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3.0 out of 5 starsstart recording with a delay, Battery lasted 12 days, Notifications from all cameras or none
Reviewed in Canada on October 7, 2023
NOTE 2: edited with battery life information
NOTE: edited for clarification.
Previous title was: Unless you pay subscription this is an incomplete product.
Issues:
* Notifications:
I don't need notifications for all my cameras but I still need the camera to record movement events., The system offers the option to snooze alerts for a max of 4 hours (24 if subscribed to a plan), so I am forced to manually snooze it every for hours or I'll be bombarded with notifications.
* Movement detection VS battery life:
Got "Low Battery" alert after 12 days in my backyard camera, of course the gazebo curtains move with the wind and the tree shadows on the grass trigger movement detection so this camera suffers from high movement activity, I have reduced sensitivity to lvl 4 and I am trying to find a better location for this camera while keeping my entrance covered, Let's see what happens, I am really not willing to replace the batteries every 12 days.
* Movement detection delay:
Depending on the distance the cameras may sense movement late, on top of that if motion is fast (i.e. someone running into your house) there may be no clip at all, in my case when I get home and walk from my car to the house the cameras will start recording once my face is showing no more.
Camera needs to be placed close to the movement detection area so the clip saves relevant content but not all of us can place the camera in a perfect place. 10 feet away is already too far away for accurate moment detection.