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Vic K.

Northern Minnesota - USA

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1 Review by Vic

  • Nightowlsp.co

8/10/23
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The item I purchased from Walmart was the Night Owl 4K HD Wi-Fi IP Camera.
To start, I am computer/tech savvy. I've been doodling with and installing electronic devices for over 50 years now including building, repairing and operating computers, radios and antennas. This was a spontaneous purchase based out of necessity rather than first researching my options... my bad as they say:(

I found the instructions to be extremely lacking in clarity.
Nothing to explain what the various icons were for or how they functioned.
Nothing on the box to state what MODEL this unit is, but the instructions indicate that there are two different series and seven different models!

I had a lot of difficulty getting this unit to operate.

Once operating, it seems to have great resolution, but the video is patchy at best.
The audio is very poor.
I left the house with the unit on and monitored it throughout the day while on the road performing my various tasks with zero notifications, great so far.

Upon returning home the alarm went off as soon as i entered the home and I had no clue how to shut it off so I unplugged the power source. The alarm/siren only went off on the unit/camera only, but NO notifications on my smart phone (android).

After figuring out how the notifications were supposed to work (trial and error - no instructions), I found that every time the dog walked in front of the camera the alarm/siren went off.
After disabling the alarms (snooze) it still did not stop!
Every time it sensed motion the alarms went off despite being deactivated.
Still, no notifications on my phone.

The power cord is less than two feet long, allowing for anyone to walk up to it and just unplug it to disable it. Not very secure.

The fine print states that it will only work at temperatures between -4° to 140°, not very good in northern Minnesota where the winters can get down to -45°

Not at all happy with my purchase.
Two stars for appearance and packaging.

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