I have 3 Arlo 2 Pro systems and have been seriously disappointed in Arlo’s new pricing program and value for the fees they want to charge for their cloud based storage plans. I was planning on making an upgrade, but not for $25/mo per set up. I spent considerable time reviewing other options and decided these cameras may be a good replacement. So far I am happy with my purchase – so happy I replaced another one of my other Arlo systems with the same package. Some pros and cons:
Pros
– simple to set up. Up, mounted and running in less than an hour
– solar works great to keep them charged, even thru a window
– Mounted my second system in the afternoon and the solar panels easily recharged the brand new out of box cameras at 75% to 100% in a few afternoon hours.
– while I miss my cloud service, the internet accessible phone system works really well, as good if not better than Arlo.
– I like the wide screen view, allows me to pick up more space
– I also like the ability to dial in the detection zone with no extra fees
– One concern I had was distance from the home base. My shop building is 110 feet from my two story house and no issues with the distance. Probably close to the max distance
– Cameras are clear, better than my Arlo system.
– Cameras work in zero to subzero weather unlike Arlo.
Cons
– wish there was a PC based way to access the cameras
– cameras are a little bigger than Arlo and not quite as compact
– miss the magnetic mounts of Arlo, those were nice to mount and adjust – but not a deal killer
– would be nice to be able to better adjust the cord length. Nice to have the cord length in some cases, more problematic when the camera and solar are close together.
– simplify the various settings. A bit more complicated to make adjustments.
Good system, I like it obviously because I bought a second system. I’ll update this review if I have more pros or cons. Sorry Arlo, make better business decisions next time.
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