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Customer Review
Reviewed in Canada on July 7, 2021
[Feb 2022 Update] After having these cameras set-up for about 7 months, I can say that a lot of the initial issues I had have resolved. Motion detection is much better (but not perfect) and I’ve just gotten used to some of the other quirks. I will also add that battery life is very good, lasting the advertised 6 months or longer. The cold winter temperatures do drain the battery faster, but it should still last 5 months or so based on my estimates.
Still some room for improvement with the HomeKit integrations, but overall a good system!
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I purchased these cameras so that we could easily see our front porch and backyard on-demand, as well as so that we could record clips when motion was detected. Seemingly, this was the exact use-case these cameras were designed for, however they do a mediocre job at best. The motion detection is abysmal: there's no consistency whatsoever as to what triggers the motion sensor. I've had it miss people entirely, start recording super late, identify leaves moving as a person, or trigger on objects well outside my defined motion regions.
The integration with other services are also pathetic. Homekit integration does thankfully allow for a live-stream of the cameras, but getting timestamps enabled (for example) required a few hoops to jump through. There is (seemingly) no API to change the current system mode (meaning no way to set-up external automations), so you're very much locked-in to their ecosystem.
The live-view works fairly well, thankfully, and I am pleasantly surprised by the audio quality in most cases. Battery life seems to be as-advertised based on the current usage rate, but we'll see how that holds up. Using the live-view definitely does drain them much faster than just relying on the motion-based clips.
Overall, these are decent for the price, but going forward if I need to expand my system in the future I would probably look elsewhere.
Still some room for improvement with the HomeKit integrations, but overall a good system!
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I purchased these cameras so that we could easily see our front porch and backyard on-demand, as well as so that we could record clips when motion was detected. Seemingly, this was the exact use-case these cameras were designed for, however they do a mediocre job at best. The motion detection is abysmal: there's no consistency whatsoever as to what triggers the motion sensor. I've had it miss people entirely, start recording super late, identify leaves moving as a person, or trigger on objects well outside my defined motion regions.
The integration with other services are also pathetic. Homekit integration does thankfully allow for a live-stream of the cameras, but getting timestamps enabled (for example) required a few hoops to jump through. There is (seemingly) no API to change the current system mode (meaning no way to set-up external automations), so you're very much locked-in to their ecosystem.
The live-view works fairly well, thankfully, and I am pleasantly surprised by the audio quality in most cases. Battery life seems to be as-advertised based on the current usage rate, but we'll see how that holds up. Using the live-view definitely does drain them much faster than just relying on the motion-based clips.
Overall, these are decent for the price, but going forward if I need to expand my system in the future I would probably look elsewhere.
