Pros: For a home system, it is pretty good. I had a wireless setup and the video on this is much better. I would say it is just shy of VCR movie quality. You can half make out the Chevy symbol on the back of a car from about 40 feet away, but forget about the license plate. Also, I can make out where the cracks are on the sidewalk about 90 feet away. The color is good and there are adjustments for the color too on the DVR (didnt need them). The system is completely quiet and the only noise is the hard drive. You have duel ways of accessing it, remote or mouse. both work decent. The device is small so does not take up a lot of room. The ability to block out certain areas is nice too. The led's for night vision are not really bright so are not real noticeable at night by someone walking by.

Cons: If you are viewing in fast forward/reverse, if you have video on multiple channels, it does not always show the video on all channels if you are trying to view them all at once. IT may be not enough data rate if recording something too. If you have it set to 4 cameras view, if you go to view the stuff for the day, it always goes back to 8 camera view. That one is more of an annoyance then anything, but would be nice if you could set it to stay at 4 by default. Same with PIP, the big picture is always channel 1 with no choice to change it. It would be nice to see options for those 2 things if you wanted to change the defaults. The red LED for the hard drive is a little too bright. I would say it is about twice as bright as any other led on any device I have. No power button. There is a power off feature under maintenance, but that only shuts down the use of it. To completely turn it off, you have to pull the plug. The plugs I do not believe are waterproof, so may want to protect them.

Overall Review: A couple of settings that I noticed were not set to the best. The video was set to 7 frames per second, but if you are only using 4 cameras, you can set the last 4 to 1 and the first 4 to 14 for better video. also by default, the resolution is set to CIF which is 352x240. If you want D1 704x480 then you will have to change that too. both of those are under the record setting. You do get the distance for night viewing, but only toward the center of the camera, but just a small amount of light is needed to get more viewing abilities. The device also is set to record for 1 minute after motions is not detected anymore. I change that to 30 seconds to save on disk space. It is under the alarm area. Under current settings, I have 127 hours on a 250 gig drive. (1 TB I got for it came DOA) I know it says mac complaint, but the manual only says windows, so not sure why Mac is on the listing. The DVR has no fans, so make sure you put it in a space with good air flow.

Pros: Cheap, works for what I wanted it to.

Cons: not easy to replace battery if you wanted to. read other thoughts

Overall Review: The UPS feels kinda light and cheap, both in plastic and in lack of battery size. If you ever decide to replace the battery, there is no door or latch to get to the battery. You have to take the screws out of the case and take the case apart. Its like they say, you get what you pay for. cheap product which is better then nothing. I would say that it would be good for an place that you have to worry about brownouts or if you just needed one for a short time where it would not be cost effective to buy a good one or something like that. I doubt that it would last very long on just battery power on anything with a slightly high power drain (computer, etc.).

Pros: Saves money. Since you can use google voice on this device, you can have pretty much unlimited free phone service with just an internet connection. You can also sign up for things like phone power to get the extra features, like 911 service, call ID with name (you only get the call id with just the number on GV). The phone quality is very good and I have had no problems with sound quality, delays or echos when talking on this. You can use regular phones, so no need for special phones. There is distinctive ringing, so if you have multiple providers and numbers, you can set each one up to ring in a different way so you know which number they are calling from. I use GV and phone power in conjunction on this, and each one to a separate line going out. Phone port 1 and 2 respectively. doing this, I get 2 lines to use, but have them both ring in so I can answer on either phone port. also, using obi devices, you can get huge discounts on VOIP service providers. I get unlimited phone use though PP for only 60 a year. That is 5 dollars a month. and that is with taxes. Other plans are even cheaper. It makes a great way to save money. If you are fine with just one line, just go with GV and use their free phone service. then you pay nothing a year for regular calls. I like duel lines, so that is why I went with both providers. It is very easy to setup.

Cons: When trying to open ports, it does not work right. I have my setup like this. Cable modem - obi202 - switch - computers. My one desktop, I have Utorrent on. I tried opening a port on the obi to to allow uploads, and no matter what I tried or did, I could not get a port open. I have tried every combination, and feature that i could think of, and still could not get a port to open. i had no problems with my last VOIP adapter set up, in the same way. But this one is a no go on this feature. When I tried switching my computer back to DHCP from a static IP, I had to pull the power plug to clear the memory to get my computer back on the net. I tried refreshing network settings and more, but the device would not release the info from the static IP until I unplugged it. and yes, I tried the reboot feature. It did not help.. Other then that, the router feature works fine. A easy way around this problem is to just use a regular router instead of using this as a router. Just know that they do update software on this device, and by default, it is set to automatically update it when a new version of the software comes out. So, they may fix this problem in the future. Also, this is a VOIP box, not a true full blown router like you get at the store, so minor things in the router setup are to be expected. They do make a wireless adapter to use with this, to make it a wireless router too. But, I did not buy the dongle or adapter to make it wireless, so I can say nothing about that part of it.

Overall Review: I have had the device for 4 or 5 months, and other then the network port problem, i have not had any real problems with it. this device does have a lot of good features though. you can set it up, so if say, you have 2 providers.. GV and phone power.. you can set it up so GV goes to phone port one, and PP goes to phone port 2, so only the phones hooked up to that port will ring. You can do the same, but going out too. This is nice, because if you need 2 lines, you can have one provider for each port, so you can have 2 calls going at the same time, with just one device. One bad thing, which i only partly bad, is if you plan on using GV (google voice) with this adapter, you much have a Gmail account to hook it up. Even though it is not stated you need one, i have tried setting it up using other email accounts, and GV would not setup and work until i used a gmail account. This, i do not believe is a problem with other providers, on GV. But considering it is free, that is a minor complaint. If you are planning on using GV, and want to port your number, there are a few things your should know. GV only accepts cell phone numbers when porting. if you have a VOIP service, or a land line, you can not port your number over to GV. A way around this is to get a prepaid phone, port your number to the prepaid cell, then port your number from the cell over to GV. If you are going to have a secondary provider, like phone power, for 911 and the other extra's with using them, you can port pretty much any number to them. Overall, i have no real complaints. I love my device and the service with it. I just wish that i heard about this device years ago. I am happy enough with it, that I am thinking about getting another one for a friend. If you are thinking about getting one of these devices, and plan on using GV, just know that not all obi devices are GV compatible. Only the 100 and 200 are GV compatible. The 300 series are not GV compatible. so yes, i do recommend it, I do like it, and am very happy with it.

Pros: easy to set up. good signal strength, excellent service for the few days it actually worked.

Cons: just about everything else.

Overall Review: I have had the wireless router for only about a week. and it has already started giving me major problems. I am not hard on them, nor do I max them out. I have it in a open space all around it, and only use it for general web browsing, some facebook and their games, a few video's, and netflix. We have a 20 meg down connection and do not do file sharing in the house, so there is no way that we do anything that would strain it in any way. The room that it is in is about 65 degrees, so the room being too hot is out of the question too. but after only a week, it is lagging so bad that with only netflix being streamed off of it, it can not keep up. also, we only really do any use of the wireless router in the evenings, as in, at times, nothing is turned on to use anything wireless until any where from 7 to 9 pm at night. I have tried everything from doing tracert's, which are timing out, to rebooting the device, which I should not need to do after only a week, but tried anyways, to different cords, ports, etc. nothing helps except not using it for a while, then it will work for a time, then back to major lag. wired connections straight to my switch have no problems, and switching ports for the wireless did not work either. Nor did doing a firmware upgrade help any either. I can not say as to if it gets hot or not as it is set on the top shelf of my computer desk, about 6-7 feet off of the ground, so it is not easy to grab it to check if it is getting hot. But the fact is, after only a week, it should not be already having major problems. but then again, what do you expect from china made junk. On a side note, I gave this one a try due to the fact that I had a different older model of theirs that lasted a few years with no problems, so I figured I would give them a try again. My older model was a N 150 wireless router, and was starting to do the same thing this one is doing, but the difference, it was a few years old, this one, a week. All I can say is if this next one does not hold up at all, this will be my last purchase from TP-Link I gave it 2 stars because when it did work, it did have good signal strength, plus, it was very easy to setup and use. if not for those things, it would have gotten a one star. the only real positive note to this purchase. Newegg is excellent at returning merchandise. guess I will be hooking up the old wireless router until I get the replacement. That one still works better then this new one.

Pros: LED, low energy usage, but not the lowest

Cons: I did not try. Read the other thoughts on why, and what I sent as an email to them.

Overall Review: I wanted to find some info about the bulbs, so I went to their web site to find out. I loaded up the page about the bulbs, and looked at the pages info, then loaded up the data sheet that they had linked to that bulb, and you know what, they gave 2 completely different data info descriptions on the same bulb. So I went email them, put the mouse over the contact, and instantly a drop down menu appeared, but what it had in the list was only one thing. Tracking. No listing on how to contact them. I bumped the button when the pointer was over the contact title, and found out that was how you got to their email and phone contact page. It was almost like they hid it on purpose. If they are hiding this kind of info from the beginning, and the info on the same bulb that they give does not match up, and you can not find anywhere that tells where their stuff is made, I, personally, dont feel like they are going to be a very reputable company to do business with. So obviously I did not purchase this product, but I wanted to make sure everyone was warned about how they overlook so much. and this was the only thing I looked at too, so who knows how much other info is wrong, or hidden on their pages too. You can try them if you want, but I thought everyone had the right to know this much before they did. that is the only reason I am writing this. below is the email I sent to them, just in case you wanted to read it. I came on to try and find some basic information. What I was looking for was to see where your bulbs were made. With a name like american bright, I wanted to see if your bulbs were made, here in america.. Instead, what I got was no answer, and what is worse, your info about the A19 bulbs does not even match up with other info in your page. For the 7w LED A19 bulb, on the page it states 470 lumens, 2700 color, 180 degree angle, yet your data sheet says 500 lumens, 3000 color, 270 degree angle of light. and on the same bulb. then to make matters worse, when I tried to find to send you an email to ask about it, I only found this link by accident because when I high-lighted the contact name, a list only came up for tracking. It is almost as if you wanted you contact info hidden from the public. there should be 2 listings under contact, one for tracking, and one to contact you, because a lot of people would not think to click on the contact name if a drop down list appears. Im not looking for any kind of response, but I just wanted you to know just how bad this company actually looks. So no need to respond. and I will be leaving a response on newegg to let others know so they at least know what kind of quality control your company has, after all, if there is this bad of screw ups just on your info, and web pages set up this bad, the quality of your products cant be much better.

Pros: good quality, long lasting, does not get hot, low power usage. 8.2 watts.. Dont contain hazardous materials like CFL types. has a good even spread across the room, almost like the old incandescent types.

Cons: made in china, can not use in inclosed fixtures, short warranty time. only 2 years...

Overall Review: I have had these in use for over a month now. I usually leave my light on for about 8 hours a day, and so far, no real problems. I was worried that they would burn out because of the long length of time that they are left on. I have had some LED devices that I bought in the past that worked great if left on for only maybe 10 or 15 minutes at a time, but if I left it on for an hour, a lot of the little bulbs inside that device would burn out. I have not found that a problem with these. I have seen remarks about them being used in enclosed fixtures. I believe that they should be OK to use in them, as long as it is not used for extended periods of time. From what I understand, the base of these, between the top bulb, and the screw in base, is a type of ceramic and that base material is used to transfer heat away from the bulb, but if you have them in enclosed fixtures, it traps that heat in, and the bulb can overheat because of it not being able to release the heat. basically, using them for short periods of time in enclosed fixtures, that gives the fixture enough time to release that heat, but over hours, it is not a good idea. I noticed that when I first started using them, every so often, the light seemed to kind of like, flicker, where it would not go out, but you could see a kind of blink in the light. It may be do to power inconsistencies, or it may have been something to do with a burn in period for the bulb, because it does not really do it now, like it did it when they were new. I cant say which it was, but just know, you may run into it, and if you do, dont worry, the bulb is not about to go out. Unlike CFL's, these seem to keep their brightness over time. I know that the older CFL types get, the less bright that they become, where after months of use, a 60w equivalent will become more like a 40w. But these so far, the brightness, even after a couple hundred hours of use, are still about as bright as when they were first put in. This was verified comparing one in use next to a new, never been used bulb. These also have a more of a natural light then CFL's, so if you dont like the yellow tint from CFL's, these would be a good choice for you. Overall, i got mine when they were on sale. I dont like the high price of these, but considering CFL's use about 13w vs these at 8 watts, CFL's have an stated average life of 8,000 hours, where these have 25,000 hours, I figured I would give these a try because in the long run, these would be a better savings over time. but only time will tell if they last like they say they will. I deducted one star due to the flickering of the light that I saw when I first started using them and due to the company not standing up for their product over a length of time that they say they should last. This is evident due to the 2 year warranty.. They should last 3 years if left on 24/7, so only giving a 2 year warranty says to me they do not have a lot of confidence in them over time, but I will fin