2K+ Indoor/Outdoor Wired Security Camera, Baby Monitoring, C121

These are great little cameras and the software app is very good. Looks more like and indoor cam but works great outside even at night. The starlight option makes video at dusk very clear. The IR night vision works well too. I added extra IR lights to give clearer night time video because everything bad happens at night. I tried another TAPO camera, the C520 and I like this better. The C520 has a patrol mode and can pan and zoom and follow people if you want that but the picture on this at night is slightly better. It is pretty wide angle too and setup and connected easily.Interesting, when I bought a second C121 camera to replace the C520, it had a slighly hazy image. I tried to reach out to support to see if there is an easy way to clean or refocus it, but that was seeming like a waste of time, so I just returned it. Interesting that the replacement I just got didn't have any plastic film over the lense like the other 2. So maybe it was a return too but it works fine so I don't care. I hope they don't sell my return to someone else, it is almost OK, but in comparison to my other 2, the picture is hazy.These are smaller than I expected (which doesn't really matter I guess) and the magnetic mount and mounting arm rotates in all directions making it easy to position. You can put a screw through the mount too so it can't just be knocked down by someone, but they could rip it down easy enough if they can reach it. These look a little delicate, so I mounted it under the eave to keep it out of the rain and snow.The Tapo-TP-Link software is better than some chinese ones I tried. I had weird glitchy issues with a couple other brands, like the dates not matching up, or going off line and needing to be reset. This just works well. You can zoom in on videos which is nice. It does not have 2X or 4X speed like my other ones did which was helpful when scrolling through a bunch of clips looking for something, but that is the only feature I miss.It does not record 24x7 to the card, but you don't want to have to replay that much anyway when looking for something. The motion video indicates whether it is a car, person, pet or general motion and you can set the level of sensitivity to get more or less recordings. I turn off notifications and just use these as security cameras to look back through if something happens. This can take a big microSD card so you have lots of days saved, more that I would ever need I think. I am using a 64 and 128gb card but it takes even bigger ones.Price was great too, especially on sale. So far I am very happy with it. I will post a followup if anything changes in the next several months.

What a wonderfully executed product. For me the ability to create a local camera account on the device so I can use it with Blue Iris as well as the Tapo app are key. Everything about it is great, long wifi range, nice long cable and waterproof connection. Love it. Easy to set up, easy to use, Night vision is good but isn't even needed unless in total darkness. In fact the image quality is much better just leaving night boost off. Compatible with everything. Can't go wrong with this.

Great security camera with very easy setup and awesome picture. The blue part is that it works with my already installed ubiquiti protect system. The price point was so much then paying over $100 for the other brand! It has a pinch zoom feature and like I already said it works with my NVR! I was skeptical but I was proven wrong and love this camera especially at its price point! Highly recommend!

This camera does everything at a good price. Small discreet package, four illumination modes with invisible 940nm LEDs, long range 850nm LEDs, warm white LEDs, and the option to turn off the lights entirely if it’s behind a window. Simple but versatile magnetic mount, good WiFi range, stable RTSP streams, works great with Frigate. Video quality is acceptable considering the size, price, and that it’s running over WiFi. The stream bitrate is somewhere around 1mbps.

I ordered this camera for my mother's memory care room. Her ipad being stolen within a month of her moving in made us decide we needed a camera in her room. And now we can see what is going on with her as well, since she is unable to give us any kind of a report.The camera might have gotten 5 stars except for the constant chirping noise I hear when viewing it (on any device.) I went to a Tapo support site, and their troubleshooting didn't help. Since I live out of town, visiting my mother 5 days per month, I didn't have time to return the camera and get another - I needed the camera in place before I left. So if it is indeed defective, which it seems to be, it was past the return window when I returned to visit, so I can't do anything about it.The other fault I find with it is the sound filter. It is great that it filters out the background noise, but it filters too much, chopping off words so I cannot hear what is being said, and I also cannot hear what music might be playing because so much cuts out. And I have found no way to adjust the sound filter setting. That makes the audio part only half useful, being able to make out a little of what is said.The picture is really good, better than a Blink camera I have used before. It was easy to install, and I like how you can hang the magnetic plate and then attach the camera. And then you can angle it to the view that you want very easily. I also really like that I don't have to sign up for a plan, since I can just put the microSD card in and it records.The only other experience I have is a Blink camera with batteries, and this is much better for our needs, since we don't need to change batteries and the picture is better. And the Blink doesn't seem to filter any of the sound, so it seems to be one extreme or the other. Since I already found a good way to hang this one and hide the cord, I will probably order another to replace the chirping one, rather than gamble on a different camera altogether. And if the next one isn't any better I can just send it back right away. But maybe the next one won't chirp and will have better audio quality. If I get it and the next one turns out better, I will come back and modify my review.

First of all I used this for streaming a small bird nest on my front porch to friends and family on an http stream over a forwarded port from my network. It supports RTSP so that was possible. Granted VLC couldn't play the stream on mac (unknown issue) and linux (vlc disabled live555). FFMPEG was the solution since the audio codec is PCM ALAW so I had to transcode for both video and audio.The night vision is surprisingly good. The minimum focus distance is around 7-8 inches for good focus and around 5-6 inches for bare minimum visibility. I would prefer that distance were reduced but that's nitpicking for a $25 camera. The magnetic base is phenomenal. The bird nest is in a wreath that hangs from our screen door via a flat metal hanger so the base stuck to that easily. The degrees of freedom for the hinge is so impressive, you can crane and twist and folder the neck in more ways than expected by examining the photos. It was fairly easy to setup and it does exactly what I want, it just records 24/7.My only peeve was in the app I wasn't clear how to fully disable flash and sirens. I don't want to scare Mr. Bird. I think I configured it right as no movement sets off any alarms but the software wasn't super clear on that.Also when I first plugged it in nothing happened. I hit reset and nothing happened. I reinserted the USB-C cable and then it started working. That was a little odd but those types of hiccups are expected, I probably just hadn't inserted it all the way. Actually the cable was hard to insert likely due to the insertion point being IP66 rated so it's hard to get in and thus prevents water and dust from entering.

I purchased this security camera yesterday, it arrived at my house this morning and this afternoon I have it installed and I have it linked to my WiFi Network and running on the TAPO app on my phone.I not overly techy at all and I found the app, and the bluetooth pairing with my phone, and the connecting to my house's WiFi etc... to be extremely easy to set up an use.I can see my front door, talk to people out there, turn a light on and I can even make a little alarm noise too. LOL.Local storage:I bought Extreme SanDisk 256mb Mini SD cards for local storage. Whatever card you get you will need a minimum rating of V30. 256 mb should record about 2 weeks on a loop, I think. this camera could support a 512mb card, but they are more than twice the price.Subscription:I signed up for the 30 day free trial of their membership subscription.I could run this app and view this camera on my phone and utilize my local storage without the subscription.The subscription adds cloud storage.Beyond Cloud Storage I do not relly know what other benefits I gain from the subscription, but will probably find out when it runs out. I'll try life without it and then determine if I want to sign up.Installation:I found the metallic mounting plate for magnetic mounting to be useless on a vertical wall application. The camera would just slide down the metal plate, the magnet was not strong enough.I drilled holes through the camera base and mounted it that way, worked very well and was easy to do and looks professional.There is a USB C or similar power supply plug on the camera end and the supplied power cord has a regular USB power plug on the other end.They supply your with a USB to 115 plug power block included in the box.I used a plastic handy box I had on hand anchored to a piece of truss framing to mount a regular 115 outlet that spliced into an existing 14/2 electrical wire running in the soffit above my camera mounting location.I have this power block plugged into that and the power cord for the camera plugged into the power block. I'm glad nobody will ever see it, looks crappy.I had all of this on hand and have wired multiple houses.If purchasing on outlet for this installation I would recommend purchasing a USB 115 outlet that mounts in a handy box.I bought two fo these cameras, these re my first security cameras.I am happy with these two for $25 a piece but before I buy more I will research and try to find a tapo option that just has a couple bare wires sticking out of it so I can just hardwire it directly to my house's electrical system.My cameras were purchase don sale. For $25 a piece and $25 a piece for the cards, so $50 a piece total, I am loop recording 14 days of security footage that I can access from the other side of the world via my phone and home WiFi system. Not to mention I can also talk to people on my front door.Who can complain about that?Of course if someone just cuts my internet cable, it'll all go to s*** anyways. I suppose the cameras would continue recording on my SD cards. Of course if they could see your cameras, they could take the cameras or just the SD crds too. But its better than nothing, I should have done this sooner.

I have purchased 6 of these cameras, one at a time, this year. There are some things I really, really like and a meaningful downside.Pros:* Great interface on the mobile app* Easy setup, great instructions in the app as it walks you through setup step by step.* Does not require cloud subscription (I added memory cards, easy to add)* Compact and versatile mounting (I use the built-in magnetic base)* Good video quality and decent night vision* Advanced features such as excluding zones from motion, etc.* I consider these a great price and valueIf it were not for some problems, I would have given these a 5 star based on performance and great price. But....Cons:* Two of these have already completely died (at different times, no other electronics had problems, so I don't think it is a power surge issue, and even so, the USB adapter would have been the device to get cooked, not the cameras).* Another camera has what appears to be moisture on the lens (even though these are indoor/outdoor cameras). No apparent way to open the case to wipe the lens and it has not evaporated despite several weeks of hot weather.* Support has been polite and thorough but this is very slow process. I'm now eight days in to the warranty process and still have not gotten an RMA or confirmation they are replacing these three cameras.Even though I detailed my very exact troubleshooting (40 years as a computer engineer... I'm used to troubleshooting electronics and networks) I still had to answer a long series of questions. Fair enough, but the time between my responses and theirs should not take multiple days.If only one had issues, I likely would have just written it off as not worth a warranty claim at what is clearly a great price. But 3 out of 6 and such a slow response by support has me concerned about investing any more in this eco-system.We'll see if they replace these or not, and how long that takes and how much hassle it is to return the three devices (which they indicated I would need to do... I wonder if I'll have to pay for that too).

Product wasnt functional had to return

He comprado muchas camaras de seguridad, esta es por mucho la mejor de todas. Es muy pequeña y ligera, tiene varias formas de montarse, y ya que es magnetica, se puede montar sin necesidad de perforaciones. La imagen tambien es exepcional, es solo 2k pero tiene la mejor imagen de noche que visto en cualquier camara; como permitirte apagar el modo blanco y negro de vision nocturna (que perjudica mas que ayudar) la camara se ajusta a poca iluminacion y se ve casi como de dia y a color. Y a 560 pesos, cuesta la mitad de otras camaras que tienen mucho peor imagen.

Easy to set up

Neat and tidy camera, fine for close monitoring, picture quality not great over 10-15 meters

I use this in my hass/frigate setup. After setup with the app, locked down off my lan and internet through firewall rules.rtsp stream both main and sub feed for detection.Super crisp and clear. No delay. Perfect fov catches both walls from a corner placement.This a great little cam