Customer Ratings & Reviews

I have an existing system with a mix of Pro 3 and Pro 2 cameras, along with some of the older Arlo hub controlled LED Security Lights. I wanted a floodlight for the driveway and the Arlo FloodCam looked like just the ticket, battery powered and no wiring. It doesn't require the Arlo hub, so it can connect directly to my mesh wifi for a stronger signal. The camera was a bonus. Setup was easy, although installation was a bit of a pain. This unit is significantly heavier than the Arlo cams & security lights and significantly larger. Be sure to secure it to a stud, or use wall anchors. The high capacity battery is about three times as long as the Pro 3 battery and makes up a large part of the weight. Charging the battery can use the magnetic charging cable (not supplied, by the way) or the camera/floodlight assembly snaps out like the Pro 3/Ultra cameras and there is a micro-usb charging port in the assembly, or the battery can be removed and charged in the Pro 3/Ultra battery charger. Installed, it can be powered by an optional wall wart power cable or a solar charger. Configuration was easy. Download the (Android for me, although there is an iPhone) app, connect the FloodCam to your base station or home WiFi, and you're pretty much up and running. Although I have an Arlo camera plan, it created a separate plan with three months free. I'm assuming I can move it to my existing plan when the freebie expires. Note that this camera has all the plan limitations of the Pro 3, so you really should plan on a monthly charge if you want to save any recordings. The light is really bright, fills the entire driveway. The floodlight and camera can be separately enabled and disabled, so you don't have to record or be notified every time the floodlight goes on, which is really convenient. I won't spend a lot of time on the camera, it's essentially a Pro 3 and the recorded video quality is excellent, down to being able to read the license plates on cars passing by on the street. The motion detect sensitivity is adjustable and video can be triggered by both/either motion or sound. The motion zones lets you control areas in the picture frame that will send you a notification. Audio is bidirectional if you're going to use as a doorcam and it does work full duplex (talk and listen at the same time). I did try it and it certainly seems more natural. Not having to use the Arlo hub is a plus. It would have been really nice if Arlo had included the magnetic charging cable rather than having to take the unit down to charge, and the unit could have been designed to be a little less unwieldy. Overall, the Arlo FloodCam provides a nice and useful integration of function and is a welcome addition to the Arlo family.

Best buy will lie to you to get you to make a purchase. With them knowing they dont plan on hororing it within a reasonable amount of time. Then theyll call you the day before delivery and say they dont have your merchandise. Then on top of that, theyll say you have to call the next day to make sure the refund works. I gotta search for my refund, but yet you got the money right away when i paid. Absolutely ridiculous

When it works, its great. But I spend half my time restarting or removing and reinstalling it to the app because it stops working every few days. I have more than enough signal and bandwidth to run it, the other two cameras and doorbell work just fine, no issues. I can't stand this thing, but I like the other cameras and don't want to mix and match systems, so I'm stuck with it.

I have several cameras but wanted a floodlight camera. This is the worst. It stopped working after a few months. There is absolutely no support. Not even a phone number to contact the company. DON'T BUY

Floodlight does not stay connected to the wifi to monitor the area.

The Arlo Pro 3 floodlight camera has been a great addition to our Arlo security network around the house. Our existing setup includes four Arlo Pro 2 cameras and three Arlo motion lights along with an Arlo base unit and Arlo light bridge. We didn’t have anything over the garage yet, our old floodlight was actually broken when we moved in about a year ago and we hadn’t gotten around to replacing it until now. Mounting the floodlight camera was really easy, if you already use Arlo you will find yourself on familiar ground, if you are new to Arlo, you will want to download the Arlo app and begin your set up there. The camera does not come with much of a setup manual other than directing you to the app and some set up videos online. The Arlo app setup steps are very thorough, easy to follow and include videos and helpful notes. The camera is battery operated, and can be attached to a solar panel. I plan to purchase a solar panel for mine so that I don’t have to change the battery, that being said, I’ve only had to charge the battery once over the past three weeks. I do have the light set fairly bright with the motion sensitivity set fairly low. The battery is larger than the batteries on my other Arlo cameras and Arlo lights but has the same mounting size. The spotlight is incredibly bright, when set to the maximum setting. I won’t keep it this bright at all times, but I love being able to turn it up if I need some extra light in the driveway. The camera video quality is clear, sharp and the wider field of view looks great! You can zoom in really close on the phone from the Arlo app to get a closer view when needed. The two way audio is a wonderful feature and can be useful to listen to what’s going on outside to to say hello to a friend! Another great feature, which I hope to never use, is the built in siren. The siren can be set up to trigger remotely, via the app, or automatically from a preassigned event that you can create in the Arlo app. It really is awesome, what you can do with the events and triggers in the Arlo app. For example, you can tell Arlo to turn on all lights when one light detects motion. Or, turn on all lights and start recording on all cameras when one camera detects motion. The possibilities, especially when paired with other smart apps and devices, are endless. Overall I’m so happy to have added this camera to my Arlo home security network. Another side of my house is now, finally, armed with Arlo!

Power runs out fast! Need aux power to be productive

The Arlo cameras have soo many issues there is not enough space to write all. *Water leaked into the camera after the first rain. *The notifications work intermittently. *Resolution sucks! Day or night. *Faces are unrecognizable. Arlo Support (?) sucks.

Love this camera. It has a bit of a hesitation yet gives a good view of anyone near our driveway.

Battery and or unit keeps on dying doesn’t last more than four days

Sucks. Mic if on makes a scratching noise. If off u cant hear anything so have to deal with scratching. Dosnt stay connected to wifi. Only charges when it want to

Can not Manually record. Can not choose when to record. Only records on motion, rarely. I have several arlo products and they are all sad and disappointing. Ultra 4 and floodlight can not record manually with a sd card inserted into hub

If I had an option I would give a zero star rating to this floodlight!! Worst one ever, don’t waste your money! I have it for over a year now and soon as the warranty expired it stopped working. Oh, good luck setting up the subscription on Arlo products!!

Its ok but next time I will go back to blink. For the money this should be extremely efficient and work 100% of the time. My blink had a 10 second delay but worked great. This constantly fails to record. Doesn't pick up even half of what goes on. Sad!

Good quality product for the price. i would recommend it

Low quality. Too much delay on live images. Blurry or green screen.. they should make a 4k floodlight camera too.

After a few months it no longer will record and it is very aggravating when now they say you need a subscription (I have had Arlo cameras for 4-5 years never needed one but now it’s forced)

Isaw:Trial ends on 2-17-2024.I just use it only one month.I take it down ,leave somewhere.Sorry.

Delayed recording,here static constantlySystem did not buy, Poor system with the static continuously makes you want to take it down waste of money

You will need to pay to view videos after a few weeks. Not like the older Arlo.