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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%]

Victure 1080P FHD WiFi IP Camera Baby Monitor with Night Vision Moti..

  • [Motion/Sound Detection] This wifi camera has upgraded motion d..
  • [Clear 1080P Resolution] The updated wifi camera has 1080P reso..
  • [Wide Angle & Motion Tracking ] The upgraded baby monitor has a..
  • [Two Way Audio] This wifi camera has a high-sensitivity microph..
  • [Remote Switch Button] Due to convenience concern, we add Remot..

Product Attributes

  • Width: 3.9 Inches,
  • Height: 3.9 Inches,
  • Length: 6.3 Inches

Positives

Neutrals

Negatives

56.1% 12.0% 32.0%

Senti Score  [68.0%]

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Victure 1080P FHD WiFi IP Camera Baby Monitor with Night Vision Moti..

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Compare Cons

worst thing in both products

"worst thing i have ever bought!"
98.5%

poor quality in both products

"this product is poor quality"
98.5%

extremely poor in both products

"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%

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%

quality rubbish in both products

"nighttime pic quality rubbish"
74.5%

only gripe in both products

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

false alarm in both products

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

would not work in both products

"so it would not work "
73.4%

very poorly in both products

"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%

does n't work in both products

"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%

stopped working in both products

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

only negative in both products

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

biggest issue in both products

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

free trial in both products

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

very dissatisfied in both products

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

camera is useless in both products

"this camera is useless"
63.4%

does not work in both products

"good design however does not work"
63.3%

waste of time and money in both products

"waste of time and money"
62.6%

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%

waste of time in both products

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

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%

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%

complain about

"so not really something to complain about"
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%

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%

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%

ignore the problem

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

cheap item

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

almost impossible

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

unavailable thus

"multiple lengthy periods where the cloud backup is unavailable thus rendering the camera useless as a security tool"
73.1%

utter disappointment

"utter disappointment i’ll send them back"
73.1%

complain there

"sure the framerate isn't fantastic but consider the price tag so no complain there"
73.0%

return deadline

"sadly i have missed the amazon return deadline"
73.0%

standard zoom

"with this one if you zoom in then it's useless and even on standard zoom you can't read car number plates"
73.0%

buzzing noise

"at first it has this really annoying buzzing noise and it was constant"
72.9%

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%

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%

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%

other issue

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

unable to stream

"also you are unable to stream!"
66.4%

external points

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

disconnects all the time

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

ring spotlight

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

illustrate my problems

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

motion issue

"going back to the motion issue"
66.0%

n't very good

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

down philip

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

swivels screws

"camera wall mount that swivels screws"
65.9%

fake review

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

issues triggered by rain

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

losing many details

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

stated this

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

very low ratings

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

fill the hole

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

cloud buffering is poor

"calling function and cloud buffering is poor"
65.2%

refused to work

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

biggest annoyance

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

poor at night zoom

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

miss a crime or event

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

crashes it altogether

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

false notifications

"poor quality false notifications"
64.7%

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%

being too short

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

which was shoddy

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

pretty pointless

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

wrong with

"after over a month of exchanging emails with the manufacturer and following every step they have suggested to fix it it has become clear that they do not know what is wrong with it and offer only a stony silence when i suggested they replace it or refund it"
63.3%

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%

fail to acquire

"i kept getting the same “fail to acquire” message"
62.6%

incorrectly they were

"being told my sd cards were probably incompatible or formatted incorrectly they weren't "
62.6%

incompatible or formatted

"being told my sd cards were probably incompatible or formatted incorrectly they weren't "
62.6%

this problem

"i have downloaded and reinstalled the app at least six times but still will not open the apps were downloaded from yi windows and mac site has anyone else had this problem and can they help yi help team take ages to respond then state it is a computer fault"
62.5%

refused to reconnect

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

more misses

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

avoid this seller

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

only big complaint

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

no mention of that

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

seems to mention

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

alot of issues

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

camera dies

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

incredibly poor

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

biggest issue for

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

still wo n't work

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

screws and fixings

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

turn phone clockwise

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

failure of the ones

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

next to useless

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

nowhere fast

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

now not running properly

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

just a bad batch

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

which is useless

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

not water proof

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

minor movement

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

poor customer service

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

useless customer service

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

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%

rather slow

"very good image quality response is rather slow and the alert mode is not accurate even in high sensitivity mode"
56.7%

binned now unfortunately

"will have to be binned now unfortunately"
56.5%

rather poor

"my only gripe with this model is the lack of zoning to only alert in specific areas the ability to set sensitivity is rather poor too so this needs to be improved upon"
56.5%

continually fails

"one camera which is the closest to the router continually fails"
56.3%

same model

"my brother has the same model and it works perfectly fine he has also attempted to set it up but it just doesn’t work"
56.3%

cameras 1080p

"i have used hikvision cameras 1080p which are much much better"
56.2%

wired very

"cable length cable length is 10ft but it comes out of the bottom of the camera and is hard wired very bad positioning if you want to connect to a power source above the camera as it leaves a very naff finish when installed"
56.2%

cheap chinese

"cheap chinese tat"
55.8%

drilled the holes

"setup was easy i set them both up inside then installed installation was simple drilled the holes and apply construction adhesive to make sure it was strong"
55.6%

will regret

"you will regret it"
55.6%

quite blurred

"supposed to be 1080p but the pictures are quite blurred"
55.6%

serious issues

"camera is generally good however there are couple of serious issues"
55.5%

arrive days late

"app is glitchy notifications can sometimes arrive days late"
55.4%

no specified range

"motion detection there is no specified range on this anywhere available online i looked everywhere but could find no actual technical spec so i contacted the yi community forums and was advised that the range is only 15ft from the sensor and that the sensor worked by determining heat signals body heat and so on not by actual movement"
55.3%

return these items

"i don't know if i can return these items as i have installed them and been using them for a while"
55.3%

subscription failed

"i got charged but the subscription failed"
55.3%

does n't support rtsp

"both the android app and windows application work well however i own a few cameras from other manufacturers and prefer to use one android app to view them all which wont work with the yi camera because it doesn't support rtsp"
55.2%

cloud service is awful

"camera is great but the cloud service is awful"
55.2%

it's not just

"check the app store for the recent reviews too it’s not just me"
55.1%

junked and not working

"ok picture but the 3 of the cameras are junked and not working"
55.1%

stay on low voltage

"even if they wanted to stay on low voltage a regular basic dc cable with an adapter instead of the usb charger we have to use anyway would make things lot easier instead of having to get a 20mm drill bit"
55.1%

contacted the support

"i contacted the support but got nowhere fast"
55.1%

constant clicking noise

"there is a constant clicking noise from the microphone really loud click click"
55.0%

seems very ` afterthought

"i was told if it was plugged into wired it would use that seems very 'afterthought' and easy to add functionality via an update"
55.0%

just totally locked

"i selected the cheap one and it just totally locked up and refused to work"
55.0%

impressed and feel

"im not impressed and feel let down philip"
54.9%

inexplicable gaps

"i was able to set it up quickly and all seemed well but the camera intermittently fails to load video clips and has inexplicable gaps on the timeline"
54.8%

wasting your money

"all in all don’t buy this as you’ll regret it when you need it the most it won’t work and you’ll be left feeling stupid for wasting your money on a vastly unpractical and flawed “security” system"
54.8%

little improvement

"motion detection could use a little improvement"
54.7%

truly terrible

"the sound is truly terrible"
54.7%

this one has failed

"3 indoor cameras went down early today now this one has failed"
54.7%

completely pointless

"it doesn't give motion detection alerts unless you start the app which is completely pointless"
54.7%

need a sds drill

"most hand held drill only go up to 18mm so you’ll need a sds drill"
54.6%

nowhere near a socket

"i have ran the cable and it's nowhere near a socket so i have had to extend it"
54.5%
...

worst thing in both products

"the worst thing is"
99.5%

extremely poor in both products

"very poor quality slow at reacting and the sound quality is extremely poor"
99.4%

really annoying in both products

"my old ip camera was having some problems losing connectivity resetting itself and so on and it was getting really annoying"
98.8%

only gripe in both products

"my only gripe is that i can't find any software that runs on a mac to view this camera which is a shame"
74.9%

security issue in both products

"this is a big security issue for me"
74.8%

does n't work in both products

"i bought the camera and app so i could monitor my 91 year old mother from 150miles away and it doesn’t work"
74.8%

very dissatisfied in both products

"very dissatisfied"
74.7%

very poorly in both products

"very poorly made camera big gap as seen in photo tried insert my samsung 32gb sd card and it went straight through and dropped inside the camera now i can't retrieve it so lost a memory card inside and i cannot return the camera because of personal data in the card someone would get hold of it!"
74.0%

free trial in both products

"there is an option to use their cloud storage service if you do not have an sd card but wish to save the recordings to view back this is a free trial for 30 days then there is a cost – but it is reasonable and optional"
72.7%

only negative in both products

"my only negative is after a month it stopped recording unless you subscribe for a fee so now i just use it to check on my dog when i need and to just scroll back if i need to look back at what she has been doing"
72.3%

would not work in both products

"tried to add this camera to the outside camera software i currently use and it would not work"
69.6%

biggest issue in both products

"overall it is a good camera for the price it is really simple to set up and connects well to wi fi the app is good and simple to use i would like the picture to be a little clearer my biggest issue is that my phone seems to need a really good internet connection to connect to camera otherwise i can’t"
69.2%

does not work in both products

"the wifi funktion does not work"
69.1%

waste your money in both products

"don’t waste your money if you need real time monitoring baby etc "
68.1%

stopped working in both products

"update: now it’s 11th november since then one of the cameras have fell onto the floor not at a height and it has stopped working cannot pan or move the camera up and down for a different view"
67.8%

poor quality in both products

"i can never understand why videos of cctv in the private sector are of such poor quality when a camera for this price is so good!"
65.6%

waste of time and money in both products

"waste of time and money"
63.5%

camera is useless in both products

"lots of work to be done on the app is desperately needed as without it the camera is useless"
56.4%

severe disappointment

"overall a severe disappointment"
100.0%

extremely disappointed

"i'm extremely disappointed"
99.9%

absolute waste

"all in all an absolute waste of money"
99.9%

complete waste

"complete waste of money !"
99.9%

total waste

"total waste of money"
99.8%

extremely annoying

"extremely annoying"
99.7%

total darkness

"the resolution on this camera is great and the night vision means i can see what's happening even in total darkness"
99.6%

really disappointing

"really disappointing product"
99.5%

quite frustrating

"not sure why it does this but it's quite frustrating"
99.2%

very disappointed

"very disappointed"
99.0%

just awful

"awful just awful"
98.9%

small disappointment

"small disappointment due to the impossibility to automatically download a picture or a small clip upon movement"
98.7%

with caution

"purchase with caution"
98.6%

really annoyed

"not reliable and really annoyed!"
98.5%

complete garbage

"the camera is fine but people need to know that that it only works with one specific app ipc360 which is complete garbage!"
97.8%

very crude

"3 motion control time periods are very crude too cant set different time periods for different days"
97.2%

pretty shoddy

"in short: the camera has pretty shoddy build quality in my case around the microsd card slot"
95.4%

huge downside

"we previously used a monitor that connected through her light bulb fitting which had a huge downside to it we couldn't use her main light or it affected the connection to the actual monitor !"
95.2%

manual useless

"two days in and manual useless does not show where to insert sd card or which way up"
94.7%

extremely choppy

"i have a good broadband connection and even hard wired it when i thought maybe its just not any good for wireless connection but the picture quality is very poor definitely no where near 1080p and extremely choppy glitchy"
94.6%

wastes money

"please don’t get me wrong we are happy customers but if you want proper cctv i wouldn’t bother with these because like us you’ll probably just end up buying better which in the long run wastes money on these cheaper cameras so glad we only bought the one to test it out first"
92.0%

with dementia

"i have my elderly mum come stay quite often & she is suffering with dementia"
91.1%

poor pan zoom

"i had a motorola camera for our baby its been nothing but a pain since i bought it: continual video dropouts and poor pan zoom"
90.3%

absolutely nonsense

"also the card they send you saying to review it 5 star and they will send you a brand new camera for free is absolutely nonsense"
89.1%

very frustrating

"everything worked great for about a week but now the app keeps disconnecting from the camera every few minutes so i have to keep opening the camera back up to see if my baby has woken up rather than it just staying on all the time which is very frustrating"
89.0%

connect this junk

"i'm tech savvy and can't even connect this junk to the wifi after numerous attempts"
88.7%

annoying and risky

"the insistence on using cloud storage in china is annoying and risky"
88.2%

fails to send the message

"the app also suffered from the fact that their "leave feedback" from is completely broken in that it always fails to send the message and they don't bother replying to messages left on reviews for the app"
88.0%

which was disappointing

"only when i received it did i become aware that you actually have to pay extra for this which was disappointing"
87.8%

terribly unreliable

"camera itself works fine but the asian server which the camera app relies on is terribly unreliable keeps resetting and kicking us out of the app and having problems connecting we're pretty sure it's not our internet as other things like video streaming work fine "
87.8%

blocking issue

"but not blocking issue"
75.0%

costly cloud storage

"you do need an sd card to record video so bypassing the costly cloud storage"
75.0%

privacy issues

"please do not buy because of security and privacy issues!"
74.9%

small issue

"small issue i had was sound in one camera but after reinstalling it this went away"
74.9%

connectivity issues

"but didn’t work when i was out the country due to wifi connectivity issues so not practical for cctv security when abroad"
74.9%

return mine

"i therefore decided to return mine"
74.9%

extremely glitchy

"but the app is extremely glitchy and will frequently crash"
74.9%

password issue

"i was planning to but another one for the living room but i won't as the password issue is a big one for me"
74.9%

spent days

"there are many cameras on the market at the moment and i spent days researching all the best selling and reviewed cameras"
74.9%

only issue

"the instructors are helpful however the only issue is it never informed me to put sound on my phone to set up wifi and that's the only issue i have had with the device and i will be looking at buying more just as soon as i get a bigger home"
74.9%

especially babies

"make sure your phone is not on silent mode while monitoring especially babies so you can hear their sound when they wake up"
74.9%

clearly chinese rubbish

"clearly chinese rubbish"
74.9%

would hazard

"i would hazard a guess it doesnt if there’s no info on it"
74.8%

card problem

"i have changed memory card twice 32 gb and 64 gb and formatted using the icp360 app as recommended so it's not a memory card problem"
74.8%

little clunky

"the app is a little clunky and my main criticism is that you cannot set and save your own preset camera angles to move to as and when you want to"
74.8%

spent longer

"i spent longer finding the ideal spot in the room than on set up"
74.8%

more expensive

"its a steal for the price ive seen more expensive ones but i dont know how much better you can get than this"
74.8%

returning them

"will be returning them to amazon"
74.8%

very skeptical

"i was very skeptical for the price and didn't expect a lot"
74.8%

scrubbing function

"scrubbing function to access earlier footage is easy to use with section with activity marked out"
74.8%

still unreliable

"and still unreliable connection!"
74.8%

drop litter

"they don't even drop litter in my street now"
74.7%

delayed often

"streaming gets delayed often and sound or video switches off randomly"
74.7%

security flaws

"i have stopped using it as there are serious security flaws in both the camera and the very basic app"
74.7%

very unpleasantly

"it literally screeched very unpleasantly at me when i had my phone in my little girls bedroom!"
74.7%

feels bombproof

"construction is very solid and it feels bombproof"
74.7%

throw eggs at my windows

"i bought these because there are some local yobs around my area who think it’s funny to throw eggs at my windows"
74.7%

pretty awful

"the app is pretty awful"
74.7%

error message

"if you don’t allow location services it says you must activate it in an error message"
74.6%

very badly

"but having researched and watched graham on dogs behaving very badly"
74.6%

would avoid

"if your camera is placed somewhere where privacy is not an issue its a nice piece of kit that works pretty well otherwise i would avoid"
74.6%

storage functionality

"i haven’t used the cloud storage functionality as i don’t need it but there is a free trial period offered"
74.6%

virgin hub2ac

"too often many many times a day says that the network speed is slow and so cannot show a live view or recordings although both cameras are wired to a virgin hub2ac"
74.5%

sacrifice ourselves

"when they added that it spent all night "crunching bones" we knew that none of us was willing to spend the night up there and potentially sacrifice ourselves to find out what that something was!"
74.5%

spoiler alert

"and now we reach the reason why spoiler alert i returned the camera for a refund"
74.5%

main faults

"the image quality is ok but given the two main faults i have it cannot be relied upon for reliable surveillance and therefore defeats the point of having it"
74.5%

minimal information

"your videos are being hosted by a non uk site that provides minimal information about how it handles your data"
74.5%

payment plan

"product description fails to state that cloud storage requires a monthly payment plan and camera continually records rather than just recording when motion is detected"
74.5%

unsettling factor

"i bought this as a baby monitor and the fact it also has night vision but knowing it can be moved without me giving permission is an unsettling factor"
74.5%

does n't have

"i like the 2 way audio feature which my old baby monitor doesn't have because sometimes the baby just needs to hear a reassuring voice to help settle back to sleep"
74.5%

only problem

"only problem which you might need to be aware"
74.5%

line issues

"it would be a 5 star review if it wasn't for the off line issues"
74.5%

expensive product

"i didn't want to pay for an expensive product and was worried how this would effect the wuality of the camera it hasnt"
74.4%

negative reviews

"all of the camera brands appear to have negative reviews but all the problems are the same for whichever camera you buy – i get the impression though that in many cases it is the users poor internet connection and wi fi signal that create these issues"
74.3%

babies room

"we already have a bt 6000 monitor which is upstairs in the babies room but i wanted a cheaper option for her daytime naps in the lounge"
74.3%

been damaged

"by the time i got it back out it had been damaged"
74.2%

would be intrusive

"i took a still photo to show my dad he was impressed that i could find him in room even though it was that dark my dad has always been resistant to having a camera as he thought he would be spied on and that it would be intrusive"
74.1%

minor issue

"if there is one gripe it is that there doesn't seem to be a way of transferring the recordings on the sd card to a pc for more convenient viewing but that is a minor issue and i remain thoroughy impressed"
74.0%

intermittent issues

"i had intermittent issues with the first camera i purchased when trying to replay video on the sd card as sometimes the video would freeze however i was sent a replacement and this is working fine so far"
74.0%

returning soon

"returning soon"
73.9%

poorly kitten

"we used it at first to monitor our poorly kitten but is now relocated to provide security for our house and keep an eye on the rest of our cats"
73.8%

sony xperia

"even restarting my phone sony xperia less than 6 months old doesn't always work and i am left without the use of the app"
73.8%

summer break

"we purchased this camera as we're planning on going away for a short summer break and didn't want to go all out on a full home security system but still wanted to be able to keep an eye on things"
73.7%

reconnects not ideal

"good to share between parents both can view at once position negatives: doesn't tilt down as much as i would like to view into a cot from a higher position regular drop offs even in good reception big downside each time it disconnect it loudly says "camera off" and then "camera on" when it reconnects not ideal when you're trying to get your baby to sleep"
73.5%

returning this

"in the process of returning this"
73.5%

false alarms

"on max sensitivity gives false alarms and lower sensitivity is not reliable"
73.4%

major problem

"whilst this isn’t a major problem for a pet monitor there is no way i would trust this as a baby monitor"
73.4%

delay unfortunately

"what i like about the camera: clear picture whether during daylight or night vision clear sound motion detector works with only a couple seconds delay unfortunately i have to give only 1 star as the camera is prone to being faulty"
73.2%

server error

"to my dismay there was a server error that showed up that did not allow me to access the camera"
73.1%

been unplugged

"it’s safe to say it’s been unplugged and we will not be using this again"
73.0%

wasted my money

"wasted my money!"
72.9%

dodgy issues

"too many dodgy issues with this camera"
72.9%

drop through the

"if your angle of insertion is slight off the card can easily catch hold of this gap and further pushing of the card will cause it to drop through the gap into the camera missing the actual sd card slot "
72.9%

most useless

"almost £30 for the most useless camera ever and i'm 100% sure that all the reviews are bogus!"
72.9%

first issue

"the first issue is that the power cable isn’t very long so have needed to buy an extension lead"
72.6%

being faulty

"what i like about the camera: clear picture whether during daylight or night vision clear sound motion detector works with only a couple seconds delay unfortunately i have to give only 1 star as the camera is prone to being faulty"
72.6%

never worked

"the camera after tried the entire week every single days never worked"
72.4%

further issues

"i have had no further issues and i have been thrilled with the purchases"
72.2%

fault this device

"really i can't fault this device"
72.0%

lower down

"probably the only down side is it only looks down about 40 degrees it can look up over 90 degrees though so you may get some issues seeing lower down if the camera is mounted too high"
71.9%

returned item

"returned item"
71.7%

design flaw

"the only obvious design flaw is if the camera is stolen then your video is gone"
71.6%

no more inconvenience

"absolutely a waste of money no more inconvenience at christmas to send it back"
71.2%

delete this

"i’m on about the alert mode before the new update you can delete this whenever you liked now they just store on the app even when you clear memory card so it’s not full they remain on the app"
70.4%

unfortunately faulty

"unfortunately faulty"
70.3%

stop working

"we spent around £150 on a baby camera and monitor set up from one of the leading brands being new parents and fairly new to world of wireless cameras we though this was a good deal however after a year it has decide to stop working"
70.3%

very basic

"i have stopped using it as there are serious security flaws in both the camera and the very basic app"
69.9%

effectively useless

"as it doesn't have a base unit this means the camera is effectively useless unless you plan to put it next to the wifi router not always practical!"
69.8%

power cable

"we are yet to mount it on the ceiling where we want it as the usb power cable isn't very long so limits where we could place it we will need to get an extender"
69.6%

line adapter

"only thing is that the built wifi receiver is not strong enough so we bought a power line adapter and now it’s brilliant connection"
69.2%

poorly horses

"i bought 2 of these to mount in my stables as i have some poorly horses and we need to be able to watch them 24 7 and living in a stables isn't the best of places"
69.1%

little gadget

"very impressed with this little gadget"
69.1%

user nothing

"hit the share button asks for a username which i'm told is the email address of the other user nothing happens"
68.8%

quite nervous

"being a new cat mom i was quite nervous to leave my boys alone for a handful of hours so it was perfect to keep track of them!"
68.7%

only disappointment

"only disappointment was that the cord was a bit shorter than i would have liked because i wanted to attach the camera to the ceiling which limited me to higher electrical outlets"
68.5%

return window

"i doubt i can return it now as it is outside the 30 day return window"
68.5%

hard wiring

"the camera is extremely easy to set up and you should have no problems if you have a strong wifi signal if not hard wiring to the router a reliable broadband internet speed and a phone capable of running the app i am using an ancient iphone 5 otherwise you are likely to experience the problems mentioned in many of the negative reviews of any brand of camera"
68.5%

poor disconnects

"however the item itself is poor disconnects itself and will not reconnect once you go off the app you have to use with it"
68.3%

error notification

"it worked for 1 hour and booom screen went offline i tried resetting and i kept getting error notification"
68.3%

awful chinese product

"awful chinese product"
68.1%

very loose

"the power lead is also very poor quality it is very loose and if you touch it gently it will come out of it's port on the camera so i have to keep are plugging the power lead back in to the camera as it falls out quite often"
68.1%

essentially useless

"if anyone has any suggestions please fire away otherwise the camera is going to be replaced as its essentially useless for security purposes"
67.8%

rolling 30 days

"you can also buy 1 year subscription to 360 app for about £12 a year and get a rolling 30 days of recording storage on the 360 cloud"
67.8%

waste of 30 pounds

"waste of 30 pounds"
67.2%

wrong password

"i purposely typed wrong password for wi fi and it immediately made announcement "access point password is wrong""
67.2%

nothing worked

"nothing worked"
67.1%

heart attack

"i bought two after having had a heart attack"
67.1%

security concerns

"very big security concerns with this device and after reading some reviews we didn’t see them when we bought it it seems as though multiple people are experiencing the same"
67.1%

failed a few times

"failed a few times using my phone but when i used my ipad it worked"
67.1%

sadly it's

"sadly it's not"
67.1%

stay far away

"stay far away!"
66.9%

video dropouts

"i had a motorola camera for our baby its been nothing but a pain since i bought it: continual video dropouts and poor pan zoom"
66.9%

small delay

"the 2 way voice is clearly audible too but there is a small delay but nothing unacceptable"
66.8%

it's insufficient

"you only get notification messages and if used for monitoring wandering risks for confused elderly it's insufficient"
66.6%

made her worse

"i did use the two way communication my dog heard me but to be honest it made her worse as she then tried to climb up and eat the camera"
66.5%

looks poor

"when compared to my pi zero with camera this really looks poor"
66.3%

poor quality rubbish

"thought this was ok at first till i bought another brand elsewhere its poor quality rubbish app as its hard to view reports accurately and the sound quality when trying to hear whats going on is a waste of time"
66.1%

separation issues

"i do like this home security camera i use this for my dog when at home alone and whilst working through his separation issues"
66.1%

camera peripherals

"also there's a card that comes with the cam promoting some free sd card and camera peripherals"
65.8%

risky to be used indoors

"these things are too risky to be used indoors or where children are concerned"
65.5%

unable to contact server

"i have been really impressed by the camera easy to set up good images night vision etc but the app constantly freezes and or produces the message 'unable to contact server'"
65.4%

unreliable unit

"great concept but unreliable unit"
65.4%

fell off my low table

"update:::: it then fell off my low table"
65.3%

logging into the

"when the cloud storage month runs out you can install a sd card to store the video but i do not know whether you are able to check the video when logging into the app to do this"
65.3%

removed from the camera

"this malware is widely used in ddos attacks and cannot be removed from the camera"
65.1%

biggest failing

"the app is the biggest failing of this product it keeps freezing"
65.1%

cheap price

"at first i was a bit apprehensive at its cheap price having had other 100 150 pound cameras which were't too user friendly or reliable"
64.7%

much for the money

"i wasn’t expecting too much for the money but i’m blown away with the quality for one but ease of setup straight out of the box and download the app for my phone and ipad and i was all set to be able to keep an eye on my new puppy from my own bed i could even talk to him to calm him down when he started crying!"
64.7%

gave up the ghost

"our baby monitor recently gave up the ghost and we were looking for something cheap and cheerful to fill the gap until we didn’t need to keep an eye on him anymore"
64.7%

slight delay

"there is a slight delay in transmission from the camera to the device but it's only a couple of seconds so once we knew this it was fine"
64.4%

will not work

"if you have the latest sky q which is 5ghz this camera will not work"
64.4%

actually using

"from taking this camera out of the box to actually using it took no time at all in fact actually downloading the app took the longest"
64.3%

cheap provider

"the problem is the camera can't pick up the wifi signal we have superfast bt broadband so not a cheap provider in a room that is probably less that 10 feet in a straight line from the router"
64.2%

faulty one and company

"also had faulty one and company replaced with issue"
64.2%

provide security

"we used it at first to monitor our poorly kitten but is now relocated to provide security for our house and keep an eye on the rest of our cats"
63.7%

wishing to buy this

"if there are any buyers wishing to buy this but perhaps have some questions first it is probably worth asking in the question & answer section because i am sure any question can be answered on this little delight!"
63.5%

remove a tumour

"our elder dog has recently had an op’ to remove a tumour"
63.4%

failed each time

"configuration failed each time"
63.2%

virgin media superhub

"i did and this one does work with virgin media superhub"
63.1%

while using

"i bought this to keep an eye on my dog while out and it works but barely it has to be plugged into your moderm unless you have a very old wifi the app is awful and constantly tries to trick you into buying a subscription and crashes constantly while using"
62.9%

were n't on holiday

"i was so relieved that we weren’t on holiday as we had planned"
62.7%

outside camera software

"tried to add this camera to the outside camera software i currently use and it would not work"
62.6%

more higher

"the camera seems to tilt more higher than lower"
62.6%

limited my search

"it also needed to work from a usb cable as the coop is powered by a solar panel this limited my search somewhat"
62.4%

useless in europe

"4 wireless which makes it useless in europe"
62.4%

through windows

"just don't expect to be able to see outside through windows at night as the night vision lights reflect off the window so the picture isn't great then picture is fine in the day just as good as our much more expensive cctv system"
62.2%

cause i dont

"i was hesitant at getting one that links through a phone purely cause i dont like my phone being on all night long"
62.0%

terrible product

"terrible product touch the camera and disconnects from your phone and needs deleting and resetting only connects 1 in 100 attempts even when following all the instructions and ensuring it’s on the correct band width of wifi all in all a terrible product!"
61.9%

accompanying manual

"and the phone app you need to run it is simple to follow as well although you get full instructions in the accompanying manual too which helps "
61.8%

clunky and push

"ios app is clunky and push notifications when motion is detected seem to only work sometimes"
61.6%

skip small increments

"you can’t skip small increments as it seems to jump in 10min blocks so again you have to watch footage in real time if not captured by the motion detection feature"
61.6%

exterior solution

"the laugh is the victure camera is not designed to be an exterior solution however it's non aggressive looking design makes it look more like a friendly robot compared to your usual exterior cctv camera"
61.6%

allowed out that

"so i have stood the pc530 in front of the screen that i view my old cameras on and point it at the screen and can now view my old cameras via this new one on my mobile phone as an additional bonus i can now pan around the room and check on my dogs when we are out if we are ever allowed out that is!"
61.6%

cheap of flimsy

"doesn’t feel cheap of flimsy"
61.5%

does n't even

"doesn't even record when only set to detect movements"
61.5%

home congested

"4hz wireless band which screwed up my router's settings and made all devices at home congested and slow"
61.4%

really badly designed

"the video files are encrypted and you only seem to be able to watch them on the app on your phone which is really really badly designed"
61.4%

looked largely

"when the device came up in a lightning deal i thought it was a good time to give it a whirl especially as the reviews looked largely positive"
61.2%

less bright

"would like the monitor to be less bright and less volume & would like to see a two way microphone on it so you can talk into the monitor & the sound comes out of the camera"
61.2%

very poor quality

"the power lead is also very poor quality it is very loose and if you touch it gently it will come out of it's port on the camera so i have to keep are plugging the power lead back in to the camera as it falls out quite often"
61.2%

still photo

"i took a still photo to show my dad he was impressed that i could find him in room even though it was that dark my dad has always been resistant to having a camera as he thought he would be spied on and that it would be intrusive"
61.1%

negative points

"firstly the negative points:"
61.0%

avoid this model

"i'd avoid this model"
61.0%

continued attempts

"despite continued attempts at resetting the unit i eventually decided the unit could not be relied upon"
60.8%

stops working

"as soon as your phone screen goes off it's stops working"
60.7%

security only

"if you are purchasing this camera for security only – i still feel it is worth purchasing this camera"
60.6%

dumb screen

"i tried various combinations but no response from the app just does a dumb screen refresh"
60.5%

swipe on the live picture

"alternatively you can swipe on the live picture for it to go where you want it to"
60.4%

complain for the money

"i am impressed by this little product for our new baby although i have had problems getting the two way speaker to work and also the night vision seems to stay on even if you have the light on in the room other than that can’t complain for the money"
60.4%

fault in my room

"there was fault in my room and i used the planon app the report the issue to given a email that it was done but while i was passed out asleep in my room"
60.4%

very poor definitely

"i have a good broadband connection and even hard wired it when i thought maybe its just not any good for wireless connection but the picture quality is very poor definitely no where near 1080p and extremely choppy glitchy"
60.4%

small speaker

"sound is what you would expect from a small speaker not great but not too bad either"
60.0%

extremely distorted

"unless you have your phone too close to it it then sounds extremely distorted and i mean even just in the same room as it"
60.0%

broken crashes

"the app is broken crashes every 2 minutes or so you can't use it as a baby monitor"
59.8%

audio playback

"good thing is camera is audio playback for any error occurs during configuration so easy to debug"
59.7%

short tests

"first impressions were positive setup was relatively easy the picture quality was at least reasonable and the iphone app whilst not perhaps the most stylish you could hope for seemed to control the camera well over a network in my short tests"
59.7%

time stamps

"i have the event cloud storage for 30 days on subscription however it doesn't save 30 days it misses the majority of events mixes them on the time line and time stamps are completely inaccurate"
59.5%

awful motion dection

"but this one failed to perform the night vision is awful motion dection was naff and picture quality even in the day was bad"
59.3%

getting refund

"update stopped working properly after 6 months no way of getting refund"
59.3%

configure failed

"the camera starts talking to the phone app but then just stops and i receive the configure failed"
59.2%

flagged up as mis selling

"the description does not mention this additional expense for the buyer and should be flagged up as mis selling"
58.8%

disable security settings

"to install the app you need to disable security settings"
58.7%

no camera detected

"even tried to connect directly via cable but kept saying ‘no camera detected"
58.7%

minutos delayed

"most of the time you doesn’t know you are 5 minutos delayed and sound is not working"
58.6%

broken into

"i use my camera for indoor activity just incase i get broken into but you could use this camera for multiple things"
58.6%

only 1 star

"what i like about the camera: clear picture whether during daylight or night vision clear sound motion detector works with only a couple seconds delay unfortunately i have to give only 1 star as the camera is prone to being faulty"
58.2%

light gets

"it does make a clicking sound when the ir turns on and off but again doesn't really bother me but you can hear it when the light gets low it will turn on and off until it gets dark enough for it to be on permanently"
58.1%

network speed is slow

"too often many many times a day says that the network speed is slow and so cannot show a live view or recordings although both cameras are wired to a virgin hub2ac"
58.1%

except refund

"nothing else to say except refund via amazon went smooth as always"
58.1%

would end up corrupted

"there is also a cloud storage option you pay a subscription for as a alternative so it would make sense why my sd card would end up corrupted"
58.0%

weird noise

"tried about 5 times and just heard this weird noise"
57.8%

just generally moan

"this isn't true in the slightest they just generally moan"
57.7%

poor for night time

"this means it is poor for night time use"
57.6%

similar issues

"i suppose there is a chance that my one was broken but seems others have similar issues"
57.4%

not dropped connection

"the victure has not dropped connection or let me down to date"
57.3%

sometimes too short

"it always notifies me correctly when somebody is there and captures the footage however i would say that the amount of footage that it captures is sometimes too short"
57.3%

poor video quality

"the poor video quality is the trade off for a simple reliable easy to access product"
57.2%

have plain

"i have plain bb so no concerns with 5g non compatibility"
57.2%

much battery power

"app needs a little work as there is no way to fast forward through saved videos and it tends use too much battery power"
57.2%

poor product

"not well made and poor product"
57.1%

it's missing

"for the purposes we need it for all it's missing is the treat dispensing option that furbos have which isn't a big deal for us"
56.9%

falls out quite often

"the power lead is also very poor quality it is very loose and if you touch it gently it will come out of it's port on the camera so i have to keep are plugging the power lead back in to the camera as it falls out quite often"
56.8%

does the developer

"you can refuse and get past this but why does the developer want to know where you are so badly?"
56.8%

neighbourhood issues

"so anyone else who is having neighbourhood issues this is definitely the camera to buy if you want clear images and videos"
56.8%

ring doorbell

"we don't believe it's the wifi don't have any issues with our ring doorbell "
56.8%

barely works

"the motion detection barely works"
56.7%

into the unit but

"i have fitted sd card into the unit but not watched anything back on that as of yet"
56.5%

faulty camera

"i have to give the seller 5 out of 5 for customer service they made the effort to get in touch and resolve my issues and replace the faulty camera for an improved model what a difference the image is outstanding i wish others would take a leaf out of this manufactures effort thank you!"
56.5%

not find the device

"it can not find the device"
56.4%

product is faulty

"product is faulty"
56.3%

looks down

"probably the only down side is it only looks down about 40 degrees it can look up over 90 degrees though so you may get some issues seeing lower down if the camera is mounted too high"
56.3%

n't go back online

"no sd slot icloud recording for a couple of weeks which then stopped now expected to pay extortionate icloud rental now has gone offline and won’t go back online"
56.3%

being a bit unreliable

"i've had other ip cameras before but they always end up being a bit unreliable"
56.2%

either clunky and

"the app you download is not great either clunky and non responsive most of the time"
56.2%

woeful and laggy

"their app is woeful and laggy"
56.1%

expensive router

"i had to put it on my guest wifi which you can only have with an expensive router or an access point"
56.1%

no longer worked

"the next day i moved the camera to a different room and the card no longer worked or was even recognised by pc and laptop when attempting to format"
56.1%

no printer required

"it should be collected with no printer required"
56.0%

such a low price

"i can't believe what you get for such a low price"
56.0%

swipe of a finger

"pan the room at a swipe of a finger"
56.0%

deterring the puppy

"an app on both of our phones could let us check in to the dogs at any stage the voice option on it was great for deterring the puppy from eating the sofa!"
56.0%

small problem

"there was a small problem at first and i almost sent it back but then i realised the problem was caused by me"
56.0%

sound is not working

"most of the time you doesn’t know you are 5 minutos delayed and sound is not working"
55.9%

light pollution

"the night vision was good but only gave it 4 stars because of local light pollution"
55.9%

that it scared

"my son has recently told me that the camera talks that it scared him and it's said bad words and the word 'pants'"
55.9%

does n't always

"a bit tricky to set up the process doesn't always go smoothly but persevere"
55.8%

late response ''

"the email apologised for the "late response" and pointed me in the direction of removing the camera and then adding it but this time marking the location as the uk which it was originally set to"
55.6%

that's no big deal

"they don't have a massive long cable and we had to buy an extension for one so that we could position it upside down on the ceiling in one room but that's no big deal"
55.5%
...

Compare Pros

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 product in both products

"brilliant product well worth the money"
99.4%

brilliant camera in both products

"brilliant camera"
99.0%

excellent camera in both products

"otherwise this is an excellent camera"
98.5%

absolutely brilliant in both products

"absolutely brilliant camera for the price"
98.4%

works perfectly in both products

"and works perfectly"
98.1%

very pleased in both products

"very pleased "
97.6%

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%

amazing quality in both products

"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%

quite good in both products

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

absolutely amazing in both products

"absolutely amazing product !"
89.2%

great value in both products

"great value"
75.0%

cctv cameras in both products

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

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%

outdoor cameras in both products

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

positive reviews in both products

"came across this camera on amazon and read the reviews went with peoples positive reviews"
74.5%

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%

really easy in both products

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

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%

excellent product

"excellent product"
99.6%

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%

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%

strongly recommended

"strongly recommended"
98.4%

excellent love

"excellent love it great bit of kit"
98.2%

very smart

"setup was simple we inserted the sd card downloaded the yi camera app to my iphone and registered an account from there is was as simple as plugging in the camera via a usb cable which comes with a usb plug and pointing the camera at a qr code on the phone and following the simple voice command instructions very smart!"
97.8%

really reliable

"kind of have to commit to the cloud which is the only downfall however it's really reliable and worth the additional cost for the low buy price"
97.8%

outstanding camera

"outstanding camera!"
97.8%

great system

"it's no security cctv system but it's a great system that uses wifi home router the cloud and mobile device notifications and apps so you can monitor what's going on around your home while you're away or at home"
97.7%

great pictures

"easy to install great pictures"
97.6%

great product

"great product"
97.5%

best thing

"the best thing about the camera i think is the night vision it's super clear and overall amazing!"
97.3%

excellent rotation

"excellent rotation"
97.0%

time clarity

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

excellent cameras

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

excellent great

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

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%

well worth

"well worth it!"
92.1%

overall bargain

"overall bargain!"
91.4%

only fault

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

great outdoors camera

"great outdoors camera with good software"
90.4%

tracking unable

"motion sensitivity tracking unable to point camera down beyond 95 degrees ir reflection when in night mode so with a spat of break in’s currently within our area i thought it would be prudent to get a security camera"
90.0%

picture is amazing

"picture is amazing and we use these to keep an eye on the house while out to make sure the cats are ok"
89.5%

great product great

"great cameras great product great app"
89.3%

excellent night vision

"camera is excellent night vision is good and alarm is cleaver done can set sensitivity to low mid or high overall i really like"
88.6%

outstanding value

"outstanding value"
88.4%

very professional

"came next day the packaging was very professional and quality when it came to installing the camera to the garden shed the only problem i caee across was the screws they was just awful quality but i changed them for some betters one and mounted it to the shed"
88.4%

works great

"very easy to set and the app works great"
88.0%

amazing little camera

"amazing little camera"
87.0%

quite bright

"daytime viewing has been really good night time isn't great it's ok close range but anything beyond 5 m is sketching luckily i have an outside light that's quite bright so it illuminates beyond the 5 m"
86.9%

really great

"it’s a really great picture in 1080p and night vision works well too"
86.7%

better night vision

"the black 1080p dome camera is smaller looks better and has better night vision so i would recommend that dome cam instead of this one"
84.3%

awesome all rounder

"awesome all rounder"
75.0%

fairly well

"the camera is fairly well built"
75.0%

build quality

"i am sure it will be reliable because of the build quality but i will update if its not"
75.0%

smart phone

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

dream great

"very good picture quality easy to install easy setup works like a dream great app"
75.0%

perfectly well

"use it to monitor a garden which is 100ft long and copes perfectly well"
75.0%

great feature

"the motion tracking is a great feature for this camera"
75.0%

outdoor ones

"i'm hoping to sort these camera's as the indoor cameras work perfectly fine without any hitch the outdoor ones for some reason never ever seem to pair to my yi home app android i have set the router to use a 2"
75.0%

reasonably priced

"very good value camera with local storage and reasonably priced optional cloud storage"
75.0%

very sensitive

"the motion sensor is very sensitive and takes a little bit of adjustment to get it how you want"
75.0%

nicely packed

"the camera arrived swiftly in a nicely packed box and feels a premium product"
75.0%

great item

"i have the dashcam and indoor camera and can't fault any of them this outdoor camera was just as simple to set up great item"
75.0%

very flexible

"set up within minutes very flexible mounting and good picture quality"
74.9%

cctv device

"for a budget cctv device is really good i can safely say that i haven't had any issues on my garden so it's a good deterrent"
74.9%

premium product

"the camera arrived swiftly in a nicely packed box and feels a premium product"
74.9%

easy access

"would say set it up with easy access to it and good wifi reception from your modem"
74.9%

smart device

"the setting up proceed was simple as anything download the app to your smart device and click what camera you have purchased connect it to the wifi then hold the qr code to the camera it's scans it and then your all set and ready to use it"
74.9%

great recommendation

"definitely a great recommendation from me with the only downside that the cloudstorage prices are in my opinion way too high"
74.9%

very useful

"to summarise: this is a very useful camera for anyone looking to secure their house with cctv it's cloud connected so you can view it anywhere so long as you have data wifi waterproof functions as an intercom and does so much more"
74.9%

great quality

"definitely recommend these cameras great quality"
74.9%

great feel

"out of the box the camera has a great feel to it"
74.9%

great picture

"cons short cable not very good speaker no 5ghz support pros great price cloud or micro sd storage option great picture 1080p good colour balance regular updated app overall i’m very impressed for the price and am now looking to extend my security further with some indoor ones"
74.9%

helpful button

"if you find this review useful please click the helpful button thank you"
74.9%

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%

good value

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

very affordable

"the addition of online recording makes this a very affordable solution"
74.8%

well built

"conclusion a well built and quality product let down by a limited software application"
74.8%

waterproof compartment

"the camera offers the ability to subscribe to a cloud service or alternatively you can fit a micro sd card inside a waterproof compartment in the underside of the camera"
74.8%

works really well

"it was very easy to setup had some range to the router but still works really well and it does the job briliantly"
74.8%

liked mine

"cant fault this camera works well i like them its my second on well outdoor one got one indoor and a dash cam all work very well even my brother has them now as he liked mine "
74.8%

crisp and sharp

"the 1080p resolution is crisp and sharp and only shows fragments on very fast movement the motion detection and tracking works very well as long you not too fast"
74.7%

well packaged

"i'ts well packaged and built to a much better quality than some of the other ip cameras that i have"
74.7%

full price

"i bought this during a prime deal but even at full price i think it is good value"
74.7%

1080p good

"cons short cable not very good speaker no 5ghz support pros great price cloud or micro sd storage option great picture 1080p good colour balance regular updated app overall i’m very impressed for the price and am now looking to extend my security further with some indoor ones"
74.7%

work correctly

"even better now that android notifications work correctly"
74.7%

cctv stickers

"some cctv stickers to say that cctv is in operation would be very welcome as these are required to be displayed"
74.7%

relatively safe

"my area is relatively safe so i didn't need to do this but if you're worried about people tampering with the camera then this could be a good option for you"
74.7%

perfectly fine

"i'm hoping to sort these camera's as the indoor cameras work perfectly fine without any hitch the outdoor ones for some reason never ever seem to pair to my yi home app android i have set the router to use a 2"
74.7%

alerts are great

"motion alerts are great"
74.7%

pretty well

"it seems to have a good antenna as it can connect to the wifi pretty well even though it’s pretty far away and a couple of walls my iphone struggles at the same distance "
74.7%

unbeatable price

"i've got few yi camera and they are quite good for this unbeatable price i've paid 44£ "
74.7%

fast and well

"the mobile app is very good the cloud storage is well priced and works fast and well"
74.7%

added security

"i use this in my accommodation just for added security "
74.7%

free talk function

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

good antenna

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

cctv stystrm

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

quality picture

"great camera with excellent quality picture which was very easy to setup"
74.6%

excellent all rounder

"excellent all rounder"
74.6%

prime deal

"i bought this during a prime deal but even at full price i think it is good value"
74.6%

would recommend

"have their cloud service and would recommend"
74.6%

just above average

"picture quality is reasonable but zoomed picture is just above average and mostly only recognizable if you know people"
74.6%

recoding capabilities

"these are excellent cameras & we are delighted with their performance and recoding capabilities"
74.5%

very good value

"very good value for money"
74.5%

good wifi range

"good wifi range and easy install as it's just one usb power cable"
74.5%

work great

"both work great!"
74.5%

well enough

"once it's all setup the camera works well enough"
74.5%

good basic security

"good basic security"
74.5%

pleasurable experience

"using these cameras i have more than one for ~4 months has been mostly a pleasurable experience"
74.5%

ordering another

"will be ordering another when they're next on offer"
74.4%

good number

"there are a good number of settings with various sensitivity levels"
74.4%

decent quality camera

"this is quite a decent quality camera that has proved to be simple to fit and set up on the network"
74.4%

very nicely

"installation 7 10 not the hardest as it comes with a mounting template for drilling the holes good job on that one yi the one part of your system i like is the mounting packaging 10 10 credit where it’s due it is very nicely packaged"
74.4%

pretty good

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

proper router

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

moving body

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

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%

well designed

"4ghz the step by step process was clear and it worked the first time no doubt thanks to the well designed app"
74.3%

crisp image

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

pretty sensitive

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

image quality

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

work very well

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

arlo products

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

very responsive

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

very good quality

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

very well presented

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

more useful

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

fixed cameras

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

good cameras

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

good software

"great outdoors camera with good software"
74.1%

pretty painless

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

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%
...

absolutely brilliant in both products

"the camera quality is absolutely brilliant"
100.0%

works perfect in both products

"works perfect"
100.0%

very pleased in both products

"that said what i have written is my honest opinion of the pc530 and i'm very pleased"
100.0%

brilliant camera in both products

"truly this is a brilliant camera i love it and the pic is great"
100.0%

quite good in both products

"for the basics of just viewing what's going on in your home it's quite good for the money"
99.9%

brilliant product in both products

"brilliant product"
99.9%

amazing quality in both products

"great camera with amazing quality"
99.8%

really good in both products

"the night vision on them is really good"
99.3%

absolutely amazing in both products

"alert notifications for movement detection ✅ remote control camera movement from miles away ✅ night vision ✅ perfectly clear picture landscape or portrait ✅ can take still picture with the unit ✅ easy to set up ✅ easy to use ✅ two way audio so you can talk to your kids pets from another room or miles away ✅ absolutely amazing!"
99.0%

works perfectly in both products

"it works perfectly with the ability to zoom into the screen and watch progress easy to install on my ipad and set up"
98.6%

excellent camera in both products

"this is an excellent camera for the money but i would suggest that you invest in a compatible good quality 64gb micro sd card as well"
92.9%

great camera in both products

"great camera works well"
88.5%

absolute bargain in both products

"it's hard to believe how a device of this quality and this amount of features is available for this price absolute bargain"
88.4%

works well in both products

"bought one of these and i was so pleased with it i bought another bought them coupled with a 64gb memory card although online storage is available bought the 16ft micro usb leads for ceiling fitment and some trunking from b &q streaming on the app works well at the time i paid £29"
75.0%

great price in both products

"great product for price always had a baby monitor which cost double now switched to one of these cameras great price"
75.0%

good points in both products

"the good points "
75.0%

really easy in both products

"setup was really easy and only took me 5 mins from start to finish"
74.9%

cctv cameras in both products

"victure cctv cameras are easy to install and use when they detect anything you can instantaneously record videos or take photos and have the evidence uploaded to police immediately"
74.9%

great value in both products

"however i am very happy with this purchase and i think it is a great value for money"
74.9%

really well in both products

"the design is lovely really modern and sleek and also very subtle it blends into our room really well and we hardly notice bits their"
74.9%

outdoor cameras in both products

"as a professional photographer i am also interested to discover victure manufacture outdoor cameras for wildlife photographers another reason i have warmed to this company's products"
74.9%

picture quality in both products

"picture quality is good and night vision is clear and very useful"
74.8%

outdoor camera in both products

"i wanted to have a security camera under my car port to watch the entrance and drive to my house safely undercover this is not an outdoor camera and it's amazing!"
74.8%

positive reviews in both products

"purchased due to the majority of positive reviews used to check up on the cat’s daytime sleeping habits"
74.6%

good picture in both products

"the camera works well with good picture and video quality"
74.5%

good enough in both products

"the picture quality is fair and the sound is good enough to completely bamboozle the dogs great fun after a few glasses on christmas day "
74.5%

absolutely perfect

"the motion detector the picture quality is absolutely perfect 5star more if i could give it"
100.0%

extremely pleased

"extremely pleased"
100.0%

absolutely love

"had this set up for 2 days now and i absolutely love it"
100.0%

good excellent

"audio quality with two way talk good excellent sd and hd video to app during daylight"
100.0%

wonderful gadget

"wonderful gadget"
100.0%

honestly fabulous

"i had been recommended this product by a fellow puppy owner and it is honestly fabulous!"
100.0%

super fast

"my internet speed is super fast for streaming though it keeps disconnected and says slow internet"
99.9%

excellent piece

"an excellent piece of kit"
99.9%

really awesome

"overall really awesome product and i'm very glad i chose this one!"
99.9%

super little system

"its my way forward and will stick to this super little system and expand"
99.9%

works smoothly

"the picture quality is really good and the app works smoothly"
99.8%

good piece

"motion alert is very accurate and really useful it gives really good piece of mind when you're out of your house"
99.8%

highly recommend

"excellent value for money highly recommend"
99.6%

outstanding service

"outstanding service"
99.6%

extremely good

"the image quality for such a small unit is extremely good and the ability to pan and tilt is superb as the horses move around and we are able to follow them and zoom in to look at them"
99.4%

quality good

"audio quality good to communicate around the house with and having set it up found lots of reasons to buy lots of other cameras around the house!"
99.0%

good recording

"clear image with good recording"
98.8%

been excellent

"this camera has been excellent on all counts"
98.3%

extremely fantastic

"this is an extremely fantastic camera!"
98.2%

excellent picture

"excellent picture and sound quality"
97.5%

great sound

"the picture and video quality is great sound is fine and very impressed with the response between the app and the camera when adjusting the viewing angle"
96.8%

very impressive

"the picture quality is also excellent and the two way audio is very impressive"
95.6%

extremely handy

"this camera is great the ability to pan zoom and view the entire room its placed in remotely via the app is extremely handy we now have a couple dotted around the house to keep track of different zones"
95.0%

amazing piece

"however the victure is an amazing piece of equipment that uses good design with great technology"
95.0%

bison excellent

"bison excellent in day and night mode either the ability to rotate and tilt enabling coverage of a wide area"
94.3%

great and perfect

"additional functions – motion detection is great and perfect for keeping an eye on pets or for security issues"
93.7%

absolutely loved

"absolutely loved it"
93.5%

quality is excellent

"have two of these set up in different rooms picture quality is excellent and records well except it keeps insisting you buy cloud space for recording"
93.1%

great and smart

"all in all it was a great and smart purchase"
93.1%

price it is excellent

"for its price it is excellent: great service great packaging and great quality"
93.1%

love love love

"works with the ipc360 app which is free to download no limit to how many cameras you can use you can get it to work with alexa and google night vision mode kicks in automatically and vice versa plugs straight into the mains and connect to your wifi love love love this product!"
93.1%

excellent for the price

"it’s excellent for the price and does what we wanted it to"
93.1%

they are excellent

"i have recommended them to a few people and we all agree they are excellent"
93.1%

perfect but very good

"picture works great even in the dark not perfect but very good and its very easy to setup"
93.0%

tells you to push

"oh and the reset button it tells you to push?"
92.7%

easily pleased

"this is highly recommended and i am not easily pleased"
92.3%

excellent in all respects

"this is the second victure 1080p wireless camera that i have bought and can honestly say it is excellent in all respects"
92.1%

excellent during the

"picture quality is excellent during the day and very sharp at night time"
92.0%

price it is amazing

"i am really pleased with this purchase and for the price it is amazing"
91.7%

range of motion is great

"range of motion is great"
91.7%

night vision is superb

"night vision is superb"
91.1%

they are amazing

"we have two of these cameras now they are amazing!"
91.0%

works a treat

"i bought this little camera to check how our little cockapoo behaves when she is left alone in the house for an hour or two and it works a treat"
90.9%

mainly just

"it does have the ability to talk to the cats but it absolutely terrifies them so i mainly just use that to scare my wife"
90.6%

through it brilliant

"the night vision is superb and being able to talk to her through it brilliant"
90.3%

genuinely great

"genuinely great"
90.2%

really impressive

"the picture quality both night and day is really impressive and the ability to manoeuvre the camera with the phone is great"
89.9%

excellent coverage

"i decided to mount it 'upside down' in the window surround as that permitted excellent coverage and was least intrusive being behind the blind curtain"
89.7%

great better

"picture quality is great better than the clever dog and can have more than one phone linked to it so that two people can use it at once"
89.6%

product is great

"this product is great"
89.3%

amazing all recordings

"the auto save motion detection to the cloud is amazing all recordings are saved even if the intruder stole or destroyed the camera"
89.2%

really superb

"really superb value for the quality"
89.1%

brilliant visual range

"it has a brilliant visual range and we can talk through it also"
88.8%

good portion

"you can see a good portion of the room and you can move the camera around easily from your device"
88.8%

good reiviews

"i'm surprised this has so many good reiviews on amazon to be frank"
88.8%

great for the price

"it was easy to install and the quality is great for the price"
88.7%

hd mode is brilliant

"the picture quality when in hd mode is brilliant"
88.6%

great sound good

"the picture quality is great sound good but movement sensor reliability very poor"
88.5%

really happy

"i eventually figured this out but really happy with how smoothly it now works"
88.4%

bought several

"generally i think this is a useful camera i bought several and didn't have to worry about networks and firewalls to be able to view them from anywhere"
88.2%

excellent doggy

"i also like the fact you can add multiple cameras to the app which means it would make an excellent doggy cam if you have to leave them during the day"
87.8%

well functioning

"overall though a good camera at a reasonable price with a well functioning app"
87.7%

camera is great

"this camera is great!"
87.7%

does an amazing

"i bought this camera to keep an eye on my baby & 3 other children and it does an amazing job"
87.6%

easily whilst away

"these alerts were sent to my phone and i could connect and review the footage easily whilst away"
86.9%

detailed instructions

"turned the camera on followed the detailed instructions and within minutes i was looking around the room through my phone!"
84.7%

great gift

"will make a great gift as well"
75.0%

fairly intuitive

"we had no problems setting it up and linking it to an app – all fairly intuitive"
75.0%

decent picture

"nice camera with decent picture but when i ordered it i was under the impression it was compatible with echo show as that is what i searched for but when trying to connect it i found no way of doing it as the show has no skill for it"
75.0%

good price

"all in all its easy to set up and a good price and does what it says on the tin"
75.0%

works nicely

"overall i am very pleased with this purchase as it works nicely and does give us that piece of mind for the house"
75.0%

reasonably well

"motion detection works reasonably well"
75.0%

delivery efficient

"as usual with amazon delivery efficient and reliable"
75.0%

very handy

"the camera has a 360 degree tilt and turn vision which comes in very handy"
75.0%

good faith

"i bought this in good faith having seen the multitude of excellent reviews"
75.0%

really useful

"motion alert is very accurate and really useful it gives really good piece of mind when you're out of your house"
75.0%

professional photographer

"i'm a professional photographer so i love cameras of course!"
75.0%

good monitor

"good monitor feel like the picture quality isn’t 1080 but it’s still quite good night vision is very good tho ability to be able to hear and talk through monitor is good movement is brilliant only thing i didn’t like other than picture quality is that if it’s not straight when i moved it with app is that sometimes it randomly puts its self straight which freaked my fiancé out one night 😂 easy to set up and use overall good monitor for price"
75.0%

great help

"great help with a new pup giving us the ability to watch what she's up to when she disappears off to bed!"
75.0%

looks smart

"it looks smart and feels good"
75.0%

sturdy enough

"the camera is well made looks sturdy enough and is so easy to control"
74.9%

easy instructions

"an excellent price and easy instructions to set it up on wifi or a lan cable"
74.9%

indoor cameras

"as far as indoor cameras go this has to be the best and i would recommend them to anyone!"
74.9%

suitable monitor

"i shopped about to find a suitable monitor to keep an eye on my new pet dog"
74.9%

good response

"this little camera is brilliant tested it long distance away from home had full control of camera could hear and talk to my camera the app works brilliant easy to use with good response well worth value i updated my account to include it's cloud storage auto detects and records 10s clips if movement detected"
74.9%

ideal position

"finding the ideal position!"
74.9%

multiple languages

"the manual is pretty good in multiple languages of course but the lettering font is small"
74.9%

with surroundings

"latest purchase very easy to mount on the ceiling fits neatly & out of the way so it’s less noticeable but fits in with surroundings"
74.9%

good reviews

"i'm amazed this product got such good reviews which was why i bought it"
74.9%

good communication

"quick delivery and good communication from customer services"
74.9%

indoor security camera

"bought this as in indoor security camera for motion notifications when i'm away or at work etc"
74.9%

monoitor remotely

"easily able to monoitor remotely when away from home"
74.9%

rotated remotely

"the camera can be rotated remotely through 360 degrees in the horizontal plane and 180 degrees in the vertical plane"
74.9%

higher quality

"i brought some other cams like iegeek or sricam but this is totally in a different level of higher quality"
74.9%

cracking piece

"a cracking piece of kit for the price"
74.9%

great device

"so i recently decided to get this great device as we just moved into a ground floor flat"
74.9%

very positive

"the level of customer service i have received just from the little note saying thank you in the box to the response time when sending very positive feedback was so quick"
74.9%

very economical

"anyway a very economical way of keeping an eye on things not just babies much so that i bought another!"
74.9%

cool features

"great quality picture considering the price of the device and lots of cool features such as being able to take a screenshot of what's being shown on the camera and the night vision works great"
74.9%

status light

"i also really liked that you have the option to switch off the status light of the camera via the app making the camera less visible"
74.9%

free cloud

"connected to free cloud at mo but bought a sd card to cancel once they start charging"
74.8%

cute design

"cute design as well!"
74.8%

easy installation

"instruction booklet easy to digest and gets you started quickly app has step by step easy installation for the camera"
74.8%

proper research

"wish i had done some proper research instead of just opting for the big name"
74.8%

recommend these

"i would highly recommend these to anyone with small children or generally for home security"
74.8%

looks great

"i have this app installed in three different devices phone tablet and pc and the print looks great especially in smaller devices"
74.8%

very quickly

"very quickly we found out that it is not practical to keep an eye on the little one hence we bought this monitor"
74.8%

watch progress

"it works perfectly with the ability to zoom into the screen and watch progress easy to install on my ipad and set up"
74.8%

friendly robot

"the camera has a good appearance looks like a friendly robot!"
74.8%

feels good

"it looks smart and feels good"
74.8%

quality quite

"picture quality quite good even at night"
74.7%

nice design

"nice design & best of all so easy to set up & work"
74.7%

very quick

"super quick delivery very quick uncomplicated set up"
74.7%

being great

"for the first 2 weeks i thought it was a great item did exactly as expected great picture quality could watch via my phone away from home and alerted me ever time it picked up motion as well as night vision being great too but then"
74.7%

extremely quickly

"when i had an issue with the device user related not device related the after sales customer service was superb and resolved the problem extremely quickly"
74.7%

five stars

"definitely five stars!"
74.7%

pretty easy

"it took a bit of practice to get my bearings at first but was pretty easy after that"
74.6%

good design

"however the victure is an amazing piece of equipment that uses good design with great technology"
74.6%

relatively easy

"setting up was relatively easy once i figured out that my phone had to be right next to the camera for it to register"
74.6%

blown away

"the pan and zoom facility on the camera is amazing and i was blown away by the picture quality especially using night vision"
74.6%

passing cars

"passing cars on the road or lighting conditions or rain drops on windows will trigger an alert"
74.6%

night position

"also camera followed the dog during the night position changed from night to morning"
74.6%

life saver

"real life saver!"
74.6%

streamed image

"the 'phone app is easy to use and gives me a good quality streamed image at home or away"
74.6%

works fine

"for this it works fine and gives me peace of mind"
74.6%

light conditions

"another great feature of the camera is that it switches automatically to night mode black and white image under low light conditions"
74.5%

easy to navigate

"the app is easy to navigate"
74.5%

keeps disconnected

"my internet speed is super fast for streaming though it keeps disconnected and says slow internet"
74.5%

really versatile

"camera is really versatile and could be used hanging upside down or on your door this is where the speaker function comes in great "
74.5%

super clear

"night vision is super clear if anything it’s clearest in night vision mode which is technically what you need it for most"
74.5%

good eyesight

"hope you have good eyesight"
74.5%

just perfect

"this product is just perfect"
74.5%

that position

"you can preset angles for certain times so the camera will automatically move to that position at the time you set but other than that you have to manually adjust the angle from the original 360° panorama using the pan and tilt function in the app swiping the screen "
74.5%
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Compare Emotion analysis

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

Positive tone

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Negative tone

29.5% 39.6% 30.9%
  neutral 38.7%
  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%
Victure 1080P FHD WiFi IP Camera Baby Monitor with Night Vision Moti..

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Negative tone

19.6% 46.1% 34.3%
  neutral 46.1%
  worry 31.9%
  happiness 16.0%
  sadness 2.0%
  fun 1.8%
  relief 1.2%
  surprise 0.4%
  anger 0.2%
  love 0.2%
  hate 0.2%

* 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 2024-05-04