Kasa 4MP 2K Security Camera Outdoor Wired, IP65, Starlight Sensor & 98 Ft Night Vision, Motion/Person Detection, 2-Way Audio w/Siren, Cloud/SD Card Storage, Alexa &Google Assistant Compatible(KC420WS)

After both of my ring outdoor stick up cams failed me, i ditched them and looked elsewhere. Ring really should be functioning better being that it is a high-quality brand-name and i paid a lot of money for them. First of all, it always had trouble connecting to my google wi-fi outside despite being close to it and having a good signal. Secondly, it started not picking up motion. And lastly, my second ring stick up cam lost connection and no matter what i did would not connect back to wi-fi despite having a strong fast signal. I am already using the kasa app, my kasa plugs work seamlessly so i decided to go with the cameras.

First of all, like everybody else said the outdoor camera was very easy to set up, very basic. But as others here have stated, i also cannot get the sd card slot unscrewed even when i tried two different screws that were small enough to fit. I knew i was going to strip the screws so i gave up. Was not a huge deal for me since i planned to purchase their cloud service anyway. I only want the camera to record motion, i do not need 24 hour recording.

The camera now has the option to turn off the spotlight completely in the day/night mode. It’s nice to see customer support listen to customer complaints and take action. The spotlight is great by the way, brightens everything up at night like my porch light is on. This is an option the ring outdoor stickup cam does not have. You can also leave the spotlight on or activate it with motion.

This camera seems to connect better with my google wifi than ring did. Wifi is actually pretty good on it….so far. It picks up motion well even when i left it on a sensitivity level of 6. You can go up to 10. It was picking up too much so i lowered it down to 5. I turned off sound because i didn’t want to pick up on birds and wind. One thing it does do that ring didn’t do is pick up on flying moths. You also have the option of recording motion that lasts .1 seconds to 5 seconds.

It is wired, idk why some people were surprised when it says it right in the description. I was tired of grabbing the ladder to charge the ring batteries so i was looking for a wired camera to try this time anyway. The cord is long enough for my needs. It’s supposed to be 10 feet long.

The camera is also fully rotatable. You can screw in the base and angle the camera to your needs by just loosening the grip, you don’t needs tools to do this, you can do this easily by hand.

Update: july 15, 2022

the camera was sending notifications all night with cars driving by. I set the “activity zone” to exclude the street view and it worked perfectly. Problem solved. Also, this camera records motion a couple seconds beforehand unlike ring which recorded a couple seconds after motion was detected. Also i got rid of the moth problem by turning off the spotlight at night. This camera is fantastic so far! Way more reliable for me than ring.

Update: august 08, 2022

i get frequent “person detected” notifications when there is nobody there and there doesn’t seem to be any movement. Kasa really needs to fix that. Still loving this camera though. Connects great to my google wifi.

I’ve been using a nest camera for over 10 years in my home. When somebody was at my door at 3am i realized i needed a camera watching the front door. The new nest cameras outdoor have issues with going offline. I even upgraded my internet to blazing speeds and a new wifi mesh full signal to the camera and they still go offline intermittently and it’s not just me. I’ve been on the forums and many others have the same issues. I’ve tried most every other camera out there also. Most only start to record when there is motion and you end up getting a clip of somebody walking away by the time the camera actually turns on. This new kasa camera has a crystal clear picture day and night. What i like about it, is that you can set it to record 24/7 to a huge sd card and view the alerts without a subscription. If you want to download the videos you would need the cloud subscription, but if i really needed to save one, i could just take the card out of the camera. I have it just up high enough where it can’t be reached on my garage and it covers my whole driveway. It’s side by side with the nest outdoor cam that is by the way 4 times more expensive and it’s out performing the nest camera every day. It gives me quicker alerts to motion, better quality video, and it’s much easier to access than having to log into the nest app. The app they use for this kasa camera works well and keeps me up to date about who’s at my front door and it does it immediately. I’ll be buying more at this price and performance for sure.

I have been using tp-link devices for a few years now and have found all to be of top quality. This time i am using an outdoor camera and had some questions about how to best implement my application. I contacted the support folks and heard back the next day. Though i couldn’t implement my application as i had envisioned lily explained what i could and couldn’t do plus offered a very satisfactory alternative to achieve my goal. This level of service is outstanding.

I’m very impressed with this camera. It works well at night and is very reliable.

We originally had net view, the memory card would never format and we couldn’t see past recordings, then we replaced it with blink outdoor cameras. They worked great with live views and saved videos and the best part about blink was the span in which the lens captured was awesome, more coverage area, however it never recorded anything of significance. I saw bugs and spiders but when someone pulled up it wouldn’t record. Crazy! Plus always having to replace the batteries got to be expensive. Meh.

We purchased 2 of these to replace the blink outdoor cameras and while the coverage area isn’t as good as blink, they record everything, we don’t pay for the cloud we use the 128gb microchip and it works super good. These cameras detect motion, sound and even a person and will distinguish between each one on my notifications, which helps weed out having to search through all the recordings. The best thing about these cameras is that it also continuously records so if you want to see a certain time frame without any notifications you can just scan through the time blocks.

We have also started using these to replace our indoor cameras and they’re amazing too. All in all great cameras, definitely worth the money to us.

Camera is very well made. The fit and finish is precise and properly sealed for exterior applications. The night vision in color is superb, especially when the embedded extra bright led lights are turned on.

The adjustment controls are very comprehensive both in terms of image management as well as motion detection and alarm sensitivity. You can activate alarm notifications using both motion and or sound detection. And the motion sensitivity is adjustable.

I installed three cameras under the eaves of our home. I had to run usb extension cords from the adapter to the cameras but that was a small price to pay not to have battery replacement duties on an ongoing basis.

The ability to store videos on an sd card (not included) is a real bonus. This avoids having to subscribe to a ‘pricey’ monthly plan in order to see past events. They do offer a plan if you want to easily download videos of events. However, you can download snapshots of events for free from camera to your phone pix library. A rough edge work around for downloading videos is to record a video during playback using one phone to playback and another phone to record from the screen of phone 1. I have found that for most needs, a picture of an event and a person/vehicle is all i need.

The cameras are white so i decided to paint them a darker color to reduce obviousness. If you do, be sure and properly mask (i used blue painter’s tape) both the front camera glass and the small hole that is used for the microphone on the bottom of the camera.

Works great for what i needed to monitor outside. Wish there power cord was a bit longer and maybe a heavier gauge wire. Overall, fairly quick response, great at motion detection and clear images. I’d buy again for the price

Love kasa camera, have tried the other products yet, but am heading there, all cameras are excellent

Easy to install and work great plan to buy another one!

It is really an amazing camera, easy to instal and set up. The night vision is the greatest thing this camera has. And plus, if you need help with the product you can count on the excellent customer service provided by tp-limk! I got von i. On the phone and he was the best! Thank you von for sharing your knowledge and professional skills with me today!

First, i like and have a lot of tp-link products: their technology is very good to excellent and the products are well made and their tech support it excellent.
This camera will allow you to zoom in and out only in the ‘live’ mode. If you record an event, it will only playback in full screen mode. A deal breaker for me. And yes, i did call tech support to find out zooming in a recorded event cannot be done.

Night vision, motion detection, easy-to-setup

just two bad poing
1. Power cable length short
2. Connect type usb a (at least micro usb)

I used to protect myself from people coming to front door unknowingly.

Picture and detection qualities are good. I’ve been very pleased with the results.

We bought one of the indoor for a baby cam. Tried the other major brand amazon sells and it was awful so we decided to try this for an outdoor camera. It is slightly laggy. But with an sd card it suits our needs.

Great quality recorded and live images. Holds about a week of recording on a 32 gb micro card. Could have a better angle or wider angle . App has plenty of options, especially allowing to attach a another kasa product.
I.e. Plug to turn on light when camera see motion.

I didn’t realize this doesn’t work unless you put a micro-sd card in it and even then, you cannot easily find a video clip.

I like that it picks up motion very well. I just wish it came with a longer cord than 10ft. Especially when you cant detach the cord from the camera to add a longer cord.

But the detection of movement and recognition of people is bad, it alerts at all times without having people in front of it. The app does not allow real-time video capture in case you are interested in something in particular. And the app is slow.

I set an automation through ifttt just to see how many ‘people’ kasa sees at night. This was based off of the notification that it sent me. Three invisible men on average visit my yard lol. Other than that great streaming camera i just wosh the light and the motion tracking could trigger other routines without going through the cloud.