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Customers find the surveillance system functional and easy to set up. They appreciate the clear picture quality, especially at night. The app is intuitive and user-friendly, making remote access and control effortless from their phone. Many customers consider it a good value for the price, with affordable cloud recording.
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· 360° Visual Coverage & 1080p Full HD Live View: Provides 360° horizontal & 130° vertical range to cover every corner. Reveals clear and sharp images with more details. · Person Detection and Motion Tracking: Smart AI identifies a person while tracking motion with high-speed rotation, notifying users as needed. · Night Vision (up to 98 ft): Ensures your safety by providing a clear visual distance of up to 98 ft even in total darkness. · Physical Privacy Mode: Maintains your privacy with the lens physically blocked by the housing. · Two-Way Audio w/ Customizable Sound Alarm: With high-quality microphone and speakers, activate 2-way audio, push-to-talk, anytime via the Tapo app. Additionally, record your customized audio as an alarm to extend your usages. · Flexible Storage Choices: Save recorded videos to an installed microSD card(up to 512 GB, purchased separately), or use Tapo Care cloud storage service.
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RJReviewed in the United States on February 1, 2025
I installed two TP-Link Tapo C520WS cameras at my house and have also recommended them to others. After helping install a few at other people's homes, I can confidently say that everyone is impressed with their performance. The audio, video, and picture quality are excellent, providing clear footage day and night. The color night vision is a great feature, making it easy to see details even in low-light conditions. The motion tracking and 360° pan/tilt ensure full coverage without blind spots. I'm using only the SD card for storage—not the cloud—and accessing recordings has been seamless. No issues retrieving footage when needed. The Tapo app works very well, making remote access and control effortless from my phone. For anyone looking for a reliable, feature-packed outdoor security camera, the Tapo C520WS is a solid choice. Highly recommended!
Droid8AppleReviewed in the United States on October 6, 2024
I’ll be writing this on all the Tapo cameras I’ve recently purchased. (4x C110, 2x C210, 2x C520WS) These are flawless, amazing, and so far ahead of Wyze it’s not even funny. They are massively affordable, truly need no subscription, have fantastic features in their app, can record locally to an SD card; everything you would want. Coming from Wyze (see more below), I didn’t know that cameras were supposed to act like this. I assumed, at Wyze prices, that I was getting what I paid for. But when I finally had enough constant stress and spent the money to change to Tapo… my life has been changed. Seriously, I probably added years to my life not being so stressed out all the time because my cameras never, ever worked right. These do, and I cannot say it enough times… if you’re currently using Wyze then get one of these. Use it for a week side-by-side and tell me what you think. Super light, have a few of mine mounted with ‘hard plastic velcro’ (3M Dual Lock). Setup is fast and easy, and works right away. Don’t have to do it over and over again (Wyze). Clarity is superb - 1440p quality. Night vision is phenomenal. Don’t really care about ‘color’ night vision - but my outdoor ones do have it. And one of the best parts is Tapo is part of TP-Link. What does that mean? TP-Link has been around for a very long time, and they specialize in networking equipment, LoL. So yeah, if you want a reliable camera on your network, who better to trust than a networking company. TLDR: Don’t waste your time on any other brand. Buy these. I promise you won’t regret it. About Wyze: If you’re like me and never wanted to spend thousands on home monitoring and security, then you may have stumbled upon Wyze cameras. At first, they were amazing - very affordable with no subscription necessary. And they worked. Over time, that changed drastically as they ventured into making everything else on the planet instead of focusing on their roots (cameras). They funded that stuff by changing to a subscription policy. And in their haste had multiple security breaches and problems such as other people viewing cameras that aren’t theirs. This is of course while the software and hardware has become so incredibly bad that they’re unusable. I mean, they actually do not function 92% of the time. Whether it’s freezing, not connecting, stuttering so bad that it looks like a PowerPoint presentation, app for closing, etc.
KR DiehlReviewed in the United States on February 4, 2025
Terrific security camera! This is my first Tapo camera. I tried another brand camera but it only worked well for a month. This camera is built so much better. Very solid. I am impressed with the very fast response to motion. It begins recording immediately. Setup was easy. App works well. Picture quality is superb. I am using an SD card for storage. I only had a 128gb drive to use, but each recording is so short that this card will record many many days. My next purchase will be a Tapo solar powered camera for my front porch (as soon as I can afford it).
D WxbyReviewed in the United States on January 19, 2025
I have been in the market for a decent camera for quite some time. Years even. Finally, it appears I found one that delivers I tried many many brands of cameras. The vast majority of them being other cheaper off- brand cameras. Most of them didn’t work right out of the box to failing just under a year of use. Most apps were clunky at best. Enter Tapo cameras. Easy to set up. Great app features. The Tapo app is extremely easy to understand and is thoughtfully designed. Tp-link actually manufactures the Tapo products. And TP-Link has been a very reputable brand over the years. The cameras themselves are good. Good clarity and great night time vision. I appreciate the ability to insert a physical micro sd card for video storage. You aren’t forced into some cloud service for that ability (although it is available if you want it). And yes, you can access all of the sd card footage from the app. There are only a couple of quibbles I have with these. If power goes out, the cameras do need to be manually adjusted back to their “home” position once power is restored. It would be infinitely helpful if there was an actual “home position” setting to commit the cameras to. So they will go back to this position in the event of a power outage. It’s annoying because all of your settings pretty much rely on this home position to function as desired The other quibble is if the WiFi ever changes the cameras have to be removed from your app and re-added to change what WiFi they are connected to. There really should be a WiFi change option in the app to handle this easily. Other than those two things I really appreciate how well these work. The motion tracking option isn’t bad (it’s not great though often moving too slow to keep up with the target). But it does move fast enough to keep the target within the field of view longer than a stationary camera would. The alarm function is nifty too. Set on a schedule (I have mine set at night) it will produce any number of variables like flashing lights and alert sirens if it detects people in the area. Good little feature to have to scare away someone if they think they just set off an alarm. Alternatively you can upload your own sound clip if you want verbal feedback towards your intended target. All in all these are great cameras. Now to see how they function in the long term. EDIT: After writing this review, I found in the app that you can set up to 3 different views for each camera as sort of a "pre-set". So, this makes it slightly less combersome to move the cameras back to the home position should they need to be manually moved back after a power outage. Also it's noteworthy to mention that shadows will set these cameras off no matter what the sensitivity settings are set to. So, on windy days the cameras are all over the place trying to chase the shadows. Also, this prevents them from returning back to the "home" position. Speaking of how they move, they are super clunky in their movements. Making motion tracking difficult for them to keep up with anything moving slower than a slow walk. I think the tracking should be sped up for this. Also, motion tracking does not work if motion is turned off. So if you just want it to track "people" it can't. Seems like an easy thing to implement if you want to void shadow tracking and only want people to be tracked. EDIT2: Just thought I would update my review to include more information after having the cameras for a bit now. I have now turned motion tracking off. The reason being is that, as time goes on they get worse at moving to track anything. They also randomly get stuck in the field of view when tracking something and then start erroneously tracking everything all over the place after that. Never returning to the home position. So, what you get is eventually the camera will drift so far away from home position you will often get the camera just looking at the ground or up in the air somewhere until you manually re-adjust them back yourself. I knocked off a star for this as it's a feature that seems to be more of a gimmick than a real useful function. I really do home they can update the firmware and app to make this feature more useful in the future.
Beto GallegosReviewed in Mexico on February 27, 2025
El producto llegó en magníficas condiciones, muy protegido. Es práctico de instalar y con su app de Tapo tplink te ayuda a administrar y controlar las cámaras y dispositivos inteligentes en un solo lugar y donde te encuentres. Yo las uso para interior y sin problemas en su calidad tanto de día y vision nocturna.
Enrique JimenezReviewed in Mexico on January 21, 2025
Play Video El TP-Link Tapo C520WS ha sido una gran adición a mi hogar. Este cámara de seguridad inteligente me ha proporcionado una manera fácil y confiable de mantener vigilado todo lo que ocurre en mi casa, tanto de día como de noche. Lo primero que noté fue lo fácil que fue instalarla; la configuración a través de la aplicación Tapo fue rápida y sencilla, y pude tenerla funcionando en poco tiempo. La calidad de la imagen es impresionante, con resolución 4K que me permite ver con claridad incluso los detalles más pequeños. Además, la visión nocturna es excelente, asegurando que pueda monitorear mi hogar sin importar la hora del día. Una de las características que más valoro es la detección de movimiento inteligente, que me avisa en tiempo real si hay alguna actividad sospechosa en la zona vigilada, lo que me da mucha tranquilidad. También, cuando llego a casa, la cámara enciende luces externas que iluminan perfectamente si no tengo otras luces afuera, lo cual es un detalle muy útil. Una de las funcionalidades que más me ha sorprendido es el auto tracking. Cuando detecta movimiento, la cámara sigue automáticamente a la persona, lo que asegura que siempre pueda mantenerla en el campo de visión. Además, se puede configurar para detectar si alguien entra o sale del domicilio, lo que me permite estar al tanto de cualquier actividad en las entradas de mi casa sin tener que estar observando constantemente. La cámara tiene la opción de conexión Wi-Fi, lo que la hace muy fácil de instalar en cualquier lugar, pero también puedo conectarla a través de un cable RJ45 si prefiero una conexión más estable. Esto me da flexibilidad dependiendo de mis necesidades de red. La cámara también es compatible con Alexa y Google Assistant, lo que me permite controlarla con solo usar mi voz, lo cual es muy conveniente cuando estoy ocupado haciendo otras cosas. El diseño es discreto y elegante, por lo que no es intrusivo, pero al mismo tiempo parece estar bien construida. Pros: Resolución 4K para una imagen clara y detallada. Visión nocturna efectiva para monitorear en cualquier momento. Detección de movimiento inteligente con notificaciones en tiempo real. Auto tracking que sigue a las personas detectadas. Luces externas que se encienden al detectar movimiento, si no hay otras luces afuera. Se puede configurar para detectar entradas o salidas del domicilio. Opción de conexión Wi-Fi o conexión RJ45 para una red más estable. Fácil configuración a través de la aplicación Tapo. Compatible con Alexa y Google Assistant para control por voz. Diseño elegante y discreto que se adapta bien a cualquier espacio. Contras: No tiene batería interna, lo que requiere que siempre esté conectada a una fuente de energía. Requiere una conexión Wi-Fi estable para un funcionamiento óptimo, lo que puede ser un inconveniente si hay problemas con la red. En resumen, el TP-Link Tapo C520WS es una cámara de seguridad inteligente de excelente calidad, fácil de instalar y usar, con una imagen nítida y características inteligentes que ofrecen una gran tranquilidad. Si buscas un sistema de seguridad confiable y accesible, esta cámara es una opción que definitivamente vale la pena considerar.
Cliente AmazonReviewed in Brazil on December 18, 2024
Muito boa, chegou bem antes do combinado e atende todas as especificações passada pelo vendedor, indico ele para outros clientes e tbm vou adquiri outras cameras com ele.
H FergusonReviewed in Canada on December 17, 2024
Excellent Products, Outstanding Customer Service After starting with a competitive (and yes, cheaper) competitor's camera, I decided to try Tapo because I have several TP-Link devices and a WiFi router already installed in my house, and they have performed flawlessly. Good decision! My first Tapo camera choice was a wired C510W, which I wanted for our front porch, This Pan/Tilt camera is very well constructed, and easy to install. (Tapo even provided an extra screw. Who hasn't had a dropped/lost screw turn an easy install into an unfinished nightmare?) Once installed and connected, it worked almost exactly as expected, and provided excellent video. One minor shortcoming is that the "person detect" function applies some sort of AI processing after the camera has detected motion, so you cannot easily limit recordings only to people. Turning on motion detection means capturing any movement first, and then post-processing to see if people were captured. Generated lots of recordings without people in my case. Still, really great camera controls and filters and settings to help minimize false event recording, which I did eventually master. Good notification tools and easy controls and access to review recorded video without wasting a lot of time searching. EXCELLENT camera! Another good indication of the company's thinking is the web-based optional service provided free for the first month with the camera purchase. When the one-month trial ends, the service is terminated by default (!), so you are not automatically enrolled in the service with recurring costs every month. Easy to subscribe and keep it going, of course. My second camera was a fully wireless C425 with an integrated PIR motion detector to specifically identify and capture people or pets, to monitor comings and goings of animals in our back yard. Again, easy to install and connect, and again, a spare screw for the fumble-fingered amon us. The PIR makes recording of animals and people a breeze. The battery life is very good so far, although I have a lot of squirrels in the yard, so the camera wakes up often. Still, after three weeks of recording squirrels abd rabbits, the battery is still at 83%, more than meeting my expectations. Totally satisfied with the PIR funcionality and the camera features overall. Another W=EXCELLENT camera. As a final note, Tapo's customer service has been simply outstanding. Quick, knowledgable, relevant responses, and an obvious commitment to customer satisfaction make this arguably the best company I've ever dealt with when it comes to customer support. This review is uncompensated, and posted to each of the two cameras mentioned.
ShouldentReviewed in Mexico on June 7, 2023
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