VSTARCAM Pet Camera, 3MP Wireless Dog Camera with Phone App Night Vision, Motion Tracking, Two-Way Audio, 24/7 Recording with Cloud/Local SD, Smart Baby/Pet Monitoring 001

Update 01/18/21: Just received my 3rd Vstarcam. At this point, I can't imagine owning any other brand.I bought one of the 720p Vstarcams 2 years ago and I have it mounted inside my living Room Window so I can't use the night vision feature due to the reflection. Turns out, I really only need my porch light on and it is sufficient enough to see. Actually I like it better because It stays in color which can come in handy if you ever need to Identify the color of a car. Since I've owned the 720p Vstar cam I have bought several other brands and have mounted them right next to one another and have found not only are the others (which were supposedly 1080p) inferior to the Vstarcam in picture quality but the last one I bought was completely blacked out as soon as the sun set and useless without a LOT of I.R. led's blasting the area.So I decided that I was only going to buy the VStarCams from here on out because I definitely don't want to have to use more than one app. but I also haven't found another 1080p cam in this price range that is near the quality of this 720p. So when I ordered another cam a couple days ago, it was a no brainer to order the Vstarcam 1080p... thinking, at worst, It would be the same quality or a little better. After I hooked it up I could definitely tell a difference right away in video quality but the real surprise came after the sun set. If you look at the Pictures I posted, both are the Vstarcams and the darker image is the 720p and the brighter is the new 1080p and you can easily see that the new cam is absolutely amazing looking out my window and no night vision being used on either of them. The 2 pictures were taken well after dark and the only light I have on is my 60 watt led porch light which isn't really that bright. The darker picture from the 720p cam is more true to how I see it outside with my eyes but the other camera completely surpasses any that I've tried. The camera stays on all night with no night vision and it is still in color. I know looking at the screen shots looks like there are some IR's on but I promise you it is only the porch light and the street lights and the street lights are no where nearly as bright as they appear through that camera, it's just that camera has an amazing sensor. So this is an easy one.... I highly recommend anyone whom is looking to mount a camera on the inside of a window looking out and still wants to see everything clearly in color and use no night vision to buy these 1080p VstarCams. It's also worth noting that the software is far better than the software for other cams I own and there is actually a different app for the cell phone and PC which is nice because the app for the pc looks like a professional system with a ton of really great features. Lastly, the older cam I bought 2 years ago has never worked through my Alexa Echo Show but to my surprise the new one does and it didn't require me to jump through hoops to make it work since all the software was already configured for Vstar.Hooking up the second camera was very easy and fast, again, since my cell phone, PC, and Alexa Show was already configured for this brand, all I had to do was plug it in and open my Android app for the camera's and scan the bar code... and presto!!! Done!!

I bought this not realizing my husband already bought another so I returned it but before I did I tested it out and it is a nice camera. The night vision is crisp and clear. The app works well I had trouble setting up on my older phone but when used my husbands newer android phone it connected just fine. Once I got that app to work it is not that hard to figure out and it is convenient. responds quickly to commands of moving in any direction. I did not use it against a window so I couldn't tell you how it did with any reflection. The memory card slot is underneath the camera instead of the back of it also the reset button doesn't have a label that says reset it is right next to the SD card slot. For the price, you can't complain it makes a great camera could probably even be used a baby monitor camera the speaker is quite loud.

Read update at bottom before buying......This is the 4th vstar cam. The eye4 app is easy to use and can host cameras from my home and my office seamlessly through the app. This is my go to brand. The cloud works well to store motion recordings. I have not used the person tracking, just general motion detection. It gives me and email and push notification on the app if any camera is tracking motion. I generally have them set to the medium motions setting as high goes off at a piece of dust floating by, that's how sensitive they are. The night vision work great. The darker it is in the room, the better the night vision video. You can literally be in total darkness, not being able to see your hand in front of your face and the night vision video is crystal clear. I will continue to use this brand and the eye4 app.Important Update:. The app has stopped providing updates and you can no longer buy cloud storage. It looks like the company went out of business sometime in the last year. The last app update or firmware update was almost a year ago. The worst part is that you can no longer buy cloud storage. You cannot contact the company by phone or email anymore either. The phone number is disconnected and email is not responded to. I have a feeling they are just trying to sell of their remaining stock of cameras. This is 6/12/23. DO NOT BUY! No support and an outdated app with no cloud storage. This specific camera must have cloud storage bc it does not have a SD card slot.

I don’t usually write a review however this camera works well. The setup was easy, the app is very good. The picture quality is very good. Motion tracking and other features work well.

The Good:1. Picture quality is good for this price.2. The app is functioning well and easy to use.The Bad:1. The web interface is very poor, just minimum configuration options. Can't display multiple cameras.2. If you use DHCP, it also sets it's ports dynamically, so the port will change every time it renews the IP address. This is important if you want to use IE in windows to connect to the camera. You will need to use the following - http://IP_Address:port3. The phone app will only give you MAC address, not the IP address with the port number. It will be very helpful if the app will display the IP with port# due to above #2.4. You need to use the downloadable utility to find the IP and port # on a PC.5. There is no instruction in the box on how to connect to the camera via Windows PC, I had to do my own online research.6. The app asked me to bind to an email address, but when I received the email, the link doesn't work, so I guess I will have to live with the pop up reminder every time when I open the app.Overall a decent camera, although I prefer the CamHi web interface. If you want to use the web interface, you should consider use a static IP address with static port #. It will make your life a lot easier.