I always wondered if getting the camera from our old mobile phones reused for security cameras was possible. Maybe that can be a good business but otherwise, I guess the CCTV camera is a bit costly to do a setup for the whole house, but this one-piece cost was a bit cheaper, so I wanted to try it. I bought it the day before yesterday and got it delivered yesterday. Though there are several other competitive security camera options available in the market, this one was very popular and I wanted to go for it. Below is the link to the product that I purchased.
https://www.amazon.in/TP-Link-Security-Rotational-Required-Definition/dp/B095CLQ1PT
I have been using this only from today and maybe a detailed experience review can take some time but just from today's expeirence it looks great and I believe it was a good deal for me.
Design
I liked the design of the camera. There is nothing that disappointed me. I initially thought that the fixing could not be removed once fixed in the wall but it was removable. The camera had a 360-degree rotation that can be operated from the mobile device. Some people get confused that the camera covers 360-degree view but it is rotatable to 360 degrees and we can position it wherever we want. If we are not at home and if we would like to view the entire 360-degree area, we can operate from our mobile application and rotate it.
I guess there may be a facility where the camera keeps rolling 360 degrees continuously to keep covering the entire surroundings.
Mobile application
I had to install a mobile application to complete the setup. No wonder the application had a 4.6 rating in the Play Store. The experience was very great. I was able to configure without any problem and the app also guided me step by step. One thing that I don't understand yet is how the SD card saving would work because currently, the device does not have a memory card. It saves everything to the cloud.
I'm going to be purchasing an SD card and test the local storage soon. There was also a facility where I could share this camera with my family members. I don't know if there are any restrictions as to how many members can share this camera but as of now, I was able to share with 3 of my family members.
Features
I'm not going to explain each feature that it has. It should be available in the product description. I liked some of the features that it had. For example, it gives a notification to mobile when there is a motion detection. There is also another thing where it can detect a person coming in front of the camera. The next best thing was the two-way communication. The camera is fixed in front of my house and as soon as I entered my wife got a notification and she started talking to me through the camera and I was able to hear that. I talked back and it was good.
One thing that found a little off about this product was the fact that there was no rain protection in the product. I know there are other product versions available that comes with rain protection and water resistance but this product is not the one. But otherwise I liked all the features of the security camera and it just serves its purpose.
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