Dropcam - Pro Wireless High-Definition Video Monitoring Camera - Black
Model: DCAM-002-THD
SKU: 6419059
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Customers highly value the camera's excellent image quality, ease of use, and effective night vision capabilities. Many also appreciate the straightforward setup process and reliable motion detection features. However, some customers find the cloud recording service expensive and a few have experienced connectivity issues or noted that the device can get warm during extended use. The price point was also mentioned as a potential drawback by some users.
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DropCam's are dead solid simple cameras to setup and install. They are what the name says. I was so excited with my first one, I went and bought 3 more! I had been putting off getting security cameras and bought the first one because we were suspicious of things disappearing from our bathroom (suspecting housekeeper or teenage kid - it was the kid!) Here's the good: Easy to setup. Great picture. Intuitive software and alerting makes it easy to find events and activity. Now the bad: You pay extra for cloud based recording of your camera. For me 4 cams = $20 a month! They use a lot of bandwidth. I have a capped program with my provider (300 GB per month) and then pay extra so I monitor bandwidth by device. When I was recording a HD pic 24/7, each camera was using around 15-20 GB per month. Times 4 that was 60-80 GB on a 300GB plan. Now, you can turn HD recording off and limit when it records but be aware. Net is if you want one of two cameras to capture an event or tell when your kids get home from school, they're awesome! If yo want a multi-camera security solution with historical recording, there are much better options for the money (both up front and recurring money). (Attached bandwidth image shows distribution. Red and orange pie chart pieces represent one of my dropcams. You can see they win for upload and total bandwidth.)
Posted by Sg50
Dropcam Pro has is very well built and has solid camera lens, but the problem I have with is that after the initial 14 day trial, the minimum subscription price for a 7 day cloud recording is $99 per year. Dropcam doesn't give you an option to record locally, which ruins it for me. I returned it and got the Samsung Smartcam HD Pro, and the quality is just as good as the dropcam, and without the subscription fee. The samsung one allows me to record it on a micro sd card and bypass the hefty fee dropcam force down on me.
Posted by oinferno
I'm pleased with my Dropcam Pro because it's a cross-platform and an affordable video security surveillance solution for our family home. Initially, I placed it at our (2nd floor) bedroom side window and we were able to monitor the front side of our house property. Later, we decided to install it on the front entrance door (back side of the front door) and pointed the Dropcam Pro through the door peep hole (window). This gave us two monitoring security services. 1. The ability to monitor the front property of our house. 2. The ability to monitor our main house entrance. This was an excellent solution for my family because when our front doorbell rings we can easily and quickly identify our visitor by using their app (Dropcam: WIndows/iOS/Mac OS X/Android). We installed the Dropcam app in our family laptops, tablets and mobile phones. Save time. Easy setup. Solid camera. HD/720p is fine. Made and supported by Google/NEST.
Posted by Marvin