Security IP POE Camera 1080P HD Bullet Camera

I love these cameras. I have bought three so far and am waiting for them to go on sale again and purchase two more. These things are amazing. They deliver 1080P resolution during daylight at 30fps. I've had vehicles pull up into my driveway and I can make out the license plates from about 40 feet away. During low light or night-vision they deliver 5fps. Though the frame rate is lower I can still make out license plate numbers. Where this kit falls apart is the POE splitters. The camera itself has a wetness certification, the POE power/network splitters do not. You have to waterproof the network and power connections This is easy, use either a glue gun, or simple caulk. Just seal the connections without power applied and wait for it to dry. There is also an area on the first knuckle behind the camera where I could see water entering so I also applied caulk to that seam on the camera body just to be sure. My longest run of ethernet cable is 50 feet at this time and I haven't seen any issues as long as I seal all the connectors.

The instructions are written in very poor English. The installation is not easy at all. I contacted the email addresses in the instructions and I never received a response. There is no way to record with these cameras. They have no slot for a micro card and the software has no way to play back without one. Further, they are only connected by a special cable of fairly short length, so it's really not feasible to use them outside.

This camera is below the usual price range for a 1080P POE camera - so my big question was "what's the catch?" ... PROS: 1. The price. 2. Compatible with Blue Iris. 3. During the daytime, provides a decent picture. 4. Flexible mounting bracket. CONS: 1. Frames per second gets really low at night. I set it for 1080P/30 using "Fixed Quality" and "Very High" options. In the daytime, it seems to work as intended. Blue Iris reports 29 or 30 FPS. In the dark however, it sticks at either 15 fps or 5 fps! I have no idea what the magic settings are to override this behavior. 2. Blue Iris users like me won't care, but it looks like the viewer is only supported in IE, not Edge or Chrome. (You can hit Start Run "iexplore.exe" in Windows 10). Note you can still manage settings in Chrome, and you can play the live stream in VLC media player as well. 3. POE is not the standard kind, but it works. 4. Some very slight blurring at extreme outer corners of the picture. CONCLUSION: Comparing this $37 camera to my $110 Hikvision DS-2CD2032-I camera, the Hikvision is the clear winner in smoothness and picture quality. However, this camera is definitely useful and impressive for the price, especially in the daytime. If I can get the night FPS issue resolved I would probably upgrade this review from 3 to 4 starts.

I bought the version with the "injector kit" because I didn't have a power outlet anywhere near where I wanted to put my camera. I also didn't want to buy a true POE camera plus an injector, that decision was a matter of budget. So far, the kit is working fine on a 50' Cat-6 cable. At first, I was trying to use the web management software in Internet Explorer to set up FTP images to my TP-Link router. It was easy enough to do, but the arrangement was really wonky, working great for days and then for no clear reason not working at all. Lee at IPCCam was very patient and he certainly tried to be helpful, but between the two of us we couldn't find a permanent fix. So here's what I did, and we are now good to go. I used the web software to reset the camera to factory default. I stopped the FTP service on my router. I installed iSpy (64-bit) on my Windows 10 desktop computer. NOW I have a camera that is working GREAT, without any glitches or down time. The added bonus of using iSpy is that I get a 10-second clip of a motion-detection event, instead of a single (sometimes blurry) image. I am loving it. The camera (and support) gets 5-stars, because it works as advertised and as expected. I suggest using 3rd-party software for the best user experience.

This camera only has a 15 character UID. The P2P standard is 20 characters. I tried a half-dozen android apps. Only one app works with this camera and it requires nearly every android permission (Including READ LOGS and MANAGE ACCOUNTS). Quality of camera is good, but don't buy it if you want to use an app with minimal permissions (there are a half dozen P2P apps with reasonable permissions).

Purchased on 11/30/17, finally got time to install it a few weeks ago. It worked for about a week and now all it does is show connected but when you click to open it the camera disconnects. I have several other cameras ( different brand) and they are all working just fine so I know it’s not a network issue. Unfortunately due to my delay in installing it I can’t return it via amazon.

This ip camera night vision so clear.The surveillance was wide and can be seen very far.High quality ,waterproof metal .easy to install follow the quickly installation guide .Mobile divas can be monitored with a network.

Im in between satisfaction with my purchase of several of these ....I bought them thinking the cameras feed has audio ...IS DOES NOT HAVE AUDIO. other than that the video is 7/10 (that is with the 'highest' definition) and the material is pretty good ...sturdy for exterior use.... I suggest to the seller they include audio or no audio in the features section of the product page.... If i knew it has no audio , I would have spent my money elsewhere.....