aosu 2K QHD Solar Security Cameras Wireless Outdoor System, 4-Cam-Kit

Very happy so far. Set up and installed in 30 minutes. Great picture. We were not sure they would work because we have steel siding on our home. No issues so far.

I was needing some security cameras around my house for awhile. So I started looking for some cameras when I found these cameras the AOSU security cameras. I was not sure about them. So I only ordered two if them at the time thinking that they was not going to be all that great for the price. When I got them thay looked like really nice cameras. It came with the HomeBase witch I wanted. I don't like using the cloud and paying monthly for. So settings them up at first was a little confused at first. I couldn't get the cameras to sink up with the homebase at first. So I got ahold of AOSU customer service and a wonderful lady named Daisy and I told her what was going on. She apologies for the trouble I was having and walk me through on settings it up. We found out that maybe the homebase might have a problem. So without questioning it she sent me a new base. Daisy was supper nice to talk to and very helpful. She pretty much whent out if her way to help. Great customer service. So I was thinking that okay this is going to be a POS camera system and I got my money's worth. So when I got the homebase two days later. I set them up which took maybe 20 minutes. After settings them up I realized that I don't think the first base was bad. I think it was me that was bad.lol. I think I realized I was missing a step and that was my problem. Slow learner I guess lol. So after settings them up I put them outside. I was kinda having problems finding a good place in the backyard because my internet router is kinda old and doesn't have the range of the new routers do. My router is on the other side of my house and it has to go though 4 walls to get to the backyard. And they are all laugh and plaster. A lot to go through. So after a little tweaking I got the signal I needed. I'm very impressed with them. For the money and the router I'm useing they work awesome. They are really clear in the daytime and at night they work awesome too. The only problem is at night like any IR system is if someone is moving you will not get a really clear shot of their face unless that person stops moving. The range on the sensor could be a little better, I think it is about 20 feet but this is not a professional camera set up. You want professional you will pay big money for that.

Could they have a little more distance on the signal?, yes. But I think that is because of my old router and were that is in the house. I like the idea I could be anywhere in the United States or Canada and get a signal and see what's going on around my house. All in all great cameras set up. I wound up purchasing 2 more cameras. The customer service is awesome I never had that good customer service. A big SHOUT OUT to Daisy. The cameras are awesome. I highly recommend them. They're are not professional grade home security cameras. If you want professional grade video. You might not want this camera. Pay the money for the professional cameras. But if you want basically good home security cameras these are the ones to get. They're not really expensive they work really good for the money. And customer service is awesome.Now I'm going to see how the work in the winter when it get -20°f will update on that later.

I use this monitoring my kids inside the house. The solar panels don’t work where I have my cameras placed in the house. I do have one outside monitoring my deer plot that one has a solar panel hooked up and it stays charged even in the winter. You have to have Wi-Fi connection so it’s only 50 feet from my house. The ones inside my house I have to charge every week or so depending on the settings. I have mine set to catch my kids doing foolish things in the middle of the night. I have my notifications turned on, so it will tell me if somebody is getting out of bed to get electronics. The motion detection works well if you are within about 20 feet of the camera. Unfortunately one of mine is at the top of a cathedral ceiling and movement at the end of the of the hall it won’t trigger the camera. You can still see the video at the end of the hall if it’s already recording. It records for about 30 seconds to a minute. There are some gaps in between unless you are actively watching it. It does store videos for about a month without a subscription. You can tell it to record and it will stay on for longer. If you are watching the live video feed it does use up the battery faster. I do feel much better when my kids are home alone, knowing that I can watch them. I can also talk to them through the camera or turn on a siren alarm. This definitely resolves our “he said she said” disputes. It has color vision or black and white night vision options. Color will use up the battery faster. I feel like I can see well enough with the black and white. I was looking for interior surveillance for a while a little apprehensive about buying cameras online. These turned out better than I expected. I just wish the battery lasted a little longer since I have to take mine down from a cathedral ceiling to charge it.

I have 3 Arlo 2 Pro systems and have been seriously disappointed in Arlo's new pricing program and value for the fees they want to charge for their cloud based storage plans. I was planning on making an upgrade, but not for $25/mo per set up. I spent considerable time reviewing other options and decided these cameras may be a good replacement. So far I am happy with my purchase - so happy I replaced another one of my other Arlo systems with the same package. Some pros and cons:

Pros

- simple to set up. Up, mounted and running in less than an hour

- solar works great to keep them charged, even thru a window

- Mounted my second system in the afternoon and the solar panels easily recharged the brand new out of box cameras at 75% to 100% in a few afternoon hours.

- while I miss my cloud service, the internet accessible phone system works really well, as good if not better than Arlo.

- I like the wide screen view, allows me to pick up more space

- I also like the ability to dial in the detection zone with no extra fees

- One concern I had was distance from the home base. My shop building is 110 feet from my two story house and no issues with the distance. Probably close to the max distance

- Cameras are clear, better than my Arlo system.

- Cameras work in zero to subzero weather unlike Arlo.

Cons

- wish there was a PC based way to access the cameras

- cameras are a little bigger than Arlo and not quite as compact

- miss the magnetic mounts of Arlo, those were nice to mount and adjust - but not a deal killer

- would be nice to be able to better adjust the cord length. Nice to have the cord length in some cases, more problematic when the camera and solar are close together.

- simplify the various settings. A bit more complicated to make adjustments.

Good system, I like it obviously because I bought a second system. I'll update this review if I have more pros or cons. Sorry Arlo, make better business decisions next time.

I first heard of aosu Security Cameras from a friend. Her husband purchased them to monitor their property and they were quite satisfied with how the cameras worked. I ordered the 4-Cam solar powered kit. Upon receiving the product, I unboxed all of the contents. I liked how well everything was organized in the box. The set up instructions were very easy to follow. I charged all of the cameras according to the directions.

I will say that one of the 4 cameras would not charge with the quickness and ease as the other 3 cameras did. I tried several ways to get it to charge. Eventually, it did reach 100% charge, however it did not hold the charge like the other cameras did. This camera seemed to be defective.

I put up the other 3 cameras outside and followed directions as far as placement of camera and solar panel. I have been extremely pleased with these cameras, the video quality, and how easy the app is to use. It also has good quality for the night vision mode. Note that you do need to install the aosu app on your phone or tablet to view video footage. You can choose whether to pay for a monthly plan or run them live. Some features are disabled without a monthly plan. I chose to purchase one of the montly plans because I wanted access to all features along with being able to store videos to view later.

As for the defective camera, I did call the number for aosu support and reported my issue. I was connected with a support member named Daisy and she was so very helpful in coming up with a solution for the defective camera. She communicated with me via email, was very thorough in keeping me up to date through the whole process. She responded in a timely manner and within 24 hrs she assured me that a replacment camera will be sent to replace the defective camera. She answered all questions I had and was courteous throughout the whole process.

The only reason I did not put a 5 star rating is because of the defective camera. I will come back and update the review once I receive a replacement camera and make sure that it works properly. If the replacement camera works without any issues, which I feel sure it will, then I will change my review to a 5 star rating. If you are considering purchasing this product, I would highly recommend it. Not all companies are as willing to resolve defective equipment issues as this one was. I should have my replacement in a few days and then I will update the review.

These cameras provide very clear audio & video. If you’re looking for the best value & ease of use these are for you. The app is very easy to use with no ongoing charges after purchase. Unless you choose to purchase cloud storage. However that’s not necessary because you can download any video you choose to save directly to your phone. Their customer service is some of the best I’ve received with any product. They’ll go above & beyond to resolve your issues. I recently ordered two additional cameras not realizing they were a different series that what I had. Meaning they’re not compatible with my current system. Like all technology things upgrade. My base was also full & couldn’t accommodate the two cameras & I didn’t order the package with a base. I wasn’t aware of any of this until I tried to install my cameras. I called & explained my issue. They escalated my concerns then happily sent me a base to handle the two series of cameras I had purchased at no charge. Now I can extend my system! That’s the kind of customer service you want in a company!!! I have attached a night still shot & a day video so you can see the clarity of the cameras.

Update. The new solar panel didn’t fix the problem so Daisy from Customer Support said they would send me a replacement camera. Unfortunately the camera that I have was out of stock so they were sending me an updated model. I never expected that I would end up with a new and better camera. They said if I needed any assistance with setting up the camera to just contact them and they would be happy to help me.

The customer support team at Aosu go above and beyond to help their customers. This kind of service is very rare nowadays!

I’ve had the Aosu solar security camera system since 2023. The cameras work great! The coverage area is very good, and the videos are very clear. I’m very pleased with the system.

I was having a problem with one of the solar panels. I contacted support and gave them the information that they needed to check out the problem. They were very supportive, courteous and professional. Within two days they informed me that a replacement panel would be shipped out to me. It arrived exactly when they said it would. I’m a very happy camper!

I am three days in in terms of use so still trying to tweak some settings. It was super easy to set up. I read some people had trouble after the firmware update but I did it with no issues whatsoever. The picture quality is great. Battery life has remained at 100% for both cameras thanks to the solar panel. Actually it is amazing the battery level given my cameras are recording events every two minutes.

The motion sensing is very sensitive. Our home has no line of site to road or other general human activity. I have some plantings in the line of site of both cameras and there are tree shadows also in the view for one of the cameras. We live in a windy area and the movement of the plantings and the tree shadows pick up the motion and record events (like every minute or two all day long). I have set detection zones to avoid the plantings (you can actually paint your screen with multiple zones to overcome this detection issue), but both cameras are still sensing motion. The next thing I did was set the sensitivity to the lowest setting. The latest change I made is to change the setting to "detect humans only", but still getting recorded events anywhere from one to five minutes apart (with no humans) - SEE UPDATE BELOW. I am not worried about storage space on the home base, but to research an event would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Oh, I don't have notifications turned on because there really would be no point with all of the false events.

I just don't know if I will keep these yet or return them. The price is good and it does provide some benefit, but I don't know whether I can feel good about the amount I spent versus what value it actually provides (fortunately Amazon gives me 30 days to decide). Final note, wifi signal strength isn't great. One camera is no more than 15 feet from my router and it was barely getting 1 bar while my iPhone next to it gets full bars. Though, there is an inner wall running perpendicular directly behind this camera. The second location gets decent wifi bars.

UPDATE: The "Detect Humans Only" seems to work. One camera only recorded events that had humans, the other camera still had an event where nothing transpired except for moving bushes. I think this is what most people want so I would say it works well. In my situation I would like to see the cars come and go. Maybe a future update can include "Detect cars" option as well (hint hint Aosu).