Arlo - Pro 4-Camera Indoor/Outdoor Wireless 720p Security Camera System - White

I purchased the 4 camera Arlo Pro system and then later purchased one more Arlo Pro camera to make up a 5 camera system. This system with it's own router works great and I haven't had any problems at all. It is easy to set up and use with the app that you download to your phone, tablets, etc. I also purchased 5 Arlo Q cameras. You can share devices between accounts and have all 10 cameras show up in your app. Quality video and sound. Lots of adjustments that you can make such as making the recordings longer or to last as long as the sound or motion is detected. Batteries are rechargeable and last a long time (6 months?). This is a top notch system and by adding the plug in Arlo Q you really have a lot of flexibility. I have 10 cameras working in my app using 2 separate accounts. They have a Geofencing mode that allows the system to tell when your cell phones are in the house (so it disarms) or cell phones or other devices are away from your house so it automatically alarms itself. This is a really nice feature.

Over the years I have put in a number of IP cameras with and without PoE. My goal was to setup some for our home with a NVR or record to a Synology device. When I saw this cameras I was skeptical. The idea of not having run cables was something my wife liked ;-). I read through the reviews and the battery life ones and thought I would give the Arlo's a shot. I am so glad I did. Battery life - I have had the cameras running since the last week of November and the battery life is 61%, 89%, 95% and 96%. Today, I moved the Arlo base station to a different location and am hoping that will help the battery on the one camera that is at 61%. The two camera's with the lowest battery % are outside AND it has been COLD. We had -5 Fahrenheit weather the last couple of days and I have had no issues with the cameras. Motion Sensor - I've been really impressed with the lack of false positives the camera will report. When the unit is armed it record when it should. Picture/Sound Quality - The camera records at 720p which is fine for my use. I have now issue being able to see or hear people. I placed one to monitor the front door and I have been able to have conversations with my UPS driver. This feature and the the rechargeable battery where the main reasons for choosing the Pro vs the standard Arlo wireless units. The Arlo app is great to review live and historical video from the camera and Arlo makes it easy to share and download the video. Ease of Use - This is one of the easiest systems to use. The free cloud based DVR service makes it a snap to review your video on your laptop and for security it will log you off of your app when using it on the computer. Local Storage - Arlo requires the use of the Cloud DVR but you can keep local video archives which is great If the internet goes out. To review them you need to eject the USB drive and connect it to your MacBook or PC. Arlo App - The app is intuitive and easy to use. Adding the cameras is a snap and you can rename them to better identify them. From the app you can arm the Arlo system, change video and sound settings, configure motion detection, review the battery life, signal strength back to the base station and more. Overall, I am incredibly happy with the Arlo system and one of my co-workers just picked a two pack up and is really pleased too. The Arlo Pro's rechargeable battery and two way audio are a great feature and for the money they are a good value. A good PoE camera can start at $150 and then you need to configure the NVR or software. Arlo has made this system incredibly easy to use. I included a screenshot from my MacBook and the iPhone app.

Caretaker for my elderly parents in my home. I can easily check from my phone when they are in motion. An hour to to install whole system. Bought this brand based on Best Buy salesperson's explanation. Exact system I needed. Delete the daily videos saved to their cloud at the end of each day. No wires, rechargeable cameras stick with magnets and are outside in the rain. I can leave the house with less stress.

The Arlo Pro Cameras far exceed my expectations! I was at first turned off by the 720P, having 4) DropCam Pro 1080P cameras in my home already. But the Arlo Pro resolution is comparable to the 1080P cams & offers these benefits: 1- it is completely wireless, 2- cloud monitoring is free up to 5) cameras, 3- they are completely portable, 4- their own hub produces a much more robust connection than WiFi Cameras, 5- the auto IR works perfectly, 6- there are silicon skins to protect the exterior & convert to black 7- there are white & black aluminum weather resistant brackets! 8- the cameras are water resistant for outdoor & indoor use 9- 3-month life using the Li-ion built-in battery! 10- Bright, clear images

Easy setup: Take everything out of the box, connect the base station to power and LAN, download the app or login online, then SYNC the cameras and you're ready to go! Amazing features: Mobile app is easy to use, has pinch to zoom for cameras. Cameras can be mounted basically ANYWHERE, no need to run wires was the biggest benefit, plus you can get creative where you mount them! Love the features of the new Arlo Pro system - benefits are rechargeable batteries, 2-way audio, siren, local storage option. The only negative thing I have encountered is that the 2-way audio might as well be 1-way audio. The cameras capture amazing sound detail, full conversations from a distance - but when you try to talk thru them the sound volume is so low that it is inaudible. You can't turn the output volume up to where you can be heard either. So don't buy these strictly for the 2-way audio feature. All in all, great product -all I need now are more cameras!! I would definitely recommend this product!

Thanks to an overwhelming number of exceptional reviews here and on amazon, I purchased & setup these cameras and was compelled to share my experience and documentation to educate consumers instead of misleading them. Note, I returned them to Best Buy within the first 30 days because they are not worth the time, trouble or money. First night I purchased was during the NFL divisional championship games. Setup is remarkably simple, and the product does appear to be well built from looks and feel...but wait. I installed one in my driveway, and it rained that night. When the camera gets water on it (even while facing downward) and if any lighting is close the camera, there is a TERRIBLE blooming effect where you cannot see what you are trying to record. I took a second video after the rain stopped so you can see the difference. Second majorly disturbing issue was a total white washed image on a malfunctioned camera. Contacting Netgear Support was painfully agonizing. On top of having to create an account for myArlo.com & a second if you want to join the community.arlo.com forums, you need a third account on my.netgear.com. Its insane. Anyway to even reach support you have to have the product registered, and then create a ticket with details, then they finally supply a support # to call, which wasn't even for ARLO support (was for routers), was transferred to another number after waiting 15 minutes to speak to someone that couldn’t help me, held 20 more minutes only to explain my issue and steps I already took to resolve and was offered a replacement of a 2 week old camera. No thanks. If 1 of 4 are a total failure in the 1st two weeks, there is little to expect that will suggest they will last long enough to quantify a $649.99 purchase price. Other recurring issues that I experienced where when trying to make changes, like renaming cameras, changing the motion sensitivity, etc where the web page would freeze and I would get a message stating “ Your changes did not apply”. I also had a random “timezone_error” and often on my home 300/20 MBps connection, I would get “Your camera is offline”. Oh, and as far as support you only get 90 days from purchase date of phone support if you don't subscribe to an additional plan other than the included basic; which BY THE WAY, only includes 7 days of cloud recording and a whopping 1G of cloud storage. The quality of video and compression is disappointing as well. Premier is $9.99 a month for 30 days w/ 10G cloud storage and Elite is 60 days & 100G cloud storage. Those both include unlimited support. Some other things to know before you buy these if you think they might work well for you: The cameras ONLY record on motion detection, or if you are monitoring and hit manual record. There is no constant recording feature. The rechargeable batteries did last a pretty decent amount of time...lowest any got in the two weeks I had them was 58%. If you do think of buying a spare battery to have a hot swap ready to go, you will ALSO need a charger if you don’t want to take a camera offline; as there is no way to charge them without a camera shell/charger. $120 to have that “luxury” folks... The modes are pretty simple to setup, but don’t offer any real granular settings or way to automatically switch between modes when your dwelling is occupied or unoccupied. There is not a way I discovered to have certain cameras off, like 5pm - 11pm M-F when walking around the house, and then to all on from 11pm - 7am, off for an hour while getting ready for work, and then back on from 8am - 5pm. You have to create your own modes for each type of function and manually switch between them if you don’t want to be bombarded with emails or push notifications; depending how you set them up. You have no direct connection to monitor your cameras video, even on your local network. If your internet is down, so is your ability to view your cameras. The cameras record/stream through the base station, to your router, up to the netgear servers in California, and then back down to your router and on the device you like to view them on. If not on your LAN, then through your mobile carrier. The base station is very light, and MUST be plugged into your router to function. That was the only part of this kit that seemed from the outside like it was built really cheap. Made in Vietnam by the way. The base station does not have any USB 3.0 ports and the ethernet jack is only 10/100. Yup, in 2017 that’s still all you need if only processing low quality, ultra compressed video recordings. You cannot be logged in to the website making mode or camera changes and on your mobile device simultaneously with the same account, even on the same local network. You will need to “Grant Access” create a second account for yourself to do such a simple task. The community.arlo.com is pretty helpful, I spent about 5-10 hours posting and researching in discussion threads; trying VERY hard to love this purchase and make the best out of it, but it was not for me. There are many supporters of the product that are knowledgeable there. In conclusion - this Netgear product is unreliable and seems like consumers willing to lay out hard earned cash are guinea pig beta-testers. Enormous potential, but too many shortcomings to even try to keep this.

This camera does not record constantly. It is motion activated. I'm very satisfied with this product. It has performed better then I thought it would. The battery has lasted 1 month before recharging. It is completely wire free. The only thing that I don't like is the range of only 23 feet before motion detection camera starts recording. I wish it was a longer distance. But this can be overcome with extra cameras. Great product. I had it up and running in literally minutes. Camera battery comes fully charged. It is plug and play. I can watch from anywhere. My girlfriend feels safer. I'm very happy.

Simple to set up, works perfectly. Easy to adjust and test. Simple to set up a custom recording length. Excellent value. Completely wire free is the only way to go. Night time works well with the infrared.