TP-Link Tapo 2K Pan/Tilt Security Camera for Baby Monitor, Dog Camera w/Motion Detection, 2-Way Audio, Siren, Night Vision, Cloud & SD Card Storage, Works with Alexa & Google Home, 2-Pack (C210P2)

These cameras are surprisingly good for the price. The video quality is super sharp, and the pan/tilt feature is so helpful for checking the full room. I use one for watching my cat while I’m out and another as a basic home security cam. The app is really easy to use, and I love that you can talk through it or even use it with Alexa.The motion detection is spot on and customizable, so I’m not constantly getting alerts unless something real is happening. Setup took like five minutes, and the night vision is clear enough to see everything even in total darkness. Whether you’re using them for pets, kids, or peace of mind, these little guys pack a punch.

It's not perfect but it's probably one of the best cameras you will find, especially for the price. None compete. But overall it's only other competition is wyze. It's reliable and always available when I view it thru the app. It's tracking and motion sensing is decent and there are enough settings to get what you need without it being too complicated. Picture quality is pretty good. Fair in very low light conditions. Ptz is easy to use as well.

Works great. I had some Samsung cameras but last month the app they use was taken down because it's so old ..I think it was called SmartCam. I'm actually happy that's happened, because these cameras have way better picture quality and are faster and easier to use. And it's much better than Ring because there's no subscription unless you need cloud. Other than that everything is free all of the features are free and it's great!For people saying that they won't connect.. I had a problem with one of the cameras not connecting and it was simply because my routers uses both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz and these cameras only use 2.4. So you have to find a way to make sure your router is using the 2.4 when you set these up. I'm on a Nest system and you can't select between 2.4 or 5 so it took a couple of tries for it to register on the 2.4 frequency.

This review is for TP-Link Tapo 2K Pan/Tilt Indoor Security Camera for Baby Monitor, Pet Camera | Motion Detection & Tracking | 2-Way Audio | Cloud & SD Card Storage | Works w/Alexa & Google Home | Black | Tapo C211.Great video quality in 2K or 1080P but loses some details farther away, which is expected. So while I can zoom in on something, it does lose sharpness if it’s far away. I use it to watch my senior dog when he’s home alone. Setting up the camera is pretty easy by just following the quick setup guide. However, if you have VPN installed on your phone, turn this off first before you proceed or you will have a hard time connecting to the camera and your wi-fi. You can turn the vpn back on afterward. So basically 1) Pause vpn, if applicable 2) connect the phone to the camera wi-fi ID and once that’s connected then 3) connect your phone to your own wi-fi 2.4Ghz network and then 4) resume vpn, if paused earlier. If you don’t turn off vpn you will waste a lot of time trying to figure out why the camera could not connect to your WiFi. Been there done it and this is my 7th Tapo camera setup so just saying…I like Tapo specifically because I don’t have to buy cloud storage. This means that if you don't buy the cloud service or do not have a microSD, the camera will not record any activity by itself. It will still notify you of the activities you’ve set up to be notified about but it will not be possible to see what had just transpired without a microSD. I personally use a high endurance one that is designed specifically for monitoring cameras and dashcams, not just a phone microSD, because it needs to be able to handle the amount of read-write-retrieve that these cameras require. This is the one I use for all my cameras, if interested: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NY23WBG Just don’t go beyond the 512Gb limit for this camera.The camera is very good in general but I noticed that it can also lose track of me in terms of motion tracking and pan/tilting especially when I’m wearing dark clothing. After a while it would go back to the original position, leaving me baffled at times. It has also gone offline regularly for no apparent reason so I had to disable motion sensing which took care of that problem but it defeats the purpose of that feature! I thought the unit would rotate in the middle, at the ball joint, but it actually rotates at the base. I can hear it move and I leave the status light on to alert me that it’s on when I’m home so that I can remember to go into privacy mode and turn off the camera. This is usually when I wish that there is a Watch app that I can just click to turn on/off the camera without opening up the whole app to do this. There is a Home/Away mode for this though which can be set up automatically. Everything you need is in the app and I think it’s a great app. They’ve updated it a few times since I’ve been using it and it gets better every time. There’s always something new to play around with and explore. I love being able to download the video to my phone to share with friends and family. The only thing I do find annoying is that it will prompt me regularly every 5 minutes to continue monitoring and I have to respond or the screen is frozen. This defeats the purpose of it being a full fledged monitoring camera so it’s not great for baby monitoring. Something to keep in mind.Overall, this is a pretty good camera and is feature packed like all my other Tapo cameras but it had some quirks for me like losing track of where I walked and also going offline until I stopped motion sensing completely. It has great night vision and very crisp daylight videos though. It’s just a matter of fine tuning the settings to get things to behave the way you want that can take some time to get right. I don’t like subscribing to anything so the best part is that no subscription is required! I would give it a 4.0/5.0 - 03/11/2024.Side note: You only need to do the setup on one phone and will be able to view the camera on all your other devices whether iPad or whatever other tablets once you log on to the Tapo app. However, you will -not- be able to view the cameras on your laptop or the web by inputting the ip address in the browser (I’ve tried). Well, I’ve never found a way to do this and I’m not that tech savvy to figure it out but it may be possible using some other authentication method.Also, you can set the camera to do continuous recording vs only detection recording (Default) by going to Setting - Storage & Recording - Recording Schedule and editing the time blocks from Orange (Only when something is detected) to Blue (Always record) or even to White (Don’t record anything).Note that your phone can be connected to the 5GHz wifi all the time but the cameras will only use 2.4GHz by default. Many cameras only support 2.4GHz. As far as I can tell, it will not support or connect to any unsecure wifi network. It seems to only support WPA or WPA2 encryptions. WEP, Portal, WPA/WPA2-enterprise, or WPA3-only networks are not supported.If your internet drops, you can still use the cameras or watch live views without an internet connection if you are connected to the same wireless network. However, you won’t get any notifications since this requires internet access.I have the Tp-Link Wifi extender (RE220) and I use the Tapo Tethers app to connect half of my cameras to the hidden SSID (_ext) I set up in the app. I would recommend it if you want to have a greater wifi range.06/04/2024: Note: If you set up this camera to turn on and off with another camera (like with Leave Home or Arrive Home automation), and you turn on the other camera, this camera will also turn on by itself as soon as you appear in front of it (despite being in Privacy Mode i.e. camera is OFF). I believe this is a serious bug and so don’t be surprised to find the camera has turned on all by itself even if you have privacy set to ON, if you have this type of setup. Otherwise, it will stay shut down in privacy mode. If you don’t want this to happen then do not add this camera to your automation routine. However, this doesn’t just happen with this camera. It happens with all my other Tapo cameras as well that are linked with a motion sensing camera such as this one. For example, if you set Arrive Home to turn OFF both this camera and a non-motion sensing one, and you manually turned on this motion sensing camera, it will also force the other non-motion sensing one to come on as well so be careful with this type of setup lest you find it recording you doing something you may not want to be seen on camera. LOL Hopefully, Tapo will address this issue in one of their future software releases but be warned!!!

Was skeptical as these are fairly inexpensive. I am pleasantly surprised! Have owned the cameras for ~6 months now and they have worked without issues since day 1. App is easy to use and cameras have good picture/mic. Will track intruders via Pan/Tilt, notify you of unauthorized entry, and are wireless! Highly recommend!

Very surprised how nice this camera is for the price (paid $20 on sale). Easy to setup on phone, connected to WiFi right away. Video quality is acceptable even in lower light. Audio is OK, not the best but able to hear conversations clear. Again for the price, cant go wrong.