To start, the seller doesn’t mess around. This is my second order of 4 cameras, and they arrive quickly and well-packaged. I ordered 2 packages (4 cameras) to keep on eye on our out-of-state property. I’ve been satisfied enough to order another 2 packages to keep an eye on our primary residence when we’re visiting the other property.
The picture quality is great. The motion detection works a little too well. I’ve had to dial the sensitivity down to low, so that even a mild breeze doesn’t trigger these non-stop. If you don’t have trees in the view, it’d probably be fine. It’s very accurate with person/pet/vehicle notifications. The application used (VicoHome) is pretty no-frills, but it has a mild learning curve, which I expected for this price. The app is free, but the free version has only a little bit of storage (I believe it clears after 3 days?). For a small fee, you can up-that to 30 days, and quite a bit of storage. I opted for the middle-tier package, which is less than $5 a month, and you get a few added features, like “zone mapping”, where you can elect not to get notifications of events for a selected area of view. It still records, but you’re phone isn’t doing the thing.
The motion is great, and easy to control, and is very quiet. I can pan the camera with someone standing right next to it and they can’t hear it…kinda nice if you’re trying to covertly move the camera to track something. You can pick “Favorites”, so at the push of a button, the camera will move to a specific location..and you can have multiple of those.
The microphone works pretty well, but the speakers leave allot to be desired. I wouldn’t count on using this to talk to someone, like a ring doorbell. The siren is also barely audible from 30 feet away. However, the night vision is superb! In ultra-low light conditions, it will be in black and white, but so far, with minimal lighting (solar landscape lights) the footage is in color..and a pretty darn good picture for being so dark. The cameras do have a spot-light option, which isn’t stupid-bright, but the cameras pick it up very well, where it does look light a high-powered spotlight. It’s a noticeable light, which may spook unwanted riff-raff away, as they would now know they’re being recorded.
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