Security Camera 1080P WiFi Dog Pet Camera - KAMTRON Wireless Indoor Pan/Tilt/Zoom Home Camera Baby Monitor IP Camera with Motion Detection Two-Way Audio, Night Vision - Cloud Storage

I spent weeks researching cameras looking for one that had all the attributes I was wanting in a camera. This is the third one I purchased from Amazon. I sent the first two back after just a few days. I have had this one for almost two weeks and I really do like it. The setup was super easy for me. Took just a few minutes. I don't have it connected to the router, which is something I was looking for. We are just using a Wifi connection. The first photo shows the view of our kitchen (excuse the mess). To the left side is our sun room, which is where our dogs are during the day. We purchased this camera to keep an eye on them during the day. This picture was taken in the evening, so it is dark. We have caught our dogs jumping the gate and entering the house. I get an alert on my phone that motion was detected, so I take a peek on my phone to watch the video. The second pictures shows the videos that have been recorded. They are usually in 30 minute increments. If you look you can see a red alert notice on the video. Then when you click on the video there will be a small red mark on the 'time bar' to indicated where on the video the motion was detected. This is exactly what I wanted. I have also used the microphone to talk to my dogs once while there was a thunderstorm and they were scared. It really did help them calm down, even though they couldn't see me. So, I would highly recommend this camera to anyone who wants a good quality home camera.

The 1080p KAMTRON WiFi camera provides great HD quality video and the on-screen adjustments for pan/tilt/zoom (I use Android phone or tablet) are in my opinion a better alternative to the mouse click function of other security cameras. I have purchased several of these cameras to monitor my dogs and keep an eye on my cabin. The motion detection alerts (daylight as well as night vision) are reliable and connection to the camera is established quickly when I need to check any of those alerts, using the provided MIPC app. I can also always go back and check any of the motion detection alarms stored in the SD card or download the pictures or videos to my phone or computer. There is also a MIPC app version I installed on my Android smart TV as well as one for Windows. I had used these cameras for security monitoring but also, I was able to quickly train my barking dog, using a training collar and the KAMTRON camera.

Last week I bought this cam as second security came apart from my Samsung cam.I could easily see the difference in features.Pros :Great picture quality and camera panning abilities.Night vision is also good.Easy to connectAble to capture moments on the memory card.Cons:Looking for an ability to connect cloud database like Google drive, Dropbox to upload my videos and photos automatically. Love to have this feature to see in futureI did not find any other issuesI may buy another one as I loved it and I recommend.Regards,Sri

This review was updated on Nov 13, 2019. Original review text found below.The manufacturer made quite a few improvements on the software side, not only in what we see on the control application - made it look a bit nicer with a more polished user interface - but also changed all their servers communication. It now only talks to their few semi-static systems hosted in Quebec City, Canada, and not China anymore, so progress, I suppose. The video feeds are still unencrypted but the video request is now made securely, so this can be considered secure enough for most people. I would still prefer an out of the box fully private and internal setup, with no push notifications or annoying banners saying “here, use our Cloud storage service” when I already have my local storage and I can spin up my own “cloud” storage if I want, but again, that’s how the world we live in works these days and how an average user would use the product (and I know I’m not an average user since I am able to use the product the way I need it). Therefore I suppose I can add back the missing stars to the review.What still takes one star away is the pressure from the third party reviewer management of this camera. Yes, I’m still getting contacted by them, asking to change my review to make the product look nicer in exchange of a full refund, and “not to tell I’ve been contacted so others would write fake reviews as well”.Original review as follows:As someone who is in the IT infrastructure field, I tend to look at certain things outside the "end user" level eyes, so I end up seeing more than the average person would. Which means I can talk about what is not on the user manual and go way deeper than manufacturers would like - more so when we talk about networked devices.The good: The camera setup is simple. Dead simple. Push a button, hear a simple statement, follow the app steps, done. I really liked the clever use of an old technology: audio data transmission. It brought me back memories of the dial up Internet days :) Pretty good video compression, does not require too much bandwidth to stream live vide, and does not have long delays for the video and audio. Speaking of, the audio quality is very crisp and clear, both on the microphone or the speaker - pretty loud by the way. They made a good use of an intuitive zoom, pan & tilt - providing you are used to a smartphone. Camera motors are very silent - your cat will notice it but with any minimal noise, you barely would hear it moving. Nice image qualities, day and night. Multiple cameras can be configured in one app, multiple devices able to fully interact to all these cameras, yes, it is that easy! Ability to record to an external device - not sure how this works or which device this works with, but it is there. Simple, single motion detection schedule - pick the days and time ranges, no multiple schedules but does the trick. Kudos to the product team, it is an efficient product.The bad: No option for batteries (internal rechargeable or replaceable/external). While I understand a 24x7 recording set would eat battery in no time, if you set it to motion detection, you can save a lot of juice. Something similar to what a few doorbells manage to do. Not so bad if you consider the camera is, then, always on and immediately ready for action. The original firmware was sort of old, at least 2 revisions behind - that's how many times I had to upgrade each camera (I got more than one). While pretty small, the second firmware gave me a brief anxiety moment, since it did not reconnected back to the wireless network on its own as it happened during the first firmware upgrade. Seems it wipes the configuration and you have to redo it. Minor but perhaps a simple note prior to the upgrade process clarifying this would be very welcome. Also bad - for me - is the lack of 5GHz. But hey, if I had to stop my review here, I would still go for 5 stars. All in all, it is a great product.The ugly: Here is where the nerd of me comes into play. You cannot just open the mobile app and connect to the cameras without a user account. You are forced to create an account. Even if you are using local MicroSD cards and are not going to make use of their Cloud Storage service. The camera fetches its upgrade file and timezone information file from the manufacturer site, in China, using plain HTTP (no SSL or TLS). It also keeps synchronizing its internal clock with standard NTP (network time) servers in both South Korea and China (there's a way to use a pool of servers instead of hardcoded ones, even if they don't want to make it user configurable). There are also some other communications, which appears to be to servers in Canada, which as of now I'm assuming are "ping" commands to update their status, to send motion detection notifications, or start a video feed whenever I requested while outside my wireless network and I want to access the cameras on the go. I opted to get this camera for the good reviews I read about it and and the fact I have to have an account and cannot have it isolated from the outside world is a major two stars down for me.I understand the rationale for the outside world connectivity requirements (ie, motion detection notifications, out of network video feed, software updates). If you don't mind getting full visibility (literally, since you can pan and tilt the cameras to your heart's desire) of your home outside your four walls, this is a 5 star camera. If you care but only hope the system cannot be abused, this is a 3 star camera. If you care and is concerned about privacy, then go for another product: this is not for you. Me, I'm sticking with the 3 star camera.2019-06-22: I too was contacted by a third party company asking what they can relay to the manufacturer so they can improve the product, and I was offered either a replacement unit or full refund. This goes to say they don't read the review or are just automating things up - I don't know how could I be more clear with what their software development team should do as a new firmware upgrade.