LaView 4MP Bulb Security Camera 2.4GHz,360° 2K Security Cameras Wireless Outdoor Indoor Full Color Day and Night, Motion Detection, Audible Alarm, Easy Installation, Compatible with Alexa

We have been wanting to get a camera for our back alley for months ever since our neighbor's camera caught some dudes checking their truck and our vehicle to see if they were unlocked late at night. No bueno. We do have some vehicle theft in our area - especially with the alley ways being so private. AND - we have 3 teenage boys - one of which I could see trying to sneak out and be naughty... haha! (Just like his momma used to, let's be real.) I love that this camera was so easy to install - just screw it in and you're good! The only problem for me was that the bottom of the camera by where it screws into the light bulb thing was preventing it from getting it to insert in order to screw it in. I had to remove the light assembly to basically loosen the inner assembly so that it would come out a little to let the camera screw in. That was a bit annoying. Maybe it was just my light fixture...it IS from 1999. The picture is great - as you can see from my picture - and the night vision is really cool too. I ended up purchasing the cloud feature to save my videos. For some reason I thought there may be a way to insert an SD card or maybe send files via bluetooth to my computer. I wasn't super excited about paying extra for the cloud service. And honestly I'm not sure if it saves a certain amount of captured videos via the app that you could download if you wanted? The app is incredibly easy to use and like I said, the whole setup is fantastic. I'm still trying to figure out the motion detection - it goes off every time the trees blow around or if my dogs happen to walk along the fence. I saw something about human detection on the app, but I'm not sure how that works. There is a "do not disturb" function, so I can set it to not send me notifications during the day. Also, there's this "Starlight" function - I think it turns the light on when it detects motion? I promise I've had this for probably a month but just haven't played around with the functions enough. So I'm sure this review is super not as much helpful as it could be. Maybe there's a YouTube video out there about the specifics? There IS a YouTube video for EVERYTHING... I would recommend it - the price is RIGHT for the features and quality! And it connects to Alexa and Google Home. I connected to both (we also have a Google Nest at our front door), but also haven't tried that out either and not sure how it would be helpful. AND, it has a siren! I guess if it alerts you there's motion and you see some very bad people trying to do bad things, you can activate the siren and freak them out. THAT would be FUN!

I didn't have high standards for this product based on the price but here it is, a few years later and it's still going. Granted the video quality isn't 4k or anything but it's clear enough to see people clearly. I like the two way speaker feature but the light it self isn't very bright. We used this in our side door light fixture outside and it works under the glass fixture. The camera hangs below the fixture so it doesn't impede the camera. I like that it rotates around and the app is very easy to use. I will say that there's periods over the years that the app stops alerting me to motion but I'll open the app and that seems to help. For the price, ease of use, video quality and durability, it's a no brainer... buy it!

LaView 4MP Bulb Security Camera 2.4GHz,360° 2K Security Cameras Wireless Outdoor Indoor Full Color Day and Night, Motion Detection, Audible Alarm, Easy Installation, Compatible with Alexa… The light bulb-style camera comes economically packaged in a retail-marked light cardboard box. Inside the box, right on top there is a user manual, a quick start guide, and the small fold out marked" important notice ". The bulb camera itself is nestled inside a formed plastic holder. There is also a small adapter so you could plug this directly into a light socket. There's a sticker on the white socket adapter that tells you this is to help you set up the Wi-Fi. That's a nice touch and it makes sense. That way you can plug it into a socket convenient to you while you're setting it up so you don't have to stand on a ladder or something and wave your phone in front of the camera to connect it. Looking at the quick start guide, you will have to download the app before trying to set up the camera. That makes sense. They also note that this only works on 2.4 gigahertz Wi-Fi, so you'll need to be certain that your phone is said on a 2.4 GHz stream from your router. Setting up the camera is familiar to anyone that has set up a security cam before- they all seem to be set up in a similar fashion. Once you have downloaded the app and set up an account with them, you have to receive a unlock code in your email to proceed further. Further. Once you have that, it's as simple as plugging the camera into power, (this is where that handy little adapter makes it much easier) wait for the camera to initiate, then you put your Wi-Fi password in so the camera can program itself and the app will give you a QR code to show to the camera. After a moment, the camera will play a tone to notify you that it has recognized the QR code and then the app gives you a countdown. It's a 2-minute countdown, but it took less than that for the camera to initiate itself and come online. Then you can put the camera or wherever you need it to be. In our case, I plugged it in in the living room to program it and then put it out side in the lamp socket above the door. So far, I've had no glitches with the camera. It makes connections and reconnections fairly quickly, and it responds well to manual directional changes. There is a siren function to the camera, but the siren is very quiet. I tested the siren by setting it off manually when a family member was in the yard less than 100 ft from it and they said it sounded very quiet and not alarming at all. As part of the setup, you have the option to put a TF card into the camera for storage. Please note, it does not come with a TF card. You'll have to provide your own. However, the camera doesn't seem to be very picky. I put in a card that I had pulled from an older non-functioning camera, and the camera recognized it and started recording to it almost immediately. On the opposite side of the quick start guide( and keep in mind this has nine pages per side- so not really that quick) they will give you step by step on how to link your Alexa to the camera if you desire. Everything seems fairly straightforward and step by step. I'm going to hold off giving the camera my Alexa password, while I see if I'm happy with all the rest of the functions. Reading through the rest of the instructions and the quote important notice" insert, they know that the camera is not waterproof- this is even though the ads specifically say that this is an indoor-outdoor camera. The important notice goes on to say that if you use it outdoors, you'll have to ensure that the camera will not get wet in the rain. I have issues with this. I did not expect the camera to be waterproof, but I do expect it to be water-resistant. How can you sell your product as an outdoor product without it being water resistant at all? I have mind mounted outdoors, in a lamp fixture that's very similar to the one in the end. It'll be interesting to see what happens with the camera after the first rainstorm we have. As far as night vision, in complete darkness without turning the light on we can see the accustomed black-and-white night images, but they are fairly clear. Turning on the light will give you back color but you lose a little bit of the depth. Another thing I did notice that I thought was interesting. Is that turning on the light produces an audibly loud click. Hearing the click over the phone interface via the sound transmission of the camera assembly itself, it sounds quite heavy and makes a loud sound. One of the difficulties I've had with similar light bulb-style cameras is that sometimes it has difficulty making a connection. I've had this one for a couple of days now, and checking it multiple times during the day and the night. It has connected in a reasonably quick time, every time. The only difficulty I've had with the camera is the controlling software on your phone. There is a very high incidence of the software nagging you to buy the premium version and buy cloud software. In addition to the continual nagging, you have to wait several seconds to be able to dismiss the nag screen. I was seriously thinking about purchasing more of these cameras, but the nag screen is starting to make me think otherwise. **** UPDATE **** After several emails back and forth with LaView, they provided me with the instructions to shut off the push ads. It’s buried deep in the app. Here is the path to get to the off switch. APP-> > Me page ->click on the upper right corner->Privacy Permission Settings->disable Personalization It did work to shut off most of the popups, but it took several days to stop them all. The seller has corrected part of the info in the paperwork that comes with the camera, According to their representative, the cams are rated IP65, which according to a quick Google, “An IP65 rated enclosure gives protection against low-pressure water jets from any direction, as well as condensation and water spray. It's suitable for most outdoor enclosures that won't encounter extreme weather such as flooding.” So water resistant, but not waterproof. Their customer service has been responsive, prompting this update on my review.

These were fairly easy to set up and connect to my phone. You can move the camera and control the light settings remotely. They work wonderfully plus is no monthly fee.

I'm writing this review at 2AM because of the absolute and sheer ridiculousness of this app and LaView as a company. The hardware is fine, but since everything is controlled in the app, it's almost impossible to do anything without it. Cameras are great, clear images, and they work wonderfully outside in the Midwest winters. I especially appreciate that I can use a microSD card to save recordings myself. A 256GB Samsung Endurance card can record audio and video 24 hours a day for nearly three months straight! The app makes it easy to view live feeds and check recordings. The app has it's own Do Not Disturb schedule to ensure notifications are pushed silently when you might be sleeping, which is great! Guess who got a notification to sign up for their cloud service at 1:30 AM? Despite hosting my own local storage, I still get daily ads pushed to my phone (ignoring the DnD schedule that is set up) to sign up for their overpriced cloud services? Yeah, no thanks. This really sucks because I LOVE these cameras and now I have to spend time figuring out if I can hack them to use another app. The app seems to be a "secure" browser instance, so reverting to an older version doesn't fix the ads. Great hardware, absolute garbage app, and really terrible business practices. Stay far away from LaView.

LaView 4MP Bulb Security Camera 2.4GHz,360° 2K Security Camera I was for sure skeptical of this product's ability to perform as well as a regular home security cameral. I've actually been searching for a couple of years now for something that would do what I need and desire in a security camera. We all know most systems are extremely expensive as well as long term costly via having to pay a monthly or even yearly fee for service. Not sure about everyone else however I don't particularly care for the idea of someone sitting in an office somewhere in the world watching me on camera or depending on someone else to secure my home and land. Privacy is important, that's the whole idea behind it. I have a connection via Satellite system internet as I live in a rural area where I can't get the option of fancy fast internet. So my wifi is often spotty and even failing. I was concerned that having the bad wifi would make the camera itself just simply not work. Also my modem/router is 80ft away from the area where I wanted to place it. It works perfectly!! I had zero issues setting this up. It worked from gitgo! Setup: I read the horror stories and I did exactly what the instructions said. I plugged the camera into the outlet "spike protector" to make it easier near my modem/router placed the mini sd card into it and then activated it. I moved it to the desired location unplugging the light bulb and screwing the camera in and boom! it worked right away! 5 minutes tops! Motion tracking: The motion detector and tracking is great. It's fast it's smooth and doesn't miss a thing. I set it up then let my hyper German shepherd out and it kept her in focus and tracked her over 2 acres of land where it's viewing. Night Vision: I have to agree with most of the reviews I read, I do prefer the night time full color it's a nice crisp image. Note: You do need a bit of light source for the camera to draw from for the color it doesn't take much we have an outside light around back that shines a small amount up front which was plenty for the camera to work great. Regular Night Vision is also good and both are great quality. Sturdy, high quality photos and video. It will record all the time or you can set it to record on "event" someone walking around or critters doing what they do best getting into mischief. If you don't have the best internet, I believe you will still be able to use these cameras. I honestly have one of the worst in the country lol and it works! I would recommend these cameras.

These light bulb cameras are great however they won't stay connected and constantly go offline. They're easy to install, have good video quality, good features, you can add an SD card for storage, and the app is good. The big issue though is that they won't stay connected to the wifi and constantly go offline. When they go offline, you have to do a hard reset on the camera, you can't reset it from the app. I had initially used them to monitor a house in a different state and they were useless after they went offline. I then brought them home and connected them to my home wifi system and had the same problem. Here at home I have a mesh router with satellites and 1GB upload and download speeds, it's fast and reliable. So I know it's not the wifi. The only reason I still use them is because I have one of those light switches that is programmable and so I set it to turn off at 11:59pm and turn back on at 12am. So if for some reason the cameras go offline during the day, they will reset themselves because of the schedule on the light switch. If it weren't for this problem, I'd rate them a 5 instead of a 3.

Let me preface this review by saying that we have a paid subscription security system installed at our home. However, in order to have coverage on all sides, we would have had to purchase an additional block of 4 more cameras which was ridiculous. So we opted to find a good camera that we can use ourselves. This camera is the answer to that problem. I am very surprised at the quality of the picture that we can see on our mobile devices. I love that we are able to move the camera to the angle that we desire, and that there are options for controlling the light settings, human motion settings and night vision settings. We had a difficult time trying to find out where to use the camera due to the setup of our outdoor home. We did not want to have to turn on several lights to get the camera to work, so we ended up plugging it in with an extension cord and hanging it from one of the eaves of the home. That worked so much better for us. The customer service that we have recieved so far has been very good. We received an email from the maker before we even installed the camera about how to use it and how to work it once we received it. While there are some good articles in the FAQ section, not all of them are accurate, especially when they show a different model than what we have, but still overall it is very good and easy to use. One of the issues that we found was that if we kept the light on at night, it would constantly attract bugs and give us notifications of movement, so we adjusted it to night vision so that the light doesn't come on at night and we also adjusted the settings to detect human movement. That helped a great deal. You can use a micro SD card with this if you want to. We will most likely do that, but for now, we haven't used that. And they do have a subscription to their cloud for backup. We have not used that either. For the price and features that this simple camera has, it is definitly an option worth purchasing. So far, we are quite happy with how this functions.