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Steve, just wanted you to know that I picked up this camera on Amazon Prime due to yours & Brian’s great coverage on this feature rich & subscription free camera! Thanks for all your efforts!

Thank you for the review. One of the best ones out there

I have the C425 and the C320ws. Two really nice cameras. My only wish is that they allow you to change the time format from military to regular time.

Does the Tapo override the storage when it's full?

great video very imformative, 1 question though, does it continuously record to the card even when no motion is detected, or only records to the card when motion is detected, thanks very much

Hey Steve, does this model have the same issue as the C420 model which often fails to activate night vision mode at night?

Awesome vid... Glad I found this cam setup. I have an iPhone and wondering if it's seamless to get notifications when away from home reading what's on the SD card through home wifi and not cloud storage. thx

How does this fair against -30 to -40 Canadian winter?

Awesome video. Is there any delay in the live view when using the cloud or local storage? How much is the monthly subscription fee for the cloud service? On the video 12:36 the video is so blurry on the face. Is that a normal night recording?

...I assume it ic C425? Because you didn't mention what product you actually review

I have another of their cameras and it too only let's you use the useless local storage or subscription cloud scam (like printer manufacturers trying to force you to buy their inks). Even using ONVIF to connect to a third party NVR it will not send snapshot alerts. Avoid!

So, can you access the SD storage from the app or does the card need to be removed from the camera?

Very helpful thanks. Im thinking about putting two on the rear corner of my house, one pointing along one wall and the other into the backyard. QUESTION: I'm also wanting to use the solar panel. Do you think or have you heard if you can charge both cameras using a cable splitter to the one solar panel? It's be dumb in 2024vif we couldn't do that? Thanks

This model seems to lack an official Zoom Lens feature, but how can the pinch zoom option within the camer's app compensate for this? my limited experience is that when you pinch and zoom in you lose clarity and details, and worry in this case a burglar's face or other indentifying features won't come out clear in the app, to help identify the burglar,

Looks like a nice camera/app. I thought this was a pretty good demonstration. I like the local storage and the idea of object identification, would be interesting to see how well it does. One thing i struggle with is motion alerts. Night time with IR, fog, rain/snow and insects overwhelm the camera alerts i have now and i needed to setup a rule to turn it off at night. Kind of an observation, it seems like a bunch of people on youtube got these cameras sent to them, there is a slew of Tapo camera reviews of various models.

Does anyone know if Tapo/TP Link plans on selling NVR's?

Just an update from me to you. I bought one of these for my home and the camera works as shown. However, I am having trouble with their solar panel not registering it's connect half the time or not showing it's getting any power from the sun. I have taken my camera down and done some controlled testing with both the cam and panel on a table in my backyard will full sun and still no power from the panel. If I connect the camera to electric outlet power it recognizes it's got power and charges with no problem. Have you seen this to be a problem?

Can you order additional magnetic bases so you could move the camera say from your house to your RV when you travel?

Since you got the 3 pack of cameras do you also need 3 solar panels? Do you need a memory card for each camera or will all three feeds record to one card?

What type of mount do I need for a more permanent installation…these are great!!

How do you connect two or three cameras to one solar panel?

What’s the little mounts you got on your fence? Can u send the link to them?

How do you turn on just the star light? Instead of using infer red or spot lights?

Thanks for thr video. Can we trigger the alexa routine when person is detected?

Great review of a very good Tapo camera setup. Love that it just all works without a subscription fee! Feature rich, does everything most people would desire, but agree, the facial feature at night with the spotlight feature turned on is really diminished & needs to be tweaked to make this a great camera.

does this allow for loop recording so as not manually pull out the sd card to format it every few weeks or months?

Where were you going at the time?

why is your face blurred in the camera footage?

Does this work with Apple HomeKit and stream to the cloud? Their website doesn't quite say and I didn't see it in your review. Thanks.

I have 2 c425 and have one working and trying to get the other one to work but it keeps telling us that it can’t connect to the internet and isd card, we have reset it and done everything 😢also do we need a solar panel to make it work 😢

Can the 3 camera set be broken up and given as gifts?

I hear these might work with a NAS. At least the older Tapo's did.

Does anyone know how long the motion light can stay on at the maximum, it seems most stop after 30 seconds, but I need one to like 1 minute if possible, (it takes me extra time to get from my dark driveway into my home due to limited mobility and bad eyesight) (I often have my hands full so it's awkward to carry my flashlight in my one hand and everything else in my other hand )

Well it's just a useless camera if it sorta blurs ya face out everything else good but we need to see the faces clear as day. I was thinking about getting one but after the face not being clear mmm I'm having 2nd thoughts now but if I do buy one do you need house internet for it to work at all

Awesome review,I agree entirely with your comments on this camera.

The video quality on the Nest beats the Tapo hands down judging by this comparison, especially the night video. For some reason the spotlights essentially erase your face on the video, making it much less usable.

can you use hot spot from phone ?

Honestly, the Nest camera has better sound and picture quality. Clearly showing you don’t need more than 1080p video for good picture quality.

No HomeKit support - no deal.

I love cool gadgets thats why am gonna play this in repeat 😁

I'll wait for a 4k version.

Thanks for your in depth review Steve. I am hoping you can answer a question since you have experience with a few wireless, battery or solar power video surveillance cameras I'm interested in including TP-Link, Reolink, and Eufy. If I am traveling and turn off my home wifi, will any of the surveillance cameras still give me a notification on my phone through their respective apps, and can I see live footage while I am away from home? or does the wifi have to be on all the time?

What if I need four cameras? Can I buy the three, and then buy an extra one and put them all on the same app?

I like the night video. You turned everything into minecraft but much more blurry.

I didn't see the SD card you use/used in your desc. Also would you please do a vid to show this cam and setting it up in Synology...

Well, when somebody steal the camera, all your recording are gone... Not the smartest way. It's basically not the security cams purpose - to be stolen with evidence 😂

Ok, based on your review I thought the camera was possibly a good one. Ordered it from Amazon and after installing, I fount out it does NOT support RSTP for 3rd party apps. Constantly looking at your cellphone to view the camera is not a good option. Sending it back to Amazon.

What is the range of the wifi in this camera? 100' 200' more?

Is the nest cam way sharper, or is that just my phone?

Why can't I see your face at night-time?

I have bought this camera set and the battery is draining very quickly : From 100% to 56% in 3 days ! Even if i set all the parameters as lower as possible. The image quality is not so good.

I just checked it out on Amazon and it has really bad reviews it's only like three and a half Stars which is lower than even the most generic cameras

Thanks for the great video! Just bought it and detection is great but the live view loads rather slow and the playback from what is recorded on the sd card loads extremely slow. I’m using a 64GB card Any tips?

Steve: You set your clip length at 10 sec. but what if the incident goes for 2 min where an angry neighbor is trashing you house? Would you only get 10 sec of that ?

NEEDS A RAIN/SNOW SHIELD..SAYS BATTERY GOOD FOR 300 DAYS. WRONG TRY A COUPLE DAYS. ADD IS WRONG .

at 13:12 min, This cam is noy good , cannot see face at all NO MEANING

The fact that i cant store on my server makes it a non starter for me

Commercial.

I just cannot understand the use of micro-USB in 2023/2024.

Well, none of them are a security camera. They both crap at night and half crap in day time. This is an other great example to use real security systems for your security needs. If you want to see your cats go with these ones though

Night vision is terrible. artefacts and washed out colours.