My expectations for the Canary Flex was spot on. This camera looks and functions better than my Nest Drop Cam. I want to start off by saying the packaging and unboxing the unit give me the feeling that its worth the money. The resolution on the flex far exceeds my nest drop cam one. I am able to zoom in with the flex and have a fairly clear view of faces on the street. I am no camera or security guru but for a home owner that wants security cameras without dealing with wires running everywhere this is the one. Since taking ownership of the device and setting it up I have charged it once, and it has been 13 days and I am still at 3/4 battery life. The magnetic base is super useful for me since I can see myself changing the angles of the view pretty often. Overall the Canary Flex is a easy to use device and I look forward to seeing how well it gets use to my outdoor motion. Lets see how this holds up for the next few months!

I just installed my Canary Flex outside and I LOVE IT! I live out in the country and want to monitor my property for trespassers, escaped livestock, package delivery, and every other reason you’d have for wanting to know what’s going on while you’re away or asleep, like why my dog is barking at night and whether it’s worth getting up for! I have it mounted on a tree in my front yard with the secure mount accessory. No one will notice it there—but I will see everything! The design is very discreet. The wireless option is awesome for my use (away from the house and electric outlets). The app alerts me when the (long-lasting) battery is getting low so I can bring in for a quick and easy charge and have it ready to go back out and do its thing in no time. I’m super impressed with how much of an area can be seen by the camera. I love the included magnetic base (it's really strong) and the swivel capacity for both of the types of bases (I also bought the secure mount)—they give you options for where to put your device because you can angle the camera to see what you need to see. You can watch in live mode whenever you want or just check it when you get an activity alert. The app is awesome and easy to use--that's important to me! As far as the monthly subscription, I looked it up on their website and even without canary membership you still get secure detection, video clips, 24 hours of video history, notifications, and everything that makes it a security device including the connection to emergency services. I have no qualms about subscribing for the extra features. It’s only ten bucks a month! or less for full year—worth it because it stores 30 days of video history, incident support, longer warranty, and get this: two-way talk through the microphone and speaker! (I am so excited about that feature!) Bottom line: the device and subscription are worth every penny. The quality and all of the features and controls are even more than I hoped for. I love that all of it is constantly accessible on my phone. Next I’m getting the indoor version because it can do all this plus air and temperature monitoring.

Pretty good picture quality, setup and firmware update is easy. Sound recording is fairly decent. Solid wireless connections, doesn't drop. Of course this may depend on how far from your wireless router you put them. The magnets in the base are very strong, the box comes with mounting screws and the USB cable is pretty long, the website says 8ft. You will need to subscribe to Canary for two-way talk, 30 days of saved video. I wish the Flex came with the Canary stickers that the All-in-one does, every bit of deterrance helps. The Canary app works well for me, use it to aim your cameras and edit the camera settings - sensitivity, mask out areas to ignore, check remaining battery. The app also has Home, Away and Night modes w/ geofencing, so when your phone leaves the area, it goes Away mode automatically. It also notifies you and lets you see the video clip that triggered the camera and a timeline of events. If you have more than 1 person in your household, they can DL the app and you can add them as a user. Negatives: -Battery life in a busy / high motion location can be poor. After having to get my ladder and take down my backyard Flex every other day to charge it for several hours & re-aim it, due to cold weather, motion of tree leaves, squirrels, etc, I ended up running it wired to a nearby outlet, thank you long cable! As a powered camera, it's great, no issues. You'd have to lower all the settings to get better life in a busy location. My Flex in a quiet spot by my front door has good battery life. -Flex does not have auto-orientation of footage, if you mount it upside down / sideways, your footage will be too, and supposedly the video recognition algorithms won't work as well. So mount it rightside up only. -Flex nightvision is not good, only 1 infrared LED illuminator, so close range only. But if you have a motion activated light nearby, it's okay. Night videos are black / white only. Running the Flex wired with motion activated lights nearby is great, super solid performance. Wireless, no light source nearby, then YMMV.

I am very happy with my Flex. I keep one at the front door to alert me of visitors and to keep eye on package deliveries and one watching over my back deck. The battery life has only gotten better over time and is lasting about 3 months for me. The video quality is excellent. I also purchased their paid membership for longer video history and recording.

The Canary Flex is a good wireless option for a reasonable price. There is a slight delay between motion detected and recording, but it does capture activity and record video in a high quality format.