FREDI Indoor WiFi IP Camera 720P HD Wireless Home Security Camera with Pan/Tilt Night Vision for Smart Phone

This is one of the more feature-rich IP cameras that I've had the chance to own (this is the third one I've bought due to wanting to use IP cameras for both security purposes and as baby monitors).The camera has a lot of options if you are intending to use it as a security device. You can set up motion detection and have it send you alerts, record video, send you an email, etc. The camera also allows you to listen to audio, so you can hear what is going on in your house, even if whatever is making the noise is out of the frame. The other really useful feature is the fact that the camera rotates nearly 360 degrees. The first two cameras I bought only rotated 270 degrees, so that extra movement allows you to really capture everything within a room.This camera also works well as a baby monitor. It produces quite a clear picture (you can switch between SD and HD mode), and it works well at night in IR mode. By default, it alerts you in a very loud voice when the camera is turned on (and again any time power is lost and reconnected). Luckily, you can disable these voice alerts in the settings. I highly recommend you do that if you are intending to use this in your child's room, as the voice alert will undoubtedly wake up your kid if the power should ever go out. The camera comes with a little wall mount that screws into the back that allows you to hang it on a wall above the crib. The power cable is of decent length, but you'll likely need to use a power strip or extension cable if you do not position it too close to an outlet.My main issue with the camera is the limitation of the wifi connection. I was able to use the camera in "hotspot mode" where the camera created a wifi hotspot and I connected to it from my phone to access it. However, when I tried to get the camera to connect to my regular wifi network so I could view it without connecting to it as a hotspot, the connection kept failing. I then saw in the manual that it only works with wifi networks that have passwords of less than 10 characters and that do not use any special characters. That is a pretty large limitation on the security of your wifi network. I also wasn't about to go and change all the connection details for my other devices just to weaken my network's wifi password. If this camera supported all wifi networks, I would have given it 5/5 stars.Overall, this is a good IP camera at a very affordable price. It looks more attractive and kid-friendly than your typical IP camera. It comes with a wall-mount, a USB cable, a power brick, a reset pin, and the camera itself. It is relatively easy to set up and has a lot of features. The camera is held back slightly by its wifi password limitation, though.

Tried for over an hour to set this up but never was able to do so completely. The app kept freezing or crashing. Every time I thought I had set it up, the camera would restart itself and then say “connecting” but never would connect.When I thought I had it connected finally, the video feed only worked if I was within 10 feet of the camera.The instructions were written in terrible English and were worthless as the pictures of the app screens did not match up with what the app actually looked like.

Seems like a good home security camera at first.. then you realize that you have to be on the app continuously if you want to get alerts or updates. Also it does this thing when it turns on... head swivels a full 360 with red lights around the eyes... somewhat terrifying to children; so maybe not the best for a nursery. Also no up and down movement so whatever height you set it at either needs to be the height you want to see or far enough away so that what you want to see is entirely visible. Bought this just under a year ago and its starting to have a few issues. Slow loading, not responding, not recognizing the username, no admin access, very sensitive to touch - as in the power will just shut off if you touch it. Not impressed.

I couldn't get it to connect to the WiFi.

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