Arlo Pro 3 Floodlight Release

[UK_Wildcats]

I have an Arlo Pro system with two cameras with 4 spare batteries and battery charger that I purchased 3 years ago.  I have one camera hard wired and one that is still on batteries due to location.  I rotate the batteries for the one camera and use the Arlo battery charger.  Over the years, the batteries lasted from 2-4 days to now less than an hour.   

For this reason it is time to upgrade.  I am currently having to use continuous and flood lighting to cover the camera areas. The floodlight cameras are the idea upgrade.  The batteries are now useless, so I have one camera that is down.  I need to replace the camera.  I don't want to invest any more money in the existing Arlo Pro system.  

I don't need an exact date, but will the Arlo Pro 3 Floodlight cameras be released within the next 2 weeks?   If not, I will have to look at other solutions.

[jguerdat]

I haven't heard an exact date but it won't be in the next 2 weeks.

[michaelkenward]

Indeed. One clue would be to check the main sellers in your market.

Most usually list new Arlo kit with a release date. Sometimes they even jump the gun and send stuff out before it is officially unleashed on the world.

[DumptruckDrifte]

In my opinion, you should purchase new batteries. It says somthing like a one year battery life somewhere. You also state a problem pertaining to battery life being less than 2 days, after having this system for a decent amount of time if I recall. Dont get me wrong, I'm totally about to preorder my Floodlight, it's just the right addition, but I have a newer Pro 2 base, and I'm not sure if you said you have the original Pro wireless system, which wouldn't allow a connection to the Pro 3 Floodlight, from what I gather. You should get the batteries. Look at the compatibility of each product with either base as well.

[DumptruckDrifte]

Estimated ship date of a preorder is May 11th 2020 😉

[BruceYellowbird]

I'm interested if there is best practices for wiring the Floodlight permanently to electrical source.  My understanding is that the Floodlight will have a wired solution - a plug.  But for outdoor use how best to "hardwire" the camera into an electrical source.

[michaelkenward]

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@BruceYellowbird wrote:

But for outdoor use how best to "hardwire" the camera into an electrical source.

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Unless Arlo decides on yet another redesign, not unknown, the Floodlight will use the same sort of external power that it sells for outdoor use with the Ultra and Pro 3 cameras.

After all, the video preview I have seen describes it as "The Arlo Pro 3 Floodlight Camera".

Not so much "plug in" as magnetic.

[sacornel]

I got mine at Home Depot yesterday the 11th. I found only 1 in all of Southern California.