Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Hive View Security Camera, Wireless Indoor Smart Home Security Camera, Wifi Enabled, Black/Brushed Copper

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Matthew C.

Easy to install and good clarity

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2019

Camera works great and the app is easy to use.

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Thach

Sound like a good idea but terrible hardware and software. Stay away!!!!

Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2019

Camera works okay for 30 days and then stopped working on day 33, which is right outside the return window. I never got the two way communication to work. You get some small crackling noise but no sound out of the camera. The app sometime have camera stuck on "recording in progress". Camera now blink red and no matter how long i press the reset button it won't reset. I now have a nice blinking paper weight.

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Matthew C.

Easy to install and good clarity

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2019

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Camera works great and the app is easy to use.

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Rich

Looks great

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2020

Verified Purchase

Looks great. Larger than I thought

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Thach

Sound like a good idea but terrible hardware and software. Stay away!!!!

Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2019

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Hamilton C.

Piece of crap!!!!

Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2018

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Worked good for a few weeks then it started freezing up made over 10 calls to there tech line and they never figured out the problem went ahead and replaced the unit and again worked good for about a week and it started acting up again they told me that one of there main tech was going to contact me to figure out the problem and that was 2 weeks ago!!! Returned it back and bought a Canary so far so good!!!

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Rita

Quality product and pretty!

Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2020

Verified Purchase

Great quality and nice design!

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SuburbanHousewifeMN

Good camera option for those not tied to google or Apple ecosystem and care about form and function

Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2018

Vine Customer Review of Free Product( What's this? )

This is stylish, flexible option to counter the plain space of WiFi cameras. It was easy to set up to my network, but it did take a day to get my account set up due to the account email authentication process. One feature I like is it can detect motion or sound and send notifications to your phone. These detections can be tweaked to limit for humans, and the notifications actually include an image of the detected face, which saves me the hassle of opening the app only to find it was just my kid (and not an intruder). I can also set up a notification schedule, so I can focus on times when the house is unoccupied.

It has a portable feature, which has limited (1 hour use). This could be helpful if you want to record an event but I struggle to see how I should use this because I will still need a phone to ensure the video is framed properly.

I get 24 hours of recording for free, and can download the video for free for the 24 hours. If I want 30 days I can pay a monthly fee which I don’t plan on doing (there is a free trial if you want to see it)

It does support sound and two way communication. Night mode works well, and the 130 deg wide angle gives a great view of the area. You can shoot at 720 or 1080 resolution.

Negatives: the app is always asking me to click on the paid upgrade option, and I havnt found a way to disable it. In order to access the actions (like use my August door lock to trigger the camera notifications on/off) based on occupancy) I have to purchase a hub. There are no convenient 3rd party integrations, but it looks like I can do some things using IFTTT, and the Hive Hub. It does have Alexa functionality, but It is limited tote Hive hub family. It wasn’t clear to me reading the product page that the hub would be necessary for triggering actions. The app does take 10 seconds to connect and pull up the feed. Finally the portable feature means that even if you walk secure this camera anyone can easily turn it or even pull it off and take it. There is no way to secure it. It also doesn’t take much force to know the camera off the mount so you want to make sure it is away from sources of roughhousing (ie kids) or work (ie cleaning).

In the end, this isn’t the cheapest or best featured camera option, but it does

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The Cool kids

Never worked

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2019

Verified Purchase

Have not been able to get this to work yet. Money wasted. Light continues to flick back and forth and then it goes offline after being on for a couple minutes. Will not purchase any more Hive.

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Amazon Customer

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2018

Verified Purchase

looks great but dead. Items may be fake.

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Great security camera with annoying payment loophole

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2018

Vine Customer Review of Free Product( What's this? )

A string of robberies on my street a few years ago planted the idea that I should get a security camera, but I hadn’t acted on that feeling until now. I got this Hive View security a few months ago, and after setting it up, I really enjoyed the peace of mind it provided. Set up was a bit convoluted, but after I read and reread the instructions, I was able to get it going in about 30 minutes. While it hasn’t worked in exactly all the ways I’d initially hoped, I’m very glad I got it.

Pros:
Unlike security cameras I’ve had in the past, this one starts recording when it detects motion or sound. Initially I’d wished it would record all the time, but I realize now that this makes the most sense for energy saving (also - who wants to watch hours upon hours of absolutely nothing happening?). Since it’s wireless, I was able to try out a few positions and see which one worked best without hassle. The magnet that connects the camera to its mount is very strong, so no need to worry about it falling off. The app is very straightforward and well designed. The camera is pretty sleek sitting on my windowsill, and I always get friends commenting on how they’d like a system that looked as nice!

The notification system that alerts your phone when movement is detected has come in handy a few times for non-security related things. Mostly just my parrot getting out of her cage while I was away, which was useful information! Since I live on a busy street, I opted to orient the camera away from the windows, as I was constantly getting alerts for cars driving by.

Cons:
I’ll admit I’ve had some connectivity issues using this product, but nothing that hinders my devotion. After this happened for the third time, I called the company to see if what was happening. Turns out it was a simple fix, and the person on the other end walked me through to the end.

I wish I could playback my camera history past one day without paying a monthly fee. I’m worried I’ll get into a situation down the road where I need to look back twenty days and won’t be able to. If i were willing to pay the $6 a month, this would be avoided. That aside, it’s a great product!

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FlowerGirl16

Hive View Security Camera

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2018

Vine Customer Review of Free Product( What's this? )

My husband and I are really happy with this camera. I was able to set it up in just a few minutes -- download the app, register online, plug in the camera, and you're good to go. We set up Hive View in order to keep an eye on things while we were out of town for a long weekend, but our three teenagers stayed home alone for the first time (with my in-laws right next door to check in on them).

I set the camera up with a view of the back door. The camera has a wide angle view, so I could see more of kitchen than I expected. Over the course of the weekend, we checked the saved footage often to keep track of the kids coming and going, note who else stopped by, and easily see that the kids were taking the dog out and feeding her on schedule. The footage is very clear in both daylight and "night vision." The camera definitely gave us peace of mind when we were out of town.

When you set up the camera, you can choose to be notified when a sound and/or a person is detected. You can adjust the sensitivity. Once the camera detects sound/a person, it begins recording. You can also use the app at any time for a live view. It's possible to adjust the screen with your fingers so you can zoom in, although the image quality does suffer.

The camera seems to be really accurate at detecting people. The sound detection is also quite good. I would probably not choose to use the sound detection all the time because we have a rabbit and a dog, both of whom trigger the camera to start recording sound multiple times each day and night. You can connect additional Hive cameras/devices and switch between them as needed.

Our plan is to use the camera as needed when we are out of town to keep an eye on things. The 24 hours of saved footage is plenty for our needs and at this time we don't plan to subscribe to the cloud services.

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