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Pros & Cons
Pros
The amcrest ip4m-1051b is a great indoor camera. I highly recommend this an excellent price performer that appears to be versatile and reliable. It's not poe, but i can deal with that.
Night vision and motion detection are also very good. Technical support is spot on and superb. Can detect when a dog moves around and send alerts.
The camera works well for indoor surveillance, only triggering to record when motion is detected in the space where i have it located. There are many other features such as autoplay and replay which is very useful for quick navigation of the video fee... Read More
Mobile viewing and alerts are very easy to configure and work flawlessly. Home assistant is currently a manual config via yaml but not too hard. Ptz works with assigned button overlays.
I was able to disconnect the network cable and just use wifi after the initial setup. The router is on the 2nd floor of the house. I have a separate pc and monitor setup running the live view of amcrest surveillance pro.
Cons
The wireless setup is problematic. It intermittently drops from network. One of the home cameras no longer connects to any wife or phone even after reset. It appears that amcrest is interested in procuring payment for fixing the problem.
Mobile app is a kludgy pos. The people you first encounter when asking a question just give canned suggestions.
The cameras pan function is overly sensitive and always overshoots. The car cameras turn on but never record.
Highlights
Quality
The quality of the video is top notch.
I am very satisfied with the service.
I did have a problem with the cameras not giving notifications and not recording.
I have much heavier objects hanging on my walls with the command strips so i know they can hold the weight.
Price
I highly recommend this an excellent price performer that appears to be versatile and reliable.
Shipping
It probably got knock out of adjustment during shipping.
Packaging/appearance
Big props to making the packaging really well too (soft foam).
Setup was easy due to being able use the amcrest view pro app instead of the amcrest smart home app.
Competitiveness
I am very happy with amcrest products and dennis from customer support was very helpfull with setting up the camera
All controls worked with blueiris iphone app as well.
I then went on to try and connect it up to blueiris.
I recommend amcrest change the app to make it more user friendly.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The best part you could just plug it in to your ethernet instead of using the app to setup the camera
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It probably got knock out of adjustment during shipping
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It didnt happen all the time but it happened a few time while i was testing it to see if it remembers the last location after power loss
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So i had the camera in a not so convenient place so i had to get on a ladder and remove the camera and plug it in by ethernet to reconnect it to my wifi
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The motion triggering is very sensitive and while adjustable it sometimes triggers on either headlights shining through the curtains or slight motion from vibrations from the upstairs apartment not sure yet but should be resolvable
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Works well but bluetooth controls are a but sluggish in response and movement of the lens using the app is not very precise and a bit clumsy
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This is usually because network connections can be slow
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