Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have been trying out IP cams for 20 years now (all the way back to my first Axis cam in the mid 90's, no streaming back then, just JPG images). Most of the vendors have done a terrible job over the years - it is hard to imagine how they get so much, so wrong. Before this purchase, all of the cams I had tried vary between tolerable and and horrible. This cam seems to be the exception and I get to write a positive review. If my view changes in time, I will update my review (something that many reviews don't do). Some say that this device is similar to some of the Foscam models and this may be true, but in the end the base cams are all similar, but the firmware is what makes one model so different than another. My Foscam experiences have been poor. My experiences after 1 week with this model, are all positive. I am not going to dive into many details but I may update with that info at some point. The image is sharp but does have the curved edges like most wide angle 1080p cams I have worked with - so I don't blame this model/vendor for that. An Active-X control (or IE-only operation) is not required here. Things just work, in Chrome or IE. I haven't tried Firefox. The config seems well thought out, meaning I did not encounter the issues that I have seen with other similar models from other vendors. The camera was up and receiving a planned static DHCP reservation within a few minutes. The base of the unit isn't too big, it seems just about right, to be stable. I haven't tried out the IR night vision on this unit. I am not expecting it to outperform others, but we'll see. I can't comment on all the me-too cloud connectivity stuff as I find all that type of to be obnoxious and risky, and I am sure the same would be true here. My suggestion for anyone is to go buy camera management software, such as Blue Iris, and toss all of the built-in/forced proprietary cloud junk aside. 50 bucks and then you will be very happy adding many different types of cameras. And more importantly, you won't be opening up a potential future threat from the cloud. I keep my IP cameras on one isolated network segment and they can't get to the other more-important segments, or a gateway/Internet, they can only fight (i.e. questionable firmware) among themselves, if they choose. If this camera keeps performing well I will be purchasing a few more.