Features:

  • HIGH PERFORMANCE, REAL-TIME, TRUE HD – Experience magnificent full-HD 1080P video at 30fps with enhanced low light capability utilizing the Sony Exmor IMX323 image sensor and Ambarella S2LM chipset. Extra-wide 90° viewing angle as well as remote pan/tilt and digital zoom allow you to cover more ground and keep more of what matters to you safe. Works with Alexa through AmcrestCloud.
  • SMARTER SECURITY – Receive motion alert notifications, review footage and engage in two-way communication via your smartphone with the Amcrest View app. Playback and record professionally on a PC using Amcrest Surveillance Pro for Windows and MAC (included) or Blue Iris Professional. Works with Amcrest Cloud remote video storage, MicroSd card, Amcrest NVRs, Synology and QNAP NAS, FTP, Pale Moon and Sea Monkey Browsers, IE, Safari, Firefox 49.0 and Chrome with Amcrest Web View Extension.
  • DAY OR NIGHT, QUALITY ASSURED – Featuring a Sony Exmor 1/2.9” 2.07MP image sensor and built-in IR LEDs this WiFi camera achieves industry leading 1080P nightvision up to 32 feet. Not all 1080P WiFi IP cameras are built the same and our Texas based team with over 10 years of IP camera experience has guaranteed the out-performance of this camera by using the highest quality components in order to deliver the ultimate best in class 1080p pan/tilt WiFi camera experience.
  • SECURE CLOUD VIDEO BACKUP – The optional Amcrest Cloud remote video storage subscription service allows you automatically store your videos off-site in a third-party location hosted and secured by Amazon AWS. This way if something happens to your local PC/NVR/SDcard/NAS, the footage will be safely recorded in a secure off-site location and accessible to you through a web-based Flash interface for PC (Windows & MAC) (Chrome/Firefox/Safari/Edge) and AmcrestCloud smartphone app.
  • SIMPLE. RELIABLE. SECURE. - This Amcrest 2.4ghz wireless camera features a secure SSL/HTTPS connection, wireless AES/WPA2 encryption, FCC and UL camera certificate, and receives regular security firmware updates (Does not support 5ghz). At Amcrest, we want to ensure the safety of our customers, their loved ones, homes, and businesses and you’ll receive a full 1-year US Warranty and Lifetime Support provided directly from Amcrest.
Best IP Cam For The Money

Excellent image quality at 1080P, and fluid 30 fps. It has good FOV, and great night vision distance and clarity. The software is good as well. I've tried a cheaper 1080P cam that had atrocious software, that rendered the cam practically worthless. Pan and tilt is smooth and precise, and the speed can be adjusted. You can also set preset positions, so you can pan around and click your home preset to go back to its normal poistion, so you don't have to keep resetting your detection zones. I have a tree in my front yard that would trigger false alerts constantly on windy days. I can just eliminate it from the detection area to prevent that. Though this camera is really intended for use as an indoor camera, I have mine mounted outside upside down beneath the eaves at my front door. It's replacing a Foscam FI9816P 720P camera, which is now moved to cover my back door. The Foscam FI9816P has worked flawlessly for years outside all year around in the cold of winter, strong winds whipping horizontal rain at it, and the heat of summer. (I did have to put electrical tape over the vents on the bottom of the FI9816P to prevent water getting in. The Amcrest has no such vents on the bottom, so it should be fine.) The software allows you to invert and flip the image, so what you see is right side up. The motion detection is excellent, and the utility allows you to set the sensitivity and detection area, so that you can minimize false alerts. I have mine set to send snapshots to my email on video motion detection, and it also records video to the micro SD card. This way I can keep track of all who drive or walk by, anyone who pulls into my driveway, packages being delivered, or when the mailman has left me something, or driven by with nothing for me. The playback feature in the browser utility works great, and makes it easy to view the recorded clips on the SD card from your PC. The sound quality of the built in mic is good and quite sensitive. I'd been waiting a while for a 1080P IP camera to slip below the $100 price point, and when this one went on sale for $84.99 on Amazon, I nabbed it! The only drawback is the Amrcest software only seems to work with Amcrest cameras. So, in order to view my Amcrest cam along with my Foscam cameras all on the same screen at once, I have to use either Blue Iris or Ispy (which is free and good software). It would also be nice to have optical zoom. It does have digital zoom, which can be useful, but the clarity of a 10X optical zoom would make this camera just about perfect.

Best Product For The Price

This Camera is amazing. I had been looking for months for a camera that would detect motion, send me push notifications, record potential break-ins, and for a decent price. There are quite a few systems out there that do these things, but as I was searching and reading reviews I came across this camera (Amcrest ProHD 1080P). The reviews saying that the set up is difficult, well I am not a tech savvy guy, but I was able to read their clear directions and get it set up fine. The issue I ran into was setting up the push notifications and the schedule I would like it to record activity. I scoured the internet for help on how to do this, but eventually called Amcrest directly. WOW they were helpful. They are outsourced, but I spoke to Sean Phillip and I could understand him and he understood what I wanted done and made it happen. He even showed me how to add additional features in the future. I also like that with Amcrest they have a wide range of different products and you can connect them all on one network. This makes me want to buy more items (and I probably will soon). Overall awesome camera, amazing service, and great price. You won't be disappointed.

Best wifi home monitoring cam!

I bought this one as replacement for my Foscam that recently died. I thought that I'd give this one a try. I found it to be a much better product that my old Foscam. For one thing, this one has a greater field of view (camera angle), pan and tilt moves fast, and was very easy to setup with the Amcrest app. The drawback is that i still have a few Foscams at home, which forces me to use 2 different mobile apps. I intend to replace my other Foscams with Amcrest over time. I find that the Amcrest is also more secure, and easier to manage using the Google chrome plugin - the Foscam required Internet Explorer with Silverlight. From a security standpoint, I don't have to open a port on my home network firewall to allow me to access my webcam from the Internet. The Amcrest has a P2P setup that is extremely easy to do - scan the cam OCR code, enter your userid and password, and you're all set! You cannot however delete the admin account, but the initial setup requires you to change the default password, which is great. I am a bit paranoid when it comes to security, so I created two additional custom accounts in the webcam setup - one for me, as a admin, and one for my spouse as a user. I am more comfortable setting up easier to remember user password for non admin account. For the admin account, I generated a 12 chars random password, that I stored in my password vault. I would have preferred to delete the default admin user account, but the webcam configuration won't allow you to do that. So that's how I solved the problem. I don't intent to ever use the admin account, as I assigned all these privileges to my custom I account. The Amcrest is also compatible with the Blue Iris that I run in Windows at home. This application allows me to have both Foscam and Amcrest in the same view. I setup monitor and motion detector recording, which store recorded files on my computer in a folder that syncs to my cloud storage account, which gives me access to recordings on my mobile device. The Amcrest webcam allows you to setup motion detection and recording on the cam configuration itself, which can be stored on the cam SD card. I set that up too, but I found accessing these recordings through the Amcrest application a little slow. However, accessing the webcam recordings from the SD card from the Google plugin when connected on my home wifi works really well. I highly recommend this product for do it yourself in house security.

The best on the market in my opinion.

I had the opportunity to try out a few security camera the past year. My friends have a few and read a lot of reviews and watched a lot of videos. THIS CAMERA came out on top as the winner for me. I will start the review by listing the pros and cons. PROS - 1080p or lower resolution. Can be changed to save space on your storage device. - Accessible through laptop or mobile device. (I'm using iPhone 6s) - Night vision is stellar! - adjustable contrast/brightness/color and more. Very detailed option. - Accessible while at work or anywhere when you are away from home. - small and quiet. I can't even hear the camera moving. - comes with detailed instructions and a wall mount - motion and sound detections. - microSD card for storage of recordings. - mic and speaker built in - high range of motion CONS: - app doesn't always automatically open up camera feed. - can lag depending on connection. (not a big deal and actually kind of expected) As you can see, there are hardly any down sides to this wonderful little camera. I absolutely love it. I currently have it inside. I suppose you could mount it outside if it is under a patio and you live in mild climates, but I doubt think its meant to be an outside camera. Not sure. I bought it for inside use. My favorite features are the APP itself. I can check on my house during work and get updates if it detects motion or sound. The best! I also like the size. Until I received it in the mail, I assumed it was much bigger. Its very small and well built. Doesn't look bad on a shelf either. Would make a great nanny cam as well. I would recommend this to anyone. They are steps ahead of the competition. Disclaimer: I received this product at a discounted rate in exchange for my honest review.

The best 1080p dome-style camera I've used.

I've gone through more of these cameras than I like to admit. I'd been using a Foscam FI9821P for a while, and not been happy with it. Focus is poor, and the color at night under house lighting is a dingy orange. I'd already exchanged one, but the replacement was no better, so I just gave up. Given the above, the chance to review the Amcrest ProHD couldn't have come at a better time. However, the setup procedure wasn't quite as smooth as I'd have liked it to be. If it had been just a LITTLE clearer, I'd have been happier. But let's start at the beginning.. First, the box it comes in is excellent. Well-packaged, feels high-end, and overall is a positive unboxing experience. Unlike some other dome-camera systems, the wifi antenna is built in. There's no external antenna to connect, and in my experience checking signals in the desktop browser app, it hasn't needed it. I plugged the power cord in to the camera/wall, and then the included ethernet cable from the camera to my Apple Airport Time Capsule ac model. I'm an iPhone user, and setting up with my iPhone 6s Plus in iOS 9 was a little more confusing than I'd like. The setup card included in the box directed me to download the Amcrest Viewer (the free one is all you need if you're not needing push notifications etc). No issue, - downloaded in seconds.. Adding the camera was very simple by scanning the QR code at the bottom of the camera itself. At this point, it asked me to input my WiFi SSID and password to connect to the network. But... but... I don't want to use WiFi, because I connected the camera via an ethernet cable! Turns out, you don't need to worry. I entered in a network SSID the camera couldn't see (my 5Ghz network, for example, or you could use an entirely made-up network. Either way, the camera is not 5Ghz compatible). Type in a fake password, and hit connect. Voila, it will say "Done," but really it's just using wired ethernet at this time because it didn't connect to WiFi. It's a bit odd you can't just pick wired and skip WiFi setup, but there you go.., you're done! For reference, more fine-tuning of things (like adding day/date stamps to your video or adjusting hue/contrast/night vision) can be done in the desktop browser, so log in to the camera and make changes there. This is pretty simple, following the setup card instructions. You can also completely disable the WiFi chip from the browser app on your computer, which I did. No need to even have it on if you're using a wired connection. This worked on my iMac running El Capitan, in the Safari browser, - no issues. At this point, on my iPhone and via the desktop browser, - I was very impressed with the image quality. It absolutely DESTROYS the Foscam FI9821P (see comparison picture on the black model review). For one, the orange cast to the image under regular house lights is now gone. Second, the image is much wider, fitting more of the room into the image. Unfortunately, there is some barrel distortion on the edges, but this is to be expected at such a wide angle. The center of the image looks great, with very little distortion. To "solve" this, you can always zoom in just a hair in the app. Yes, it's digitally zoomed, but it makes very little image-quality difference, and does remove the barrel distortion on the edges. Moving the camera left/right/up/down is also very simple, and VERY smooth in the iPhone app, over both WiFi and LTE. One unfortunate thing, though, is that there's no native iPhone 6/6s support (including Plus models). I'm hoping Amcrest updates their app to properly support these devices. The app works fine in iOS 9 on those iPhones, but you can tell it's not optimized for their resolutions. The app is definitely a bit of a letdown, but it's not too far off the mark. It does the job, though, and is free. I'm very impressed with the camera quality. It's the best I've used. The colors, especially under house lighting at night, are surprisingly accurate. The room the camera is located in actually looks like this in real life in comparison to the video feed. Automatic switching to night vision works great, and the resultant image is also excellent. While out this evening, I was able to do a test run over LTE, enabling the speaker/microphone in the Amcrest Viewer app and having a conversation with my wife. It worked just great. Overall, this is a superb camera. With a few tweaks, the app could be great, which is my only minor complaint. 4.75 out of 5. A gold-standard dome camera.

Best camera for the money out there period

Best camera for the money out there period. I two of these in my house and love being able to remotely view my house day or night through the easy to use app. The night vision is great and after a little trial and error I was able to get these cameras to upload the footage to a remote FTP NAS drive. Amcrest seems to update the camera firmware on a regular basis so it seems they really strive for excellence.

Extremely good product--Excellent !!

I really love this camera!!! First thing one notices is that there is no antenna--not sure how they do that but it works. Second thing I like is the finish of the camera kinda rubbery in feel. Very smooth PTz which I find refreshing after some of the cameras I have purchased. Good field of view and clear. Pretty easy to set up and I really like that it is supported by Blue Iris. I even got my "QT view" program to recognize the camera. The phone (Android) remote viewing software works very well. Everything about this camera is high quality and while you pay a little more for this camera it is certainly worth it--wish I could underline this statement. While I have not yet used support the site indicates to me that there is really good support and support products. The pole/reset button is cool because you do not have to use an unrolled paperclip to utilize and the button doubles as indicator lite to indicate connection state of unit--Green or Red. This is by far the best little desktop "nanny" type unit I have used or owned. Also wanted to comment on the PDF owner's manual which is clearly written in proper English and is exceptional! Really refreshing after some of the Chinglish I have tried to read and understand in the past. The owner's manual that comes with the unit is way better than most and it is NOT written in 2pt which only a 20 year old could read.

Quality camera, lots of features and configuration options, very good surveillance/monitoring solution

I've been using the Amcrest 720 for a few months, and recently added the 1080. Both cameras have performed well and do an excellent job. These cameras offer a very nice solution for DIY home surveillance or monitoring, and the feature set is very impressive (especially considering the price). Cameras are packaged very well, and come with a a mounting bracket (if you want to mount on a wall), a generously long power cord, an Ethernet cable (which I did not need since I did the wireless setup), the CD software, and instructions. Instructions are well written, very easy to follow. As for setup, some reviewers report problems or complain about confusion with the software (more on software below), but in my experience the initial setup was straightforward. You have several options, the most common including either wired setup (use supplied Ethernet cable to connect to your router) or wireless setup (using your WiFi). I used wireless setup for both cameras using the Android app. The process is to simply choose to add a device in the app, and scan the QR code (printed on the base of the camera) using the app (or manually enter the serial number), then name the device, provide your WiFi credentials for the device, and you're done. As for the software, I did find it just a bit confusing to understand my options when first exploring the camera. Here's what you have: * Android mobile app Lite and Pro versions - I have installed and used both the Lite and Pro versions, and both work fine, but the Pro version gives you some additional features (one of which is Push notifications, so you can get an alert on your cell for events like motion detection). The Pro version was not free in the past, thus the the two apps. But since it's now free, the Pro version is the best choice. * Amcrest IP Config - this application allows you to configure many options for your camera, including the ports, basic video monitoring settings, video encoding options (quality) for your main stream and sub stream (the camera can record in two separate streams, giving you the flexibility of monitoring using one stream, and recording using another), and firmware upgrades. In addition, using the IP Config tool, you can launch a browser-based configuration tool for even more settings and features. While multiple browsers are supported, I use Chrome, and with Chrome you must install the Amcrest app (free from the Chrome App Store). With IE, simply install the ActiveX plugin the first time you browse to the IP address of the camera. The browser-based config tool (Chrome app or using IE) includes tons of configuration options and the interface is very good. This is my preferred method of monitoring, configuring, and playback/review. * Amcrest Surveillance Pro - this application includes much of the same functionality as provided by the IP Config and the browser-based applications (like the Chrome app). When setting up my first camera, I started with this application, and while it includes all the features you need, and allows you to configure events and other options, the interface is really not intuitive. You'll have to spend some time exploring to get the most out of this tool. I understand that Amcrest is working on development of a new application, which will be welcomed. * PC-NVR - this is a software (PC) based Network Video Recorder application, allowing you to store you videos on your PC. I'm not using this feature. * You can use other applications too (most will support Amcrest (Foscam) cameras. Blue Iris is a popular choice. Even for the mobile app, other options are available (tinyCam Monitor, for example, which works fine). As for storage, for now I'm just storing on SD cards in each camera. Based on documentation I've seen, the largest capacity is 32Gb, so that's what I have in each camera. By default, it'll record on a loop, so oldest files are removed as space is exhausted. You can customize this if you'd prefer to get an alert when space is full (rather than overwrite). You also have the option of NAS or FTP. Amcrest offers free cloud-based storage for one camera, but this includes only 4 hours of retention (that's 4 total hours, not 4 hours of recorded video, so this really has very limited value). So if you want cloud-based storage, and you don't want to pay for a subscription to the Amcrest Cloud service, you'll need to have an FTP server. Sadly, cloud-based storage from Dropbox, Google Drive, and others are not supported (you will need a cloud-based storage solution that includes FTP functionality). You have many configuration options for recording, including motion detection, audio detection, and various alerts (video tampering, SD card errors, network errors, camera masking, etc.). The motion detection works very well, and is highly configurable (so you can establish zones for the motion detection and configure sensitivity as needed to prevent false alarms). Cameras also include night vision, and this works quite well (even in a very dark room or space). A note on mobile app push notifications (a feature whereby you can receive an alert based on events, such as motion detection)... until recently there were issues with getting the push notifications to work reliably. I experienced problems, but the Android app was updated very recently to address this issue, and push notifications have been working great since the update. If you have an issue, just delete and re-add your camera to your mobile app, then re-enable/save the push notification option. Finally, regarding support. I've only needed to reach out to Amcrest once (for a simple issue I should have been able to resolve on my own), and I found them to be very responsive and helpful. Their tech support rep (Alex) resolved the issue quickly.

Despite a few quirks, this wifi security camera is the best thing out there.

IMO, this is the best wireless IP Security for less than $100. The video capture quality and storage flexibility is simply the best out there. The setup of this camera is pretty straight forward using your android or iphone. You can use 2.4ghz wifi or ethernet connection, but I wish that it has 5ghz wifi also. Afterwards, you can log into the portal website where you can remotely view the camera with some playback. Playback is not much and you can purchase more cloud storage for more money, but it is not necessary. Another way to access the device is to log into the device itself. Somehow Edge browser doesn't work and Chrome requires a plugin for the Amcrest web view. From here, you can configure all the nitty-gritty things like setting the time and date as if you log into the cloud I see the year 2000 unless you change it here. There are lots of configurations of this device where you can store the videos locally into a microsd card (64gb max) as well as uploading to an ftp site or nas server. By default it records only on motion and audio detection and with compression, it records about at least 1 week or 2 using my 32gb microsd card. The camera's video quality is very good, and you can control the tilt and swivel using the amcrest app. The best part is that it has a mic and speaker so you can speak to the person using your smartphone or tablet.

Best in class!

Great little camera. Does everything it's supposed to and more. Very clear picture, easy to understand controls and very reasonably priced. Set up gave me a little trouble when trying to connect to wifi but a call to (extremely knowledgeable and helpful) Derek at the free support line put things right and showed me where I was going wrong. Best quality and value for money wifi camera around. Will probably add more in time.

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