Hive UK7001720 View Indoor Security Camera – White & Champagne Gold, 14.5 cm*8.8 cm*8.8 cm

Someone could pull the camera off the stand very easily as it is only held by a magnet!?

Yes you can get cheaper cameras, but you get what you pay for. These cameras are beautifully designed, well made and the software works. Even more important one of mine developed a fault a long time after the warranty expired. Their support team was very helpful and when they could not get it working again…they sent me a replacement free of charge. Yes they are higher cost, but in the long run they may well save you money. Highly recommended.

I bought the camera to add to my existing Hive heating setup.
Installation was probably the best, most simple affair that I’ve ever experienced setting up a camera. It really was as easy as a couple of button presses in the Hive app and there we go, beautiful clear image and zero messing around with complicated settings. Credit where its due, Hive has done a fantastic job at making the installation easy.
So the unit its-self seems very well made, it has a good weight to it and feels as though it is fairly premium in the materials of its construction. The image in day light is really good, very clear and good colour representation. Image during the evening is also reasonably clear, obviously not as sharp as in day light but very acceptable.
The responsiveness of the image in the Hive app is great, very little lag on my 26mbps broadband connection and also the sound implementation is a good bonus.

I’m very happy with the camera, have it set up as a weather cam as I live out of town and prefer the security to know that in the winter I can attempt to drive home from work (we get snowed in/out a lot up here!). The set up was absolutely not a problem or complication at all – really easy and straight forward. I may even purchase another!

Bought three of these for the house and they are performing really well. The first took a bit of faffing around to get sorted as it would connect to the WiFi (I have an internal booster system) but managed to sort it out. After that the remaining two hooked up easily. They work great, record well and great having 2-way sound (although the speaker – perhaps understandably – is not brilliant). Does what it says on the tin and so far uber/reliable.

Like it, I have ring cameras which are also very good, but this is bette

Have linked-up several of these – throughout my home – and I’m not disappointed. I can see everything, everywhere when not at home so they offer ‘great security’ and alert me if they detect noise/movement which is unusual.

Great piece of tech. Off the back of this one I now have 3 throughout the house and a suite of Hive gadgets! So easy to use

This camera is pretty good. The betattery life without being plugged in is very low, under 1 hour.

The picture is quite clear both in light and when it’s dark. The motion detection is very good and you can choose a direct area to monitor to avoid picking up pets or other smaller areas.

You can set up timed schedules, which is good, but not great for people who work shifts as this obviously moves across days/weeks.

Pairing with a door sensor is good so when a door opens the camera recordings, but it would be better if it were able to stop monitoring after a period of inactivity.

Although it’s for inside monitoring I’ve positioned mine inside looking out through a landing window. It works really well. Enhanced night vision switched on seems a worse image than not switched on?

Overall – I highly recommend.

Really pleased with this item. We have Facing down the garden from inside. The only problems that it can get reflections off the window so may change to the external camera at some point. Perfect for our needs and provides great price of mind over property when you are not there.

Good sturdy product, works well, easy to set up, ok picture quality. First one kept overheating & going off line so returned it with no problems & got replacement super fast. Great service. Highly recommend.

Easy to set up. Good quality picture. View on my iphone, ipad, etc. View inside the room from holiday abroad.

I have two of these and feel so much safer and secure. They’re great although if you’re viewing the outdoors from inside you’ll get reflections from the window glass and no view of the outside – get the outdoors camera instead for this.

This was easy to install and set up, we use it in out kitchen to watch over our fur babies (dogs) when we go out, the audio, although not great allows us to re-assure them. Overall a really good product.

I got one of these shortly after installing the Hive thermostat and only then, when it was on offer at around the 120 mark – at 189 it is WAY overpriced. The primary use is for home monitoring whilst away and the reason I went with this one (rather than any other) was the stability and integration with the Hive ecosystem and this, I have to say, is flawless. It is super-stable and just works. It also looks great too and the image quality is first class – even when live-streaming. Compared with a similar Swann indoor wireless camera I bought a few years ago, the quality difference is night and day.

Having said this, I have just purchased an 8-channel, heat detecting, IP66 waterproof, night-vision Swann CCTV system with 1TB HDD for around the same price as just this camera alone (when on sale at full price)! This Swann system also allows for remote monitoring, playback, snapshots, event recording, etc. – just no audio. To me, this illustrates just how overpriced the Hive cameras are. Think of them as the “Apple” of the security camera world!

Please also be aware that you cannot just record what you want whenever you want on this camera (which I didn’t realise when I purchased it) – it will only record automatically when it detects either a person or a sound (or both). Having said this, it does do this really well and has only give two false alerts and recording so far in around one month of constant use. You should also know that it only retains recordings for a rolling 24 hours – if you want more than this you have to pay a subscription (around 3.99 per month) for 30 day rolling history on up to two cameras. Again, I didn’t realise this when I purchased it. Compare that with my 1TB Swann HDD on up to 8 cameras (which has enough space for around a years’ worth of event recording before it starts to overwrite) and you can see how the Hive system is not the cheapest or most cost-effective way to get into the home security monitoring game.

Would I buy another? Yes. Why? Because they look very stylish for indoor use, the picture quality is superb, they are super-stable and they integrate so well into the rest of the Hive ecosystem. I would wait until they come down in price or on offer again as any more than 100 is pretty steep in my opinion. If I wanted lots of cameras (more than two) for indoor and outdoor use with the ability to record what I want, when I want (as well as auto-detect people and vehicles) and its own built-in storage (in addition to cloud-based and remote access) then there are better, more cost effective ways of getting set up.

Works well so far, nice looking item. Good picture, and able to zoom in. Works on noise detection too.

A little bit overpriced so I bought a nearly new one. But beware if you do buy second hand be sure you have confirmation that the camera has been unlinked from previous owners hub. Because once it’s registered with one hive hub account it won’t install on another until its been unregistered.

Really pleased with this camera..easy to set up and gives peace of mind when you are not at home

As an internet camera designed to be used indoors, this is a great item and works easily with the rest of the other Hive products. Easy to set up, modern looking, and a good quality image, if you’re out and about or on holiday and you want to check up on your property, then just reach for your phone, open the Hive app and pop it on and you can see what’s happening back home. There is a zoom function and you can talk to people and hear their reply through the camera.
I have a few criticisms however: firstly, it’s expensive. There are much cheaper options out there. Secondly, much is made of the ability to remove the cube shaped device from its mount and stick it in another location for a short while, but the internal battery only lasts about an hour which is of little or no use. You do also have the option however of simply removing the camera from the stand and simply placing the little cube shaped camera directly on a shelf or unit WITHOUT using the stand at all! There is a micro connector on the camera itself so you can plug it in and use it this way instead. Mine is positioned at the end of my sound bar near my TV and it’s hardly noticeable. The power supply needs to be connected on the underside but you can simply position the camera “upside down” so the power supply is now on the top, then rotate your viewings/recordings 180 degrees via the app! Very clever!
Finally, and probably the most important factor to consider, is that unless you have a pet to check up on, or feel the need to spy on the kids, generally, there’s not much point to it. I mean, you’re on holiday, you switch it on to check on your home and see an empty room. Is that it? A bit of an unnecessary impulse purchase if i’m honest, but still a stylish and reliable piece of kit.

Smart little camera giving 1050HD picture quality via your hive hub onto your iPhone or iPad. Recorded data stored for one day or subscription service from Hive for longer periods.

1. The build quality of the camera and packaging is excellent.
2. Time from opening package to the camera being up and running fifteen minutes and I’m serious about that.
3. The picture and audio quality is excellent.
4. I’m using virginmedia super fast fibre optic broadband, 300 meg and the latest super hub router. So far I have had zero problems with the connection and I have been successfully viewing through the camera at any time from a multitude of distances sometimes well into double figure miles.
5. My house was built circa 1954 is of brick construction as are the internal walls. The floor between ground and upper floor is about eight inches and the router is positioned in my attic which is separated by another eight inches of flooring and is further buried under a desk. The reason I bring this up is to highlight the obvious signal strength of the router and the ability of the camera to pick up the signal as the camera on the ground floor is working with absolutely no problem.
6. The settings on the camera can be easily tweaked to suit our needs.
7. I’m using the camera for viewing a severely disabled member of our family and for viewing the pet dogs. The security aspect is not something that I bought the camera for.
8. One thing I have noticed is the inability for the camera to pair to two different WiFi access codes at the same time. We have had an extension added to our house. The four large steel H beams that were used during construction have made the extension like a Faraday cage and the WiFi signal can struggle to get into it. To alleviate this problem I bought a TP WiFi signal booster to use in the extension. The booster has a different access code and as yet I’m unsure how to get the camera to work between the two codes. The solution I’ve come up with is to buy another camera which is what I was going to do anyway and connect it to the other access code.
9. I had been searching for sometime for a CCTV system for some time and I really wanted a wireless system. I read the previous reviews and I admit I was slightly concerned. However I admit I’m a bit financially flush and sprung for this admittedly expensive device and I now have no regrets. It works as advertised, has the feel of real quality and I’m more than happy with my purchase.

This is a real mixed bag, in some ways it is excellent but in others frustrating. Firstly it is very expensive, you can get some very clever security cameras for a lot less and even some whole CCTV solutions with multiple cameras however the initial impressions are good. It is well packaged and supplied with a USB power adapter, a generous length USB to Micro USB (3M approx) the camera itself, basic instructions and a rather clever magnetic stand. This can be sat or fixed to a flat object with rubber feet to stop scratching, attached to a metal surface via the magnetic base, or wall-mounted. The camera attaches via a magnet and is securely located but able to move up and down as well as easily removable while the stand rotates and moves independently around its base.

All the components feel well made and solid it all together it looks very stylish for a security/monitoring camera although it is for indoors only and is not IP rated for external use. The instructions are very basic with no troubleshooting guide and just say log into Hive online, register and download the application from either the Apple store or Google Play depending on which flavour of mobile you use. Note that you need to use the app to configure or access the device as it is not supported on the website portal, also you do not need to be a Hive customer with a Hive Hub to use this device as it is independently managed from the rest of the Hive environment, more of which later. So after downloading the Hive Camera App, I tried to set it up without success on both Apple and Android devices. It was only after a number of hours messing around I realised this was for the previous Hive Camera and the Hive View Smart Camera is driven off the separate main Hive app. This is not made clear in the instructions, the app itself or on the Q&As and I cannot believe I will be alone in making this error.

Once set up the camera began to shine with very good image quality at 720p or 1080p, a wide field of view and a very sensitive microphone. This can be useful as the camera could pick up someone breaking glass for example and it even picked up the hum of our Fridge/Freezer although the sensitivity can be adjusted or turned off. At night, the camera’s infrared turns on with the footage was of good quality capturing enough detail to see someones face for example. You can easily able to pull the camera off its stand and place it where you want to monitor a different part of your house or if you want to monitor something remotely. There is a built-in battery that lasts about an hour or you can charge the camera via its own micro-USB port, you even receive an email when the battery is running low which is a nice feature.

However the more I used the app the more I got frustrated by its limitations. There is currently no integration with other Hive devices or with any third party applications such as IFTTT so it cannot be used to turn on smart lights automatically for example and there is no Alexa integration either. Notifications are pushed to your smartphone and you can also choose to send them via email but if you want them via SMS you need to sign up for Hive Live, which costs 2.99 a month. Hive View comes with 24-hour cloud recording included and you can upgrade to 30-days of storage for 4.99 a month. The camera uploads footage to the cloud only when an event has been triggered but when it is there you can only view it. There is no way to download the video I can find, which will be key in the event of a break-in although I suppose you can take screenshots off your phone. This along with a couple of random crashes and disconnections as well as constantly having to enable video after making changes made it far more frustrating than it should have been.

Overall this feels like a work in progress. The hardware itself while very expensive does seem to be very good quality but the application and integration are lacking which spoils the experience and usability. With this improved along with a way to access and download captured video, this camera will start to justify its price.

Edit: The application now seems much more stable and they have added a zoom feature which is a big improvement. There are now some basic actions that can be triggered by the camera such as boosting heating or turning on a fan or light. This is dependant on having Hive compatible devices but this makes the camera much more useful in a Hive ecosystem. It is still expensive and I can not see a simple way to access the video captured but with the latest developments, it makes much more sense now.