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(More customer reviews)As a 24/7 caregiver for my wife, this camera has made a wonderful contribution to our life together. I'm constantly alert to her safety and needs when we are together, but always a little anxious when I'm away from her room. Now, she's visible whenever those anxieties arise, either on my computer or on my iPhone.
Setup was very simple. We needed to run a 75 foot Ethernet Cat5E cable from the camera to our router; the unit comes with a 13 footer. The company's service was superb; their response to my question arrived within 24 hours: "The Dropcam product or router will neither affect the ethernet signal as the performance will be due to the quality of the ethernet cable itself as well as various environmental factors such as EM interference. Under normal circumstances, I personally would not anticipate any issues with a 75 foot cable."
The camera could be improved with a simple cover that would allow the user to turn it off or on (I use a wash cloth draped over the camera to block transmissions, but worry a bit about overheating the unit). I would hate to see my wife featured on a pirated YouTube video, especially during some of our more intimate caregiving activities.
And, I'd be similarly concerned if I was monitoring a home safe, and images could be pirated with enough definition to read the combination.
But, for everyday monitoring of my wife while I'm off washing clothes or dishes, cooking, walking the dogs, running to the store -- anytime when I'm away for a few minutes -- it's wonderful to be able to see her on demand.
In other caregiving applications, I could see mounting the unit close to the floor showing only the legs and feet of the person being cared for. If they fell, of course, their entire body would be visible. The unit also comes with a sound feed -- the Dropcam Echo Wireless IP Home Security Camera with Audio and Online Recording -- which we may upgrade to, but hasn't seemed necessary to us so far.
Robert C. Ross2010
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