Chamberlain - myQ Smart Outdoor Home Security Camera - White

Looka great at day and at night. Mounts easily and was no trouble connecting to my app with my garage door camera.

Overall, I am pleased with the Chamberlain - myQ Smart Outdoor Home Security Camera. It was a challenge to set it up, partly because I already have three myQ garage door openers with cameras. When trying to set this outdoor camera up, it disconnected the garage door cameras and the garage door openers. It took a lot of troubleshooting to get everything working as expected. The Good: The Chamberlain - myQ Smart Outdoor Home Security Camera is small in size but mighty in capabilities. The camera has outstanding clarity, especially at night. This makes for an excellent security camera. Aside from the bumpy setup, the myQ app is intuitive, intelligent, and easy to navigate to change various settings. The unit doesn’t come with any sort of literature for installation, but there are QR codes for both setup and the app, if you don’t already have the myQ ecosystem setup. The outdoor camera comes with a long wire (25 feet), though it uses a micro-USB connection which is disappointing. I’ll explain more in the next section. The mounting base is easy to install and took less than 10 minutes to get the camera hanging on the side of my home where there was no security camera. The WiFi range is excellent – the camera is installed more than 100 feet from the nearest WiFi hub in my home and the signal is strong and steady (2.4g only) The Not-So-Good: While the camera indeed provides a very high quality live view, Chamberlain makes it very, very challenging to get past the subscription services when setting it up. It was actually rather frustrating because I wanted to actually use the camera and see how I liked it before committing to any sort of subscription service. Also, I wish this outdoor camera came in black – and more specifically a black wire. My house is a dark brown stained wood and the wire is very visible. I also wish the camera’s power connection was a USB-C rather than micro-USB. The part where the micro-USB connects to the camera is really sensitive – you really have to push it in to get a flush fit, so an after-market wire wouldn’t work. A black/dark option would be great. Final Thoughts: The setup of this outdoor security camera was frustrating, it was eventually worthwhile. If you don’t already have myQ devices installed in your home, perhaps the setup would be easier. If I had the choice, I would definitely buy this camera in black – or at least have the option to get a black micro-USB wire with the unique, snug connection. At the price point, this is a solid outdoor camera with quality resolution and a strong connection.

Having already installed the myQ garage door opener, I was looking for a camera to monitor the driveway. I wasn’t looking for an expensive camera that may need to be recharged. So I opted for the myQ Smart Outdoor Wired Camera. Affordable doesn’t mean cheap! This camera comes with 1080p resolution, two-way communication, motion detection, 130-degree field of view and twenty-five feet of outdoor rated power cord. You can even live stream from the camera as well. Setup is extremely easy. Download the myQ app for your Apple or Android device. Create a profile and follow the instructions on the app to add the camera. Once the camera is set up and connected to your Wi-Fi you can move on to mounting the camera. It’s really that simple, however the camera provides a very clear and vivid video. myQ has several different plan levels to store your videos, from a basic plan that doesn’t record any videos, a plan that provides long term storage and in between. myQ seems to have covered every budget. This isn’t the most sophisticated camera with regards to configuration. Other cameras allow you to set the sensitivity to movement detected or a specific area to be monitored. There are settings for cars, animals or people, but no way to set high or low sensitivity. I have been very happy with the myQ camera but wish I could set the sensitivity. This is a very good basic camera.

I own and use a Chamberlain Garage Door Opener with WiFi and have used it with the myQ app for a few years now. Seeing how now they have cameras that pair with the same app really made me want to give it a shot in a sea of cameras in the current market. I was pleasantly surprised with quality (to a certain extent), ease of use and above all, latency. The camera is super light weight (less than 1lb) but the mount that it is attached to is very durable and strong. It's not going to easily move even with strong winds. Included in the box is the camera, mounting hardware including screws, power brick and a very generous 25ft USB Micro to A cable to supply power. Box also has 2 printed on QR codes for installation help and the myQ app if you already didn't download it. Installation is very easy and for me I decided to monitor the garage. Used the included bracket and screwed in the supplied screws and a quick twist and the camera was done. Very adjustable with a nice range of motion to point it exactly where you need it. Setup with the myQ app is also very simple. Once plugged in, the camera was flashing to let you know it is ready for pairing. The app found it instantly, connected to my WiFi network and it was ready to go. For me, after connecting, I thought the camera was frozen or had connection issues but do not worry, I found out it was downloading and installing the latest firmware. After that, I was up and running. Performance is great. Camera quality in normal light gave nice clear video whether in color or b/w. In dark areas or nighttime, the night vision is excellent. You can see on my screenshot on how well it performs. My gripe is that even though the camera is FHD (1080), any type of zooming, either in night vision or regular color, the picture gets really grainy very fast. Another HUGE plus is latency. It is on par with the big names. Once I hit play to see live feed, it takes 1-2 seconds before I see it. This is excellent. Also the delay is less than 1 second for me. This means I can basically see anything as it is happening instead of being seconds behind. Great job Chamberlain. Now when you set up the camera, you do get 30 days of free cloud storage for video recordings. After that, if you like the service, you can purchase the subscriptions to keep it going. If not, you will only get alerts and access to live feed. All in all, this is a great camera and I do plan on getting more especially for outdoors. I would tell anyone to give them a try, they won me over.

I have the MyQ smart garage door opener and wanted to pair it with a camera. The garage door opener informs me when the doors are opened or closed and also if it has been left open for a period of time. I wanted to monitor my garage with their camera. It comes with an adapter and micro USB power cable that is a good length. This camera has many settings for detection. You can control the sensitivity of motion, create zones, even smart detection for people, animals, and vehicles. It has many features as any other smart cameras on the market. The quality is good. When the garage door is closed and the garage light is turned on, the image quality is good enough. Here are the issues I am having. The app connection to the device is always dropping. There is a wireless access point hanging inside the garage. No other device in the area have issues but both garage door and camera have issues. I want to view the camera, but all it does is it stuck at loading. I even disconnected my phone from Wi-Fi just to rule out that it is my phone that could be an issue. Same results. My garage opener sometimes has this issue as well. I ended up connecting a smart plug so I can cut power to the garage opener to reset it. The camera does record based on the settings I have it on. I can view them under history. The issue is checking out my garage live or when I want to. It just loads but nothing happens. I have reset the camera and did the entire installation process over. I made sure every thing is up to date. Same results. I was hoping the camera would be a better product than my garage but sadly it is not from my experience. There is also a paid tier if you want added features.