ANRAN 5MP Security Camera P3

I’ve had one of the new Anran indoor/Outdoor pan and tilt Wi-Fi cameras for a week now and these are my findings.Whilst the total package is not 100% perfect much of this conclusion is directed towards a need to expand the instruction manual rather than a criticism of the actual camera itself. I also had a glitch one morning when the app simply froze but this lasted only a few hours and has not happened since. I believe the developers of this app are looking into this. The camera however continued to record. It matters not whether you buy a basic Mini or a top of the range Porsche, it’s a machine and things do go wrong at times just so long as the manufacturer is proactive and sets out to put things right, Anran appear to do so.So, to begin. This camera comes very well packaged but not over the top. At first glance you get the impression of a very sturdy and well-built piece of equipment, something that will withstand the rigors of any weather. The instruction booklet supplied is easy to follow with a step-by-step guide that has your camera up and running in a matter of minutes. It is from this point however that I feel greater guidance is necessary, especially for anyone who is installing a CCTV camera for the first time.With the app loaded on your phone it’s just a matter of working through each element in order to both familiarise oneself with every aspect and to tailor these to your personal requirements. For those less inquisitive, further guidance in the instruction manual would be helpful. Perhaps a page or two with an image of the appropriate symbol and an explanation alongside as to its use might be an easy solution. There are, no doubt, those who may not be familiar with ‘PTZ’ or how to mask off areas not needed and therefore not get to grips with the remote movement of this camera unless they simply press and hope. An assumption that everyone is as clued up as those who manufacture a product is not the best approach. All of that said for anyone struggling then the Anran technical support department is first class.Well, that’s the negative bit out of the way. The camera itself is a dream to use. Remote pan and tilt are very impressive, how did we manage without it. The camera lens supplies a very impressive picture quality along with sound. I chose to use a 128GB micro-SD card, purchased separately, for recording rather than subscribe to the cloud storage and from my experience with other cameras this size of SD card provides a more than adequate time frame of storage. Once full it simply writes over so no need to keep formatting it. A nice touch with this camera is the strobe light, affective only at night but then why would you want it during the daytime. It is also supposed to have a built-in alarm that sounds when the strobe light is turned on. I didn’t find this with my particular camera, fortunately, as my dog is very much noise adverse, and it would have sent her scurrying for the back door. A nice touch here would be the option to turn this alarm off or on to suit individual needs but leave the strobe light to come on as normal. Over several evenings I have monitored the operation of the strobe light in both low, medium, and high sensitivity settings and whilst in low setting the light rarely came on, I didn’t really note much difference in the time it took to come on between medium and high. My conclusion therefore is that perhaps the strobe light feature would benefit if the sensitivity could somehow be increased in order to cover a distance of, let us say 5 to 8 meters, and be more instant. If and how this might be achieved I’m sure Anran technical people will be able to solve.So that’s about it. In a nutshell a great CCTV camera at a reasonable price that allows you to monitor your home from a mobile phone no matter where you are. Would I recommend it? Most certainly.

Im sooo pleased with my camera easy to set up crystal clear and even on a dark night the sensor light comes on to make a brighter recording

Do not link to existing anram CCTV systems. These are stand alone cameras which we didn't realise when we ordered as we had hoped to integrate with our existing system. Work by app only but seem quite good as such and were simple to set up.

I bought this after buying the solar powered version at the front of the house. I work abroad a lot so my wife wants to be able to monitor the back garden also. This has all the features of the more extension and more as its tracks your movement. So easy to install you get a template for the dill holes with a screws and plugs. Set it up before you fit it to the wall trust me on that as you will have to hold your phone in front of the camera on a ladder in mid air. If you don’t hurt yourself you will at least look like a plonker. Night vision is great and tracks all movement 24/7 don’t bother with the subscription as long as you have a 128gb SD card you can view back weeks. Great quality buy this for piece of mind and cheap home monitoring. Tip wait for it to be reduced as it’s happens 4 or 5 times a year

I bought this camera system to replace an older system that was not altogether reliable and its been up and running for 2 weeks now. I chose this system for the 360 capability, but also for the fact that the camera sits flush to the wall with all cables within the wall. The join with the power lead was inside the house if I needed it to be (I have it tucked just inside the wall). I also liked that this system is totally remote, where as my previous one meant resetting the camera using a button on the camera itself). Setting up the system was easy...I had it running inside the house first, but in the right places to test the wifi strength. The picture quality is fab, day or night. I have SD cards in to do 24hr recording. I have mine set to just the light coming on, not the noise, but this is great as this lights the way in the garden when I go out too! My only complaint would be the instructions in the booklet, which are sparse. There were certain things I had to find out how to do by trial and error. All in all though a great camera...so far!