Rent or own, we all want to know our homes are secure while we're gone. That used to mean signing on with a professional"”and pricey"”security service like ADT. But the boom in wireless security cameras is putting home surveillance into our own hands and here is an example of such an useful camera with multiple features.

Amcreat camera has stunning and crystal clear 1080 HD video quality with multiple useful functions. Record and Playback via local microSD Card, Amcrest or ONVIF NVR, FTP Upload, and Blue Iris. Cloud recording and storage service is also available at service charge. It does supports memory card up to 64 GB but the memory card is not included with this purchase.

Features:
- Stay in Touch with Two Way Talk, Intelligent Motion Alerts, Email Alerts/Snapshots as well as Mobile and Web Apps
- Support Web browser like safari, Chrome and Mozilla , CD is included for Software installation
- Inbuilt functions for Video recording brightness, color, contrast, zoom , etc
- free cloud storage
- Motion sensor with 2 way audio system
- Push notification and camera map function to locate the camera.
Playback function and saved filed option to navigate through recorded files
- Snap shot function while active recording

Set Up:
- Easy and clear cut instruction manual for easy set up
- Quick WiFi Setup via iPhone or Android Smartphone using the Amcrest View App (Included)
- Seamlessly Stream Video and Two Way Audio Directly to Your Smartphone, Tablet, Apple Mac or Windows PC.
-The ProHD camera comes with a QR code on the bottom that can be scanned with a mobile device using our free Amcrest View app
-The ProHD can be quickly and easily set up by anyone on Wi-Fi, using a mobile device. Instantly see live video using your computer, tablet, or phone from anywhere.

Motion sensor:
- Detect motion right away and rotate accordingly by itself
-Features Sony image sensor and Ambarella processor
- View an entire area with fluid 360-degree pan/tilt visibility and a digital zoom function that constantly enhances and sharpens your video. - - --- With a 90-degree viewing angle and the ability to move the camera from wherever you are, you'll always have complete control over what you're watching.

Video:
-Remarkable Field of View with Super Wide 90 degree Viewing Angle, Remote Pan/Tilt, Intelligent Digital Zoom, and IR LED Night Vision Up to 32 feet. In built Zoom in and out function for clear video and picture quality
- Amcrest ProHD camera streams in crisp, 1080p video quality
- Soak in the vivid colors and rich imagery provided by a full 1920 x 1080p resolution at 30 frames per second
- The ProHD camera has 12 IR LEDs which provide up to 32 feet of night vision. With the ability to light up an entire room at night

Audio:
- The Amcrest ProHD camera allows you to be there with built-in two-way audio.
- The camera contains an embedded speaker and mic, and utilizes a state-of-the-art noise cancelling algorithm.
- Whether on your computer or smartphone, everything you say or hear will come through clearly and instantly, so you can talk and listen like you never left.

Some of free cloud storage:
-4 Hours of Free Cloud Storage, With Amcrest Cloud, you can login from a computer (PC or Mac), or use the Amcrest Cloud app on a mobile device to check on recorded footage. With an intelligent timeline display and intuitive interface, easily playback your recordings in seamless 1080p quality. Amcrest Cloud offers 4 hours of continuous recorded storage for free.

This camera is really great for this price and I would highly recommend this to others.

I bought this Amcrest IP2M-841 mainly to check on our baby in the crib when I'm not in the room. The IP camera needs to have HD video with good night vision view so we can monitor the room 24 hours.
The package contains Amcrest IP2M-841 IP camera, Ethernet cable, Power adapter/cable, Mounting kit (Mounting bracket and screws), CD/quick start guide, and User manual. The power adapter/cable is 10 feet long, which makes it easy to find a good spot without worrying power source. This camera does offer night vision although the IR LEDs aren't visible. On the bottom part of the camera, there are Ethernet port, Alert IO, Audio IN/OUT, memory card slot, and power port. Do note that the package doesn't include memory card.
To setup the camera is pretty easy. 1. Connect the IP camera to router through Ethernet port (I highly recommend do NOT do first-time setup using the wireless way). 2. Connect the power supply and wait for the camera to be ready. 3. Download and install "Amcrest Pro View" app and setup the camera through in app instructions ( Connect smartphone to same device as wired connection, scan QR code for serial number, and establish connection to camera). The IP camera can also be setup through PC if you're familiar with finding IP address of device. If not, Amcrest website does offer an utility to help user to locate device IP on the network. For me, I found the easiest way is to check router for connected device and see which one is the newly pop-up right after connecting the IP camera to network.
PROs:
- 1080P enables to see more detail compare to older IP cameras. This is fairly important as I'll be using this as a baby monitor so I can check on baby's small movements. Night view is quite good on this camera and I can see things with 10 feet clearly (I haven't tried further away). Please see my video and pictures for a demo of day/night view quality on this camera. The video is smooth at 30 FPS and no lag when there is object moving.
- PTZ support. Pan/Tilt/Zoom is supported on this camera and it helps to check the area without physically moving the camera. The "zoom" is digital zoom, not optical zoom.
- Wide 90 degree field of view. It's always better to see as much as possible on a single screen.
- Build-in Microphone and speaker. This makes 2 way audio communication possible through App.
- Motion alerts, Email alerts and snapshots. Also notification alert support through their App. Detection zone and sensitivity can be adjusted for motion alert triggering. Amcrest cloud offers up to 4 hour recording free for 1 IP camera. Free DDNS service is included.
NOTE:
- This model only supports 2.4GHz WiFi.
- This model doesn't offer POE (Power over Ethernet).

Our baby monitor stopped charging about 6 months into being used, but our daughter was sleeping through the night so we never bothered to replace it. Fast forward about a year later and we are transitioning her into her toddler bed. My husband wanted to have a monitor in there since she's a crazy sleeper and wanted to be able to check in on her so the search for a new monitor began. Our requirements for the monitor were that it should have 2 way talk, excellent picture quality, and the ability to pan/ tilt. Bonus points for showing the temperature in the room and being able to view it on our phones. After doing a ridiculous amount of research and reading countless reviews, we decided just to get an IP camera instead! Another grueling search lead me to the Amcrest IP2M-841 ProHD 1080P. It's been about a week and here are the things we like/ don't like so far...

PROS:
-Easy set up. I'd say that it probably takes about 5 mins to actually set this up. The hardest part for me was actually following directions and not just skipping things. For example, when it says that the default username and password is admin, that means you should actually type in admin for both and not just try to set up your own username and password... LOL
-Picture quality is excellent. The night vision is a little grainy when viewed from a desktop, but it's clear enough for me to see if my daughter has her eyes opened or closed and looks really clear on my phone.
-2 way talk. This was one of the main things we wanted to have in the camera so that we could tell our daughter to go back to bed without having to go upstairs every 5 seconds.
-Able to view on the desktop as well as on our phones. Even though I almost always have my phone close by, I work on my laptop late into the night, so it's nice to be able to check in on her without draining my battery on my phone.
-Customer service. Not nearly the painful experience I thought it was going to be and they fixed my problem. What a novel concept!!

CONS:
-Failed to connect. After the first couple of hours, the app on my phone would constantly give me the error message "Failed to Connect" each time I tried to view the live feed. I finally gave in and called customer service. Surprisingly, the wait wasn't horrible and the fix was super easy. All I had to do was log in on the desktop and do a manual reboot of the system. I did that on the first day and it hasn't given me the error message since.
-Desktop program doesn't work on chrome. Ugh...

NOT SO MUCH CONS, BUT I WISH IT HAD:
-Temperature display
-Completely wireless. I know I could get a camera that doesn't have the power cord, but I would have to give up quality, but I just wish I could have the same camera without an ugly power cord.
-White. Apparently this camera comes in white even though the options given were only black and silver. When searching to forward the info for a friend, I found the white option and it was Prime....

CONCLUSION:
The baby monitor breaking on us was probably one of the best things that could have happened. For half the price of a new baby monitor, we got almost everything we wanted! We took care of that issue by getting one of these :https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FT6YWDA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1. In fact, my husband loves it so much, we'll be purchasing more for the rest of the house and front door.

I'm so happy I pulled the trigger on this security camera!!! I was nervous based on some of the mixed reviews, but the price was right and I decided to take a chance. I couldn't be happier with everything about this camera from easy setup to easy app installation to quality of picture. I purchased the camera in HD1080 and feel like the quality I get is pretty awesome as illustrated in my photos uploaded.

A little background...My reason for purchasing this camera was so I could watch one of my dogs who is going through severe heartworm treatment. She is unable to walk upstairs and has to stay isolated and calm on my 1st floor bedroom. I wanted to be sure i could watch her throughout the day in case there was an emergency. This camera has been a godsend. Not only can I watch her on video (and record it too if I want), I can put the speaker on and talk to her!! I love that I can literally talk to my dog while I'm at work and watch her walk over to the camera and tilt her head. It makes me feel happy that she can hear my voice and not feel so lonely in that room by herself all day. On top of that, it is hilarious to spy on your pets and If you've never done that before, it's a pretty good laugh when you do. I've caught mine about to chew my shoe the other day and was able to turn the speaker on and say "NO, put it down"...she dropped my shoe quick and started looking around the room to see where my voice was coming from. Problem diverted! lol

As illustrated in my photos uploaded, the quality of the video from my iPhone 6s and my boyfriends Android is great in both light and dark room situations. All you do is hit the little circle icon in the middle which allows you to scroll up, down and around to view the room. It's pretty simple. You can keep the microphone on or off and can mute the sound coming from either direction if you choose. Sound quality is just as good as the picture quality.

As for any flaws with this camera....the only things I've experienced so far that have been a little annoying is the following: the camera does make a little popping noise when first turning on the microphone from the phone app. Basically, if you are trying to be inconspicuous and turn on the microphone without the person in the room knowing, that won't happen. It's only when you first turn the mic on though and not a consistent popping noise. Also, the app will time out sometimes once I close app and try to re-open it. I just have to restart the program and all is good, it's not a huge deal. Those 2 nuisances haven't been so severe that I wished I wouldn't have picked this camera though.

Overall, I am really pleased with the performance of this camera and have already recommended it to all my neighbor's. It's a great price and works excellent!

I originally bought the Logitech Circle camera at the same price and ended up returning it because the picture quality was terrible and it didn't have pan/tilt (the most commonly desired feature!) After reading other reviews, I went with this one.

This camera is AWESOME. Fantastic picture quality in both day and night mode, super light and portable so you can put it anywhere in the house, and the range for the pan/tilt is huge. My favorite part is the two way talk, which is crisp and clear from both sides.

It was incredibly easy to set up as well, and pretty much guides you into locking it for network security, so you don't have to worry about your stream being accessible by anyone else.

I use this to watch my pets during the day. It started off as a silly christmas present idea for my partner, so he could spy on the cats. But now we both end up watching the camera a lot!

In just the short time since I've purchased this, FIVE coworkers have now come to Amazon to buy the same camera to watch THEIR pets as well. Almost weekly someone is asking about All of us love the camera and use it all the time! I am super happy with this purchase and will likely buy a second one down the road if I have a bigger place and will continue to recommend it to anyone looking for a security camera.