Bought this camera to add onto an existing network. Had tried other brands previously and left disappointed so tried Arlo and havent been disappointed. Easy to install and manage and clarity is awesome. Recommend Arlo as a product.

The camera was easy to activate and pair with a hub which also had to be purchased. The rechargeable battery (supplied) takes only a few hours to reach full charge but has to be mounted in the camera house ro charge with the magnetic charging attachment cable. Detection is excellent, the camera can use geofencing to limit the area surveilled it can follow people (even animals) around and the phone app allows customisation of detection through levels of sensitivity and you can filter out pets, straying animals. It even has a parcel recognition! Storage it either in the cloud through a subscription or on the hub which I bought using a USB thumb drive You cannot attach an external HDD the system doesn't seem to be able to format it for its purpose. Alerts are sent to ... MoreThe camera was easy to activate and pair with a hub which also had to be purchased. The rechargeable battery (supplied) takes only a few hours to reach full charge but has to be mounted in the camera house ro charge with the magnetic charging attachment cable. Detection is excellent, the camera can use geofencing to limit the area surveilled it can follow people (even animals) around and the phone app allows customisation of detection through levels of sensitivity and you can filter out pets, straying animals. It even has a parcel recognition! Storage it either in the cloud through a subscription or on the hub which I bought using a USB thumb drive You cannot attach an external HDD the system doesn't seem to be able to format it for its purpose. Alerts are sent to the phone app. There is also facility to use the onboard speaker to talk with say a delivery person or friend. Also an alarm cam be linked to the device if necessary. Works well with Apple HomeKit too. 4K resolution but normal operation can use lower res to conserve battery and storage. The battery should last 6 months with normal use on a full charge then needs to be recharged. Very happy with he purchase.

The quality of the cameras are unbeatable, and they are so easy to set up. If the camera is in a high traffic area, the batteries will last much less than the six months shown on the Arlo website. The solution is to add a solar panel to recharge.

4K at a price

Beware that you will need to pay extra subscription charges to have these 4K premium priced cameras record at 4K to the cloud, the free one year premium service included is only at 1080p very poor from Arlo here, and penny pinching. Also there is no official outdoor power cable or official skins available yet in UK, and these were initially launched in UK in January so why at the middle of June are these still not available? Price is again alot higher in UK than across the pond, and they still wont give you native 4k cloud recording without further expense. You record locally in 4K but extra cost involved for a micro SDcard, I guess paying this sort of price isint enough to include one. At present the only way to view the recording is to remove card and stick in PC, ... MoreBeware that you will need to pay extra subscription charges to have these 4K premium priced cameras record at 4K to the cloud, the free one year premium service included is only at 1080p very poor from Arlo here, and penny pinching. Also there is no official outdoor power cable or official skins available yet in UK, and these were initially launched in UK in January so why at the middle of June are these still not available? Price is again alot higher in UK than across the pond, and they still wont give you native 4k cloud recording without further expense. You record locally in 4K but extra cost involved for a micro SDcard, I guess paying this sort of price isint enough to include one. At present the only way to view the recording is to remove card and stick in PC, although Arlo promise app view is coming 2nd half of the year. Built in siren is rubbish, only one small charge lead included. On a positive note, easy to set up, and light works well for colour night version.

Battery drain, some software function don’t work.

Sadly arlo have not developed a fix for activity zones. Hence they are non existent, I reported this to arlo for over 4 months but still no solution. Cameras recorded everything in view, batteries drained in five days. Check out the forum. This is a common problem. Picture quality is great, mobile app is very good. Just a shame batteries drain so quick. Very were excellent and allowed return.

Battery life on this camera is worse than all

Hi team. The Arlo camera here is not very good regarding battery life. I regarded it 2 times in 1 week. And taking it back

Fantastic Quality

Had this running for a few weeks now and so far everything is great! Battery life is very good as well as the picture quality. Highly recommended. Only gripe is the price for accessories and the supplied mount is magnetic which isn't secure enough for me.

Jarrod's review of Arlo VMC5040-100EUS Ultra Wire-Free Smart Home Security Camera

Pros: When it actually connects to the Internet is a great camera,Cons: not a great range between camera and base station and it will pick up interference from cordless phones and other items that tend to be near the router

Robert's review of Arlo VMC5040-100EUS Ultra Wire-Free Smart Home Security Camera

Pros: Build design and 4K qualityCons: Make sure the customer is aware that without a subscription it is NOT possible to look at the library away from home. So if you have an alert, you can’t see the recording until you get home !!!!!!!!!!

Ultra cam

The 4k resolution is so much better than 2k especially when zooming into faces , I have many of these so was just adding to them . The price is great as I think they have now stopped making them as there is now Ultra 2 , frankly they have little extra to offer so these are a steal at the moment .