Logitech WiLife Digital Video Security–Outdoor Master System Camera

5 Responses to “ Logitech WiLife Digital Video Security–Outdoor Master System Camera ”

1. Christina
   March 16, 2010 at 23:41

   I like the ease of set up, the video quality; however it does not work consistently and I find this frustrating. I can not make sense of when it works and when it doesn’t. I don’t know if it’s because my home’s wiring is older or if the product is faulty. When it is working – it is great. Another thing to be aware of is that it’s very tedious to get rid of video footage that you no longer want. Each tiny segment has to be deleted one piece at a time. I haven’t found a way to delete large chunks of time; such as deleting one day.
   Rating: 3 / 5
2. T. G. Kraft
   March 17, 2010 at 00:25

   OK, I like the camera, seems to work most of the time but something keeps taking the cameras off line and requires a power cycle to get them back on-line. It could be the building power (Historic district, 80 year old house) and I’m running two cameras 300′ from the main panel. Not the level of reliability I was looking for in my business, but finding a way to make it work. I went with the Pro upgrade and it needs more features. I should be able to control all aspects of the command center remotely but cannot change brightness (for example), but what is there seems to work fine.

   I’m using snap shot alerts sent via multi media to my blackberry, they are slow and not considered useful in catching someone in the act. Sometimes I get the multi media alert 24 hours later. Could be AT&T, but haven’t figured it out yet.

   You really should have a dedicated computer to run more than three cameras, it chews up disk space and bandwidth fast. We noticed a serious slow down of our database applications when the cameras are on.

   Super easy to install, software is easy to understand.

   Great monitoring tool, not a great alarm system.

   Extra cameras are too expensive when compared with other systems.
   
   Rating: 3 / 5
3. D. Warner
   March 17, 2010 at 02:23

   As usual Logitech exceeded my expectations. This system is a perfect all-in-one camera/dvr setup ready to use right out of the box, just make shure your own a decent PC. Out of all of my computers the Intel Duel-Core(@1.7ghz each)processor works the best. Execelent picture quality surpassing even some high end panasonic and sony systems I have used through busnesses. Very easy to use, hardest part would be mounting the camera.Tough built-temp. already been below recommended operating temp in my area, still no problems.Extention cords of any lenght don’t effect performance.IMPORTANT: completly weatherproof connections NOT with tape. if possable run under edge of roof or if possable use garage power source. I highly recommend this product, if you buy it just to test it I bet you will keep it.
   Rating: 5 / 5
4. Michael Hershberger
   March 17, 2010 at 04:51

   When I first got the system and installed it, I was excited. Installation was easy. It started right up. It was sending me email alerts. I could access my cameras from the internet. How cool was that!!

   But now 3 months later the bloom is off the rose, and I am ready to scrape it or send it back. It is just too unreliable. I have my system at a location that I only visit once a week. I would estimate that less than 25% of the time does it make through an entire week with all three primary functions (local recording, email alerts, internet viewing) all working, all week. And it’s not just one thing. It’s multiples. Logitec’s help system always has suggestions but reliability never improves and the same problems continue to repeat.

   So unless you can physically access the system daily and/or are ok with parts of the system going down for periods of time, I would stay away from this product.

   Great idea. Flawed execution.
   Rating: 1 / 5
5. R. Roach
   March 17, 2010 at 07:14

   I purchased one outdoor camera to monitor my driveway. The 15-minute setup is not likely to occur, in my opinion. It took me about a half an hour. I had to change my firewall settings. Once it was determined that it worked, it took another hour to mount the camera outside. For this price, I am impressed. I asked my alarm company what they would charge and they say $4,000 or more. The quality is good, it is recording based on motion detection. The software is easy to use. I am not interested in remote features so I can’t speak to them. I think this is a great product, and am considering to add another camera.
   Rating: 5 / 5