Pre-purcahse questions about Arlo Ultra 2

[jjh2000]

Doing some research before buying home video security:

1 - is there a limit to the number of cameras that can be used with a single base station? For example can a single base station support 4?  8?   10? Ultra 2 cameras.

2 - I plan to have 3 or 4 cameras outside and 3 or 4 inside - one base station or two?

3 - I understand video records to the cloud with a purchased plan, but can I use an app on my phone and view live what the camera sees even though no motion detected, so no recording

[StephenB]

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@jjh2000 wrote:

1 - is there a limit to the number of cameras that can be used with a single base station? For example can a single base station support 4?  8?   10? Ultra 2 cameras.

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There's no official limit on the number of cameras for a smarthub, but there is a limit on the number of simultaneous streams (which is 5 per base).

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@jjh2000 wrote:

2 - I plan to have 3 or 4 cameras outside and 3 or 4 inside - one base station or two?

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It's more about the distance and signal quality between the cameras and the base than the numbers of cameras.

I am guessing two bases, but it's really hard to say.

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@jjh2000 wrote:

3 - I understand video records to the cloud with a purchased plan, but can I use an app on my phone and view live what the camera sees even though no motion detected, so no recording

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Activity zones is another subscription feature.

Note with a smarthub (VMB4540 or VMB5000) you can view locally stored recordings from the app - not nearly as convenient as the subscription for cloud storage, but better than no recordings at all.