TP-Link Tapo 2K QHD Outdoor Pan/Tilt Wi-Fi Security Camera, 360° View, Motion Tracking, Color Night Vision, Free Person/Vehicle/Motion Detection, Cloud & SD Card Storage, Tapo C520WS

I’ve had these cameras for a long time now and realized even though I’m very impressed with them, I never wrote a review. I think for the money, they are the best cameras you could buy. They are simple to set up and install. They will accept micro sd cards for storing video so you do not require a service or a monthly fee. I chose these because they will track movement. So I can see my dogs or my child wherever they go in my back yard. I set up two: one on one side of the back door and one on the other. The only stipulation is they require an outlet to plug them in. But I have a pool in back so I have outlets in several places for plugging in the pool robot and entertainment devices. I can view both cameras via an app on my phone or my Alexa Show device. The image quality is good and with both I can see my entire back yard. I highly recommend these cameras to anyone looking for some simple home security or just the security of being able to keep an eye on your pets or children in your yard.

Based on price, I thought perhaps I'd end up with a dud. Not the case! I've got camera outside perhaps 50 yards from home's router. Downloaded app, which is free and it quickly found the cam. Ability to tilt using app is a plus. I like the date stamp showing. It's outdoors and is perhaps a bit sensitive to notifying me of movement that is perhaps just wind moving plants. Yet it's not sending motion alerts all day. Night view is not too bad. Overall very pleased with this small gem. I did have outdoor GFI outlet, so no problem keeping it powered. Take a look at this excellent quality CAM.

I'm very satisfied with this camera. It has a clear image both day and night, accurate motion detection, and easily connects to your phone for real-time viewing. Installation was quick, and the two-way audio works perfectly. Ideal for home or business use. Highly recommended!

The media could not be loaded. Great value for money. Install was tricky, I kept getting "unstable network" despite being 5 ft from a commercial grade router on a fiber connection. Reinstall was successful without changing a thing?? Was able to successfully format my 256gb Samsung Pro Endurance card in camera. Afterwards installed in my outdoor location using an outdoor flat plug 16 gage extension cord as the AC adapter is not designed to fit USA outdoor plug boxes (this is an unbelievably stupid miss).After powering up, system failed after about 15 minutes with no wifi or access to the microsd card. Pulled the plug for a couple minutes, restarted, it's been bulletproof since. My theory: delve into the setup menu and find the power grid setting, if you are in the USA, change it from Auto to 60 Hertz. I suspect it was on 50 Hertz as the 30 fps was not available to select, it appears for 60 Hertz power only.App is easy to use, and I love, love, love the ability to exclude everything but people in the detection setup, and it works flawlessly! Gone are the many false detections, so much so, that I felt confident turning the siren feature on between 11pm and 6 am, another nice capability. Not using motion tracking as my yard is small, so no opinion, but glad there is an off option.Slightly disappointed in image quality, but at this price point optics are likely where money is saved, so not really a complaint. Even with camera set to always recording at 2k QHD, 30 fps, it looks like I am going to get close to two weeks of video history. Way more than I was expecting, and no monthly cloud storage payments.)Update:Not a week after install camera identified an intruder at 3 am at roughly 50 feet from camera and sounded alarm. Note the intruder's reaction in video. Quality of video is excellent given the conditions, as is the timely identification of the threat and alarm effectiveness.

Easy fast set up. Good quality material and functionality. Camera quality decent. One unexpected issue we have are spiders seem to love building webs over the camera lens every night. Many many hours of web building can be viewed all night and foggy nights are an issue as well. Night vision is good enough as long as no spiders start working or fog rolls in. Otherwise enjoy many hours of nothing but blurry spiders and heavy sand storm looking images.

This has exceeded my expectations! I got this item to keep an eye on my dogs when they go outside to the dog door during the day. I was just expecting something to view them on the porch going out the door. The motion tracking Works fantastic how about the quality is better than I expected for the price. It pretty much follows my dogs out the door and the whole time they're in the yard until they go back in the house. From home, and go back and monitor every time they went outside, or I can just watch that whenever I want to check on them. I also have their indoor cameras, but this is much nicer. For my purposes, this meet and exceeds my expectations in every way. Some takeaways you may want to know, you're going to hear the motor on the camera, this model is only 15 frames per second, but I'm not shooting professional video here. Just want to make sure my dogs are okay and motor their activity. You can pay more to get a higher end model that can ignore pets and cars, but I don't want that. What this offers is exactly what I want.