SwitchBot Home Security Camera WiFi - Indoor Camera 1080P HD with 10m Night Vision, 2 Way Audio, 360 Smart Tracking and Privacy Mode, Pet/Kids/Baby Monitor Works with Alexa, Only Support 2.4G WiFi

SwitchBot have made a great little camera at an affordable price. I have a lot of smart home products, but this is the first from SwitchBot and my first camera addition to my smart home and I am very impressed.It has motion tracking, motion detection with settings for sensivity and human detection. It records in SD or HD which can be saved locally to a micro SD card or the cloud with a subscription. Night vision, privacy mode, alerts, two way talk, integrates with Alexa (and other echosystems).. And more settings that I've not even used yet.Motion tracking: I found this works well once you set the sensitivity correctly, the camera will then follow you around the room. I did end up turning this feature off though because occasionally the camera would follow someone to the edge of the room, but then not follow them back so the camera would be viewing a small portion of the room. This may be due to where I positioned the camera though. I now have it set to a fixed position, but it has a wide enough lens and covers the entire room.Motion detection: does what it says and detects motion, alerts can be sent to your phone or via email. I don't normally have alerts on as I have this camera in a high traffic area, but can be turned on when we leave the house.I have this set up with a 16GB micro SD card and I probably get about two weeks of HD recordings, it would be a lot more if in a quieter area. Once full though, and if there are no recordings you want to keep, you can format the card from the app and you're good to go. If you want to keep recordings, you will need to remove the SD card first. I can't comment on cloud storage as I haven't used that.Night vision: works really well, I have it set to turn night vision on automatically when it gets dark. The image quality is also very good. We had a pond in our back garden that we filled in to make a flowerbed, but each morning something had been digging out loads of dirt, I set the camera up to point out the patio doors to see what was going on... Turns out it was foxes!Privacy mode: this is a great feature, turning this on simply rotates the camera fully up (or down depending on how you have it mounted) so the camera is tucked away. You can do this easily from the app or via Alexa by saying "turn on privacy mode". This will also cut down on unnecessary recordings filling up the SD card.I have mine mounted on the ceiling in the corner of the room (fixings supplied) so I just had to flip the image in the app so the video records the right way up.Would I recommend this camera? Absolutely! As my title says, you really can't go wrong at this price. I haven't even paired it with their hub, but I've read that if you do, you can also combine it with their other products like motion sensors, so if motion is detected in one area of the room, the camera can point to that preset position.

For the price, the SwitchBot Home Security Camera has features from much more expensive cameras. You will need to watch a few YouTube reviews, to see the day/night image quality and phone app features. For my needs, the Switchbot has two features that were top of my wish list. The first is that the camera has a hidden memory card slot. The second is that the Switchbot has the best privacy shutter I have been able to find. I wanted the indoor cameras to be completely off while I was home, and only turn on when the house was unoccupied. The lenses on the Switchbots rotate inside the body of the camera, when in privacy mode, and are replaced with a white line, meaning that there is absolutely no doubt that the camera is off. You can wake up the camera from the phone app, or you can purchase the switchbot smart door sensor and programme it to set and de-set the cameras as you enter or leave the house. I believe you can also add the cameras to the standard Alexa 'Away' automation, although I personally have not tried that. One feature I very much like though, is that you can programme the cameras to announce a notification on as many Alexa devices in your home as you want. If the camera at the back door detects movement at night, it can set off a spoken notification on a smart speaker near the back door, or imitate a dog bark. The Switchbot is quite a compact little device. It (in my opinion) looks very smart, and can either be used upright, or mounted to the ceiling using the adapter included. The only thing I wish it (and all other security cameras) had as standard, is a screw thread mount on the base, to allow it to be mountable on a mini tripod. Other than that, it is a superb little indoor camera, with a surprisingly powerful night vision capability.

The negatives firstRotating motor is noisy. Night vision IR LEDs are obviously visible. Limited to 4 cameras in multiview gallery. Doesn't write to your own server (as far as I can tell) and limited to the switchbot ecosystem which is actually very good, but still annoying. Vertical panning is limiting when mounted to a ceiling and motion tracking does not work vertically.The positives nowReally impressive value at approx £30. One of the most smooth set up processes of any IoT thing I've used. Range of motion is good, truly 360° coverage although not continuous, i.e. it does not allow 370° rotation in a single direction. The night vision is really surprisingly good, benefit of so many IR LEDs. Connection is great even with poor signal. Image quality is superb at this price point, frankly I don't believe more resolution would be necessary for almost all use cases. The camera comes with a really logical twist mounting system, two screws and wall plugs. The smart bot ecosystem is straight forward and easily shared with other phones via the app. Amazon echo integration with the mini hub is seamless, as as motion alerts, I dont have an echo show but all my normal echos announce motion detection instantly. Motion tracking is superb, even tracks to the TV, but only horizontal which is puzzling to me but not a major issue. build quality seems fine, I've dropped it a few times with no issue. Memory card integration is great, no need or limitation without cloud storage which is a MAJOR bonus against competition. Privacy mode is obviously deployed with a physical removal of the lense (it rotates into itself) which is cool, twinned with a proprietary NFC chip you can tap your phone to activate it to turn off stupid motion notifications. You can multiview 4 cameras at any time which is great.All in all, would I recommend?If writing to your own hard drives isn't a must have then yes, I am absolutely satisfied with this camera.I would finally add, every single switchbot product I've had has left me impressed. Really cannot fault them for value for money or thinking their products through.

I love this cam, easy to set up and fantastic hd vision

I already own the original 1080p version and love it, so was excited to get this upgraded 2k version to get higher quality video. I use it to check up on my cat when I'm not home, and this 2k version will works better for me to find her when she tucks herself away in those corners. I'll pair it with the original to get better coverage of her favorite hiding spots and her food tray. The original was already good; the upgraded resolution on this one makes it even better.

Ich finde es unglaublich, dass eine WLAN Kamera mit diesem unschlagbaren Preis so großartige Funktionen hat! Über die App kann man sie horizontal in allen Richtungen steuern und bis zu einem bestimmten Winkel vertikal auf ein Objekt richten. Das heran zoomen funktioniert bis zu einem bestimmten Punkt auch hervorragend!Das Einbinden in das Netzwerk klappte super und hat weniger als 5 Minuten gedauert. Ich dachte erst. Ich müsste noch an meinem Router einiges umstellen aber das war hier nicht der Fall. Über die App läuft die Kamera problemlos auch von außerhalb und die Bedienung ist denkbar einfach und selbsterklärend! Auch die Nachtsichtfunktion ist völlig ausreichend obwohl ich sie bei meinem 3D-Drucker nicht benötige.Ich kann über die App verschiedene "Preset-Punkte" anfahren und sie als besondere Merkmale kennzeichnen. Unter anderem habe ich bei meinem Drucker das Display, das Heizbett sowie das Filament als Preset-Punkte festgelegt und mit einem Touch auf meinem Handy werden diese Punkte angefahren. Dies erleichtert die Navigation ungemein und in Sekundenschnelle habe ich alle Punkte direkt im Blick! Die Kamera wird über Micro-USB mit Strom versorget und zur Not kann ich sie auch kurzzeitig mit einer Powerbank betreiben falls kein Stecker vorhanden oder das Kabel zu kurz ist.Fazit: für diesen Preis meines Erachtens nach einfach unschlagbar!

Easy to install and to use. Worked immediately and with a lot of possibilities.Great quality and appearance.

La compramos para ver a nuestro gatito cuando estamos fiera de casa y es una cámara maravillosa. La pusimos cerca del comedero y funciona genial. Nos manda una notificación cuando se acerca y le sigue cuando se mueve. Así podemos ver si continúa comiendo al no estar nosotros. La cámara es muy fácil de instalar y vincular con la app, y el manejo realmente sencillo. Puedes hablar y oír lo que ocurre al otro lado. Tiene visión nocturna y seguimiento del movimiento. Sencillamente genial! Nos gustó tanto que nos hicimos con una segunda cámara para el salón.

Bought it to keep an eye on the house / cats while being on holiday leave. Set up was fast (pairing with QR) and easy like with the other SwitchBot products. Great functionality within the app, allowing to pan/zoom around, motion detection works perfect and night mode is very handy as well. Can recommend for sure for this price!