I'm stunned that they have this much of an improvement with low light over the wyze 3 and without doing it in a way that introduces more motion blur.

Something thats most reviews do not mention. These cameras work even if the Internet is off . You can acess the camera via the app as long as you are connected to the same local network. This is something that i haven't seen in other brands . Good feature if you want to set a local surveillance system without Internet access but still be able to use the app .

Your reviews are perfect ! Lot's of detail and well presented

the no light night vision is amazingly good with this Tapo

Congratulations on 200 000 subs.

Good job for reviewing home security cameras, and also I cannot wait for the future videos

totally great review, everything got covered

Great review.

I have 3 tapo cams,love them

Nice review Can't wait for the Reolink CX410 review.

A great review 👌

Thanks this helped in my decision.

Great video once again and very impressive camera if I wasn't so deep into WYZE and ring I would definitely go this way , for somebody just starting out this is a great choice.

You are by far the best at reviewing cameras, I appreciate all the effort you put into it. The only thing I'd like to see added is a view of how bright the light is, you show your yard in the dark and then what the camera looks like. I would love to see how bright the spot light is from the camera to know if it's bright enough for what you need. For instance, I want to replace a flood light and I need to know if the camera light is bright enough for that.

been waiting for this since i have kasa

Wow the night vision crazy impressive!i nearly buy the xioami aw300 but completely changed my mind. Tq sir!❤

I have 5x C320WS and this seem like a good improvement over this units that I have, love it. though this things are expensive enough for me, so imma keep it,hahaha. I hope their floodlights could be brighter or plugged in with a dedicated flood light even if for external use, the current floodlights even at this new model seem just weak enough for use as a motion detect light really.

Impressive low light quality and not bad for $120. LMK when Reolink finally wakes up and comes out with this in either POE or 5G wireless form and I'll replace most of my cameras with it.

It has great video quality 🤩👏👌 Got my vote 👍

Good for you. Great as usual. 💐🌹🌷💐

That lens and sensor combo captures excellently at low light. However, that compression ruins a lot of its native performance. I wish some of these cameras could support way higher bitrates or less destructive/higher quality compression.

LH, the wyze cam floodlight pro is out now and would love to see you review it!! Theirs only 1 other review video on youtube but your review videos are the best because you go over everything!! Hope youve ordered your unit and the video is in the works soon!!

Thanks L.H.

Just as you say at the end of the video I want a Spotlight camera to turn on the spotlights as a deterrent. Where I put the camera has a decent amount of ambient light, and almost all spotlight cameras with starlight sensors never go into night mode. That is the only mode that Spotlights work in. This camera seems similar, even though it doesn't have a starlight sensor it decides if there is enough light the spotlights don't go on. There needs to be a setting under spotlights that you can set them to go off when motion is detected from sunset to sunrise. I've had the problem with the Kasa KC420, the Tapo c320, and it looks like this Camera will have the same issue. The only camera that worked for me was the Eufy C24 aka e220 outdoor cam. Since that camera does not have a starlight senor it does go into night mode with the amount of light I have. And the spotlight shines a nice bright blue to let people know there is a camera. Also the camera has a lens with a large aperture, so if I turn off Auto Night mode the color picture at night with my ambient light is really good. And for some reason even in color the spotlight goes off when it detects motion. Its like it has it built into the code, spotlights go on with any motion from sunset to sunrise. If Tapo had/added this feature I'd consider buying it over the Eufy. Tapo has better motion detection, as well as AI, person and vehicle. It detects people and motion further away. The Eufy is less than 20 ft at night.

I've gone with this. Great review. Update, great camera but the connection issues are infuriating so have returned never to go back to Tapo. Looking at the Reolink CX410 now

Bought this camera from your review. Great camera! An upgrade from my old generation nest cameras.

Awesome camera

The temperature range is not feasible for some desert areas during the summer where the temp can get up to 120+ degrees in the shade.

Nice camera!!

Would be an amazing window cam. Hope they make a indoor version with a window mount.

Thanks for another honest full review! I just got the newly released Reolink CX410 4MP POE with low light sensor. It has good night vision too. Not many in stock yet though. Will you review it?

I just watched a video of yours that was uploaded 10 days ago, in which you added the Reolink CX410 cameras to your home security system. I know this video is 2 months old, but in your review of the Tapo ColorPro Outdoor Camera you sound as if this is so great. Why did you choose the CX410 over this one?

Maybe it's just me, but the sound quality of you 40+ feet away was fantastic. You can probably eavesdrop on your neighbors at the same time, lol!

For the price the performance at night is pretty impressive! Thanks for reviewing it! Will you be reviewing the new Wyze floodlight cam pro?

I wish there were more mounting options

Do you think this camera could be used to live stream to youtube monitoring a garden? Thanks.

Another great review. Thank you. New Subscriber. At the moment I'm leaning towards the Tapo C325WB after watching your review. I was wondering if you could review the major security camera Cloud Subscriptions. Which one is better, least expensive, best interface (app) because I think Cloud Subscriptions should be heavily weighted on what manufacture/camera you decide to go with. I don't think there's a YT video comparing Subscriptions. I just have one basic Ring doorbell and their basic yearly Subscription is $39.99 per year! Ouch!!!! Thanks in advance.

Great review, thank you! I like the fact that it has local storage and not much is lost without a subscription. Do you know if there is a cool down period? Might be comparable to Wyze v3 Pro (resolution wise) that requires a subscription to get AI and no cool down alerts.

Added security.

Anyway to mount to inside of window? Maybe buying some to replace V3 outside. Great review

nice. so i guess this will be the taps cam that ill get for for front door since i need a better resolution cam to be ablwe to see plate number of vehicles

Can you please make a video Tapo C325wb VS Tapo C320ws and vs Tp link Vigi C340W and Vigi C540w. Thanks for video!

Awesome review. I actually got the camera because of this review. The camera by itself is awesome. The image and field of view is great. Also it does a great job on detecting what is supposed to detect (cars, animals, people) and doesn't give false notifications like moving tree shadows or insects. I am loving it so far, but I just noticed that is doesn't have an option to record 24/7, it only records what it detects. Do you know if this an option that TP-Link is going to add in the future? Thanks again for the awesome review.

I have a few indoor tapos, love them, very responsive and great video quality. This one intrigues me. I am looking for at least 2k video outdoor cam that can be hardwired for a ceiling mount(replacing a porch light), any suggestions beside ring pro and plus, would like a local storage also.

Overall it looks excellent. I wish they would the thumbnail though in the camera list. I use that all the time to quickly identify the camera to click on. And they should adjust that snapshot for the rich notification. What about the reolink color NV camera? The cx410 is it?

hello, have you tried the Tapo C510W or C500,... compare it with Tapo 320 which is better for outdoor... thanks

Like Reolink, no rich notifications without subscription. 512 max SD card is nice, maybe test if it will work with bigger SD card. also is it more reliable if set to lower resolution vs. max resolution? I would say daytime performance isn't the best even with HDR off, main outstanding feature is the night time image. Audio quality no that great, they should design the mic with some foam on it to reduce wind buffeting noise.

Lol. Even this brand is better than ring. Thank you for another great product review.

I notice with these cameras if there is a lot of activity/movement in the field of view sometimes the camera gets overwhelmed and will temporarily disconnect, not sure if this is due to wifi bandwidth or somehow the processor can't handle processing the video when too much is happening with the compression, like too many pixels moving at once vs most of the pixels being frozen when there isn't much motion to process? Maybe you can do. more testing when there is a lot of activity like your children playing and you are moving in the frame as well to see how the cameras handle it or if they tend to crash. Like in my case even if it's just one person moving around a lot it could cause disconnect just when I need it to work the most. Maybe test to see if it's better with an ethernet connection or PoE cameras in general being better especially with multiple feeds and multiple cameras.

I have a 320 myself and it is great. The only thing is that it aerts over anything like bug movement or even shadows, Have not figured out how or if I can adjust the sensitivity to motion yet.

I will have to look into this camera. Maybe replace my wyze v3

Downside : 1. 20fps while most other brands can record on a common 25fps or 30fps. 20fps will struggle a bit catching a fast passing cars if this camera put in front of the house facing the road. 2. Record in a very old and inefficient H.264 format instead of already widespread and common H.265 format which us significantly more efficient in terms of memory savings.

I had ever saw a good review nice. Which one is best compare C320WS vs C325WB

good camera will get that camera but im testing the 320WS first (better depth of field)

Hi Lifehackster! I've bought myself a Reolink Doorbell and NVR thanks to your research (Thanks to Reolink too!). Is there a way of viewing audio events, or seeing the audio volume for recordings for events that may not be picked up by motion? For example, the other night we heard a loud bang and teenagers shouting during the night but I didn't see what time it was. I had to replay a lot of footage to 'see' when the noise occurred and also what I could see in the recording at that same time. Perhaps this is a feature the Reolink could add that is time-synced to it's videos. Or maybe there's a 3rd party solution to see the audio as a time line (to look for spikes in volume). Maybe audio events could be used a trigger for time stamping recordings in some circumstances? For now I'd be happy to just view the audio track to look for volume spikes. Thanks again.

Great video, I wonder how it compares with the new Reolink CX410 POE. It supposedly has the same F1.0 aperture lens.

Thank you LifeHackster, you're amazing!

How is their customer and app support ? camera looks promising 🧐

Will you be reviewing the 1224a Reolink camera soon?

Can you hook this up to a smart tv?

I wish these ran off 12v. I might replace some cameras with these and somehow i'll have to shoehorn a 12v to 9v converter into the junction box, or replace every camera to a 9v tapo one (which is a waste as i already have some good working cameras). power over ethernet support would also be impressive but that's a more high end feature.

i wonder what the comparison to the C310 the nightvision is. security wise if you dont need colour then is the video quality better than the C310 or the same.

You said that it can download a initiated live view to your phone from the SD card, but can it download a recorded event to your phone without the cloud subscription?

If it's pitch dark, without an IR led, how it looks without enabling floodlights. I have tapo C320ws

Any plans on testing the 'Scenes One Camera'?

I am debating C320WS or C325WB. 325 is almost twice as much. What do you recommend?

What is the best nvr cam system with wide screan and speaker and two way and alarm with spot light

Hello, can you help me, i have to choose about these two EZVIZ and TP-LINK, can you help me choose.

As a user of 4 c320s ı have to tell they work just fine but unless tapo care doesn't starts its recording somwhere in between its current form and local storage and ends slightly later its most of the time useles it mises much more than it catches. Also they should let us download every event in a singlie file biweekly or something for long term storage then tapo care would be must in it's current form its more about supporting the developers for further updates then having actually usage value...

can you direct me to one of your reviews on a camera that you think is the best for video quality and low light video quality. kinda looking for the best overall and if you had to pick one, which would you choose for your home. thanks

So would you say this is better than Riolink, Eufy, Lorex POE, and Zosi? I have a rental property that is getting activity at night from the unhoused. I want the best of the best, wired. What do you recommend?

How do you charge this ? Replaceable battery available?

So what app or program these camera plug in? Do they record in dvr? I am tired of blink camera missing event or not recording continuously. I also need where back battery can still record if no power Any suggestions please?

Please compare ezviz h8c 4mp with tapo cw530w 4mp outdoor CCTV camera in 2k resolution. I want to purchase one and your review will help me decide based on pros and cons.

Can you review the new wyze floodlight pro & the Reolink Argus ultra?! I’m so curious about those two

Great review - many thanks! One question though. Is this an IP camera so that I can connect it to my Synology NAS running Surveillance Station. The C320WS is listed on the Surveillance Station IP camera Support List so I'm hoping that this is also compatible?

Is the night colored mode without the flashlights equal quality to Tapo C420s2?

Q: Considering getting this one. I have the C310 now, but are disappointed with the 15 fps. This one is listed with 20 fps. Worth upgrading or maybe get another model?

I have 2 units and 1 on delivery. I notice that its pet detection works very poorly when mounted more than 1 meter from the ground. Have you tried that?

Is it okay to put this camera indoor and place it on a window sill to monitor outside ?

How is the straight head-on detection? I guess if you do 24/7 recording it is not an issue, but hopefully it gives a notification and is easy to find the events.

can you do 2 way talk in Alexa? video sometime slow to load in app after tapping notification, as well as in Alexa. also can you set it to go live after tapping on notification within a few seconds or recorded video if tapping a few minutes later?

What's your thoughts on the Tapo c520ws

Will this camera work with Synology Surveillance Station integration?

so if I'm not in my house and get the notification and click on it how does it show me the live view? is it over the internet or do you need to have a sim card in the camera?

@LifeHackster: Have you tried using TP link Vigi NVR to connect these Tapo cameras which are ONVIF compatible and see if that works on both NVR as well as Tapo app? I am looking at setting this up to work with both Tapo App as well as NVR using Vigi App. I am not sure if I can do that or not. I assume not but wanted to check and see if you have tried or have any suggestions? I am primarily wanting to use Tapo App for these Cameras and as a backup want to be able to record on HDD. Can I do that both at the same time?

Does this camera turn on its lights when someone passes by (like flood lights)?

When you say powered by 9 volts, can i use the existing 12 volts for this ? Hope i can hear from you, thanks

I'm confused between this one vs Tapo C320WS

Hi, Is it a 360 cam? I reviewed the specification sheets.. cannot find it. Thanks.

How long is the power cord?

How does this compare to the google nest cam?

So Tapo made a "colorVu" WiFi camera before Ezviz. I wasn't expecting that.

Lifehacker what’s happen since last summer in security? By what percentage have prices come down in the last year? Any big moves in the industry?

Can this be converted to solar?

When TP-Link will be releasing Tapo C520WS upgraded version with colorpro feature similar to C325WB?

How does this model comparemagical? Tapo wire-free magcam?

Pro tip. Spend an extra nickel and put a little piece of foam tape over the mic to reduce wind noise.

Do you think a lorex hardwire 4K with nvr is better than ring. My ring doesn’t have good video quality and you can’t really distinguish faces all that clear. Also license plate capture is nearly impossible with ring.

is there a 30 fps on video recording?