Netatmo Smart Outdoor Security Camera, Wi-Fi, Integrated Floodlight, Movement Detection, Night Vision, Without Fees, NOC01-UK (Presence)
Netatmo Smart Outdoor Camera
Receive alerts in real time and take action if an intruder trespasses your property
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Real-time alerts
Immediate trespassing notifications sent to your smartphone.
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Alert zones
With the Alert-Zones feature, receive only useful alerts.
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Integrated floodlight
A built-in smart lighting system for even greater efficiency.
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Remote viewing
Images accessible 24 hours a day from your smartphone.
100% INCLUSIVE
Video storage and all Smart Outdoor Camera features and upgrades are permanently available without subscription.
100% SECURE
Data protection and privacy guaranteed.
100% UPGRADEABLE
Free upgrades and features added regularly.
COMPATIBILITIES
Benefit from Apple HomeKit, Homekit Secure Video, Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa compatibility.
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 Outdoor Camera |  Outdoor Camera with Siren |  Indoor Camera |  Smart Doorbell |  Smart Smoke Detector | |
| Use | Outdoor | Outdoor | Indoor | Outdoor | Indoor |
| Real-time alerts | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Livestream | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
| No subscription fees | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Voice assistant compatibility | HomeKit, Google Assist., Alexa | HomeKit, Google Assist., Alexa | HomeKit, Google Assist., Alexa | HomeKit, Google Assist., Alexa | HomeKit |
| Detection type | People, animals and cars | People, animals and cars | People, animals, Face recogn. | People | Smoke |
| Integrated floodlight | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Siren (built-in or accessory) | X | Built-in | Available as accessory | X | Built-in |
| Face recognition | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Installation | Electrical connection | Electrical connection | Mains connection | Electrical connection | Ceiling mounting |
What’s the difference between the Smart Outdoor Camera and the Smart Outdoor Camera with Siren?
The Smart Outdoor Camera with Siren comes with an alarm – a built-in Outdoor Siren, whereas the Smart Outdoor Camera does not. All the other features of the Outdoor Camera with Siren are included.
How does the surveillance work?
The Outdoor Camera is a highly effective security camera. It keeps a close eye on the outside of your home, both during the day and at night thanks to its 15 metres infrared night vision and its 100° field of view.
What is the smart floodlight?
The top of the camera is a 12W low power LED floodlight (equivalent to a 120W halogen floodlight). Depending on your preferences, you can set it so that the floodlight only switches on when the camera detects something in particular.
What are the smart notifications sent by the Smart Outdoor Camera?
Infrared night vision, person detected, Car detected, Animal detected, Movement detected, Camera connected, Camera disconnected, Surveillance suspended, Surveillance resumed
Can I customise the alerts of the Camera?
Yes, in the app’s menu for the Netatmo security Camera, you can choose if you want the Camera to:
Record a Full HD video and send an alert
Only record a Full HD video
Do nothing, and ignore the event
| Weight: | 1 kg |
| Size: | 1 Count (Pack of 1) |
| Dimensions: | 5 x 11 x 20 cm; 1 Kilograms |
| Model: | Presence |
| Part: | Presence |
| Colour: | Black |
| Pack Quantity: | 1 |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | Netatmo |
| Colour: | Black |
| Quantity: | 1 |
| Size: | 1 Count (Pack of 1) |
This is our 3rd camera we love them and the floodlight is bright and great coverage. Love the fact they now have homekit secure video recording which is a great addition, and also having face recognition in the Home app is great. The security app is also good but would be better if you could go back to specific days quicker and certain motion events. The cameras are very quick response to moments and recording. I would recommend these cameras to anyone looking for a camera or a floodlight.
Have bought 5 so far and returned 2. I should have returned 3 as a 1/3 had a crack in it but it is fine. Absolutely fine from Amazon as they have no quibble returns, but I wouldn’t buy from anywhere with no returns policy.
The problems were SD card related. Seems to be very common for these cameras.
When they do work they are amazing and seem very reliable.
Have bought 5 so far and returned 2. I should have returned 3 as a 1/3 had a crack in it but it is fine. Absolutely fine from Amazon as they have no quibble returns, but I wouldn’t buy from anywhere with no returns policy.
The problems were SD card related. Seems to be very common for these cameras.
When they do work they are amazing and seem very reliable.
I have this and the outdoor version . It is simple to set up and works without fees .
I use one to monitor my elderly mum at home so I know she is okay , however I haven’t used it to send any notifications but I am sure it will work . The outdoor version is great for monitoring wildlife like foxes deers hedgehogs etc but you will need good internet. My internet was useless and it kept going offline but with a faster speed it has been fine . Please note that the video quality improves once downloaded. My main concern is that the camera can become very hot at times during a heatwave so I turn it off as a precaution. Mine is over 5 yrs old and still working well .
Three months after purchase I had an issue with my Netatmo Presence security camera, (i.e. not recording, losing signal, card problem etc etc.). I tried to have the matter resolved by contacting Netatmo, but it took two weeks to receive a meaningful reply. Unfortunately they then offered no realistic help, telling me to go through all of the solutions which I had already tried as per “online help”.
I contacted Amazon from whom I purchased the Netatmo Presence and Amazon were great. They provided a replacement within days, and the security camera has worked perfectly since.
After all that I like the camera, and it was really easy to install (replacing an outside bulkhead light fitting)
Plus points are:
1. Ability to offer zoning detection;
2. Ability to differentiate between cars, people and animals;
3. “No-contract” security;
4. Ability to expand internal storage up to 32Gb (card); and
5. Powerful outdoor security light
Fingers crossed, the problems I had with the first model don’t recur!!
It’s expensive. But it’s excellent. The app is superb – the interface for reviewing motion, alerts, notifications etc.. brilliant. It took a bit to integrate it with HomeKit (best to add it during set up, then remove it, then add it again in HomeKit itself – and only do this once the Home Hub is set up and installed), but it’s worked faultlessly for us.
Picks up small animals (Cat, pigeon, squirrel) in the night, but doesn’t sent alerts if you don’t want it to. Sends alerts for humans / cars according to your preference.
Security light works well and after some playing, integrates with automations on Apple Homekit with secure video. Very easy to install and high quality bit of kit.
Have also got a Yale camera with Smart Sync Alarm – this is ok for indoors, but the Netatmo App is much better and the combination of light / camera / HomeKit automations / quality of product / red LEDs at night as a deterrent all add up to an excellent purchase.
Firstly, I’d recommend temporarily wiring the camera so you can set it up indoors, on a convenient desk, and near a Wi-Fi router that uses different SSID for 2.4 and 5 ghz signals (Netatmo only works on 2.4). Temporarily suppress other Wifi repeaters around the house. When running the setup from you phone app remember to use that same 2.4 SSID.
Once you get it working then install it where it’s needed. Obviously this needs to be in range of a Wi-Fi signal!
Secondly, most of the problems I’ve experienced have involved the SD card. Get good ones and reformat them regularly
I found the camera connected to my BT internet with no difficulty. Pictures are good although a little yellow on my phone. Very good at identifying and marking separately the humans, the animals, and the vehicles that it sees. It recorded clips of deer, foxes and a hedgehog, correctly marking them all as animals. I have set it up so that it only alerts me when a human comes into the detection zone, but records animals at night as well. So I can see the wildlife without being annoyed by false alerts. Many recording options, none of which need a subscription, unless your Dropbox useage already pushes you into the subscription area.
Great product, works as expected. Saves clips locally rather than constantly uploading to the cloud, has good AI detection to stop notifications when the sun comes out or the wind blows the trees etc. Night vision is good and the app works well, integration with HomeKit is great too (didn’t have to set up WiFi network etc).
Would be nice if the field of view was improved, and the camera could probably be updated easily enough if they make a new version.
Price may be higher than competitors, but it’s worth factoring in subscription costs, quality and privacy.
Great product, works as expected. Saves clips locally rather than constantly uploading to the cloud, has good AI detection to stop notifications when the sun comes out or the wind blows the trees etc. Night vision is good and the app works well, integration with HomeKit is great too (didn’t have to set up WiFi network etc).
Would be nice if the field of view was improved, and the camera could probably be updated easily enough if they make a new version.
Price may be higher than competitors, but it’s worth factoring in subscription costs, quality and privacy.
Great product, works as expected. Saves clips locally rather than constantly uploading to the cloud, has good AI detection to stop notifications when the sun comes out or the wind blows the trees etc. Night vision is good and the app works well, integration with HomeKit is great too (didn’t have to set up WiFi network etc).
Would be nice if the field of view was improved, and the camera could probably be updated easily enough if they make a new version.
Price may be higher than competitors, but it’s worth factoring in subscription costs, quality and privacy.
I found it Very easy to install to existing mains powered outside light, it only took 30 mins from removing my old light to fit the new Netamo.
Check your Wi-Fi signal strengths where you want to site the camera BEFORE purchasing.
Set up was simple to do using my iPhone
The infra red picture is excellent the floodlight does look rather yellow by comparison but adequate.
Overall an economic upgrade with no monthly cloud fees
After an extensive research I ended up getting this product. I am very happy with it. Easy to install, as a replacement of any outdoor light fitting. The setup process was seamless and it worked straight away. The notification system is working well, and I like the integration with Apple HomeKit. No need of a monthly subscription and overall an excellent product that I would recommend highly. I ended up getting the Smart Ring Bell and another one of those for the garage area… Great produc
It’s not designed as a porch light or video doorbell but it pretty much does the same job and better than the alternatives. The motion detection is superb, you can set it to notify you if it sees people, cars, animals, or general motion, but you can also set those things individually to off. It will still record them but not bother you with a notification. It’s super easy to share recordings to your photoroll, and the integration with Homekit is very good too.
The floodlight is dimmable and can be set to only operate in the dark when motion is detected, which makes it a reliable porch light. The camera records in IR at night so it doesn’t matter how bright you have the light set. Smart lights on Homekit have slightly dodgy geo-location detection so the Phillips Hue porch light I replaced with this did not always work when I came home. This works 100%, plus it notifies me on my Apple Watch almost the exact second it sees me approaching the house.
A feature I wasn’t expecting was a built in microphone, so it records audio too. It has a pretty good field of view and was easy enough to install. It would’ve been nice if Netatmo had included a cut-out in the plastic cover for running surface mounted power to it neatly, but I managed to drill and saw my own for a neat finish. It’s tough plastic though.
I went fo this rather than their video doorbell because it is cheaper, easier to install (no bell wire or chime required) and includes a light. If Netatmo were smart, they’d work out that pairing a wifi bell-push with this item would make a better video doorbell/porch light solution than their existing video doorbell and a separate porch light.
It has local storage for recordings, so even if your internet is out of action it will still record. A power cut is its only vulnerability.
This is a well designed, well thought through and well made piece of kit. The ability to descriminate between different objects (cars, people, animals) is transformational compared to simple motion detection and means you’re seldom bothered by false alarms. Rapidly changing sunshine on the car under certain conditions is the biggest problem but only happens rarely. The app is also clear and simple to use. I have had two of these for a couple of years now and can strongly recommend them.
Relatively easy to set up, only needs power and WiFi
It’s working and doing what I want. Records when motion detected – But includes a few seconds before the sensor triggered.
Peace of mind achieved.
I bought four of these cameras for placing around the outside of my home, as yet have only set up two but overall reasonably happy with how things are working.
Set up was straightforward but you will need a pretty robust Wi-Fi signal around your house.
If you have weak signal inside there no chance its working when you get outside.
I use 3 EERO pro’s to provide my mesh Wi-Fi signal and suspect I will have to purchase maybe one more to increase the Wi-Fi signal.
I bought these cameras because I was sick of subscription fees and poor performance, I also wanted them to link to Apple HomeKit.
So far so good. may add another review when the other camera are installed and had more time to play with all the features of HomeKit has to offer.
Very good CCTV camera that doesn’t require ongoing monthly storage payments. Once you get this camera set up correctly with good WiFi connected it is a really high quality camera. I have recently bought a second one to capture a different angle of my drive. The only minor downside is the sd card is only 8gb so will only hold a couple days footage before it gets full and stops working due to insufficient storage capacity. I would definitely recommend buying a 32gb micro sd card. Since doing so, I’ve never had any problems with storage. It is very good at detecting animals, people, cars etc and each of these can be turned off if for example you only want to be notified when the camera detects motion from people. There is a lot of other personalised features such as being able to turn the camera light on or off with motion, being able to select a section of the camera view that you want to detect motion. For example this is really handy for adjusting so it doesn’t go off when neighbours leave the house. Also detects sound so footage can be watched back with clear audio. Pretty good camera if you ask me and doesn’t require ongoing payments.
Replaced this for an existing normal flood light, setting up was fairly easy all done via the app, the live streams can be un-pixelated sometimes although still okay, however once it’s recording something or someone the downloadable version is always perfect full 1080p HD quality. Clips are saved on the app or cloud I think, Sound is also very easily picked up even from a distance not muffled or anything it’s quite impressive, You have activity zones which only allow the camera to alert you and record within your chosen Area, the light is very bright lights up my full drive no problem you can also change the intensity of the light stronger or dimmer. Notifications when someone comes into contact with the device is around 2-3 seconds so you’re alerted rather fast, it can also connect with Amazon echos as security monitors for you’re home, asking Alexa to show you will display a live feed, this lasts for random periods of time not sure why, sometimes well over a few hrs others 20 minutes but you can always ask Alexa to show you again and it’ll pop back up. The Delay with the echos is slower around 6 seconds from someone triggering it, might not sound long but I managed to get from my car and into the back door to scare my Mrs as she was casually watching me close my boot. The Picture quality on the echos is always spot on however always in high detail unlike the phones slightly downgraded look on live stream. You can manually turn on and off the light via the app or set auto for people, cars, pets or random things or tune for what you want to be notified about, the camera can only be seen close up anyone further away wouldn’t even know it’s a camera which explains the weird things I spot when people don’t realise. The Picture angle of the camera is okay if it’s pointed precisely where you want it it’s not wide angled like some other cctv systems but it covers a good field of view. The light can also be turned left, right up and down Before locking into into position.
The Netatmo ecosystem offers a compelling option in the home security arena. I find facial detection is quite good and has improved in the 4 years I’ve used their security of cameras. Style wise, not the best and memory cards wear out so all facial data is lost. Data is stored locally and can be stored in the cloud.
I’ve been using this for a few weeks now. It picks up movement, correctly distinguishing between vehicles, animals and people. The only time I get false alerts is when there is dappled sunlight on the side of the car – it thinks it is a person or animal. Links nicely to my Dropbox folder to save the images.
Managed to get camera working, through Apple Home kit, with no issues. However to setup detection zones etc, you need to use Netatmo App / Web Interface – these always reported “Camera not connected”, you recieve motion alerts etc, and thumb nails in the Netatmo App, but no video. You can see Live video via Home Kit. After much googling etc, found that if using a Billion Router you need to changes: Nat Settings: NAT >> ALG >> IPsec (disable this). After Rebooting router, live video works in the Netatmo App. So what was going to be a 2 star review, I’ll not give it 4 stars for now…
Great overall product, only issues are the SD card died.
Great product but SD Card failed today (Oct),
product purchased in May so not happy about that. Especially as it’s not a high traffic area. And when I say fail I mean no device/card reader can even detect it’s presence, not just data corruption!!
Other than that fantastic product, let’s see how long the new card lasts.
Great camera overall, but the location presence is far from working. I have to select to be home everyday.
I get use to it and like a lot other features like design and HomeKit integratio
Great camera overall, but the location presence is far from working. I have to select to be home everyday.
I get use to it and like a lot other features like design and HomeKit integratio
Got two of these, I like that they work with Apple home kit. In the year I’ve had them I’ve had a few issues, needed to replace the memory chip, which was simple to do with the instructions. I’ve needed to upgrade my WiFi because they require a good signal to work best which isn’t easy when they’re on the other side of a brick wall. Bought an Eero system with multiple access points and they’ve been no trouble since. Apple Home improves the alerting over the Netatamo software in that it will alert you only when you’re out, if you use the Netatamo alerts then it bombards you while you’re outside gardening or washing the car 🙂
Fiddly to put up but fairly straight, best to remove the u-bracket from the camera when bolting everything together. Setup is straight forward if you have good Wi-Fi signal. Would help if during setup there was a live signal checker so you don’t have to ages to see the updated signal level.
I would say the casual criminals are starting to recognise this camera as a chap came to the door, looked at the light for 5 seconds and turned around and walked off, didn’t knock or anything, I suspect he was going to try and snap the lock to break-in. The Police now have a clear video of this chap.
I already had a couple of Netatmo indoor cameras which I’m very pleased with so I’ve been wanting this outdoor one for a while and I am also very pleased with this.
Pro’s:
Like the Person/Animal/Car detection and alerts.
Good quality video.
Ease of use and quality of the IU/Software.
Con’s:
Slightly tricky to fix to the wall, given the shortness of my existing wiring.
I felt that I needed to seal the back with “Gorilla 8090001, Clear 100 Percent Silicone Sealant Caulk” as there was a gap due to the uneven brick-work and I was concerned that my existing wiring was exposed to the elements.
I have been looking for an outdoor security camera for a while but many of them are subscription only. I am not paying just so they can store my video/images. Then my outdoor PIR light finally gave up the ghost so I found this. Perfect, light and camera in one.
The light is bright enough to light up my whole back garden but not so bright that it spills into neighbors gardens.
The camera is excellent. It comes with a 16gb SD card and will upload footage to your Dropbox account for off camera security in case the camera is tampered with. The night vision is unbelievably good, again, I can see my whole back garden. The device can easily recognise the difference between car, human, animal and you can set individual alerts/recordings for each. You can have up to 4 alert zones, which is plenty.
The camera was simple to connect to my WiFi and Dropbox and didn’t take long to fix to my wall. I used the existing wiring from my old light.
The one thing that is fiddly, and this is picky. Is the screw to fix the camera to the mount is in a tricky sport and I kept dropping the screw eventually losing it. Netatmo customer service was brilliant and sent me out a free replacement. So top tip in securing the cam to the mount, is undo the camera bracket completely using the 2 small allen screws either side and remove it. Then fix the bracket to the mount before fixing the camera back to the bracket.
I would definitely buy this product again and highly recommend it.
Great product, great quality. Easy to install also. You get what you pay for, no regrets!
Was delivered quickly. Bought it for front of house but realised on opening that my bungalow wall was too small for fitting ( needs 10-14 ft ), so fitted on back wall of bungalow looking down the garden. Good infrared provides decent picture and light comes on automatically. I like the fact that I can get it to not notify me about animals just humans.
Really pleased.
Only gripe I have is that using it in back garden it constantly videos me during day ( though at least I can switch audible reminder off) .
Barely up for 3 months and so card problem costing me 20
This was purchased due to its all-in-one design and subscription-free nature.
There are those that will whinge that they don’t want to pay for DropBox or an FTP server; these people should buy a ring or a nest camera if they don’t want to sort their own storage. Failing that you can locally install a 32GB card in the camera that should be good for around a week. Thieves would have to physically rip the camera off the wall or have prior knowledge of the card location to see you off there.
Personally I think the option to set up your own storage is great; I use FTP to my NAS and also then get to make use of a raft of other benefits having a NAS offers.
The algorithms that identify whether a person, animal or vehicle has been seen are usually very reliable, they’re not going to be bulletproof because a computer is recognising real-life events. That being said, I wouldn’t want to go to dinner with the bloke who wrote them!
The spotlight is great, very bright but also dimmable, and you can set it to only come on for certain events (e.g. a person or a vehicle but not every bloody cat that wanders past).
The picture quality is also good. It claims 1080P and I see no reason to dispute this having reviewed old footage. It does suffer a little a night, but it’s not loads, and show me a camera (that doesn’t cost thousands) that doesn’t suffer in poor lighting conditions.
I have never had any reliability issues to date and I’ve had my cameras (I have 5 of them, so pretty well tested) over a year. Fitting was very easy – those who’ve complained obviously have trouble with putting 2 screws into masonry, a couple more in the bracket to hold the device in place and the usual live, neutral and earth.
As for lag and WiFi disconnects, I’ve never experienced any of those symptoms and I live in a busy neighbourhood with plenty of other networks around to cause noise. I can only assume those who have need to either change their WiFi channel or upgrade their router.
The app is both good and reliable, the one thing that’s often overlooked is the extra data you’ll use for push notifications. If your camera is in a high-traffic area and you’ll be getting notified of each sighting, it’s not necessarily a bad thing (I’d still want to know), but it will eat more of your phone’s data plan. If you’ve got more than 1-2GB per month then you’ll probably be fine, including your normal usage, but clearly everyone is different. I’d say my Netatmo notifications use circa 300-500MB of my data a month, dependant of what’s going on around my house. That’s also with 5 cameras bear in mind.
In summary a great, customisable, all-in-one camera & light without the extra subscription fees that come attached to some other manufacturers products.
Designed to replace an existing security flood light.
Has no monthly or annual subscription requirement. You can store via Dropbox for free.
Can detect and distinguish between people, animals and cars. It is good fun seeing what wildlife visitors you have overnight. We have foxes and badgers!
They also feature a built in SD card, so if your Wi-Fi drops, they continue to record and will then back up as soon as Wi-Fi reinstates.
Have two of these, one front and one back.
Only mini criticisms are the lack of programmable schedule and, or geo-location use (e.g turn camera on when you leave property).
These cameras require 2.4ghz Wi-Fi frequency, so when installing (or reconnecting) and therefore you may need to temporarily disable any 5ghz frequency from your Wi-Fi. This can be done easily via your router admin settings.
We installed the Netatmo camera/light to protect the back of our house and were relieved to find that it managed to pick up the wifi signal as it’s about 40 metres from the hub in the living room. It’s quite unobtrusive and worked well for the first few days but completely stopped working following heavy rain. We found that water had entered the casing and contacted the seller. They immediately sent a replacement which has worked well for the past few months, surviving many downpours since then! I particularly like the choice of motion settings which I can set to alert me to cars, people, animals or “other motions” (birds, leaves blowing around, etc.) Good product, very easy to control via the app and great service!
Very impressed with it.
Had a withings until the pulled support and updates. Then blink ( terrible) this makes up for all their flaws 🙂
This is an excellent product. It is a bit tricky attaching the main body to the wall bracket. There is a tiny screw you need to screw into the bracket so the main body will lock in place. I managed to drop it but luckily had something similar I could I use.
Once installed it is fairly easy tom set up following the instructions. I have mine set up to detect people and cars and it works almost flawlessly with excellent video images using the app on my iPhone and iPad.
Recommended. It is a good product and the best benefit is that you can store the info for quite a few days.
I expect future cameras to have a wide angle lense.
My porch light failed recently and I always wanted a smart home security camera installed so this made sense. No ongoing subscription/cloud storage fees (like other well known brands) was the key reason I went for this Netatmo camera. It was a doddle to install – especially as in my case I already had mains power given the existing porch light – and works perfectly. I can set notifications for cars, people, and disable animals for instance – but it records everything so you can always view it via your phone or online via a browser. Just waiting for their doorbell and external siren but I’m ready to get all in with the Netatmo eco-system.
It’s good just cost a lot, but what price can you put on security. Once set up it works good but not perfec
Great product. It’s exactly what I was looking for. The night vision is great but my only comment is that when the automatic light comes on the night vision turns itself off and the images can then be very poor at night (probably dependant on where the light is placed).
The plus side are numerous. Looks very stylish, excellent app, fantastic recognition between animals, humans and cars. In addition no subscription fee.
The integration with Dropbox is a bonus with automatic upload.
I’ve got mine connected to Google home and can request the feed straight to my tv via Chromecast. Very simple.
The install is very simple, I simply removed the old external light and put this on. My wall is not flat (rough granite) so I did have a large gap that I simply filled in.
Mine is placed about 7ft up and the downside to this is the light is very bright on full and can dazzle you, worth it being higher. I simply wanted the camera to be plug and play from the previous light fitting so willing to live with this.
Overall very happy, and would recommend. I previously bought a high level alternative well known internet based one but this has been head and shoulders better. As with most there is a lag on the live view. In my case it’s about 7 seconds.
It’s very good product I can say everyone can buy it for there home security
I’ve had 2 of these cameras, front and rear of house, for 2 and a half years, they are very solid, and heavy. I’ve had a few of issues/frustrations in that time but would re-purchase if they went kaput completely, even with my 4* review, as I’ll discuss. Frustrations have mainly been due to wifi – not the fault of the cameras. Aside from wifi, the problem I had with my front camera (it stopped recording) turned out to be the memory card giving up. This took a little while to work out – turning on off on off etc, troubleshooting over the net. The card was 8GB when I removed it (easily done) – it had become defective due to use. I live on a busy street. I bought a 32GB card, applied the recommended super lube (tracked down in the states) and refitted, it worked again immediately.
I think I’m on to my 3rd 32GB card for this busy camera – I don’t find that an issue – it’s still cheaper than being bound to a monthly cost. I don’t need to link with Dropbox (free version) to store video like I did initially. The 32GB card easily stores a week’s worth of video for me to scroll through on the App. I deleted Dropbox. This front camera is reliable due to a strong my wifi signal, and beside the main router. I have captured all sorts outside, video of my car being ransacked, my security light making someone think twice from trying my car door handle, someone taking a pee at my front door (unbelievable I know), these incidents being at night and difficult to identify people due to the hoody uniforms and grainy picture quality – you only really get an idea of what is going on with the night vision, a policeman told me you would need to spend 1000s to get decent night vision. I’m sure some night video content is not captured, and sometimes there is lag, so a video does not fully capture a person’s journey in/out of shot. To be fair, these are instances outside of my garden, but has been frustrating at times, e.g. camera might capture someone get out of a car on the street, but does not capture them later when leaving. In daylight I captured someone pinching a child car seat that I’d left at my front door to dry in the sun after washing. I took a screenshot of the person (great daytime quality when people are close to camera) and went door-to-door with a pic to find the person as the police were not helpful. I found the culprit and got my seat back.
My rear camera is hit and miss due to my wifi. I installed additional boosters for wifi but these are still hit and miss at the rear of my property. I do have spells of wondering what I’m missing, sometimes I’ll get motion updates, sometimes not. Most frustrating when I have walked in front of the camera and there is nothing captured, or a week without an update. This is not the fault of the camera – I have Virgin Broadband for info, 2x boosters are Belkin. I have had to re-scan the system’s barcode for this camera the most to re-link it to the internet, not ideal going up a ladder. I still use the 8GB memory card in this camera, I have had zero problems with that card – although it is not kept too busy, even when things appear to be fully working. Most frustrating with this rear camera and the wifi problem is that my live stream is generally most likely not working – my front camera is however very reliable for live streaming. I have noticed the rear camera functions better when the kids are not using Netflix etc. So ultimately the camera can’t be blamed for another providers hit and miss wifi signals!
Camera install is easy, I don’t do anything electrical, can’t change a plug for instance, yet installing the cameras was easy – I just followed the YouTube video, I am a confident DIYer though. I already have other fllodlights so I keep the floodlight feature turned off on my cameras so can’t comment on that. The sound feature is good – my driveway is 12 metres and you can just make out bits of conversation if cars are not driving past at the same time, in the immediate area of the camera the sound is perfect, and has been very useful. The App is great, I have the cameras set to pick up people, rather than cars/animals/motion, just to save video space. I find myself scrolling through the App across the day, easy to use, and this has improved over time also with updates. Best of all there are no monthly fees, I’d purchase again.
Awesum piece of kit it misses nothing hope they update it in future so video can be viewed in colour like the indoor welcome cameras
Fantastic product, easy to install and so easy to use.
i have owned this camera for over two yerad and it has worked perfectly through that time. recognises animals from
people. installed it myself and i am not a DIY person. see the you tube video. great piece of kit.
Very easy to install and use. Was able to monitor my home while thousands of miles away.
A brilliant product. Easy to install. I have two, one was a struggle to set up and required a reset. They work great, though notification fatigue can set in. It would be good if it recognised people. Also it tends to confuse steam from a boiler outlet with cars!
This device got good reviews so we gave it a shot, so glad we did. Everything works well out of the box and the link to Dropbox (for free!!) is great.
Great security camera with clear image day and night. Can limit the field of view to stop unnessessary alerts. Can pickup cars animals and people but we limit ours to people as too many cars getting spotted by the camera!