VSTARCAM Dual Lens Indoor Security Camera, 2K QHD with 10X Zomm, 360° Pan-Tilt 2.4GHz with Color Night Vision, Motion Detection, Real-time Alerts, 2-Way Audio, Cloud & SD Card Storage(up to 256GB)

Bought this because of the excellent price. Have 4 foscams for several years. They have become too expensive. Tried this brand. Am totally surprised at the picture quality. As good or better than the foscams. So far so good. Just a tad bit harder to connect to wireless. But nothing that would deter buying this product

Update 01/18/21: Just received my 3rd Vstarcam. At this point, I can't imagine owning any other brand. I bought one of the 720p Vstarcams 2 years ago and I have it mounted inside my living Room Window so I can't use the night vision feature due to the reflection. Turns out, I really only need my porch light on and it is sufficient enough to see. Actually I like it better because It stays in color which can come in handy if you ever need to Identify the color of a car. Since I've owned the 720p Vstar cam I have bought several other brands and have mounted them right next to one another and have found not only are the others (which were supposedly 1080p) inferior to the Vstarcam in picture quality but the last one I bought was completely blacked out as soon as the sun set and useless without a LOT of I.R. led's blasting the area. So I decided that I was only going to buy the VStarCams from here on out because I definitely don't want to have to use more than one app. but I also haven't found another 1080p cam in this price range that is near the quality of this 720p. So when I ordered another cam a couple days ago, it was a no brainer to order the Vstarcam 1080p... thinking, at worst, It would be the same quality or a little better. After I hooked it up I could definitely tell a difference right away in video quality but the real surprise came after the sun set. If you look at the Pictures I posted, both are the Vstarcams and the darker image is the 720p and the brighter is the new 1080p and you can easily see that the new cam is absolutely amazing looking out my window and no night vision being used on either of them. The 2 pictures were taken well after dark and the only light I have on is my 60 watt led porch light which isn't really that bright. The darker picture from the 720p cam is more true to how I see it outside with my eyes but the other camera completely surpasses any that I've tried. The camera stays on all night with no night vision and it is still in color. I know looking at the screen shots looks like there are some IR's on but I promise you it is only the porch light and the street lights and the street lights are no where nearly as bright as they appear through that camera, it's just that camera has an amazing sensor. So this is an easy one.... I highly recommend anyone whom is looking to mount a camera on the inside of a window looking out and still wants to see everything clearly in color and use no night vision to buy these 1080p VstarCams. It's also worth noting that the software is far better than the software for other cams I own and there is actually a different app for the cell phone and PC which is nice because the app for the pc looks like a professional system with a ton of really great features. Lastly, the older cam I bought 2 years ago has never worked through my Alexa Echo Show but to my surprise the new one does and it didn't require me to jump through hoops to make it work since all the software was already configured for Vstar. Hooking up the second camera was very easy and fast, again, since my cell phone, PC, and Alexa Show was already configured for this brand, all I had to do was plug it in and open my Android app for the camera's and scan the bar code... and presto!!! Done!!

This is great but wish it were cordless or had a longer cord. Great to keep an eye out on pets!

Clear picture. Easy to set up on android phone. Clarity is exceptional. Highly Recommend this outdoor camera

If I could give 10 negative stars I would. This review is written in two sections for two Audiences... Pick the one that you understand the best, the first for general consumers the second for the techies. Warning to anyone concerned about privacy: this camera requires your home WiFi password during setup, which is sent to the manufacturer's servers in China. There is no way around this — it is required to activate the camera. Once set up, the camera does not work on your local network directly. All video goes through the company's cloud servers in China, even when you and the camera are on the same WiFi network. I confirmed this by running network diagnostic tools — the camera has no local streaming capability. When I blocked the camera from accessing the internet at my router (which is a reasonable thing to want to do with a security camera), the camera stopped working entirely. It cannot function without phoning home. I also tried to avoid using the app by creating a throwaway account, but the camera will not initialize without connecting to their servers first — even when plugged into your local network via Ethernet. I don't think most buyers realize their WiFi password and camera feed are being routed through Chinese servers. That should be disclosed clearly on the product listing. It was not. Status: Returned. I have a background in network security and architecture. This camera is not appropriate for anyone who takes network security seriously. The setup process requires you to hand your home WiFi SSID and password to the VStarCam app, which connects to Chinese cloud servers. Once initialized, the camera communicates via a proprietary P2P protocol (PPPP) that bypasses your router's NAT — meaning it can be accessed from the internet without you opening any ports. You cannot disable this without blocking the camera at your firewall entirely. I ran a full port scan on this camera (nmap -p 1-65535) after initialization. Zero open TCP ports locally — no RTSP, no HTTP config interface, nothing. The only way to view your own camera is through their cloud servers. There is no local-only operation mode. I blocked the camera's outbound traffic at my router firewall and the camera became completely non-functional for streaming — confirming it has no local RTSP capability whatsoever. This is by design. Your WiFi password is now on servers in China. Your camera feed passes through servers in China. You have no local control over your own camera. I returned this and purchased a camera with documented local RTSP and ONVIF support. Would not recommend to anyone who values network privacy or security. Even if you believe that the Chinese Government is not trying to surveil U.S. Citizens, this in my opinion is an ethical breech of privacy. If you have one, remove it and return if you can, if you cant, throw it away, and get another camera

THIS CAMERA IS ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING!! I bought this camera because I feed stray cats and I don't want to have to constantly check downstairs to see if they are there. I'm pretty sure this camera is for indoor use only, but it does well outside. The only thing is in the rain it malfunctions. The price for what you're getting is absolutely outstanding. Like my family thought I spent like $75 dollars. Setup is some high tech stuff foreal. I've purchased tech in the thousands of dollars and the setup hasn't been so cool and high tech that it outperforms pricer product setups. There are two cameras: one that moves that you can control from your phone and one that stays still. You can also zoom in! It also has sound and a darn speaker!! This is perfect for me because I can check a large area to see where the cats are. The speaker scares them away because it's really loud. xD The app is very easy to use although the language on it when you don't want to upgrade cracks me up. It says "cruel refusal" xD The app can give you notifications when there is motion and darnit it this thing has night vision! This camera is a STEALLLL. The video recording is also great too. I believe you have a set amount of things that can be recorded for free but after that you gotta pay. I haven't paid and it's fine. I think you can mount this thing because it came with pieces for that. Oh and I have an iPhone and it works great with it. Overall, I highly recommend this and actually think it deserves an Amazon reward or something. Highly recommend!! And if you catch it on a sale you're a lucky duck. K baii.

I love this VSTARCAM camera! It’s the best one I’ve tried with excellent motion detection and auto-tracking, and the best part is you don’t have to pay a single dollar for any subscription. Clear 2K image and very easy to use.

The Good: 1. Picture quality is good for this price. 2. The app is functioning well and easy to use. The Bad: 1. The web interface is very poor, just minimum configuration options. Can't display multiple cameras. 2. If you use DHCP, it also sets it's ports dynamically, so the port will change every time it renews the IP address. This is important if you want to use IE in windows to connect to the camera. You will need to use the following - http://IP_Address:port 3. The phone app will only give you MAC address, not the IP address with the port number. It will be very helpful if the app will display the IP with port# due to above #2. 4. You need to use the downloadable utility to find the IP and port # on a PC. 5. There is no instruction in the box on how to connect to the camera via Windows PC, I had to do my own online research. 6. The app asked me to bind to an email address, but when I received the email, the link doesn't work, so I guess I will have to live with the pop up reminder every time when I open the app. Overall a decent camera, although I prefer the CamHi web interface. If you want to use the web interface, you should consider use a static IP address with static port #. It will make your life a lot easier.

Good little camera for a decent price. Using it for my baby and my dogs. Very easy setup and connection decent quality. Love the talking feature and could view when out of the house

Camera worked fine for a few months but now the charging port is faulty and there’s no customer service to repair this thing. The app Eye4 is ok. Basic UI and not much versatility. I’m not a fan of continuously having to “think about it” either when they try to sell their cloud storage. I have an SD card. There’s nothing to think about.

Excellent item

This camera is great value for the money. The only issue is it does take awhile to connect and sometimes freezes. The motion detection does not appear to work unfortunately.

This camera hardly ever works. It’s always appearing offline or has errors. It’s a nightmare to have to keep resetting and reconnecting to the Wi-Fi. This camera ALSO doesn’t work when it is plugged directly into the internet. The “Tech support” is also a joke.