Purchased Home With Several Pro 2 Cameras

[UnfundedNut]

We recently purchased a home that has several Pro 2 cameras.

From what I am reading I would need a base station to get these cameras up and running.

Before I make that purchase tho, I need to know, what are the chances of making these work? I do not if they have been removed from whatever account they are associated with. I attempted to open a support ticket, but since the Pro 2's are EOL it wouldn't allow me to.

[StephenB]

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@UnfundedNut wrote:

From what I am reading I would need a base station to get these cameras up and running.

Before I make that purchase tho, I need to know, what are the chances of making these work? I do not if they have been removed from whatever account they are associated with. 

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The main risk is that the previous owner forgot to remove them from their account.  No way to guestimate how likely that is.

[UnfundedNut]

Thank you Stephen.

So from what I am understanding, the newer cameras don't need a base station?

I am probably better off just getting new items VS spending the money on a base station on a chance they were de-registered?

[StephenB]

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@UnfundedNut wrote:

So from what I am understanding, the newer cameras don't need a base station?

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Most don't.  Pro 3 and Ultra still do need a smarthub.

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@UnfundedNut wrote:

I am probably better off just getting new items VS spending the money on a base station on a chance they were de-registered?

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That's a complicated question.

Currently sold cameras all require a subscription to get any cloud recordings But the Pro 2 models were sold with free 7-day cloud storage, so if you were able to connect them to a new base you wouldn't need an Arlo Secure subscription to see recordings in the app and browser interface.

However the Pro 2 cameras go end-of-life at the end of the year.  They should still work after that, but there are no guarantees that will continue indefinitetly.