Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I spent several weeks reading reviews and trying to decide which IP camera to buy for our home. I have always believed you get what you pay for so I was leaning toward the more known names in the IP camera world but the prices they are asking for their units where almost double the cost of the Amcrest camera. It seems this day and age you can't assume that the name brands are better. I have purchased several items lately based on the fact that they were name brand products and would be much better than the lower priced versions. I have been very disappointed by doing that. Seems the big companies are cost cutting and trying to sale products that are lower quality for the same price as usual and relying on their name to keep their sales. So the only thing to do now is to buy from sites like Amazon that provide feedback from verified buyers. That is even getting muddy now that some of the sellers are giving free products to buyers in return for their reviews. Thankfully this camera had a lot of buyers leave reviews and some with pictures so after reading every one of them I gave it a chance. I am very happy with this product. It was very well priced and has worked flawlessly since I bought it several months ago. I use the camera mainly to spy on my dogs while I'm away and to watch our home entryways. The picture quality is amazing and I don't experience much lag during movement unless I am in a location that has marginal cellular signal or WiFi speed. I mainly use my iPhone and the Amcrest app for viewing and it works great plus was easy to set up. I also use the Amcrest view webpage on my work desktop from time to time and it works just as well if not better due to the viewing being on a bigger screen. Initial setup thru my wireless router was simple as were the app and web page installations and setup. It has 1080P for high resolution streaming but also has the capability to dumb down to lower settings to work with VGA or networks with low bandwidth. The 2 way audio works great thru the built in speaker and mic but it also has connections for adding external speakers and mic. And one of the best features I think is that it has a SD card slot for recording. The SD cards that are out now can hold a lot of video and the setup is easy. I have my unit recording only the times we are away from home and set to record over the oldest file when it is full. By the time you get to that point if you haven't needed those old files you never will. The bottom line is, I did not get this by participating in free product testing, I payed for this with my hard earned money. You won't get a quality camera like this for any lower pricing, in fact I really believe that this camera is as good if not better than the more known brands at half the price. If you are considering this camera and will be using it indoors, just buy it. you won't be disappointed. I believe you can use up to 4 of these cameras on your home network and view them together thru the free app and PC software without the need for a DVR. That really saves on the cost of your home or small business system. I am planning to buy an additional camera this year but will more than likely get three since the DVR is not needed.