Tapo by TP-Link 2K QHD Security Camera Indoor/Outdoor, 2024 PCMag Editor's Choice, Color Night Vision, Free Person/Pet/Vehicle Detection, Baby Monitor, Local/Cloud Storage, IP66, Dual-Spotlight(C120)

The item is reasonably priced and functions as expected. The camera is easy to setup and use, good quality video and it has all of the necessary security features we need to secure our home and business. I was so impressed with the first camera that I purchased, I decided to purchase a second one a few days later. If I see the need for more cameras, I will be purchasing more of these same cameras.

This is a great versatile camera. I have a 4 year old 32 Channel NVR that uses the onvif Protocol and 1080P resolution. Several of my original cameras died of old age and that I was using indoor cameras outside. I have tried many replacements but couldn't find a compatible replacement. I saw this model on sale and decided to try it.The setup was very easy through the TAPO app and I was able to use the Advanced setup to create a camera account and password. I was also able to change the resolution to 1080P. My NVR was able to detect the camera and the required port (2020). It connected with no issue. The picture is great even in low light conditions. There are multiple mounting options and the hardware is included. I can access the camera through both the app and my NVR. The motion detector works great even at 35-40 feet. The zoom feature works great through the app. Security is good but degraded slightly because of the local account created for my NVR. The only negative I have found is that the camera's time is off by 20 minutes. I like it so wel;l, that I have purchased a second one.

Love this little camera. Had been using Wyze cams for many years, all the versions. This is just better! It’s better than the Wyze V4. Tapo has a much better user interface, quality is just as good if not better. The AI comes free with it and works so much better at detecting objects and motion. The setup and use were easy, works well with Alexa. The design is very nice and it’s very compact. WiFi seems to be excellent and comes up much faster than the Wyze cams. The Tapo Apple iOS widgets are so much better than Wyze.

Amazing little camera. Super easy and simple to set up, the included mounting hardware works well, and I really like that it has a magnetic base which makes removal for getting access to the micro SD card or cleaning a breeze. Video quality is excellent (provided you have a strong enough WiFi signal to the camera or it will drop frames). Having it set to record only during “events” the SD card does not have to be big. I have a 64 GB card in the three of these I own, and even the one that faces the street and records whenever it sees a car or a person still has a weeks worth of storage. The starlight or whatever it’s called where it does color in low light is amazing. Around dusk the camera still looks like it’s recording in full sunlight. The night vision is also very good, I can see all the way across the street to the neighbors houses very well, and my alley camera can see almost to the end of the alleyMy first complaint with these cameras is with the line crossing feature. I set them to notify only when a line crossing event is captured in the yard to see if someone comes onto the property, and there is no software functionality to filter out if it’s a person, a shadow, a piece of cotton, anything. Absolutely anything that crosses the line you draw on the screen will trigger a notification. I set up the line crossing so we didn’t have to filter out false alarms and such with people walking by, but we have trees in the front yard and their shadows swaying in the breeze sets off the line crossing notification constantly. The other detection types are very good, even the beta ones, but line crossing is very bare bones. All other detection modes have a sensitivity setting. Motion, for example, can be turned down so it stops picking up moving shadows or tree branches swaying in the breeze. The ability to adjust the sensitivity at minimum would be ideal, or to be able to set it so only when something it detects as a person crosses the line would turn this terrible feature into a powerful feature.Second complaint is the microphones. They are atrocious. Don’t bank on these capturing anything said unless the people talking are right under the camera. This also applies to the C110s as well that I have inside the house. Any sort of breeze is picked up as well. A calm day with the slightest of breezes will sound like the wind was cranking.Other than those two complaints, these are amazing security cameras. They work extremely well, accurately detect vehicles, people, pets, and motion, and they are inexpensive, and possibly most importantly require no subscription service to use. That was the most important part for me was not having to subscribe to anything. With SD cards in all my cameras, I have access to anything that happens around my house. The one drawback I’ve found to not using the cloud service they offer is you cannot download a recorded video to your phone if you are not on the same WiFi network. You can access them on the camera remotely but you can’t download to save forever until you get home.

I love these cameras! I have a steel carport with a.c. power and Wi-Fi. Easy to set up and they work great! I just plug them in and stick them to the steel. I set them up with my own alarm sound when detecting people or vehicles. It also has led lights but they’re not real bright. You can set the camera up for: motion detection, person detection, pet detection, vehicle detection, line crossing detection, baby cry detection, glass break detection, dog bark detection and cat meow detection. I can’t believe I waited so long to buy these. Can’t beat the price. Definitely worth it. Only issue I have is I can’t remember to turn the camera off when I go out to the carport. Can’t fault the camera for that though. Just enter privacy mode when heading outside form your smart phone.