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★★★★★
Affordable, lightweight, and functional
Pros:
- price. I'm pretty happy with this given the price. It's a fraction of the prices of the other Petcubes (Play and Bites), but of course it offers a bit less (no dispensing of treats, no laser for cats). But that just means I can get a couple more of this petcube cam to place in strategic locations to better spy on my dog so I can finally get a full story of what she's up to in our house lol.
- mounting option. There's an option to mount this (sideways/upside down) using the given magnet. The cam is light enough for this. I might install this on the bottom of my cabinets or kitchen island lol.
- lightweight. Doesn't weigh a lot and takes up a very small amount of room bc it's tiny!
- setup was easy after i solved a problem (explained below in "cons")
- notifications of events happening. I get a ping on my phone when something is detected. I think if you subscribe to a membership, you get premium features (including what TYPE of event was detected), but that's something you can opt in if you don't mind paying extra for better quality of life features.
- night vision is pretty good.
- you can put it to sleep using the app.
Cons:
- setup, but not really, if you are somewhat tech savvy. So I already had the petcube app but hadn't updated it recently. When i initially tried to install this new device, the app gave me a list of devices to pick from. I saw "Petcube Camera" from the given list so i clicked on it, but it didn't work. I realized that the Petcube Camera is a different type of device. I decided to update the Petcube App to see if that list of available devices will be updated and it did! The correct option is "Petcube Cam". Everything went smoothly after this, but i can see how someone might not figure out that they need to update their app.
September 2020 · Pet Supplies · verified purchase