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Worthless after 5 months
At first, the camera worked fine. I liked it, it was pretty good quality for as little as it cost. However, now I see why it wasn't more expensive. It has become a light paper weight, good for nothing more than holding a stack of papers down under a fan, and the fan has to be weak too or it fails after that.
I've come to understand that this is one of those scenarios where you 'get what you pay for' I think. Cheap manufacturing coupled with cheap assembly equals a low cost camera that works, for a little while.
I'm going to attempt to get Amcrest to warranty this thing, given that the reset feature continues to fail, over and over and over again. Resetting it one time, two times, three times, 18 times; makes no difference. It continues to fail to reset and function again.
I'll probably end up just chalking the unit and manufacture off to another cheap low cost alternative with little to no lasting quality.
Update 11/1/2018
Upon contacting Amcrest, they want $15 for shipping both ways to replace my broken camera.
I can understand my being expected to cover shipping to them, but to expect me to also cover the shipping costs back to me, that's absurd. I have never heard of any electronics company expecting me to pay for both shipping to and shipping from.
I will never be purchasing another Amcrest camera. Looks like I bought a $92 paper weight.
If Amcrest replaces the unit I'll come back to edit the review, but thus far I'm annoyed that a product that does nothing but sit there and collect dust, could be so unreliable.
November 2018 · Electronics · verified purchase