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Pros

Video quality and color accuracy is better than any of my comparable webcams. Works on an app and can show multiple cameras. If you are looking for a webcam that you can view on mobile devices and web browsers, this is it!

Amcrest has a well documented rest api that allows to fully use the device with third-party software. The webgui has some very nice features, so i recommend using that be default. There's an easy to use ready-make app for those who just want it to wor...  Read More

The only remaining issue is this '16x digital zoom' no extra power plug/wires and much less expensive than purchasing the poe version!



Cons

I just feel these camera are very underwhelming. Unlike the previous models the one received has inferior picture quality (although still rated as 1080p) and has no zoom function. This one is a pos.

requires subscription to use the camera. Will not detect or record motion without a paid subscription. Surely you want an immediate record of an intruder, not an empty frame after said intruder has moved on? No storage at all anymore. I am returning i...  Read More

Phone apps are very invasive to privacy as well, as is the pc version. You spend your time * around with column widths to see anything. Even the downloadable app for the computer is garbage.

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Highlights

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Quality


There is not a better company out there for product quality and service


Kimberly was very helpful and knowledgeable with this product


Get an amcrest and trust in the quality and the service


I personally would love to talk more with the design leader or someone within to see how we could work on improving the camera ...  Read More

Price


They work just as good as ones i have that are double triple the price you really cant go wrong for 40

Competitiveness


Ive had 4 of these up wirelessly now for about 6 months for a small business with an amcrest hybrid nvr and i very impressed


I have cat5 cables from my network equipment with a powered switch


I also firewalled them so they can only send traffic to my blueiris server on the other subnet and not possibly contact anything else


But amcrest products because their customer service personnel are the best especially lisa

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    great, set, able, good and easy.
  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 714.
  • Previous analysis of this listing was an C grade.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there may be deception involved.
  • Our engine has determined that the review content quality is low.
  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 74.2% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 18,480 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 10 2023.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Tried other cameras did not work well


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Ive bought a few of the v3 cameras before as this seems to be all amcrest is stilling but this one is still marketed as a straight 841w


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This is the v3 version and thus has no zoom


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Some of the configuration and tools are a bit confusing if you are not a technical network person


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I had some issues setting up the cameras and tried calling tech support


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I had spoke with two other tech support reps however was not able to understand a lot of what they were saying


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I had to constantly ask to repeat what they said


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    One of the main causes of not being able to connect to camera was that the ip address needed to be set to static

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