Mini Security Camera, Nanny Cam with 180°Rotating Lens, Free Cloud & SD Storage, 4K WiFi Wireless Surveillance, No WiFi Recording, Motion Detection, Auto Night Vision

The rotating head for the camera is a game changer and allows you to mount the camera in small spaces like a birdhouse you want to remotely monitor.Haven’t tested battery life but intend to use this plugged in to a small solar panel. The magnetic mount is a nice touch as well.Setup was actually quite simple and so far am very happy with the quality of the video feed and the ability to watch live. The app lets you add multiple cameras which is also cool.

Smaller and easier to set up than expected

Video is not shd. It's 15 fps. Continuous record isn't really continuous record either, it records 30 secs, stops then starts again so you miss about 1 sec of video which isn't acceptable if your trying to create a video. Form factor it's great, I liked the adjustable angle lens but it's not what it seems as far as video quality. Very mushy and color is yellowish.

Great little camera! It shall do what I need it to do! Love it.

Recommendation:Do not purchase this unless you can connect it to power, or if you only need 30 to 45 minutes of recording time. The very small size and rotatable camera are a plus combined with the fact you can record w/out using the app. Below are my observations, comments and opinion. Your mileage may vary. Four stars on the app if I could rate it separately; however, two stars on the device. At $30 for the camera, I wanted to share my experience so that anyone looking had a detailed review to make their decision to buy or not.The Good:Very small with rotating camera. The App has a lot of configuration options, to include motion detection, turning off the status light, etc.. It is also cute.>>this smallest surveillance camera provides approximately 4 hours of continuous use.FALSE. I purchased two of these cameras and the best continuous use I had was 45 minutes. Beyond false, Absolutely False advertising. Just given the small size, it is obvious the built-in battery is also extremely small and thus not capable of what they claim. I've charged and used both several times, best time was 45 minutes. At one point, I thought I hit 1 hour; however I was't able to duplicate that result. Also, while there is no guidance in their app, I've tried several options and they make no difference on recording time.>>New buyers can activate free cloud storage—ask for detailsFALSE. There is nothing that mentions free could storage. They offer a limited $0.99 but the price scales up based on how long you want the cloud storage videos to be accessible. The $0.99 is for 1 day of cloud retrieval. Useless. They say "Ask for details"...WHERE? There is absolutely nothing that references "free cloud storage" for 1 year. The $0.99 leads into something like $4.99/month for 30 days of retrieval per device.>>No Wi-Fi RecordingTRUE. You don't need to use the App or have Wi-Fi. However, as mentioned above, expect at best 45 minutes of recording time. Just take it out of the box, charge it, put in storage card (Fat32 formatted) and turn it on and it starts automatically recording. For about 45 minutes. If you use the app, it will format the card for you.>>This wireless security camera features motion detection technologyTRUE. However, the camera is still fully powered on, so you'll only get about 45 minutes and notifications (if you are on Wi-Fi and set notifications on). Again, the settings in the app are very good, you can for example control the sensitivity and even detection areas. Not of that, including the video quality settings, however seem to increase the built in batter life. Expect at best 45 minutes.Notes:You can't turn the device off when charging. It just keeps recording when plugged in. So, if you need to toss it in your pocket and take it with you, make sure you power it off immediately after disconnecting from the charger. Otherwise, you're device will be drained before you try and use it.The default recording mode, which is configurable in the app, is to overwrite the previous videos.The included magnetic bracket is nice, as long as you have power to the camera. The charging cable is 1 Meter long, so that is helpful.The audio on both the cameras I purchased was horrible. The devices make some sort of electronic noise which disrupts the audio. Also, I played back videos using three different programs with same bad audio results.When you try to setup the device with the App, it asks you to scan the QR Code. Doesn't work, app says it can't scan it. However, on the plus side, you don't have to scan the QR code as it states you can do this via Blue-Tooth. Don't that got both my devices up and running fine.I have a 4,200 foot house with various lighting situations. On both of my devices, in addition to useless audio, there was a lot of purple hues in the video. There is a configuration option in the app, however, the settings I tried always resulted in purple video (and horrible audio).The entire point of such a small video camera, to some degree, is to be discrete. Having to have it plugged into a wall outlet or a power bank is the opposite of discrete.The recordings I believe were 5 minutes long. With motion detection enabled (requires app), the recordings to the TF card are recorded based on the motion detection settings. However, this doesn't change the 45 minutes or so "ON" time since the camera is fully powered the entire time. Writing the videos would obviously draw more power and thus reduce battery life; however, in my testing it didn't seem to extend the battery life to any noticeable degree.Storage capacity is irrelevant unless the device is plugged into a power source.

Works great!

Trying to process a weeks, or even one days worth of videos through the app is highly frustrating and extremely time consuming. Because I'm working on my iPhone (13 pro), it doesn't recognize the Fat32 formatting of the microSD, so I can't bulk download the videos to a drive or laptop. There's also no method for this within the app. I'm left stuck with watching one clip at a time.The app only allows 10 minute (or less) sections to be downloaded at a time. In 24hr mode, the camera shoots every 5 minutes and the clips are broken up into 5 minute (or less) blocks you can download. Scrubbing for content to download within a clip does not work. Each time I try it, the slider snaps back to the original starting position. Each time you tap or drag in the app (or simply watching a clip), the listing of clips resets to the last clip of the day. That doesn't sound like a problem until you have hundreds of clips to scroll back through to get to the one you were viewing - on a phone screen! Ugh!!Needless to say, the app is not perfect. Connecting with each camera can be a hassle as well. I bought these because they don't need the internet to connect to your phone. They supposedly connect through your hotspot (sometimes only after great frustration), so you have to be in the room to view your files or live through the lens.Once connected the app is mostly intuitive and the camera starts recording. Sometimes after a period of being disconnected, when trying to reconnect, you have to delete the device in your list of devices before it’ll reconnect to it. I know, sounds stupid, and it is, but it seems to work every time. It’s this issue that makes it useless to rename a device for custom identification. The app will give it a unique name.Originally, the only way to delete clips was to reformat the card. The last upgrade now includes individual or select all switches to delete (thanks, finally!!). Now they need to allow for downloading all files in one swoop and the capacity to download clips longer than 10 minutes. As well as make it so the clip you’re viewing is always the one in focus on your screen!Another word about connecting - Be sure to look in your WIFi settings for the little camera's WIFi broadcast. You have to set your WIFi connection to it in order to fully connect with the camera. They talk about hotspot and bluetooth and a funky looking @xxxxxx WIFi signal in the manual. Just know you're not connected until you look for that signal in your WIFi setting. I’ve also found that the cameras will connect without turning on my Hotspot. Just use Bluetooth and WIFi.Image quality is good on a small phone screen but is well broken up on anything larger. Details are lost the instant you try to zoom in. Lighting changes have good response time and so does motion sensing. In total darkness your subjects better be close because the IR lights on this camera don't shoot far. They also fog the image, making it near impossible to see any action. I found removing the plastic shield they have over the lights (and around the lens), totally clears the optic for vastly better vision at night. It's easy to pop off with a fingernail. It’s also absolutely critical there’s nothing in the immediate foreground in the view.One other good thing is that these cameras allow use of 256gb cards. Shooting 24 hrs a day for a week however, consumed only about 5 percent of the 256 gigs. File sizes are generally pretty small per clip.Beyond all of that, these aren't too bad for what you get. As long as you're not looking for 4k quality.

This little secret is so awesome. If you have a plug that has a good location, this gadget will give you a view of everything. It has motion detection sensors, with great 4k color resolution, the screen size is like watching a video on your phone, i havent unplugged it to check for battery life but it does charge like a regular charger. Overall its good to go.