NetGear Arlo 3x Camera System: Good Guys $648 (OW Price Match $615.60)

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  JSQUARED on 13/03/2016 - 14:43

  +3

  Cheaper to have gone through Bing Lee ($518.40) on eBay
  http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Netgear-Arlo-Security-System-with…

  20% off offer

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    thewinchester on 13/03/2016 - 14:47

    Saw that very deal in the top deals box just after I posted. Kicking myself quite hard right now.

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  neworder on 13/03/2016 - 14:53

  Return it to get full refund if it's still new in box. Then buy it from eBay.

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  [Deactivated] on 13/03/2016 - 15:09

  I thought about getting the 2 camera pack a couple of weeks back. Are they actually any good or is it worth going for a wired IP camera setup?

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    dubrex on 13/03/2016 - 16:20

    +8

    I have 7 Arlos around my house. Go with wired Hikvisions if you can afford it and can be bothered, otherwise the Arlos are a fair bit cheaper to install and very easy to setup.

    Other things to consider:
    - No local recording, only uploads to Netgear's cloud. You can download clips to your phone/PC though.
    - Clips are limited to 2 mins max. Cameras don't keep recording if they continue to detect motion, they have to be triggered again to start a new clip, which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't.
    - Reliant on Netgear's servers not going down (and they do go down occasionally).
    - Netgear recommend at least 1mbps upload speed (I have mine hooked into a dedicated 4g router on Telstra prepaid for 6mbps uploads)
    - Battery life is decent at around 6 months, but need to factor in ongoing battery replacement cost or a set of rechargeables
    - Only 720p, decent enough but Hikvisions are generally much better
    - Motion detection is a bit hit and miss. The cameras need to be set up so that motion moves across its field of view, not towards. I get lots of false alerts from moving trees, unless I turn down the sensitivity (which limits the camera's overall usefulness and range) or narrow the zoom to exclude the trees.
    - There's a lag between when the camera detects motion and when it "wakes up" to start recording, generally about 2 seconds, which can mean you don't capture an event. You can however set up other cameras to start recording if one in the system detects motion, which helps with this issue a bit if you have a few of them like I do.
    - No IFTTT but supposedly coming in April.
    - I find the app interface pretty good and easy to use.

    Overall they're fine for residential use but I wouldn't use them for anything too serious like a commercial environment. They give my wife peace of mind that no one is lurking outside our house, and it's handy seeing who comes and goes from the house whilst we're out, so in that sense they do what we needed them to do.

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      davecolgate on 13/03/2016 - 17:53

      Fantastic summary. To soften the financial blow you can always claim it as part of your home office security expenses =).

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      thewinchester on 13/03/2016 - 20:40

      @dubrex: In terms of the 4G service you use, how much traffic is that chewing through a month for you?

      As for looking at other camera systems, I'd love to go for a wired setup - but as I rent, I don't want to go through the hassle of forking out for cabling and power points constantly, plus owners permission to do it in the first place. That's why the Arlo is a good compromise system for me.

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        dubrex on 13/03/2016 - 21:27

        I average about 500mb a month, which is with 3 cameras at the front of the house being used a fair bit, and the remaining 4 around the house getting very little use, if any. So a $60 6GB data pass should last me about a year. A 10 second clip at best video quality is about 1MB.

        Agree they're a good compromise for a rental. They come with a magnetic mounting dome that you can attach to a wall/ceiling/downpipe etc with a Command strip, so can easily be removed when you leave. The magnet's really strong, but just make sure you use a strong Command strip as well, unlike on one of mine where I stupidly used a little one which came off and resulted in my poor Arlo suffering a 3m fall (still works though, they're very well built!).

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  swings on 13/03/2016 - 16:04

  Could work as internal cam in a office area and/or restaurant?

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    dubrex on 13/03/2016 - 16:25

    +1

    Not these particular models unfortunately as they're battery operated and only work on motion for 2 mins max, however the new Arlo Q that's coming out which is wired would probably be quite good for this (notwithstanding the lack of local storage though which is a major limitation).

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      swings on 13/03/2016 - 21:52

      thanks to explain me.

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  batrarobin on 13/03/2016 - 16:17

  Bear in mind that the free cloud storage is very limited (I think 1GB a week) so the chances are that you would also end up paying for their upgraded cloud storage (10GB a week) if your cameras are set to recording all the time or if there is lot of motion detection.

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  UFO on 13/03/2016 - 16:24

  cnet review:

  http://www.cnet.com/products/netgear-arlo-smart-home-securit…

  Mighty expensive for 720p video. But I guess the sleek white futuristic lines make up for it ;).

  Since it's being marketed as indoor/outdoor with night vision, I'd really want to see night footage in a real life scenario (like driveway footage of someone breaking into your car for instance). Because I dont see very many infared emitters on the front of the cameras, and coupled with 720 instead 1080 res, I can't see how any meaningful/useful evidence would be available to the police for prosecution.

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  SourNipples on 13/03/2016 - 16:38

  Does anyone happen to know any wireless security camera with internal storage?

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    m9 on 13/03/2016 - 17:42

    +1

    let me guess.. you ate all 21 limes?

    

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      SourNipples on 13/03/2016 - 18:08

      43 in fact