Features:

  • FREE CLOUD STORAGE – Access up to 2-days of wide-angle, crystal-clear video at no charge. Watch live or recorded video, download, and share with anyone. Upgrade options available with Kasa Care subscription
  • ACTIVITY ZONES – Control what alerts you receive by creating up to 4 custom activity zones, at no charge, around areas that are important to you. Set zones for areas that matter most like your front door, back door, garage, or living room
  • INSTANT NOTIFICATIONS – With motion and sound detection, the Kasa Smart app alerts you of activity that matters and sends notifications straight to your smartphone
  • CRYSTAL CLEAR VIDEO – Sharp and clear, wide-angle 1080p video makes sure you never miss a thing. Manually zoom in to get a closer look to what's going on. Even at night, the camera will detect activity 30 ft. away with Night Vision
  • NOTE: Requires a secured 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz Wi-Fi network connection. Kasa Cam is currently designed for installation and use within the U.S. Region
Best Camera for Home Security and Google Home

Maybe I'm a novice, but this is the best wifi camera I've come across. Small, but heavy weight so it can stand on it's own. Super easy to set up and it works well with Google Home. Though, it may be worth noting that Google Chromecast or Hub will only display the live camera feed for you if you say 'Show me THE 'kid's name' room monitor' instead of 'Show me 'kid's name' monitor'. Oh well, minor flaw. The picture quality is GREAT, the video snippets that re recorded are great too. Good quality video. A lot of people complained about the sensitivity of the camera (like light and shadows start the recording). Sensitivity can be adjusted in each camera's settings. Another complaint is that you get too many notifications. Every single time the camera sees something it pings you... this setting can be adjusted too using the calendar. I don't want notifications of movement when I am at home, so I set my calendar to not send me notifications or record movement at particular times. I have notifications to only send to me while I am at work (8-5, M-F) and recording only happens on certain monitors at certain times. Also, if you do get a recording you don't want, it's super easy to go in and delete it. It doesn't appear to have local storage... but that doesn't bother me. I would rather have the cloud storage anyway. A win all around in my opinion.

Kasa vs. Nest

So let me start off by saying I am not new to visual home protection. I purchased the nest after much review and because naturally I wanted to continue my products through them since I’ve had nothing but good experiences with our nest learning thermostat as well as our nest protect carbon monoxide/smoke detector. I purchased these so that I was able to see my home remotely. I purchased the Nest first and it was an easy install and was very happy, however, I noticed that the speaker wasn’t as good as I would hope it would be. It sounded muffled and almost as if it’s jumbled but figured oh well it’ll do but for over $450 for the 3 cameras I was kinda bummed. I was also was bummed because I found out I needed to pay for a subscription for the nest aware and so I contacted Nest and was told that I would need to purchase service through them for each camera which would come out to more than what I would pay for Netflix a month and that was for the cheapest plan. This is how I came across Kasa, I was researching smart plugs since we like to travel occasionally and I like to leave a light on at home. I came across Kasa Products and ordered four smart plugs which I love because of the ease of setting them up and how good the app is. As I was looking I also noticed they offered cameras and saw all the great reviews and figured why not give one of shot to compare both. Let me say the picture looks VERY clear and reviewers were also talking about not having to purchase a subscription for the monitoring which I was ecstatic about. I receive the item plugged it into the electrical outlet did the same thing that I did for the smart plugs to connect it to my WiFi and app and waited for about an hour and a half until the firmware was updated and low and behold the picture came up looking crystal clear. I put it in the same spot as my nest camera and took a snapshot so that you can see the difference in picture quality from both cameras at the same angle. I also used the speaker too and it sounded very clear. It is much more clear than the Nest and is almost as if someone is on speakerphone when talking to them. This is by far the best indoor security camera I have come across. I actually ordered two more to replace the nest and I will be returning that to the store since I just purchased them and they’re under the return policy. Bottom line, it’s clear and much less Expensive than the nest cam and the nest aware subscription.

Finally found a good home security camera

I have a TP-link modem and a TP-link wireless router. I have tried 5 different cameras and I have sent all of them back because of picture quality, connection issues, shutting off issues, ability to save pictures/videos, ability to set multiple motion zones, etc.. I decided to give the Kasa Cam a try since it was a TP-Link product and I couldn't be happier. Truly took only 5 minutes to set up, has been recording and monitoring ever since. I can turn the camera on and off based on when I need it recording/ready and it never has problems. The picture quality is so good, I left it set on standard vs high quality. The app is great and not a third party "try to make it work with this camera" app. You can instantly download videos it has captured from motion detection, I can see the live feed and hear clearly what is going on. The ability to set up multiple motion detection zones is a huge plus, I set up multiple zones in order to not detect the dogs movements but still cover all of the important areas. Highly recommend this camera!

Video quality is very good. Audio quality is passable

I have several TP-Link products already. I was looking to purchase a 1080p camera so when saw that TP-Link had released one i took a look. I compared to similar competitor products and this seems to have all the features I need. Video quality is very good. Audio quality is passable. It is good for monitoring for sound and if you used it to scare someone off (example: if you received an alert for break-in) but i would not attempt to carry on a remote 2-way conversation with someone. Packing and construction of camera are good.Setup is very simple with KASA app and setting up Activity Zones (intrusion detection) is straightforward and very responsive and adjustable and you get a clip on your phone which is downloadable. TP-Link will be offering a cloud storage subscription service or a basic service where you can store a couple of days. I had a problem with downloading the clips which turned out to be a configuration issue that was my fault. But the tech support people were fantastic, responsive and identified the problem very quickly. I would recommend this camera.

I'd like to have the camera always recording but then schedule ...

simple camera, works as advertised. When camera is on you get notifications, when camera is off you don't. There isn't a way to have the camera on and recording all the time but then schedule notifications. I'd like to have the camera always recording but then schedule notifications for when I'm not home. It would be even better if it would link to your phone like the nest thermometer and automatically send notifications when it senses your phone is away from home. However, that's not what this camera at this price point does. If you are wanting more types of scheduling features then this isn't the cam for you. I've invested lots in cameras that have eventually failed so I was burnt out on spending a bunch of replacements. I went with this one and have it scheduled to be on or off with my work schedule and then I just have to remember to turn it on if away for the weekend, otherwise my phone will blow up with notifications the whole time I'm home. A big plus is the free cloud storage of recordings. With the scheduling set up like I have it, there is rarely activity for it to record, literally it would only record a break in. So the free storage is plenty of me. Excellent wide view, captures my entire downstairs. Very good quality. Live viewing via the app which I find easy to use. There isn't a website to use, only the app.

Just about as good as the rest

SUMMARY: At least $30 (probably more) less than Nest, a much better picture than nest (night vision also), and gives you 2 days (up to 1GB) of cloud storage for recordings.. I dig it. I'm giving it 5 stars, it might be more like 4.7 but I'm thinking the things that it needs will be added in software updates. I bought the nest 2 weeks ago and was underwhelmed. This is much cheaper (though I got the nest on sale for $160... it's still $30) and gives you 2 days (up to 1GB) of cloud storage for free. That right there is what makes it worth it because every other cam (worth having) requires a subscription after a trial period. Everybody wants a piece of your monthly money because it's practically guaranteed income when people forget they pay for it. The quality of the product is MUCH better than nest was (I also have a pretty good foscam spy camera that records to SD, Kasa Cam wins against that, too). Setup was a piece of cake, but to be fair I'm pretty technical. I do understand the other reviewers issue about the white cord, but ultimately I think they went that route because of the probability people will run this camera somewhere where the wire will be against a wall... and there is an abundantly more amount of white trim/light color walls (or just walls that look better with white than black). Even if you're hiding the camera, odds are the wire will be hidden also. So, the times when a black wire would be a better choice are minimal and it's just easier to let the user use one of the thousands they have lying around. It only lets you schedule the 'on/off' setting, i.e. when you go to work. Nest has a location setting where if you're home it won't notify you. So Kasa will basically shut off or turn on at times you designate... Nest you could leave on all the time but then not get notified constantly while at home; meanwhile when you are out on a random trip you'll get a notification saying there was motion. To achieve this with Kasa you'd have to turn it off then turn it on when you leave. Again, I think a software update to the app will come out and fix this. Also, it doesn't appear that is linked up to Google home yet (which would make the above issue a little less taxing)... but again, I'm sure it's incoming given all their other stuff is linked. I think that's it.

I plan to purchase at least one more, to expand and complete my security coverage!

After spending weeks researching home 1080p security cameras, I decided to give the TP-Link Kasa Cam a try. My decision to do so was helped along by the fact that I am a (very satisfied) user of TP-Link smart Wi-Fi switches and plugs. I really couldn't be happier with the Kasa Cam. It does take a bit of trial-and-error to establish placement, orientation and sensitivity levels (as with any camera of this type). Once that was taken care of, the camera's performance has lived up to everything good that's been said about it in user reviews. I experience few false triggers, few missed triggers, quick response and very short lag times. Low light "reach" and performance in near-total darkness is very good. I highly recommennd the TP-Link Kasa Cam KC120.

The videos should be sent to the cloud!

If you own many Kasa compatible products, your system is incomplete without this Camera! And congratulation TP-Link for a very well thought security system; since I read a lot of complains regarding that this product doesn't have an SD card or whatsoever etc. The videos should be sent to the cloud! And for the paranoid people like me! You can have a Router with 3/4G Sim Fail-Over (Fiber & Broadband Cellular Network) running on a small UPS! in case someone wants to cut your fiber and/or your power. (And If they are capable of cutting the telecom network, well it only means you are in a big trouble Amigo! 😂) TP-Link, I just brought you a product that you should consider in the near future. A Router with 3/4G Sim Fail-Over, battery included. It became a must nowadays indeed.

A hidden gem among WiFi cameras

I first purchased a Philips home security camera - two of them - when they were just coming out and very expensive. The image was terrible and they had no night vision. Generally, they weren't worth the money. It soured me on buying anything new for quite a while. But when the TP-Link came along with a reasonable price and a familiar quality, I joined their beta program and tried it out. I continue to be amazed by the image quality. I can zoom in (using my iPhone's accessibility zoom) to quite large and eavesdrop on my little, old cat while she investigates things she shouldn't and I can even talk to here although she ignores me. I was in the hospital and had some friends take care of my cat and was able to direct them via the camera and our voices as to where things were and what lights to leave on. I also had to allow a pest-check company have a look while I wasn't there and could not only see everything they did (they were perfectly professional) but also hear everything they said. For the price, this camera is a find and it can also record based on sensitivity zones small enough to catch my cat climbing into the kitchen cupboards. It's well worth your time if you have such a need.

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