Arlo - Pro 2 Indoor/Outdoor 1080p Wi-Fi Wire-Free Security Camera - White

Was looking for a replacement camera for the logi circles that could go outside and were motion activated. A best buy rep suggested the Arlos, after a but of research decided to get the 6 pack these are mostly getting installed outside for filming hummingbirds. The motion detection is top notch, the colors are amazing and we purchased these on sale for 799. We have has them up for a little over a month and they are awesome. The best camera we have used so far and we have had the logi circle 1, 2, and Nest. The pack came with free 7 days of storage, we ended up adding an additional camera and upgraded the plan to 30 days for a very reasonable 100 per year, well worth. Do not hesitate buy these cameras you will not be disappointed.

I am a fan of Nest products because the quality & functions it uses. Purchased Arlo because of the good reviews AND 7 days free cloud storage. #1 - depending on where you place the camera, you will constantly get notifications in which there is no way to turn them off or at least adjust the motion. It is having a hard time identifying between the curtain blowing & our dog roaming the house. So notifications constantly goes off. #2 - the Live feed does have 3-5 second delay. I like it within a second like my Nest camera. #3 - the base station had to go thru some sort of update so I could not figure out where does it update from. Turning it on, turning it off. Had to set up the app on the phone and thats where it tells you theres an update for the base. So it is not as simple as pressing “sync”.

Went from a wire system to a wireless and this is without a doubt the best I’ve ever had. I get notifications every time someone walks up to my gate and it records video for the duration of the time they are there. Mostly my mail man but one guy stopped by my house at least 4 times while I was at work. Never knew the guy. Pretty sure he was scoping out the place because there were no cars there. The last video I have of him is one where he looks up and sees the camera and walks away. Haven’t seen him in weeks. Needless to say, great system does the job well.

I am very happy with the performance of this camera system. I live in the boonies with less than stellar internet connectivity. This system comes with its own router and performance is pretty reliable. Range is awesome. I have a large property and I can customize which cameras turn on when and adjust the sensitivity of the cameras for 360 coverage of my house. I added a 7th camera to cover my gated entrance and driveway. All of my cameras are mounted in trees. I added camo skins to the cameras and camo duct tape to the mounts. Video quality is excellent. I like that I can turn off alerts for certain types of activity. For example, I don't want to be alerted at night to animal activated recordings. There are definitely some improvements that could be made the the system but overall it is outstanding and I am happy with my purchase. And the installer from BB was awesome...well worth the $150 installation fee.

Despite some reviews, the video quality is good. The system was easy to set up and mount. My only complaint is the "very loud siren" and 2 way volume. The alarm s slightly annoying at best and far from anything that can be considered loud. This goes for the 2 way talk feature as well. You can barely hear it. If niether of those are important to you, definitely go for it. Great camera's aside from that.

Pros: Totally wireless; Very easy to install; Totally wireless; Great daylight picture quality; Totally wireless; Good wireless range from cam to base; did I mention Totally wireless? Cons: Camera require IR illumination help on dark nights (I used Arlo Security Lights in 2 places and motion detection floods in others); Arlo App is quirky in Schedule Mode and Arlo Support was no help finding fix; Battery life is ok, but not as good as their marketing literature suggests. All in all, it provided great peace of mind when when away from house...

I know that there have been people walking around our home at night and it makes me unable to fall asleep at night. We've had many things stolen and cars broken into. But I feel so much more in control now that we got Arlo! I can see what's going on at any given time, while I'm away...simply, from my phone! This means so much to my sanity! Super easy to set up and the magnetic holders make it so easy to take down and recharge (they come with a charging cable). The app that connects to them lets you know their charge status. And I'm able to turn each one off, individually, while I'm home during the day to help conserve battery power, also.

I wish I could give it more stars because it was very easy to setup and use. Only one firmware update and not several like other things I have bought. However, it is down right misleading to list activity zones as a feature on this site and on the box, with nothing saying I have to spend $14.99 to activate this feature. This feature should either be listed as part of a subscription service only or worded to say that it has the potential for activity zones with a paid subscription. THE ONLY FEATURE ON THE BOX THAT SAYS "REQUIRES A PAID PLAN" is the "Optional 24/7 CVR." I'm fine with that as it was part of the agreement, and clearly written on the box. Charging for me for the pleasure of using my $1000 camera system I paid for to "set specific areas to monitor motion" when your packaging leads one to think it is free and included is a joke. Best Buy should update their website, and the packaging is 100% a lie anyway you read it. To make matters worse, they only include two micro USB cables and two chargers with the 6 cameras, and they made sure to recess the port, so if you think you can use your old cell phone cable, think again! They made the insulation at the connector extra extra small to fit, and even designed the circuit so that their charger outputs 9V instead of the standard 5V!?! I get not including 6 chargers, but making the USB cord abnormal like that on purpose is salt on the wound after the misleading packaging. Would the extra $4 really have made this not profitable for Netgear? Then you find out after reading their site it isn't any ordinary USB, but requires 9V?!? It is trivial to design a circuit that would operate on 5V (or should be). I don't get it. This has the potential to be a great product in my opinion, but I can't condone the misleading packaging and charging me extra for USB cables and chargers that should be included (after you purposely made them proprietary). I totally get it is a cloud based service and Netgear wants a continuing revenue stream to cover costs, but if you are going to resort to lying to the customer and gouging for things that should be included, why bother.