Friday, May 23, 2014

Polaroid IP300W wireless IP Network Security Camera, Pan and Tilt, IR-cut Filter, White

Polaroid IP300W wireless IP Network Security Camera, Pan and Tilt, IR-cut Filter, WhiteSetup was a pretty big pain. Save yourself the headache and take my word for it, You MUST use IE in order to access "full features", which is most of the features. I assumed there would be an iPhone app to access the live feed, there is not. You are limited to typing in the IP address via Safari.

The video quality isn't fantastic, but it's not that bad IF they lighting is decent. Another annoyance is that there is no battery option, the only way to power the camera is via DC/power outlet and the cord is not very long.

The hardware feels cheap, hard plastic. The back of the unit has two slots, one labeled "SD" -DO NOT attempt to put an SD Card into either slot they do not go anywhere... I made this mistake and had to disassemble the unit in order to retrieve my memory card...

So far, I have not found a way to actually record video. I have configured it to send images via e-mail when motion is detected, which is nice but an actual video would be much better... (I'll update this if I figure out how to do it...)

Overall, for the price ($99 at the time of writing, prime eligible) it's not what I had in mind, but IF I can get it to record actual video I would probably buy another unit... For now, 3 stars because it is more peace of mind, but disappointing.

It worked for 3 days and then stopped working what a piece of work. I also bought 2 IP200's one of those work for a week and stopped working, so far I have 1 of the original 3 that is still working, but for how long is any bodies guess.

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