Arlo Essential VMC3350 Outdoor/Indoor Wireless Security Camera with Built-in Bulb, Color Night Vision, Motion Sensor and DIY Settings, White, Pack of

Almost sent back!! These are excellent cameras "IF" set up correctly. Heads Up! Decide where you are going to mount them first. Then make sure you have the latest Arlo Secure App. Do each camera one at a time. When setting up the cameras on the app (have camera close to router) and when you get to the part of choosing your Internet Provider, choose,(Tap), your Provider, then TYPE in the Password for your ROUTER. Camera will recognize the Router and IT IS NOW PAIRED TO THE ROUTER. THIS STEP IS SO IMPORTANT. Then quickly go directly to where you are going to mount it and the camera will begin to start detecting the Router from where you are going to mount it. Once it goes GREEN for reading the Router (where you are mounting it) you are set - It Will Work. The camera and Router now know where each other are. We went thru 5 days of hell before we realized cameras were not reading or connected to the ROUTER. We clicked the 3 dots in the upper right hand corner on the app and clicked the minus mark for all 3 cameras (deleting them) and started all over. Now they are excellent. #1 camera is 50 ft from Router, #2 camera is 100ft from Router, and #3 camera is 200ft from Router all of them mounted outside and all of them working perfectly. We bought the black bird house covers for them and the black mounting brackets that they screw onto and they work amazingly. We also bought the SmartHub so it saves 5 days of videos without a subscription. We also have the original Arlo Pro (5 of them) and the Base Station all connected to the Router. And An Arlo Spotlight and Bridge for it. The Arlo Pros and the Essentials do not conflict with each other. Everything works Great. Good Luck

I wasnt looking for fine detail, just general activity. These cameras do that just fine. The biggest fail with this system is the mount- I do not like the mounting, & prefer the magnet mount on the pro2. The mounts are too tedious to unclip, align, & adjust viewing area. Also I have connectivity issues after recharge. Once theyre connected, no problem.

We have an older set of cameras that have a central hub that connects wirelessly to the internet. We didnt have to pay to see the videos and the recordings were available for 7 days. These dont allow ypu to see the recordings free for 7 days. It makes you have a subscription. Cheapest is 18 bucks a month if you pay 1 year in advance. The quality is great with the cameras and the batteries last decent time for now since aging batteries dont last as long and the batteries are not removable so you have to retrieve the camera if its in a higher area and a ladder is needed. Just things to consider. I would invest in the larger batteries of it were to buy more. They do have a nice spotlight that you can turn up or down the brightness. Good purchase in the end but with everything costing more these days it was another bill I wasnt anticipating. I should have read more into them.

Have to have a subscription in order to have playback. Older models didn’t need this. Will read more carefully next time. Thought we would expand our camera number but not will to pay for what is free with other cameras just as good

I like the unit. But... I opened one of them and placed out side I haven't needed to charge it at all. But once the 1 month was over it wants me to pay for then to give me the feed. I thought that I would have like a day or two on my phone to review and then delete so It wont take up a lot of memory. I really do not want to pay the 29 a month to have them put it to there cloud. I just want it on my computer or my phone. That's 360 a year. But if you use them then the pic is great easy to use and the battery on the one I set up hasn't needed to be charged in a month. I just don't need others to manage my vids And the information on prime did not say anything about needing to be hooked to Arlo And now I cant see how to send it back for a refund