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- First reviewOctober 16, 2016
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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.
Posted by: Joaragon
I hadn't been more excited about purchasing an HA product since I purchased my Wink Hub 2 years ago. Since the Arlo Pro was announced I knew I would make it part of my HA family I was just waiting for the first sale. Come in the end of Dec and voila, Best Buy has them $50 off. This is the start of a terrible relationship.
The cameras as announced are super easy to setup, the android app is super intuitive and the web based UI is a mirror of the app, Kudos Arlo team user interaction is homogeneous and simple. It took me around 10 mins to set up my 4 cameras on my bundle. I knew I was going to love the system so much that the drill came afterwards and everything was perfectly placed.
When setting up my modes I adjusted sensitivity for all cameras, I don't know about the Arlo 1 but the results on the pro are still quirky a movement that triggered the PIR might not trigger it repeatedly, I can live with that was my thought at that time.
Issue #1
In come the false alarms, one of my cameras faces the street (surprise a lot of us want to see our driveway with outdoor cameras). Day 1 of arming my system I received a whooping 100+ False alarm clips from the 1 camera facing the street, I finally get not false alarms with sensitive set to 25% but I don't get real alarms either so I just managed nothing. After extensive searching it looks like netgear is aware of the users wanting zone exclusion for wireless cameras and plans to add it NEVER, yes I said never, as many users have posted this would be super easy on a cloud based server (I can live with the data being uploaded but false alarms make a security system unsecure) just do a quick compare and discard what the camera is sending if it does not match the user critera.
After reading forums and what other users where doing I managed to convince myself that when I get back home I can adjust the camera to a totally useless angle (sort of birds eye) so the PIR is only triggered by movement in the driveway.
Issue #2
My wife approval letter for arlo came of the promiss we could do 2 real important things with it, number one would be sort of emulating a ring with the Arlos, and number two and top priority on the list, use it as a baby monitor. Let me say this, Delay and image quality are perfect for both uses, even the PIR can work with a ceiling mounted front door cam, so life was good, or sort of.
As with everything in this story there was a sour side, the volume on the speaker is close to useless, the baby monitor on a quiet room, maybe, the doorbell use I tried to fool myself into thinking it would work but the reality is it won't
Issue #3 (The Deal Breaker)
Remember on issue 2 where I said I wanted a baby monitor, while sleeping last night, the time it takes to engage live view while in my network got me started thinking, It's almost like my wicked fast metered Internet connection is uploading the stream and them I'm downloading it, then I was sure someone thought of this and thought it's 2016 we'll give users local control, well the answer is no, as you can see on the screenshot below when I open live view the stream is going both ways, so leaving a tablet rolling all night as I had planned will get me in real trouble with comcasts new download cap. So for me it looks like the cameras are going back to best buy.
The cameras as announced are super easy to setup, the android app is super intuitive and the web based UI is a mirror of the app, Kudos Arlo team user interaction is homogeneous and simple. It took me around 10 mins to set up my 4 cameras on my bundle. I knew I was going to love the system so much that the drill came afterwards and everything was perfectly placed.
When setting up my modes I adjusted sensitivity for all cameras, I don't know about the Arlo 1 but the results on the pro are still quirky a movement that triggered the PIR might not trigger it repeatedly, I can live with that was my thought at that time.
Issue #1
In come the false alarms, one of my cameras faces the street (surprise a lot of us want to see our driveway with outdoor cameras). Day 1 of arming my system I received a whooping 100+ False alarm clips from the 1 camera facing the street, I finally get not false alarms with sensitive set to 25% but I don't get real alarms either so I just managed nothing. After extensive searching it looks like netgear is aware of the users wanting zone exclusion for wireless cameras and plans to add it NEVER, yes I said never, as many users have posted this would be super easy on a cloud based server (I can live with the data being uploaded but false alarms make a security system unsecure) just do a quick compare and discard what the camera is sending if it does not match the user critera.
After reading forums and what other users where doing I managed to convince myself that when I get back home I can adjust the camera to a totally useless angle (sort of birds eye) so the PIR is only triggered by movement in the driveway.
Issue #2
My wife approval letter for arlo came of the promiss we could do 2 real important things with it, number one would be sort of emulating a ring with the Arlos, and number two and top priority on the list, use it as a baby monitor. Let me say this, Delay and image quality are perfect for both uses, even the PIR can work with a ceiling mounted front door cam, so life was good, or sort of.
As with everything in this story there was a sour side, the volume on the speaker is close to useless, the baby monitor on a quiet room, maybe, the doorbell use I tried to fool myself into thinking it would work but the reality is it won't
Issue #3 (The Deal Breaker)
Remember on issue 2 where I said I wanted a baby monitor, while sleeping last night, the time it takes to engage live view while in my network got me started thinking, It's almost like my wicked fast metered Internet connection is uploading the stream and them I'm downloading it, then I was sure someone thought of this and thought it's 2016 we'll give users local control, well the answer is no, as you can see on the screenshot below when I open live view the stream is going both ways, so leaving a tablet rolling all night as I had planned will get me in real trouble with comcasts new download cap. So for me it looks like the cameras are going back to best buy.
My Best Buy number: 0597222335
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Free yourself from cartridges with this Epson Expression EcoTank all-in-one printer. It lets you scan, print and photocopy, yet where it stands out is with its revolutionary easy-to-fill ink tanks. The replacement bottles let you refill the inks on the side so that you don't have to keep buying cartridges for this Epson Expression EcoTank all-in-one printer.
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4
Great Printer. EcoTank is the way to go.
on October 16, 2016
Posted by: Joaragon
I received this product for free to Test it and review it.
The boxing of this product is great, The unboxing experience is simple and straight forward, yet the product is pretty well protected. Setup as many have reported takes 5-10 mins and if you follow the steps is pretty simple.
My missing star if for the physical user interface. It is the same interface that epson users should be familiar with, which in my opinion is a bit dated and that makes it hard to navigate (arrows, ok more arrows, etc).
So why 4 stars? Let's phase it, how many times do you need to actually use the interface in the printer itself. The ecotank makes this product worth and offsets that small issue. The printer is super quiet, vibration is lower than my other printers, and did I said I loved the ecotank. No more emergency ink trips to the store since Epson includes what should last you a year of printing.
My Best Buy number: 597222335
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Joaragon's Review Comments
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.
Overall
1 out of 5
1 out of 5Not Ready yet, I wish they where.
By Joaragon
I hadn't been more excited about purchasing an HA product since I purchased my Wink Hub 2 years ago. Since the Arlo Pro was announced I knew I would make it part of my HA family I was just waiting for the first sale. Come in the end of Dec and voila, Best Buy has them $50 off. This is the start of a terrible relationship.
The cameras as announced are super easy to setup, the android app is super intuitive and the web based UI is a mirror of the app, Kudos Arlo team user interaction is homogeneous and simple. It took me around 10 mins to set up my 4 cameras on my bundle. I knew I was going to love the system so much that the drill came afterwards and everything was perfectly placed.
When setting up my modes I adjusted sensitivity for all cameras, I don't know about the Arlo 1 but the results on the pro are still quirky a movement that triggered the PIR might not trigger it repeatedly, I can live with that was my thought at that time.
Issue #1
In come the false alarms, one of my cameras faces the street (surprise a lot of us want to see our driveway with outdoor cameras). Day 1 of arming my system I received a whooping 100+ False alarm clips from the 1 camera facing the street, I finally get not false alarms with sensitive set to 25% but I don't get real alarms either so I just managed nothing. After extensive searching it looks like netgear is aware of the users wanting zone exclusion for wireless cameras and plans to add it NEVER, yes I said never, as many users have posted this would be super easy on a cloud based server (I can live with the data being uploaded but false alarms make a security system unsecure) just do a quick compare and discard what the camera is sending if it does not match the user critera.
After reading forums and what other users where doing I managed to convince myself that when I get back home I can adjust the camera to a totally useless angle (sort of birds eye) so the PIR is only triggered by movement in the driveway.
Issue #2
My wife approval letter for arlo came of the promiss we could do 2 real important things with it, number one would be sort of emulating a ring with the Arlos, and number two and top priority on the list, use it as a baby monitor. Let me say this, Delay and image quality are perfect for both uses, even the PIR can work with a ceiling mounted front door cam, so life was good, or sort of.
As with everything in this story there was a sour side, the volume on the speaker is close to useless, the baby monitor on a quiet room, maybe, the doorbell use I tried to fool myself into thinking it would work but the reality is it won't
Issue #3 (The Deal Breaker)
Remember on issue 2 where I said I wanted a baby monitor, while sleeping last night, the time it takes to engage live view while in my network got me started thinking, It's almost like my wicked fast metered Internet connection is uploading the stream and them I'm downloading it, then I was sure someone thought of this and thought it's 2016 we'll give users local control, well the answer is no, as you can see on the screenshot below when I open live view the stream is going both ways, so leaving a tablet rolling all night as I had planned will get me in real trouble with comcasts new download cap. So for me it looks like the cameras are going back to best buy.
The cameras as announced are super easy to setup, the android app is super intuitive and the web based UI is a mirror of the app, Kudos Arlo team user interaction is homogeneous and simple. It took me around 10 mins to set up my 4 cameras on my bundle. I knew I was going to love the system so much that the drill came afterwards and everything was perfectly placed.
When setting up my modes I adjusted sensitivity for all cameras, I don't know about the Arlo 1 but the results on the pro are still quirky a movement that triggered the PIR might not trigger it repeatedly, I can live with that was my thought at that time.
Issue #1
In come the false alarms, one of my cameras faces the street (surprise a lot of us want to see our driveway with outdoor cameras). Day 1 of arming my system I received a whooping 100+ False alarm clips from the 1 camera facing the street, I finally get not false alarms with sensitive set to 25% but I don't get real alarms either so I just managed nothing. After extensive searching it looks like netgear is aware of the users wanting zone exclusion for wireless cameras and plans to add it NEVER, yes I said never, as many users have posted this would be super easy on a cloud based server (I can live with the data being uploaded but false alarms make a security system unsecure) just do a quick compare and discard what the camera is sending if it does not match the user critera.
After reading forums and what other users where doing I managed to convince myself that when I get back home I can adjust the camera to a totally useless angle (sort of birds eye) so the PIR is only triggered by movement in the driveway.
Issue #2
My wife approval letter for arlo came of the promiss we could do 2 real important things with it, number one would be sort of emulating a ring with the Arlos, and number two and top priority on the list, use it as a baby monitor. Let me say this, Delay and image quality are perfect for both uses, even the PIR can work with a ceiling mounted front door cam, so life was good, or sort of.
As with everything in this story there was a sour side, the volume on the speaker is close to useless, the baby monitor on a quiet room, maybe, the doorbell use I tried to fool myself into thinking it would work but the reality is it won't
Issue #3 (The Deal Breaker)
Remember on issue 2 where I said I wanted a baby monitor, while sleeping last night, the time it takes to engage live view while in my network got me started thinking, It's almost like my wicked fast metered Internet connection is uploading the stream and them I'm downloading it, then I was sure someone thought of this and thought it's 2016 we'll give users local control, well the answer is no, as you can see on the screenshot below when I open live view the stream is going both ways, so leaving a tablet rolling all night as I had planned will get me in real trouble with comcasts new download cap. So for me it looks like the cameras are going back to best buy.
Joaragon
To Netgear team
January 11, 2017
I already called the support line, open an e-ticket, this is a joke for 650 dollars you get a reply every 2 days, and the final solution was to move the camera where it can't see the street, yeah that will fix the false alarm, also will prevent me from recording the robers vehicle and face properly. You need human detection on your software (or zoning on the cloud), you need internal P2P to you hub so I don't have to download all the data from the cloud when the hub is right next to me. All of this has been submitted in your enhacements sections and your dev accepted that is needed yet you make us think the product is ready with no ETA on essential features. I used to think you had a great product, now I know you had a great idea and could not execute on it.
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