Arlo Ultra 2 Security Camera Outdoor, 4K UHD, Wireless CCTV, 6-Month Battery, Colour Night Vision, Weatherproof, Bright Spotlight, 2-Way Audio, 2 Cam Kit, Arlo Secure Trial Included, White

Ive had Arlo cameras for a while now. I decided to upgrade to their newest version. Although they are expensive I found the quality extremely good. The Picture quality has improved massively since their earlier versions. The tracking feature is very handy, as it tracks a person and zooms in on them automatically. The only drawback is the battery life, Arlo make big claims, but I found with the most common settings turned on, the battery drains a lot quicker than expected. I also bought separate batteries and charger this allows quick battery changes when needed. I would buy again.

I've used this camera for several months now. Recently someone on a bike broke a window in a car on my driveway and the camera did not record it at all. The camera sometimes misses to activate, e.g. when someone is riding a bike, it activates only sometimes. Other issues with the camera: * The 6-month battery life works only if you aim the camera at some place where nobody goes. I live on a small dead-end street, and with the very low traffic, when I set up the camera to watch the street, it survives maybe 3 days on a single charge. * HomeKit integration does not work at all. It supposedly supports HomeKit integration, but it never finishes setup. * The base station can store video, but only one person can view this video on their phone. I shared the access to cameras with my wife, and she cannot access it on her phone. If she logs in using my account on her phone, then the app logs me out on my phone and I don't receive notifications anymore. * The camera takes about 2s to activate. With some cars driving on my street it starts recording when the car is exiting the view. I am very disappointed in this product. Many reviews on the Internet say this is one of the best security cameras, but I don't understand how this is possible. Image quality alone is useless if the camera doesn't record what it was made for.

This kit came with all the necessary instructions to set it up easily. There is an Arlo Hub that connects to your router with a short cable. Each of the cameras connects wirelessly to that hub. We located the cameras around our property and although we did have to re-site our router to ensure all the cameras could ‘see’ the hub it didn’t take very long to get good signals from each camera. Each of the batteries with the kit did have some charge in them so we were ‘up and running’ on day one. Shortly after the installation we bought two additional batteries and a double charging unit. So far, the batteries have lost about one third of their charge in 7 weeks since the last full charge. We have now set up an account with Arlo and pay the monthly subscription. The quality of the video is superb. In daylight you can zoom in to an amazing level of detail. At night the lights on the cameras are activated and the short video with this review shows our front garden with one of our nightly visitors – Mr Fox. The microphone on the cameras also works well and we have used it to speak to delivery people while we were out of the country.

I'm running 8 of them and about to get 4 more as each station seems to be handling 6 feeds without problems. The bad first: It's extremely expensive for what it is. NO CVR UNLESS IT'S PLUGGED IN THE MAINS & YOU PAY A SUBSCRIPTION. On top of the OTHER subscription which gives you basic movement detection and the like... that's outrageous. Furthermore, unlike the competition's products, you only get 30 second 'clips' that vary wildly in quality. Because the cam's motion detectors do not always activate fast enough, forget about using this for wildlife and the like. It runs VERY HOT when plugged in, too, and the options feel more like a 'gimmick' than useful (package detection, really?). Finally, the battery last 2 weeks max when recording at 4k in a semi-busy area (think landing of your house with 5 inhabitants). So why buy this at all? Well, outside of "build your own", it's the only solution where easily moved 'hub' stations will de-saturate your existing wifi and allow you to place cameras ANYWHERE without having to worry about your main infrastructure. They will also auto-recognize each other and yes, you can have a theoretically infinite amount of cameras. That's essentially the reason why you're buying this anyways - you don't have wifi coverage where you need it to stick a nest in. There's something VERY nice about being able to grab a camera that was left on a desk and temporarily move it out to the front garden to capture 'what is that noise' you hear every night at 3am (it's a fox, by the way). A big plus I haven't tried is some sort of DAS storage option but I'm not sure how it fares on multiple stations. As for quality, 4k means 4k and the FOV is really, really wide without too much fish eye, which is GREAT. It's definitely a niche product for those that can afford it, but if you live in a house that's quite spread out, without wanting to drill and re-paint each wall to connect to the mains, it's also your only option as of August 2022.

Ok, so these are a nicely built, solid to the point of maybe being premium security system Upsides, feel good, look good, totally wirefree, not bad image quality by day and usable quality by night Down sides, in no way shape or form will the batteries last more than a couple of weeks. I don't know how they managed to eek 6 months out of one, my use case is occasional and 6 weeks is the best I've seen Whilst the 4k video quality is good it's by no means worth the cost premium over the 2k or even the 1080p cameras. 4k is best case whilst connected to a power source, as soon as it's battery and WiFi it reverts to 2k anyway. The main plus to this system is ease of install. Alas that's also it's weakness. The WiFi range is pitiful. My cameras are all line of sight to the base station, max distance maybe 10 meters, min distance les than 2 meters, but all cameras will spend a good amount of their time " off line". Arlo give no end of unhelpful tips but long and short is their range is at best 5 or so meters. Again, in what world they managed to get their claimed range I do not know. Latency is also a major issue with this system. If you get a notification then log straight in you're looking at 40 seconds or so before you get a picture, so it can't really be considered as a real time system Couple this with the app. When they're new they throw in 6 months of premium do it all/ record it all for free. Once that expires my 5 camera set up has cost me 15 odd quid a month, without the upgrade the system really is of no value whatsoever. There is no way to record locally or on device and without the premium all one can do is log onto the app to see the cameras in real time (well, less a minute of latency anyway) Nice but by no means worthy of the cost of this system. And let's be honest, not really of any benefit beyond spying on your cat whilst you're at work All in all you're better to go for a wired system with a hard drive recorder linked. I know you'll have to run wires and I get the simplicity of this system is a draw. But for me the price Vs the compromise makes this system externally poor value, and once the free premium upgrade ends it also makes it yet another monthly subscription that no one actually wants to pay So Paul's top tip; keep on looking, or pay an expert to install a system properly

Working as designed

Very poor cameras but where to start. First up, they are really temperamental about pairing with the included hub. Next, the magnetic mounts are next to useless. Bit of wind and the cameras move fouling up the motion detection zones plus the motion detection does not work across the whole image, only the bottom 2/3. Picture quality is so, so at best. A great example of lots of pixels not equating to a good image if the lens is poor. Detection is flaky and usually late to start recording and then it will invariably stop recording before the motion has finished and the person has left. Hence, not a lot of use for security. Watch the cameras life and the lag is huge. Finally the battery life is a joke. Had one of these connected to the Arlo solar panel and it went from 100% to 4% in a week and a half. It claims to last 6 months without any external power. Not a chance. My cameras, hub, extra mounts, solar panel, doorbell and exterior power cables have all been returned.

Absolutely fantastic.. well done Arlo/AmaZon.. 🥇👍🏽