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New Arlo user night mode really bad?

miguelv06 — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 04:22:12 GMT

So i just got my self 3 regular Arlo wire-free cameras, installed them everything seemed great but then the sun went away and im not that happy with the night vision picture...

Here are some pics:

https://arlo.netgear.com/hmsweb/users/library/share/link/7AB59DD3B87458BF_201707

https://arlo.netgear.com/hmsweb/users/library/share/link/6AB2597AF56DE9EC_201707

https://arlo.netgear.com/hmsweb/users/library/share/link/E1A442429A9D0617_201707

Specially the 3rd pic it looks really dark, i tried turning it off/on, tried increasing the brighness and still kinda bad (in my opinion)

Just in case HW Version H11 and Firmware1.2.10342

Re: New Arlo user night mode really bad?

jguerdat — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 11:36:09 GMT

Battery-operated cameras aren't going to throw a lot of light. They're best at 10 feet or less. You can add your own suplemental outdoor lighting (maybe motion-controlled and/or IR floodlights) to help. Those pics are quite normal for these cameras. Using the cameras to view large areas may be an issue overall, not only for night vision but also for false detections of cars passing by rather than focusing on people near the house.

Re: New Arlo user night mode really bad?

Budman1 — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 05:33:24 GMT

jguerdat wrote:
Battery-operated cameras aren't going to throw a lot of light. They're best at 10 feet or less. You can add your own suplemental outdoor lighting (maybe motion-controlled and/or IR floodlights) to help. Those pics are quite normal for these cameras. Using the cameras to view large areas may be an issue overall, not only for night vision but also for false detections of cars passing by rather than focusing on people near the house.

Night vision switch seems to do nothing.
Same thing with me. Turned night vision on and off 30 times and once for just a few seconds the image looked like daylight. But when I went back off the video adjustment window to live view it was pitch black again. I never got that daylight look again, to this minute. The camera is capable of seeing this everything look like daylight..... I saw it. It's like the night vision switch does nothing.

Re: New Arlo user night mode really bad?

steve_t — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 05:47:21 GMT

I missed you links as they've now expired but for me, the Arlos were meh in the dark but the Arlo Pro cameras are great. I highly recommended you consider grabbing an Arlo Pro add on camera for your area where it's really dark

Re: New Arlo user night mode really bad?

miguelv06 — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 01:53:18 GMT

Here are the original pics:

http://i.imgur.com/Z3VAZnF.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OuqWVm2.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/vbVGzQi.jpg

So i went and got a Arlo Pro and here is the pic at the same time:

http://i.imgur.com/8PUubAN.jpg

I cant believe how much difference the pro makes

Re: New Arlo user night mode really bad?

brybws11 — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 20:43:33 GMT

night vision wasnt brilliant so i added a ir light from amazon 100% improvment take a look https://arlo.netgear.com/hmsweb/users/library/share/link/CEB6BB7A9B1E8D2C_201707

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MYNZ7TY/ref=pe_3187911_185740111_TE_item

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01FYPR5PS/ref=pe_3187911_185740111_TE_item

miguelv06 wrote:
Here are the original pics:
http://i.imgur.com/Z3VAZnF.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/OuqWVm2.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vbVGzQi.jpg

So i went and got a Arlo Pro and here is the pic at the same time:

http://i.imgur.com/8PUubAN.jpg

I cant believe how much difference the pro makes