VSTARCAM Pet Camera Indoor, 2.4GHz WiFi Puppy/Cat Camera with Phone App, Dog Monitor with AI Human Detection Night Vision, 2-Way Talk, 24/7, TF/Cloud Storage

Update 01/18/21: Just received my 3rd Vstarcam. At this point, I can't imagine owning any other brand. I bought one of the 720p Vstarcams 2 years ago and I have it mounted inside my living Room Window so I can't use the night vision feature due to the reflection. Turns out, I really only need my porch light on and it is sufficient enough to see. Actually I like it better because It stays in color which can come in handy if you ever need to Identify the color of a car. Since I've owned the 720p Vstar cam I have bought several other brands and have mounted them right next to one another and have found not only are the others (which were supposedly 1080p) inferior to the Vstarcam in picture quality but the last one I bought was completely blacked out as soon as the sun set and useless without a LOT of I.R. led's blasting the area. So I decided that I was only going to buy the VStarCams from here on out because I definitely don't want to have to use more than one app. but I also haven't found another 1080p cam in this price range that is near the quality of this 720p. So when I ordered another cam a couple days ago, it was a no brainer to order the Vstarcam 1080p... thinking, at worst, It would be the same quality or a little better. After I hooked it up I could definitely tell a difference right away in video quality but the real surprise came after the sun set. If you look at the Pictures I posted, both are the Vstarcams and the darker image is the 720p and the brighter is the new 1080p and you can easily see that the new cam is absolutely amazing looking out my window and no night vision being used on either of them. The 2 pictures were taken well after dark and the only light I have on is my 60 watt led porch light which isn't really that bright. The darker picture from the 720p cam is more true to how I see it outside with my eyes but the other camera completely surpasses any that I've tried. The camera stays on all night with no night vision and it is still in color. I know looking at the screen shots looks like there are some IR's on but I promise you it is only the porch light and the street lights and the street lights are no where nearly as bright as they appear through that camera, it's just that camera has an amazing sensor. So this is an easy one.... I highly recommend anyone whom is looking to mount a camera on the inside of a window looking out and still wants to see everything clearly in color and use no night vision to buy these 1080p VstarCams. It's also worth noting that the software is far better than the software for other cams I own and there is actually a different app for the cell phone and PC which is nice because the app for the pc looks like a professional system with a ton of really great features. Lastly, the older cam I bought 2 years ago has never worked through my Alexa Echo Show but to my surprise the new one does and it didn't require me to jump through hoops to make it work since all the software was already configured for Vstar. Hooking up the second camera was very easy and fast, again, since my cell phone, PC, and Alexa Show was already configured for this brand, all I had to do was plug it in and open my Android app for the camera's and scan the bar code... and presto!!! Done!!

I bought this not realizing my husband already bought another so I returned it but before I did I tested it out and it is a nice camera. The night vision is crisp and clear. The app works well I had trouble setting up on my older phone but when used my husbands newer android phone it connected just fine. Once I got that app to work it is not that hard to figure out and it is convenient. responds quickly to commands of moving in any direction. I did not use it against a window so I couldn't tell you how it did with any reflection. The memory card slot is underneath the camera instead of the back of it also the reset button doesn't have a label that says reset it is right next to the SD card slot. For the price, you can't complain it makes a great camera could probably even be used a baby monitor camera the speaker is quite loud.

I love how easy this was to install! It's very app-friendly, the device does most of the work for you. One thing to know is that it does not support 5G Internet Speeds so may have to connect to 2G or other Wifi connection for it to work. The setup was quick and the installation was easy, comes with all tools.

Exactly what I wanted

The Good:1. Picture quality is good for this price.2. The app is functioning well and easy to use.The Bad:1. The web interface is very poor, just minimum configuration options. Can't display multiple cameras.2. If you use DHCP, it also sets it's ports dynamically, so the port will change every time it renews the IP address. This is important if you want to use IE in windows to connect to the camera. You will need to use the following - http://IP_Address:port3. The phone app will only give you MAC address, not the IP address with the port number. It will be very helpful if the app will display the IP with port# due to above #2.4. You need to use the downloadable utility to find the IP and port # on a PC.5. There is no instruction in the box on how to connect to the camera via Windows PC, I had to do my own online research.6. The app asked me to bind to an email address, but when I received the email, the link doesn't work, so I guess I will have to live with the pop up reminder every time when I open the app.Overall a decent camera, although I prefer the CamHi web interface. If you want to use the web interface, you should consider use a static IP address with static port #. It will make your life a lot easier.

I like this camera a lot and would buy again. Although the description doesn't say it, this camera has waypoints which is what I was looking for. This means I can click position 1 and the camera will move there. When I click position 2 the camera will move there. You can also move it any direction manually. I like the waypoints because sometimes the connection is slow depending on where I'm at. I have purchased a few other cameras and they work ok but I have to move them around and it can take a while. The only drawback is that this camera doesn't have a slot for an SD card, but that's not that big of a deal.

Impresses! The night vision was clear and the day was sharp! Good quality on price for what I was looking for. You can talk from your mobile device. Easy set up!