Dropcam Pro shows just how great a camera like this can get with quality optics

Dropcam Pro shows just how great a ip camera review camera like this can get with quality optics. That Dropcam sees itself more as a software-and-services company, and thus works hard on the back-end and apps also makes a huge difference. The CVR service is costly, but worth it when you capture something important with your baby, your dogs, your family—or something a lot less savory, camera ip wireless like burglars. The lack of on-board storage may seem like a burden, but Dropcam would argue the set-it-and-forget cloud storage saves you even more hassle, and I’d agree.

Other options: The Logitech Alert 750n Indoor Master System$299.99 at Logitech offers HomePlug connections (a convenience for some with tricky wireless setups at home) and a good cloud service for video, but its price and video quality no wireless camera longer can compare. Likewise, the Wi-Fi-based Y-Cam HomeMonitor Indoor$89.97 at Amazon has some great features, like long-distance night vision and seven days of free online video storage. But with only VGA video, its simply not as good a camera or service combo by any stretch. All told, with this Pro release, ip camera software Dropcam pulls ahead of the pack in the home surveillance camera market.

You can schedule times for when alerts can are sent. iPhone users get a nice little extra—Location Scheduling. Tell the Dropcam service to turn on notifications when you leave a location, based entirely on where you phone is. That way, you don’t get inundated with alerts when you’re home in front of the camera.

The night vision on the Dropcam Pro is phenomenal, ip wifi camera especially considering it only uses eight infrared LEDs. That’s fewer than most—even the previous Dropcam had 12. The large sensor size makes up for it; it takes in so much light, it requires a cavern-dark room for the night vision to even kick on.

I’ve dinged Dropcam in the past for not offering a battery but, realistically, it can’t without making the camera unwieldy, camera wifi the size of a phone at least. Luckily, being powered by USB, there are third-party options for hooking it to battery packs a-plenty.