8CH Wireless Security Camera System

I am pretty OCD when it comes to researching products before I buy. There are many other similar systems on Amazon so it took me a many hours of reading to finally decide to buy this Firstrend system: 1080P Wireless Security Camera System, Firstrend 8CH Wireless NVR System with 8pcs 1080P HD Security Camera and 3TB Hard Drive Pre-Installed,P2P Wireless Security System for Indoor and Outdoor Use I have been so happy with the system that I ended up buying three systems for three different locations: 1. Our farm in Washington's Olympic Peninsula, four cameras inside & four cameras outside (very wet, windy, temperate climate). 2. A commercial facility monitoring the cash register and retail counters, six cameras inside & two cameras outside. 3. Our home near the Montana Rockies , four cameras inside & four cameras outside (bitter cold, ferocious winds, tons of snow). All three systems performed flawlessly with the minor exception that one camera failed (i.e. 1 of 24 cameras) after about a year of use. I think a 4% failure rate is very good, especially given the harsh environment. I emailed Firstrend and they were responsive and helpful, sending me a replacement camera right away at no charge. So I am very happy with their customer service. PRO: EASY SET-UP. For a guy that reads a lot researching product, I don't like reading instruction / installation manuals. Probably the best thing about this system is that it almost sets itself up. I was too lazy to read how to assign cameras to specific view panes on the monitor screen, so I just lined up 8 cameras on a kitchen counter and they all automatically paired to the DVR unit via its own built-in wifi network, I attached a monitor via HDMI to the DVR, and all 8 cameras came up live on the screen in the first 8 panes (3x3 display, the 9th pane shows status). Then I put my hand in front of one camera at a time while looking at the monitor and if my have appeared in pane 6, I wrote "6" on the camera. Once all 8 cameras were numbered I simply mounted cameras in the locations / sequence I wanted to appear on the monitor. (You can change all these assigned locations later on the control head --you don't have to remount cameras.) PRO: GOOD QUALITY, WELL DESIGNED. Super well-made and sturdy. Well thought-out hardware and the software features and functions. Very plug-and-play, and lots of useful built-in user-definable features (most of which I didn't need because my application is simple real-time monitoring with occasional replay). PRO: GREAT VALUE, LOW PRICE, MAXIMUM BANG FOR THE BUCKS PRO: VERY GOOD RELIABILITY PRO: GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE, THEY STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT CONS: FOR THE PRICE, CAN'T THINK OF ANY CONS

PROS: I ordered this camera set of 8 cameras with a 3TB hard drive because people were starting to get stupid around where I live. First they open the doors to my basement. Then they went through my wife’s car when we forgot to lock it. Then my fire wood started walking on its own. It was time for me to put an end to the nonsense. This set of security cameras has enough memory to record, even without internet, for even I don’t know how long. It has stunning HD quality even in pitch darkness. You can set it to beep every time it detects motion and send you notifications. It records, if I remember correctly, a 30 second video on top of the continuous recording and saves it to your Esee app for review so that you don’t have to go back and pull it out of the day’s timeline. CONS: there is an Ethernet cord that is attached to each camera used for pairing with your Net Video Recorder (NVR) and security camera wireless extender is quite large. Because I’m installing these cameras outdoors and these cameras are powered by a dc plug I needed to drill holes from the oustide of my house to run the wires to the inside to plug into an indoor power source I needed to drill really big holes, about an inch and a half, in order to get the wires inside the house. I could’ve installed outdoor power sources but the additional costs was not worth it not to mention the amount of time and effort required to do so. The other thing is although these cameras have decent antennas and has really good range, I didn’t expect them to make it all the way out to my shed, let alone going through the thick walls of my house to get to the outside. Therefore, I had to purchase a security camera wireless extender. This is NOT the same as a WiFi extender which I originally purchased because that was what I thought was needed. The extender is not the one that is sold by the company but I confirmed with them that it is compatible with their cameras. The pairing process can be a bit confusing but their tech support is rather surprisingly good. I had to contact them multiple times and they always got back to me the next day. One more thing is this set does not support any voice capabilities. So you can see but not hear or talk to people through the cameras. Conclusion: I went with this set after reading many reviews on many different security cameras and I decided to go with the set with the most positive reviews and I was not disappointed. With this set I don’t have to pay the additional fees per month of paying companies to access my recordings made on my property. I am now able to see everything, even at night, around my house from every angle with 8 cameras. I can keep a constant eye on my kids playing oust side my house at all times without having to step out the door. I had I had a bit of issues with the technical stuff such as changing the camera channel, operating the notifications, and setting up the wireless extender but, as stated earlier, their tech support was really good. I did not have to spend hours on the phone with them. Each time Neal called me back. I think the longest session I had was about 15 minutes when I was voicing my suggestion about making the Ethernet plug smaller so that people wouldn’t have to drill such big holes into their homes. Neal was very polite and understanding of what I was saying and promised to forward my concern to their development team. He made sure that my many issues were addressed. I have no complaints as all my issues were resolved after reaching out to him. I need to take this moment to give a special thanks to Neal for going above and beyond because there was no way I was going to figure those things out by myself. Now that all my cameras are in place. I want to see what kind of nonsense is going to take place without my knowledge.

To anybody looking to get a great picture quality and reliable camera system then this the right system. Crystal clear picture/video, quality and affordable. Excellent in all weather conditions, stable and quite easy to install. Plug and play. I had an issue with hard drive after a couple of years and the technical support is absolutely amazing. Very professional. The problem got resolved. I am blown away by their great service. Anybody looking for a good camera system you can't go wrong with Firstrend. I am a happy customer!

Where to start. This tech is outdated, picture quality is acceptable for 2008. Cameras cut out randomly daily and needs to be rebooted I retuned the first set in hopes it was a lemon unit but this is just a waste of money. I have the best possible internet and yet its constant leg in the images. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY. Wouldn't recommend this to anyone unless you like wasting money. Update. I've been using these cameras for several months and they are complete trash you're constantly losing connections and I'm going to send you an updated photo from today with today's date to show you how many cameras are out after three resets. This was such a complete and utter waste of money please don't be stupid like me and buy this rip off security camera b******* if you want to you can buy it but prepared you will constantly lose connection with your cameras constantly no matter how close you are to the Wi-Fi router or if you have a range extender you'll still lose connection, it has nothing to do with your internet it has to do with this inferior technology

Easy setup, very sharp image in daytime, some blurring at night when the camera more than a year old even with cleaning the lens. Funny how it blurs out faces while the surrounding images are so clear. Would probably work better if combined with a motion alarm because tedious to review the file looking for the incident on the hard drive. The hard drive makes constant mechanical noises.

Très satisfait par l'achat. Les caméras servent de relais entre eux pour améliorer le signal. L'installation s'est très bien passé. J'ai écrit au support pour avoir de l'assistance et ceux ci ont été très efficace.

Hardware is great and sets up easily. the main problem is the instructions. They are not clear in all areas. As well, i had issues registering my phone app due to username and password issues. Customer support was available and really tried to help but as of this date i have not been able to remedy that issue. However i can view the cameras on my phone app regardless and i also downloaded their vms software to view them on my PC, which is great. I do recommend.