Wife and I just bought our first home and these cameras are perfect. Not the fanciest, but more than capable and gets the job done. We feel much more secure and it we can also keep an eye out on our dog when he’s outside!
Your reviews are really consistent and great! You're doing a great job with your videos! The audio was really choppy and bad, but I guess it "works" decently ok.. I still think Reolink gives better image quality all around. Any chance of any new Reolink videos? 😃
Black and White night vision is pretty good even the color night vision is lacking. And at least the camera is actual 2K resolution. You would be surprised at how many off-brands will advertise 2K resolution and they're actually not. Not that tapo is an off brand.
Excellent review! I am considering this camera as a good friend much more experienced in tech than me has several and recommended them to me. Your review gave specific, measurable, real-life uses and helped me a lot! So, I just subscribed to your channel. Thank you!
i’ve almost 10 tapocams providing surveillance at my home in Batam, Indonesia including my apartment in Singapore. They’re reliable, faster to live view & i can even live view 4 tapocams all on my iphone screen. i can simply swipe on my iphone screen to view another set of 4 other tapocams. The only thing i’m not impressed is that same question “when is tapo going to put a 4K cam on the market?
@@LifeHackster tapocams are a lot cheaper than other well known brands, so we get what we paid for, i really don’t mind forking out a little more if they finally put their 4K models on the market hahaha
Bro sounds like he works with tapocams, pushing an generic camera brand if it’s good then no need to push it out like this It’ll eventually catch on just like reolink
@LifeHackster Does this camera require internet to record on the MicroSD? I want a camera to monitor my rental property when it’s vacant but internet is usually disconnected.
This camera looks somewhat similar to the new Philips Hue security camera, it would be really helpful if you could do a test of these new cameras. Thanks again for another great video
can you do loop recording on this so that it can overwrite old video instead of having to pull out the sd card to format it?...or can you format it straight from the app? that would be convenient instead of having to pull out the sd card every few weeks or buy new ones every few months.
@@lexlopez15 It does loop recording. I have to recharge mine around every 10 days, due to live viewing and around 15 detections a day, so I just format the 256 card I have in it with the app . 😮
Thanks for another great video. I recently bought the Tapo TC85 and finding it glitchy. How has yours held up? Motion is great better than my Eufys 2C Pros. When I check Live View it always records the live view that I’m watching and it loads pretty slow and the playback is even worse at times getting a “network unavailable” error message. Rebooting doesn’t help. The spotlights don’t turn off at night if I press the bulb icon which it’s supposed to. My home network wifi is great. The support hasn’t been too helpful. Just wondering if anyone is having these issues. Thank you
Can you use these cameras if you're on another wifi network out of the country?
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I would appreciate it if you include connectivity test with 3rd party camera apps like Blue Iris or similar. Using an app is simply not an option if you have different brands and multiple cameras.
I've been trying to get mine to work with VLC and iSpy, via RTSP. It is rather spotty. Since it is battery powered, it only puts out RTSP stream when motion is detected, so it usually shows up as disconnected. It does reconnect when motion is detected, but only about 1/3 of the time. :-( Today is my last day for return to Amazon, and trying to make a final decision on it... really like the magnetic mount and happy with the battery life (I am losing ~1%/day.) but with RTSP missing so much of the time it may not be worth it for me.
warranty coverage may be limited to replacement only if you don't buy directly from them. they have a paywall for rich notifications which are delayed like reolink, though reolink doesn't seem to be delayed. I've found with reolink it has to be lower quality mode to be reliable but still records to the sd card in high quality when watching previous recorded video vs live or in the cloud. I get multiple 30 day free trials so it may be possible to extend the free trial beyond 30 days. Would be nice if it had optional PoE and 5 ghz wifi and better image quality at night.
Very very nice looking cameras and love the way they perform on this video. To me i would have these in a heartbeat compared to the dumb eufy cameras. Hope nothing but good for this company and there cameras.
Are you kidding? Eufy is better in almost every way. Video quality, sound quality, no subscription needed, built in solar panels on some of the cameras...
@@andrec.136you can get solar panels for this camera, can use it without a subscription and some of the eufy footage from expensive cameras I've seen wasnt much better than this one
Hope it doesn’t break though. Mine did and first they didn’t believe me then they wanted me to pay postage and a deposit that was more than the cost of the original camera even though it was less than a week old when it failed! (It was broken when I took it out of the box!)
Temps dropped to -30°F a few weeks ago over here by Chicago. Lots of wind/hail the other day (small tornado landed somewhere in Gary) and the magcams did well. No issues.
I just bought these cameras but can't figure out the spotlights. I only want them to come on when there is motion detected, but it looks like they stay on all the time if it's night time?
Hi, I really like your reviews and technique of getting to the point. I was wondering if you could recommend a small cam for inside a cathouse, so I can observe what the feral cats are doing. Thank you so much.
Hey my friend can you review the psync chat gpt camera $35 and it’s super advanced ai software suite it helps the software future for all cameras I think someone like you would make a great video! It attracts a lot of view and attention! Thanks!
Rich notifications are the snapshots or the thumbnail in the notifications. It will not tell you that "a person is detected" ..you will also see who it is.
I need to renew all my cameras now. 1ptz, 1-2 bullets, 1-2 solar/battery powered cameras. What (budget) camera eco system is the best at the moment? Im living in Thailand and I will chose between Ezviz, Imou or Tapo? And does any of those PTZ cameras have automatic scheduled patrolling?
I have been watching your reviews, and I want to congratulate you on your work. I want to buy 3 cameras for my home, but more I read, more confused I am. I was thinking on reolink, lot of people doesn't recommand. I have seen the TP-LINK Vigi but I don't find a lot of info. The best options will be POE but cables is not simple. Battery cameras would be must simplier, but camera with good duration are not cheap. I would like to avoid subscritpions, have AI detection anda rich notifications (for reolink I find Pushover solution that can may be remediate this) and may be in the future add an NVR (in some brands the price is very high). So as you can see, I have a lot of doubt. I already had an house alarm system, but want to have "eyes" in some entry point. What brand do you advice? Thanks a lot!
Such a same. They were so close to having a great camera. I absolutely love the physical design of this camera and it's mount. It's a shame the camera quality isn't a little better and it's missing the "Rich Notifications" without a subscription. 20' PIR distance is too short as well. I'm now leaning towards a eufyCam S221 (eufyCam 2 Pro). I want a battery camera I don't need to charge every month preferably without needing a subscription. I guess if push comes to shove I'll have to run power in the attic and just hardwire a camera.
CX410 is on another level. I might make another video on the CX410 because I'm really contemplating replacing my remaining 4K Reolinks with them. Less load in your network, more recording space in your hard drive and a low light sensor camera is better than a regular sensor with spotlights especially with Reolinks because they tend to have ghosting at night when there is not enough light.
@@LifeHackster After watching your review on the CX410 cameras, I decided to purchase (7) CX410 cameras and you are correct that they are on another level. I' am extremely pleased with the performance of these cameras. You don't really need 4K for the reasons you had mentioned. I would also like to add that Reolink did a fantastic job with their AI on these cameras. I rarely get false alerts and the AI is very accurate when it detects a pet, vehicle, and people. I was amazed that the cameras can pick up a squirrel 75 feet away at night. I really appreciate all of your time and effort in creating these reviews. Thanks!
You don’t need to be subscribed for notifications. You will get the regular text notifications. What you will not get are the snapshots that are attached to the notifications when you don’t subscribe.
Customer support is shitty, it is not 2k, and does not cover the full range of motion of wake up. The first day it was recording when a car would pass in front my house. Then all the sudden it started waking up only for motions in close range. I am a tech savy person and tried all of the settings and contacted the support and they dont know their ars from a hole in the ground. It also did not recognize five reputable SD cards just to force me to subscribe to their cloud service. Unfortunately I bought two of this crappy product.
these cams are 4g so unless you have 4g they will not work, did he tell you that? on top of the bullshit they load with the app is crazy days, DO NOT BUY THESE CAMS just my take after no one revealing they are 4g crap
Well, somebody is confused...what 4G are you talking about? This is a WIFI cam and connects to your 2.4 GHz WiFi. Tapo doesn't even sell 4G LTE connected cameras.
@@LifeHackster cannot get these cams to work, they will not stay connected, they will connect then shut off, they have been a pain in the but and provided me with nothing but problems, and they sit here unable to provide me with cams, i do not know why they told me i needed a 4g phone to use them, tc85
Wife and I just bought our first home and these cameras are perfect. Not the fanciest, but more than capable and gets the job done. We feel much more secure and it we can also keep an eye out on our dog when he’s outside!
Me and my wife also just bought our first house planning to get these for added security.
Your reviews are really consistent and great! You're doing a great job with your videos! The audio was really choppy and bad, but I guess it "works" decently ok.. I still think Reolink gives better image quality all around. Any chance of any new Reolink videos? 😃
Black and White night vision is pretty good even the color night vision is lacking. And at least the camera is actual 2K resolution. You would be surprised at how many off-brands will advertise 2K resolution and they're actually not. Not that tapo is an off brand.
Excellent review! I am considering this camera as a good friend much more experienced in tech than me has several and recommended them to me. Your review gave specific, measurable, real-life uses and helped me a lot! So, I just subscribed to your channel. Thank you!
Love the in depth review u touched on everything from notification and late response and subscription I’m subscribing
i’ve almost 10 tapocams providing surveillance at my home in Batam, Indonesia including my apartment in Singapore. They’re reliable, faster to live view & i can even live view 4 tapocams all on my iphone screen. i can simply swipe on my iphone screen to view another set of 4 other tapocams. The only thing i’m not impressed is that same question “when is tapo going to put a 4K cam on the market?
I know, they have to keep up with other brands releasing 4K models.
@@LifeHackster tapocams are a lot cheaper than other well known brands, so we get what we paid for, i really don’t mind forking out a little more if they finally put their 4K models on the market hahaha
Bro sounds like he works with tapocams, pushing an generic camera brand if it’s good then no need to push it out like this It’ll eventually catch on just like reolink
Thanks for the review L.H.
@ronm6585...Thanks for watching!
@LifeHackster Does this camera require internet to record on the MicroSD? I want a camera to monitor my rental property when it’s vacant but internet is usually disconnected.
I want to mount my camera instead of relying on the magnet. What mount would you guys use to recommend?
possible to view on iMac the stream of the cam beside iphone?
Great vid as always….you are the go to guy on this subject 👍
This camera looks somewhat similar to the new Philips Hue security camera, it would be really helpful if you could do a test of these new cameras. Thanks again for another great video
I haven’t seen the HUE camera anywhere in the market yet
Nice review, could you include what they charge for subscription service, as often this makes or breaks a purchase, thx!
Oh yeah I forgot to check on this one.
Thanks for the pricing info.
Saw another video with a bit different view, so I ended up getting them before I saw your vid 😂.. it’s ok I think we will be fine.
How do you protect it from being stolen easely?
Install Camera at least 10 feet above ground or else easily stolen.
Hello. What is the range that the hub can cover?
can you do loop recording on this so that it can overwrite old video instead of having to pull out the sd card to format it?...or can you format it straight from the app? that would be convenient instead of having to pull out the sd card every few weeks or buy new ones every few months.
@@lexlopez15 It does loop recording. I have to recharge mine around every 10 days, due to live viewing and around 15 detections a day, so I just format the 256 card I have in it with the app . 😮
@@sx20Ramar you're about 11 months too late. i've moved on to something smaller and cheaper.
@lexlopez15 what did you decide on?
@lexlopez15 Which brand did you choose? I need a small one as well
@D0TELL I ended up with a eufy doorbell camera shortly after this but I don't use it much anymore as I have since sold my property.
Thanks for another great video. I recently bought the Tapo TC85 and finding it glitchy. How has yours held up? Motion is great better than my Eufys 2C Pros. When I check Live View it always records the live view that I’m watching and it loads pretty slow and the playback is even worse at times getting a “network unavailable” error message. Rebooting doesn’t help. The spotlights don’t turn off at night if I press the bulb icon which it’s supposed to. My home network wifi is great. The support hasn’t been too helpful. Just wondering if anyone is having these issues. Thank you
Tapo have really pulled forward with their cameras
Can you use these cameras if you're on another wifi network out of the country?
I would appreciate it if you include connectivity test with 3rd party camera apps like Blue Iris or similar. Using an app is simply not an option if you have different brands and multiple cameras.
WIFI cameras especially battery powered ones normally don't integrate with 3rd party apps.
I've been trying to get mine to work with VLC and iSpy, via RTSP. It is rather spotty. Since it is battery powered, it only puts out RTSP stream when motion is detected, so it usually shows up as disconnected. It does reconnect when motion is detected, but only about 1/3 of the time. :-( Today is my last day for return to Amazon, and trying to make a final decision on it... really like the magnetic mount and happy with the battery life (I am losing ~1%/day.) but with RTSP missing so much of the time it may not be worth it for me.
warranty coverage may be limited to replacement only if you don't buy directly from them. they have a paywall for rich notifications which are delayed like reolink, though reolink doesn't seem to be delayed. I've found with reolink it has to be lower quality mode to be reliable but still records to the sd card in high quality when watching previous recorded video vs live or in the cloud. I get multiple 30 day free trials so it may be possible to extend the free trial beyond 30 days. Would be nice if it had optional PoE and 5 ghz wifi and better image quality at night.
This is tapo C425?
Can i rewatch old recordings if i use sd card?
How can I enable tag on ? On c420s1?
I like the magnet mount feature but that limited distance detecting wouldn't be useful for me.
How if they steal the camera? Lost records and the camera?
Does it allow activity zone and continuous recording in battery mode?
Very very nice looking cameras and love the way they perform on this video. To me i would have these in a heartbeat compared to the dumb eufy cameras. Hope nothing but good for this company and there cameras.
Are you kidding? Eufy is better in almost every way. Video quality, sound quality, no subscription needed, built in solar panels on some of the cameras...
@@andrec.136you can get solar panels for this camera, can use it without a subscription and some of the eufy footage from expensive cameras I've seen wasnt much better than this one
Could you do a review of the Ezviz C6N? I just got one and I need to know if it's good
I have to check on that. Thanks for watching!
Hope it doesn’t break though. Mine did and first they didn’t believe me then they wanted me to pay postage and a deposit that was more than the cost of the original camera even though it was less than a week old when it failed! (It was broken when I took it out of the box!)
Hey brother. Will the reolink cameras work with a elan smart home controller... Keep it up brother
I'm not really sure.
How would the magnet hold up against thunderstorm wind gust
It is somewhat a similar design like the google nest cam outdoor battery. Too.
Temps dropped to -30°F a few weeks ago over here by Chicago. Lots of wind/hail the other day (small tornado landed somewhere in Gary) and the magcams did well. No issues.
I just bought these cameras but can't figure out the spotlights. I only want them to come on when there is motion detected, but it looks like they stay on all the time if it's night time?
Yes that's correct, 5:20 there's no option for AUTO. It's all or nothing.
@@snazzychazzy Spotlights come on if you choose color night vision or just turn them on manually.
Is this camera more of a fixed head, or is the head movable
Could you do a review of the Lorex fusion system with doorbell vs the reolink?
Can I use this behind a window?
Hi, I really like your reviews and technique of getting to the point. I was wondering if you could recommend a small cam for inside a cathouse, so I can observe what the feral cats are doing. Thank you so much.
When you get notification you can’t review it without subscription?
Will it override the storage when it's full?
@@obedboateng8392 yes
Hey my friend can you review the psync chat gpt camera $35 and it’s super advanced ai software suite it helps the software future for all cameras I think someone like you would make a great video! It attracts a lot of view and attention! Thanks!
nice review man, distance is really short though, think ima skip these
why do you say you need to subscribe to get rick notifications if you still received a "Person Detected" notification before buying the subscription?
Rich notifications are the snapshots or the thumbnail in the notifications. It will not tell you that "a person is detected" ..you will also see who it is.
Mine keeps resetting itself don’t know what’s wrong
TC85 works in philippines?
Yes. I think its C425 in the Philippines
Any suggestion for on a budget wireless outdoor camera
You mean like the one in the video?
This means that all your internet traffic now goes through this unprotected camera?
It can works on the TV by connecting
Hi! Thanks for the video. Can multiple users download the app and use it from different locations?
The night vision capability isn't that good but the video quality during the day is nice. Great review and thanks for all the information. 👍
I need to renew all my cameras now. 1ptz, 1-2 bullets, 1-2 solar/battery powered cameras.
What (budget) camera eco system is the best at the moment?
Im living in Thailand and I will chose between Ezviz, Imou or Tapo?
And does any of those PTZ cameras have automatic scheduled patrolling?
I have been watching your reviews, and I want to congratulate you on your work. I want to buy 3 cameras for my home, but more I read, more confused I am. I was thinking on reolink, lot of people doesn't recommand. I have seen the TP-LINK Vigi but I don't find a lot of info. The best options will be POE but cables is not simple. Battery cameras would be must simplier, but camera with good duration are not cheap. I would like to avoid subscritpions, have AI detection anda rich notifications (for reolink I find Pushover solution that can may be remediate this) and may be in the future add an NVR (in some brands the price is very high). So as you can see, I have a lot of doubt. I already had an house alarm system, but want to have "eyes" in some entry point. What brand do you advice? Thanks a lot!
Nice camera. But the audio was clipping.
Can you please do a review on Tapo C325WB.
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By connecting to the tv
You lost me at “I don’t have a subscription so I’m not going to get a rich notification” nice review, thank you.
Did you see the next part where he subscribed to show the difference?
@@sfhickeyyes, but that still means I’ve entirely lost interest in this camera
How about 24/7 view
Such a same. They were so close to having a great camera. I absolutely love the physical design of this camera and it's mount. It's a shame the camera quality isn't a little better and it's missing the "Rich Notifications" without a subscription. 20' PIR distance is too short as well.
I'm now leaning towards a eufyCam S221 (eufyCam 2 Pro). I want a battery camera I don't need to charge every month preferably without needing a subscription. I guess if push comes to shove I'll have to run power in the attic and just hardwire a camera.
Cx-410 kills this one
I bought a few cx-410 cameras and they’re nice. Only thing they need to do now is make them 4k.
@@M3FortiZay they are, coming soon, like in the next 30 days or so.
CX410 is on another level. I might make another video on the CX410 because I'm really contemplating replacing my remaining 4K Reolinks with them. Less load in your network, more recording space in your hard drive and a low light sensor camera is better than a regular sensor with spotlights especially with Reolinks because they tend to have ghosting at night when there is not enough light.
@@LifeHackster After watching your review on the CX410 cameras, I decided to purchase (7) CX410 cameras and you are correct that they are on another level. I' am extremely pleased with the performance of these cameras. You don't really need 4K for the reasons you had mentioned. I would also like to add that Reolink did a fantastic job with their AI on these cameras. I rarely get false alerts and the AI is very accurate when it detects a pet, vehicle, and people. I was amazed that the cameras can pick up a squirrel 75 feet away at night. I really appreciate all of your time and effort in creating these reviews. Thanks!
@@netstar5950Thank you. I appreciate it.
Pilipinong pilipino bro!
So no notifications unless I subscribe ?!
You don’t need to be subscribed for notifications. You will get the regular text notifications. What you will not get are the snapshots that are attached to the notifications when you don’t subscribe.
@ ahhh yes ! Ok thanks very much for the response !
Customer support is shitty, it is not 2k, and does not cover the full range of motion of wake up. The first day it was recording when a car would pass in front my house. Then all the sudden it started waking up only for motions in close range. I am a tech savy person and tried all of the settings and contacted the support and they dont know their ars from a hole in the ground.
It also did not recognize five reputable SD cards just to force me to subscribe to their cloud service.
Unfortunately I bought two of this crappy product.
Night recording looks really bad
@@TroutWest night recording on mine is clear as a bell. That is infrared mode. For night color mode, spot lights come on, so I don't use that.
Sper choppy sound. Just like my wyze cams
Terrible Audio
Tapo camera is not recommended since it cannot have static ip address.
Alex-A? Lol.
2023 and micro usb? Red flag for me.
Others have this as well like Simplisafe cameras charge their batteries with micro usb
Oh gawd, so 2021
,how horrible, may as well record to a VHS tape too eh?😂
Agree 100%. It's almost 2024 and any company using micro usb deserves to go out of business.
these cams are 4g so unless you have 4g they will not work, did he tell you that? on top of the bullshit they load with the app is crazy days, DO NOT BUY THESE CAMS just my take after no one revealing they are 4g crap
Well, somebody is confused...what 4G are you talking about? This is a WIFI cam and connects to your 2.4 GHz WiFi. Tapo doesn't even sell 4G LTE connected cameras.
customer service told me they were 4g, so guess they lied to me
@@LifeHackster cannot get these cams to work, they will not stay connected, they will connect then shut off, they have been a pain in the but and provided me with nothing but problems, and they sit here unable to provide me with cams, i do not know why they told me i needed a 4g phone to use them, tc85
and lets also add that customer service is in the Philippines, so you can hardly get what they are talking about, very disappointed with he cams
Absolutely garbage 😅