Swann WiFi Series 1080p Floodlight Security System

The software is a little ropey and buffers like mad on my Echo show which is really frustrating on a live feed, even though its only 5 ft from my indoor router and anchored above my front door with one brick and one thin partition wall in the way. reason for 3 stars. Swann need to sort out the software IMHO. Still cheaper than the Ring version by a considerable amount of money.

Google assistant functionality is broken in these cameras unlike what Swann advertises. I spoke their support but they have no clue when this will be fixed. If you are hoping to make this camera work with Google environment , tough luck.

Happy to produce multiple false positives per day, but can miss my wife taking her car off the drive. Picture quality is good. App seems reasonable - though some events on the SD card are not always on the web. I've got a reasonably bright outdoors lamp, with OK detection. Hopefully acts as a deterrent, but you can't afford to follow-up every 'ping'.

It is a very good camera with floodlight . Exactly what I was looking for . It stores videos for 2 days without paying any extra subscription fees and the additional siren functionality is very useful too. I purchased 3 so altogether the sound is loud enough . The only reason giving 4 stars is I couldn't figure out how to stop the floodlight from coming on when motion is detected or turning down the brightness of the floodlight when motion is detected. The floodlight is bright enough even at lower brightness and it is affecting my neighbors so be beware of this before buying .Amendment: Poor customer service from Amazon . I got 3 of them a couple of week back and the price has gone down and Amazon wouldn’t refund the difference. Very poor service compared to Very and other retailers who would have easily refunded the difference.Amendment: Keeps turning on every time a bug/ insect passes by . Also the app is not helpful at all . Sometimes it doesn’t load / notifies you of the events .

I have CCTV, Ring doorbell on my home which I thought was sufficient, however we had some undesirable who was going round in the early hours of the morning testing everyone's cars to see if one had been left unlocked! They also tried to force open a van's door, it was happening regularly. Footage was shown to the police which was crystal clear but in black and white. The police was unable to identify if the person they had in custody at the time was the person in the footage captured due to it being black and white! So I had made a decision that I would try and get any night footage in the future to capture colours so that no questions could be asked whether the clothing was red/blue/green/purple etc!! Was very frustrating especially when the footage was clear! I first installed some floodlights to the property thinking that would then make night time footage become colour, but I found it actually worsened the quality of the night view footage. I had seen the ring floodlight cam and was considering it but was put off significantly by the price! after all I already had cctv and a video doorbell so did I really want to spend £200 or more on one of those!!Then I saw this product, instantly without hesitation I purchased it, and having an electrician in the family I had it installed within an hour of it being delivered! (saying that if you have existing wiring for a security light it is simple enough to swap over) took less than 20 minutes! It was simple to connect to the wifi and watch via the mobile phone app!It's great... it does just what I want/needed it to do. It captures footage in colour, making it easier to distinguish clothing! the footage is crystal clear. It captures a large enough area so that you can monitor your surroundings. Very Very easy to use. This should be enough of a deterrent to anyone thinking about either trying to break in to our property or trying their luck with the car doors! if not then it will capture them and any footage passed on to the police will make them far far easier to recognise due to colour footage!I now feel secure, and know should I ever need to pass footage on to the police that they will have a better chance of catching any undesirables with the footage that this captures. The siren is a good feature (could be a little louder!) and also the 2 way talk function.Would I recommend this product? Absolutely! Unfortunately in this day and age it is awful that you have to try and secure your belongings and your home! This certainly helps to feel secure knowing that should anyone attempt anything they will be captured and the video footage can then be shared to the authorities and to the local social media in finding these people and stopping them!I like the fact that you get 2 days of recordings free, can select when to arm and disarm the camera so that you don't get notifications constantly. and if needed can pay for a subscription to hold 30 days if needed. If you feel you want to add security to your home/office/workplace etc then I strongly suggest!

Bought one of these last year, HAD to upgrade to new Swann app in june, since doing so like thousands of others my camera is now useless..The app doesnt work, usually no floodlight anymoreon a night.Have NEVER been able to see livetime view on new app NOR any recording, (thats if any even made), honestly cant believe Swann launched a suposed app "upgrade" without trialling it first.... they have in effect disabed thousands of their customers cameras!When I have negatively reviewed previously on other sites message receievd to contact customer support to discuss....what a waste of time...polite operator just tells you that team are working flat out on repairing the app..HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? BEEN WEEKS ALREADY!In the meantime I have £150's worth of unusable camera attached to my wall.....wonder if anyone has been a victim of cime whilst cameras off-line and sued Swann for corprate negligence in failing to protect its customers?Cannot recomend this product at all, avoid it...see all the reviews on social media saying the same thing....

Good clear picture and easy to set up. However,the motion is very sensitive and its constantly lighting up when theres nothing there. I've set it to the least sensitive and it still goes off over 30 times a night. I very quickly turned the notifications off on my phone it was that annoying. Still better than the ring cam though!