ArloArlo Pro 3 LED Floodlight Security Camera 2K HDR 2000-3000 Lumens | Wire-Free | Protect Driveways & Alleyways | Connects to Wi-Fi | Color Night Vision, Motion Sensor, 2-Way Audio, Rechargeable (Black)

Excellent security camera that’s easy to install and pair with an existing system. The battery lasts forever. Ours has been on the same charge for over a year now, and is at about 40%.

I have tried three other security camera companies, and this is the best.Arlo is giving me almost no false notifications, yet is picking up folks entering the property almost perfectly.No problems with the wi-fi. And the lamp is strong, lighting up the full driveway where wanted.

My review is two part: (1) the product itself, (2) Arlo overall. In summary, the product itself is not really worth it unless you just want to be able to check in on the live feed and get motion alerts for things happening immediately in its focused area. Otherwise, expect to pay out the nose trying to get a system working the way you want it, only to find out it doesn't work the way you think it will.The product:The first floodlight camera arrived and after installing it and testing it out for a few days I noticed that the audio was horribly muffled as if it was underwater. You could talk to it head on and nothing could be heard. I was able to get the floodlight exchanged really easily with little headache (thank you Amazon). After installing the exchanged product I was able to verify no audio issue second time around.2K recording is decent during the day. When cars pull directly into my driveway I can make out the license plate number fairly clearly. The same cannot be said for the night time footage. I license plate could only be clearly read if the floodlight turns on and the car headlights aren't reflecting too brightly. The motion detect is hit or miss, I'm not sure why some days it does great and others it struggles. It took me 2 weeks of daily adjustments to get the motion areas just right so it didn't trigger when cars would drive by, but it would trigger when I had people walking passed or up onto the property.The service:I can't speak to what the experience is like without paying for Arlo. I imagine if you plan on using this for free, it is worthless. I wanted the full functional experience so I opted to pay the $15/mo for Arlo Secure Plus. This allowed for the ability to have 4K cloud recording, 30 days of cloud history, custom activity zones, smart (and rich notifications). The smart notifications is this product/services only redeeming quality. When motion is detected, Arlo sends you a notification letting you know if the motion is a person, animal, vehicle, or just general motion. This was really cool, at first, until it triggered a notification for something overnight that I wanted to follow up on. Unfortunately, the motion detection triggered a person prowling around, but I was not able to see all of there activity or see where they came from or where they went because the camera only recorded the motion trigger and about 30 seconds after the fact. Frustrated by this, I went to Arlo support to find out that a service option for continuous video recording (CVR) was available for $9.99/mo per camera. I figured I only really needed my main camera to be opted in to keep costs down. Well, I looked all over Arlo support and spent days, if not a few weeks e-mailing back and forth with Arlo to finally find out that the only way you can opt in to CVR is if you have an Arlo smart base. Frustrated by this, I gave in and purchased a kit that included 2 - 4k Arlo Ultra 2 cameras and a smart base. Got the smart base all set up with no problem and even opted to insert a class 10 SD card into the base of it to backup video clips. Fast forward a few months and disaster strikes again, this time for my neighbor, who asked me to see if I had captured anything. I reviewed the camera I had opted into CVR and found that I had captured the entire crime from start to finish. Then, I tried to export the video to provide it to them and law enforcement, but ran into my next big headache... there was no option on either the app or while logged in on a browser to export the video. Again, I found myself researching for an answer for an hour or so to find that the consensus was to use a third party screen capture software. This is unacceptable! My camera obviously didn't record it off a motion even because I have it set up to not go off every single time a leaf twitches on my street. So, I took a screen capture of the video and provided it to my neighbor, but seeing as it didn't really provide suspect information, it is probably worthless. Even if it had, I question whether any such evidence would be suitable for the court as I have no way of exporting it and having the metadata show when it was actually captured. A screen capture obviously will only show the time of when my screen capture occurred.Overall, I'm incredibly disappointed because I've invested nearly $1k into all the equipment, accessories, and service just to find that it is nothing more than an overpriced system for someone far older than me who enjoys just being a nosy neighbor. If I could go back in time and avoid purchasing this I would have. Arlo doesn't seem to be in a rush to improve any of its products, so I'm not going to hold my breath for it to get better any time soon. Most of the answers to my questions I found have been asked and answered as far back as 2019, so obviously not a whole lot has improved over the years. I bought the system based on how it ranked on some of my favored technology review sites. I guess I should have dug deeper into the systems capabilities. This was my first time setting something like this up, so I really didn't know what I wanted until it was too late. Next time I'll buy a wired closed circuit system with a DVR and take the extra time fishing wire through the walls.

So far I’m pleased with the Arlo 3 floodlight. The camera quality is good with wide viewing area that leaves most images recognizable. The two way intercom works well and so far I have been able to hear clearly during a conversation. The flood light is extremely bright and the lighting really lights up my driveway. I must also note I like how the Arlo app compliments the whole system by giving you speaker volume settings, light brightness adjustment, and intercom capabilities all within a few simple clicks. One noticeable down side is a slight delay in camera/app response time, and the intercom has a delay as well, but I’m sure this is due to it being WiFi and internet speed. Overall I’m very pleased with the product and would recommend to anyone looking for a great camera system that is easy to setup without the hassle of wiring anything together.

I purchased and installed this camera for a relative. And, from what I can witness, it's a better camera than I thought. I was comparing this with the Arlo 4 Pro. I'm glad I got this one instead. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the Arlo 4 Pro is good for a camera near the door. But, if you are looking for something to light up an entire area, for example a driveway, the Arlo 3 Pro Floodlight is the way to go. It is super bright! And with the magnetic plug (not included in package. separate purchase required), it gets even brighter.I can't tell you as far a battery life. But, unfortunately, my relatives aren't tech savvy like me. They need something that they don't have to keep maintaining, recharging, etc. Therefore, save yourself the trouble and get the magnetic cable charger for the camera. Saves yourself the trouble of constantly recharging and you get the bonus of a brighter light from it.You will get what typically comes with Arlo. Controlling areas of activity, instant notifications, security protocols, animal or person recognition, and all the typical software features that come with every camera. The 2k visibility is a nice bonus. Motion sensor is probably 3-5 feet away. Caught a cat running across the middle of the driveway!Now onto the things where the camera falls short. Unfortunately the range of the motion camera doesn't extend that far. The sidewalk leading up to the driveway doesn't detect on the motion sensor. Also, the product advertises that it is "colored night vision". This is not the case. Still black and white for night vision. The only way it becomes "colored" is when the motion sensor is activated and then it turns on the floodlight. At that point it switched from night vision to regular vision and then the video captured turns to color. This is misleading advertising.As I said, the 2k is a nice feature. When up close, you can see better facial features than the previous camera editions. But, by mid driveway or near the end of the driveway (closer to the street), you can't see facial features and good luck reading license plates.Software is occasionally buggy. Sometimes I'll instruct it to activate the floodlight and it won't. Sometimes the camera won't be active at all. Therefore, I'll need to reboot the camera every time this happens.Something else worth mentioning is the Arlo software still has issues as far a lag (it's not completely "Live" - having a 5 to 10 second delay. It also lags logging on). This has never improved since they first came out. If you hope to log in right away when you are on a trip or away from home, expect to be waiting for a while to log in and then a while to connect to the camera. It feels like an eternity sometimes! Talking from your phone and through the camera, expect it to be choppy, laggy, or non-existent. They should really work on this!It's also unclear about the service that the camera provides. It's unclear both on the site and instructions as far as the limited free service that it provides. Someone mentioned about this too in one of the comments. I purchased, for my relatives, an extensive and premium service and, now, I'm unsure if that is part of the service or it's something I have to pay more? Can someone help me with this?