Any hope Arlo will become reliable again?

[sel1005]

had A system for 5 yrs or so, Ultra cameras. replaces cameras, batteries and base station, multiple times. Whole property mesh wi-fi with 200kb speeds everywhere.  A is totally unreliable in 2024. frequently goes down, no notices, just stops working, or cameras simply do not record-cars, people, whatever. The software updates seem to worsen the issues, and noe the new app upgrade-LOL- is a total joke, nothing but "buy a plan buy a plan buy a plan"

what are you doing?  I am looking for new vendors, anyone have name of reliable ones?

with the AI generated reviews on web sites I dont know who to trust but it damn sure isnt Arlo.

Thanks

[alex_loo]

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@sel1005 wrote:

had A system for 5 yrs or so, Ultra cameras. replaces cameras, batteries and base station, multiple times. Whole property mesh wi-fi with 200kb speeds everywhere.  A is totally unreliable in 2024. frequently goes down, no notices, just stops working, or cameras simply do not record-cars, people, whatever. The software updates seem to worsen the issues, and noe the new app upgrade-LOL- is a total joke, nothing but "buy a plan buy a plan buy a plan"

what are you doing?  I am looking for new vendors, anyone have name of reliable ones?

with the AI generated reviews on web sites I dont know who to trust but it damn sure isnt Arlo.

Thanks

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from Australia here it has been challenging to find an alternative, given my criteia:

• NEVER China brand for a network or security product
• No need for subscription

If you know of something other than ARLO, please let me know too.

Alex

[Edinburgh_lad1]

Potential alternatives: Philips Hue, though it's a new system, and UniFi, which is from Ubiquity. 

[alex_loo]

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@Edinburgh_lad1 wrote:

Potential alternatives: Philips Hue, though it's a new system, and UniFi, which is from Ubiquity. 

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Just checking Philips Hue just now ... cameras are all "coming soon"!

Alex

[alex_loo]

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@Edinburgh_lad1 wrote:

Potential alternatives: Philips Hue, though it's a new system, and UniFi, which is from Ubiquity. 

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What's the general review of Ubiquity like?

Alex

[Edinburgh_lad1]

Philips hue cameras are available here in the UK. Mixed reviews, though.

Unifi - check reviews on the internet. The issue will be that they need PoE.

In terms of the company, there were a couple of security incidents but who doesn't these days; Arlo had one too when it was discovered the password for their network could easily be hacked (I'd consider that incident a serious issue because who sets up easy passwords; it's not like there was a vulnerability that they weren't aware of). If UniFi had a wireless option, I'd go for it without questions.

[alex_loo]

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@Edinburgh_lad1 wrote:

Unifi - check reviews on the internet. The issue will be that they need PoE.

If UniFi had a wireless option, I'd go for it without questions.

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Though not the best preferred option, I don't mind going for a wired one.

(Once, I was willing to pay a tradesman, as a small project, to set up a few WIRED security cameras.  It's just for some other reasons that I decided to go for the current wireless ARLO)

Alex