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Good product concept but data plan is a joke
I love the concept of this product since we have to use it on a constraction site locate in a city. We'd tried Bushnell wireless trail cam (so-so), Nest cam (very nice but needs wifi) but we really need something that doesn't require wifi so we eventually tried Arlo Go 3G/4G using Netgear data plan.
Let me tell you why this product will not work in reality. First, let's talk about the data plan (forget about the storage cloud space for now) free trial only gave you 15min of video. I used up 15min of video in less than 3hrs! The reason is - this is a security camera so anything that move will trigger the video recording (and this is the main reason why people make purchase in the first place!) a car drive by, a person walk down the street, a cat wondering in your front porch..... all of this will eat up your data plan like no other. Even if we purchase the most expensive annually plan $329 for 225min/per month that only give us less than 4 hours of video recording in a single month!? Let's said that I turn it off during the day and turn it on during the night, who can guarantee wind doesn't make the leaf move or animals don't come near your porch and eats up the data plan?
Secondly, once you used up 100% data plan, the device is dead. You can't see live view or video recording, it just dead device that someone could simply take it and walk away with it.
Overall this is a product have good concepts but not yet ready for the market.
October 2017 · Electronics · verified purchase