TapoC200 1080p Pan/Tilt Indoor Camera, Baby Monitoring, Motion Detection, Customizable Privacy Mode, 2-Way Audio, Night Vision, Cloud and Local Storage, Works With Alexa and Google, No Monthly Fee

Great camera with clear picture. Wanted this to sit on my windowsill inside but record outside pictures. After a few attempts and search for exact set up I managed to do this. If others are struggling - go into settings for the camera, and select Video and display and the make sure night boost is switched off. Then once in the live feed there is a sun image right in middle at the bottom. Click that and make sure day time is picked and it records perfect pictures even when dark outside.I did also turn off the status led to make sure no reflection.Buying another to have front and back of house covered.

A great security camera that offers many different benefits and is very simple to use. The camera can take a S.D card upto 128gb for local storage or after a initial 30 day trial there's an option for cloud storage. There's is as one would expect many different operating functions, from 24hr continuous recording to schedule recording; baby, broken glass, people and motion notifications.

Excellent little camera with some useful functionality. It would be better if the in-built lights worked without being set to Night Vision mode (still gives a colour image at night with street lights, so NV isn't needed unless the camera is in a very dark place).

Write this product works well in day and night I have this one at my front door the only thing that I can say about this model or any of the models it's TP link is so easy to be hacked just be careful of what router you use which is people can hack this so easy and the reason I say this is because my neighbour does this and I can't prove it's him but I know it's from next door so I recommend it for the vision of the camera is good I have to say night vision is not bad at a close distance but be careful of people hacking the Wi-Fi on this kind of camera's

I love TP-Link Products, this Cam is no exception. Great price and quality. Their online guidance is exceptional.

I have used this for a couple of weeks now.An IP Camera has so much potential for remote security and this particular model covers almost all the bases an average user like me would need. But it is all dependant on how good the software is. Thankfully, the Tapo software which can be installed on a tablet or smartphone, is pretty great with just a few user interface flaws. But feature-wise you can do almost anything remotely. Obviously, you can watch your footage live. But what I love is that you can also pinch and zoom, pan swipe while zoomed in, take an instant snapshot or record what you are seeing straight onto your smartphone/tablet....WHILE the the camera is ALSO doing a 24/7 continuous recording onto its local SD card (it doesnt come with one, you buy this yourself).The camera can be set to record continuously onto SD card or only when motion is detected or on a set schedule. I only tested continuous recording.I bought a 64GB class 10 card which i found that the camera stored almost 8 days of continous recording in 1080p before it cycled over the oldest recording. You can playback footage at any specific time and anything of particular interest, can be recorded directly to your tablet/smartphone....but the caveat to that is that you record your playback segment in real time. You can speed up playback by 2x, 4x, 8x etc but if you record that, you are recording that playback at that same speed. If you want to save several hours or several days of recording, then recording that playback to your tablet/smartphone is clearly impractical, so you have to take the SD card out of the camera and copy off the footage to your computer. But for me, recording short sequences off playback sequences was sufficient for me.If your wifi or 4G reception is poor, the software has a low and high quality stream setting. In good wifi reception, the high quality streaming is excellent, fluid motion and good 1080p resolution. when signal drops, the motion jutters in high quality mode but set it to lower quality, the motion is fluid again but at the sacrifice of some detail. BUT be reassured that the actual recording on camera's SD card is always at highest quality with smooth motion because of course streaming doesn't affect local recording.The clarity of video is exceptional. I had been using analogue security camera in the past and this just blows it out of the water. Night vision is terrific too and it switches automatically on detecting low light. However, I find that when more light arrives, the camera is very slow to switch back to "day mode". Now, I use this camera to keep watch on my front and back yards, and street lights just keeps the area a bit lit, so I tried force "day mode" all the time. Turns out "Day mode" in low light is brilliant, as the night footage shows up as if it was daylight and this is probably because there is a large sensor in the camera, I suspect or camera is using a higher ISO. No need for night vision mode. Night vision mode is really only needed for litterally dark rooms. So my tip for using this in low light is force "Day Mode" permanently but for dark rooms with no light at all, use Night vision mode.If you have several cameras, The Tapo software can show all simultaneously or switch to any.Another brilliant feature is its connectivity to Amazon Firestick and Chromecast. Or Alexa and Google Home. I used my Firestick, and all I have to say is "show me Front Yard" and in just a few seconds I can view what's going on my front yard on my TV.But we are not limited to just using Tapo software. This is also compatible with mainstream IP security software and the Tapo (Dlink) website is very informative. You can also live stream on VLC player on your PC...however, this involves typing your camera password and username into the streaming address which somehow doesnt feel secure. But I tried it and it really works. So Tapo's potential is even more flexible if used with othetr security software such as IP CAM etc.Widefield view.130 degree is a very wide coverage. It's not aspherical so It does have spherical aberration (ie warped at the sides) but not so much as you would find on fish eye lenses. This is not a photographic lens anyway so shouldn't be a big deal.In fact, I forgot to mention that the camera can be set to pan left and right continuously but the wide angle is sufficient enough for me to keep it still.Appearance:This is NOT a conspicuous device with stark black and white contrast, so if you have white wall, the black camera will standout, and if you have a dark wall, the white external body will stand out. So this camera is obvious and serves as a "hey I am watching you, mate" warning. But I love it's THX118 scifi aesthetic (or if you an Apple product fan, this fits right in too).Sound and Mic:I am sorry I have not tested this ability as it's not a feature I am after but when I do, I will update. However, the mic can be turned off for privacy and I do actually use that. On my previous analogue camera, I had to block the mic with blu tack so this ability to remotely turn off is most welcome.Pan and Tilt: Manually remote panning and tilting on a tablet is very useful but I think the Tapo software makes this a little awkward with its joypad overlay. Its quite cumbersome to use but it is effective nevertheless.There isn't much more for me to say other than this is a tremendous value, feature rich IP Camera for £25 (at time of purchase) and will be purchasing more to replace my other analogue cameras.

Excellent piece of kit for monitoring my dogs when I’m out - only improvement would be if it had to option to track sounds as well as motion, as that’s my main concern.TP if you make such a model please let me know and I’ll get one straight away!

Love this put on wall with no nails solution then ran wire down drainpipe to external plug. Not a wire in sight other than at camera itself. Camera has worked flawlessly and I am very impressed by performance. Spotlight works great at night and illuminates picture quality greatly. Flashing green light another super feature.