Expert Review: Tapo SolarCam C402 Kit Revealed

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George Langabeer

Күн бұрын

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@YukonHawk1 17 күн бұрын

I love the new studio. Much good luck to you.

@GeorgeLangabeer 17 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@YukonHawk1 17 күн бұрын

@@GeorgeLangabeer most welcome

@ranybo75 Ай бұрын

Hardest working guy on KZbin! Great video.

@GeorgeLangabeer Ай бұрын

lol. I don’t know about that, but thank you. I really appreciate you saying that. 🙏🏻

@CeciliaCarleen_Stories Ай бұрын

Looking great ❤

@GeorgeLangabeer Ай бұрын

Thank you ❤️

@Sah-dd1zh Ай бұрын

I lol’d pretty hard at “the two way audio absolutely sucks on this camera” 😂

@GeorgeLangabeer Ай бұрын

😝Just telling it like it is.

@wilty5 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the honest review, hopefully they will see your review and either fix the cons or offer a new model that fixes them.

@GeorgeLangabeer Ай бұрын

I feel bad, because Tapo has been great to work with. But I just call it as I see it. I hope so too. A few minor tweaks & this camera could be perfection.

@ryanwoods4691 Ай бұрын

Something that I noticed was that they advertise it as 1080P and call it 1080P in the app. However the resolution is quite a bit higher than the standard 1920x1080. Awesome review, George.

@GeorgeLangabeer Ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, it’s a unique camera in that way. But when it comes down to it, we’re still not at 2K. If they would have just bumped up the resolution a little more, this camera would 100% be a winner.

@ryanwoods4691 Ай бұрын

@@GeorgeLangabeer Absolutely.

@wscottfunk Ай бұрын

Hey George, the price is now $69.99 and the discount code isn't working. Gives the following message at checkout: "The promotional code you entered cannot be applied to your purchase." 🙁 Great review. Loved the 70's crime drama music during the unboxing! 👍 Take care my friend!!

@GeorgeLangabeer Ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, the price was different at the time I recorded the video. I put a disclaimer in the description. Thanks for letting me know about the discount code. I’ll contact them.

@hondakorn Ай бұрын

I’m going to try this with scrypted to see if this works with HomeKit. This would be perfect for my backyard.

@GeorgeLangabeer Ай бұрын

Let me know how it goes.

@mavenaz1975 Ай бұрын

First - I hope your health is getting better each day and that life is treating you well. Second - I have had it with waiting for good HKSV cameras. I held off as long as I could and am now going with Unifi. Outdoors, the Eufy cams have terrible detection with HKSV, Logitech Circle View just does not cut it. NOT doing Nest with Starling as Google still gets a copy of the feed and their outdoor cam is not great. (Terrible Cool Off Time and poor Night Vision) Have to draw the line.

@GeorgeLangabeer Ай бұрын

Yeah, I did a somewhat recent video where I talked about the reasons I’m done with HKSV. So it’s a general con for me, but it doesn’t bother me that much, because I don’t use it.

@rorysalarms8110 Ай бұрын

Very nice Tapo SolarCam i like it a lot.

@GeorgeLangabeer Ай бұрын

It’s a nice camera indeed.

@t.i.o.motorsports243 Ай бұрын

@GeorgeLangabeer In the Amazon reviews the mention that in order to setup the camera You have to get the subscription Can you please find out is this is correct??

@GeorgeLangabeer Ай бұрын

@t.i.o.motorsports243 That is not correct. The subscription is not required.

@t.i.o.motorsports243 Ай бұрын

@@GeorgeLangabeer Thank you for clarifying that part.i guess i was a troll in the review section of Amazon

@faisal147 27 күн бұрын

How about night time longevity? How many hours solar cam before it run out of energy during night time from 7pm to 6am (11hours)

@GeorgeLangabeer 26 күн бұрын

According to Tapo you can get a full day/night of monitoring with just 45 minutes of direct sunlight charging.

@williammartinez8381 Ай бұрын

Hey George, like always great video. Just one question I do have HomeKit secure and I am looking for an outdoor camera. What do you suggest it is for my parents home. They live alone and I want a camera for their safety and overall well-being.

@GeorgeLangabeer Ай бұрын

Unfortunately, there are really still only 3 options (which is ridiculous). The Logitech CircleView, The Eufy 2C & the Eve Floodlight. Of the 3, I prefer the Eufy 2C, using a solar panel. But none of them are ideal.

@Airbrushkid Ай бұрын

Hello George Langabeer, I have a question for you. I was reading that the Tapo Solar c420 and the C425 doesn't have the Always On Mode. Do you know anything about this? It was on Reddit about 4 months ago

@GeorgeLangabeer Ай бұрын

Battery cameras will never be “always on”, even with a solar panel. If they were the battery life would be worthless and the solar panel wouldn’t be able to keep up. So battery cameras will tend to be only be available when you select the live view manually and during event recordings.

@Airbrushkid Ай бұрын

@@GeorgeLangabeer This is all new to me. So if camera go's off, does that mean you have to go up a ladder to turn it back on?

@GeorgeLangabeer 29 күн бұрын

No, you don’t. The camera basically shuts itself off when nothing is happening & then turns back on (automatically) during an event. An event could be motion, a person, etc.

@saulbass9293 Ай бұрын

There are different versions of this Solar kit available with either 2k 3MP or 2k QHD (at least here in the UK). Obviously the price increases accordingly. Not sure why Tapo would only send you the 1080p version to review.

@GeorgeLangabeer Ай бұрын

Interesting. Thanks for sharing. Here in the states they have a C428 Kit, but it’s “coming soon”. Not technically the same model. The C402 is only listed at 1080p here.

@saulbass9293 Ай бұрын

@@GeorgeLangabeer No problem. I should have mentioned that the Solar kits contain different camera models, for example the 2k 3MP version is called the TC82 kit and the 2k QHD version is called the C425 Kit. Hopefully Tapo will send you one of the higher resolution kits to review as I’d be interested to hear your thoughts. Thanks again.