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Pros & Cons
Pros
It is easy to set-up. The functionality is great. The app functions work well.
The 360 radius is helpful. The picture quality is very crisp and every other feature has worked well. Very decent image, very decent iphone app.
Cons
Amcrest knows of the flaw, and their fix is to tell you to rename your network without spaces. It shows up three times (in my case, i have the router and two nodes, orbi system) so you have to try to connect it to one of the three nodes. It can;t conn... Read More
It takes 5-10mins to just renter the wifi password and setup the camera. Once set up it works ok, but it is only $10 cheaper than the better quality camera amcrest sells.
They disconnect from the amcrest smart home app and you have to factory reset them to add them back. The amcrest phone app works fine afaik, that just isn't what i needed. It is not possible to connect to this device using either of those softwares. C... Read More
Anything this inconsistent isn't worth my time and aggravation. The software is terrible but they are all poorly developed. These are now in the garbage.
Highlights
Quality
Motion detector and night vision are great features.
Found the product very reliable and works well.
Slow response on pan an tilt functions over wifi with no continuous pan or till.
I went to add this camera through that app with the usual steps and it'd fail saying invalid password, even when i didn't set o... Read More
Price
They are inexpensive and easy to setup.
This camera, at half the cost, does that and does it well.
But for $30 just don't expect the world.
Really good product for the price point.
Packaging/appearance
I finally got it this time but ofcourse it came in white not black.
Competitiveness
Price is also half of the ip2m which is great as well.
I returned this once because i thought it was faulty, but it's just that amcrest doesn't have full compatibility with all their... Read More
I tried all the amcrest options under the ptz tab, just but none worked.
Also through the app you have some control over setup unlike many of the newer brands who trade ease of setup over security.
Overview
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- This product had a total of 6,293 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 22 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have 3 other amcrest wifi camera and i just couldnt make this one work
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I might have been just out of my mind at this point but she asked me to uninstall and reinstall my app which i did and didnt fix anything then somehow i realized she was talking about another app which i didnt even have at all
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
She told me i can use that for this camera too but i would need to download the smart home app
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Add the camera there first then view pro would see it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Not sure why can it just work right ouf the bat like other amcrest ip cameras
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Ive got two of these actually installed in a covered porch
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I can watch my vacation house porch and my front porch of my regular house as long as they dont get wet which they wont
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I was having issues with the install
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