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★★★★☆
Inexpensive, decent *basic* cameras.
Good inexpensive basic camera. Picture quality is good, but not very feature rich, smart home-wise. Storage is free 14 days from recording via Amazon cloud, which is nice. Camera feed is reachable only trough their iOS or Android app, but No Alexa or smart integration at this time, so you can't set it to record when you leave or have IFTTT integration. I think that's one of the only drawbacks I can see...
****EDIT: Upgrading one star, did some digging and found a super hacky way to get these cameras to work via IFTTT w/Smart Things. It only worked with a wi-fi smart plug. First, I had to create scenes via the app for the plugs, then I had to go into the dev settings for SmartThings and add devices. I had to connect the account for the plugs to IFTTT. Now the cameras power on when IFTTT notices I've left the house and turn off when I return home. They are powered off when I'm at home (I don't want them recording me walking around sending motion alerts!) and turn on when I'm away. So far, so good.
December 2017 · Electronics · verified purchase