Having said, The only positive experience I had with this camera was the initial setup process. Downloading the app from Google Play store and setting up the camera for Wi-Fi access was completed in less than 5 mins which I consider a good experience. There was no need to fiddle with router port forwarding nor having to register to DNS servers etc. The areas where this camera fails to perform is mainly to do with picture quality which I consider very poor especially in low light as most of the time it will pixelate due to heavy compression algorithms used to conserve internet bandwidth.
PROS
- Easy setup process
- Works without having to port forward in your router
- Stable heavy base and does not topple
- You can share your camera with your friends!
- You can talk remotely to your camera with push button talk
- You can hear remotely from your camera audio quality is decent.
CONS
- Poor picture quality with only '320x240' resolution.
- Needs registration with isecurity+ cloud services for it to function
- Camera gets warm to hot very quickly!
- It is not water proof so you cannot install outdoors
- To get email alerts you need a monthly subscription
- To get motion detection you need a monthly subscription
- To store video you need a monthly subscription
Overall experience was slightly disappointing since the picture quality could have been better. Also, You have to always depend on isecurity+ cloud services to have this camera working at all times. You must use isecurity+ Android or IOS app or use the web browser on Windows PC and login to isecurity+ web portal and use the 'flowplayer' for viewing video. Also, You *must* register isecurity+ services for this camera to work. You cannot make it work with any other third party app nor does it work independently for motion detection and or email notifications. If your are paranoid about sharing your personal information to a third party cloud based services then this camera is not for you. Having said this camera might work for someone who have had no experience in setting up WiFi cameras before as the setup is pretty simple but that is all about it. There are definitely better alternatives out there.
Thanks for reading my review. Rating it with 2 stars. Happy shopping!
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