Amcrest ProHD 1080P WiFi Camera 2MP (1920TVL) Indoor Pan/Tilt Security Wireless IP Camera IP2M-841B (Black)

Pros: In no particular order. 1. Compared to other security cameras I've owned this camera offers a plethora of settings you can tweak to meet the needs of your operating environment. Unfortunately the documentation provided with the camera is often lacking in detailed information needed to setup the camera correctly (see The Bad). 2. For my needs at least the picture and video quality are good. The night vision meets my needs. Normally though I'm not operating the cameras with infra-red turned on at night, but instead use its low light enhancement capabilities. 3. You can store your snapshots or videos on a local FTP server and so aren't required to pay for on-line data storage.

Cons: The So-So (Could Be Improved) 1. The camera can push snapshots and videos to a local FTP server while using a micro-SD card as a fallback location if it can't reach the FTP server for whatever reason. If it was easy to do a mass copy of snapshots and videos from the SD card to the FTP server this would probably be ok. Unfortunately I've found no way to do this, you have to either copy each file one at a time from the camera or move the SD card to a PC and copy the files from the card. My preferred solution (that other cameras I've owned have implemented at least for video files) is to have the cameras store the files on the SD card and also provide an FTP server that can be used to transfer files from the SD card to a local PC on a scheduled basis. This method makes it easier to keep the files organized in one location instead of having most files on a local FTP server and the remainder on the SD card when the FTP server couldn't be reached. It also has the benefit of their being two copies of most of the latest files one on the SD card and one on the local FTP server. 2. It appears motion sensitivity can vary on a per camera basis. Initially I left the sensitivity settings for motion detection at the camera's defaults. I presumed cameras looking at the same general area from different directions would all trigger if any triggered, but I've found this is not always true. I'm having to play with the motion detection settings to get some cameras to start recording when others are fine with the defaults. Since you can tweak the settings, this probably won't cause me too much grief, but it is surprising. The Bad (in no particular order) 1. As I noted this camera is very tweak-able, but the documentation for the camera is often lacking the information necessary to intelligently tweak its settings. I've had to do online research in many cases to understand what effect a particular setting will/should have. In theory you could experiment with each setting to see whether an adjustment improves the cameras performance, but that would take days if not weeks per camera especially if they have significant differences in their operating environments. 2. Technical support is lacking to say the least. While tech support is polite and generally responds promptly, they often do not respond to questions you ask and in some instances provide incomplete answers. Incomplete answers are sometimes understandable especially on complex questions/issues. However, ignoring simple questions that are asked several times over the course of a tech support request is just rude/unprofessional. If you don't know the answer or don't care about the issue, etc. just say so. While that would be disappointing in most cases it's a step up from being ignored. 3. Amcrest's firmware build process does not inspire confidence as they can't seem to keep the version number logically consistent. All eight of the cameras I set up came with firmware version “V2.520.AC00.18.R” dated June 29, 2017 according to the release notes. The release notes also stated that the previous version "V2.420.AC00.18.R” was dated May 21, 2017. The fun part came when Amcrest released a new version of firmware this on August 3, 2019. For whatever reason Amcrest re-used version number "V2.420.AC00.18.R". So now there are two releases of this firmware version, the first dated May 21, 2017 and the second dated August 3, 2019.

Overall Review: Over the last year or so I've setup five of these cameras for myself and three for a friend. Overall (for the price) the camera is decent and I'd probably buy it again, but it would really help if they improved the documentation and tech support.

Pros: Good Price, Good quality picture. PTZ works great, WIFI and ONVIF. Web interface to access camera settings works good. It only gets 3 eggs for the poor apple support and failed setup attempts.

Cons: The App for iphone is useless, Will not connect via wifi or wired for setup. It also will not connect after setup. As a matter of fact no mac or ios app provided by Amcrest will connect to this camera in any way shape or form. The only way to connect is via the browser and even though that works you can not see the video. Some sort of missing plugin is required that even after it's installed it does not work. To view on a mac I used 3rd party software. Chrome browser plugin or app doesn't work on the mac.

Overall Review: If you can get it for less than $50, so far so good, I would recommend this to a tech, but not a family member or friend, too much support would be needed to get it going, Seems okay for indoor use, but I doubt it will survive a fall to the floor, It's decent enough for office use. I'm going to mount one outside under the patio cover just to see how well it does outside.

Pros: - Easy to set up - Easy to use - High quality - Lots and lots of features I wish I had a use for

Cons: - Indoor only, but I knew that when I purchased it - Wish I could change network settings from the UI as opposed to going back to first time setup, but this is a minor issue.

Overall Review: I'm no expert on these types of cameras. This was the first one I bought, but I was wildly impressed with the functionality and quality of this device, especially for the price. It really impressed me a lot. As I went through some of the setup screen, I couldn't believe how many features this had. Too bad I didn't really need them. I have really nothing bad to say. Well done Amcrest.

Pros: Install and setup were very easy. Configuration options are plentiful. Picture is very good, especially in HD. No issues at all.

Cons: None so far.

Pros: Installation was very easy. Price seemed to good to be true, but the camera's (I bought three) have surprised me. Don't need a separate NVR unit to store video/images. Each camera has a Micro Sd Card slot and they work perfectly.

Cons: Pan/Tilt Zoom is a little slow while using WiFi to operate, but for the price, it's easy to overlook, and it may not be the camera's fault. It could be my WiFi needing some tweaking.

Pros: Easy to use. Good picture. Great for checking in on the dogs when on vacation.

Cons: nope

Pros: easy setup once I got tech support to show how to use edge browser in "legacy mode".

Cons: will not work with current browsers such as chrome, or edge. daytime image quality worse than my web cam. nighttime image quality unusable.

Overall Review: wait until they make this work with current browsers and after they source a better quality image sensor.

Pros: - High Quality - Camera Rotation - Nice Camera Feel - Record On Motion

Cons: - Little Too Big - Not The Easiest To Setup

Overall Review: This camera is nice overall. The software let's you rotate the camera and record, take pictures, record sound, adjust color tone, and live stream. Viewing is smooth! Unless you are on 3G or lower, it will lag a little.