Imou WiFi Security Camera Indoor Pet Dog Camera AI Motion/Human/Sound Detection, 360° Home Security Camera Baby Monitor 1080P, Auto Tracking, Smart IR Night Vision, 2-Way Audio, Works with Alexa

It doesn’t seem possible to buy Netvue cameras anymore from Amazon, so I bought this instead, although it means using another app. It connected up easily and works well and with a 4M resolution it provides very good picture quality. It detects humans and follows their movement. I will buy more for both inside and outside.

Very decent bit of kit, NV works well, I would recommend buying an SD card as it doesn't come with one however you are able to record on your phone so not really nesacery, pretty straight forward to set up, says it has trouble going through walls with the WiFi in the manual but mine works well and my routers downstairs. Haven't had any problems at all had it running for about one week pictures clear sound is clear so overall very impressed for 20 pound

The camera:The Imou Ranger2 certainly has good looks, and the picture quality it produces are crisp and clear. Even at night, when its night vision kicks in, the picture quality remains good and everything is clearly visible.A nice added option for this particular camera (which I don't have on my Cue2), is the "Shielding" option. It is a toggle within the app that forces the camera to "look down", essentially obscuring its own view.I am able to view live and recorded streams both over our home WiFi network, as well as on the go on a mobile network. Similarly, I can also control the viewing angles, as well as all other options remotely.The alarm on the camera is, mediocre at best, as is the audio quality in general when using it for two-way communication. When the alarm sounds at is preset 80db, it is nowhere near the loudness or as piercing as our fire alarms that have the same 80db rating.Motion detection works well, and you can specify the sensitivity as well as which areas to ignore in the app. It can also track the person or object, and does so quite well. However, it does not appear to be returning to its initial set viewing area once the object/person is out of view. That is, the camera keeps pointing itself to where it had last tracked the object. So if this is far from its original viewing area, whatever happens next in that original viewing area is missed.The app:The setup of the camera in the app was not without issues, however. The app emits audio to pair the camera, however the camera did not seem to pick this up until after a few tries. Then the app tries to "bind" the camera to your Imou account, which kept failing. With some perseverance, it managed to bind the camera however.The app also has a few odd setting names. For example, to sound an alarm when motion is detected, you need to enable "Alarm linkage".Documentation is virtually non-existent, apart from a quick-install guide and some FAQs.The app has the ability to stream from other ONVIF-compatible network cameras.Storage:The camera comes with a 30-day trial of cloud storage, which allows you to play back up to 7-days worth of motion detected recordings. If you wish to continue this service, they offer 3, 7 and 30-day play back options at a monthly or yearly fee. Unfortunately, this is per camera that you own - the plan is not shared between all Imou cameras you own. The cloud pricing is competitive, though the inability to share the cloud storage does make it expensive.The camera supports a microSD up to 256 GB. I have a 128 GB microSD card installed. When installing, you first need to format the card via the app before it can be used (and it will show this as an "Error" on first use).You can use the microSD card at the same time as cloud storage. You can also record onto the microSD card continuously (overwriting older videos when the card become full). You cannot record continuously to the cloud, however.You can download the entire video from the cloud to your own device that has the app installed. You can also record just a short section, or take a snapshot image of the video. You cannot download the video via the app from the microSD card, though can remove the microSD card and insert into a computer. It uses a less common DAV file format, which may require conversion first.Streams:The camera is ONVIF compatible, and has an RTSP stream which can be viewed in VLC-player or used by an NVR such as ZoneMinder or Motion.Finding the exact RTSP stream took some effort, as this is not officially documented anywhere. The stream is also password protected, and the password was initially unknown to me. It turns out that the password is the "Saftey Code" found on the label of the camera, which can also be viewed from within the app when selecting the "Device Label" under "Device Settings". You are able to change password, however.The stream and recordings can also be encrypted using your own password, however doing so will not allow it to be streamed to devices like Google Hub or Chromecast.Smart-home integration:We are able to stream the video from the cameras to our Chromecast, though it does appear to be suffering from frequent buffering that is not apparent in the app or using the RTSP stream. As mentioned, when you encrypt using your own password, then you can no longer stream it to Chromecast.IFTTT integration works OK. The only option provided is to arm or disarm the camera. Oddly this is called "turn device alarm on or off", which actually does nothing with the alarm itself. Also, you do not see the given device name in IFTTT (ie "Kitchen camera") but instead are shown the serial numbers. This is tedious when setting up the applets.The IFTTT integration has worked for most of the time. There have been a few occasions where the camera could not be armed via IFTTT. When this had happened, I could not enable it via the app either. The toggle switch to arm / disarm the camera was replaced by the wording "Could not load". I suspect this was a service interruption at Imou.Another downside is that the camera does not remember whether it was configured to track the object / person when disarming and then arming it. It reverts to its initial setting, which is not to track.-- Edit 7 Mar 2020 --As this was asked, and useful to others:For the RSTP stream, the URL is "rtsp://<ip address>/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0" where <ip address> is replaced by the actual IP address of the camera. The last portion, "subtype=0", will select the HD stream whereas "subtype=1" will select the SD stream.The stream is password protected, where the username is "admin" and the password is the "Safety Code" found on the bottom of the camera. Some software will require you to include the username/password in the URL, so that would make the URL "rtsp://admin:password@<ip address>/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0"-- Edit 28 Jun 2020 --Have not encountered any serious issues to date, except that IFTTT support has been dropped without any prior notice from Imou. After emailing them to enquire about this, I received a response within 24 hours: "Yes, our ITFFF (sic) is out of service with 5/31/2020". There has been a firmware upgrade since my initial review, which has added the Imou logo in the lower-right corner of the video, and increased the already excellent quality of the image.

Good quality picture s need sd card to store video if buying

This camera is so easy to set up to your mobile phone anyone can do it the night vision is clear and perfect the private mode is good and clear will be recommending this

I am a long time, avid user of IP cameras and have significant experience of using a variety of IP cameras manufactured / marketed by e.g. Dericam, Reolink, Tenvis, Foscam, EyeSpy247 etc in both static and PTZ model formats. I use Blue Iris to manage and maintain my home security setup comprising of 10+ IP cameras.I bought the Imou Ranger 2 as a replacement / upgrade for an existing yet ageing IP camera. There's plenty of choices and competition in the IP camera market, with many products of varying quality, functionality, budget etc. Key criteria in my decision making were for my IP camera to be functionally rich, affordable, easy to set-up and of a good build quality that would seamlessly integrate with my existing IP camera home set up. Unfortunately, the Imou Ranger 2 did not meet these criteria. Not by a long way. Why?Setting up the Imou Ranger 2 “out of the box” was quite challenging - even for someone like me who has setup many IP cameras before. There are too many steps. The Imou Ranger 2 is not “plug and play”. In some cases, a misstep during the initialisation phase will require you to do a full reset and you’ll have to start again. The absence of a user’s manual in either the box or online makes this an even more precarious task since there’s no way of walking yourself through the initialisation phases beforehand.There are also too many online registrations required during the initialisation phase; there are at least two to get the Imou Ranger 2 operational on your smartphone and then another one if you wish to use the "toolbox" software, which you will do if you're like me and don't just wish to use the “out of the box” default settings.The Imou Ranger 2 "toolbox" software (available online from the Imou website) is very poor and didn’t work in my case. It wouldn’t even detect the Imou Ranger 2 on my network although it had an assigned IP address.You cannot access the Imou Ranger 2 via a PC / MAC web interface, which the vast majority of other IP camera manufacturers allow you to do. This is an essential user requirement if you want to get "under the bonnet" of the Imou Ranger 2 which I did and do frequently with other brands of IP cameras.As previously mentioned, there are no user instructions / manuals for the Imou Ranger 2 – either in printed form or on any website. In other words, if the Imou Ranger 2 doesn’t do something you were expecting it to do, or something doesn’t work or you don’t know how to use, say, a particular function, then you’re on your own having only trial and error and lots of Googling to support you. The Imou Ranger 2 does come with a quick start guide, but in my case, it wasn’t much use as a guide and certainly didn’t speed up the initialisation phase. The lack of a user guide and manual probably won’t bother you if your initialisation happens faultlessly. But if you encounter problems (which in my experience you will) there's no-where to go for help.The Imou Ranger 2 was unable to maintain a stable connection through Blue Iris, despite the fact that it was connected to my wired Cat5e network using an ethernet cable. There were frequent signal "drop outs", despite the fact that my other IP cameras continued (as always) to operate as normal with no loss of signal at the same time. I knew there was no issue with my network, but this conclusively proved it was the Imou Ranger 2 which was at fault.The Imou Ranger 2 doesn't work well with common NVR software e.g. Blue Iris. This for me was the single biggest cause of concern. If you do manage to get the Imou Ranger 2 connected to Blue Iris (no easy feat, and only achieved with lots of Googling, but through no fault of Blue Iris) then you lose the majority of the Imou Ranger 2’s functionality such a two-way audio and PTZ control. Why buy a PTZ camera and then not be able to use the majority of the functionality that comes with it? Be wary. The product description on Amazon says the Imou Ranger 2 is compatible with NVR software. It is not in my experience and an email to Imou customer services went unanswered. This issue for me was the reason why I returned my Imou Ranger 2 for a full refund.The Imou Ranger 2 also has a “super-user” password (called a Safety Code) which is on a label on the underside of the Imou Ranger 2. This cannot be changed, co-exists with and overrides any other unique password you may choose. This to me is a serious data privacy and personal safety concern, as theoretically anyone who has the safety code could access your Imou Ranger 2 without your knowledge.In summary, if you're a home security professional, a hobbyist or an IP camera enthusiast, then avoid the Imou Ranger 2. It will surely disappoint you. If you want an IP camera that you can only use on your smart phone, and you’re happy with the limitations I’ve set out above, then maybe you won't be as disappointed as I was.

The internal camera is doing it's job just as I wanted. It was relatively easy to set up and I am really pleased at it's overall performance in sending me shots of our dogs whilst we are away from home. I would recommend this product for the quality of the pictures streamed to my mobile. The camera was very economically priced, considering it's performance. Definitely VFM

Really impressed with this camera. Perfect for keeping an eye on the dogs. Good quality and really easy to install. Excellent for the price!

Very clear

Works well clear picture either in SD or HD alerts to the mobile

Worked great for the first week, then constant wifi drop outs.Running on 2.4ghz wifi connection.Cannot be the internet connection as bandwidth is not a problem.