74.9%
looks well in both products "looks well built"	74.9%
outdoor camera in both products "i purchased the yi outdoor camera to monitor our driveway"	74.8%
works well in both products "certainly a good looking compact camera that works well"	74.7%
picture quality in both products "daytime picture quality is quite good i'm sure there is better at higher cost but this will do"	74.7%
outdoor cameras in both products "i bought 2 yi 1080hd outdoor cameras and fitted them in august"	74.7%
good points in both products "good points excellent picture quality in both good and low light digital pinch and zoom function good rotation movement very good app"	74.4%
decent product in both products "pay abit more for a decent product"	74.4%
well designed in both products "4ghz the step by step process was clear and it worked the first time no doubt thanks to the well designed app"	74.3%
really easy in both products "the app makes viewing the camera and setting up its many features really easy"	74.2%
great price in both products "all round great product and great price"	74.0%
outstanding devices "these are outstanding devices"	99.9%
impressive performance "impressive performance and good value"	99.7%
gives excellent "for my own needs though i turned off the motion detection and the ir and it gives excellent 24 7 views of both inside and outside the house"	99.5%
superb product "apart from that superb product!"	99.5%
brilliant product "brilliant product well worth the money"	99.4%
excellent units "both the indoor and outdoor are excellent units"	99.4%
really pleased "i've been using these for a few months now and i'm really pleased"	98.9%
super happy "on receiving the camera i was super happy with the build quality and functionality of it"	98.8%
amazing camera "amazing camera for the price £59"	98.6%
absolutely brilliant "absolutely brilliant camera for the price"	98.4%
strongly recommended "strongly recommended"	98.4%
excellent love "excellent love it great bit of kit"	98.2%
very smart "setup was simple we inserted the sd card downloaded the yi camera app to my iphone and registered an account from there is was as simple as plugging in the camera via a usb cable which comes with a usb plug and pointing the camera at a qr code on the phone and following the simple voice command instructions very smart!"	97.8%
really reliable "kind of have to commit to the cloud which is the only downfall however it's really reliable and worth the additional cost for the low buy price"	97.8%
outstanding camera "outstanding camera!"	97.8%
great system "it's no security cctv system but it's a great system that uses wifi home router the cloud and mobile device notifications and apps so you can monitor what's going on around your home while you're away or at home"	97.7%
great pictures "easy to install great pictures"	97.6%
great product "great product"	97.5%
best thing "the best thing about the camera i think is the night vision it's super clear and overall amazing!"	97.3%
excellent rotation "excellent rotation"	97.0%
time clarity "day time clarity is good but also poor when you zoom in the stream pixelates easily"	96.5%
excellent cameras "these are excellent cameras & we are delighted with their performance and recoding capabilities"	96.3%
excellent great "the night vision is excellent great for people who live near the country and its pitch black"	96.2%
best camera "for this price the best camera you can buy"	95.3%
brilliant piece "brilliant piece of kit"	94.8%
amazing and so easy "it’s amazing and so easy to set up"	93.9%
excellent and great "99 easy to setup and install loads of features the app is excellent and great picture quality even in ir night vision mode"	93.9%
perfect and great "perfect and great value"	93.9%
simply superb "simply superb!"	93.4%
excellent and essential "the mobile app is excellent and essential as you cannot at the moment access via a pc"	93.4%
brilliant camera great "brilliant camera great app too thanks"	92.2%
well worth "well worth it!"	92.1%
amazing quality "amazing quality but could do with rtsp added for local dvr saving otherwise you are stuck with the sd card or yi cloud subscription"	91.6%
overall bargain "overall bargain!"	91.4%
only fault "the app is ok and the only fault i find with it and all yi cameras is not being able to fast forward footage"	91.2%
great outdoors camera "great outdoors camera with good software"	90.4%
tracking unable "motion sensitivity tracking unable to point camera down beyond 95 degrees ir reflection when in night mode so with a spat of break in’s currently within our area i thought it would be prudent to get a security camera"	90.0%
picture is amazing "picture is amazing and we use these to keep an eye on the house while out to make sure the cats are ok"	89.5%
great product great "great cameras great product great app"	89.3%
absolutely amazing "absolutely amazing product !"	89.2%
excellent night vision "camera is excellent night vision is good and alarm is cleaver done can set sensitivity to low mid or high overall i really like"	88.6%
outstanding value "outstanding value"	88.4%
very professional "came next day the packaging was very professional and quality when it came to installing the camera to the garden shed the only problem i caee across was the screws they was just awful quality but i changed them for some betters one and mounted it to the shed"	88.4%
works great "very easy to set and the app works great"	88.0%
amazing little camera "amazing little camera"	87.0%
quite bright "daytime viewing has been really good night time isn't great it's ok close range but anything beyond 5 m is sketching luckily i have an outside light that's quite bright so it illuminates beyond the 5 m"	86.9%
really great "it’s a really great picture in 1080p and night vision works well too"	86.7%
better night vision "the black 1080p dome camera is smaller looks better and has better night vision so i would recommend that dome cam instead of this one"	84.3%
awesome all rounder "awesome all rounder"	75.0%
fairly well "the camera is fairly well built"	75.0%
build quality "i am sure it will be reliable because of the build quality but i will update if its not"	75.0%
smart phone "if you can work a smart phone you can work this"	75.0%
dream great "very good picture quality easy to install easy setup works like a dream great app"	75.0%
perfectly well "use it to monitor a garden which is 100ft long and copes perfectly well"	75.0%
outdoor ones "i'm hoping to sort these camera's as the indoor cameras work perfectly fine without any hitch the outdoor ones for some reason never ever seem to pair to my yi home app android i have set the router to use a 2"	75.0%
reasonably priced "very good value camera with local storage and reasonably priced optional cloud storage"	75.0%
very sensitive "the motion sensor is very sensitive and takes a little bit of adjustment to get it how you want"	75.0%
nicely packed "the camera arrived swiftly in a nicely packed box and feels a premium product"	75.0%
great item "i have the dashcam and indoor camera and can't fault any of them this outdoor camera was just as simple to set up great item"	75.0%
very flexible "set up within minutes very flexible mounting and good picture quality"	74.9%
cctv device "for a budget cctv device is really good i can safely say that i haven't had any issues on my garden so it's a good deterrent"	74.9%
premium product "the camera arrived swiftly in a nicely packed box and feels a premium product"	74.9%
easy access "would say set it up with easy access to it and good wifi reception from your modem"	74.9%
smart device "the setting up proceed was simple as anything download the app to your smart device and click what camera you have purchased connect it to the wifi then hold the qr code to the camera it's scans it and then your all set and ready to use it"	74.9%
great recommendation "definitely a great recommendation from me with the only downside that the cloudstorage prices are in my opinion way too high"	74.9%
very useful "to summarise: this is a very useful camera for anyone looking to secure their house with cctv it's cloud connected so you can view it anywhere so long as you have data wifi waterproof functions as an intercom and does so much more"	74.9%
great quality "definitely recommend these cameras great quality"	74.9%
great feel "out of the box the camera has a great feel to it"	74.9%
great picture "cons short cable not very good speaker no 5ghz support pros great price cloud or micro sd storage option great picture 1080p good colour balance regular updated app overall i’m very impressed for the price and am now looking to extend my security further with some indoor ones"	74.9%
helpful button "if you find this review useful please click the helpful button thank you"	74.9%
great thought "night vision was great thought due to pricing would be inferior but it’s quality"	74.9%
good value "easy set up decent images pleasing appearance good back up from yi email team excellent night vision cloud subscription good value for money and works very well with android"	74.8%
very affordable "the addition of online recording makes this a very affordable solution"	74.8%
well built "conclusion a well built and quality product let down by a limited software application"	74.8%
waterproof compartment "the camera offers the ability to subscribe to a cloud service or alternatively you can fit a micro sd card inside a waterproof compartment in the underside of the camera"	74.8%
works really well "it was very easy to setup had some range to the router but still works really well and it does the job briliantly"	74.8%
liked mine "cant fault this camera works well i like them its my second on well outdoor one got one indoor and a dash cam all work very well even my brother has them now as he liked mine "	74.8%
good picture "good picture and has a speaker and a microphone built in so i can speak to people when my ring doorbell craps out nearly everytime!"	74.8%
crisp and sharp "the 1080p resolution is crisp and sharp and only shows fragments on very fast movement the motion detection and tracking works very well as long you not too fast"	74.7%
well packaged "i'ts well packaged and built to a much better quality than some of the other ip cameras that i have"	74.7%
full price "i bought this during a prime deal but even at full price i think it is good value"	74.7%
1080p good "cons short cable not very good speaker no 5ghz support pros great price cloud or micro sd storage option great picture 1080p good colour balance regular updated app overall i’m very impressed for the price and am now looking to extend my security further with some indoor ones"	74.7%
work correctly "even better now that android notifications work correctly"	74.7%
cctv stickers "some cctv stickers to say that cctv is in operation would be very welcome as these are required to be displayed"	74.7%
relatively safe "my area is relatively safe so i didn't need to do this but if you're worried about people tampering with the camera then this could be a good option for you"	74.7%
perfectly fine "i'm hoping to sort these camera's as the indoor cameras work perfectly fine without any hitch the outdoor ones for some reason never ever seem to pair to my yi home app android i have set the router to use a 2"	74.7%
alerts are great "motion alerts are great"	74.7%
pretty well "it seems to have a good antenna as it can connect to the wifi pretty well even though it’s pretty far away and a couple of walls my iphone struggles at the same distance "	74.7%
unbeatable price "i've got few yi camera and they are quite good for this unbeatable price i've paid 44£ "	74.7%
fast and well "the mobile app is very good the cloud storage is well priced and works fast and well"	74.7%
added security "i use this in my accommodation just for added security "	74.7%
free talk function "would be great if could have same hands free talk function as the done version"	74.6%
good antenna "it seems to have a good antenna as it can connect to the wifi pretty well even though it’s pretty far away and a couple of walls my iphone struggles at the same distance "	74.6%
cctv stystrm "super easy to set up through a qr code system got it up and running within 5 mins uses an sd card to record to and can also save to the cloud if you subscribe to the yi cooud service really impressed with this but little camera looks so smart and will be replacing my old cctv stystrm that has a plethora"	74.6%
quality picture "great camera with excellent quality picture which was very easy to setup"	74.6%
excellent all rounder "excellent all rounder"	74.6%
prime deal "i bought this during a prime deal but even at full price i think it is good value"	74.6%
would recommend "have their cloud service and would recommend"	74.6%
just above average "picture quality is reasonable but zoomed picture is just above average and mostly only recognizable if you know people"	74.6%
recoding capabilities "these are excellent cameras & we are delighted with their performance and recoding capabilities"	74.5%
very good value "very good value for money"	74.5%
positive reviews "came across this camera on amazon and read the reviews went with peoples positive reviews"	74.5%
good wifi range "good wifi range and easy install as it's just one usb power cable"	74.5%
work great "both work great!"	74.5%
well enough "once it's all setup the camera works well enough"	74.5%
good basic security "good basic security"	74.5%
pleasurable experience "using these cameras i have more than one for ~4 months has been mostly a pleasurable experience"	74.5%
ordering another "will be ordering another when they're next on offer"	74.4%
good number "there are a good number of settings with various sensitivity levels"	74.4%
decent quality camera "this is quite a decent quality camera that has proved to be simple to fit and set up on the network"	74.4%
very nicely "installation 7 10 not the hardest as it comes with a mounting template for drilling the holes good job on that one yi the one part of your system i like is the mounting packaging 10 10 credit where it’s due it is very nicely packaged"	74.4%
pretty good "i'm trying to think of any negatives and i truly cant think of any so that's pretty good news as well"	74.4%
proper router "need a proper router to see all these hi res footages tho"	74.4%
moving body "it also can detect movement in your room as that i will follow to record the moving body until the moving object disappears"	74.4%
strong wifi connection "overall a good camera however be sure you have a strong wifi connection as there tends to be a bit of lag when detection is triggered"	74.3%
files saved "jpg files saved are to that standard"	74.3%
overall a good "overall a good"	74.3%
decent package "all in all a decent package at a reasonable price"	74.3%
crisp image "so the night vision is definitely very good its a crisp image!"	74.3%
pretty sensitive "movement detection is pretty sensitive it sees the headlights of cars driving past in the road despite the road itself not actually being in shot"	74.3%
image quality "image quality both day and night is superb"	74.3%
work very well "i have a couple of these and they work very well once you have set them up correctly though i initially had some teething problems"	74.3%
arlo products "build quality i would consider excellent easily on a par with the higher priced nest and arlo products that are available within the marketplace"	74.2%
very responsive "pan and tilt can be directly done from the app in normal view or also in fullscreen which is great and works very responsive and turns quite fast as well with a silent motor"	74.2%
very good quality "it's a really good camera it does everything it's supposed to and very good quality"	74.2%
very well presented "the camera came in a very well presented box along with a mounting kit screwdriver power adaptor and stand"	74.2%
more useful "speaker and mic seem to work well i think this would be more useful if place at the front of a house to talk to delivery drivers etc"	74.2%
fixed cameras "i have another 4 fixed cameras from yi"	74.1%
good cameras "but all in all good cameras and good value"	74.1%
good software "great outdoors camera with good software"	74.1%
pretty painless "setup was pretty painless despite the terse instructions"	74.1%
good enough "the image quality produced by the camera is acceptable not as good as a good quality mobile phone but good enough for its purpose"	74.1%
over the moon "after six months use and i'm completely over the moon with this wee camera"	74.1%
looking great "i set the camera up and all was looking great"	74.1%
quality item "it looks and feels a quality item"	74.1%
outdoor cams "i had heard how great these cameras are for the price so we decided to get rid of my old cameras in the back garden & replace them with 2 yi outdoor cams & in the front we put a ring spotlight cam & a yi indoor camera facing out through the front window"	74.1%
cant fault "cant fault this camera works well i like them its my second on well outdoor one got one indoor and a dash cam all work very well even my brother has them now as he liked mine "	74.1%
works better "love these cameras have 5 around business premises can't go wrong for the price app works better on ios than android"	74.0%
whole garden "daytime color is vivid and sharp and the night vision can clearly see everything in my whole garden which is over 40 feet!"	74.0%
incredible price "you get all of the above for an incredible price"	74.0%
quality producr "good quality producr would recomend"	74.0%
connection and quality "i was happy with the connection and quality in the app"	73.9%
really like "camera is excellent night vision is good and alarm is cleaver done can set sensitivity to low mid or high overall i really like"	73.9%
piece of cake "setting the camera up was a piece of cake just install the yi home app select the camera scan the qr code and bob's your uncle"	73.9%
quite useful "the app system works well notifications are sent directly on your phone with the playback footage which is quite useful if you are away"	73.9%
very fast movement "the 1080p resolution is crisp and sharp and only shows fragments on very fast movement the motion detection and tracking works very well as long you not too fast"	73.9%
good feature "worth noting that a good feature of this camera is that it can record to a micro sd card not supplied with camera which means you’ll always have the recording of past events without having to sign up for their cloud service which to be fair is inexpensive anyway plus you still get the last 7 days of events on your phone anyway"	73.9%
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Pros [147] of Netvue Outdoor Security Camera 1080P W..	Strength
works perfect in both products "this camera is fulfilling my demands and works perfect"	100.0%
excellent product in both products "excellent product in every way"	100.0%
very pleased in both products "it has only been installed 24 hours but so far i am very pleased"	100.0%
brilliant camera in both products "this is a brilliant camera we are very impressed as this is mounted on the relevant side of our house in the dormer attic window on the second floor g 1 2 for ease of connection"	100.0%
quite good in both products "it took only a few minutes to set up on wifi the instructions are quite good"	99.9%
really good in both products "the night vision is really good"	99.3%
works perfectly in both products "it works perfectly through the app on my phone"	98.6%
well designed in both products "well designed and well made solid camera"	94.6%
excellent camera in both products "excellent camera that's perfect for the price and does the job amazingly"	92.9%
quality excellent in both products "the motion detection is very good the picture quality excellent and the cost of these cameras beats most others"	89.7%
great camera in both products "great camera for the price"	88.5%
absolute bargain in both products "absolute bargain if you ask me"	88.4%
works well in both products "the android app works well with my samsung a6 and allows us to enable disable motion controls and tune them and manage all of the recordings"	75.0%
great price in both products "you will be happy with this purchase great price too"	75.0%
good points in both products "good points: installation: easy enough to do aids there to use which are very useful"	75.0%
really easy in both products "setup is really easy using the app recommend using the qr code method as seems to work quicker and have had no issues with recording using the sd card"	74.9%
decent product in both products "generally a decent product"	74.9%
cctv cameras in both products "i was a little worried about the set up as i've tried cctv cameras in the past and they were such a nuisance and ended up unused but this one is so incredibly easy!"	74.9%
great value in both products "overall well worth the money and definitely great value"	74.9%
really well in both products "easy to set up and works really well with alexa on the tv"	74.9%
outdoor cameras in both products "we now own three of the outdoor cameras from netvue for external security along with two indoor units which we use for dog monitoring"	74.9%
looks well in both products "easy to set up and looks well made"	74.8%
picture quality in both products "it has a brilliant picture quality far better than i imagined it would"	74.8%
works brilliant "the app works brilliant too with plenty of clear adjustments for motion dection etc the motion dection"	100.0%
impressive both "the picture quality is impressive both during day and night"	100.0%
best mounted "best mounted high to avoid tampering also unless you have the cloud back up for storage as with only an sd card as back up any thief getting their hands on it will take the evidence with them!"	100.0%
absolutely superb "absolutely superb camera especially for the price!"	100.0%
excellent both "i have to say that i am very impressed the picture quality on all three cameras is excellent both in day and night modes"	100.0%
superb camera "for the price this is a superb camera"	100.0%
superb night vision "the image is superb especially for the price the fact they let you record locally to the camera via micro sd the two way audio wide field of view the fact i can ask alexa on my fire tablet or fire tv to show me the camera and it pops straight up superb night vision i am very excited to see how netvue develops the platform going forward here are some suggestions on how they might improve going forward"	100.0%
very detailed "the live playback on the phone app is very detailed"	100.0%
works brilliantly "if you have a micro sd card as well you can fit this and you can quickly rewind to any desired timestamp which works brilliantly"	100.0%
really excellent "which is downloaded onto iphone or ipad you get really excellent pictures both night and day of the area covered by the camera"	99.9%
unbelievably good "easy to install the wired connection worked best for me the picture is unbelievably good the motion detection feature is excellent and can be adjusted for sensitivity and 'hot spot' areas very easily in the app"	99.9%
outstanding product "outstanding product and outstanding service we've had this camera for 3months over now and the quality for relatively little money"	99.9%
absolutely fantastic "absolutely fantastic camera!"	99.9%
excellent piece "although not being poe is a bit of a pain on an outdoor camera this is an excellent piece of gear and fantastic value"	99.9%
installation process "the installation process was straight forward and mainly intuitive connect to wifi then scan the device barcode in app video very helpful and professionally done and it's done!"	99.9%
superb sound quality "excellent camera for the money good night vision superb sound quality works wifi or wired"	99.7%
highly recommend "would highly recommend"	99.6%
outstanding service "outstanding product and outstanding service we've had this camera for 3months over now and the quality for relatively little money"	99.6%
works fantastically "first one arrived unfortunately with a damaged microphone however the technically team where brilliant and being unable to solve the issue have sent a replacement which works fantastically"	99.5%
excellent sound "picture quality is excellent sound could be better but i bought them for the picture rather than the sound"	99.4%
most impressive "most impressive"	99.3%
seems excellent "thus value for money seems excellent"	99.2%
professionally done "the installation process was straight forward and mainly intuitive connect to wifi then scan the device barcode in app video very helpful and professionally done and it's done!"	99.0%
moving traffic "very handy for moving traffic if your camera is sighted near a road"	98.9%
nice piece "this product is a nice piece of kit"	98.8%
been excellent "so far the product has been excellent basically it does what is says on the tin"	98.3%
impressive stuff "impressive stuff for such a good value camera"	98.3%
real bargain "it’s a real bargain"	98.2%
incredible piece "this is an incredible piece of kit for the price"	97.7%
excellent picture "for the price it's an excellent buy and gives both excellent picture and sound quality"	97.5%
terrific camera "a terrific camera for the price"	97.3%
very impressive "night vision is very impressive"	95.6%
both excellent "the picture quality in both day light colour and night time b&w are both excellent at 1080p"	95.4%
also available "especially as customer service is also available via email chat or by calling direct"	95.3%
fixing screws "the camera was easy to mount with 3 fixing screws and the adjustable mount had enough degrees of freedom to enable me to point the camera exactly where i need coverage"	94.9%
wireless or wired "you have the option of wireless or wired network connection which is really dependant on the strength of your wireless signal"	94.7%
sandisk extreem "set it up hard wired internet connection with a sandisk extreem pro 128gb memory card"	94.0%
secure recordings "zoom in and out with ease and of course its waterproof and it has a selection of contract monthly fees to suit you fantastic i’m rarely pleased with this camera and you can also use an micro sd card for secure recordings my best perches of the year"	93.9%
nice strong "the quality of the camera is nice strong and durable"	93.7%
solid and so far reliable "these cameras are solid and so far reliable i would highly recommend these to anyone"	93.1%
microphone is amazing "but the microphone is amazing"	93.1%
really amazing "i love the fact that you can have multiple users on the same camera and the night vision is really amazing which i was sceptical about but pleased to be proven wrong"	93.0%
picture is great "picture is great!"	92.7%
product is amazing "this product is amazing"	92.0%
a bargain well "buy now to get a bargain well done netvue"	92.0%
excellent also "the picture and sound are excellent also the motion detection feature is is accurate"	92.0%
excellent in all aspects "the netvue cameras however are excellent in all aspects"	92.0%
tiny screws "i had to go back up to my camera on the roof and remove the 2 absolutely tiny screws on the cover to get the sd card out then take it to my laptop to format it before reinstalling it and putting the cover on again trying not to drop the tiny screws"	91.9%
what i think is great "also what i think is great is that you can talk over the camera"	91.7%
quallity is great "for price the quallity is great"	91.7%
incredible better "the motion detection is just incredible better than any of the other cameras i bought to try out"	91.6%
overall excellent camera "overall excellent camera s whether you go for the bullet or the indoor"	91.1%
works a treat "the night vision works a treat"	90.9%
very well designed "the mobile app is very well designed and the installation was incredibly easy"	90.7%
went blurry "i then changed my cctv system to a cloud based system which was ok until the cameras went blurry"	90.1%
integrate perfectly "the setup has been simple the online response is quick and seem less and integrate perfectly with my echo spot"	89.8%
superb customer service "good software and superb customer service!"	89.2%
camera is excellent "for value this camera is excellent but the problem comes with power cables"	88.8%
good recordings "i am so impressed with this camera i have ordered another it is at a really cheap at the moment the picture is really clear and the night vision is superb using a sd card means you can look back easily with the app good recordings too"	88.8%
good conectivity "good conectivity as my camerat is about 60ft away from my router mounted on my garage no issues so far !"	88.8%
love them well "this is the second camera i have purchased i just love them well made easy to set up with lot's of options and settings works well with alexa and on your mobile phone"	88.6%
just brilliant "it’s easy to use and easy to set up and the live chat is so helpful it’s just brilliant"	88.5%
really happy "overall with this camera i am really happy with it and would recommend this to anyone!"	88.4%
excellent features and "the picture quality is excellent features and app are easy to use and to date no problems"	88.3%
clearly and detailed "night vision is great and shows things very clearly and detailed"	88.2%
brilliant interface "the software set up is very simple due to a brilliant interface which walks you through everything in the most basic fashion"	88.0%
great addon "this is a great addon for external security or even just knowing the amazon guy has been round!"	88.0%
camera is amazing "this camera is amazing!"	87.8%
well its1080p "ive had the netvue outdoor security camera for a few months now and it has been working really well its1080p waterproof wireless wifi bullet camera with ir night vision"	87.7%
good support "very good picture quality and good support via the app"	75.0%
good coverage "100 degree field of vision allows good coverage of the rear of house and driveway too"	75.0%
great deal "a brilliant camera night and day views are a great deal better than my previous more expensive camera that this one replaced"	75.0%
good price "great product at a good price we are delighted and a little amazed with this piece of kit"	75.0%
good guide "i found the installation easy and straight forward with a good guide from the 'app' and packeted guide"	75.0%
reasonably well "all works reasonably well but the interface for checking recordings and events is slow"	75.0%
good instructions "easy to install good instructions and easy access on my phone with excellent resolution"	75.0%
fairly easy "i found installation fairly easy using the qr generated code and its a good value peace of mind security solution"	75.0%
good security device "this is a good security device"	75.0%
neat addition "still a neat addition to a camera and it does fundamentally work!"	75.0%
very handy "as i am often away because of work i thought this would come in very handy"	75.0%
adequate quality "i bought this as a gift and was expecting a basic camera with adequate quality but i was greatly surprised"	75.0%
really useful "this is a really useful feature"	75.0%
compatible products "connection to wi fi was fairly straight forward via my android smartphone as was the addition of the device to my alexa compatible products"	75.0%
respectable price "simply easy to set up easy to use great quality at a respectable price"	75.0%
shockingly good "in summary an amazing camera for a shockingly good price"	75.0%
looks good "looks good "	75.0%
great features "here are the great features of this camera build quality instructions and ease of use excellent 1080p video picture quality so impressed it supports up to 64gb sd card!"	75.0%
great sense "the best part of the whole process was in the ability to be able to talk through the camera to people passing i had our neighbour looking for me under the car we were in stitches for hours playing it back this might not be recommended practise as our neighbour has a great sense of humour not all neighbours do "	75.0%
nice picture "sending camera back picture is great tried three sd cards all new ones and would not recognised one of them so as far as i'm concerned if you want to just look at a nice picture but if you need to record stay away from it's crap"	75.0%
cctv installation "it is well made with a solid construction and now looks like a professional looking cctv installation at the property"	75.0%
great help "the inclusion of a suitable allen key and masonry drill bit are a great help during installation"	75.0%
fairly responsive "connects first time every time fairly responsive"	75.0%
good position "all i had to do was download the app link the camera to my wifi and find a good position outside"	75.0%
seems well "seems well made and if stands test of time then it will definitely represent good value"	75.0%
recommend enough "can’t recommend enough"	74.9%
sturdy casing "good quality camera well built in sturdy casing"	74.9%
easy instructions "the camera is quite sturdy and robust with easy instructions to help with installation and set up was done in a short time"	74.9%
human detection "there is also a human detection setting so it will only detect motion if believed to be human activity which works quite well"	74.9%
indoor cameras "i bought 2 for outdoor use to compliment my indoor cameras"	74.9%
works easily "the app was easy to set up and it works easily with alexa"	74.9%
monthly option "monthly option is also available all in all this is definitely one of my better purchases and i wholeheartedly recommend this product"	74.9%
good reviews "i did lots of research before buying this and they had good reviews"	74.9%
great communication "arrived on time even during the lockdown great communication and tracking found the product very good quality and quite easy to set up night time vision in black & white is good quality and daytime is in great hd picture sometimes buffers but it’s probably my internet connection at fault if using with alexa would suggest it’s a password problem everything has to be the same but apart from that would recommend netvue "	74.9%
great security "i am adding to my first review with a photo of my new camera on the front of my house so pleased with both cameras great security for my property"	74.9%
elite ultra "i have put an 128gb sandisk elite ultra in it and formatted it so i guess it's working"	74.9%
indoor units "we now own three of the outdoor cameras from netvue for external security along with two indoor units which we use for dog monitoring"	74.9%
quality instructions "here are the great features of this camera build quality instructions and ease of use excellent 1080p video picture quality so impressed it supports up to 64gb sd card!"	74.9%
would happily "i would happily buy again"	74.9%
more relaxed "makes me feel more relaxed knowing the house is save when i am away for business"	74.9%
indoor homecam "i already own the netvue indoor homecam which i’m extremely happy with so i stuck with netvue for the outdoor security camera and i am glad i did as i am extremely happy with my purchase"	74.9%
indoor nest "although my indoor nest was wider at 130 there isn’t too much difference i need to be concerned about"	74.9%
rapid notifications "i'm extremely pleased with it and the quality of the photos as well it's rapid notifications"	74.9%
quite sturdy "the camera is quite sturdy and robust with easy instructions to help with installation and set up was done in a short time"	74.9%
pretty useful "once set up the camera initiates immediately when reattached to the power supply pretty useful when you are stuck up a ladder during installation"	74.8%
have liked "the picture is really good quality for the price and the only thing i would have liked is a smaller cable as the size of the hole that needs to be drilled is quite large"	74.8%
easy installation "even the drill bit was supplied for easy installation"	74.8%
recommend these "all in all a great product for the low cost and i would highly recommend these to someone who doesn't want to have proper cctv cabling installed"	74.8%
first security camera "this is the first security camera i have ever purchased and i really am very pleased with the one i chose"	74.8%
looks great "the picture quality looks great too"	74.8%
more reliable "i have it set up with a memory card but you can also pay for cloud storage which i think would be better and more reliable"	74.8%
researched cctv "i researched cctv for months before opting for netvue and i'm so glad i did"	74.8%
proof step "on first opening the camera i was happy to find a fool proof step by step guide along with screws wall plugs mounting template and even the correct size drill bit simple things like this is a nice touch"	74.8%
light colour "the picture quality in both day light colour and night time b&w are both excellent at 1080p"	74.8%
very quickly "iam just updateing the review to say i have purchased another of these had problem with a firmware update but that was very quickly sorted by the excellent netvue customer service on line chat"	74.8%
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