Customer Ratings & Reviews

Great cameras at a great price. They were easy to install and connect to my Arlo base and the video quality is superb. The battery life is good so far.

Wished the view was a little wider but works well, easy to install and value priced.

The cameras great but 2 months in and one already is not functioning correctly. It won’t turn on despiste being charged

very pleased with these cameras quality of picture and video.great product and batteries stay charged for a very long time.very pleased with the ease of install.

Great product I wish it was how it use to be the subscription service is the only sad thing for me

I would not recommend these cameras. After 30 days, the arlo cameras will not work effectively without their service plan. (Which is pricey considering how terrible the connectivity of this unit is.) However there is no where on the box that indicates that a service plan is REQUIRED. They will send a notification that motion has been detected, but you do not have quick way of seeing what that motion is unless you have them up live! Connectivity is also a problem. Battery life is horrible. These cameras were bought as a replacement for an older Arlo--that did NOT require a service plan. Those allowed images to save to a feed. These Essential 2 Cameras are totally useless. I would give them 0 stars if I could. Biggest waste of money and they offer no security for the home they were purchased for. Oh, and customer service is only available if you have a purchase subscription! No plan...you get the ai bot.

Love it we already have there and wanted a few more for the rear of the house

Good cameras. The quality is good and images are fairly clear. Although you need to charge them very frequently.

Unless you want to climb a ladder every three days to them plug your camera in to charge for hours and hours then this is the camera for you! this is my second camera because the first one wouldn’t even charge anymore after we had a rain storm which these cameras specifically are meant for outdoors. the new one the battery has only held a charge for three days when advertise hold battery life for at least two months even at max usage. I’ve contacted Arlo and they inform me it’s because of my power adapter that I’m using which is a 5V. 3A not a 5v 2a. I was told my 3A was a fast charger, which it is not and so therefore that is affecting the battery life. Which makes no sense because I use the exact same power adapter to charge my Arlo essential first generation spotlight outdoor camera and it is still maintaining its battery life atxa normal rate. like I said, I’ll probably return this camera. As far as the video quality it’s nice. I can’t complain.

Good product, easy to set and provides a peace of mine.

The camera was just what I expected but the camera itself does not hold the views too long has to recharge often but besides that it is very easy to use and it is very helpful.......

Easy installation and great picture quality. The app is also easy to navigate.

The camera was easy to install and set up. Holds a charge good as well and the view is very wide on the camera for viewing on your phone. This is my 3rd one I have installed.

This was my very first time purchasing a home camera and I’m amazed with it so far. The only thing I’m struggling with is the fact that I have to charge it to very 5 days, and I have to unhook to charge as well. I hope to find other ways to solve that issue. Both other than that, I’m enjoying it!!

What a surprising quality and easy installing equipment. This set of cameras was so easy and straight forward to install that I not even thought about the hard time I had with the previous version. Excellent image quality!

great vision at night but battery life isn't the best

Cameras are excellent quality and service was extremely knowledgeable.

First off the night vision on these cameras are awful. You literally need the flood light on the cam itself just to be able to see 2 meters out. I also have several outdoor ring stick up cameras on my property and compared to the Arlo essential the ring stick up cam beats it by a mile. On the Arlo when you click to access the cameras it has at least a 5-7 second lag and thats with excellent wifi signal. Compare that to the Ring stick up cam which is only 1-2 second lag when looking at live video. Also batteries dont last long on a full charge. Before setting them up outdoors i charged them all to 100 %. After 5 days one is already down to 30% charge and another is down to 10%. It’ll depend on how much those cameras activate when sensing alot of motion. Now compare that to my ring cameras that last 3 months on a full charge. I bought these only sale for $199 and i actually feel like i got ripped off even at that price.

Not a great camera, batteries are weak and often disconnected from network

The camera I are working very well thank you Best Buy I will be putting on my house when my others come in the mail in two weeks thank you very much .