Zmodo 1080p 3pack Mini WiFi Camera, Two-Way Audio, Video Baby Monitor, Black with White, 3 Count (Pack of 1) (ZM-SH75D001-WA-3)

Security cameras are a great way to secure your home. Today, we have an affordable way to get into security cameras, which is the Zmodo Mini Cam. This retails for only $20, which is a pretty great price considering all it offers. The product comes in a white plain box which is easy to open. Inside, we find the two cameras, two cables and plugs which use microUSB, two brackets for mounting, and two sets of screws for mounting. So the box includes everything you need. To set up the device, we download the Zmodo app available on the App Store and the Google Play Store. We click the plus button in the top right corner, and click QR code setup, since later in the setup process we will show a QR code to the camera for it to connect. We then plug in the camera, turn off silent mode since we will receive voice instructions. We need to connect our phone to the Wi-Fi network we want our camera to be connected to. Keep in mind the camera does not support 5Ghz networks. We enter the Wi-Fi password and we are presented with the QR code to connect the device to Wi-Fi. After it connects, we choose a device name and we choose a password. With the purchase of these mini cams, we are provided one month free of Zmodo’s cloud service, which we will get into in a moment. After the trial, it’s either $50 a year or $5 per month. So it’s a very simple setup. Let’s start with the design. I think the design is exceptional. It looks very simple and modern with the reflective black front. It’s a simple design which means it should fit nicely around the home. I love how light and portable the camera is. The lightness makes it easy to mount and the small size means it can fit pretty much anywhere. The hinge can rotate all the way flat, or all the way forward. The camera can also swivel around, which can be useful when mounting the camera. It has a small blue light on the side when it’s operating but it isn’t too bright to be bothersome. So overall, the design is very good. Now let’s talk about the features of this security camera. It has 1080p and I can definitely notice that. The live streaming is clear and not pixelated. It also has an intercom feature which lets you talk through the camera. While the speaker is not very clear, it’s perfectly fine for talking through it and it’s nice to have. The camera also has night vision which allows it to see in the dark. The camera also works with Alexa and Google Assistant. This means if you have an Echo Show, or a fire tv, you can view the camera live by just saying show me the bedroom, for example or whatever the camera is named. The same works with Google assistant, such as with a Google nest hub. One of the interesting things about this device is the cloud feature. The cloud service makes the camera much better. As mentioned earlier, this device comes with one month free cloud service, which is nice. After that, it’s $50 per year or $5 per month for the premium plan, and $100 per year or $10 per month for the platinum plan. The premium plan has 7 days of 24/7 cloud recording, which means even if an intruder destroys the camera, the footage won’t be lost. On the other hand, the platinum plan has 30 days of 24/7 cloud recording. For the premium plan, there is 7 days of alert clip storage, while for the platinum there is 30 days. Alert clip storage is the alerts that you see in your notifications. With the cloud plan, these will be stored. Other than that, both plans are the same. They both let you set motion detection zones and they both have video editors and time lapse clips. They both also have AI enabled object detection, which uses advanced machine learning to detect what’s going on in the footage. This can detect multiple things, such as people, animals, and vehicles. It’s a cool feature and I think it’s a great implementation. Keep in mind the cloud isn’t required though. The camera still records clips of motion free of charge. Now let’s talk about the app. The app is simple, intuitive, and it has some good features. The app is structured around four tabs: Home, Events, Cloud, and Me. Home is where you configure your notifications and can view the live view of your cameras, or the recorded playback. The events tab is where you see the motion clips. If you have the cloud service, it will take you to the time the motion occurred in the 24/7 footage. The cloud tab is where you can subscribe to the cloud service and see the various plans. And finally, the me tab is where you manage your account, get product support, and more. Overall, the app is simple and easy to use. So overall, I would highly recommend this product. The nice compact design, nice features, good cloud service, machine learning object detection, good app, really makes this a complete package. Additionally, the camera only costs $20 which is an exceptional value considering all it offers.

I just received my Z Modo cameras and I’m very excited to put them to the test. My other cameras have worked flawlessly for being able to monitor my chickens in my chicken coop. The infrared technology is so great that I can always see them, even if it’s at night. The app is pretty good as well, and has worked without any issues. I do wish that it could be potentially faster, but maybe it is due to my Internet speed. The one thing that was always lacking, was the ability to talk to my chickens when I’m away. I really do think that being able to make sounds Will definitely improve the way that I’m able to be with my chickens but do it while I am traveling and away from home. I also plan to use these with my dogs. It’s been hard during Covid to leave them home and not be able to speak to them when they are doing something naughty, like jumping on the couch, or ripping up some thing in boredom. It will be so great to be able to surprise them and be able to train them while I’m away from the house. This product looks super cool. I’m glad the set came with two of them. The camera is physically smaller than the previous version which I have, but they look quite similar in color and in quality. With these two cameras, I will have a total of about eight of them. I haven’t been able to compare these cameras to my existing ones in terms of quality, but based on the specifications I think that it will be a lot better quality and viewing. I will be sure to update my review once I have been able to put them through the steps in a couple months. I’m very glad that they included the charger which matches the same adapter as the ones I previously had. This makes it really easy for me to switch out my old cameras with this new one. A lot of other companies like Apple have changed the power adapter size, making it really difficult to use old plugs just so they can charge us more money. I’m really glad that this company hasn’t done that so that all my previous equipment is transferable to the others. I was able to seamlessly connect these new cameras up to my existing ZMoto app. I’m very excited to use these new cameras as it just gives me peace of mind around the home. It’s really cool to be able to purchase these as a fraction of the price of the Google camera products. I do have a google product. I really like it as well. But it’s just not very affordable to have 10 of them around the house. I will go bankrupt if I had to purchase that many and basically get the same experience. I would highly recommend this product to my friends and family. I think they are super useful, easy to connect, easy to use, and are very valuable in giving you peace of mind around the home. Not really using it for security reasons, but mainly to look after an interact with my animals around the house. I also use them when my little kids are sleeping, in case they need help in the middle of the night. It’s going to be really awesome to be able to talk to them when they are still in their room and I am sitting on the couch!. This is a really cool product, and I can’t wait to use it.

Nice camera. Using it to see what's at the front door. Haven't purchased the cloud storage option. Wish I could stream it to my desktop's storage.

Addendum: Suddenly constantly POPPING UP ADS ON MONITOR and crashing it!!!! I didn't buy these to miss the important info they provide over company GREED.......Had bought one for the back of my house on the bathroom window sill 5 years ago! Still works great turned on 24/7 that entire time. So this year I got another one for the front window sill. And the software still supports both cameras. I use a 11 inch tablet as a monitor which works out great for me at my desk. The motion detection works great if I decide to record. Images are clear and sharp even wide angled out a window. The good thing is inside my home no one is going to steal the camera. And they just plug into the wall. Very happy with this camera setup!

Before buying these cameras check out the reviews for their app on App Store, the app you must use to access your cameras. They did an update around early May that now makes their app, and therefore cameras virtually useless for security purposes. Now you cannot access your cameras without going through pages, yes PAGES of ads. At one point I had to X out 7 ads before getting to my camera! Some ads require you to watch them for what seems like forever before an X appears for you to bypass the ad. Once in a blue moon the opening app screen will come up with one ad that encompasses the whole screen except for a tiny thin line at the top to touch and continue to app but this line is so thin your finger often accidentally touches the full screen ad and takes you into it instead. I have three cameras at my home, my brother has more than that, and we have several cameras at our 91 year old mom’s house to check on her wellbeing. I don’t have a subscription but I bought these cameras expecting them to be functional when you need to check on the immediate security of your house or loved one. My brother pays for the subscription and still has these ridiculous ads. I have contacted their support email three times each time receiving a canned response about them looking into this. I placed a review on their app download page and received same canned response. There are pages and pages and pages of bad reviews now on their app since this update took place and the ads infiltrated their app. The update was over three months ago and even with inundation of all the bad reviews and their response with the promise of looking into it, nothing has been done. This system now has become useless for security and we will be shopping for different cameras. Advice, do NOT buy these cameras! They have become useless, frustrating, maddening, and unsafe as a security device.

I've had these cameras for about a year now and they are still holding up well. They were incredibly easy to setup. They always stay connected to my wifi. The video quality holds up well even when you zoom in. The night vision is one of the best that I've seen. With the motion detection you can adjust how big or small you the detection area to be. I will say the alerts can be kind of hit and miss, it will pick up my plants leaves moving so I guess I can say it picks up the slightest movements. For the price of these cameras though it's a great product. Would be again.

Having just received and configured 4 of these cameras today, this is only an initial review. Next-day Prime shipping almost came off without a hitch. Because I wanted these cameras completely up & running today, I was watching the porch like a hawk all day. In the early afternoon, with no packages on the porch, I decided to check the order for delivery updates. Much to my surprise, the order showed completed with a grainy low res picture that looked vaguely familiar, but wasn’t my house. Turns out, the driver left them next door. After retrieving them, the easy part began. Unboxing and physical set up were both a breeze. Packaging was iPhone like in its simplicity and set up guide was clear & easy to understand. Configuring 3 of the 4 cameras was equally easy following the directions and was done in minutes. The 4th, was a little tougher. After the mobile app failed to pick up #4, I tried to add it individually. Because the app was already familiar with my network at this point, it pre-filled the network ID & password. After multiple failed attempts, rebooting a few times, and even giving the pin-hole factory reset button a few clicks, I finally had to call for support. Alex from the help desk informed me that the app likes to garble passwords when pre-filling them, so after manually keying in the network credentials one last time, #4 was in business. From there, opting in/out of cloud service, naming the cameras and configuring their settings was simple. Everything was very intuitive. No guessing. Here’s the good, the bad and the ugly regarding the cameras & camera related settings themselves: The good: - better than anticipated daytime picture quality - zoom capabilities in live viewing mode - two-way audio is crisp & clear - time stamp is always present, live or recorded - multiple pre-formatted settings for when you’re home, away, sleeping, etc. All were easy to customize. - Customizing individual camera functions like setting motion detection area and camera orientation were easy. Simply view live, click the gear icon for settings during a live feed and configure away. The bad: - included mounting brackets are too light to be used as stands and require weighting or anchoring with tape. Appear sturdy enough to hold the weight of the camera when used for wall mounting, but that’s not the application I needed. Not a huge issue. A small strip of Gorilla tape did the trick. - motion detection seems spotty. I’ll provide more information about this when I update this review after a few months of use. - night vision image seems less than stellar. A single IR bulb provides lackluster IR illumination for an otherwise good camera. Using a ring of IR bulbs surrounding the lense would probably resolve this, but would probably drive the cost up accordingly. - if perched on a flat surface visible to the lense in low light conditions, the blue connection status light creates a reflection that degrades the image quality. BTW...that little blue status light that indicates you’re connected to your network never dims or turns off, making these cameras anytibut discrete. The ugly: - aside from the delivery person taking the package to the wrong house, which isn’t the fault of the cameras or the seller, I can’t really categorize anything as ugly initially. Overall, these are great little cameras at a great price point. They’re not 007 quality spy cams, but they not supposed to be. As long as you manually enter your network credentials, connection is easy. The mobyapp makes customization a piece of cake and the cloud service gives you solid recording & playback options to choose from. With all that said, I’m pretty happy with the purchase.

I have 10 Zmodo cameras in total between indoor and outdoor. I thought this one was the same as the indoor ones I have, which I bought about 4 years ago. The ones I had have their design flaws, but were overall functional and I was happy with them. The biggest problem with those was that the port to plug in the cable would loosen and stop supplying power to the cameras consistently, which causes them to turn on and off occasionally. I bought this new one to replace on which broke because the port fell off the panel inside the camera. This newer model is completely different than the previous ones. The only positive change they made was to move the indicator light to the side of the camera, so it's not as bright. But even that isn't completely positive because you can't tell if the blue light is on without turning it to the side. The bad changes they made were moving the port to the back on the unit, instead of the bottom. Now the cable sticks straight out from the back of the unit, meaning you can't have it flush against the wall. The port is also deeper, so the longer cables I had, that are standard micro-usb, don't fit into the port. To add insult to injury, they shortened the cable to 5 feet, which means you can't even put the camera on a shelf because the cable is too short to reach an outlet. The previous model had 6 foot cables and I ordered 10 foot cables to replace them so that I wouldn't have to use extension cords, which don't fit the new model. The camera is overall functional as a camera. Once set up, it works just as well as the previous models. The software and firmware are the same. They just changed the physical design and it is beyond flawed. I had to switch around cameras so that I could put this one in a spot where the cable doesn't get in the way of where it is mounted. If another one of my older cameras breaks, I don't think I will replace it with this model. If anything, I would buy an outdoor camera instead.

Good customer service