Customer Ratings & Reviews

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This camera has been such a game changer inside the house because i can watch my dogs in real time on the camera when I’m away from home.

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.

I Love it have used Arlo cameras before and liked them

Camera works well, its a little slow when I am trying to move it around but eventually clears up and shows me the live view

Great quality! I like this for security house! Good

camera works great for price.i would definitely recommend

Simple set up to add to existing network. Dont miss batteries

This is one of my favorites brands, great quality

Camera works well but is worthless unless you buy a subscription that is a minimum of $20 a month if you have multiple devices. I have the older Arlo cameras (that I love) that comes with 7 days of free cloud recordings. I bought these cameras not knowing that they discontinued that option.

I was so excited to try these cameras out to finally be able to keep an eye on my senior furbaby when I’m not home, but to my disappointment I found out these only work if you’re actively in the app looking at the camera live. It doesn’t record unless you’re on it live and you don’t get updates on movement and you also can’t look back at footage you weren’t looking at to check on things because as soon as you’re not on the app the camera goes into privacy mode.

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.

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.

Arlo is a well known, trusted, quality brand security system company. This particular camera comes with a mount, screws and a power cord and of course instructions on setup and use. The company even gives you a 30-day trial of the Arlo Secure subscription, which I have to assure I have everything needed to feel perfectly secure in my home. This camera takes 2K videos. The clarity and color is very good which Arlo is well known for. The USB-C power cord is about 16 feet long, so you can place the camera pretty much anywhere you want in a room. This tilt indoor camera is great for security and helps make sure your home and family are safe. It can also be a good addition if you already have other Arlo security cameras, as I do, inside and out. I couldn’t feel more secure with this and my other cameras. I feel as if I were living in Fort Knox. You can mount this camera to either a wall or ceiling. You can even just set it on a shelf to view the area you want to keep an eye on. I have it in a corner and it pretty much views the whole living room, into the kitchen and even the front door and windows. I definitely feel very secure just knowing it is here. Setting up this camera is surprisingly simple. You just need to upload the Arlo app and follow the instructions. There is no need for a hub as the camera connects to your WiFi. With the app you can turn the camera side to side and move the lens up and down to view the entire area you have the camera in which is nice if you can’t get a full view of the room you want secured completely. You can do many things with this camera such as track motion, sound alarms, identify a threat and you can even contact emergency services in case of an emergency. When using the Arlo app, you can have a two-way conversation if you are away from home. I have used the camera to talk to my daughter while out and about. If it is in the middle of the night and there are no lights on, this camera has night vision to detect any intruder or your teenager sneaking in or out late at night. Gotcha! If you plan on using this as a security camera, you probably should use the Arlo Secure subscription to take full advantage of what the camera can do. If you have the subscription, you will be able to store video up to 60 days, see the Live View and watch saved videos away from home and much more. This is a great indoor camera with so many uses. It can be used as a basic security camera, you can put it in the baby’s room as a monitor, among many other things. I highly recommend this very versatile security camera.

Sound doesn't work, cant hear anything, and notifications are delayed for several minutes +

Indoor security is essential for me. Monitoring my home, family and pets, knowing that I can be alerted when something needs attention, really provides peace of mind. Doing it for such an affordable price is amazing. The camera includes everything I needed to get started. A power supply and cable, and even a wall mount. With 360 degree pan and 180 degree tilt, there’s no blind spots in its view. It works with our smart home systems like Alexa, Google and SmartThings. It supports both 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks. The 2K video brings out the detail and the night vision is great even in low light. It will track people and animals, like my dog perfectly. With 2-way audio, I can even talk with the people in the room, or say hi to the dog when we’re not home. You can even use a siren from the app, or trigger it automatically. There are few items of note. The camera does not have built in storage. Videos are stored in the cloud for 60 days with a subscription plan. The subscription will give you alerts when it detects sounds like a smoke alarm or glass breaking. It will alert if it sees fire. Without a subscription plan you’ll have access to live streaming and two-way audio. There are multiple security plans to meet just about need, and the professional monitoring plan can qualify for a discount on some homeowner insurance plans. It’s worth contacting your agent to see if you qualify. Overall this is a great camera, and offers multiple options for enhanced security.

I am loving this camera. It a small, very compact. The camera rotates up and down when it detects a moving object or person. It identifies pets as well. The setup was very simple, it took less than 10 minutes. I was able to connect to my wifi and then simply follow the prompts. Very simple directions from the app. You identify the room it’s in, and just follow the prompts. You don’t have to be real tech savvy to set this up. The app records any movement in the room. I tried it out in a spare room where my dog is located. It records every time she moves. I also tried it in other rooms to see where it will be most useful. The night feature is great. I am able to see in a room clearly even if the room is dark. It moves around when it senses movement, which I think is very cool. I have been playing around with the app to see what’s available. It looks like I can set alarms . I get a notification every time there is movement in the room where the camera is located. I am thinking about adding cameras to other rooms in my house and using it at my mom’s house for safety reasons. This particular camera is white and actual camera area is black. It is small but mighty. I think it would look good in any room and would not draw a lot of attention. It does make a low noise when the camera rotates, but it is not annoying. I would definitely recommend this little camera if you’re looking to monitor a small area. I plan to order more.

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.

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.

First impression: My first impression of the Arlo Essential 1 PTZ camera is that it is an amazing camera for such a low price. With the standard Arlo quality, we get a 2K camera, pan, tilt, zoom, motion tracking, and AI, all for under $50.00. What’s in the Box: • 1x Arlo Essential Pan Tilt Indoor Camera • 1x 2m Indoor Charging Cable • 1x Indoor PA • 1x Wall Mount and Screw Kit • 1x Quick Start Guide Technical Specifications: • Maximum Video Resolution: 2304 x 1296 • Image Sensor: 3 Megapixels • Video Modes: 2k, 1080p, 720p • Video Features: Color Night Vision • Lens Field of View: 130-degree diagonal • Digital Zoom:12x • Spotlight: No • Motion Detection: 1 PIR, 110° horizontal • Night Vision: IR B&W • Audio: 2-Way Audio + Echo Cancellation • Microphone: Yes • Siren: Yes • Connectivity: 2.4GHz & 5GHz • Indoor or Outdoor: Indoor • Camera Mount Type: Tabletop, Wall & Ceiling • Minimum Operating Temperature: 32° F (0° C) • Maximum Operating Temperature: 113° F (45° C) Pros • Affordably priced • 360-degree pan and 180-degree tilt will cover an entire room • Smooth and reliable motion tracking Cons • Requires continuous power (no battery option) • Smart features locked behind an Arlo Secure subscription Setup: Setup could not be easier. You open the app, power up the camera, and follow the directions. It finds the camera, automatically updates the firmware, and it’s ready for use. Afterwards you can go into the app and configure every aspect of the camera. Performance: The video quality is very good. The colors are accurate, and the video quality is superb. The image is crisp, and as you zoom in, the camera reacts quickly staying in focus. The night vision is better than most. It lights up the room, eliminating many of the shadows that other cameras struggle with. Even in night vision mode, the video stays crisp and clear. The camera works well on Wi-Fi 6. While panning and zooming, there is no delay or stuttering with the video. The pan/tilt motion is very smooth without any jerky movements. And the motors are very quiet. While standing close to the camera, I cannot hear it moving. I have to get right up on it to hear it. The motion range is amazing. For panning, you have a full 360° pan. For tilt, you have 180°. That gives you the ability to view the entire room. Finally, there are many more features such as Privacy Control where you can easily disable the audio and video for privacy from the app, two-way audio for communications through the camera, and facial recognition and automation. Conclusion: I am an Arlo fan. I have had my house protected by Arlo since they 1st came out. I ran them for years, until I couldn’t physically climb ladders to change batteries anymore. But now I am filling the inside of my house with Arlo. The quality has continued to improve from an already great position, and the features and cameras continue to get better and better. And now with the implementation of AI, the motion tracking detection has really gotten specific. Adding to that advanced facial recognition, you can detect family and friends from everywhere else. The Arlo Essential Pan Tilt Indoor 2K camera is a great camera for an amazing price. It has full, smooth motion with pan and tilt, two-way audio communications, clear and crisp audio and video, privacy control, AI and automations, all for under $50.00. I cannot recommend this camera enough. If you need a camera for the home, you can’t do better than this.