I wanted to review this because I felt like reviews on ALL of the baby monitors out there is what helped me the most and I feel like this Monitor doesn't have the reviews it should. My son is 5 months old now...this is our second monitor. The first broke within the first month of him being with us and I did so much research to get to that one, I was so disappointed when I had to go through the process AGAIN. We received a credit for our other broken monitor and paid additional money out of our pocket to get the Netgear Arlo and it was SO worth it. WE are glad our first one broke (Project Nursery for anyone who would like to know...DO NOT DO IT)
It was super easy set up..self explanatory if you read the directions (READ the directions).
It has a battery/travel mode which is A M A Z I N G. It is not STUCK in the nursery on a chord. You can unplug and take it wherever he is. If he is in his swing napping in the family room, you can keep an eye on him without having to move a chord and plug it in and reset it up BLAH BLAH BLAH. Just plop it in front of him and go about your cleaning. The battery life is LONG. I work from home, so we utilize this feature often just trying to keep him happy throughout the day while I work. Hours of battery life with constant viewing. The chord it came with to charge the netgear Arlo is SUPER long also and we love it. It is so important.
Next, the Wifi connection...we have two different speed wifi networks...a 5 Ghz and a 2.5 I believe. His bedroom is close enough to my desktop and modem to connect the camera to the faster network which loses strength quick because it is not meant to be a signal you get throughout the house (primarily used for a desktop computer IN the office)....with that being said...it goes ACROSS the house, on this 5 Ghz network with very low strength and we have never experienced signal loss....not ONCE. We have only experienced delay, which is common in Wifi Monitors, but this delay is seconds at most.
The Arlo app, love that it is on ALL platforms possible. I can log in on my computer through the web browser, I can log on my iPhone AND we actually bought a HD Fire Tablet, downloaded the app through Amazon on IT and we use that as our baby monitor....its amazing and you're not constantly having to use your phone as the only way to view the camera while also trying to scroll through Facebook and answer the 10 messages you ignored from earlier all while trying to keep an eye on your baby. Sold. The app is user friendly. I figured how to turn the status light off on the camera at 3 AM, sleep deprived. If I can do it, so can you. And I mean, you can turn the obnoxious light on the camera OFF...did you catch that? No sticky not over it so it doesn't wake your baby who is so easily distracted and fighting sleep.
Next, the features ON the camera itself....it plays lullaby's...didn't think we would use this feature, but every now and then we do. Their is a night light on the camera also, you can turn it on by the app or a button on the side of the camera...nice feature when you're hunting down the paci that just launched across the room. It has the talk feature...its more used to yell at your dog to stop that or Husband to tell him he is doing it wrong from the other room (totally kidding..not)..I am sure this feature will be more handy as he gets older. The one feature I thought I would miss from our other camera was the 360 panning. The ability to move the camera where you want BUT this camera has a wide angle lens and if you set it up to view the largest angle...I can literally get wall to wall in his nursery. It is PERFECT. The image quality is insane. I never thought a baby camera would be this clear. I can snap photos and record videos of my child being cute. It also tracks temp and humidity...I find it not 100% accurate. I think it picks up a lot of heat the camera itself puts off, but again, not a deal breaker to me.
I think I officially covered everything about the camera and hopes this helps someone's search. You will have positives and negatives to all camera's...that is just electronics, BUT if you have decent Wifi this will be great. I can check in on my child when ever I am not home and that gives me so much peace of mind.
4 stars and above
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From the manufacturer
Why Arlo Baby?
Arlo Baby lets you check in on your baby with just a tap of the finger, from anywhere in the world. Motion and audio alerts are sent straight to your smartphone or email to instantly let you know when your baby is moving or crying. Precious moments are securely recorded with bank-grade encryption – accessible and downloadable anytime from your smartphone. Recordings are saved for 7 days for free.
Baby monitors don’t get smarter than this
Arlo Baby packs a ton of features every new parent will ever need for a nursery. Inside the camera are air quality, temperature, and humidity sensors that alert you when nursery conditions are out of desired range, multi-colored night light, and a music player that plays bedtime melodies or your own. All features can be remotely managed using the Arlo app.
Ideal uses:
- View your baby or toddler from anywhere at any time.
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View your baby at any time from anywhereView live video and recordings from your phone, tablet, and laptop from anywhere. Traditional monitors are limited by distance. Whether at work or traveling, you can see a live view from your phone. |
Versatile mounting and placementOn top of the dresser or on the wall, our mounting options help keep dangerous wires out of your baby’s reach while provide an unobstructed view into the crib (table/wall mount sold separately). The built-in rechargeable battery lets the camera move for temporary monitoring. |
CustomizableWith our range of adorable, interchangeable characters, Arlo Baby compliments your nursery’s décor and becomes a part of your family. Puppy, green bunny, and kitten character sold separately. |
Smart Home ReadyArlo Baby works with Amazon Alexa on the Echo Show, Echo Spot, Fire TV, and Fire tablets (4th generation and newer) using simple voice commands. Arlo Baby also works with Apple HomeKit to let you ask Siri to stream video directly to your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. |
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View live video from anywhere using the Arlo appYour mobile device is now your powerful display monitor. Never worry about running out of range or being tethered to a parent unit again. |
Great for the traveling parentStay close to your family even when you're on the road. Precious moments are securely saved for 7 days so you won't miss a thing. |
Check in on the babysitterAt work or out on a date night? Check in on the babysitter at any time for peace of mind. |
Share camera access with your familyEnable guest access so your family members can easily share precious moments from anywhere in the world. |
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| Video resolution | High definition (1080p) | Standard definition (480p) |
| Live view | From anywhere in the world using the Arlo App on iOS, Android, Fire devices or any web browser. | No. Restricted to in-home usage. Short range of coverage. |
| Motion, sound, and air alerts | Instant push notifications to your smartphone or email | No |
| Video recordings and snapshots | Yes. Saved in cloud for 7 days | No |
| Smart home enabled | Works with Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, IFTTT, Stringify, and more. | No |
| Cloud storage for past 7 days | Basic plan (no subscription) includes 7 days of securely encrypted cloud storage. Additional storage plans available. | No |
| Air sensors | Temperature, Humidity, Air Quality (VOCs level) | Temperature & Humidity |
| Smart night light | Comes with thousands of colors and a timer, remotely controllable. | No |
| Smart lullaby player | Lullabies, nature sound, and white noise are pre-loaded or can be downloaded for free. Can record and add your own voice. | Some have a limited number of songs. No option to add more songs. |
| Camera mobility | Wire-free camera with rechargeable battery for temporary location monitoring. Move camera around for flexible monitoring and mounting with separate stand and mount. | No. Hard-wired and limited mobility. |
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I had high hopes for this camera. The features all sounded great on paper but after almost a year I'm so over it. Just ordered another Wyze cam to replace. Less features but more reliable. Here are my biggest complaints about the Arlo cam:-Reliability. This is THE most important job of a monitor! Unfortunately the camera would often be unreachable entirely or stick/lag so often that is was hard to get any indication of what the baby was doing!-Sensor accuracy. One of the main features I bought this camera for was temperature reading. But you can somehow get different temperatures connecting with different devices. AND the temperature didn't update during video stream. We had to exit the iOS app and open back up to get a more accurate temperature.-Travel. Good grief...would it be THAT hard to work something into the features or firmware where the camera could REMEMBER a network? Every time we travel we have to re-enter the network name and password as if we're settuping up from scratch. Then when we return home it's the same thing! The camera can't store network credentials. Pathetic!-Image quality. Maybe 70% of the time it was OK? See attached images for the kind of graphic nonsense we would see quite regularly. Those screenshots are from our house. When we stayed at in-laws it happened more often.-Fire TV use. It IS nice to be able to tell the TV to show the camera instead of walking around with a phone. Unfortunately the feed just stops randomly in less than 5 minutes everytime and kicks back out to the Fire TV main screen. Or sometimes when it connects it will just show a static screen and live audio.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2018
It was super easy set up..self explanatory if you read the directions (READ the directions).
It has a battery/travel mode which is A M A Z I N G. It is not STUCK in the nursery on a chord. You can unplug and take it wherever he is. If he is in his swing napping in the family room, you can keep an eye on him without having to move a chord and plug it in and reset it up BLAH BLAH BLAH. Just plop it in front of him and go about your cleaning. The battery life is LONG. I work from home, so we utilize this feature often just trying to keep him happy throughout the day while I work. Hours of battery life with constant viewing. The chord it came with to charge the netgear Arlo is SUPER long also and we love it. It is so important.
Next, the Wifi connection...we have two different speed wifi networks...a 5 Ghz and a 2.5 I believe. His bedroom is close enough to my desktop and modem to connect the camera to the faster network which loses strength quick because it is not meant to be a signal you get throughout the house (primarily used for a desktop computer IN the office)....with that being said...it goes ACROSS the house, on this 5 Ghz network with very low strength and we have never experienced signal loss....not ONCE. We have only experienced delay, which is common in Wifi Monitors, but this delay is seconds at most.
The Arlo app, love that it is on ALL platforms possible. I can log in on my computer through the web browser, I can log on my iPhone AND we actually bought a HD Fire Tablet, downloaded the app through Amazon on IT and we use that as our baby monitor....its amazing and you're not constantly having to use your phone as the only way to view the camera while also trying to scroll through Facebook and answer the 10 messages you ignored from earlier all while trying to keep an eye on your baby. Sold. The app is user friendly. I figured how to turn the status light off on the camera at 3 AM, sleep deprived. If I can do it, so can you. And I mean, you can turn the obnoxious light on the camera OFF...did you catch that? No sticky not over it so it doesn't wake your baby who is so easily distracted and fighting sleep.
Next, the features ON the camera itself....it plays lullaby's...didn't think we would use this feature, but every now and then we do. Their is a night light on the camera also, you can turn it on by the app or a button on the side of the camera...nice feature when you're hunting down the paci that just launched across the room. It has the talk feature...its more used to yell at your dog to stop that or Husband to tell him he is doing it wrong from the other room (totally kidding..not)..I am sure this feature will be more handy as he gets older. The one feature I thought I would miss from our other camera was the 360 panning. The ability to move the camera where you want BUT this camera has a wide angle lens and if you set it up to view the largest angle...I can literally get wall to wall in his nursery. It is PERFECT. The image quality is insane. I never thought a baby camera would be this clear. I can snap photos and record videos of my child being cute. It also tracks temp and humidity...I find it not 100% accurate. I think it picks up a lot of heat the camera itself puts off, but again, not a deal breaker to me.
I think I officially covered everything about the camera and hopes this helps someone's search. You will have positives and negatives to all camera's...that is just electronics, BUT if you have decent Wifi this will be great. I can check in on my child when ever I am not home and that gives me so much peace of mind.
Style: Arlo Baby HomekitVerified Purchase
After HOURS & HOURS of Research...this is the WINNER!
By Vanessa burleigh on October 22, 2018
I wanted to review this because I felt like reviews on ALL of the baby monitors out there is what helped me the most and I feel like this Monitor doesn't have the reviews it should. My son is 5 months old now...this is our second monitor. The first broke within the first month of him being with us and I did so much research to get to that one, I was so disappointed when I had to go through the process AGAIN. We received a credit for our other broken monitor and paid additional money out of our pocket to get the Netgear Arlo and it was SO worth it. WE are glad our first one broke (Project Nursery for anyone who would like to know...DO NOT DO IT)By Vanessa burleigh on October 22, 2018
It was super easy set up..self explanatory if you read the directions (READ the directions).
It has a battery/travel mode which is A M A Z I N G. It is not STUCK in the nursery on a chord. You can unplug and take it wherever he is. If he is in his swing napping in the family room, you can keep an eye on him without having to move a chord and plug it in and reset it up BLAH BLAH BLAH. Just plop it in front of him and go about your cleaning. The battery life is LONG. I work from home, so we utilize this feature often just trying to keep him happy throughout the day while I work. Hours of battery life with constant viewing. The chord it came with to charge the netgear Arlo is SUPER long also and we love it. It is so important.
Next, the Wifi connection...we have two different speed wifi networks...a 5 Ghz and a 2.5 I believe. His bedroom is close enough to my desktop and modem to connect the camera to the faster network which loses strength quick because it is not meant to be a signal you get throughout the house (primarily used for a desktop computer IN the office)....with that being said...it goes ACROSS the house, on this 5 Ghz network with very low strength and we have never experienced signal loss....not ONCE. We have only experienced delay, which is common in Wifi Monitors, but this delay is seconds at most.
The Arlo app, love that it is on ALL platforms possible. I can log in on my computer through the web browser, I can log on my iPhone AND we actually bought a HD Fire Tablet, downloaded the app through Amazon on IT and we use that as our baby monitor....its amazing and you're not constantly having to use your phone as the only way to view the camera while also trying to scroll through Facebook and answer the 10 messages you ignored from earlier all while trying to keep an eye on your baby. Sold. The app is user friendly. I figured how to turn the status light off on the camera at 3 AM, sleep deprived. If I can do it, so can you. And I mean, you can turn the obnoxious light on the camera OFF...did you catch that? No sticky not over it so it doesn't wake your baby who is so easily distracted and fighting sleep.
Next, the features ON the camera itself....it plays lullaby's...didn't think we would use this feature, but every now and then we do. Their is a night light on the camera also, you can turn it on by the app or a button on the side of the camera...nice feature when you're hunting down the paci that just launched across the room. It has the talk feature...its more used to yell at your dog to stop that or Husband to tell him he is doing it wrong from the other room (totally kidding..not)..I am sure this feature will be more handy as he gets older. The one feature I thought I would miss from our other camera was the 360 panning. The ability to move the camera where you want BUT this camera has a wide angle lens and if you set it up to view the largest angle...I can literally get wall to wall in his nursery. It is PERFECT. The image quality is insane. I never thought a baby camera would be this clear. I can snap photos and record videos of my child being cute. It also tracks temp and humidity...I find it not 100% accurate. I think it picks up a lot of heat the camera itself puts off, but again, not a deal breaker to me.
I think I officially covered everything about the camera and hopes this helps someone's search. You will have positives and negatives to all camera's...that is just electronics, BUT if you have decent Wifi this will be great. I can check in on my child when ever I am not home and that gives me so much peace of mind.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2019
My Needs: I needed a baby monitor that was 1) had HD quality video 2) was accessible remotely via my phone, iPad or computer.
Why I Chose Arlo: after reading and watching YouTube reviews and seeing how easy it was to set up (so I thought) and the picture quality and the fact it met all my needs it was a done deal. I also found out a friend had the Arlo Security cams set up and was impressed at how easy he could access them.
My Experience - The App: So first off, if your going to create a high quality camera who’s only user interface is an app….MAKE SURE THE APP WORKS. I cannot tell you how frustrating it has been owning this product staring at the eternal “connecting” swirl on the video feed as it struggles to connect to the camera. The app as a whole is good in terms of the features, data it gives you and your control. But if you can’t connect to the damn camera to do ANY of these things then what the heck is the flip’n point! The app’s connection to the camera is HORRIBLE. I thought it was me and my wifi at home but it seems to be everywhere I go I get this same experience. I moved about 7 months after purchase and got a WAY BETTER faster internet speed and experienced the SAME eternal “connecting” swirl experience when trying to connect to the camera. My previous internet service was Verizon FIOS and so was my new service, just faster connection, so my previous internet speed was not the issue after all. When I saw they create a brand new app and basically forced all IOS and Android users to upgrade to it I thought all my issues were solved. NOPE! Still get the same “connecting” swirl of eternity to connect. I then went to my friend and asked him to bring up his camera system on his phone to see if it wasn’t just me and not to my surprise he too gets hung up on the “connecting” screen when accessing his security system. So the App gets a big FAIL!! Oh and the camera just sucks on Android devices. I use a Fire HD as a monitor and the app simply acts worse on that OS than it does on iOS. I get more connection issues when using my Fire HD vs my iPhone/iPad.
My Experience - The Camera: The camera has good picture quality and feels very stable. It’s a shame that it can’t be turned up/down via the app but (for $175 like come on) but hey you can find other products that do that. There are two major drawbacks to the camera 1) no local storage of video: It would be great to stick a mini SD card in the camera and get local storage of video and constant recording instead of paying a monthly fee to access a cloud storage of video feeds. I’m sorry but if you can’t get the app to act right, I’m not paying to have video stored on their service. The camera has enough room and space to fit a SDCard slot, but I guess for the purpose of getting month service fee’s from customers they decided not to give us the option. The second issue is the battery life and the HORRIBLE connector. When the camera is running without being connected to power you’ll get a good maybe 5 hours of use before it dies. The power connector is crap. Pure crap! I’ve waken up so many times in the middle of the night to find the cable laid on the ground because it simply fell out of the connector to the camera. Like huh?!!! Why is this an issue on such an expensive product?!
My solution: I found none and went seeking a new product. Now, take my opinion for what it is, but go by yourself a Wyze Camera. I found that I was forced to go to this awesome product. I found them out of frustration of trying to find a new solution cause I’m not going to sit through a “connecting” window when checking on my children as they sleep in their cribs. Sorry, not happening! The camera’s are small and cheap! I was first hesitant to buy them cause 1) they were $25 bucks and like how good can you be for $25 bucks and 2) at that time I never heard of them. But I figured hey you spent $175 on a crappy camera and can’t spend $25?! So I took the dive and got one….them purchased 5 more! The cameras have everything this Arlo piece of garbage doesn’t 1) local storage. I use a 64GB mini SD card and have full access to the video it records at any given time. And 2) THE APP WORKS!!! I haven’t had ANY issues connecting to the app when needed to. Not once! And for $38 there is a 360 motion version of he camera where you get full 360 view of whenever your monitoring and controlled via the App. It’s a pure shame this product is just horrible. I was halfway tempted to buy their security camera kit, a huge investment, but if I’m paying $600 plus for a security camera for my home just to see a “connecting” logo when checking on my property. NOPE! I would NOT recommend this product, especially when using to watch a new born from a distance. It’s just not reliable at all.
Style: Arlo Baby HomekitVerified Purchase
WARNING: DO NOT BUY!!!
By Alfred on November 10, 2019
So I waited a long time before writing this review. 10 months in fact because I wanted to keep using it and seeing if this product, given its high cost, would improve or if it was some kind of error on my end of the pure FRUSTRATION I’ve experienced owning this product.By Alfred on November 10, 2019
My Needs: I needed a baby monitor that was 1) had HD quality video 2) was accessible remotely via my phone, iPad or computer.
Why I Chose Arlo: after reading and watching YouTube reviews and seeing how easy it was to set up (so I thought) and the picture quality and the fact it met all my needs it was a done deal. I also found out a friend had the Arlo Security cams set up and was impressed at how easy he could access them.
My Experience - The App: So first off, if your going to create a high quality camera who’s only user interface is an app….MAKE SURE THE APP WORKS. I cannot tell you how frustrating it has been owning this product staring at the eternal “connecting” swirl on the video feed as it struggles to connect to the camera. The app as a whole is good in terms of the features, data it gives you and your control. But if you can’t connect to the damn camera to do ANY of these things then what the heck is the flip’n point! The app’s connection to the camera is HORRIBLE. I thought it was me and my wifi at home but it seems to be everywhere I go I get this same experience. I moved about 7 months after purchase and got a WAY BETTER faster internet speed and experienced the SAME eternal “connecting” swirl experience when trying to connect to the camera. My previous internet service was Verizon FIOS and so was my new service, just faster connection, so my previous internet speed was not the issue after all. When I saw they create a brand new app and basically forced all IOS and Android users to upgrade to it I thought all my issues were solved. NOPE! Still get the same “connecting” swirl of eternity to connect. I then went to my friend and asked him to bring up his camera system on his phone to see if it wasn’t just me and not to my surprise he too gets hung up on the “connecting” screen when accessing his security system. So the App gets a big FAIL!! Oh and the camera just sucks on Android devices. I use a Fire HD as a monitor and the app simply acts worse on that OS than it does on iOS. I get more connection issues when using my Fire HD vs my iPhone/iPad.
My Experience - The Camera: The camera has good picture quality and feels very stable. It’s a shame that it can’t be turned up/down via the app but (for $175 like come on) but hey you can find other products that do that. There are two major drawbacks to the camera 1) no local storage of video: It would be great to stick a mini SD card in the camera and get local storage of video and constant recording instead of paying a monthly fee to access a cloud storage of video feeds. I’m sorry but if you can’t get the app to act right, I’m not paying to have video stored on their service. The camera has enough room and space to fit a SDCard slot, but I guess for the purpose of getting month service fee’s from customers they decided not to give us the option. The second issue is the battery life and the HORRIBLE connector. When the camera is running without being connected to power you’ll get a good maybe 5 hours of use before it dies. The power connector is crap. Pure crap! I’ve waken up so many times in the middle of the night to find the cable laid on the ground because it simply fell out of the connector to the camera. Like huh?!!! Why is this an issue on such an expensive product?!
My solution: I found none and went seeking a new product. Now, take my opinion for what it is, but go by yourself a Wyze Camera. I found that I was forced to go to this awesome product. I found them out of frustration of trying to find a new solution cause I’m not going to sit through a “connecting” window when checking on my children as they sleep in their cribs. Sorry, not happening! The camera’s are small and cheap! I was first hesitant to buy them cause 1) they were $25 bucks and like how good can you be for $25 bucks and 2) at that time I never heard of them. But I figured hey you spent $175 on a crappy camera and can’t spend $25?! So I took the dive and got one….them purchased 5 more! The cameras have everything this Arlo piece of garbage doesn’t 1) local storage. I use a 64GB mini SD card and have full access to the video it records at any given time. And 2) THE APP WORKS!!! I haven’t had ANY issues connecting to the app when needed to. Not once! And for $38 there is a 360 motion version of he camera where you get full 360 view of whenever your monitoring and controlled via the App. It’s a pure shame this product is just horrible. I was halfway tempted to buy their security camera kit, a huge investment, but if I’m paying $600 plus for a security camera for my home just to see a “connecting” logo when checking on my property. NOPE! I would NOT recommend this product, especially when using to watch a new born from a distance. It’s just not reliable at all.
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Keiran Bradley
Do not use.
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Frazier Cohen
Beautifully engineered
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Adrian M
Can be used even with arlo pro 2 cameras!
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Kazi
Don't over-expect and you won't be disappointed
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Anthony Y.
Great until it stops working
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