LaView 4MP Bulb Security Camera 2.4GHz,360° 2K Security Cameras Wireless Outdoor Indoor Full Color Day and Night, Motion Detection, Audible Alarm, Easy Installation, Compatible with Alexa

We have been wanting to get a camera for our back alley for months ever since our neighbor's camera caught some dudes checking their truck and our vehicle to see if they were unlocked late at night. No bueno. We do have some vehicle theft in our area - especially with the alley ways being so private. AND - we have 3 teenage boys - one of which I could see trying to sneak out and be naughty... haha! (Just like his momma used to, let's be real.) I love that this camera was so easy to install - just screw it in and you're good! The only problem for me was that the bottom of the camera by where it screws into the light bulb thing was preventing it from getting it to insert in order to screw it in. I had to remove the light assembly to basically loosen the inner assembly so that it would come out a little to let the camera screw in. That was a bit annoying. Maybe it was just my light fixture...it IS from 1999. The picture is great - as you can see from my picture - and the night vision is really cool too. I ended up purchasing the cloud feature to save my videos. For some reason I thought there may be a way to insert an SD card or maybe send files via bluetooth to my computer. I wasn't super excited about paying extra for the cloud service. And honestly I'm not sure if it saves a certain amount of captured videos via the app that you could download if you wanted? The app is incredibly easy to use and like I said, the whole setup is fantastic. I'm still trying to figure out the motion detection - it goes off every time the trees blow around or if my dogs happen to walk along the fence. I saw something about human detection on the app, but I'm not sure how that works. There is a "do not disturb" function, so I can set it to not send me notifications during the day. Also, there's this "Starlight" function - I think it turns the light on when it detects motion? I promise I've had this for probably a month but just haven't played around with the functions enough. So I'm sure this review is super not as much helpful as it could be. Maybe there's a YouTube video out there about the specifics? There IS a YouTube video for EVERYTHING... I would recommend it - the price is RIGHT for the features and quality! And it connects to Alexa and Google Home. I connected to both (we also have a Google Nest at our front door), but also haven't tried that out either and not sure how it would be helpful. AND, it has a siren! I guess if it alerts you there's motion and you see some very bad people trying to do bad things, you can activate the siren and freak them out. THAT would be FUN!

I think the offering that Laview is putting out is mastering all of the simple aspects of a good camera system as cheaply as possible. On a whim bought this due to a deal without diving into hours of third-party review. Laview mobile application: IOS/Android -Simple to navigate, all the right features, easy to learn, and probably the easiest time I've ever had connecting a wireless device to a mobile application. -Downloaded BlueStacks Android Emulator (Free) for Windows to run the application on my PC as well as my iPhone. -Automation: Super surprised by the out-of-box features of this application, looks like you can do a lot of Camera feature scheduling here. (IE: Turn on motion detection at a given time) Cameras: -Wireless Connectivity: As I mentioned above with the ease of setup, I use an auto-switching 2.4/5ghz Google wifi, these are only 2.4ghz but connected without issue. (Only point this out because other devices aren't as plug-and-play) -1080p these aren't going to give you the best quality at a distance but at a range of about 15-20ft you can make out distinct facial features. -Motion Detection: Works exactly as expected. -Sound Detection: Works great -Night Vision: Low light product is also great here, no complaints. -Video Playback: This is one that I was extremely surprised with, paired with a 64GB PNY A1 Micro SD card. The playback interface, usability, and responsiveness to load and review video was top notch. Considering this is running the playback locally from the device, technology has really come a long way. Note: Says Fat32 sd cards are only supported, the exFat format worked as well. Other Thoughts: -Think you need to keep in mind the price point on these, I spent 250 bucks getting full 360-degree house coverage. A single ring or nest camera can run you 150+ dollars. -None so far, I like to point out that I went and purchased several other products from Laview to bolster this setup. Smart Locks, outdoor light socket cameras, and a smart doorbell. -Utilizing the Outlet Socket adapter on the outdoor lights to plug into outlets in the outdoor soffit outlet or replace a recessed bulb. -Did integrate with Google Home but don't see much functionality there, requires a Google display to interact with the Cameras. -Integrated with Amazon Alexa and you do have Smart Home controls on a phone as well as an Echo Show, this is the way to go. -Only drawback I see is not being able to integrate it with other third-party smart home applications for a single pane of glass. -Buy the PNY 64GB micro sd card (3PK)

LaView 4MP Bulb Security Camera 2.4GHz,360° 2K Security Cameras Wireless Outdoor Indoor Full Color Day and Night, Motion Detection, Audible Alarm, Easy Installation, Compatible with Alexa… The light bulb-style camera comes economically packaged in a retail-marked light cardboard box. Inside the box, right on top there is a user manual, a quick start guide, and the small fold out marked" important notice ". The bulb camera itself is nestled inside a formed plastic holder. There is also a small adapter so you could plug this directly into a light socket. There's a sticker on the white socket adapter that tells you this is to help you set up the Wi-Fi. That's a nice touch and it makes sense. That way you can plug it into a socket convenient to you while you're setting it up so you don't have to stand on a ladder or something and wave your phone in front of the camera to connect it. Looking at the quick start guide, you will have to download the app before trying to set up the camera. That makes sense. They also note that this only works on 2.4 gigahertz Wi-Fi, so you'll need to be certain that your phone is said on a 2.4 GHz stream from your router. Setting up the camera is familiar to anyone that has set up a security cam before- they all seem to be set up in a similar fashion. Once you have downloaded the app and set up an account with them, you have to receive a unlock code in your email to proceed further. Further. Once you have that, it's as simple as plugging the camera into power, (this is where that handy little adapter makes it much easier) wait for the camera to initiate, then you put your Wi-Fi password in so the camera can program itself and the app will give you a QR code to show to the camera. After a moment, the camera will play a tone to notify you that it has recognized the QR code and then the app gives you a countdown. It's a 2-minute countdown, but it took less than that for the camera to initiate itself and come online. Then you can put the camera or wherever you need it to be. In our case, I plugged it in in the living room to program it and then put it out side in the lamp socket above the door. So far, I've had no glitches with the camera. It makes connections and reconnections fairly quickly, and it responds well to manual directional changes. There is a siren function to the camera, but the siren is very quiet. I tested the siren by setting it off manually when a family member was in the yard less than 100 ft from it and they said it sounded very quiet and not alarming at all. As part of the setup, you have the option to put a TF card into the camera for storage. Please note, it does not come with a TF card. You'll have to provide your own. However, the camera doesn't seem to be very picky. I put in a card that I had pulled from an older non-functioning camera, and the camera recognized it and started recording to it almost immediately. On the opposite side of the quick start guide( and keep in mind this has nine pages per side- so not really that quick) they will give you step by step on how to link your Alexa to the camera if you desire. Everything seems fairly straightforward and step by step. I'm going to hold off giving the camera my Alexa password, while I see if I'm happy with all the rest of the functions. Reading through the rest of the instructions and the quote important notice" insert, they know that the camera is not waterproof- this is even though the ads specifically say that this is an indoor-outdoor camera. The important notice goes on to say that if you use it outdoors, you'll have to ensure that the camera will not get wet in the rain. I have issues with this. I did not expect the camera to be waterproof, but I do expect it to be water-resistant. How can you sell your product as an outdoor product without it being water resistant at all? I have mind mounted outdoors, in a lamp fixture that's very similar to the one in the end. It'll be interesting to see what happens with the camera after the first rainstorm we have. As far as night vision, in complete darkness without turning the light on we can see the accustomed black-and-white night images, but they are fairly clear. Turning on the light will give you back color but you lose a little bit of the depth. Another thing I did notice that I thought was interesting. Is that turning on the light produces an audibly loud click. Hearing the click over the phone interface via the sound transmission of the camera assembly itself, it sounds quite heavy and makes a loud sound. One of the difficulties I've had with similar light bulb-style cameras is that sometimes it has difficulty making a connection. I've had this one for a couple of days now, and checking it multiple times during the day and the night. It has connected in a reasonably quick time, every time. The only difficulty I've had with the camera is the controlling software on your phone. There is a very high incidence of the software nagging you to buy the premium version and buy cloud software. In addition to the continual nagging, you have to wait several seconds to be able to dismiss the nag screen. I was seriously thinking about purchasing more of these cameras, but the nag screen is starting to make me think otherwise. **** UPDATE **** After several emails back and forth with LaView, they provided me with the instructions to shut off the push ads. It’s buried deep in the app. Here is the path to get to the off switch. APP-> > Me page ->click on the upper right corner->Privacy Permission Settings->disable Personalization It did work to shut off most of the popups, but it took several days to stop them all. The seller has corrected part of the info in the paperwork that comes with the camera, According to their representative, the cams are rated IP65, which according to a quick Google, “An IP65 rated enclosure gives protection against low-pressure water jets from any direction, as well as condensation and water spray. It's suitable for most outdoor enclosures that won't encounter extreme weather such as flooding.” So water resistant, but not waterproof. Their customer service has been responsive, prompting this update on my review.

I didn't have high standards for this product based on the price but here it is, a few years later and it's still going. Granted the video quality isn't 4k or anything but it's clear enough to see people clearly. I like the two way speaker feature but the light it self isn't very bright. We used this in our side door light fixture outside and it works under the glass fixture. The camera hangs below the fixture so it doesn't impede the camera. I like that it rotates around and the app is very easy to use. I will say that there's periods over the years that the app stops alerting me to motion but I'll open the app and that seems to help. For the price, ease of use, video quality and durability, it's a no brainer... buy it!

This light bulb camera was recommended by a friend. I bought it and amazon shipped it very quickly. The setup was fairly straight forward. The app is a bit over complicated and not intuitive as to what buttons to activate, or push. I plugged the light bulb camera into my front porch fixture. At first, it was working pretty well, although, I couldn't view videos saved until my micro SD cards showed up (about a day later from Amazon). After that, I was able to view and download videos and even shared with friends. So far so good. The video quality was excellent. I didn't like that it continually seemed to throw various error messages, such as "Establishing an encrypted channel" while waiting for a response. Then, it was usually followed by message "Failed to establish encrypted channel." Followed by a link named "Retry". Sometimes, it took several tries before the app would respond. I also got message "Device Connection interrupted. Please check the device." Followed by "Click to Retry." I couldn't tell if the camera was actually capturing events while the app was hanging up. I had the camera connected to a socket that I had turned on. Without changing anything, the camera started going offline -- multiple times. I ended up turning the light switch off and back on a number of times. Sometimes it would come back online -- sometimes not. At one point, the camera decided to face the wall (rather than forward). I was unable to get it to move using the app. I went out on the front porch and it did seem to detect I was there. But, then it went back and faced the wall. Odd. One of the suggestions was to restart the device. I did that through the app, and it didn't help. I was not able to use the manual restart while the camera was connected, because it's up where my porch light is. I deleted/reinstalled the app and it didn't help. I attempted to contact the manufacturer. No response on their website chat facility. I called them and got a message that their phone system was being serviced and would be out until after 2/11/24. With that -- I decided this camera was going to be returned. I had also purchased another of their cameras and it was still unopened in the box. It is being returned as well. I need reliability without frustration and this camera did not have it.

I'm using the camera outside in an protected outdoor room to keep it away from the elements which is working great. As I was taking the photo. I immediately got a motion detection notification. Pros: - clear picture both day and night. - the app options are really good for customized use. - the memory card option helps when you don't want to use the cloud. - the settings options for the camera really help you use it to it's full potential. - the motion sensor light that comes on at night is convenient feature without having to get a separate light source. - easy to install and place anywhere with the plug and play capability. - true as advertised and more. Cons: - slight lag if you don't get a WiFi extender. - the camera direction tool is very sensitive so I keep adjusting it but not that bad. Would be nice to have a lock and unlock option for that so the cameras direction doesn't change by me simply swiping the screen. I'll search the settings again to see if they have that. That's it. I would totally recommend this camera to anyone who's looking for great quality surveillance equipment without drilling into your walls and needing to pull wires, they also have other camera options available as well. I went ahead and ordered the outdoor camera as well because I loved this one so much also plug and play. Well done! Highly recommend.

These light bulb cameras are great however they won't stay connected and constantly go offline. They're easy to install, have good video quality, good features, you can add an SD card for storage, and the app is good. The big issue though is that they won't stay connected to the wifi and constantly go offline. When they go offline, you have to do a hard reset on the camera, you can't reset it from the app. I had initially used them to monitor a house in a different state and they were useless after they went offline. I then brought them home and connected them to my home wifi system and had the same problem. Here at home I have a mesh router with satellites and 1GB upload and download speeds, it's fast and reliable. So I know it's not the wifi. The only reason I still use them is because I have one of those light switches that is programmable and so I set it to turn off at 11:59pm and turn back on at 12am. So if for some reason the cameras go offline during the day, they will reset themselves because of the schedule on the light switch. If it weren't for this problem, I'd rate them a 5 instead of a 3.

I opened the camera and was setting it up. The initial connection to the camera from a WiFi/Bluetooth device was a little problematic. I used a tablet, then an iPhone and a Android phone before finally connecting. I realized that you have to be at a specific distance for the camera to connect. Wow.. it was a little annoying. I got things up and running, the camera images are clear and the App functions work really well. IMO, it's better than the stationary cameras from the top security companies. Thanx