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Arlo Pro takes the worrying out of life with the 100% Wire-Free indoor/outdoor home monitoring system. Arlo Pro includes rechargeable batteries, motion and sound-activated alerts, 2-way audio, a 100+ decibel siren, and 7 days of free cloud HD video recordings. Arlo covers every angle to help keep you safe and protected.
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4 stars for now, 5 if they fix two way audio
on October 31, 2016
Posted by: MrGuy
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Firstly I agree with most of the reviews and found the Pro system fairly easy plug and play and the features for the most part functioning as advertised.
That said one feature is not working properly and this is attested to by everyone who has checked it on Netgear's own Arlo forums: The two way audio does NOT in fact function usably from 90% of client devices. Specifically, as of late Oct 2016, latest firmware, the output from the camera's speaker is extremely low volume. I tested it on all four cameras and max output at 100% is 20 to 21 dB at one meter/yard, which is a whisper, for practical purposes, barely audible to inaudible. By contrast my Arlo Q Plus camera speaker output is 45 dB at one yard.
On the Arlo forums it turns out the only people who are not having this serious problem are persons who use a laptop. Everyone else has the issue. The client devices on the Pro box, the only client deivces pictured in fact are iphones which do not work properly for two way audio. The video promotional material is iPad, which also does not work. The website client dives are ipad and iphone. so the initial Netgear response that "not all client devices can be expected to work" is kinda bogus, since all the client devices they themselves picture as examples are the ones currently not working for this heavily promoted feature.
I have good confidence they will address the issue. But if you are buying for that feature to use on your iphone, ipad, or most android phones, I woudl wait until you see reports on Netgear's Arlo forums that it in fact has been addressed.
As I noted all the other features work well. Compared to my older Arlo system the rechargable batteries promise to end the only real downside. The motion detection is still imperfect and delayed, but is substantially improved.
That said one feature is not working properly and this is attested to by everyone who has checked it on Netgear's own Arlo forums: The two way audio does NOT in fact function usably from 90% of client devices. Specifically, as of late Oct 2016, latest firmware, the output from the camera's speaker is extremely low volume. I tested it on all four cameras and max output at 100% is 20 to 21 dB at one meter/yard, which is a whisper, for practical purposes, barely audible to inaudible. By contrast my Arlo Q Plus camera speaker output is 45 dB at one yard.
On the Arlo forums it turns out the only people who are not having this serious problem are persons who use a laptop. Everyone else has the issue. The client devices on the Pro box, the only client deivces pictured in fact are iphones which do not work properly for two way audio. The video promotional material is iPad, which also does not work. The website client dives are ipad and iphone. so the initial Netgear response that "not all client devices can be expected to work" is kinda bogus, since all the client devices they themselves picture as examples are the ones currently not working for this heavily promoted feature.
I have good confidence they will address the issue. But if you are buying for that feature to use on your iphone, ipad, or most android phones, I woudl wait until you see reports on Netgear's Arlo forums that it in fact has been addressed.
As I noted all the other features work well. Compared to my older Arlo system the rechargable batteries promise to end the only real downside. The motion detection is still imperfect and delayed, but is substantially improved.
My Best Buy number: 0960774539
My Best Buy number: 0960774539
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Conceal your Arlo surveillance cameras with these Arlo VMA1200B-10000S skins, which feature silicone construction to help your cameras blend into the background. The UV- and water-resistant design enables use outdoors to keep your property safe.
Will these arlo skins fit the Arlo Pro?
No. the shape is different enough that they will not. netgear is coming out with some for the pro, but they look to be coming in black only to start. I'm using electircal tape of various colors (brown for brick, green and brown for flower pot placement) and electical tape is easy to sue and residue comes off if you want to remove it. Once you are sure you will keep the cameras you can also cover the front with blue tape and spray paint them any color
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