“We bought the Arlo cameras for my MIL and we have to charge them at least once a week sometimes more. How long should the batteries last after being fully charges?”
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This depends on a lot of variables. If the signal is weak they use more power so if you can bring it closer to the base station or move the base station to a more central location it would help. You can check signal strength from the "Devices" tab on the app. Arlo makes a bridge but I just moved my base station to a higher location on top of a cabinet and it helped. Also, the more the camera detects motion the more power it uses, especially in the dark when the infrared is used. Moving the camera where it gets less false motion (like away from a busy street) helps. You can also mount it in combination with a regular light or motion light to reduce the use of the infrared. An example of this would be leaving a porch light on for a porch mounted camera. The images are better and more useful to law enforcement with regular lighting anyway. The battery for the camera over my garage used to last a week but I moved the base station to a higher location, I installed a motion light over the garage, and positioned the camera where it doesn't pick up street traffic and now it lasts more than a month!
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