Kasa Smart Smart Home Security Camera with Night Vision
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Get the EC70 with a 64gb sd card and you'll be all set.. no need for paying for cloud service.. you can view the live camera view and the recordings over cellular network and over other people's Wi-Fi through TP-LINK's Kasa app so you don't have to be on the same network.. I replaced all my Amazon cloud cams because their paid service was horrible and was required.. if you get the EC70 with SD card support then you are not required to pay a subscription of any kind.. I have been very happy with these cameras so far. I have five of them and I've had no problems.. Thanks TP-LINK 👍\nP.S. This camera seems to go on sale consistently at $34.99 and that's a really good deal when it does.."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I just finished ordering a second Kasa indoor camera. The first one is almost a year old now. I mainly use it for monitoring our cat when we travel and to check on the cat sitting service we use.\nI put a 64G SD card into them, it stores adequate motion detection for my purpose.\nI usually leave the camera off when we are at home, I don't need videos of us sitting around watching TV.\nSome people complain the camera makes a loud grinding sound when you pan and tilt the camera. In reality, the camera is very quiet when you move it, but it does have a 2way speaker mic, and that picks up the sound of the motor which sounds loud in your phone's speaker. In person it's very quiet.\nAnother reviewer claims you need to be signed up for cloud service and have your phone on the same wifi system as the camera to use it. That's not true, you can view the camera anywhere in the world as long as the camera is on a WiFi network and your phone has a signal, network or wifi. An SD card stores alerts. 64 gig has been adequate for my needs.\nTo access the SD slot, rotate the camera lens to the top, it's hidden near the base.\nI'm adding the second camera to watch my cat in another room she likes to hang out in, I'm going to also set it so it has a view of my front door, the pan/tilt/zoom work very well.\nNo need to sign up for cloud storage, in my opinion. If that is something you need, Kasa has it available.\nI've been very pleased with all of my Kasa devices.\nFor the price, you can't beat the Kasa camera."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I have a lot of cameras in my house do to having a spectrum child\nAnd this one so far is one of the best clear picture I went out of town and was calling my daughter she wasn’t picking up I opened the camera saw her in the kitchen pressed the microphone and told her look at your phone I’m calling you and she looked at the camera and went and got the phone loud speaker clear picture wonderful night vision it’s perfect and you could rotate the camera from your phone great camera great price I recommend it'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I had ordered this as it is less expensive than the baby monitor that my wife wanted that was overpriced at $200+.\nCamera itself\n-It works great, just a slight delay on sound/movement.\n-Sound sensitivity is very good, it can hear me making noises downstairs with the doors open of course.\n-it makes a clicking noise when it turns on or night vision turns on. So if you don’t have it on 24/7 I suggest turning it on first before placing your baby as it may wake them.\n\nCamera settings\nEasy to use settings, I bought it for monitoring and not recording. It does have an option for cloud storage or your own SD card.\n\n**Further info**\nLike I said I bought it not for recording, I had the settings off for recording BUT FAILED to notice a detail that it STILL RECORDS clips based on motion detected by x amount seconds and will start recording. I found out in the activity option that it had been recording us the whole time and RECORDING saved on KASAcloud, which I do not even subscribe to. I tried to download it but it said it was no longer available. But the clip image still visible and that I removed after.\n\nTO DISABLE it, do not enable motion sensor or person detection.\n\nHonestly felt robbed of my privacy as a recording of my newborn and us were recorded without our knowledge, when the whole time I thought having recording off would have been enough.\nWho knows who had access to it or if it is really deleted and not stored elsewhere.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': ' our camera began moving by itself with/without action happening in my nieces room . we heard noises coming from the camera but we always played it off as maybe the alexa was talking. tonight we had to fully unplug the camera due to the noises and the movement being constant . i would like to add that detective motion is off and the following of motion is off so it shouldnt be doing any of this . i loved this camera when it wasnt doing all of this extra stuff but its freaky because this is a bedroom where people change , we change babies and everything . we will be filing for a refund .'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': 'New EC70 version! Second camera ... returned first camera because it would not engage ... returned second camera because no instructions on how to use micro SD card; specifically how to share and/or save video clips (what was listed was totally incorrect and very misleading). After several phone calls to Amazon Support AND TP-Link Support, I finally received answers on how to address this issue. To share/save video clips, the micro SD card has to be removed from the camera and inserted into the adapter - then place the adapter into laptop or desktop computer to send/share info via email ... REALLY. I found this step to be an awkward annoyance for a new and improved version. I am familiar w/the original version 110, so thought the newer version would be a major improvement with the addition of SD card ... NOT SO‼️'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I have 3 of these from KASA which join 3 others that are more static and not TILT. I can watch the LIVE or the VIDEOS from anywhere on my Iphone. And with the SD Card, it records continuously so if something happens, you can usually grab it if you go back within the past 2 to 3 days. I think I have an 128 GB card in there, so lot's of storage. And you DO NOT have to subscribe to anything. What is kind of strange at first, is that it will follow you around the room or kitchen, so if you don't want that, don't turn it on. People sorta freak out like its Big Brother watching you. I recently put one outdoors, watching the hot tub an pool, under an eave, but I'm not sure if they are made for outdoor use. We will see. For the price, they are a great deal."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'The following is a statement from TP-Link/Kasa about this policy, as implemented in the KC410S: "The way it currently works is that if you view the camera remotely on Kasa or on a device such as Firestick (even on the same Wi-Fi network), there will be a 10-minute view length."\n\nThis applies to all Amazon Alexa Echo (& Google Nest Hub) display devices as well, even if on the local network. However, if you view the camera on your smartphone while on the same Wi-Fi network as the KC410S, there will be no timeout.\n\nThere should be no reason for timeouts for totally LOCAL network usage, PERIOD. It can\'t be a hardware overheating issue, if Kasa allows an unlimited connection to the phone. This camera is advertised as a baby monitor. That means continuous, long-term monitoring from another location.\n\nEveryone understands (or should) that Kasa doesn\'t want to provide long-term connections that involve Kasa\'s servers. However, that should not affect totally local network connections.\n\nI have 32 Kasa devices installed in my house, & like them.  I also have some TP-Link routers, & like them  They show no indication of a greedy company.\n\nI have on order, from a different company, a different security camera. However, it has been out of stock for a while, so I thought I would try the KC410S, & if I liked it, cancel the order for the other camera.\n\nI really like the Kasa camera, ESPECIALLY the low-light performance.  However, the KC410S is going back to Amazon, & I will wait for another camera.  Especially when there is no notice in the advertisements for the camera of this important limitation.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Not sure why people in the past have had issues. The setup was a breeze. The picture is crystal clear day or night. I already have other TP Link Kasa switches and outlets, so setup was simple. There is NO problem connecting to the camera or any of my Kasa devices on the cellular network away from home, and no problem at home on WiFi. Not sure why people have issues there either. There are NO ports to forward in your router, it just works plain and simple like all the rest of the Kasa devices. Notification come through every time my cat walks in the room, and the Kasa app notifies me there was motion detected. With all that said, you need a little home networking knowledge, but other than that it was easy. If you want recording just add a memory card and offload images later. Keep in mind, higher quality settings will demand more memory space. Get yourself one!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Play Video\n With my particular job experience, I have worked with a lot of security cameras over the years. I was a skeptical when I came across this camera simply because of cost. I read the specs and what it was supposedly capable of. It's done exactly what it says. You can not beat the price for this. Granted, I haven't had the cameras for that long, but in the short term they have delivered. I originally ordered the 1080p a couple weeks ago. Tried it out, loved it. So, I ordered the 2k recently as well. Great motion detection, mic, night vision and picture quality. All pretty much adjustable settings. You do not need a paid cloud acct to view on your phone. The app is free. You can still record the video IF you have purchased a micro SD card. You don't need the paid service. You can view live all the time with no SD card or paid cloud subscription. You can view recorded incidents on your phone if you have the SD card installed. Only drawback is that if you want the recording of the SD card, you must remove it from the camera to retrieve the recording. You can't download the recording off the SD card over the phone. To me, that's minor for the price you pay. Camera set up is pretty simple. You must have a 2.4gh band for set up."}]