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Pros & Cons
Pros
The high resolution somewhat makes up for this as you have the option of zooming the image for more detail. The night vision is excellent even depending on home's exterior lights (disabling the ir leds) it's not water resistant but i did mount it outs... Read More
First camera was bricked by its own firmware update. Many iterations of testing with suggestions from tech support. In a world where actual helpful tech support has become rare, this is much appreciated and keeps me loyal to their brand.
The r4 is by far the most compact and best looking of the various lines to date. Out of the six i own, only one is the updated version but the improvements came just in time. This is the sharpest yet.
Foscam allows you to set up a camera on a pc without having to download browser plugins. A companion app for bi is also available. Can download foscam app on your phone and setup the cameras easily.
Cons
The image is not as good as people make it out to be, and mine is hardwired. The speaker is useless, and someone has to be close to the mic to actually hear what is being said clearly. The manufacturer's support is absolutely useless.
Wifi performance is slow. Sometimes when i adjust the camera settings it just disconnects. Couldn't understand tech, choppy connection, dropped connection.
One issue for me is late motion alerts, or in some cases motion alert at all. Had the problem with another foscam outdoor cam too.
Instructions are poor and there is no direct support easily available (send them an email and wait for a reply) have returned for a refund.
Highlights
Quality
With the motion enabled it sends push message to android phone or iphone by clicking on it it takes to the app to show a snap... Read More
The issue with all wifi cameras is the drop connection with the router on occasion and if that occurs during a critical time th... Read More
Picture quality is great, and you can configure the streams to match your devices or needs.
Additionally, the hd picture quality is outstanding.
Price
All around this is an excellent camera and great price.
Packaging/appearance
Slight annoyance that you can not set up on the 5ghz band (not sure if this has been fixed/updated in newer versions) and the f... Read More
Setup in the foscam app and blue iris was very simple.
Competitiveness
You're a great asset to a great company!
Can download foscam app on your phone and setup the cameras easily.
I have other foscam products and this one started out fine and then started dropping the connection when there was power outage... Read More
We have 4 foscam cameras, 3 of which are the older model.
Overview
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great, quality, set, easy and good. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 991 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 19 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Had problems getting “human detection” to activate but frank from foscam support got their engineers involved and got it fixed for me
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have it behind glass watching the outside of the front door from a bay window so night vision is turned off because the ir light from the camera reflects off the glass
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The picture is still very bright at night though even with just a single light bulb lighting the front door
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Bought this camera 2 years ago and it is still working great
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
When i bought the camera it was offered with a free 8 hours cloud service
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I bought this so i could ftp weather station images to ambientweather
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
To install the camera foscam asks you to download their app
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you want to get under the hood to ftp you need the foscamvms software
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