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Five Star Reviews:

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***Finally! An inexpensive, but Excellent Security Camera that's Fully Compatible with Windows 10***
July 28, 2017
I must confess that this is one gorgeous camera, and it works great with Windows 10. The CMS NVR software installs and recognizes the camera within seconds, and then it's just a matter of making all the necessary changes to the settings, which can take some time to complete...after you're done cursing at the Chinese person that wrote the very limited instructions included in the CD.The Camera comes with all the required hardware for installing and connecting it. All you really need is at least a 25' to 200' cat 6 network cable (depending on your needs) to connect to the camera from your Router or Modem, fortunately I had already purchased a 50' network cable to connect my camera.The 2 POE injectors are a true blessing since you won't need an outside electrical outlet for power, and you can just run your network cable up to 200' without affecting the image quality, which is fantastic at 720P. Again, I can't emphasize enough as to what a Great Camera this is for its Price!
Got more than I paid for
March 23, 2017
Actually not bad. I install CCTV for a living and fully expected you get what you pay for to apply but these are pretty nice. I needed something quick and cheap to cover a mare that is about to foal. Once I had an IP address, username and password set in the cameras my NVR automatically picked them up and added them. The metal case is on par with cameras a lot more expensive. I would like to be able to tighten the swivels a bit more but it works for what it is. Day color is on par with a camera of its resolution but the night impresses me more. A lot more distance on the IR than I expected. Easily 75ft or so. The way these do POE threw me a bit but I had to consider most people who would buy these probably would not have a regular POE switch. I didn't have one handy it worked out good. I want to take off a star because the internal web interface only works in IE and you have to disable pretty much all the activeX security to get it to run but I have had to do the same with cameras costing 10 times as much so I really can't. If you stick to the setup program on the disc and use a good NVR software you won't need the web interface.
Good solid camera, sharp picture.
November 20, 2015
Solid camera, great picture. I have zero experience setting up an ip camera, but had this up and running in ten minutes. Very simple. It does work with ispy. The camera has good solid metal housing, dont know how weather proof it is, time will tell I guess. The image is pretty sharp day and night, no complaints there. In night vision mode the IR illuminators on the camera do visibly light up red, but it is pretty faint so it shouldn't be all that noticeable. The plug on the camera is quite large so you'll have to drill a good sized hole to fit it through if you want it outside. You cannot put it behind a window, the infrared light will just reflect back off of the glass. You could always tape the ir lights and get a separate IR illuminator if you want it behind a window. The software is simplistic but usable, but i just use Ispy myself. All in all im happy with this camera and would buy another.
Astonished! Wonderful quality. Well worth the money!
June 7, 2015
I could not believe the quality of this camera! I connected it to a wireless access point (in a tree) and am absolutely astonished at the quality for only $40! I will definitely be buying more of these. Immediately after buying this, I realized that it wasn't wireless and almost cancelled my order until I read the other reviews and I decided to give it a try. This camera is making me reconsider my $80-90 Foscam FI8905w models. Night vision and daylight vision are very crisp and I will definitely be purchasing more of these and connecting them to wireless access points.I am posting pictures of the difference between a Foscam Fi8905w and the Hosafe IMB1G The pictures of the barn are with the Hosafe and the pictures of the front lawn are with the Foscam. Makes me sick with the difference of what I paid for the Foscams (since I have 3 of them and could have bought 8 for the price i paid for them)
This could have been a 2 Star review - But its not!
March 13, 2015
I got the camera up and running with almost no issues. I did have some troubles changing the IP address using Internet Explorer. There was an ActiveX plugin security issue I had to change settings for. I would recommend using the CMS 2.0 software that ships with the camera over a browser for setup.It was easily discovered by my Milestone server and ran great for a few days. That was until I tried updating the firmware. I updated the firmware using the built in update tools. Once the camera updated it was no longer worked with Milestone. I also own Blue Iris, so I tried to use it to connect to the camera to see where the issue was. Blue Iris no longer worked with it either. I could see video with a browser and the CMS 2.0 software but no other way.This is where the review could have gone to 2 stars. BUT, I sent a message to the seller (Hosafe) and within minutes I got a response to my issue. It took many pleasant emails and Skype sessions to fix my camera, but they got it working again in under 24 hrs. Customer service was outstanding!!! I really mean it!It''s a $40 camera with good image quality both day and night with customer support that beats big name companies. What else can I ask for.The image was taken at sunset on an overcast day.
A SURPRISING ERROR ON MY PART.
March 4, 2015
This is a very basic review. I ordered this camera by mistake thinking it had standard video out instead of through a CAT5-6 cable. My error. I did connect this camera to my network just to see what it would look like. The picture is ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!! For the extremely low price that I paid for this cam I am going to keep it "Just in case". Technical response. I emailed the company twice. Both times I received a personal email response within 25 minutes. The photo shows a black cam. I received a white one. Not really a big deal. lf you can use a camera in this configuration you can't go wrong. I included a photo taken on a very dreary day. It impressed me for sure. All this for only 40 bucks??!!
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Four Star Reviews:

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Great cameras. Worth the security risk if you know how to get around it.
April 24, 2017
I wrote a detailed review a few months ago outlining how I mitigated the security risks with this camera. Odd that it got pulled... anyway here is my review and solution again... I am re posting this because i feel anyone buying this camera needs to know what they are getting into.First lets say by trade I am in the building automation industry with an education in the IT industry so I have a better understanding then the average user on this stuff. Anyways.... The cameras themselves have very decent picture sharp in the daytime and decent at night although image degradation is noticeable at night but still good enough for my proposes.Now for the security issues. As other reviewers have stated these cameras like to talk to the internet to various IPs outside of the US on various ports. This is alarming because you are basically giving anyone who knows these IPs and ports access to your camera. Whether the intentions are malicious or not is not the issue its the fact you have a camera talking to complete strangers on the internet is the problem. The way I got around this was I installed a isolated network just for my IP cameras. I did this for 2 reasons. One was to reduce network traffic on my primary network and two was to not allow these cameras to have any ability to connect to the outside world.For my camera network I have a simple wired only gigabit router with 8 cameras on it currently. 6 of then are the camera i am reviewing. This network has no connection to the internet and only goes to my home automation server running Blue Iris via its own network port on the server. This server has 2 network ports one that can access the internet which I use for the blue iris mobile app and other monitoring software and the other port is only for the cameras. These 2 ports are not bridged so there is no way the cameras can get to the internet. Blue Iris is the only bridge between the 2 ports which lets me safely view the system remotely.Other notes:Cameras work great with blue iris and paired easily. One thing you have to do is set a password on the camera or it wont pair with blue iris. The only issue I had is the software which you have to use to config the IPs. I didn't want to install it but had to in the end otherwise I couldn't assign static IPs.Hopefully this will help others considering the camera but do not want the security risks.
but the picture looks pretty good in both day and night modes
January 6, 2017
For the money this camera is hard to beat. However, you do need to have some technical skills to get the most out of it. The video feed is only 720p, so don't expect too much, but the picture looks pretty good in both day and night modes.Mounting the camera was fairly easy, but the wire coming out has a large connector on the end (to accommodate power and Ethernet) so the hole drilled for the cable had to be over an inch in diameter (not sure exactly what size bit I ended up using...I made one too big and one too small and had to chip out a little extra).The camera can be configured to work on it's own without requiring an NVR (software or hardware video camera management) or cloud service, but because it has no on-board memory, notifications are limited to snap-shots sent via email. Motion detection works ok, but isn't as configurable as you might want. Viewing live video from a LAN is easy, but remote viewing would require opening a hole in the firewall. The camera must be configured using the included software (the web interface directly to the camera is basically just broken because of an ActiveX requirement which no modern version of Windows will allow to run).This included software has some issues including the installation of something called npf.dll (or npf64.dll) which is not uninstalled when the software itself is uninstalled and on my PC this DLL stopped other network tools (windump/winpcap) from functioning properly. However, the DLL can be manually removed (again, requiring some technical skills) and the software still works. It's easier to simply NOT actually install the included software, but rather copy it to your PC manually and run the CMS.exe manually (or with a shortcut) to avoid the whole npf.dll issue.Despite the issue mentioned above, the include NVR software works reasonably well for basic monitoring, but you're probably going to want to run something else like iSpy Connect, Blue Iris, iVideon, etc. if you want full featured NVR support.Regarding the strange network traffic to China mentioned by others: I'm a network engineer by trade and I took the time to examine the traffic in detail and despite quite a lot of activity, almost all of it can be accounted for and nothing seemed nefarious. Basically, a few things are happening: the camera uses a service to help you access your camera remotely by sending it's serial# to a few different servers which can provide client software with the ability to find a camera's ip# based on it's serial#. There's also entries for NTP (time) servers in China and the default SMTP (mail) server it also in China. Etc.However, it still bothers me that I'm advertising myself to a lot of unknown entities in another country and it's possible someone could find some way to abuse this limited information so I changed some settings to disable most of this traffic. Basically, instead of allowing the camera to get it's network settings from DHCP, I manually set the IP#, mask, etc and intentionally configured an invalid gateway address so the camera would not be able to communicate outside of it's local network (LAN).After buying a couple more of these cameras I found it easier to block the cameras at my router instead of in the camera settings themselves, but not all home or business routers make this easy to do. I'm not sure it's even necessary, but I'd rather be cautious given the choice.I've had one of these mounted outside on the eave of the house for several weeks and it's worked flawlessly with all of the software I've used with it. I'm currently using it with both iSpy Connect (free for LAN usage, recording motions, time lapse, etc) and simultaneously with iVideon (for remote viewing). Unfortunately the motion detection in iVideon is not configurable for area and sensitivity making it mostly useless except as a free remote viewer. I still have it record on motion so I can review those remotely, but it's only kept for 24 hours using the free service.I would highly recommend this camera to anyone with the time and experience needed to configure and get the most out of it.To get a 5-star rating this camera would need better software and a smaller connector on the cable for easier installation.
Please Read if you need help with Remote viewing/Cloud
December 19, 2016
Please read this if your having trouble hooking up this device to a cloud website! So I've bought an ip cammera before and used port forwarding with port 80 and usually websites like [...] or cloudcam will usually pick up your camera very easily. However on this camera you will have to use port 554. The software it comes with is horrible and confusing. So for you newbies that just want a camera to stream/record please follow these steps.Make an account at [...]Go to your router which will usually be http://192.168.1.1 and enter your login credentials.Next you will need to go to your firewall and port forwarding setting. Find your camera IP and configure it to a manual port TCP 554.Save the changes so now your camera is set to 554 port.Go to the [...] website and enter the following in the camera address location.rtsp://admin:password@IPAdress:554/live0.264(i set up the password through the crappy CMS application it came with because it would not work on internet explorer).I was really going to return this camera cause i couldnt get it to connect but after some research and contacting tech support i got it going.Cons to this camera is it cam with a broken CD and does not work on internet explorer/firefox it tells you to install quicktime and you try but it doesnt work.Pros is its a cheap camera and ok quality!
Good picture quality, terrible configuration software
February 25, 2016
Setup is a pain on this, especially if you're not a Windows user. Ended up having to find the right combination of Windows in a virtual machine with IE old enough to run the unsigned ActiveX controls they depend on, but new enough for their software to support it. Very frustrating setup.It loses the date/time every time it loses power, and you need to use their ActiveX software to reset the clock. Has an open telnet listener, presumably with a static default password & no way to change it. Also setting the password through the ActiveX interface never actually took effect, so stuck with default password.For all that, I use this on a private network with VPN only access, so I'm not too worried about the passwords. The picture quality is shockingly good. It sounds like it has a physical IR filter that slides in & out of position when it switches between night & day mode. Good color reproduction during the day & excellent picture in complete darkness. Most cheap night capable cameras tend to have washed out color in daylight, but this one is good.Video quality falls apart a bit under high motion. It comes back eventually, but lots of tearing/artifacts if things are moving.For all of the setup ActiveX nightmare, accessing it from standard software on a phone or other device is easy. I've used VLC on Mac/Windows and OPlayer on iPhone to access it via rtsp://admin:PASSWORD@1.1.1.1/live0.264 <-- Where 1.1.1.1 is your IP, and PASSWORD doesn't actually seem to matter, no matter what you set it to. Video & sound come through well.We used this to keep an eye on our cats while away for the weekend. Nice little comfort to know the house hadn't burned down, and they were still running around the place.
Reliable, Affordable IP Cam
September 11, 2015
I have been searching for an affordable IP camera that I can use for my residence. I have tried a number of cameras with varying degrees of success. I have purchased 5 of these Hosafe cameras and so far (it has only been a couple of weeks) they seem to work fine. For $40 they are a pretty good deal.Note these are NOT wifi cameras. You have to run an Ethernet Cat5 wire to them. Having tried several wifi cameras my experience has been to go with wired cameras if possible. I have found most of the Wifi cameras eventually develop signal reliability issues over a period of time, and are therefore not good enough for a serious application. Wifi cameras still require a cable to be run to them for power, so why the hell not get a less expensive WIRED camera and be done with it. You end up with a far more reliable signal; they are less expensive, and with a POE injector (search for this on Amazon: Huacam HCP05 Passive PoE Injector/Splitter DC Connector) you only run the Cat5 cable and you have both signal and power in the same twisted pair cable.I use Blue Iris software to manage and record my cameras. Blue Iris is EXCELLENT. I had some headaches with it but that was due to the horsepower of the old PC I initially ran it on (an old Asus laptop with limited RAM and CPU). I am now managing 20 cameras total and you need more horsepower (you need at least a quad core CPU) than what I was using. That said, it still works fine and records everything I need when the camera are triggered. The Blue Iris solution also allows you to get alerts and view you system on a smartphone from virtually anywhere.The Hosafe cameras thus far have been good. They produce good 1280x720 images, are easy to mount, and the configuration software, while poorly put together, works for what I need. I only use the included software to find the camera on my network then I use a browser to change the IP, user account/passwd and other configuration changes I need to make for my management software setup. I have had no config problems others have chronicled in these reviews of the Hosafe cameras. Some tips: when accessing it with a browser, IE works best since it uses ActiveX otherwise you have to install Quciktime yadda yadda....so keep it simple and just pinch your nose and run IE to do the initial setup. If you are using them with Blue Iris, at the camera config screen put in the IP address, port (80), user id and password and then click the "Inspect Now" button and Blue Iris will go out and interrogate the camera for its config details. Set the Image Format resolution to 1280x720 and you are done.PROS: Having had a bit of experience playing with numerous IP cams, I like this one due to its minimalist approach, solid construction, lack of wifi capability (yes I consider that an asset), great image quality, and above all, price tag.CONS: Only complaints would be so so documentation; it comes with nothing printed but there is quite a bit of info on their CD; including management software-specific configuration instructions, which is actually pretty nice. Once you install their software and locate the camera on your network, the rest is done with a browser and it is pretty straight forward. The name of the company (Hosafe) is goofy to say the least. I am almost embarrassed to hang the included Warning stickers on my window.UPDATE: The cameras are still working well but I have noticed a bit of a glitch. I am not sure if it is the cameras, the network or my Blue Iris software but every so often I get a line of pixelation across the image which triggers the software to send an alert. I am not seeing this with any of the other brands of cameras on my system so I suspect it is something to do with these cameras.The images on the cameras are still nice an crisp but occasionally it glitches with these pixelation lines.UPDATE 2 Apr 2017 - I have now been running these cameras for almost 2 years. To date I have purchased 15 of these cameras - not one failure so far. Very pleased with them and will continue to buy more. Have recommended them to many neighbours and friends and they are all pleased too. The glitch described in previous update turned out to be something else, not the camera.
For a cheap camera its very nice.
January 20, 2015
This camera was ver easy to install and setup. I use ZoneMinder for my server and it took this camera and ran. The video quality is great. The built in we server for this camera is not all that good, it uses QuickTime for its stream and constantly wants you to update. I also was unable to change the time stamp, but ZoneMinder has its own so no biggie. I do plan on purchasing more in the future. Very sturdy metallic construction, and I have it installed outdoors looking at the front door. Its been threw a hand full of storms with out skipping a beat. For the price you cant beat it.
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Three Star Reviews:

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Decent product. You get what you pay for.
December 30, 2016
One camera right out of the box has lines through the middle of the image. Playing around with the cable coming out of the camera cleared up the image, but that leads me to believe it's a possible assembly problem. When it works the image is great but it also occasionally times out and freezes the picture. PoE connection is a plus which makes the cable run easy.
Fantastic camera; sneaky, sketchy firmware.
May 12, 2016
Was looking for a cheap IP Camera to keep an eye on my front porch, and this camera fit the bill. It's got a nice clear picture, and the night vision is really impressive; no complaints about its camera-quality. Because it's ONVIF compatible, most any IP Camera software I tried was able to automatically find this camera and manage most of the settings.The firmware leaves a bit to be desired though: In addition to having an always-on telnet port (with an unknown, but probably static username and password), the camera makes several connections to unknown IPs in China whenever it's on. I've made attempts to block its ability to connect to them, but then after about 24 hours or so the camera will just quick working unless I restart it. Tried my best to crack the password, but couldn't manage to get into my own camera to see if I could keep it from calling home.Given the opportunity I would spend a little bit more on a camera that didn't do sketchy things without telling me.
Works OK. Like most IP Cams it could use a firmware update.
January 11, 2016
Was able to get it to work. Wanted to use this on a private network not connected to the internet. The NVSIP iPhone app asks for you to log in to use the app and you can't log in or continue to use the app if you are not connected to the internet. Using as a guest seems to work okay when not connected to the internet.
Want a $35 brick? Push this button...
December 24, 2015
Yes, I see all the 5 star reviews here. Are you kidding me? Usually when you see a one star rating it makes you think that they must have no idea what they are doing to set it up. I know what I am doing, I have set up many IP cameras with relatively few issues. First, the software, what a joke! I could go on about how bad the whole thing is but I will cut right to why it is one star. First they don't have zero stars! I have done countless re flashing of firmware on countless devices and never lost anything. That was until this came along. I now have a $35 brick. I had so many issues with the camera I decided to do an upgrade from a button in the software. All went well, it finished and rebooted...sort of. After the reboot not only did it never come back, it killed it. How do I know that? The lights on the router no longer light up when you plug it into the router. It is completely dead as far as a network device. There is absolutely no reset button on thiscamera, nothing...but toast. I can't believe they allow such junk to be sold on Amazon.UPDATE: 1/3/16. Support tried to help with fix. That was not going to work as I described that the unit was dead after the upgrade. They did send me a replacement unit right away. So I went to 3 stars now as they did their best and did a satisfactory job of making good on this. The picture is pretty good for a $35 unit. Works pretty good on Blue Iris software.
Good Picture, Bad Software
July 24, 2015
1 WEEK UPDATE!!! I wish I could give this camera two reviews. I would give it 1 star for a single camera, but 5 for use with software such as Milestone.CONSUMERS: I can't really recommend this to someone that will only have 1 or 2 cameras. It would require a dedicated computer due to the software limitations. There are much better options for not that much more money. If you are savvy, then try some NVR software and read the rest of the review.PROFESSIONALS: I hooked this up to Milestone and it immediately found it, recognized the protocol/driver, and was ready to configure and record in minutes. The build quality seems to be good. I obviously need a bit more time to tell if it would hold up outdoors, if I even install it outdoors. I would certainly recommend this for interior installation.----------Original Review-------------The camera arrived today and I connected it all. I have setup a few professional and home DVR systems, so this isn't my first rodeo. I wanted try out this very inexpensive camera.I first found the IP and went to the web address. You are forced to use quicktime, there is simply no other option, even to just get a still image. This is strike #1.Furthermore, even after installing quicktime and the active x plug-in, the webpage continues to request that I install quicktime with a pop-up. This happens even as the video loads behind the pop-up!!! But, you can't use the webpage until you close the pop-up, and guess what, no matter how you close the pop-up, it reloads the page sending you back to the login screen! So the entire web app is nearly useless (you can see the video if you don't mind just letting the pop-up sit there). There isn't really a work around to this as I inspected the u.js file and found that it is coded to reload the page if that pop-up is encountered. This is strike #2.In addition, the webpage is continually asking to install an active x plugin, which I did (after running IE in admin mode since it is an untrusted publisher). I also installed it from the CD, but it still asks every time. This is strike #3, web viewer is OUT!!!On to the installed software...The "CMS" software (Camera Management Software?) is installed it found the camera quickly and brought up a very sharp video! Woo Hoo! Some success! But honestly, the CMS software is pretty crap too. While running it goes full screen and the window controls (minimize, close) are in the bottom right. It disables alt-tab so you can't switch windows AND THE WINDOWS BUTTON KEY!!!!! Alt-tab... strike #1. Windows Key... strike #2.I will continue to test this camera and update you on the status if anything major changes. A few of these cameras + an old Windows PC might make a usable camera system, but at this time I am not sure it would be worth it.Hey, HOSAFE!!! Remove the reload action on u.js at lines 217-219! Would have probably earned you another star if you did that and at least made the webpage usable.
I was attempting to get it to work with a Super Mini NVR
July 23, 2015
Description stated ONVIF compliant - after emailing HOSAFE, they said it is NOT fully compliant and motion detection would not work with 3rd party NVRs, only theirs. I was attempting to get it to work with a Super Mini NVR.I have tried with Blue Iris - which did work, but Blue Iris handles motion detection itself. If you are looking at using this camera with another NVR besides HOSAFE's and your NVR relies on the camera for motion detection, it will not work.The picture itself was quite good and depending on how you intend to use it, it may work.
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Two Star Reviews:

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It has a great picture both day and night
August 2, 2017
I wanted this camera to work so badly. It has a great picture both day and night, and a quality price point. I just couldn't get it to stay reliably connected to blue iris. I tried 6 different routers, bought new cat 6 cables, and placed the camera around many different spots in my house. Nothing I tried for a month could get the camera to stay connected for more than a day or two. And then worse after losing the connection the camera had to be power cycled each time. Maybe I got a lemon... IDK. I would happy to work with the company to try out more. I want it to work because of the ability to hard wire it, good picture both day and night, quality casing, blue iris connectivity, and a great price point. I own around 30 security cameras. I would like to be able to buy this brand in the future.
Great Cameras when they work, work with zoneminder, they are crap when they mess up. Infrared LEDs burn out after several months
February 16, 2017
*7 Month UpdateAfter 7 months of use, majority of the infrared leds on the cameras have burned out and are useless for night time, again, manufacture is worthless like before. Don't recommend these at all, I went bought some actual 1080p bullet cams of aliexpress for cheaper then these and they are a lot better.--------Cameras work great when they work. I bought 4, 1 always has glitches in the stream as a few previous reviewers have, causing false alarms all the time and I have to power cycle this 1 all the time or it is useless. Hosafe support is non-existent as I have sent at least 4 e-mails asking for help or replacement.
Not worth the money. A lot better Solutions around!
August 6, 2016
2 Cams that worked for a week oir so and then went bad.... Bad.. I had multiple issues with the cameras.. Good luck unless you have networking as a background you will not get to them unless you leave your internet open or have a closed network and then good luck trying to configure them.. I ran into many issues.. They would after a time just not respond. Lights would blink etc... I tried different things.. So you know CMS 1.2.3.4. is just a name please do not try using from a different source as a CMS they are different. Its like saying CMS to OSX etc its a completely different thing. The control works but I did not trust it I blocked every port I had after my network got flooded with requests from areas not around me...Anyway I sent 2 back and did not want to deal with them... and by the way both died and would not work after a week or so..
$35 camera.....
June 2, 2016
I have purchased 5 of these. The good- The Video is excellent when its functional. The Bad- The NVSIP app, the CMS client software. The cameras are often unreachable for no apparent reason, one camera actually flipped its image 180 degrees so now everything is upside down. The on screen clock displays resets very often, The cameras are inexpensive, so you get what you pay for. Attempted numerous times to contact seller.
Misleading
March 19, 2016
Device is not actually power over Ethernet, it simply comes with a splitter that fakes the job but requires use of the splitter, making the outdoor/waterproof capabilities more questionable and requiring multiple power adapters despite having a real POE setup.
but annoying when camera does not connect via IP
January 3, 2016
Works, but sporadically. I have two and one I can not seem to connect to. I think it may be an issue with the new window OS 8 and 10. If they were consistant I would give 5 stars for the price. GUI is simple, but annoying when camera does not connect via IP.
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One Star Reviews:

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Very poor tech support
June 16, 2017
Camera has a nice metal body and when the camera worked had a great picture. Problem is that it worked for one day on Blue Iris then lost connect. Tried to use the included software to located the camera, no luck. Emailed tech support and they said to re enter the password, still nothing. Emailed again, tech wrote back that I should read the instructions, (which I did, 3 times) no reply from tech except for "Try to figure it out". No help from them so boxed them up, back to Amazon and bought FDT cameras and works right out of the box for Blue Iris.
Didn't last long. No customer service
March 4, 2017
I really wanted these to work. After thoroughly evaluating several cameras in this price range, I purchased 9 of these in both bullet and dome versions to build out a security system. After 2 months, 4 of the 9 have failed, one is completely dead and the others randomly revert back to factory settings. I emailed the seller to see if they had a fix and have not received a response after one week.
Crashes often causing missed events. Does not do DST or in-camera rotation.
September 19, 2016
Update 1/20/2017 ******************I dropped this from 3 stars to 1. I have two of the 2MP cameras and 1 720p HOSAFE cameras.All three cameras reboot regularly, usually 5 to 15 times a day. This is a problem because it takes the cameras about a minute to return to presenting a picture. I didn't notice it at first, since you only see the reboot if you're watching or have your system set up to alert you when signal is lost. I have missed people coming up to my front door because the camera is in the middle of a reboot. For a security camera this is unacceptable. One crashes so hard it occasionally resets to default configuration with the default name and chinese timezone. The pool pic below is after a hard reboot and the camera name is reset to HD IPC.***************************************Update - Nov. 11, 2016.I dropped this one star because of a concern with the stability of the camera web interface. The video continues fine, but the management interface doesn't work.As I mentioned below the unit does not do Daylight Savings, so when I had to log in and change the timezone back, I realized I couldn't get it to respond to the web interface. This happens with some frequency, I noticed when installing the unit if it went more than a week, the web interface crashed requiring a reboot. Since mine is fairly inaccessible, I have to throw the breaker off then on to get back into the web interface. It makes a tedious job a little worse.At the time of purchase the $35 price point was fantastic. Now there are several 4MP cameras available for $75, and you can get a great Hikvision DS-2CD2042WD-I 4MP Full HD WDR IR Bullet Network Camera US English Retail Version Home Security IP CCTV 4mm for just over $100. If you can afford it, take the jump to 4mp Hikvision. Rock Solid, does DST, Rotate and wide dynamic range all in sofware.--------------------------------------------Pros:This camera has a good quality picture and includes an IR cut filter for great color reproduction. The base is aluminum and well made.Cons:The web browser software doesn't always work for configuration. You can click on the device configuration and nothing happens. The included software works fine for configuration, but it's a little more of a pain to deal with. This is important because...The unit does not do daylight savings time. It will pull time from a NTP server, but will be an hour off during DST. I compensate by adjusting the timezone twice a year. This is important for users of BlueIris - since you can save a lot of CPU by having the camera insert the time onto the image, BlueIris will write the stream directly to disk. If the time is off by an hour, that presents a problem with the saved video/images since the time/date is embedded.My last complaint is somewhat minor - it does not do an in-camera 90 degree roation. That would make it ideal for monitoring a doorway or hall.Bottom line - decent camera but for this price I would look at the 2mp version. If you can afford it, a 4mp camera from a company that supports DST and Rotation will cost about double. I have a single Hikvision that cost about triple this camera, but is easier to configure and does DST and rotation. The configuration difficulty wouldn't be a big deal if you didn't have to do it twice a year.I've attached a picture of the camera pointing at my front door for your comparison. You can see how a 90 degree rotation would be helpful.
Camera communicates to servers on the Internet without permission. Security risk, beware.
May 7, 2016
I have purchased two of these. The first one died within weeks. I contacted the vendor through Amazon who said they would send me a refurbished one. They never did. The camera has a good picture, night and day. The most important thing that has caused me to write the review is because while going through my network firewall logs today (I am a Network Engineer), I discovered that this device is constantly communicating with many IP addresses on the Internet using high ports (not HTTP, HTTPS or NTP) without permission. When looking up the IPs, they are not registered in the USA (Turkey and China mostly). I consider this a huge security risk, that none of my other IP cameras have. If you own this camera, and know how to check your outgoing logs I would do so. I have unplugged mine and will be taking it down to be replaced with a camera from a more trustworthy manufacturer.
Great hardware, terrible software even for PC
July 23, 2015
Great hardware, terrible software even for PC. Mac users stay away from this camera. I tried and keep trying to make it works with every single MAC software for IP cameras and can't do it. I connect with parallels WIN 7 and after several hours, finally can see the CAM but...you can't change the DATE for the CAM easily. To access the nvsip site for remote viewing needs explorer 10x 32bit and only for IE browser, but that's not all, the site ask you to run or download a suspicious plug in?? I took a risk and try to instal but never happens, get involve in a loop installation in few word you can't do nothing. The support is a copy paste from manual. The iphone app freezes every second, not reliable and you can't retrieve your password no matter what. It's a shame because the CAM is well constructed and feels solid and has good colors day and night.
Good Camera for the price. Included mobile app needs help.
May 6, 2015
60 days later update:Can not get image to stream.I can now only see a snap shot of 5 seconds of video from the built in utility before image freeze and I have to reboot camera.Even the time counter stops counting.Unless this resolves I will never buy again. But need to replace this one and buy 3 more.Stars go from 4 to 1.When you go into the mobile app to view the camera you have to find the camera every time. It does not just save it.I think I will download bluiris. I hear good things about that software.Other bad thing is the cable that comes hanging off the camera, its like 1.25 inches wide! If you want to flush mount this to the wall you have to bore out a huge hole! no moving that camera with out patching a huge hole. If they could have made the wire easy to disconnect and reconnect to feed through a hole the size of the wire it would have been 5 stars as the images at day and night are nice!The pic I loaded is a screenshot on my phone when the camera is set to LD (Low Definition).
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Article Number
Article Number
0799637849068
4139052218845
0700220319844
0635909524632
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Binding
Camera
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Brand
Brand
HOSAFE.COM
iCreatin
HUACAM
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Color
Color
White
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white
Currency
Currency
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USD
USD
USD
Height
Height
108.7 in
43.3 in
61.8 in
27.6 in
Label
Label
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Plus tech ltd
HUACAM
epower mall
Length
Length
232.7 in
295.3 in
294.5 in
283.5 in
Manufacturer
Manufacturer
Home Office Safe Co., Ltd
Plus tech ltd
HUACAM
epower mall
Model
Model
HOSAFE-1MB1
6445796
HCP05
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MPN
MPN
HOSAFE-1MB1
6445796
HCP05
C196
Number of Parts
Number of Parts
HOSAFE-1MB1
6445796
HCP05
C196
Product Group
Product Group
Photography
PC Accessory
Speakers
PC Accessory
Product Type
Product Type
SURVEILANCE_SYSTEMS
COMPUTER_COMPONENT
AUDIO_OR_VIDEO
COMPUTER_COMPONENT
Publisher
Publisher
Home Office Safe Co., Ltd
Plus tech ltd
HUACAM
epower mall
Quantity
Quantity
1
1
1
1
Reviews
Reviews
Score
Score
7
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7.6
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Studio
Home Office Safe Co., Ltd
Plus tech ltd
HUACAM
epower mall
Title
Title
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iCreatin Passive PoE Injector and PoE Splitter Kit with 5.5x2.1 mm DC Connector
Huacam HCP05 Passive PoE Injector/Splitter with 5.5 x 2.1 mm Connector
PoE Power Over Ethernet Injector Splitter Cable Kit new
Weight
Weight
3.0 oz
0.5 oz
0.5 oz
0.1 oz
Width
Width
108.7 in
212.6 in
61.8 in
63.0 in
Feature
Feature

H.264 1 Megapixel 1280x720P IP Bullet Camra

Metal housing for indoor and outdoor

3.6mm megapixel lens, 24 IR leds, 10-15m night vision

Working with Blueiris, iSpy, Dahua, Hikvision NVR

Free P2P Cloud server, easily view camera with iPhone, iPad, Android Phone

PoE injector and splitter kit with 5.5mm x 2.1 mm Dc jack / plug

Allows use of any DC voltage up to 60V

Only support 10\100Mbps network.

Transforms Non PoE devices to PoE enabled

Use with IP security camera, wireless access point and other devices

Plug Play, no configuration. Eliminate the needs to place Ethernet-enabled device near the power outlet.

Power pin: 4 5 (+) 7 8(-)

Power plug: 2.1mm x 5.5mm

Ethernet Cable Data rate: 10/100Mbps. Connector: RJ-45.

Allows you to send power to a device on the receiving end through the unused wires in a cat5 cable

Great for applications where you need to install a wireless access point, but a power plug is unavailable or very far away from where the wireless access point needs to be installed

Easily extend the range of the ethernet devices without a separate power cable

Suitable for all types of different devices such as IP telephones, IP cameras, wireless LAN access points and so on

2.1mm x 5.5 mm jack / plug injector / splitter kit

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