Customer Ratings & Reviews
- Model:
- VMC2430-100NAS
- |
- SKU:
- 6429546
Customer reviews
Rating 4.1 out of 5 stars with 3282 reviews
(3,282 customer reviews)Rating by feature
- Value4.1
Rating 4.1 out of 5 stars
- Quality4.2
Rating 4.2 out of 5 stars
- Ease of Use4.3
Rating 4.3 out of 5 stars
Customers are saying
Customers praise the Essential Spotlight 4-Camera system's excellent camera quality, ease of use, and straightforward setup. Many also appreciate the night vision, motion detection, and spotlight features. However, some users express concerns regarding battery life and occasional connection issues. A recurring negative comment centers on the necessity of a subscription for certain features like video storage.
This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.
- Pros mentioned:Setup
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
First of many.
||Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I bought these cameras on sale, and boy are they FANTASTIC. Really easy to set up and the app is amazing not just that they also have a web console. Also if you're worried about the cost of an Arlo smart subscription well first you get a 3-month subscription and if you only want certain cameras to have the cloud and all that they make it SUPER simple. Arlo is smart & efficient.
I would recommend this to a friend - Cons mentioned:Battery life
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
This Should be called Disposable Arlo Camera. . .
||Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.When this camera worked, it worked pretty well. It just eats up the battery quickly if you use the spotlight option. This camera is a sealed camera and you cannot take the battery out. The camera died at 1 year and 3 months to the day. The camera refuses to hold a charge. The Process of working with Arlo support was lengthy and frustrating! Be prepared to go through tons of troubleshooting steps and pictures of the wires and charger that you're using. After an hour chatting with support, they simply said. . .you're 3 months out of warranty. Sorry. . . oh if you want another, we will give you 30% off! Consider other options or companies.
This review is from Arlo - Essential Spotlight Camera – Indoor/Outdoor Wire-Free 1080p Security Camera - White
No, I would not recommend this to a friendBrand response from Arlo Team
Posted .Hi Gary,
We want to work with you to address the concern you shared about your cameras' battery and experience with our support. Please send us an e-mail at askarlo@arlo.com with a screenshot of this review, your case number, the email address associated with your Arlo account, and your phone number so our team can follow up with you. We appreciate your understanding.
Best regards,
Arlo Team
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.does it`s job, spotlight also works, Image quality is okay
This review is from Arlo - Essential Spotlight Camera – Indoor/Outdoor Wire-Free 1080p Security Camera - White
I would recommend this to a friend- Pros mentioned:Camera quality, Setup
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Arlo Essential
||Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Camera is good quality. Able to set up myself without too much trouble.
I would recommend this to a friend Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Arlo Camera
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.It’s a good product and would recommend to others.
This review is from Arlo - Essential Spotlight 4-Camera Indoor/Outdoor Wireless 1080p Surveillance System - White
I would recommend this to a friendRated 4 out of 5 stars
Returned, but decent cameras from the look…
||Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Retirned because Pro 4 spotlight cams went on Labor Day sale.
This review is from Arlo - Essential Spotlight Camera – Indoor/Outdoor Wire-Free 1080p Security Camera - Black
I would recommend this to a friend- Pros mentioned:Camera quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best Arlo cam
||Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Best Arlo cam ever I have the older models but I’m thinking of replacing all of them for this model it is great quality easy to connect to WiFi . The spot light is amazing and really nothing bad at all to say about this product
This review is from Arlo - Essential Spotlight Camera – Indoor/Outdoor Wire-Free 1080p Security Camera - White
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Camera quality, Motion detection
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing quality
||Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I bought 3 essential cameras. They are awesome and well worth the money. They alert me to every motion. The video quality during the day and night is crisp. Easy to install and set up in the app.
This review is from Arlo - Essential Spotlight Camera – Indoor/Outdoor Wire-Free 1080p Security Camera (3-pack) - White
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Camera qualityCons mentioned:Connection
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
No recording after trial
||Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Do not purchase this if you don’t want to pay a subscription after the trial period. Once the trial ends, you lose all the features including the record features. You will only get live viewing and notifications. If you have a lot of traffic on your street, you will get bombarded with notifications but no video recording after trial. The connection has been a problem as well. You can not have multiple people looking at the same event at the same time as it will log you out of the app. The delay is horribly long. The video is not so bad and I love the audio.
This review is from Arlo - Essential Spotlight Camera – Indoor/Outdoor Wire-Free 1080p Security Camera (3-pack) - White
No, I would not recommend this to a friendBrand response from Arlo Team
Posted .Hello Fordfamily,
Thank you for taking the time to share your honest review. Your feedback will be provided to our development team.
Best Regards,
Arlo Team
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Only 1 of 4 work so far
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Can only get 1 out of 4 cameras connected. Had lots of issues.
This review is from Arlo - Essential Spotlight 4-Camera Indoor/Outdoor Wireless 1080p Surveillance System - White
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 3 out of 5 stars
Meh
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.The app is not very well put together. They require an expensive subscription or all features are basically gone. The activity zones are only adjustable by squares, with no real room for adjusting. It’s meh
This review is from Arlo - Essential Spotlight 4-Camera Indoor/Outdoor Wireless 1080p Surveillance System - White
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Kool camera
||Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Yes very good camera it works great you can set it to standby or arm it with siren for away or at home set its kool im getting 2 more plus its got sound or talk to whatever at the house its got a light so ya kool
This review is from Arlo - Essential Spotlight Camera – Indoor/Outdoor Wire-Free 1080p Security Camera - Black
I would recommend this to a friend- Pros mentioned:Camera quality, Night vision
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love it!
||Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Our first camera and we couldn't be happier. Does everything we wanted and more. Clear picture and sound and works with our android phones and Alexa and Fire tablet.
This review is from Arlo - Essential Spotlight 4-Camera Indoor/Outdoor Wireless 1080p Surveillance System - White
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Motion detection
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Arlo 4 camera essential pack
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Great cameras. When armed motion detection does great at identifying movement. Each camera has spotlight, siren and speaker to talk through remotely.I rated value as excellent as it was 329$ on sale about 120$ off.
I would recommend this to a friend Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Safe and Reliable
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I feel safe now that I've had the Arlo cameras installed around my home. So far so good and they have been reliable. Rating on a scale of 1 to 10... 10 being very good.... I give Arlo security cameras a "10".
This review is from Arlo - Essential Spotlight 4-Camera Indoor/Outdoor Wireless 1080p Surveillance System - White
I would recommend this to a friend- Pros mentioned:Camera qualityCons mentioned:Battery life
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Prolink Camera
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Clear camera, downside is you have to take out camera to charge
This review is from Arlo - Essential Spotlight Camera – Indoor/Outdoor Wire-Free 1080p Security Camera - White
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Camera qualityCons mentioned:Battery life
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Trash cameras
||Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Camera quality is cool the app is pretty easy. But, my cameras were advertised to only need to be charged every 6 months. I’ve since stopped using them because I kept having to get up multiple times a week to charge them because they were near dead. It also sucks that you pay $300 for these cameras and they still make you purchase another plan on top of the cameras if you’d like to use the cameras as you intended when you purchased them. All you get is live feed so if something happens there’s no reason to even look at your cameras because they did get it.
This review is from Arlo - Essential Spotlight Camera – Indoor/Outdoor Wire-Free 1080p Security Camera (3-pack) - White
No, I would not recommend this to a friendBrand response from Arlo Team
Posted .Hi Dandre,
Thanks for your review. We will share your feedback to the development team. We also want to let you know there are some features that are still available without an Arlo Subscription. You can read more about it here: https://kb.arlo.com/000062312.
We appreciate your support and understanding.
Regards,
Arlo Team
- Pros mentioned:Camera quality, Ease of use
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Amazing!
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Works without the Hub. Easy to install and nice video results
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Camera qualityCons mentioned:Battery life
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Gets the job done!
||Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.These are great, install was easy. Picture quality is good. Planning to buy the solar attachment in order to reduce the need to charge cameras in high areas of traffic as charge lasts about 3-4 weeks.
This review is from Arlo - Essential Spotlight Camera – Indoor/Outdoor Wire-Free 1080p Security Camera (3-pack) - White
I would recommend this to a friend - Cons mentioned:Battery life
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
My Arlo
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Great product, but batteries do not Last long before the need to recharge. Cannot get the animal detection to turn off. Hard to remove and put back camera. Wish they were manatized rathe than screw on to plate. Also placement outside is limited to your FIFi connection.
This review is from Arlo - Essential Spotlight 4-Camera Indoor/Outdoor Wireless 1080p Surveillance System - White
I would recommend this to a friend











