Works great very good refurbished price

Works great very good refurbished price  Read Less

This camera works very well for certain use cases and will fail miserably for others.What this camera does well:- Easy Setup - ...  Read More

This camera works very well for certain use cases and will fail miserably for others.What this camera does well:- Easy Setup - The instructions were clear but I have above average technical abilities so your milage may vary. It took me about 5-10 minutes to open the box and have it up and running using the SmartCam app. You do not need to worry about configuring port forwarding or having a static IP as the camera will push to the SmartCam server.- Allows live viewing with little delay - The live viewing has about 1 second delay from my testing when I am on my wifi at home. You also get audio playback but it is very poor quality but it does pick up sounds in different rooms all across the house. The video quality is very low as well but you know that if you look at the specs.- No monthly charge - There is no monthly charge for using this camera. This is one of the strongest selling points in my opinion.- Alerting - You can configure sound or motion alerts. I found them to both be very inaccurate and no matter how much I played around with the sensitivity settings I am always getting false triggers. The good thing is that it is over sensitive vs under ensuring you will always be notified. This camera also supports using Google Drive as a backup source. So if an alert happens it will record 30 second clips every trigger and store them in Google Drive. This is a great option. The issue is that it often misses things if there is someone in the house as it takes video for 30 seconds, uploads it, and waits for another trigger before starting recording again. I wish it would allow the end use to set the time to record based on a trigger.- Night Vision - For a single room it has decent night vision. I am able to see in the 12x12 room that the camera well at night due to the IR sensors on the camera. There is a setting to allow them to come on automatically based on available light and it is working very well. I have a feeling for large areas the night vision will be less effective.- Remote viewing app - This allows hooking up multiple cameras and works well on Android. You can fully configure the camera via the SmartCam application. It can be a bit slow but I have not had any connection issues. You have the ability to password protect different cameras to give access to specific people to only see specific rooms. The app can be a bit slow but it works well. It is above average for the other products I have seen.- 2 way talk - You can talk from the Android app through the speaker on the camera. This is great for getting the pet's attention when you need to see what they are doing. Do not expect this to be a loud PA system you will hear across the entire house. It is more like having a conversation with someone in the same room if not a bit lower.What it doesn't:- Audio Quality - As mentioned above the audio quality is not up to standards. It is very sensitive and you will hear audio but you will not be able to clearly hear what people are saying. You will get every 2-3 words and have to piece together the fragments.- Video Quality - The next camera I get will be higher than 480p. It is hard to make out faces. If you are looking to be able to identify people you will not be successful. Take a look at the Samsung SNH-V6414BN if you want something with full HD.- Cord Length - The power cord is rather short. You can always use an extension cord but 6ft is not very long when you will want to mount this in the top corner of a room.- Narrow Field of view - I suggest getting a camera with a wider field of view. This is rather narrow and it is hard to see side to side in my 12x12 room.- Recording - You cannot record with this camera. You can take pictures from the app or set alerts to record 30 second clips but you cannot configure it to record. If this is important to you this is not the camera for you.I use this camera for keeping an eye on my pets while I am out of the house (live stream) and for that it works great for that use case. I often call their names and they come running confused into the room looking for me but atleast I can see what they are up to. I have it mounted 10' high in my living room that is 12x12. This is not a bad camera for the price. If you have the budget I would suggest upgrading to something like the Samsung SNH-V6414BN but if not this will work well for a similar use case. If you are wanting this for home security using alerts and hoping to get facial recognition I am not sure this is the right device.  Read Less