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YI Outdoor Camera 1080p Home Security Surveillance IP Camera Wifi CC..

  • WEATHERPROOF IP65: Thanks to this cameras IP65 protection ratin..
  • FULL HD RESOLUTION WITH EXCELLENT NIGHT VISION: Live-stream and..
  • SMART ACTIVITY DETECTION WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - HUMAN D..
  • OPTIONAL DETERRENT ALARM: Integrated siren which, if enabled, w..
  • SECURE STORAGE ON YI CLOUD - Loop recording of all the videos o..

Product Attributes

  • Width: 5.9 inches,
  • Height: 6.7 inches,
  • Weight: 0.6 Pounds,
  • Length: 3.5 inches,
  • Size: 1 Count (Pack of 1)

Positives

Neutrals

Negatives

55.1% 9.2% 35.7%

Senti Score  [64.3%]

TP-Link Tapo Pan/Tilt Smart Security Camera, Indoor CCTV, 360° Rotat..

Best price: £26.47 (24% off)
  • No Hub Required - Works with any Wi-Fi router without the need ..
  • 1080P HD with Pan Tilt - 360 Degree rotational and 114 Degree v..
  • Two-way Audio - With built-in microphone and speaker, you can k..
  • Motion Detection and Activity Zones - Custom activity zones and..
  • SD Storage - Local storage supports up to 128 GB Micro SD card ..

Product Attributes

  • Width: 3.4 inches,
  • Height: 4.6 inches,
  • Weight: 1.0 pounds,
  • Length: 3.4 inches,
  • Size: Indoor

Positives

Neutrals

Negatives

61.1% 12.8% 26.1%

Senti Score  [73.9%]

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YI Outdoor Camera 1080p Home Security Surveillance IP Camera Wifi CC..

better impressive performance happy poor excellent product useless faulty cheap absolutely atrocious outstanding devices worst thing poor quality excellent brilliant annoying great

TP-Link Tapo Pan/Tilt Smart Security Camera, Indoor CCTV, 360° Rotat..

useless great amazing better poor nightvision cheap excellent works perfect completely waste truly excellent least poor complete waste brilliant really brilliant wrong

Compare Cons

security issue in both products

"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%

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%

complain about in both products

"so not really something to complain about"
74.8%

false alarm in both products

"its will even detects flies or spider which creates false alarm"
74.1%

almost impossible in both products

"you cannot easily hear voice coming from camera live view is almost impossible even using the yi cloud"
73.2%

stopped working in both products

"a couple of weeks later and the alerts have stopped working"
72.5%

other issue in both products

"one other issue i came across but was easily sorted was the ir light ring"
66.6%

wrong with in both products

"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 in both products

"good design however does not work"
63.3%

this problem in both products

"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%

really annoying in both products

"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%

cheap chinese in both products

"cheap chinese tat"
55.8%

worst thing

"worst thing i have ever bought!"
98.5%

poor quality

"this product is poor quality"
98.5%

absolutely atrocious

"0 10 playback on app absolutely atrocious"
97.7%

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%

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%

false triggers

"turn them off and the image is exactly the same without the false triggers"
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%

developed two faults

"camera has developed two faults"
74.8%

completely useless

"i get alert notifications on my phone but can't look at them due to this so basically after installing and setting up it is completely useless"
74.8%

went wrong

"this is a replacement for one that went wrong"
74.7%

doesnt connect

"left it off for a month or two while i decided what to do with it amd now it doesnt connect"
74.7%

unwanted visitors

"the camera itself it noticable enough to deter unwanted visitors at night but not an eye sore outside the house"
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%

very expensive

"the online storage is very expensive per month even the minimum 7day plan"
74.2%

most annoying

"the most annoying thing is that i can't record straight to my nas"
74.2%

manufacturing fault

"the camera audio would be good but there is a manufacturing fault with these cameras where they are sensitive to wifi probably due to poor shielding on the hardware"
74.1%

only gripe

"only gripe is that the playback on my iphone jumps to first recording of the day instead of the clip i want to see"
74.1%

glare issues

"i had the gen 2 yi 1080p home camera and liked it but i was monitoring outside through a window and so had some glare issues off the window pane"
74.0%

just doesnt

"it just doesnt exist"
74.0%

really inadequate

"the activity clip is only 6 seconds long which is really inadequate if you are looking to collect evidence after an incident"
74.0%

fail error

"just states send fail error"
74.0%

more difficult

"makes outside wiring more difficult that it needs to be especially if you need to run the cable through walls"
73.9%

internet issues

"never had any internet issues either and live in remote area where internet isn’t the best"
73.9%

fault them

"had mine a while now can't fault them 👍"
73.9%

thin garden

"it’s so narrow it’s useless for anything in a domestic setting unless you are trying to capture a long thin garden"
73.8%

same issue

"i have consulted yi helpdesk about this who suggested i use another sd card or reformat both of which i've tried and still have the same issue"
73.7%

returning it back

"either way i will be returning it back to amazon"
73.7%

would not work

"so it would not work "
73.4%

very poorly

"i had to upgrade the firmware manually my cameras wouldn't connect to the wifi without that and frankly it's very poorly explained"
73.3%

ignore the problem

"all for them to ignore the problem and not get back to me"
73.3%

cheap item

"espeically since this is not a cheap item"
73.2%

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%

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%

only negative

"amazon that a great job of getting it to me asap setup was easy the only negative was that the lead that came with it wasn't quite long enough"
71.4%

further complaint

"otherwise with this price no further complaint"
71.3%

break down

"i will break down the pros and cons pros mid range price for a well built product"
71.3%

window pane

"i had the gen 2 yi 1080p home camera and liked it but i was monitoring outside through a window and so had some glare issues off the window pane"
71.0%

much effort

"it feels like too much effort was put into pushing users to the payed cloud services rather than focusing on the free functionality side"
70.9%

difficult product

"if they correct the sensitivity of the motion detection and add zone control horizontal and vertical then this would be a difficult product to beat in this price range"
70.8%

biggest issue

"the biggest issue is the angle of view"
70.7%

much reflection

"unfortunately at night when the night vision kicks in there is too much reflection from number plates and its very rare it will pick them up"
70.5%

more worryingly

"more worryingly i've reinstalled the app in an attempt to set it all up again and can't now log in to my yi account"
70.2%

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%

this issue

"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%

least reliable

"probably the least reliable camera i’ve ever seen in terms of watching live footage"
67.2%

waste your time

"buy almost anything else because these will waste your time"
67.2%

rattles around

"the one i received had an sd card slot but there is nothing behind the slot and the sd card slips straight into the cass and rattles around inside the unit"
67.1%

title software

"as in the title software update can turn the camera into a brick and other reviews stated this too"
67.0%

random drop outs

"it's a shame it automatically shuts off at 9pm and has random drop outs on recording"
67.0%

ignore actual people

"motion follow is okay but tracks traffic and sometimes can ignore actual people"
66.8%

unable to stream

"also you are unable to stream!"
66.4%

external points

"ended up returning as cable not really long enough for any external points"
66.4%

disconnects all the time

"now the camera works but it just disconnects all the time"
66.3%

ring spotlight

"well in my opinion the quality of the yi camera video recordings is better than the ring spotlight cam which costs £280"
66.3%

illustrate my problems

"i will provide a video to illustrate my problems further"
66.2%

motion issue

"going back to the motion issue"
66.0%

n't very good

"this isn't very good as the reason i brought it was as i am currently away from my home so needed around the clock watch on my house"
65.9%

down philip

"im not impressed and feel let down philip"
65.9%

swivels screws

"camera wall mount that swivels screws"
65.9%

fake review

"this is definitely not a fake review!"
65.8%

free trial

"i was going to install sd cards in each camera not really explained in the instructions but east to find out how online but having been tempted into the cloud storage system by the free trial i've been so happy with it and the original 2 cameras i will continue the cloud storage subscription and add i've also bought 3 more cameras i just hope they prove reliable as i've invested so heavily in them"
65.7%

issues triggered by rain

"currently having motion sensing issues triggered by rain"
65.7%

losing many details

"it can automatically adjust the video quality by your internet speed without losing many details"
65.6%

stated this

"as in the title software update can turn the camera into a brick and other reviews stated this too"
65.4%

very low ratings

"many of the of other cameras had very similar features at a lower cost but appeared to be let down by the android ios app which would appear to consistently obtain very low ratings"
65.3%

fill the hole

"should use dc instead of usb had to make a widder hole for usb and then fill the hole because cable itself is flat"
65.2%

cloud buffering is poor

"calling function and cloud buffering is poor"
65.2%

refused to work

"i selected the cheap one and it just totally locked up and refused to work"
64.8%

biggest annoyance

"the biggest annoyance though is the stupidly short usb power lead that comes hard wired to the damn thing"
64.8%

poor at night zoom

"picture quality is ok in the day but poor at night zoom is grainy motion detection is hopeless doesn’t matter if you set zone goes off when it feels like it however it an affordable price and easy to install"
64.8%

miss a crime or event

"screenshot attached light blue means recorded data other area is dropped connection again very poor as you could miss a crime or event!"
64.8%

crashes it altogether

"if i push to talk over it then that just crashes it altogether i think because it draws extra power to engage the speaker and thus killing it"
64.8%

false notifications

"poor quality false notifications"
64.7%

very dissatisfied

"overall very dissatisfied and won't be buying any yi products again mainly for the useless customer service"
64.6%

subscription charge

"disappointed you have to pay a large subscription charge"
64.4%

rain drops

"overall good having a bit of an issue with sensitivity too sensitive and it alerts with rain drops and not enough and it misses some obvious things like visitors to the door"
64.4%

useless for my needs

"there is no way a person or car registration could be recognised which renders the camera largely useless for my needs"
64.3%

waste of money and time

"waste of money and time"
64.2%

camera is now useless

"only 3 months of use and condensation has appeared inside the camera so you can no longer see a picture the camera is now useless and can no longer be used!"
64.1%

points motion detection

"bad points motion detection “too” sensitive even on lowest setting no zone control no angle limitations inclusions schedule needs more customisation to inc"
63.8%

like a software

"seems like a software bug"
63.7%

spoke to supplier

"spoke to supplier and it's been a challenge to get the replacement"
63.7%

lost its connection

"however after several months the camera lost its connection to my account so i have tried to re pair it but the reset button doesn't work so it is now a useless brick attached to the wall with a cable that has been drilled through the wall and sealed in place"
63.5%

same price

"frame rate is low for same price you can get 4mp this is 2mp camera at 30fps with dc power and dual band wifi this is 2"
63.5%

previously useless

"so it means the camera which was previously useless is now more than useless just using electricity and hanging up on the wall"
63.5%

cable itself is flat

"should use dc instead of usb had to make a widder hole for usb and then fill the hole because cable itself is flat"
63.4%

camera is stolen

"don't make a mistake they do still push their cloud storage but the camera does its job without it so you can potentially lose the videos only if the camera is stolen but you don't get impaired features like with other competitors"
63.4%

it's limitations

"but then you see it's limitations"
63.4%

wrong plan yi support

"my cloud plan dissappeared after changing phones and now keeps signing up to the wrong plan yi support are just ignoring me"
63.4%

main downsides

"the main downsides were a oermenantly attached power cable and no rtsp support which means you have to buy cloud subscription for off device storage"
63.4%

camera is useless

"this camera is useless"
63.4%

being too short

"i believe the issue stems from the usb power cord being too short unless you have a socket close to where you want to place it which is unlikely as it is an outdoor camera"
63.4%

which was shoddy

"this is after yesterday returning a blink xt system which was shoddy"
63.3%

pretty pointless

"live view works but alerts don't which is pretty pointless really"
63.3%

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%

refused to reconnect

"i'm not sure if my unit is faulty but it happened both when i initially tested it out of the box and when securing it to a wall even though the camera reports as having a 100% connection to the wifi it has disconnected and refused to reconnect"
62.4%

more misses

"in fact far more misses than hits even when turned to highest sensitivity"
62.3%

avoid this seller

"laptop fire tv that irritating noise is always there i contacted seeverything uk and i was palmed off with excuses and then they totally ignored my messages the sellers name may say uk but it's actually shanghai you are dealing with i would avoid this seller and this security camera at all costs"
62.2%

only big complaint

"the only big complaint i have is the app is a but of mess to navigate with the same functions in different places depending on which screen you are on"
62.2%

no mention of that

"will not install on iphones eventually installed on ipad but then would not work unless we paid for a subscription there was no mention of that when it was bought the support is not helpful"
62.1%

seems to mention

"an update they appear to have added which no online review seems to mention is the addition of the notification area detection you can highlight a box within the frame where it will only notify you based on activity in this area"
61.8%

alot of issues

"but for some reason i had alot of issues with this current camera"
61.8%

camera dies

"i wish now i hadn't got the ring as i'm gonna be stuck with a hefty subscription until the camera dies"
61.8%

incredibly poor

"their cloud service is incredibly poor where the cloud service doesnt allow you to playback recordings and also with no auto renewal feature meaning your cover can be disabled without you knowing "
61.8%

biggest issue for

"biggest issue for me is that it does not support rtsp real time streaming protocol or seem to have any web interface therefore you are tied to using the official yi home phone app or pc program"
61.7%

still wo n't work

"says network not good enough but moved access point router next to the external wall and still won't work"
61.6%

screws and fixings

"includes a mounting template all screws and fixings if required and even usb cable mounting clips for a very neat install"
61.4%

turn phone clockwise

"and it only does landscape counter clockwise when i tend to turn phone clockwise"
61.3%

failure of the ones

"i have had to replace two of the usb power adaptors due to failure of the ones supplied"
61.3%

next to useless

"so this makes it next to useless for iding anyone if there is a break in but is otherwise good for general seeing what's going at night or when you're away"
61.1%

nowhere fast

"i contacted the support but got nowhere fast"
61.0%

now not running properly

"update dec 2018 : the app for windows pc is now not running properly"
61.0%

just a bad batch

"i figured it was just a bad batch or faulty component"
61.0%

which is useless

"camera is ok but the alerts don't work on android phones until you open the app then you get loads of notifications all at once which is useless"
61.0%

not water proof

"the 3m cable is non extendable as it is attached to the camera which might be an issue if you didn't have a power socket planned for this camera you don't want to leave the camera socket out in the weather: this bit is not water proof"
60.9%

minor movement

"it now only picks up major movement and minor movement is now ignored although the camera is set to most sensitive setting"
60.8%

poor customer service

"due to the poor customer service i think i'll go elsewhere!"
60.7%

useless customer service

"overall very dissatisfied and won't be buying any yi products again mainly for the useless customer service"
60.7%

slight negative

"the only slight negative is flys etc set off motion alerts at night time but i am still playing with the settings so may be able to resolve that"
60.6%

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%

major issue

"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%

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%

waste of time

"unless you intend to use this right next to your router it is a waste of time"
56.7%

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%

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%
...

really annoying in both products

"this is really annoying as without live streaming you cant keep recording nor is there snapshots or motion"
98.8%

security issue in both products

"i do not want to have to flag the exact location of the camera as i believe that represents a security issue if the server is compromised"
74.8%

false alarm in both products

"i have turned these to the lowest settings which work well but get the odd false alarm"
74.8%

cheap chinese in both products

"the picture is fine not any better than the cheap chinese no brand its replacing"
73.0%

does not work in both products

"i had purchased this to monitor outside through a window however this does not work"
69.1%

waste your money in both products

"don’t waste your money"
68.1%

stopped working in both products

"after initiation the update the camera turned off and stopped working"
67.8%

this problem in both products

"has anyone else has this problem?"
67.2%

wrong with in both products

"after that i’ve tried to reconnect the camera and got all kinds of errors possible it didn’t blink at all then it blinked but the app didn’t see the camera after few times resetting and powering off the app saw the camera but was unable to connect to wifi stating something is wrong with it i have other products by tapo and none of them ever complained about my wifi "
67.0%

waste of money in both products

"waste of money !"
66.7%

almost impossible in both products

"streaming to google hub is almost impossible as it looses connection or freezes"
56.6%

other issue in both products

"the other issue was that the camera appeared not to be recording clips on detecting motion"
54.8%

complain about in both products

"if that's ok for you then really there's little to complain about"
52.2%

complete waste

"so the multiple view is a complete waste of time"
99.9%

poor nightvision

"poor nightvision the ir nightvision is not great!"
99.8%

completely waste

"completely waste of money"
99.7%

very disappointed

"very disappointed"
99.0%

huge problem

"have tried everything and every range of sim card yet there is a huge problem"
97.1%

crap camera

"crap camera and very noisy!"
96.1%

away dreadful

"stay away dreadful product"
95.9%

terrible reboots

"here are my other cons glitchy app auto switches from hq to lq no way to stop it notifies with no apparent trigger detection is also over sensitive delays in notifications sometimes hours get 20 notifications from whole day in one go sound is terrible reboots required regular tech support is poor it admittedly is an amazing concept and if a little more effort was made could have been fantastic"
95.5%

pretty poor

"the instructions are pretty poor i suggest you need to look at this problem personally i would not buy the two together camera is fine on it's own"
94.6%

failed far too quickly

"tried hitting the "retry" button and it repeatedly failed far too quickly for it to have even attempted a substantive check"
75.0%

privacy issues

"whilst the hardware produced by such firms may be ok i always have concerns about the robustness of their software and privacy issues"
74.9%

card issue

"the other niggle was the sd card issue mentioned above"
74.9%

almost misleading

"it’s almost misleading as during the night it only shows what is directly in front of the camera"
74.9%

delayed rate

"if notifications are on be prepared to get bombarded but at a delayed rate"
74.9%

sensitive delays

"here are my other cons glitchy app auto switches from hq to lq no way to stop it notifies with no apparent trigger detection is also over sensitive delays in notifications sometimes hours get 20 notifications from whole day in one go sound is terrible reboots required regular tech support is poor it admittedly is an amazing concept and if a little more effort was made could have been fantastic"
74.9%

only issue

"only issue i have is power cord should be white"
74.9%

more expensive

"1 extension if you need more length and these are no more expensive than usb cables"
74.8%

being stolen

"that way the device or memory cards being stolen will not mean the loss of footage"
74.8%

very noisy

"crap camera and very noisy!"
74.8%

very laggy

"the play back is very laggy and not easy to view back recorded footage very time consuming"
74.7%

reboot time

"reboot time is fixed at 3am"
74.7%

cheap cameras

"iv had cheap cameras in the past which have concerned me for security reasons"
74.7%

error message

"it is ok but it won't except the memory card i have tried 2 different cards and i just get an error message saying there is a problem with the card the cards both work in my tablet"
74.6%

forced permanently

"the camera can be left on auto day night mode or forced permanently into day or night mode"
74.6%

another issue

"then another issue was the camera telling me that the memory card had a problem which turned out to mean it needed formatting first but i found an option in the software that means the camera can do this for you"
74.5%

virus outbreak

"still not operational and now too late as location is shut down due to virus outbreak"
74.5%

coding issue

"not sure if this is a coding issue or me being dim"
74.3%

almost unintelligible

"the only bit which is let down would be the microphone listening to what's going on through the phone app is almost unintelligible you have to be very close to the camera to understand what someone is saying"
74.3%

itself not damaged

"i dropped the camera from approx 5’ onto concrete snapped one of the bracket lugs but camera itself not damaged and working fine"
74.2%

connectivity problems

"there have been no real issues maintaining a connection and any connectivity problems are solved by exiting the program and opening again this only happens when i switch wifi signals on my phone now and then"
74.1%

goes wrong

"dont use the auto restart it can randomly completely screw up the setup when it goes wrong and it will use the manual option in the app"
74.0%

pretty limited

"awesome little camera you are pretty limited and stuck within the tapo app but i’m sure updates will come ie there is no patrol mode just virtual and horizontal scan"
73.8%

failed instantly

"again it "could only be controlled locally" and the check screen failed instantly on every retry"
73.8%

back cant beleive

"this rubbish is going back cant beleive this cr** is tp link branded"
73.8%

utterly useless

"utterly useless"
73.7%

stolen again

"to prevent it or help it if it got stolen again i bought this lil camera"
73.5%

utter junk

"the box says the unit is a c200 but the app says a kc110 kc115 it is utter junk and i would not engage with tapo or tp link again"
73.5%

live views

"further in addition to remote access using the tp link camera ios or android app you can also stream live views to any alexa device that has a screen and similar kit from google"
73.4%

false alarms

"many false alarms"
73.4%

assistance useless

"now have no picture assistance useless"
73.4%

main problem

"the main problem is when you try to view more than 1 camera you select a 4 camera window or swipe left it only shows 1 at a time"
73.0%

wasted my money

"wasted my money with this it works on 2"
72.9%

lesser quality

"it has two rtsp feeds one 1080p hd and another lesser quality"
72.8%

cause problems

"this cause problems at night due to the reflection off the night vision lights"
72.8%

spent hours

"i bought this camera after spent hours viewing other people feedbacks"
72.6%

freezes even

"it looses connection and freezes even with the app !"
71.8%

poor sound

"poor sound"
71.6%

connection issues

"don’t know if that’s the app or 4g or wifi connection issues"
71.1%

unless well hidden

"may not be ideal as purely security camera unless well hidden"
70.8%

privacy implications

"this is outrageous advice which would have all sorts of privacy implications which i am not prepared to contemplate"
70.2%

cheap records

"good points small cheap records to micro sd card app lets you watch remotely app does seem to work can review saved footage at up to 8x speed bad points motion detection is essentially useless it doesn't detect me walking down our drive but does detect random cars outside of the detection zone"
70.2%

another problem

"another problem to add to the long list"
70.2%

virtually unusable

"this review is likely more about failings with the tapo app and or any underlying apis rather than the device itself which in itself "seemed" functional however since both need to operate seamlessly to effectively utilise the latter the problems described within render the camera virtually unusable"
69.8%

power cable

"the power cable is nice and long i have the camera mounted upside down at the top of the window the image can be flipped and the cable runs across the top of the window and all the way to the floor"
69.6%

cloud payments

"i'm using this with a 32gb sdhc card to record video so no ongoing cloud payments"
69.5%

disturbing them

"i can see how this can be immensely valuable to people with animals that needs to be left on their own or with babies whose parents would like to interact with them without physically disturbing them!"
69.4%

little fella

"i'm still learning with this little fella but whatni did find easier for me is to put it on the 'motion detection' setting for recording as opposed to continuous recording then i don't have to through hours of footage"
69.1%

seem a shame

"some of the app features can not be used as the camera firmware is not supported which would seem a shame"
68.9%

still is n't ideal

"forcing permanent day mode avoids this although it also keeps the camera in lower sensitivity colour recording mode so although better than night mode it still isn't ideal"
68.8%

recording way too long

"no way to set duration for clips recorded after each trigger it carries on recording way too long"
68.8%

having issues

"but having issues with the mic 🎤 and speaker 🔈 quality isn’t great"
68.8%

return window

"would have returned for refund but missed the return window"
68.5%

mess mic speaker

"paid £25 and is good for that but made in china it’s ok for that price and all works great app is really easy to use shame it does not have a zoom just on the screen can go in more but then comes a mess mic speaker are poor a good starter camera"
68.4%

picture wasnt

"since it was purchased as a baby monitor to use via echo show the picture wasnt bright enough"
68.1%

essentially useless

"good points small cheap records to micro sd card app lets you watch remotely app does seem to work can review saved footage at up to 8x speed bad points motion detection is essentially useless it doesn't detect me walking down our drive but does detect random cars outside of the detection zone"
67.8%

lacking instructions

"the troubleshooting is lacking instructions"
67.8%

not 5ghz compatible

"4ghz wifi as camera and phone have to be on the same wifi for installation the camera is not 5ghz compatible"
67.3%

wrong plug

"i can't do much with an item that's got the wrong plug"
67.3%

from recording video

"i have a 64gb memory card installed and the biggest benefit from recording video so far has been seeing how many cats use my garden as a thoroughfare"
67.2%

other configuration

"camera video stream can be viewed through a google nest hub limited view time only although any other configuration or playback of recordings must be done through the app"
67.2%

often delayed

"motion detection at default level is erratic sometimes no detection even though you walk straight in front of the camera and other times detection with no obvious movement and often delayed"
67.1%

causing the issue

"update: it was just one of the cameras causing the issue"
67.0%

says no internet

"in the app it constantly shows the camera as offline or says no internet even though i could stream podcasts radio"
66.8%

erratic sometimes

"motion detection at default level is erratic sometimes no detection even though you walk straight in front of the camera and other times detection with no obvious movement and often delayed"
66.6%

gimmick not functional

"activity zone adjustment is a gimmick not functional if it sees it it will get recorded basically"
66.4%

camera recording video

"privacy mode stops the camera recording video and sound"
65.9%

your main router but

"if however you have access points and or extenders then it might be a nightmare it will connect to your main router but not to extenders or access points in order to do that you have to disable ap on those devices and the enable it after you have set up the camera"
65.9%

rigging this gadget

"i was off down the pub while he slaved away rigging this gadget up"
65.8%

facial characteristics

"having tried it i can see most facial characteristics well enough to be able to make people out in low light situations"
65.6%

fault in unit

"doesn’t record on auto detect but does detect and sound sounder so fault in unit"
65.4%

not much good

"during daylight this is a fabulous bit of kit but at night it is not much good"
65.4%

logging into the ios

"bad points when logging into the ios app after set up ios tries to use a new suggested password rather than the one already set up and saved in keychain"
65.4%

unable to return as this

"they tried it a couple of months later and it didn’t work and was unable to return as this was outside the return window"
65.4%

being opened

"dose anyone how to keep it recording without the app being opened"
65.3%

beaten in price

"cannot be beaten in price vs performance"
65.1%

zoom not too clever

"zoom not too clever seems to distort the picture"
65.0%

disappointed in tapo

"i’m very disappointed in tapo!"
65.0%

complained about my wifi

"after that i’ve tried to reconnect the camera and got all kinds of errors possible it didn’t blink at all then it blinked but the app didn’t see the camera after few times resetting and powering off the app saw the camera but was unable to connect to wifi stating something is wrong with it i have other products by tapo and none of them ever complained about my wifi "
65.0%

full of bugs

"the skill app whilst easy to set up is full of bugs the latest one is that even if you turn off notifications it notifies you of every event"
64.5%

does not physically

"" this is incorrect privacy mode does not physically close the lens"
64.0%

double glazing

"like all similar products can't see through double glazing at night due to infared reflecting off the surface"
63.5%

must be bogus

"unless our flat is somehow haunted without our knowing these alerts must be bogus"
63.5%

lens flare

"there is a strange lens flare possibly because the ir light is too close to the lens and light reflects directly back into the camera"
63.3%

more configuration

"i'm going to try one more configuration then if issues still exist i'll be returning both cameras as not fit for purpose"
62.9%

near impossible

"a well made camera with clear visuals however the screw down mounting plate is near impossible to disengage so make sure it is correctly aligned before fixing"
62.8%

evidentially useless

"this makes it evidentially useless as a security camera"
62.7%

obvious sound issues

"the speaker is reasonably loud for when you want to two way call or alarm however the design choice to put it at the rear of the camera has obvious sound issues"
62.7%

clear old files

"the loop function allows it to record continuously so you don't need to worry about having to clear old files or change sd card when full"
62.6%

however the screw

"a well made camera with clear visuals however the screw down mounting plate is near impossible to disengage so make sure it is correctly aligned before fixing"
62.2%

through windows

"for shooting through windows at night turn of the auto mode and set it day only this switches the night vision leds off but you will outdoor lighting to compensate"
62.2%

avoid future issues

"in summary i can recommend the tp cameras however please ensure you allow enough time beforehand for ample set up and troubleshooting to avoid future issues"
62.0%

does n't even

"i have been on their web site but it doesn't even show me which way round to put the sd card into the slot in the camera"
61.5%

visual deterrent

"much better than i was expecting it to be as i bought it as a visual deterrent due to its size but i’ve been pleasantly surprised by the quality of images captured"
61.3%

other issues

"this is after the latest update that seems to have fixed a few other issues but without a permanent live view i can't give it more than one star as a baby monitor"
61.2%

incorrect privacy mode

"" this is incorrect privacy mode does not physically close the lens"
61.2%

rubbish with instructions

"easy set up and i'm rubbish with instructions"
61.1%

faulty sound and

"item was faulty sound and mic didn't work"
60.5%

would n't recommend

"i wouldn’t recommend"
60.5%

less frequent

"after reducing the motion detection sensitivity to its lowest level and reducing the field of view used to detect motion the alerts are now less frequent but still occur for no apparent reason"
60.5%

every three tries

"getting into the "more" section works once every three tries and when there sometimes it fails to show you live feed so have to go out and back in again"
60.4%

avoids this

"forcing permanent day mode avoids this although it also keeps the camera in lower sensitivity colour recording mode so although better than night mode it still isn't ideal"
59.9%

photo if one wanted

"once can even take a still photo if one wanted"
59.7%

stolen off my prius

"i recently had the catalytic converters stolen off my prius and was very p*****off about it!"
59.6%

negative comments

"firstly can i say that i am surprised by some negative comments given the price of this camera and what it packs"
59.4%

only two minor issues

"only two minor issues 1"
58.9%

server is compromised

"i do not want to have to flag the exact location of the camera as i believe that represents a security issue if the server is compromised"
58.8%

does n't do anything

"also when i try and retrieve the recording it shows a small picture icon of the recording but when i try and open it to watch it it opens a black screen with a play button which doesn't do anything"
58.7%

have one niggle

"if i have one niggle is that if you're using this as a security camera the plug is so easy to undo maybe they should come up with some sort of screw connection with maybe an allen key to tighten so it cannot be easily pulled out apart from this the quality is good but it's a shame you cannot use it with with echo dots without having a fire tv it will be nice just to ask the dot to show the camera and to choose what device you wanted to show on i"
58.7%

miss my old camera

"i bought this camera to replace a baby kimcam and now that i've the tp link tapo i'm going to miss my old camera"
58.7%

such issue

"secondly the live feed is not continuous on your phone evry few minutes it keeps asking permission if you want to continue absolutely horendous device no such issue with yi cameras"
58.4%

does n't reset

"after that it seems to lose the connection or something went wrong again and i’ve got red light on the app says the camera is offline and the camera doesn’t reset or tries to do anything"
58.4%

find an inconvenience

"most other cameras have standardized on micro usb for power but this has its own transformer and connector which i find an inconvenience"
57.8%

they are defunct

"do not buy the sd suggested as they are defunct and not even the correct format for the camera"
57.7%

similar problems

"i note from other reviews that others had similar problems with the 128gb"
57.7%

cheap camera

"if you intend to get a cheap camera that supports pan and tilt for your home to monitor things you will not go wrong with the tapo c200"
57.6%

still no luck

"5 allowing the app every permission still no luck"
57.6%

horrible black lead

"lead is not long enough for something like this you would want it up high or in a corner horrible black lead hanging down"
57.5%

audio very poor

"it would be a 5 star from me if the recorded audio is better i find the audio very poor at a few feet away you cannot make out what i was saying"
57.3%

jerky and noisy

"i appreciate that this is the budget end of tp link's range of cameras but even so i was not impressed with the picture quality when compared to similar priced cameras the camera was also jerky and noisy when rotating"
56.9%

pest control plug

"in my kitchen i had a pest control plug attached which had a red light permanently on"
56.4%

which is not included

"the only way to record footage is to store it locally on an sd card which is not included"
56.3%

would be no record

"can't really recommend as a security camera as no cloud storage meaning a burglar could simply steal the camera and there would be no record"
56.2%

back as it failed

"within a fornight had to send one back as it failed"
56.2%

than not enough

"but i'd rather have too sensitive than not enough"
56.2%

would be a problem

"for most people i don't know if this would be a problem but it's worth bearing in mind that using something like zoneminder shinobi ispy etc"
56.2%

trying to connect

"i ended up having to forcibly disconnect my phone from the wifi while the camera was trying to connect"
56.2%

failed every time

"when i reinstalled it as an “existing configuration” it failed every time at the end with a black pop up that reads “the network is unstable"
56.1%

failed to format

"no sd worked and you keep hearing the same sentence 'there is a problem with the sd card' and failed to format"
56.1%

night vision is not great

"however night vision is not great"
56.1%

such a low price

"i'm very impressed at the quality for such a low price"
56.0%

window blocking any image

"as expected the ir lights in night mode are no good as they bounce off the window blocking any image but day mode and some outdoor flood lights connected to a photocell fix my night viewing issue"
56.0%

sounds a lot better

"however speaking through the app to the camera sounds a lot better"
55.9%

only quibble

"my only quibble is that it notifies you of every little movement"
55.9%

n't connect to alexa

"won't connect to alexa!"
55.8%

little difficult

"i wanted to stream it to a desktop pc & expected that to be a little difficult but if you download the free ispy software it's hardly a problem since the camera is compatible with rtsp & onvif"
55.7%

poor & garbled

"image quality is very good but sound is poor & garbled speech generally unintelligible"
55.3%

party ip cam software

"also able to access from 3rd party ip cam software but without camera positioning"
55.2%

retain memory positions

"the camera could not retain memory positions"
55.2%

no subscriptions either

"i have put a memory card in it so there are no subscriptions either"
55.2%

away from home

"from the app on your phone if you are away from home"
55.1%

poor wifi connection

"however using the free software ispy i have imported the lower quality feeds for motion detection lower quality feeds have less weird video glitches if your camera has poor wifi connection and then i clone it so i have 2 smaller feeds one detecting the front yard another to detect the road"
55.1%

very cheap at #

"very cheap at £24"
55.0%

technically this is false

"technically this is false"
54.9%

sounds a bit poor

"the audio recording sounds a bit poor"
54.9%

ignore a 128gb

"i would advise to ignore a 128gb and use a 32gb which gives a massive 4 5 24hour recording"
54.7%

not know the product

"this item may be sophisticated but when it fails the support instructions are misleading and the help desk are incompetent and do not know the product"
54.7%

would n't have known

"lastly a few times the camera has been offline the app said it was powered of but i checked the plug and the wifi which had no issues and i had to restart the camera which in theory isn't great when if suddenly something happened or if i didn't check i wouldn't have known"
54.7%

just a poor

"the replacement is just a poor"
54.6%

fared less

"at night turn off i fared less and use outdoor pir lights or as i do street lights!"
54.5%

very annoying

"the reason i give 1 star is because after 1 month of use the camera started rebooting by itself without any option activated to do so and its very annoying during the night when it does that allmoste eveey hour"
54.5%

problem with this

"the problem with this is if you wanted to quickly view all cameras you can't"
54.4%

cloudy and unfocused

"the image looks cloudy and unfocused"
54.4%

hard choosing

"it was hard choosing because some offer subscriptions or are quite expensive"
54.4%

full pan tilt zoom

"full pan tilt zoom in 1080 hd for £25 tech is so good and cheap these days took me 2 mins to set it up and its great for wildlife watching as in here on the bird feeder or with night vision to see nocturnal ones later brill"
54.4%

cars headlight

"no preview image of what triggered the cam could have been a cars headlight fox or an uninvited visitor fly tipping by your fence"
54.4%

even format the old

"also of forcing you to use an sd you can't even format the old sd you have forcing you to spend a large amount of money to try various brands of which at least with luck one will working"
54.2%

surrounding the lens

"most cameras have a ring of at least 6 ir led's surrounding the lens this one only has a line of 4 relatively small leds which don't really give much illumination!"
54.2%

nothing ever

"thankfully nothing ever did but i goes to show ensure you set up these cameras properly and maybe test them for a week in advance to iron out any kinks"
54.2%

hence did n't work

"i had bought this to use as a baby monitor but found in some houses we visited the wifi didn't stretch to the room and hence didn't work"
54.1%

dogs cage upstairs

"so i bought 2 of these one for my dogs cage upstairs and the cage downstairs because my dog has had a major surgery where i need to see him tplo where he broke a ligament and these cameras have worked the charm they record when he is moving and when it hears sound and the night vision is brilliant i'm"
54.0%

delivery dont plan

"if you plan on using it to monitor for an event like a take away delivery dont plan on doing it on an echo show or spot or firestick as it cuts off after about 5 mins its fine on the app though so again its down to low quality skill software"
53.9%

going to be beaten

"for the price it's not going to be beaten"
53.9%

n't expecting much

"the features of the camera are wonderful i wasn’t expecting much but now i have ended up buying a 2nd device"
53.8%

which is let down

"the only bit which is let down would be the microphone listening to what's going on through the phone app is almost unintelligible you have to be very close to the camera to understand what someone is saying"
53.7%

been offline the

"lastly a few times the camera has been offline the app said it was powered of but i checked the plug and the wifi which had no issues and i had to restart the camera which in theory isn't great when if suddenly something happened or if i didn't check i wouldn't have known"
53.7%

need to swipe

"i have 2 and have both linked so i only need to swipe the picture on my phone to see the other camera"
53.6%

could be better

"activity zones could be better but i will play with these a bit more before giving up completely"
53.6%

camera is wrong

"there is no option that your wifi is fine not the option that the camera is wrong"
53.5%

problem with the card

"it is ok but it won't except the memory card i have tried 2 different cards and i just get an error message saying there is a problem with the card the cards both work in my tablet"
53.4%

network is unstable

"when i reinstalled it as an “existing configuration” it failed every time at the end with a black pop up that reads “the network is unstable"
53.3%

assign a location

"however this also consistently failed after attempting to assign a location to the re added device as did every retry"
53.2%

echo dot 5 as stated

"also doesn’t connect to amazon echo dot 5 as stated"
53.0%

unstable and immature

"the app "feels" buggy unstable and immature certainly compared to it's kasa counterpart and in my humble opinion tp link would be better served by consolidating control of kasa and tapo products into their more mature kasa app and api and focusing on the kasa brand"
53.0%

might as well

"it’s by far the worst i’ve seen it is so bad that it might as well not have the function"
53.0%

kinds of errors

"after that i’ve tried to reconnect the camera and got all kinds of errors possible it didn’t blink at all then it blinked but the app didn’t see the camera after few times resetting and powering off the app saw the camera but was unable to connect to wifi stating something is wrong with it i have other products by tapo and none of them ever complained about my wifi "
52.9%

with no recourse

"and again the device eventually disappeared from the tapo app devices screen leaving me with no recourse but to reset re add it over and over again"
52.7%

terrible on this

"as soon a it’s more than 6foot from the rooter it pretty much stops working we’ve a full mesh network with boosters and it’s terrible on this"
52.7%

jump through hoops

"i am trying to send it back but amazon only grants returns for a month before it makes you jump through hoops"
52.7%

no cloud storage

"can't really recommend as a security camera as no cloud storage meaning a burglar could simply steal the camera and there would be no record"
52.7%

failing part

"i had problems setting up as could connect to camera as in guide but then kept failing part way through setup then i realised the following"
52.6%

does n't support that

"that requires port forwarding on the router and this camera doesn't support that"
52.6%

disgusting option

"even with the sd card installed the camera has a disgusting option that delete the entire motion notification log from the previous day"
52.6%

smashed to bits

"understand that as a security camera there can be a few issues with offline storage as the sd card can just be taken out of the camera can be smashed to bits along with the sd card but as this isn't the main reason for my purchase this doesn't bother me"
52.4%

no real issues

"there have been no real issues maintaining a connection and any connectivity problems are solved by exiting the program and opening again this only happens when i switch wifi signals on my phone now and then"
52.3%

anything more is terrible

"would be alright for maybe 3 4 metres but anything more is terrible"
52.2%

alarm noise

"when motion detection is activated it makes a alarm noise to warn anyone that it is recording"
52.1%

wasting a good hour

"so at the end you are stuck wasting a good hour each day going through clips recorded at various playback speeds to see what triggered the cam"
52.1%

easily accessible

"i like that the sd card is hidden and not easily accessible if you don't know where to look for it"
52.1%

issues with the software

"all the cheap other ones have issues with the software they use"
52.0%

difficult as it captures

"playback for review is difficult as it captures so"
52.0%

show errors

"poor show errors are confusing and contradictory"
51.8%

load recordings

"accessing recordings is good compared to others where i could never load recordings "
51.8%

ispy software

"i wanted to stream it to a desktop pc & expected that to be a little difficult but if you download the free ispy software it's hardly a problem since the camera is compatible with rtsp & onvif"
51.8%

help desk are incompetent

"this item may be sophisticated but when it fails the support instructions are misleading and the help desk are incompetent and do not know the product"
51.7%

software beeps

"both trigger separate high quality feeds to record and i make it so that if anyone steps on the front of our property the software beeps"
51.6%

software tapo

"the software tapo is very handy"
51.6%

broken after a year

"this is not a first time to buy an indoor camera hopefully don’t broken after a year"
51.4%

sure what i

"not sure what i am going to do now?"
51.4%

really ca n't go wrong

"for the price you really can't go wrong"
51.3%

video glitches

"however using the free software ispy i have imported the lower quality feeds for motion detection lower quality feeds have less weird video glitches if your camera has poor wifi connection and then i clone it so i have 2 smaller feeds one detecting the front yard another to detect the road"
50.9%

existing configuration

"when i reinstalled it as an “existing configuration” it failed every time at the end with a black pop up that reads “the network is unstable"
50.5%

camera has no zoom

"unfortunately the onvif profile it support doesn't not support ptz or rather pt since this camera has no zoom"
50.2%

no zoom capability

"pan and tilt work well no zoom capability"
50.1%
...

Compare Pros

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%

excellent rotation in both products

"excellent rotation"
97.0%

great camera in both products

"great camera"
93.7%

really good in both products

"daytime viewing has been really good night time isn't great it's ok close range but anything beyond 5 m is sketching luckily i have an outside light that's quite bright so it illuminates beyond the 5 m"
93.1%

absolute bargain in both products

"i picked up a toshiba 32gb u3 card at the same time for just £8 on amazon to bring my total purchase to £68 absolute bargain"
92.7%

well worth in both products

"well worth it!"
92.1%

smart phone in both products

"if you can work a smart phone you can work this"
75.0%

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%

great item in both products

"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%

cctv cameras in both products

"as all smart cctv cameras they have flaws pros and con"
74.9%

good value in both products

"easy set up decent images pleasing appearance good back up from yi email team excellent night vision cloud subscription good value for money and works very well with android"
74.8%

outdoor camera in both products

"i purchased the yi outdoor camera to monitor our driveway"
74.8%

good picture in both products

"good picture and has a speaker and a microphone built in so i can speak to people when my ring doorbell craps out nearly everytime!"
74.8%

works well in both products

"certainly a good looking compact camera that works well"
74.7%

picture quality in both products

"daytime picture quality is quite good i'm sure there is better at higher cost but this will do"
74.7%

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%

pretty good in both products

"i'm trying to think of any negatives and i truly cant think of any so that's pretty good news as well"
74.4%

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%

image quality in both products

"image quality both day and night is superb"
74.3%

good enough in both products

"the image quality produced by the camera is acceptable not as good as a good quality mobile phone but good enough for its purpose"
74.1%

great price in both products

"all round great product and great price"
74.0%

outstanding devices

"these are outstanding devices"
99.9%

impressive performance

"impressive performance and good value"
99.7%

gives excellent

"for my own needs though i turned off the motion detection and the ir and it gives excellent 24 7 views of both inside and outside the house"
99.5%

superb product

"apart from that superb product!"
99.5%

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%

time clarity

"day time clarity is good but also poor when you zoom in the stream pixelates easily"
96.5%

excellent cameras

"these are excellent cameras & we are delighted with their performance and recoding capabilities"
96.3%

excellent great

"the night vision is excellent great for people who live near the country and its pitch black"
96.2%

quality excellent

"a littll4 dificult to set up for me but with a little help from my tec savvy son 45mins all done features are great and quality excellent "
95.9%

best camera

"for this price the best camera you can buy"
95.3%

brilliant piece

"brilliant piece of kit"
94.8%

amazing and so easy

"it’s amazing and so easy to set up"
93.9%

excellent and great

"99 easy to setup and install loads of features the app is excellent and great picture quality even in ir night vision mode"
93.9%

perfect and great

"perfect and great value"
93.9%

simply superb

"simply superb!"
93.4%

excellent and essential

"the mobile app is excellent and essential as you cannot at the moment access via a pc"
93.4%

brilliant camera great

"brilliant camera great app too thanks"
92.2%

amazing quality

"amazing quality but could do with rtsp added for local dvr saving otherwise you are stuck with the sd card or yi cloud subscription"
91.6%

overall bargain

"overall bargain!"
91.4%

only fault

"the app is ok and the only fault i find with it and all yi cameras is not being able to fast forward footage"
91.2%

great outdoors camera

"great outdoors camera with good software"
90.4%

quite good

"camera quality is quite good comparing to other cameras available at the market"
90.1%

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%

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%

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%

looks well

"looks well built"
74.9%

great thought

"night vision was great thought due to pricing would be inferior but it’s quality"
74.9%

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%

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%

outdoor cameras

"i bought 2 yi 1080hd outdoor cameras and fitted them in august"
74.7%

free talk function

"would be great if could have same hands free talk function as the done version"
74.6%

good antenna

"it seems to have a good antenna as it can connect to the wifi pretty well even though it’s pretty far away and a couple of walls my iphone struggles at the same distance "
74.6%

cctv stystrm

"super easy to set up through a qr code system got it up and running within 5 mins uses an sd card to record to and can also save to the cloud if you subscribe to the yi cooud service really impressed with this but little camera looks so smart and will be replacing my old cctv stystrm that has a plethora"
74.6%

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%

proper router

"need a proper router to see all these hi res footages tho"
74.4%

moving body

"it also can detect movement in your room as that i will follow to record the moving body until the moving object disappears"
74.4%

decent product

"pay abit more for a decent product"
74.4%

strong wifi connection

"overall a good camera however be sure you have a strong wifi connection as there tends to be a bit of lag when detection is triggered"
74.3%

files saved

"jpg files saved are to that standard"
74.3%

overall a good

"overall a good"
74.3%

decent package

"all in all a decent package at a reasonable price"
74.3%

crisp image

"so the night vision is definitely very good its a crisp image!"
74.3%

pretty sensitive

"movement detection is pretty sensitive it sees the headlights of cars driving past in the road despite the road itself not actually being in shot"
74.3%

work very well

"i have a couple of these and they work very well once you have set them up correctly though i initially had some teething problems"
74.3%

arlo products

"build quality i would consider excellent easily on a par with the higher priced nest and arlo products that are available within the marketplace"
74.2%

very responsive

"pan and tilt can be directly done from the app in normal view or also in fullscreen which is great and works very responsive and turns quite fast as well with a silent motor"
74.2%

really easy

"the app makes viewing the camera and setting up its many features really easy"
74.2%

very good quality

"it's a really good camera it does everything it's supposed to and very good quality"
74.2%

very well presented

"the camera came in a very well presented box along with a mounting kit screwdriver power adaptor and stand"
74.2%

more useful

"speaker and mic seem to work well i think this would be more useful if place at the front of a house to talk to delivery drivers etc"
74.2%

fixed cameras

"i have another 4 fixed cameras from yi"
74.1%

good cameras

"but all in all good cameras and good value"
74.1%

good software

"great outdoors camera with good software"
74.1%

pretty painless

"setup was pretty painless despite the terse instructions"
74.1%

over the moon

"after six months use and i'm completely over the moon with this wee camera"
74.1%

looking great

"i set the camera up and all was looking great"
74.1%

quality item

"it looks and feels a quality item"
74.1%

outdoor cams

"i had heard how great these cameras are for the price so we decided to get rid of my old cameras in the back garden & replace them with 2 yi outdoor cams & in the front we put a ring spotlight cam & a yi indoor camera facing out through the front window"
74.1%

cant fault

"cant fault this camera works well i like them its my second on well outdoor one got one indoor and a dash cam all work very well even my brother has them now as he liked mine "
74.1%

works better

"love these cameras have 5 around business premises can't go wrong for the price app works better on ios than android"
74.0%

whole garden

"daytime color is vivid and sharp and the night vision can clearly see everything in my whole garden which is over 40 feet!"
74.0%

incredible price

"you get all of the above for an incredible price"
74.0%

quality producr

"good quality producr would recomend"
74.0%

connection and quality

"i was happy with the connection and quality in the app"
73.9%

really like

"camera is excellent night vision is good and alarm is cleaver done can set sensitivity to low mid or high overall i really like"
73.9%

piece of cake

"setting the camera up was a piece of cake just install the yi home app select the camera scan the qr code and bob's your uncle"
73.9%

quite useful

"the app system works well notifications are sent directly on your phone with the playback footage which is quite useful if you are away"
73.9%

very fast movement

"the 1080p resolution is crisp and sharp and only shows fragments on very fast movement the motion detection and tracking works very well as long you not too fast"
73.9%

good feature

"worth noting that a good feature of this camera is that it can record to a micro sd card not supplied with camera which means you’ll always have the recording of past events without having to sign up for their cloud service which to be fair is inexpensive anyway plus you still get the last 7 days of events on your phone anyway"
73.9%
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works perfect in both products

"1 is on mouse watch in the loft works perfect in the dark and produces a good picture"
100.0%

excellent product in both products

"excellent product and great value"
100.0%

very pleased in both products

"great camera very pleased"
100.0%

excellent rotation in both products

"really impressed with this good value and excellent rotation"
100.0%

really good in both products

"for a cheap camera it’s really good"
99.3%

works perfectly in both products

"purchased to keep an eye on my two house bunnies and it works perfectly"
98.6%

excellent camera in both products

"excellent camera for the price"
92.9%

great camera in both products

"great camera for monitoring your home while away i keep my audible alarm off until i have captured an intruder on video enough so they can be recognised before turning the alarm on"
88.5%

absolute bargain in both products

"absolute bargain for the price and would definitely recommend purely for the pan function alone!"
88.4%

works well in both products

"the app also gives you full pan and tilt control over the cam and it works well"
75.0%

great price in both products

"perfect for my needs at a great price"
75.0%

good points in both products

"good points: relatively easy to set up mostly plug and play clear ios app excellent camera quality for the price night vision particularly good remote control of horizontal and vertical panning from the app which improves the already good coverage two way sound although quality isn't particularly good a motion detection alarm which can be disabled local video storage on a micro sd card which is easy to manage in the app"
75.0%

cctv cameras in both products

"the picture quality is very clear it's not high resolution but i found it's a clearer and more focused image than the 5mp annke cctv cameras i installed and sent back "
74.9%

great value in both products

"great value for money"
74.9%

really well in both products

"motion activation seems to work really well and it’s simplicity itself to review and download footage via the mobile app as well as capture still images"
74.9%

picture quality in both products

"picture quality is surprisingly good especially for night use"
74.8%

outdoor camera in both products

"great that it can record continuously and store to sd card so no payment for cloud storage unlike the outdoor camera"
74.8%

good picture in both products

"1 is on mouse watch in the loft works perfect in the dark and produces a good picture"
74.5%

good enough in both products

"i put a 128gb sd card in it and i believe it worked just shy of 3 weeks recording 24 7 on the lower definition setting which is still good enough for me"
74.5%

pretty good in both products

"night detection is pretty good and the picture quality is quit decent for the price"
74.4%

good value in both products

"other than that good value and i would still recommend it"
74.3%

image quality in both products

"the camera itself is great however and is easily viewed in the app adding multiple cameras is a straightforward process as well the image quality is clear and with good depth and field of vision alerts are instant and the ability to have the camera sound its own alarm is a definite plus"
74.3%

great item in both products

"great item"
74.2%

well worth in both products

"well worth cost"
74.1%

smart phone in both products

"in light environments it has a very good picture and easily controllable from your smart phone locally"
73.9%

really brilliant

"fantastic value does exactly what we need records everything on the sd card that we bought when it senses motion we can view it from our mobiles alter the view from the mobiles it's really brilliant"
100.0%

truly excellent

"was not expecting too much for the money i paid but this is truly excellent"
100.0%

wonderful piece

"wonderful piece of kit!"
100.0%

made well designed

"the app is well made well designed"
100.0%

works brilliantly

"motion detection works brilliantly with notifications to your phone"
100.0%

super recommended

"super recommended!"
100.0%

brilliant cameras

"brilliant cameras"
100.0%

greatest strength

"i must say this product’s greatest strength is the ease of set up followed by the remarkably well designed app"
99.9%

absolutely fantastic

"absolutely fantastic product"
99.9%

excellent piece

"excellent piece of kit wanted a bit if security without having the expensive cost of of cctv installed bought this because of practicality of being able to move around the house if needed and the cost brilliant price no negatives as if yet only had a couple of days but so far so good may buy more if price stays the same"
99.9%

great motion detection

"great motion detection and works with alexa"
99.7%

moving bushes

"it sends alerts on detecting movement but i switched it off as the moving bushes were triggering"
99.7%

highly recommend

"would highly recommend"
99.6%

reasonable ir performance

"picture quality is more than acceptable for the cost of the unit and i am getting reasonable ir performance as well inside the ir is unlikely to be great in an open outdoor environment "
99.4%

extremely good

"the night vision quality is extremely good too"
99.4%

good remote control

"good points: relatively easy to set up mostly plug and play clear ios app excellent camera quality for the price night vision particularly good remote control of horizontal and vertical panning from the app which improves the already good coverage two way sound although quality isn't particularly good a motion detection alarm which can be disabled local video storage on a micro sd card which is easy to manage in the app"
98.9%

nice piece

"nice piece of kit for the price "
98.8%

very clean

"you will pay a bit more for these but they have there own tp made software that’s very clean and simple"
98.7%

amazing product

"amazing product sends notifications to your phone if motion is detected"
98.5%

real bargain

"i bought this camera for £25 and it's a real bargain"
98.2%

good imagery

"good imagery and nice app would be nice if whilst using ptz it would not consider this a motion alert bit over sensitive"
97.8%

worked a treat

"i had difficulty setting up but downloaded an older version of the app and that worked a treat"
97.8%

excellent picture

"bought this to replace a cheaper camera being only five pounds more i should’ve bought this first excellent picture little lag unlike the other one and motion detection is great if not a little sensitive but ought for the babies room so works for me"
97.5%

great sound

"picture great sound could be better but low on my priority"
96.8%

amazingly well

"it works amazingly well and i would not hesitate to buy it again"
96.5%

only downfall

"good little camera very clear and night vision is good only downfall is after a week or so it stops working and you’ve to reconnect it all to get it working again which is a pain"
96.1%

very impressive

"very impressive"
95.6%

c200 smart

"currently under thirty pounds from amazon the tapo c200 smart camera by tp link offers good value at the price – ideal for inexpensive and reliable real time monitoring but it is not a fully secure camera five stars for all that it does well"
95.0%

quite powerful

"it is really quite powerful for the low price and i have had zero connection issues even when accessing it remotely from other locations"
94.7%

cameras are excellent

"cameras are excellent"
93.1%

connections are great

"i use it for my shop to make sure everything is okay and the connections are great"
92.6%

perfect and worth

"simple perfect and worth it for £25!"
92.1%

good depth

"the camera itself is great however and is easily viewed in the app adding multiple cameras is a straightforward process as well the image quality is clear and with good depth and field of vision alerts are instant and the ability to have the camera sound its own alarm is a definite plus"
91.9%

bargain at the price

"i think this camera is a bargain at the price and a great addition to any security system it is also peace of mind when you are away from home as this camera is accessible from anywhere in the world as long as you have your phone with the tapo app installed and internet access"
91.7%

need smart

"great value top quality camera that doesnt need smart hub"
91.4%

well written

"good quality video and unlike your typical unbranded chinese smart kit the software is stable and well written"
91.2%

work to perfection

"amazing product i deployed a few of these and they work to perfection"
91.2%

absolutely love this

"absolutely love this!"
90.4%

super product

"super product"
90.3%

motion detection is great

"motion detection is great and you can setup areas if you want to limit the size of area for motion detection"
89.9%

does an excellent

"i bought this because of the trusted tp link brand association and there being no cloud storage involved for putting in a window to cover the garden and it does an excellent job"
89.3%

amazing for the price

"this product is amazing for the price"
89.2%

no issues very good

"overall everything just works as it should with no issues very good for the price"
89.2%

great and easy to

"you need to buy a micro sd card for recording app is great and easy to use"
88.9%

good functionality

"great pictures good functionality for minimising alerts ability to record to local storage and even chat to those on the room!"
88.8%

way audio is perfect

"two way audio is perfect"
88.6%

perfect for my needs

"perfect for my needs at a great price"
88.5%

work brilliantly

"it will work brilliantly to keep an eye on my naughty cats whilst at work"
88.5%

positive detections

"motion detection is a very basic contrast based algorithm and as such there's a lot of false positive detections"
88.3%

great fearures

"perfect little camera with great fearures amazing price for what you get!"
88.0%

great camara

"a great camara but after 10mins it ask for reconnect"
88.0%

does an amazing

"the picture quality is perfect and does an amazing job at keeping an eye on our little fury friend"
87.6%

camera is a bargain

"this camera is a bargain"
87.5%

great addition

"this security camera from tp link is a great addition to any security system looking at the build quality it's fair to say for the price it is very good and should not cause any problems reliability wise"
75.0%

perfect item

"perfect item"
75.0%

reasonably good

"reasonably good camera only concern is that the security on app might be a bit low the green light keeps on turning on and off even when private mode is on its almost seam someone else has been watching us 👀"
75.0%

good price

"this unit carries the tp link name which offers reasonable products at a good price with a name that could be trusted"
75.0%

decent software

"worth the bit extra cash to get a solid device with decent software"
75.0%

reasonably well

"pros reasonably well priced £35 at time of review has 1080p resolution can be set up with app and internet router and run without need for a pc or additional software can also be used with onvif compatible software eg blue iris and ispy etc cons wifi only would be nice to have had an ethernet port or even poe wifi is 2"
75.0%

very handy

"a very handy piece of internal monitoring equipment"
75.0%

good light

"the video quality is sharp with good light although the colours are a little off"
75.0%

looks good

"quality looks good on the phone easy to set up"
75.0%

great features

"picture quality is really good with some great features and easy to use app"
75.0%

suitable surface

"fitting is simple but this camera is not stand alone or battery powered it requires the supplied power supply to be connected mounting the camera is quick and simple screw the removable base of the camera and screw this to a suitable surface and then simply refit the camera to the base by just twisting back on"
75.0%

seems well

"seems well made but longevity is always an issue with this sort of thing"
75.0%

smart technology

"having recently bought my first alexa and reading up on various other smart technology decided to give this camera a go"
74.9%

indoor cameras

"and at a fraction of the blink camera price if you need indoor cameras"
74.9%

handy features

"the app is easy to use and has lots of handy features such as motion detection notifications and the ability to stream the live or recorded streams"
74.9%

proper security camera

"ideal as a baby monitor for watching the pets when you're away from home or for generally keeping an eye on things – if you need a proper security camera i can recommend the tp link kasa range which i have used myself for a couple of years"
74.9%

storage capabilities

"i would also recommend getting a large sd card for maximum storage capabilities"
74.9%

decent controls

"decent controls over app"
74.9%

indoor security camera

"although this c200 indoor security camera is by tp link it is not part of their established “kasa” range of smart home products but is a the start of a new system named “tapo”"
74.9%

outdoor environment

"picture quality is more than acceptable for the cost of the unit and i am getting reasonable ir performance as well inside the ir is unlikely to be great in an open outdoor environment "
74.9%

record continuously

"with 64bg you can record continuously for 1 week then it will loop round"
74.9%

link products

"the quality of tp link products is generally good"
74.9%

playback remotely

"for data security the recordings are only stored locally on micro sd so you must purchase cards with these but you can playback remotely through the app but bear in mind that this is reliance on your home network speed and connection quality where you are"
74.9%

especially useful

"this is especially useful if she triggers a well being alarm either on purpose or accidentally"
74.9%

great device

"what a great device"
74.9%

unique things

"can set up movement regions for each individual camera can call them unique things and specify whic room including garage dog house they are located in"
74.8%

recommended item

"recommended item"
74.8%

price range

"great camera for the price range"
74.8%

really efficient

"this is great value for money and a really efficient “baby monitor” or in my case a way to check on the security of my home"
74.7%

change position

"has sound and you can talk through the camera and change position from your phone"
74.7%

value price

"this is worth to buy with this value price"
74.7%

good night

"the picture quality i have found to be really good night or day if used indoors"
74.7%

five stars

"currently under thirty pounds from amazon the tapo c200 smart camera by tp link offers good value at the price – ideal for inexpensive and reliable real time monitoring but it is not a fully secure camera five stars for all that it does well"
74.7%

pretty easy

"syncing with my home wifi was pretty easy once i'd downloaded the android app"
74.6%

awesome value

"for 25 quid awesome value"
74.6%

smart plug

"decent camera and only payed 25 pound aswell you can move the camera round through the app like left right and up and down and i have the smart plug aswell it is also in the same app so gunna get another to use as a baby monitor and can control all in the 1 app if you get me"
74.6%

works fine

"after getting past the setup phase the app that connects you to your camera works fine"
74.6%

easy to navigate

"being able to control the camera with my mobile phone is fantastic and the ui is easy to navigate"
74.5%

screen info

"configuration is also easy and comprehensive with the ability to change the on screen info from the camera location date stamping etc as well as the motion detection parameters night and day picture modes and so on"
74.5%

that position

"you can also mark a particular position the camera remembers this & will return to that position automatically should you choose"
74.5%

fantastic functionality

"fantastic functionality and great value!"
74.5%

amazing price

"such a great product at an amazing price"
74.5%

picture position

"you can zoom in on the picture position the camera how you want and it allows you to receive motion detection notifications if that's your thing"
74.5%

definitely recommended

"definitely recommended"
74.4%

excellent value

"other than that considering the entire package pricing included this is excellent value"
74.4%

very helpful

"picture quality and sound very clear and being able to rotate the camera is very helpful"
74.4%

very quiet

"camera pan and tilt is very quiet just barely audible and much better than a different victure webcam that i've tried"
74.4%

amazing value

"amazing value"
74.4%

just great

"just great"
74.4%

very easily

"good value for money and linked to alexa very easily"
74.4%

siren alarm

"also motion detection has a siren alarm"
74.3%

fine tuning the position

"pan and tilt controlled via the app are great for fine tuning the position"
74.3%

works flawlessly

"mine is setup using my iphone7 and works flawlessly i highly recommend it!"
74.3%

seems good

"night vision seems good but haven't used it for that"
74.3%

quality product

"quality product that provides peace of mind"
74.2%

location date

"configuration is also easy and comprehensive with the ability to change the on screen info from the camera location date stamping etc as well as the motion detection parameters night and day picture modes and so on"
74.2%

responded promptly

"i contacted tp link customer service who responded promptly"
74.1%

removable base

"fitting is simple but this camera is not stand alone or battery powered it requires the supplied power supply to be connected mounting the camera is quick and simple screw the removable base of the camera and screw this to a suitable surface and then simply refit the camera to the base by just twisting back on"
74.1%

fantastic camera

"fantastic camera"
74.1%

nice quality

"nice quality and superb app"
74.1%

problems reliability wise

"this security camera from tp link is a great addition to any security system looking at the build quality it's fair to say for the price it is very good and should not cause any problems reliability wise"
74.1%

excellent and easy

"excellent and easy to use and set up"
74.1%

quick and easy

"the app tapo app from play store for android for this camera is fairly simple to use and adding a new camera is quick and easy just remember to have your phone connected to 2"
74.0%

whole process

"the whole process about as difficult as putting on a hat"
74.0%

excellent security

"as yet untested as i've not had any unwanted intruders but the picture quality is good enough to recognise faces and combined with the controlled socket switches provides excellent security"
74.0%

very reasonable

"very reasonable price"
74.0%

correct position

"the adjustment for moving the lens to the correct position by using the app in the room is a bonus"
74.0%

crystal clear

"sound quality is low but the main image is crystal clear"
74.0%

relatively inexpensive

"this is a relatively inexpensive unit though it appears to have all the features of more expensive models works with any wi fi router 1080p hd two way audio and motion detection"
74.0%

very happy

"very happy"
74.0%

price quality

"really good product for the price quality is good"
74.0%

cost effective

"it is cost effective and comes with good customer support and the quality of the video is excellent"
74.0%

compatible software

"pros reasonably well priced £35 at time of review has 1080p resolution can be set up with app and internet router and run without need for a pc or additional software can also be used with onvif compatible software eg blue iris and ispy etc cons wifi only would be nice to have had an ethernet port or even poe wifi is 2"
73.9%

cost security cameras

"it’s good to see a well known manufacturer such as tp link producing good quality low cost security cameras"
73.9%

link router

"easy to set up and configure using a tp link router "
73.9%
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  worry 25.0%
  happiness 15.6%
  fun 5.0%
  relief 4.5%
  sadness 4.0%
  enthusiasm 1.9%
  surprise 1.2%
  love 1.2%
  hate 0.9%
  fear 0.7%
  empty 0.5%
  boredom 0.5%
  joy 0.2%
  anger 0.2%
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  worry 24.5%
  happiness 22.5%
  fun 7.0%
  relief 3.4%
  sadness 2.7%
  hate 2.2%
  love 1.9%
  surprise 1.0%
  anger 0.7%
  enthusiasm 0.5%
  empty 0.5%
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* analysis performed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods, data for the analysis has been gathered from multiple publicly accessible sources.
** strength is the level of sentiment expressed in a sentence, phrase or keyword. It ranges from 0 to 100%
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last analysis update 2024-12-15