WONGKUO Solar Security Camera Outdoor Wireless - WiFi Rechargeable Battery Powered Camera with Solar Panel, 1080P Smart Home CCTV Camera PIR Human Detection, Night Vision, 2-Way Audio, Waterproof

Pro’s- I was happy with the camera and found the solar panel did the job but obviously in winter time had to charge the battery.The cons- (and that is just what it is) this camera is advertised with free cloud storage and that was a consideration for me when choosing among a myriad of products. Unfortunately my storage was cut on the first two cameras from seven days free cloud storage then to three then none. Adverts offered cloud plans so I reluctantly took out one at £23.99 and the cloud was restored but only one camera. I contacted Aiwit through their customer service link and they said the supplier (Amazon) was responsible and they were only cloud storage suppliers. I told them they better restore the cloud storage to all three cameras as I expected them all to have that support - they replied the storage plan was per camera so it would now cost £23.99 x3 per month (£79.97) per month where I was initially paying nothing. I then contacted Amazon and after some discussion I made it crystal clear I would be contacting UK Trading Standards about this as I am of the opinion it is a breach of trade descriptions act- the advert was as follows when I bought these cameras.STORAGEF-ree lifetime Cloud Storage, 3 Days Recording Loops. 7 Level Security encryption personal privacy protection. Only you have access to the data stored on the cloud. Tips: You will need to provide us with your device number to activate this functionI requested Amazon give me a formal response as I intend to inform Trading Standards on the statements from Aiwit and Amazon.Amazon were very fair and emailed immediately return labels for these two separate orders, (the first was ordered over a year and a half back). The money was in my bank the following day from posting even before they would have received them. Great service from Amazon 👏👏- disgraceful treatment from Aiwit. So I wouldn’t use any products from this company again and if you look at reviews as I did the complaints are all around our part of the world including USA - more complaints about storage with door bell cameras.It’s a shame- they make a good product but blatantly lie on the advert. They should be up front and say the cloud is free on a trial period then will incur a charge.The replacements camera I have is cheaper, does the job and comes with a free 64gb media card so no cloud charges and less opportunity to be hacked through it.BEWARE!!

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Let's start with the pros:Very good build quality, I was very surprised how well this was made.Pretty decent picture.The solar panel works amazingly well. I didn't charge the battery from the box as it tells you too and the battery was around half way. I set it up at night and it fully charged during the next day, which was very impressive.Now the bad:Although the camera connects to the Wi-Fi pretty well and you can live stream if you signal is not absolutely top strong, it will not upload recordings to the cloud. Generally anything below RSSI -00dBm is considered a good wireless connection, this although says good connection for RSSI -55dBm (the lower the minus number the better) that isn't strong enough to record to the cloud. I contacted customer service and they state it needs to be around RSSI - 35dBm to do this, which is bonkers you'd need it sat next to your router! I must have 20 odd cameras around my garden (to keep and eye on the chickens and other animals rather than security) and none of these have any issues at all. I even moved one of my mesh network stations outside within 5 metres of the camera and it still wasn't strong enough. Now I'm sure this could be sorted with a software tweak but at the moment it really let's it down. If this got sorted I'd give it 5 stars and buy more.Update - 01/07/22The solar panels that it comes with are useless, they work for about a week then fail to give it any charge even in the brightest sunlight. I was sent out another panel and tried that but basically the same happened. I then bought a connector to let both panels work together but still no joy. In the end I spent another £24 on a better solar panelhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0798MV7NS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1At the moment this is working amazingly well and keeps the battery level constant. No improvement on the recording/wifi issue. Basically if you are prepared to spend another £25 on a decent solar panel it isn't too bad , but that wasn't my original idea.The company has since issued me with a replacement battery so can work OK now.Changed my review to 4 stars due to good customer service.

have been using this camera and solar panel on my garage during the summer everything was ok once i sorted Wi-Fi out had to invest in upgrade from BT £10 month extra to reach garage now winter is here darker nights unit just don't charge been in touch with company and they said I had to take unit of wall and recharge I've done this and from 100% down to 21%in 5 days and dropping so solar has given up i think can't keep taking camera of wall and charging indoors every week as I thought if I paid extra for camera it would work great but afraid not going over to blink at least I know I have to replace batteries so only getting 3 starswell after spending money on dearer more powerful broadband in the company's eyes that is still not enough i thought having a security camera meant it would record anything that goes near it anyway just have to ditch it and get something else

It was good while it lasted but the video stopped working without cause.

I bought this, as a extra layer of security at parents house 🏡 (now they already have a 400w security light) so placing the camera 📸 in front of the light direction was crucial as 400w in front of it would have been like a recording of the sun ☀.Now it's been up around a month with solar panel attached, the battery has not dropped below 90% charge!And you can view remotely, motion senseitivity, all in all for a completely wireless basic ip camera I would recommend.Also no phaffing about with SD s you get 7 days free cloud 🌥, although seems to be 20sec clips max, plus notifications.Regards J. Herer