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Great camera; just not working for us / Review Updated!
We made some adjustments to get closer to the action (this camera is up high) and it works much, much better. When it says 30' range for motion capture, you have to take into account the distance up as well as out from the action. We get many more notifications of activity than we did at first. Check out the Javalina captured in our driveway in the video above. We are using it more like a wildlife camera but it's not really designed for that. I would not hesitate to use this camera for security purposes in a moderately close environment. I want to love this camera so much... it has a lot going for it. It is sturdy and solid - I was worried because it is held to the base by a magnet, but the first night it was up we had monsoon winds (Phoenix) and several storms since but it has held perfectly. It has a crisp clear view, the app is user-friendly, and it was easy to install. The night vision is great. The problem we have is it is not detecting motion and sending notifications as promised. We got the camera to monitor coyote activity in our yard/driveway. The area we are trying to cover as you can see in the photo is just about 30' in length. We do get random notifications (usually a string of them in a row) of motion about once a day but I have yet to see one thing in the video. But this is the exception Deliberate movement has not been detected. I just did a second test by walking the length of our driveway (with dog) - one with a specific zone chosen and one without) and there was no trigger, no video and no notification. This means I could be in coyote alley and not know it which defeats the purpose of the camera in the first place. Could I have something set wrong? I've gone over and over the settings and instructions and see nothing I missed. Sadly, I can look out my window for the same monitoring this camera is doing.
July 2021 · Electronics · verified purchase
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