https://community.arlo.com/t5/Features/camera-mode/m-p/1026183#M11339 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR />marva64 wrote:<BR /><P><EM>what is the best mode to leave the camers in ?</EM></P><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Depends on what you want to do.... <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Most of the time, my cameras are disarmed.&nbsp; I armed them when out 4-5x per week for 4+ hours and have excellent battery life imo.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Disarmed they use almost no pwer ( sleep mode ) , motion detect use a bit more, viewing or recording use the most ( same ).</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>So use your cams as an alarm and set motion when out, view or record as little as possible and your batteries should reach a fairly good lifetime.</P> Sat, 02 Jan 2016 01:16:02 GMT TomMac 2016-01-02T01:16:02Z https://community.arlo.com/t5/Features/camera-mode/m-p/1026097#M11338 <P><EM>what is the best mode to leave the camers in ?</EM></P> Fri, 01 Jan 2016 21:47:42 GMT https://community.arlo.com/t5/Features/camera-mode/m-p/1026097#M11338 marva64 2016-01-01T21:47:42Z https://community.arlo.com/t5/Features/camera-mode/m-p/1026183#M11339 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR />marva64 wrote:<BR /><P><EM>what is the best mode to leave the camers in ?</EM></P><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Depends on what you want to do.... <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Most of the time, my cameras are disarmed.&nbsp; I armed them when out 4-5x per week for 4+ hours and have excellent battery life imo.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Disarmed they use almost no pwer ( sleep mode ) , motion detect use a bit more, viewing or recording use the most ( same ).</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>So use your cams as an alarm and set motion when out, view or record as little as possible and your batteries should reach a fairly good lifetime.</P> Sat, 02 Jan 2016 01:16:02 GMT https://community.arlo.com/t5/Features/camera-mode/m-p/1026183#M11339 TomMac 2016-01-02T01:16:02Z