average security camera
everything is good with this camera, except that it does not record anything more than 5m away. I am using the Arlo Pro cameras and they record moving things 25m away. But this Arlo camera did not record people walking past 6-7m under it. The supplier is happy to accept a return. I will order the Arlo Pro or Arlo Pro 2 to replace it.

Arlo camera
Purchased my third Arlo camera. I’ve had the system for a few months now.
Happy with picture quality and video playback. Although if you can afford the pro 2 its worth the extra cost and it’s easy to recharge the battery.
The new Arlo app needs work though as sometimes you cant access the cameras through the app.
All of them are connected to the hub but the app buffers occasionally and wont show you the feed.
I have one arlo camera in the hallway one in the garden and the pro 2 covering the french doors.
A must for an outdoor camera is a silicone cover. In cold wet or icy conditions it does protect the camera and lengthen battery life.
Battery life is pretty good as you can set sensitivity in the app to factor out vehicles and post through the letterbox etc although we often pick up notifications of a spider on the lens or a bird looking into the camera .
On average the two battery versions last about 3 months and the rechargeable pro 2-3 months.

Really good system when used with SmartThings
I think it’s a really good system. Especially when tied in with SmartThings (which it supports nativley) . The only problem is there’s a 2 second delay from when it detects motion to when it starts to record so you need to consider the camera placement carefully and have a few cameras set to record , i.e. if camera A detects motion then record from camera A,B and C so the others are already recording. You can see this in the attached video how far he got down the path before the recording started. If he was running it probably would have missed him.

I have mine tied in to SmartThings for my alarms etc and caught someone trying to break in, Arlo detected the motion and recorded it, SmartThings set the sirens and light off that scared him off. Fortunately I found him round the corner trying to break into a van and it’s safe to say he won’t be back.. for the price it would be nice if they came with a cover and one of the metal stands as a white camera that only has a magnet isn’t much of a security camera..

Good for very small areas
Solid, quality build, easy to set up. (BUT turns out I had an old Netgear account so the app wouldn’t let me sign up. That took 5 minutes to sort online.)
The push notifications are bizarre since, unless unless nothing moves, you get bombarded with texts and/or emails. I had to search online to find how to turn them off. Even then the software is bizarre – you switch them OFF and save, but when you go back to the page to check they show as ON again!
My system is fresh out of the box so I can’t comment on sound quality or battery life, but I can comment on the field of view.
A lot of people seem to love wide-angle lenses because you see, well, a wide angle. But you can’t have your cake and eat it, so you sacrifice a lot of detail. Even with zooming in on high-def you won’t have a mission getting facial recognition unless the subject is really close.
It remains to be seen how useful the recording is (Netgear gives you a free basic cloud subscription). How likely is an incident to be recorded? How likely is it you can find it? How easy is it to download and save important or incriminating footage? I’ll report back.
But 1st impressions are this is well-made, truly wireless and so wonderfully convenient, and ok for a back yard; but it won’t take the place of proper security TV.

Best Wireless HD security camera I can find
This camera is a good value camera with good quality HD but this model does not have sound. I have had my camera’s for over 3xyears now but 2 have failed. One just stopped working but it was outside 24/7 and in all weathers. It was outside the 1xyear warranty period , so did what stated and the other lost its colour and was in a pink haze but you could still make the picture out. I replaced it with like for like and at a good price of 79.99. Easy to set up to , to your original base station.

Great camera system but watch out for . . .
The true cordless capability of these cameras is great and the settings available excellent. The downsides are that you’re 100% reliant on Netgear’s servers being online and the aren’t always. Also, you must have the ‘Pro’ version of the base station to get local, auto’ recording to USB.

Great !
Purchased as an add on to existing system. These are great little cameras & can be mounted practically anywhere.
The software to run camera’s is very good as well with fantastic quality pictures.
Even though they are battery operated, the battery’s last a very long time if you don’t use night vision. It’s the led’s turning on for the night vision that will drain the battery’s fastest.

A great wireless CCTV solution but with limited night time range
I had quotes from local chaps to supply and fit a CCTV system and the prices quoted for four cameras ranged from 650 to 750 for the cameras and 1TB recorder. I heard about the Arlo system from a neighbour and after some investigating I went ahead and saved hundreds of pounds and bought the Arlo system. I bought 5 cameras – four for each side of my house and one for the living room.

It was so simple to set up; the cameras were live and recording within a few minutes. The base unit is connected to your wifi router with the cable provided. Each camera can then be paired with the base unit – similar to pairing your mobile phone in your car – the base unit and camera find each other once you click a button. I downloaded the Arlo app for my tablet. Because I was on the same wifi system my tablet was automatically paired by the Arlo app. After setting up a password and verifying via email, the app opens up on the tablet so that one can then view the images from the cameras. The user can allow others to access the cameras by sending them an email with a link embedded. Easy as falling off a log.

Each camera can be individually named – “patio”, “garage” etc. The whole system can be administered online – e.g. what time each camera should switch on and off, quality of the video, whether you want email notification or not etc. If you are in the house, to save battery life the cameras can be put on standby so they will not record. If you leave the house and have forgotten to switch on your cameras its easy to switch them on remotely from the app. The app monitors battery life so you know if a particular camera needs new batteries. The system is made by Netgear so no surprises that the software works so well. All recordings are saved on the cloud and automatically deleted after a set period. Easy to search recordings by date and time. I switched off the email notification because I was getting too many.

The main flaw I found is that the cameras need to be close to the door being monitored. The first camera I fixed was too high up so had a wide view of the both the back door and french windows but it would have been hard to make out the features of the intruders. I moved the camera closer to the patio doors but now have a restricted view (back door not fully in view) and it means that anyone can reach up and steal the camera.

Night viewing is restricted further by the limited range of the infra red light on the camera. This again forces one to fix the camera low down and so the camera itself becomes an easy item to steal. Especially because the fittings provided with the camera are just magnetic so with little effort the camera can be removed from its base – see photo attached.

The fittings provided are useless. Firstly, as discussed above the cameras can literally be pulled from the wall mount because the magnet at the back of the camera attaches to the metal, dome shaped wall mount. The wall mount is fixed to the wall with a single screw. This meant that when I attached the heavy camera to the dome shaped wall mount the camera simply flopped down and could not be positioned at an angle. Given that each camera costs 90 the single screw on the wall mount did not give me any assurance that a strong gust of wind would not blow the mount – and camera – off the wall and lead to a broken camera.

I forked out for the more robust wall mounts available from Black Arlo Cam Smart Security Wall Mount- Adjustable Indoor/Outdoor Mount for Arlo Cam and Other Compatible Models by Dropcessories . This has a three screw fixing so is very securely attached to the wall and also raises the camera about 10cms from the wall so that one does not get a view of the brickwork. The ball and socket fixture means that the camera can be adjusted to any needed angle. Also, the camera is firmly screwed to the wall mounting so making it a little harder to steal; thieves would need to reach up and unscrew the camera.

Overall, a great product and great software to support it. I did not give it 5 stars because of the limited range at night and poor wall mountings provided.

Fine and "dandy" and does exactly what it says on the BOX.
Well it took a little longer that 10 mins to set up BUT i was successful without having to resort to calling for support.
As it says on the package a complete system, the 2 cameras are fitted front and rear of house.
I opened the package and FOLLOWED the instructions (some people would say “MISTAKE”! but he what follow the instructions until all fails or does not do what instructions say!
My first problem was a flashing USB light on the front, after the power light and camera lights were steady green, and NO Sync light on router for camera.
Check connections and camera lights all OK switch off and try again NO way passed the wait for camera sync lights!
Next press reset on rear of router and go through motions! NO.
Turn off system, complete the registration and accept the email account and start again!
All working then, conclusion:-
Does not sync cameras until you have accepted the account after email.
Next check system all functioning.
Yes slight delay but less than 10 seconds on real time.
No the system does not detect movement through, glass single, double or triple and the company tel you that on there web page. BUT yes you can see in real or delayed live time!
I fitted the metal ball backs for camera and seem OK for indoor at least.
I fitted a “recommended” screw and ball fitting for outside wall and i would definitely NOT recommend anyone wasting their monies on that item.
I am still looking for a better more robust fixture for the camera outside.
So will now test the battery life and on change requirement look at fitting new outside fixture.
BUT i have at last found out how out cat “knocks” the door to get into the house!

Brillia
This is what I have always wanted in a home security cam system. No wires, easy to setup, clean easy to use app, scheduling, easy ‘all on’ and ‘all off’. Video loads up to the cloud super fast (so if a burglar takes out the cam at least the footage is already uploaded – I have mine high up so someone would have to jump or get a chair, but which time I have a nice face-shot video!). Good range throughout our three story Victorian terraced house, including a cam in the back garden.

The trade off of not having wires is using batteries. The batteries each cam came with have lasted for over four or so months so far. I don’t use it for viewing, purely for motion sensor. I have bought some rechargeable batteries but have yet to use.

Tiny amount of time lag before video starts and no sound recording, but hardly an issue when weighing up all the pros. No need for regular window, door and motion sensor alarms. UK Police will ignore that, and a neighbour is not exactly going to investigate. But can’t ignore video! Could not be happier. I have yet to find anything close to this. I have bought three so far and will add a few more. Addicted.