Kasa 2K+ Indoor Pan/Tilt Wired Security Camera, Baby & Pet Monitor, KC410S | Motion Detection & Tracking, 2-Way Audio, Night Vision, Subscription-Free Local Storage or Optional Cloud

I had previously bought a few of the Kasa 1080p indoor pan/tilt corded cameras and liked them a lot. I tried these 2K cameras and they seem to be about the same. Still a fan (though I don't really see that the picture is a lot better on the 2K than on the 1080p cameras). They are easy to set up, have a good range of motion and a good picture. They are very quiet in the room when the pan motors are running, so they don't disturb the monitored occupant. The night vision works pretty well, at least inside the house. They are not very good for looking out a window from inside at night. They are fairly inexpensive and pretty versatile for indoor monitor cameras. I have had some challenges with recording video on the micro sd card and then transferring that video to another device (like my laptop), though that was with the 1080p cameras and I haven't tried it yet with the 2K version.

I have bought 4 of these. I started with one and really needed an outdoor camera to watch my house so I put it up during the summer months. I figured I would just leave it up for winter and see how it would do and hopes it would make it. I live in interior Alaska and it got -75 below this winter for about a month. The camera never stopped working!!! It detected motion all the way out to my road which is about 50 yards away. It would sense headlights coming by before even seeing the vehicle. I know these aren’t outside cameras but they work great. Also something to note is I have them underneath eves and my car port so they are not exposed to direct rain or snow. The only issue I had was that the rotating part on the camera would build up with a little frost and not always do a full 360° and I would just have to grab it with my hand and break the frost free and it would be fine. I have bought 4 of these already and put them around my house. The subscription is cheaper than most cameras as well so I like that for recording and it goes to the cloud you don’t have to have an SD card. Best money I ever spent!

These cameras are excellent! The price paid is minimal compared to the total amount of functionality. They do track objects that trigger them, maybe not as smoothly as higher priced options (I don’t know, have not tried others). For the mobility of relocating the camera by simply picking it up and finding a new location, it’s massively more practical than the full wired systems available. Until you know where you want those more expensive cameras to be permanently installed, these cameras are a great alternative! Also, great for keeping a watch on who’s passing by your place at window-level. Wired cameras have to be mounted high enough to be safe from getting ripped down by trespassers, these see through windows during the day very well. Interior night vision is top notch, seeing outside through windows at night is more difficult. With the sensitivity turned up, every time a tree branch blows it triggers the cameras. This leads to near constant triggering of alerts during the late Spring, Summer and early Fall. And, lots of recordings every day. So, you need to use the App to designate areas to watch for motion, or it’ll drive you nuts and frustrate you. To the point that you may start to ignore the notices. The App provides great control, and allows remote on/off, sensitivity setting changes, you can set to record noise triggers or remove that, set trigger zones, move the camera via the App, and other adjustments. I have noticed that the App actually does offer more functions, and work a little more smoothly, through my phone than my very new tablet. No idea why, it should be the same App for both platforms, no? But, of course watching the playback on the larger screen is so much better, so I do use both. The service plan allows storage of recordings from up to 10 cameras for $10 per month. Much more cost effective than others I looked into. The cons: Can’t see thru glass with the built-in lights, at night. Reflection off the glass blinds the camera. That should have been obvious to me from the start, since these are designed for indoor use only. but I had naively hoped for better night vision performance. So, if looking out a window, get a motion-activated light to trigger so you can see what’s going on out there. Just don’t set it up where it will shine in your bedroom and wake you up. App functionality on phone is higher than on tablet, no idea why. You will want to have the App on at least a phone, if not both. Sometimes, some cameras will trigger, others won’t, for the same event. Deer moving around the house sometimes are ignored by one camera, recorded by another. Also happened that another outdoor camera from another manufacturer recorded a vehicle trespassing, these cameras didn’t. Had to adjust the sensor sensitivity, but I think the baseline software settings should be set to trigger sooner on vehicles. Branches moving on the breeze cause constant notices, even with Person Detection Mode activated. A more elaborate software system might offer better monitoring, but for the pro systems, this requires fully wired systems with dedicated main recording components/control systems . Much more expensive, and I can’t afford to open the walls throughout the property. Overall, these are great! I have bought several models, both the fixed ones and the bigger moving ones. All look great when set to the highest recording resolution, seem to last a long time, and are a breeze to set up or switch from spot to spot. I very much recommend this camera! I also hope the manufacturer can produce a 4K version.

Good camera that I’ve used for a few years now. I like that it sits subtly in the corner and notifies me of any motion pointed at my door. It does randomly disconnect from the app and I’ll go a few days without any notifications unless I click on the app. It stopped recording on my SD card but Glenn helped me fix that!

This is my third time buying this camera. I use it to check on my pet when I’m not at home, and it works well. The video quality is clear, and the pan and tilt feature makes it easy to see more of the room. The app is simple to use, and the motion alerts are helpful. Overall, it is a reliable indoor camera and I’m happy with it.

Honestly, I bought this brand after trying another brand that didn’t work at all , and chose Kasa based off reviews on Reddit. They did not disappoint. it looks sleek. I got the 2K model. Even though it’s not as high quality as my LG Ultragear 2k screen (as expected), it is surprisingly sharp even with digital zoom. I got this to watch my cat while I’m away. You can set manual view points and toggle between them quickly and the camera surprisingly moves between them pretty fast. There’s probably a 0.5-1 second delay between using the controls to move the camera and it takes some getting used too, but for $40 what can you expect. The night vision is great. The motion tracking is decent but a little jumpy. Overall, the app interface and experience seems pretty intuitive and aesthetic. Especially with the crispy picture quality. I only bought 1 initially because I wanted to test out before have to deal with trying to get my money back on 4 cameras (like last time). One important thing to note on the set up. It initially only worked for a few seconds and I had to restart to get it to go back on, and it would still only work for a few seconds I have an xfinity gateway that likes to keep the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bands combined. I cannot split my bands as it interferes with my connectivity on draining tasks like my work. I was able to manually switch the 2.4Ghz band to a stable channel (arbitrarily i used 11) instead of automatically switching. Once I made the change everything was smooth (my internet connect remained stable at 500Mbps) and there was no hiccups with the camera. As of now, I have already ordered 2 more because of how happy I am with this product. This is not sponsored. I almost never leave comments but was compelled to do so cause it has exceeded expectations by a mile.

Great security camera! The picture is clear, the setup was easy and it works exactly as expected. I highly recommend it.

To clarify, this is NOT a bad camera. Quite the opposite, as a matter of fact. I have the same camera, just the slightly "cheaper" version. When I say, "cheaper" I don't mean cheap. I just mean it costs less. I would not classify either version as cheap. If this review were for the "basic" model, it would have five stars. The reason for this model receiving just 3 of 5 possible stars is because there is an option for the camera to pan and tilt. It has motion detection and will automatically patrol if you choose it to do so. These functionalities all work fine and as expected. The motion sensing is actually pretty great and from an upstairs window it will catch people walking all the way across the street, which is much farther than the advertised 30 foot distance. The night vision works, but not through a window. I've never had any connection problems after having gotten it initially setup. That was kind of a pain, in all honesty. You wouldn't think it, but manually scrolling the camera to point upwards just to reach the reset button or to access the SD card is a poor design choice, in my opinion. The fact that's where the reset connection button is also makes it annoying, because you press and hold the button for it to begin doing its thing, searching for networks and devices and whatnot. Sometimes it will find the network and everything you're looking for right away, but other times it gives you the most confusing run around until you've disconnected and restarted the camera about a dozen times. That being said, once you get the camera connected to your network and through the app, it works pretty flawlessly. It does load a little bit slow, so if you get a notification and open it up live, the motion that it caught may have already come and gone, but you can always revert to the 24/7 recording function and search through the recording history with footnotes that will take you right to the motion or object detection. Say a person walks by, it will save a bookmark for person detected. With a 256gb SD card, my camera tends to hold about 2-3 weeks worth of footage and I record 24/7. I used the motion tracking feature for a little while after I first got the camera so that I could follow people to see which direction they've gone after they pass my apartment. I have my parking space right in front of my unit, but someone still slashed the tires one night, hence the camera. It's a great feature, but I have a lot of car and foot traffic in front of my house that caused the camera to be panning left and right far too often. I didn't want to overwork it, so I turned it off. I don't think this is a quality issue here, but a motor/gear issue within the camera body itself that controls the panning and tilting functions that sound like they'll get pretty tired pretty soon if there's a lot of motion tracking. It doesn't sound terrible and it's only as loud as a very small fraction of a vibrating phone when it turns, but in a quiet room and it's tracking people in the early morning it's enough for you to want it to stop. But it's as easy as opening the settings and turning off motion tracking, but it will still record. If you have constant patrol or motion tracking, it's likely to run out of motor power sooner than later. I didn't want to put it to the test, because you can set "viewpoints" to your devices. I set up three viewpoints to cover my parking space and vehicle. I have a viewpoint to the left, with my vehicle on the right side of the frame. I have a second viewpoint that points directly at my vehicle, dead center in the parking space, and I have another viewpoint that keeps my vehicle in the left side of the frame. I can view a large swath of the street in front of my house and my neighbors feel better knowing I have a decent camera, because we all know that our complexes security cameras suck and point at nothing of importance. So, to hit the algorithm for the cameras durability - I don't think they're waterproof, I wouldn't want to drop it, it is made out of cheap plastic after all, but I've never had any lens issues so far. My biggest worry about it's long-term durability would be focused mostly on the gears and motor that turns and pans the camera. Within the My Kasa app, you can open it and it will display your list of devices, assuming you have multiple. If it's just a single device, it will show just the one device. You can select your device and it will pull up its real-time live feed. There is a microphone and audio settings on it, so if it's inside you can talk to your dog or whatever, you can hear your dog bark etc. My other issue with this camera, and this is specifically about the white version of the camera that supposedly has a higher quality of video (something I could not tell the difference between, I'll explain here shortly) is the fact that when it does go through motion tracking or any sort of panning, it will return to its original viewpoint. That would be fine, having my vehicle dead center, but the viewpoint tells itself that the real viewpoint is several degrees off and is often pointing a bit higher than you originally had the viewpoint set. This leads you to having to reset the pan/tilt of the device almost every time it's done tracking motion. Now the difference in definition and quality, for me, was negligible, at best. Neither of the cameras could clearly read my license plate, so there was no difference in resolution quality there. I think the white version is supposed to be running a higher quality camera, but I think it's built off of the basic materials still used in the base model, which causes it to have a lag, slight delay, and it takes longer to load in the app. If anything, the higher "quality" is actually reduced because I don't think the hardware can withstand the power of the software and the lens capabilities. Long story short, get the base model for $20 and you won't be happier. Beats a $100 Ring by miles. If you really want a doorbell that badly, then I guess get a Ring and have fun changing the terribly short-lasting batteries every day. Or hardwire it into your wall, which, if we're being real here, is something that pretty much nobody ever feels like doing.

Gran cámara con fácil instalación. La visión nocturna es una de las mejores que he podido apreciar. Muy recomendable

Yes, these do come with a US style wall charger but work with any USB charger It means I can keep my plan of Kasa in one house and Tapo in the other Makes it easier to identify even though the Tapo app can separate them

Best camera on the market for the price, very good night vision, great quality and very easy software to use. Great movement sensor, following your kid. Can check your kid anywhere from the phone live.

Unfortunately they stop selling them

Brilliant camera. Love that I din’t have to purchase a subscription. Sound and picture are fantastic. Well worth the price