topic Re: Garage arlo pro 2 horrible night vision in Arlo Pro 2

Night vision is hard to see on Arlo Pro 2 during the night. Can't tell who set motion off.

SaraDale1218 — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 16:13:41 GMT

My arlo pro 2 has absolutely horrible night vision on it . I couldn’t even tell if there was a dog or cat that set the motion off but whatever it was was big enough to take out one of my small driveway lights. Any pointers before I get any more fed up and go with a different company ? With my two children and my husband AD in the military , I need a reliable camera . The day on it is amazing . Night which is what I want the most is beyond bad .

Re: Garage arlo pro 2 horrible night vision

TomMac — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 02:01:01 GMT

It looks like the night ir illumination ( esp right side ) is reflecting off of siding? and washing out picture

Re: Garage arlo pro 2 horrible night vision

StephenB — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 13:15:14 GMT

@TomMac wrote:

It looks like the night ir illumination ( esp right side ) is reflecting off of siding? and washing out picture

Agreed, so perhaps try changing the camera positioning.

Also, do you have a skin on the camera? That can interfere with night vision, so if you do have one then try removing it.

Re: Garage arlo pro 2 horrible night vision

jguerdat — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 13:46:27 GMT

My $.02 - the distance is an issue for how much lighting you can get from the IR LEDs. The light color of the top of the caar may also be affecting the auto-exposure.

Also, when I view dim nighttime videos on my phone I find rotating the phone to landscape so the image enlarges helps significantly. Also using a larger screen (tablet or computer) helps a lot.