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2 Base Stations, 10 Cameras

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abcrulz
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Hi All,

I have recently purchased an Arlo Pro 2 System with 5 cameras and a base station. I was thinking of adding more cameras to my set up, however, having more than 5 cameras would incurr a monthly fee. So I looked into the price difference between buying 5 new cameras (to add to my existing set up) vs buying the bundle with 5 cameras and a basestation and the price difference is only $24. So financially, it would make more sense to just buy a whole new system with the cameras and base station. I have found that per account, you cannot have more than 5 cameras with out a subscription, but can I simply connect a new basestations and the 5 cameras to another account and grant my main account access to view them? This way I would have 10 cameras total without any Arlo subscription.

Thanks 🙂

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JamesC
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While this is possible, there are many benefits to having an Arlo Smart Subscription outside of being able to view additional cameras. Take a look here for more information on the benefits of an Arlo Smart subscription: What are the available Arlo subscription plans and how much cloud recording is available?

 

JamesC

abcrulz
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From the link, it says that Arlo Smart Premier gets you 10 camera support, rolling 30 days of cloud recording and person, animal, and package detection. If I was to buy another base station with cameras, I would also get the benefit of being able to run 10 cameras. I don't know how much I really need 30 days of cloud recording as the 7 days recording that I have at the moment seems to be sufficient for what I need. Additionally, I'm not too sure how useful person, animal and package detection would be. Is it worth the subscription fee?

 

JamesC
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abcrulz,

 

Smart Activity Zones and Smart Alerts go a long way in helping filter out unwanted alerts and motion detection events. Take a look here for more information on how you could benefit from utilizing the features of Arlo Smart: What is Arlo Smart and how can I benefit from it?

 

JamesC

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