Tapo C425 KIT 2K 4MP QHD Battery Solar Security Camera Outdoor Wireless, 150° Super-wide FOV, Colour Night Vision, No Monthly Fee, AI Detection, Two-way Talk, IP66, Works with Alexa & Google

I've had 7 of these these cameras installed for just over two months using the Tapo H500 hub, and overall they are very good. I found both the Hub, cameras and solar panels easy to install, and the app is clear and also easy to set up and use. That said, I ran into some issues early on, which I'll detail later, but they were all "fixable". Picture and sound quality is very good, even in dull daylight. I use the infrared setting at night to save battery life, and while the picture quality is good enough to see what is happening and to identify what people are doing / wearing (roughly) you can't make out faces or similar detail levels. The smart detection isn't all that good - I have had "person detected" alerts when squirrels are running up a tree, but if you set the detection area carefully and set detection mode to "person" and "pet" only, and turn off "all motion" alerts I find you don't get that many false alerts. The cameras regard foxes as pets, but that is understandable. Three of the cameras are in "high traffic" areas and four around the sides and back of the house (low traffic) and so far the cameras have used about 70GB of the 970GB available on the 1TB SSC hard drive I put in the hub. At this rate the drive will take about a year to fill up. Once I got a couple of wrinkles sorted, battery life is excellent. Six of the cameras are still showing 100% battery after two months despite the dull, wet winter we have had. One of the cameras is located at the edge of the Wi-Fi / Tapo hub network range and this seems to cause it to drain the battery much more, particularly when it is cold. It is currently on 62% after two months, but it dropped from c90% to c70% in less than a week when we had the very cold week in early January. It has since stabilised, so even this camera battery should last about 6 months, and hopefully a sunny spring will keep it going longer (although another cold snap will probably cause another big drain). Three of the cameras/panels are located where trees obscure the sun, so I bought the larger A200 solar panels to use there. I'm not sure I needed to bother as all three are still at 100% battery after over two months. The one issue I have run into is that it can take one or two camera "resets" to get them to work properly. In three cases when I set the camera up and placed it well within Wi-Fi and/or Hub range the camera either (i) kept dropping off the network and saying it was out of range, or (ii) randomly started to chew through battery for no reason. I have found that if you dismount the camera, make sure you are close to your router, then "hard" reset the camera using the little reset button and set it up from scratch again, it then usually works perfectly. One camera took two "hard resets" to get this result, but I got there in the end. Why the cameras sometime do this I don't know, but if you run into either of these problems (and looking at the reviews they seem fairly common), I do recommend resetting the camera and starting again, it usually sorts the problem. Overall I now have a great home CCTV system that works as advertised with battery life better than I expected, so I'm very happy - it just takes a little effort to get there !

Love it, works seamlessly with Alexa and it’s half the price of an Amazon camera. The picture is excellent and as it has its own solar panel I haven’t had to charge it yet. I did install an Amazon one in the garden at the same time and I’ve had to charge that one and the same time period. It’s incredibly easy to install and there’s even a template to know where to drill. ( essential for a woman with little drilling experience )

My initial concern before I bought this kit was battery charge during the winter and waterproof. Guess what' ever since I bought this, which is like 4 months now, it's always got full charge every day. And this was during the winter Nov to March. Perhaps its the location of the garden getting enough sunshine everyday. And I've never had any problem with water ingress into the kit. The camera has got excellent picture quality, senses movement without any problem. It is so easy and straight forward to install. Though pairing the camera with my phone, in order to set it up proved a little bit of a challenge. But that could be because I have an S9 plus Samsung phone which was 6 years old. When I initial bought it, you could not connect this camera to use the Tapo Hub memory, which came with my Tapo camera front doorbell. However, 2 months later, an update allowed the use of the Hub. But I've already bought the memory card anyway. Perhaps they should have released the software update before I spent 32quid on memory card I'm no more using. The Tapo app is one of the reasons why this kit is an experience. Navigating through the app is so easy and uncomplicated. Overall, this is a good kit in terms of quality, performance, robustness and full waterproof. I wish I knew and had gotten this camera years ago.

If you’re looking for a new camera system, look no further. I’ve had Blink cameras for years, and they’re awful—outdated and unreliable. The motion detection is poor, and powering them is expensive since you have to buy specific batteries that cost around £15 for four, and they don’t last nearly as long as advertised. Tapo cameras, on the other hand, are a game changer. Mine are installed in both low and high sunlight areas, and they charge without any issues. The colour night vision is excellent and works really well. They’re also placed in high-traffic areas and never run out of power. Installation and setup are quick and straightforward, and all the features work exactly as they should. If you’re considering Tapo, go for it—they’re brilliant.

So far so good. Good response from the Tapo app as usual. Solid quality as always from Tapo, better built than many other brands. Detection is smart, it has four different AI detection - motion, person, pet and vehicle so this comes in handy. You can also set detection area similar to many other brands. Battery capacity is huge, how long it will last depends on your settings. I also installed the solar panel will see how it charges the camera. It is relatively simple to set up mainly using the app. The image and video is extremely clear as it is 2K. It comes with a lot of rubber seals around the cables which is great very thoughtful design. For connection, it shows strong signals. Happy with the product! At this price, don’t think you can get a better camera with solar panel than this!!

Easy and quick to both setup and install. Works as advertised. Solar panels are keeping the battery topped up. I'm pleased with it's quality and performance. Integrates well with Alexa. One very minor issue; I'm not sure if it's because of the angle it's capturing movement at but it often tracks people as "motion" instead of "person". I set it at 2.5 metres high which is within the recommended installation height. Not a big deal.

First thoughts - this is the third TAPO camera I have as I have found them to be well made and when I did have a problem, their support was helpful and solved the problem eventually. I have two issues with this one - false alarms due to movement outside the detection area (I have had to set the area much smaller than I would like and reduce the sensitivity) and the camera mounting bracket not being long enough to allow enough of an angle to cover the area I wanted (I fitted a longer camera bracket from a wildlife camera to allow enough space to cover the desired area). Now a month later. Serious issues have emerged. Detection is sporadic, often outside the set area but 40% of the time, it doesn't detect anything inside the area. I have had to turn off movement detection and leave it on human detection only due to so may false alarms caused by shadows. Iniitially, their help line asked for more details and adjustments but the more I gave them, the more they came back for. Got tired of it so have asked them to either sort it or refund. You don't buy a piece of consumer electronics and expect to have to constantly adjust it. Even later: Finally got an answer as to why it was so poor. It uses infra red sensing which is fine for burglar alarms but not for cameras as it isn't accurate enough. They appear to have been stringing me along until I gave up but I was just within the return period for Amazon so it's going back. Tapo also said they don't deal with refunds. Perhaps they should read the sale of goods act.

Easy set up , good quality picture and sound and area of camera view and video is great, don't forget the SD card which you have to get separately and whilst setting up make sure you put it on solar panel mode as one found out the hard way. Value for money and you don't have keep charging which is a huge plus.

Buena opción de camara, incluye lo que dice, único detalle es que el cable si es algo corto.

I've had these cameras for almost a year now and couldn't be happier with them. They're a great value and I honestly wasn't expecting much at this price point but they've exceeded my expectations. I have 3 of them set up throughout the house and they've never lost connectivity and have good crisp, detailed video both day and night. The range for the motion detection is very good too and the only false alarms I've had are from when the sun shines in through the blinds and bounces off the wall and the camera picks it up. This is not a bad thing as it's picking up the motion and I think any camera would do this.We've since moved into another house and resetting these were simple and they were up and running in no time. The only thing that would be nice is if you could turn all the cameras on/off (along with the notifications) in one step. Instead you have to go into each camera and set them on/off which isn't a huge deal but it would be nice to be able to be able to do it in one step. If you can I haven't figured out how yet. lol All in all I highly recommend these cameras and will be buying a couple more soon.

I owned 10 Reolink POE cameras and I never plan to buy a wifi security Camera. This TP-link C120 was on sale for $49 so I thought I will give it a try. Compare to the reolink Cameras this one has the best wide field of view. The picture quality is amazing, specially on wifi. The 2 Spot lights are really good at night. I programed the kasa outdoor smart plug to turn on when motion detect in this camera and it is working well. I wish Tp link made this Camera POE. I have a dedicated outdoor wifi access point for this camera and smart plug. I have a SD card installed for remote viewing. I tested it remotely and it works well.

Me encanta. Es una maravilla. Lo recomiendo

It is good came6i have to say but the tile list ed as 2K resolution but when I got the item it clear displays on the box it is Full HD. I hope they can fix what they say. Otherwise this is miss leading people!!!. Have to return it