Netvue Security Camera Outdoor Wireless, CCTV Camera with 65ft Night Vision, WiFi Outdoor Camera 1080P HD, Motion Detection, IP66 Waterproof, Compatible with Alexa, SD Card/Cloud Storage Option, White
Stay connected to what’s happening at home–See, hear and talk as if you were there.
Warm Tips:
- Needs to connect to the power supply, not battery powered.
- Supports 2.4G Hz Wi-Fi and Ethernet cable connection, but NOT for 5G Hz Wi-Fi.
- Supports Micro SD Card storage without monthly/ fee (SD card is not included)
- Only works with Netvue app, other third party apps not supported.
See everything in detail in day & Night–With 2 megapixels CMOS sensor, true 1920* 1080p Full HD
Be Alerted To What Matters–Customize motion detection zones/time/sensitivity as needed.
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Works with Alexa‘Alexa, show me the front door”, “Okey!” Simply call to Alexa and speak to your Amazon devices to view your front door camera or watch history events when your hands are full. | Cloud Or SD Card Storage? Up To You.Netvue support MicroSD card storage without monthly fee(Not included, 128G maximum, class 10) Besides, Netvue employs AWS ( Amazon Web Service) cloud to provide high-quality cloud service. (Subscription required). | Wired & WirelessSupports 2.4g Hz Wi-Fi connection and Ethernet connection. With the 2021 improved 5dBi Wi-Fi antenna, Wi-Fi connection will be more stable compared to the common 2.5dBi and 3 dBi. |
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| Comes with an IP66 enclosure, offering high levels of protection against dust and water and delivering long-lasting protection | Remotely controlling your device on your iOS or Android cellphone or tablet. | Share device to your beloved one, enjoy funny moment together whenever and wherever. |
| DC Power: | DC12±1V, 2W( IR On); 6W (IR Off) |
| Working Temperature: | -10℃ ~ +50℃ |
| Safety Certification: | CE，FCC，ROHS |
| Image Sensor: | 1/2.7″ CMOS Sensor |
| Video Resolution: | 1920*1080P, 2megapixel |
| Lens: | f=3.6mm fixed, F=2.0, with IR Cut |
| Wi-Fi: | 2.4G Wi-Fi, 802.11b/g/n |
| Ethernet: | One 10M/100Mbps RJ45 |
| Material | Metal |
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| Resolution | 1920 X 1080P FHD | 3MP (2304 X 1296P) Super HD | 1920 X 1080P FHD | 3MP (2304 X 1296P) Super HD | 1920 X 1080P FHD | 1920 X 1080P FHD |
| Two way audio | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Waterproof | IP66 | IP66 | IP66 | IP66 | ||
| Woks with Alexa | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Safety certification | CE，FCC，ROHS | CE，FCC，ROHS | CE，FCC，ROHS | CE，FCC，ROHS | CE，FCC，ROHS | CE，FCC，ROHS |
| Night Vision | Up to 60 Feets | Up to 65 Feets | Up to 60 Feets | Up to 65 Feets | Up to 35 Feets | Up to 30 Feets |
| SD Card Storage | Not Included,Class 10, 128G Maximum | Not Included,Class 10, 128G Maximum | Not Included,Class 10, 128G Maximum | Not Included,Class 10, 128G Maximum | Not Included,Class 10, 128G Maximum | Not Included,Class 10, 128G Maximum |
| Cloud Service | Subscription required | Subscription required | Subscription required | Subscription required | Subscription required | Subscription required |
| Dimensions: | 19.43 x 6.7 x 6.7 cm; 591 Grams |
| Manufacture: | NETVUE |
| Origin: | China |
| Reference: | 1 |
Outdoor security canera
Good picture easy installation .so good we bought two .peace of mind
Good quality and easy to install
Good quality cameras , easy to install . Detects motion as needed plus you can hear the sounds very well.
Brilliant camera.
Used as outdoor camera had nearly 2 years worked perfect, exactly what I needed.
Great HD Home CCTV Camera
Easy to set up and app just as easy to use. Picture quality is great and as per the picture you even get images David Attenborough would be proud of!
Great camera
Needed a WiFi cctv and this camera produces a great picture. Easy to set up and use. Already proved itself capturing a livestock worrying incident which was passed on to the police.
Quick and Easy setup
Purchased the cameras last year and am happy with the quality of the videos/pictures in a Wifi config.
As mentioned by others additional features will cost extra per camera i.e. Cloud Storage, Filtering motion detection per type etc.
Great quality!
I got this camera for my house and I’m very satisfied with the picture quality and the hight night vision image.
The app and installation was so easy and fast, it only took a few minutes.
I recommend this product!
Pleased with camera
Kept losing internet connection at first but seems ok at the moment.it is at a similar height to the modem and not very far from it so i don’t know why it lost connection, waiting to see if it happens again.
Have only had one lost connection for a long while now. Good picture detail day and night good camera for the price. May buy another soon but have a power supply point shortage at the mome
Excellent outdoor camera with easy to fit instructions and hassle free.
Just the product I wanted since it has the multifunction options of wired & wireless option and is also got 3 m cable for power. The SD card loop recording is definitely helpful..
Recommend this product .
Works well as long as I have enough data for continuous recording to the cloud.
I’ve been using this to keep an eye on my house whilst overseas. Happy with the performance of the product but have just also signed up for continuous recording to the cloud so I have a record of any issues, I’ve realized I need more data than I had signed up for so perhaps a feature which sends you and email if you loose power or run out of data for uploading to cloud would be useful as I just found out by accident when I was checking the camera overseas. Overall good product.
This was my first Netvue Camera
This was my first Netvue Camera and I have to say it exactly what I wanted. Easy to setup and does exactly what I want. It has two way speaker and night vision has great clarity. Would recommend.
Well made external camera with good wifi range
I attached this to my mother’s shed to keep an eye on her garden. It comes with a long wifi antenna, and seems to have no problem covering 20-30 feet, through a window and a wall to the router. The powersupply has a good length of cable (12 v) and you could splice more into it if needed, as it is simple two core. The cable from the camera itself is shorter and terminates in a button, a cabled ethernet connection and the power connection. All in all, it just works – and I’ve got a few Orb netview cameras around, and they all behave well too.
Upgrade in comparison to my old cctv
Bought this product as an upgrade to my existing cctv. It’s smart looking and really good quality. I like being able to access the camera live on my phone at any time and anywhere! The picture quality is really good and you can even make out be home registrations out at night. Would definitely buy again if required!
Great value for money, super easy set up.
Great little camera, excellent value for money and easy to set up.
You dont need to, but if you want to record video / pictures just buy a micro SD card and you can access them via the app that gives you notifications when motion is triggered. I purchased an extension lead for the cable (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01IGZE57O/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) so I could postition it where I wanted, some cable clips and a decent SD card (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08GY99LX8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) and still the overall value was still less that 60. Yes, the picture quality is not zoom in and see the hair follicles amazing, but do you really need to do that….no. It is perfect for what it is required for.
Hooked it all up to my Eco Show in the kitchen, named tha camera and was good to go. Will probably buy a couple more to be honest. Its that easy.
Got this cheeky little fella on day one of the camera being up. Considering how fast he was going its not a bad `Pause the video and take a screenshot picture`.
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I was promised a small indoor camera for free if I did a review on Amazon. Well, here is the review, I sent them an email as instructed…..no small free camera = minus one star.
Overall a good camera for the price.
Night vision not brilliant and motion detection can give a few false alerts but overall a good camera for the price.
Excellent Quality & Great Value for Money
I deliberated for a long time over which camera to buy, I bought this as a replacement for my previous iGeek which stopped working after a few months through a UK winter. Compared with what I had before, the set-up was very easy to follow. It took a few attempts to get the camera to connect to my wifi (even though I was sat beside the router), and the Netvue app crashed a few times, but once it connected it was fine and has remained stable since. The menu is very straightforward and there are are not too many configurable settings to mess up (which is good). I had to play with the motion detection sensitivity a little, but I am happy with it now and it is easily picking up in both day and night. The picture quality is excellent. Also, the 2-way audio is very useful. Overall, I am very happy with the product so far, excellent quality at a very reasonable price. I now await to see how it fares though a UK winter.
Amazing value and picture quality
we’ve had these two cameras for a few months and thought its about time to review! initial set up was very simple using the app, and within a few minutes we were up and running. we opted to put SD cards in these so have set the camera to loop record and on a 32GB card we get a good few days at HD or allot more in SD. the audio is also very good on these being able to pick up on even small noises clearly. it has a setting for motion detection within a set field as well. this allows us to select the zone for our door but ignore the road. if we ever needed more i wouldn’t hesitate to order from this company again. if you don’t want to use a SD they do have a cloud option as well.
Brilliant camera
You will be amazed what you pick up from your cameras ,the picture quality is brilliant. The picture of the pigeon was so funny the expression on its face so funny, the pictures from day/ to night vison mode are really good, I check a lot of the alerts from my phone which is really good as you can zoom in, see what’s going on at your property anytime of the day , who’s at the door and talk to them , I quite often drop in on my husband when he’s working on the garden or the cars to make him giggle by saying silly comments to him through the intercom, you can even do it to people at the door as I’ve a camera over the door way and can talk to drivers/postman if they knock. Bought 1 camera have 3 now still want more such a good investment and peace of mind, so easy to install and set up . You can also set motion detection area and detection time which is excellent, they also are very responsive on there forum and FB page.
Amazingly easy to set up.
We bought 2 NETVUE cameras for security reasons. However, due to problems with our WiFi, we havn’t been able to install them till now. Wow, what can I say, the picture is amazing, really clear HD. The motion sensor picks up movements and sends straight to your phone. Giving you 2 to 3 frames at that time. Really happy with them at the moment. Definately be getting more.
Great Seller Superb Ki
Package was shipped promptly and arrived on time and undamaged. Instructions are simple to understand and follow. Set up on the app was hassle free (unlike a well know doorbell manufacturer) and I was up and running in just 5 mins. Installation was also simple, just 3 screws and then aligning it for optimum view with an allen key. Very clear picture night and day.
Proprietary CCTV
Works well with the Netview app even on an older smart phone. With a 16GB SD card inserted I’m getting about 48 hours recorded playback without subscribing to the monthly/yearly cloud plan. The 2 way audio is awesome, a slight delay but loud and clear both ends.
Negatives:
1. The motion alert notifications, when turned on in the app tends to become a big list of notifications in the android top bar notification area, which I found to be a hassle (on an older Android 5.1.1 smart phone)
2. This netview camera is proprietary. It wont work with any other NVR, IP system or PC based NVR software that I’ve tried. The plus side of that is, it appears pretty much unhackable and I couldn’t find any standard or hidden open network ports. Based on that I’m happy to have it on my home network/internet.
Good little Camera
This is a good Camera for the money. Works well I’m not a techy so took a while to set up. The motion detection is very sensitive perhaps a bit too sensitive goes off quite a bit when nothing seems to be there. Sound is also very good picks up everything. Picture Quality not so good it’s Okay for what we want, which is to monitor the back garden for nighttime visitors but if you wanted it to pick out a face or car number plate I don’t think it would be that detailed. Not tried it with Alexa. Overall a good Camera for the money, but if you want a good security camera you need to pay a little more.
An amazing little camera
This is an amazing little camera for the price – it produces really bright, sharp pictures, even in low light conditions. I was also very impressed by the ease of setup.
I bought the camera so that I could observe wildlife activity in the garden (e.g. birds at feeders) without disturbing the creatures by moving around at the window. For this purpose it works well, although obviously it isn’t always possible to see enough detail (especially when zoomed-in) to identify species.
The one annoyance (and my only reason for dropping the rating to four stars) is that I wanted to share the video stream with friends and family (which IS possible) but NOT the audio since my wife and I don’t want to broadcast any conversations we happen to have near the camera. Unfortunately I can’t find any way to disable the microphone; if you’re reading, Netvue, then please add a setting to make this possible!
Not bad for the price
The camera is decent quality for the price. I’ve had it up for just over a year and it hasn’t performed badly at all. It sometimes doesn’t stream and needs resetting, but you can do this remotely so it’s not an issue. The picture quality is decent and on a par with more expensive brands. The microphone is also pretty good, it manages to pick up audio from as far as the street (13 metres away) The only major drawback with this camera is the amount of SD cards you go through. I’m now on my 3rd SD card in just over a year, I contacted customer support and was informed either my SD card is poor quality or too small a capacity. So, for my second SD card I decided to go for a SanDisk Extreme 128 GB microSDXC Memory Card + SD Adapter with A2 App Performance + Rescue Pro Deluxe, Up to 160 MB/s, Class 10, UHS-I, U3, V30. Unfortunately, even this didn’t remedy the SD card issues. Apparently, SD cards can only be rewritten so many times before becoming corrupt. I’m not sure how true or false this is but if I continue to spend the same amount on SD cards, I’ll be forking out 60 a year! Kind of makes the low initial cost redundant.
What we needed when we needed i
After getting the 1st NetVue camera I thought I would get an second, this time to check the drive/front door. It was nice and easy to setup onto the WiFi. We have used the talk function to speak to deliver drivers etc which has been funny to watch. We have also setup motion which does pick up alot.
Overall this has been a perfect buy for the cost and fixed a solution which was needed.
10/10 NetVue
Best buy this yea
I bought this after some lowlife came into my garden and stole all of my garden ornaments and lights. On opening the package was firstly impressed with the quality of the camera, solid metal casing, in the box there were step by step instuctions easy to follow for someone like me who isn’t very technical. I downloaded the app from the app store and within minutes was getting feedback to my phone from the camera. The night vision is exceptional, very clear and even when you zoom in on the stills on the phone the detail is there. The sd card mount is well concealed and protected by a screw on cover. This set up is value for money, good sturdy equipment with excellent play back and quality audio. For anyone who isn’t sure about cctv or worrying about setting it up this is for you. The instructions say to put it next to your hub for set up but I sat in my living room and had no issues we have a duel frequency hub so only had to activate the 2.4ghz this doesn’t slow your 5g speed. Using the app you can customise when to have the motion detection on and other features to suit your needs. I can’t say enough about how happy I am with this now my property and car are protected all day and especially at night.
Brilliant product, can't wait for future updates
Fantastic camera for the price, only small downside is the motion detection, there doesn’t seem to be an in-between on the sensitivity, it’s either everything that moves little birds etc or nothing
Brilliant piece of equipme
Brilliant camera. Bought two, have one on front door and one in garden. Have them both connected to echo show so I can view at anytime. The night vision is fantastic and through the app you can change the sensitivity of the motion sensor. There’s also audio so you can speak to anyone outside. Sound quality and picture quality are excellent. Video playback is easy to use and date and time can be adjusted.
Installation and set up is easy and quick. Have recommended these cameras to family and friends.
Good value, easy to set up & associated app good
Great value, easy to setup (keep it near router when you do) – I use Wifi as near router but you can use network cable if out of range (there is a waterproof connector provided) – I did buy a RJ45 dust cover to blank off port – probably overkill. I also purchased a DC power extension cable so that I could fit camera where I wanted – cable easily secured with cable clips (not supplied) Camera is easy to mount – drilling template provided. Via the eat to use app you can vary the camera sensitivity & choose which zones you want to monitor motion activity. Microphone is sensitive & picture quality good.
Excellent netvue.
I love my netvue security cameras. I have two and one of them let me see hedgehogs when they come into the garden at night. Night photos are brilliant. The other one caught a fox walking down my road at 11;00pm one evening. The night vision is great and it is wonderful seeing all the creatures even at night. I am going to buy another one to keep an eye on nesting blue tits. Thank you netvue.
Excellent All Round!
Super easy to set up. Download the app and away you go. Picture quality is amazing and the night picture is just as clear as the daytime.
I like the fact that you can also set the level of motion detect. Easy to put up on the wall too.
We bought and extension lead for the power as the cable wasn’t long enough on the one we had on the front of the house but that worked well too. My only disappointment is that I wanted to have the same make of doorbell so I could use just one app but despite Netvue making a doorbell it’s no longer available in the UK.
Fab piece of equipment - great addition to any home/office
I have bought this product twice as I was so impressed with the quality. After it was recommended to me by a member of the Police Force I thought I would give it a go. Definitely a good choice. A must have for anyone who is wanting security but doesn’t want to pay a fortune to get it. The bigger the memory card you have – the more days it will record/playback for.
Excellent cost effective security camera!
My Netvue camera, is brilliant and was easy to install. I cannot beleive how much sound the microphone picks up. I use the two way audio a lot, which works very well. The picture quality is fine and I like the zoom feature. I use the Alexa feature, to bring up the live camera feed on my tv, as well as using the normal app on my phone and tablet. I use an MSD card for storage, which works well; I am considering the cloud storage now, just for safety.
Good product great value!
Have this vigil camera for a year now and it works perfectly. The set up was easy and the picture quality, both night and day is great. The Alexa integration is also easy and the ability to show the pictures on either of my 2 show devices and my fire TV’s is so valuable. Motion detection to your phone wherever you are! This takes a while to get right when dialling in the sensitivity.
Overall a brilliant bit of kit for the money.
Don’t forget your micro SD card
Great camera for the money
Bought the camera for security after the garden shed was broken in to. The picture quality is very godd and we spend a lot of time watching the birds on our feeders with i
Great Value
These are great cameras for the money. Excellent picture, reliable and dead easy to fit. I would recommend having a wired connection unless your wi-fi is really strong, but even so once you get it right the camera very, very rarely loses connection and it’s easy to reset. The night vision is great and the microphone and sound is perfectly adequate for what it’s used for.
Quality camera for half the price
I purchased a camera as we were having issues outside our house with anti social behaviour.
I done alot of searching for the right camera, then I came across this one.
Wow is all I can say, picture quality is amazing on daytime and nighttime.
Also there is a function where you can speak to the person at the front door
You can set which parts of the camera you want motion detected and turn off the ones you don’t also set the sensitivity too.
Best purchase I have made in a long time
Smart, useful little camera
Neat little camera. We have ours just above and to the side of the front door, allowing us to see more of the path than a doorbell camera would. The best feature is the Alexa integration, which works very well and is a quick way to see if you need to leave your work (or the sofa!) to answer the door or not. If you need to, you can quickly chat through the camera to whoever is there too. It’s loud enough, you have to be quite close, but ours works well just by the front door. I wouldn’t want the rest of the street to hear anyway! Overall, very pleased.
Great camera
We purchased 3 camera for our external farm view the setting up was a breeze but remember you must use 2.4g on the wifi or they wont work also the PSU cabel is nice and long so no issues there we fitted 128g data cards so have got reliable play back onto an ipad if required, there is a cloud option too not tried that yet
Overhall BRILLINT KIT easy to use and set up and fantastic night mode nice and clea
Really nice camera, working flawless for the last 6 months.
Been using this camera for rear garden, for the last 6 months without any issues.
Good camera, really nice night vision image.
I like the fact that it records full 24h on an sd card, which can store up to 9 days. Having the cloud option active it gives you the movements alerts, so you can check what happened but also have access to 24h recordings.
The only downside for me is the limited sd card capacity to 128GB, would be nice to be able to use higher capacity storage cards, with longer recorded periods of time on it.
Going to buy a second one for the garage now.
Definitely worth the money
The camera quality is great both daytime and night mode, the sound quality is also very good I feel this product could easily compete with security cameras that are more expensive, the app configuration process was really easy, linking with Alexa was also easy to do.
We also upgraded our subscription to Netvue and found the customer service support was quick and very helpful thanks to kris from support for your help getting set up I would definitely recommend this camera in all aspects to anyone
Good quality and easy to set up
I’m using this camera in a detached garage some distance from the house. I’ve mounted it inside looking through the window ( there’s nowhere to mount it outside that’s out of reach) and it works very well with great pictures. It’s connected to the internet via the ethernet port using homeplugs and, despite a slow connection, performance is very good. The adjustable sensitivity motion detection is excellent, I haven’t paid for a subscription or fitted an SD Card but get pictures sent to my phone when motion is detected and the live video works well.
Because it’s looking through glass the night vision doesn’t work but as I have a security light I’ve just set it to ‘day’ permanently and it works well in the dark. For the price this is an excellent camera, I’m so impressed that I’ve bought one for the main house which’ll be mounted outside.
Excellent product and excellent price would recommend to anyone
I have just installed this outside Netvue Vigil camera , and I must point out it was very quick and easy to install with clear instructions , and within an hour it was up and running and linked to all my devices
The picture on my phone from the camera is crystal clear and captures any movement in my garden , it’s amazing to watch the foxes caught on camera . It also makes me feel safer knowing it’s there to alert me of any intruders , I would certainly recommend this product top product , and will be purchasing another for the front of my house .
Paul
Can adjust sensitivity for free!
Very nice build quality. Motion sensitivity can be adjusted (without paying) so it doesn’t detect rain etc. It’s just advanced human detection (whatever that means) and cloud storage I think you need to pay for. Note in the nature of transparency you also get a free year of it if you write a review, though it doesn’t specify that it needs to be a positive one! Genuinely happy with the product. Only improvement could be that it could come with a waterproof cap for the ethernet connection if you intend on using only WiFi.
Not bad for the price
Not bad for the price but i would personally rather pay more for higher quality. the other thing i wasnt a fan of is the wires having three connections (ethernet, power and one other) that hang down and you will have to tape or wrap if you dont want looking a mess as you will only need to use one to make them work. other than that the picture quality is decent for the price
Easy to install.
Easy to install and set-up. Good picture quality both day & night.
Linked to my iPad via router no problem – however, I have had a couple of instances where connection to router / internet has dropped out. This remedied by powering off camera and switching back on. Hence only 4 star score.
An Easy CCTV set up with good clear pictures.
The camera came as per delivery slot, it came packaged well and was easy to set up using the instructions. The camera is clear in both sunlight and at night time. It connects to both our phones and the Alexa to alert us of any movement outside which puts us at rest and a little less anxious which was one of the purposes in buying this CCTV camera
does the job
The camera is easy to set up, if you are patient. Its a bit fiddly to get the right position if you are alone, but a helper helps. The wifi is excellent, my camera is a long way from the router, but still works with help from a wifi booster. Motion detect is OK, but I think the human detection should be available out of the box, rather than an extra contract payment. The big downside to me is that you cannot access the cameras from a laptop or PC, you can only use a phone. This is OK for when your out, but yet again, its such a simple piece of IT, it should be available built in. Overall, for the price its OK.
Great camera, with SD card capability
Really great camera! Surprisingly good night vision, too. You have the option of subscribing to cloud storage for your recorded footage or recording to a SD card…when the card is full it will be automatically overwritten.
I turned off motion detection alerts because they’re very annoying, but these events are still flagged in your recorded footage for ease of finding them later. The photo shows a snapshot of one of these flagged detections, the moment a car pulls into the drive.
For those struggling to mount and format a SD card… I’d suggest formatting it on a pc first. FAT32 using a program like ‘easeus’…and remember to turn the camera OFF before inserting the card…otherwise it’ll never work.
Connecting to Amazon show was easy via the Alexa app. Just enable the Netvue skills, and link the accounts. Then it’s just a case of ‘Alexa, show me the front door’
Great... Aside from Alexa compatibility
Really good value as I got it at half RRP in a sale. Came quickly and it’s well made and has good instructions. I had it set up internally within about 10 minutes… And that was using BT WiFi (5/2.4 MHz).
Picture quality is far better than I thought it would be in the day and night and so far it’s caught our cats every time they move past it. Note however it seems to have a period of about 6 minutes from one alert to another. This makes sense as otherwise you’d get multiple alerts whenever anyone went to your door.
For those who want to use it through a window, you can, just turn off the IR lights in settings. The the red IR lights glowing red at night so look like a good deterrent though and visibility isn’t as good without them generally (but is through a window).
Works great to my phone and seems me alerts when with no cloud sub or sd card in it. You get a still image and a sound and can then click on it to get the video, which takes about 5 seconds to come up. Note there seems to be a 1-2 second delay in what happens at the camera to what you see on your phone.
2 way conversation works well, but is a little quiet. I think I can adjust this. Note when you press push to speak, you mute the other person and will miss anything they say. It’s not really synchronous.
Getting it working on my Echo Show is proving difficult. Alexa won’t detect it as a device and wants to install the older app. Enabling the new app via Alexa allows you to open the device and see alerts, but it’s clunky and trying to get a live feed to my show is so far proving impossible. I’ve good broadband (75mbs) and I’m using BT mesh. I’m pretty experienced with smart devices and was a telecoms engineer once but it’s not having it.
That said, for 25, this is amazing value, so much so I’ve bought another (you can link as many as you like to your phone account). It will alert me on my phone if anyone turns up and I can talk to them and record them. Power lead is 3 metres long and can fit through my window or I’ll drill a hole through the wall. Needs plugging into the mains and cannot work directly off your lighting circuit. You can extend the mains lead but may need a higher current transformer to do so.
I’ve not used the Ethernet link, but may do to see if that helps remove delay or helps in pairing with Alexa.
Oh, sound can be a bit flaky at times on live feed, but for what I want it for this is a great bit of kit and a hell of a lot less than a certain South American river’s version.
Update: I struggled to get an SD card working in this. I bought a Scandisk EVO Plus 128GB. It kept failing to mount after formatting. I eventually formatted it in a laptop (Fat32) and then put it in the camera. After a short format, it then worked. I spoke to Kris Ma on Netvue support to help with this issue. He also helped on the Alexa Echo SHow issue. It seems Google need to approve the latest version of the app (couple of weeks) and then it should work). Delay to get live support was about 15 minutes, but was helpful which was good.
Further Update: My Amazon Echo show now works fine since they updated the app. I can now say “Alexa show fron door” and it just works. Buffers a bit, but I’m happy enough.
In use the last few weeks these have been very good. I’ve had to power cycle each of the two I have once each but that’s it. They are sensitive to rain and lights being turned on and the steam from my boiler, but I can alter the sensitivity when I think there is a storm coming. The one I have under the eaves is a lot less susceptible to that.
I’ve not used any of the cloud subscriptions and the kit works excellently. Not sure at all what some of the reviews are on about. I can see clearly a good 30 metres even at nigh
Great camera but no Good for streaming on an Alexa device
If your buying to use with Alexa don’t bother. It buffers straight away then stops and starts. Also cameras can’t be viewed by their Web interface unlike other versions. If you want a camera to control via your phone or tablet these are great and work very well.
Great camera which was so easy to set up, even for an old fart like me!!!!
I like how easy this camera is to set up. Following the instructions is normally quite daunting and then you get to the end and find you have an error or something. Well not with this camera. It was so easy and straightforward. I followed the instructions and before I knew it the camera was done and set. I bought two of these, one for the front and one for the back of the house. The motion detection is really good, I turned the sensitivity down a bit as it really is sensitive. The night vision is great. Works well and although you probably wouldn’t be able to identify an intruder it would certainly help. The image quality is good, could it be better? Yes definitely but for the price it is perfectly adequate. The digital zoom is ok but as with all digital zooms, as soon as you go above 2-3x it’s grainy. Do I like these? Yes very much. Would I buy more? I already have. Would I recommend them? Yes, if you want a good, solid built CCTV camera with great WiFi so you can access from anywhere, an easy to use app interface. Looks good, although that’s not crucial, and at a really reasonable price then this works well.
Very Good and good value
Easily fitted for coverage of the garden. Picture quality is very good especially the night vision. Amazingly captured an owl swooping into the garden, taking a mouse I assume in the early hours 2am when it was pitch black, impressed. Some false triggers in the heavy rain and wind, but adjusting the sensitivity appears to have sorted them. Still to try the Human only detection feature. Solid build and good quality. Welcome gift of 12 months subscription useful for 12 months of cloud storage (basic package). Overall very impressed so far.
Excellent cctv, highly recommended
This is a brillant cctv camera as we bought it too oversee the front of our property. The setup was very easy and straight forward! The night vision is excellent picture along with the normal day picture and the app is wonderful to use if out and about, you do get notifications straight away. Only issue I had was I couldnt scan qr code on setup but no issues though as i went manually with I’d which is at bottom of camera device.
Excellent camera - but read these tips before fitting
I’ve now owned my Netvue camera for a couple of weeks. I’m very pleased with it. It was easy to set up, it seems very reliable, it works well with Alexa and the daylight picture quality is excellent. Night vision is surprisingly good too.
A few tips:
The camera works with 2.4g WiFi, not 5g. It helps to switch your phone to 2.4g when setting it up. My WiFi signal is not strong where the camera is located, but even with a weak signal the camera seems very reliable. Play back either from the cloud or the sd card works well.
The leads attached to it are quite bulky. You only need the small power lead unless you want to hard wire the ethernet connection. I decided to drill just a 10mm hole for the power lead and put the rest of the fittings in a waterproof external junction box, located next to the camera. I pulled the power lead from inside and connected it up inside the junction box.
I took care to position the junction box so that it did not interfere with the adjustment of the camera angle.
In any case the leads are not very long coming out of the camera. To get all three through a cavity wall would be very tricky, and they might not be long enough anyway.
When drilling the hole in the wall , attach a bit of strong thread to the end of the drill bit before retracting it. You can then use the thread to pull though the lead from the power adapter. (very important if you have a cavity wall)
The WiFi antenna is slightly awkwardly positioned especially if you want to angle the camera to the left. I did quite a bit of experimentation with the camera angle before screwing it to the wall. Then I just made final fine adjustments. It was a bit fiddly but the end result was OK. I feel the positioning of the antenna on the camera could be improved.
Think about how high to position the camera. Too low and intruders could reach it and obscure or damage it. Too high and it will not capture faces. Again I experimented before settling on my final fitting location.
It is well worth putting a 128gb sd card in the camera to supplement any cloud recording. If you do this you will only need the cloud service as a backup. Fit the card in the camera BEFORE screwing the camera to the wall. The screws holding the access plate to the inside are a bit stiff and you will lose them if you try to unscrew them in situ.
Be aware that there are privacy laws affecting the use of cctv cameras. Check that you comply with these. At the very least you will need to display some warning signs that cctv is in use, and its purpose. I think netvue ought to include info about this and maybe a couple of yellow stickers.
I found it very easy to link the camera to Alexa and it is easy then to view the camera on an Alexa device including a fire TV stick by the command “Alexa, show Driveway”. (or whatever name you have given the camera)
I experimented a lot with the motion zones and sensitivity. In the end I left it on all zones and maximum sensitivity. This means every tiny movement including insects and rain triggers event recording. I then disabled notifications to my phone so that I did not get incessant notifications. I decided that I would not particularly want to deal with intruders in real time. I hope the camera will mostly act as a deterrent, but if someone is persistent I will at least have a record of their activity that hopefully will he useful to the police.
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Overall I am very pleased with the camera.
The only problem I had was that my WiFi failed and the camera lost connection. This was not a fault of the camera. It was resolved by switching off and restoring the power to the camera. It then reconnected to my (weak) WiFi signal without my intervention.
Netvue have given me a complimentary basic one year cloud subscription. This is nice to have, but only as a backup. Using an sd card provides a more instant access to full recording, rather than short bursts via the cloud. I will decide when this expires whether to pay for ongoing cloud access. I probably would not bother with any of the offered supplementary cloud services each of which comes at incremental cost.
Need a security camera get one of these
Having a couple of these especially the indoor cameras I thought it a great idea to get another for the drive.
1. Easy setup
2. Talk through it when it goes wing
3. Once setup so so easy to install rather install then setup
4. Picture quality is fantastic
5. Night vision is a dream
6. Nice to be about to store in SD card or online
So in summary this camera has a breeze to setup, then install just as easy, then the quality is fantastic both in daylight and at night using the infrared lighting.
Buy one their customer service is good too
Good Value for money
Brought this product to improve security at home.
Easy to install and set up initially, but plagued at first with alarms, particularly at night from passing headlights. Takes a while to find the appropriate settings to get a balance. One word of warning, rain will set off alarms (as is the case apparently with all such systems)
Overall happy, would be ideal for a location where passing traffic (particularly at night) doesn’t have an impact.
Totally amazing and what a bargai
Bought this as a black Friday deal and is truly amazing, Picture quality is so good I can read the registration numbers of cars passing in the street, given that we live in a close, no-one escapes my camera. Motion detection brilliant, night vision brilliant. Watching my front door from other locations via mobile, brilliant. Haven’t connected to Alexa yet but working on that one. It was difficult to set up I must admit, 12 attempts, but my perseverance paid off. seriously want another camera for the back of my house. Powerful microphone too, and two way conversations also brilliant. It could not be designed better. Using the micro SD card and is superb at rewinding events, cloud would not better this and it is free. At this price your home and neighbours security could not be better.
Great camera and great value for money
I have had this camera installed for 1 week now, I mounted it at the front of the house so that I had full view of my front door and side door. The installation was simple and the connection to my house Wifi and Alexa apps was relatively straight forward. I can now say “see front door” and the view from my camera is displayed on the TV (or it can be viewed easily within the app on my phone or tablet). The night vision is great and the motion detection seems to work well (the sensitivity can be adjusted). I know that there are cameras on the market that have a better picture quality but they are much more expensive. This one is of great quality for its price.
Security for my home
I bought my netvue vigil camera to give me extra security for my home. After a few weeks I’ve found it really good, the picture quality is great, good night vision and sound is clear. It connects to my mobile phone and I can see my house from work or anywhere else I am. It was so easy and quick to install.
I recently purchased another netvue vigil and now have one at the front and one at the back of my house.
I highly recommend this camera for anyone looking for an affordable way to look after your home.
Easy set up, great audio, perfect modest home security camera.
What isn’t reported is the audio quality is amazing, so yes the still & video images are also perfect, we just love streaming the audio from our holiday home in France, hearing distant buzzards, cows, owls at night etc. Motion detection only picks up things 3 or 4m at most, and even with mow motion sensitivity, insects are always triggering movement, but can’t be helped. Rare but occasional camera crashes have prompted me to invest in Smart Plugs for each, so I can remotely hard reset them for when it has crashed, and that has helped me to remotely recover a disconnected camera. I am actually blind, setting these cameras up for my sighted family, so credit to Netvue to make the app and set up so easy for me, all accessible with IOS VoiceOver. I hate the download method though for images or video clips and need sighted help for this. Otherwise, perhaps I’m the only blind person successfully managing 5 of these fantastic home security cameras. They have survived masive rain storms and winds, and just keep going, perfect.
Great camera
I have bought a few Netvue indoor cameras and I have always been impressed with them. So, in need of an outdoor one, I purchased this unit.
Installation was quick and both the Netvue and Alexa apps found and registered the camera quickly.
Day time picture quality is great, really clear as you can see in the photo. However, in my case the proximity of the metal post meant that the infrared light was bouncing back, diminishing its night time use.
I will move the camera soon to see if it improves the quality.
As I wanted to fit the camera’s leads into a waterproof junction box, the size of the connectors was a pain. Surely, there should be a way to temporarily undo the cable from the camera, feed it through a gap or hole on a box etc. and then refit. Not sure how people feed the HUGE cable through a wall etc.
I know this issue isn’t unique to Netvue as I’ve seen it on other CCTV cameras. Maybe the waterproofing of the camera would be compromised by my idea.
Anyway, a great camera at a good price which has a vet useable app and great Alexa integration.
Well worth the money!
Update – having moved the camera slightly, I am getting much better night vision now as the IR lights are not bouncing off the posts. A great product!
Good balance of price to performance
I have 6 of these cameras. For the price, I think that they are hard to beat. I’ve had one or two issues along the way BUT they have really good support. Online chat available 24 hours a day and very knowledgeable. Most recently, I contacted support, they have an issue, they know about it, they know how to work around it and they are working on a firmware fix. When you consider that many mainstream companies can’t even be contacted, this level of support is excellent.
Easy Setup and Good Picture
I ordered this to replace a cheap camera that kept loosing its settings and so far this camera has worked really well.
Setup was very simple using the app’ after which it updated its firmware and was ready to use within an hour of opening the box, including setting it up with Alexa, which also works really well on this camera. The only downside is that you can’t view this on the web, only via the app’ and Alexa, so you won’t be able to stream it live online, however you can post your recordings if thats what you want it for. I have also noticed that heavy rain can trigger the motion capture even when set to human only but to be fair this setting is a beta test so will likely get better in time.
I installed a 128gb SD card which looks like it will give me a several days of HD recording, if you want to save space on the card then you also have the option of it recoding only when motion is detected. I have also setup cloud storage for when motion occurs and that is very cheap compared to some other makers costing less then $20 for the year.
The camera is well built and adjustable on two axis when fitting to get the angle correct, I have it coving my drive and front garden, so I needed it angled slightly downwards which is a very easy adjustment using the supplied hex key.
From start to finish this has been the easiest camera to install and setup that I have ever tried and the picture quality in daytime and at night is very good, sharp and clear, giving me piece of mind now for our security.
I am now thinking of getting another one for my back garden, then both cameras can be viewed from the same app’.
Very good quality and great value,
Recommended.
NETVUE security cameras are VERY easy to set up
We ordered a second camera based on our experience of the first one. I was really happy to find that EVERYTHING you need for installation is in the box including screws and a drill.
The setup is really easy and now BOTH cameras are in the app so new can view these anywhere.
Also do the wi-if pairing right next to your home router BEFORE you install it on the outside of your house.
The GREAT thing for me is that it also works with ALEXA show so I can say “Alexa show me the gate cam” or “Alexa show me the back door cam” and it does! The picture quality is great and with the addition of a storage account or adding a memory card you can see recorded events and ALSO down load them to your phone or computer.
5 STAR product or 6 if I could!
Easy peasy and quality
This was so easy to unbox and setup I had it running within 20 mins using no more nails tape rather than drilling.
I hate setting up tech normally and somehow I felt cheated by the ease that the camera set up in. Scan the barcode with the app and all the work is done for you even identifying the right network for the camera was automatic.
The picture is crisp and clear the night picture the same. I cannot comment on motion detection just yet as nothing really happens
Around my way and its normally vandals when it does so I got the camera to see who they are.
Superb bit of kit.
Brilliant camera just in need of software upgrade
These have excellent image quality for the price range, night vision is clear, audio has good range. My only gripe is the software is lacking in options, customisation and certain features that could be useful. A PC version of software would be very helpful too.
Apart from the above I’m happy with the quality of the actual product and image quality.
Very good image
I use this to monitor the drive outside my property.
The product was a little Bit of a fiddle setting up but once it’s up and running it works very well
Excellent picture image day and night very clear and easy to restrict the area it covers so that you don’t get a warning of every thing that passes through its Full sensor area
Overall very worth the money
Work well day and night!
Work really well day and night! Motion detection settings can be adjusted with regards to sensitivity and area they detect. Would definitely buy again! Software is super easy once you have the app (which is free) just follow the instructions and you’re ready to go. Cable that comes with it is about 3m but you can buy 10m extensions for like 5! Comes with screws and raw plugs.
"Excellent Value Security Camera"
Purchased a Netvue Security Camera, had a little problem with formatting my memory card however sorted it by formatting the SD card fully on my computer, then reformatted it again on the Netvue app.
Then all worked great.
Fantastic picture in the day and at night time, in fact I’m amazed at the great quality of the night shots.
The fact you can add a SD card is a real bonus too.
I already own a camera by another company which was far more expensive and it’s no better than the Netvue.
At the moment I would most definitely recommend this camera for quality,and value for the money.
Sensible budget buy.
Easy to set up. The app has videos to talk you through the process. I used the QR codes to get connected to my WiFi which was fairly simple. I had to go into the router settings to disable my 5G and then once the cameras were connected I just switched the 5G back on. You do need to drill quite a big hole through the wall to allow for the wires to fit through: 20mm drill bit. The micro SD is not included so make sure to buy at the same time. Reasonable price compared to other similar cameras with similar functions. Good budget buy.
Great Camera
Great device, delivery was ahead of schedule and very prompt, installation was easy and adding the device to the app was simple.
I am very pleased with the camera and would give 5 stars only for the picture loses a little bit of focus at approx 10-15 yards. If this could be improved then 5 stars no doubt. But for the price still a great product with easy to use app.
Vision, presentation, size, price
This camera is very clear in the day, not so at night, it’s full colour in the day, at night it’s black and white, which is fine, but the picture is not very clear, to be able to see the person/persons as in the day time, at the same place and distance, Iv checked there’s nothing blocking the view on the lens and wiped the lens, just in case there was something blocking vision, but I’m very happy with it so far, price is good to, boxed and presented well with clear instruction and good fittings. Colour blends well with where it’s positioned to, we have two white ones now front/back, so no intruder will escape unseen if there were to be one, we also have it connected Alexa to, great product thank you
Super!
Having installed a similar camera some years ago and having it finally fail due to the ravages of the UK weather, I bought this as a replacement. Wonderful! The App seems to be well built and easy to use. The camera itself was a breeze to connect the wifi (in contrast to the camera it replaced!) and gives a great picture. The box even contained the drill bit to drill the holes to mount the camera on the wall. Fantastic. What’s not to like? Highly recommended!
Great smart camera (my second purchase!)
This is my second Netvue smart camera, the first camera I bought was for monitoring the drive, I was very impressed with both the build quality and ease of setup.
The netvue app is very intuitive and easy to use and is a great way of monitoring both my driveway and garden.
Here are the great features of this camera
– Build quality, instructions and ease of use
– Excellent 1080p video picture quality
– So impressed it supports up to 64Gb SD Card!
– The two-way audio – great for when someone is at the door
– Wide Field of view
– I can see my cameras on my alexa echo show
– Excellent night vision
I am very happy with my new security setup thanks to NetVue – buy now!
Really happy so fa
Installed this last week and really happy so far. Bear in mind that you do need to have an account to store images on their cloud server – the other option is to use a mini SD card in the camera although I do wonder how secure/reliable that is in the case that a thief or trespasser targets the camera itself. But once you figure that out the picture quality is good, the night vision is excellent and I enjoy getting notifications when motion has been detected. I use it to keep an eye on the entrance and I would recommend.
Good clear picture day and nigh
We can’t see who is coming to our front door when we are at the back of the house so I bought this camera just to have on my tablet when I am in the kitchen and it saves me keep running around to the front at every sound. I haven’t had time to work out the recording side of it yet because it’s not really what I wanted it for but I will when i get time to play with it. I have put an 128GB SanDisk Elite Ultra in it and formatted it so I guess it’s working. I found it easy to set up as I have another camera of a different make but it was similar to connect up. I am please with it. I think its about 55 for a years subscription to the cloud which I think is reasonable. ( ps they do offer a free 64 SD card when you email a copy of your review but I don’t think its on condition that you write a good one I think it is any review.)