Roku Outdoor Camera - Home Security - IP65 Weather Resistant Wired Security Camera & Pet Monitor with 1080p HD Night Vision, Works with Alexa & Google, WDR, Motion & Sound Detection

The price and features seemed right, so I ordered one to try them out. Setup was a little glitchy initially, but once the camera updated itself it was a breeze. I own three Roku TVs, one in my FL home, so it's great that you can watch the cameras from any Roku TV that's on your account. The device itself is sleek and easy to install. I love that it is wireless and that the charge is supposed to last months. I have not subscribed to the cloud storage service yet. It is probably unnecessary unless you need a record. The camera seems to sleep in detect mode, so it's not really recording. You select it from the app and it wakes up on the live view, or it detects movement and it wakes itself up. It is great that you can select which objects to detect (persons, pets, cars, etc.), so I unselected 'other things' so it doesn't bother with things like plants swaying in the wind. I just put it up so who knows what it will be like in the long term, but so far so good.

Wow, Blown away! The camera’s color software and components, really look sharp!! (Full HD1080 display resolution). I noticed that the process lit up the sky in the end (metaphorically). The easy setup, no mess, and the APP: was easy to navigate..I just wish the package included a small bag - Nothing extravagant..Just a plastic bag..with their logo on it! Should I dare say, a free gift! The bag is a safety net, if the installation doesn’t go your way. I.e. Actually, it happened..screw slipped out of my hand and it fell to the ground (from 2nd floor). Also, when - holding screw with your drill bit attached to the drill (in your hand) (7 out of 10x). Especially if you’re working from within the house on the second floor..absolutely hanging out the window, working sideways. Those battles are lost. Thank you.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:This was pretty simple to install. It’s very convenient to check on the app when I’m at work or when I’m home to have notifications (that you can customize) appear in the corner of my tv screen. And it’s even better since you can choose which of your Roku devices can view the cameras. All of the Roku tvs in my house can view my camera but my mom’s Roku at her house that is registered under my name can’t.

Do yourself a favor, try another brand of camera first. I had so much trouble just getting though basic steps and lots of troubleshooting for it to finally never work.First, you have to download and install the Roku Smart Home app on your phone. No problem. Done.Then, you have plug the camera in, unfold the base, and press and hold the very tiny setup button underneath until it says "ready to connect".Then, after selecting the Outdoor Wired Camera in the Add New Device list in the app, you tell the Roku app you heard it say "Ready to Connect". So far so good right?Well, next pops up this QR code. I could not get the camera to see it. I moved it closer, farther, angled it, left, right, shade, light. Finally realized the QR code is slightly cut off on the edges. If you look at the 3 black boxes at the corners of the code, you can see they're not completed/squared off, so part of the QR code is MISSING. Turns out after Googling, it's a development bug that happens on some phones. Ugh. Ok, no problem, use daughter's smartphone, hope it doesn't have the problem.Got a little further. This is after 30 minutes of trying to get the prior steps to work, keep in mind. So this time, it displays properly on my daughter's phone and I heard "QR code scanned". Yay.I click Next and wait for it to connect to the network. A little bit of time goes by, and then I hear "Unable to connect to network". Yes it's 2.4Ghz. No there's no MAC filtering going on or whitelisting needed. Yes the pwd is correct. Yes all other devices can connect to the network no problem.Back to Google. Turns out I'm not the only one that has had this happen to. Tried some of the troubleshooting steps (just keep retrying, reset device, make sure phone is on 2.4ghz (it always was), turn off LTE, I could go on and on.Seriously, I must've spent an hour trying to get these things to work. I'm done, they're going back in the box and back to Amazon.Roku, if you read this, have your freaking developers at least fix the QR code display issue on some of the phones. Yes, I have a recent phone, it's not that old, I just upgraded about 8 months ago. And do something about your software/networking being unable to connect to a basic 2.4Ghz network, or start supporting both 2.4 and 5Ghz bands. This isn't the year 2004 anymore. This just shows you did not and do not test on enough devices or put enough money into your QA department.

I’ve been using the Roku Outdoor Camera for a while now, and it works very well. The video is clear, and it gives peace of mind knowing I can always check the live feed for free anytime. It’s simple to set up and easy to use. The only downside is that if you want to see any recorded history or use extra features, you need a subscription. But for basic live viewing, it does exactly what I need.

My mom is going to love to be able to watch the kids play in the back yard on her TV with the live feed. Happy I bought it. Got it a Christmas for her, just putting it up since she is due back home next week. Great purchase.