Customer Ratings & Reviews

This camera gives you a wealth of features in a small budget friendly package. Setup is quick and easy with the Arlo mobile application. Connection to Wi-Fi is effortless as long as you make sure you are connecting to the 2.4mhz band. Most newer routers load balance among all available bands (2.4, 5 & 6). I highly recommend setting up an IoT SSID and limit it to the 2.4mhz band to alleviate any issues. Once you have it connected, update the firmware and pick a location, it works effortlessly. I am using it in a tabletop setup to monitor my son during his home schooling. It gives a clear view of the entire room and the camera follow's motion very well. I like that he can ask me questions while I'm anywhere in the house and I can respond back from my phone also. Audio is crisp, with only a slight delay. Picture quality is great even in low light. The Arlo application allows seamless integration if you wish to integrate more cameras to give a complete monitor of your home. It comes with a 30-day trial of cloud integration to save camera history. I don't need it for my usage purposes, but if you are using it for home security, the cloud integration is reasonable at only $7.99 per month.

I rarely give 5 star reviews, but making an exception for this Arlo Pan and Tilt camera. My other half always worries that when we're away our dog isn't drinking water (dog clearly eats from the automatic feeder). We've tried putting up a temporary fixed camera but I find it less than helpful as I want to be able to keep an eye on the rest of the rooms of the house (has our robot vacuum cleaner got stuck somewhere, what mail came through the mail slot), so was excited to test this Arlo Pan and Tilt camera. Like other Arlo products, setup is a breeze and it pairs quickly with the Arlo app. But where this camera really shines is not just the 2K video quality (which is amazing), but the smoothness of the pan and tilt. The responsiveness from your phone over 5G back to the camera is slick, I didn't find myself over panning and even the automated motion tracking was impressively accurate. I'm so impressed, I plan to get another unit for my basement as it will be great when we're away (don't worry our dog is with a sitter!), as I can keep an eye on the exits, but also monitor the HVAC unit and the ever present risk of basement flooding. Arlo have seriously found a fan in me!

I 3d print and if you do as well, you know the camera is terrible. So I wanted to get something that would be faster in the capturing portion of my remote viewing. I had/have a smaller cam, but wanted something with better low light and be able to be moved if needed. This is a great camera all around if you want for security or quick scan of what is going on in/around the house. But, sadly it does not fit my needs as I wanted to. Here are my highlight and lowlight on this wireless camera. Good: 1. easy to set up with step by step prompts 2. ability to pan and tilt is great and is very smooth 3. comes with wall mount hardware (although I did not use it) that is simple to get attached. 4. you can do motion capture with many different items. Like, human, animal, fire . etc) and it does do a great job doing this. 5. nice long cable so you can install and not have wires that don't hide well. easy to tuck in the jointed parts for near seamless installs 6. Low light and other lighting options are top notch. I was able to see my whole room as if it was half brightness (like sunrise or sunset) making it easy to keep tabs on my printer. 7. Pan and tilt are easy to use and come in handy if you need to scan something else in the room. Also the zoom feature is perfect to see items closer. 8. Can be set up to only start when motion is detected, and thus keeping your memory use lower than running all the time. Bad: 1. unable to stream for long periods without a subscription. I would start a non motion activated video aimed at the printer and 5-7 mins later it would disconnect and when I reconnect it would ask me to log in again. 2. I have had to unplug and plug back in many times to get it to reconnect to my network. it would freeze and could not be used until it was reset. 3. Unable to have just simple streaming remotely as I would have to log in each time I viewed on my phone/tablet/ or monitor 4. would not go back to last position when I reconnected to it, so I would have to pan and tilt to see anything each time I activated it (it would face down the camera for privacy reasons). Also it would randomly zoom in and not out. So I was like 4x and unable to see my intended subject. 5. Of course the constant emails stating like " we know you are using the free profile, but just look at the same options you can get if you paid also". yeah no thank you. I like not sharing my stuff with outside clouds and services as much as possible. So, would I get this again? Most likely not. But, then again I had hoped it would give me something that it was not purpose built for. So for watching pets, people (like in store, delivery, etc) or safety, I would suggest this as a option.

Great camera. The image quality is good. I can see things clearly when accessing the camera using the app. The Arlo Essential 1 is a great addition to the full pack that is available as well. I like the ability to rotate the camera and directed where wanted. I also like the motion sense technology built in. The camera connects easily to the app. The instructions are simple and easy to follow. I really enjoy using the Arlo Essential 1 camera. Like I mentioned before. It is a great addition to all of their other products. The build quality is ok. Nothing to complain about. I would try to avoid dropping it because you never know how it may effect the panning ability of the camera. My wife and I enjoy the ability to connect with our phones through the app. When we leave we can easily arm the unit and it will inform us if anything or anyone enters into the camera frame. We like being able to check on our cat or dogs while away as well with this camera. Overal I like it and would recommend getting it if you are in the market.

This review is for the Arlo essential indoor pan tilt camera, Unboxing and setup was very easy to add to my Arlo account. Simply put the camera in pairing mode by holding the button on top for a few seconds, and it was discovered by the app instantly. It has 360* pan and 180* tilt with motion and audio detection. It does a really good job of keeping the camera centered on any movement in its view. So if you walk across the room it's in, the camera will follow you. The camera's movement could be a little quieter. When tracking movement you can hear the camera moving. It's not loud by any means but does bring attention to it. When viewing through the Arlo app you can control it, moving the camera around to see what you would like to see. And the picture quality is good. You can easily identify people or pets, It's a clean picture not blurry at all. Also has 2-way audio. You can hear and speak through the camera. There is a small delay in the audio when talking but not too bad. And no need to worry about batteries as this unit is a wall plug in.

There's not much to say about indoor surveillance cameras these days as they all are pretty much about the same. You get decent quality video and resolution. You get motion sensing and some AI features that you have to pay monthly for which is never happening for me personally. I used to install cameras when they were IP cameras, and I will never pay a monthly service fee just for the privilege of using their gateway and some debatively useless AI features. In fact, the only reason to pay a monthly subscription fee would be for the cloud storage but I don't like that either because I don't want my footage potentially on the internet. Like all token ring based cameras, this one requires a base station which is fine, but your base station has to live next to your router because it needs to be plugged in to an open ethernet port and that is no good. That requirement alone limits the utility of these cameras in remote spots. So you should know that going in. I have had the very 1st generation of Arlo cameras and their resolution has improve dramatically but solely because of the base station requirement, I stopped using them. The build quality is good. Really all my Arlo cameras have been very well made especially the outdoor ones. I chose the power mine by solar panels which is a nice feature but not offered on this model because this is an indoor model. I'm happy to see that Arlo has added pan tilt zoom cameras to their line up and if you're looking for a decent indoor camera and you're okay with keeping the base station so close to your router, then this would be a good choice.

I am pretty knowledgeable when it comes to security cameras as I have a few outside of my house. However, I needed something to monitor what goes on inside. This Arlo indoor security camera has a lot of valuable features in relation to the low purchase cost. I have been using it exclusively as a toddler monitor and occasional cat monitor instead of the presumably ‘burglar’ usage. With that said, it records segments of movement based on a variety of choices (pets, humans, etc) along with alarms/notifications if necessary. There is almost too many features/settings in the app that it became confusing at times to just find a simple setting I wanted to make. For the average user, it may be too much. I also noticed that when I would view the live footage on my phone, the camera would just stop after about 15-20 minutes, which I then had to backtrack out of the feed and then click it again to get the live feedback on. Perhaps this is a glitch or there is a setting somewhere to allow me to keep the camera always in ‘live view’ but I couldn’t find it. With regards to the camera quality, it is neither bad nor good…..when you zoom in, it gets overly pixelated/blurry so it can be difficult to see fine detail. However, I do like that I can manually maneuver the camera around through the app. Also, putting it in ‘privacy’ mode is another good feature, which will make the camera face down/away so anyone in the room will know they aren’t being watched at that moment. Overall, for the price, this is a handy indoor camera that offers many features, although the app may become confusing for some users.

The Arlo Essential 1 Pan-Tilt indoor camera provides a sharp 2K image and good night vision. However, the most useful and best features require a subscription. PROs - Excellent image quality - Ability to install the product on a wall, ceiling, or free standing upright. - The camera has a microphone so you can hear what’s going on, and lets you have 2-way conversations. - Privacy mode that automatically faces the camera downwards to the base when not in use. CONs - No local storage. - Home setting does not always return the camera to the home view. It’s frequently misaligned from the home view I set. - The app is not always responsive. When trying to change the camera’s view, sometimes it’s instant, other times it stalls or just doesn’t work. - 360 degree horizontal view does not rotate past the back side. It’s more like two 180 degree rotations. For example, say you rotate the camera to the left. It will keep rotating left until it’s pointing backwards and stop. So if you now want to see what was on the right side, you then have to rotate it to the right all way past the front and keep going. It does not freely rotate past the backward view. - The biggest con is that you have to subscribe to their service for any reasonable functionality, including recording as there is no local storage. On top of that, it’s hard to tell what features, as limited as they may be, you can still have access to without a subscription. In the end, it is a basic camera gives you a pan/tilt view unless you subscribe.

For the price you can’t beat it. Does everything my other Arlo products can do at 1/8th of the cost. Works every time I need it