I held off buying a security camera for a long time, since I have a few self-imposed restrictions. One, I don’t mount anything on my exterior walls…they are stucco, and I think it weakens it to drill holes in it. Two, I don’t want to hard wire anything or have to keep recharging it. Well, this camera solved both problems. I live where it snows, so as shown in the photos, I mounted the solar panel so it’s almost vertical, and not at the recommended tilt angle. I also don’t want snow building up on the mounting, so only the panel is exposed. The rest of the mount is attached to the soffit. No snow builds up on the panel. Same thing with the camera. I couldn’t mount it where I wanted on the exterior of my trim due to the rain gutter, and I didn’t want snow to build up on it, so I figured out how to mount it under the overhang. It works great there, and the camera is well protected.
Pros – Very simple to install…straightforward instructions, even includes drilling templates if you need them. Setting up the app couldn’t have been easier, took me about 5 minutes. Excellent picture quality, includes a zoom feature which I didn’t know it had. The pan/tilt feature is really nice…I can look at my front porch then pan around and clearly see my fence/gate which is 200 feet away.
Cons – Not really a con, but if you don’t want (or can’t) mount it flat on a wall, you’ll have to fabricate a mount of some sort, as I did. I say it’s not really a con because they can’t be expected to anticipate every possible mounting scenario, and they do provide screws and screw anchors for standard mounting. I found nothing I would consider a con in regard to the use of the camera and the app.
Customer Service – Excellent. I was concerned that my solar panel didn’t seem to be charging the camera, so I emailed Anran. They got back to me in a couple of hours, and had suggestions to help me. I described what I did to set it up and they were very patient with my multiple emails. Problem solved and everything works fine now. And it wasn’t a defect issue, just a minor adjustment with the cable.
I now have two of these. Couldn’t be happier, and I’ll probably buy some more for gifts to neighbors and other friends.
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