- I unbox and test the Arlo completely wireless
NETGEAR security system, I found an awesome deal
and it's coming right up.
(upbeat music)
No, not creepy, imagine this on your smart phone
in the middle of the night with a push alert.
I guess it's not that bad.
The camera though, absolutely awesome.
I am the YouTube Deal Guy, Matt Granite,
I hunt down the biggest deals by subscriber requests.
If you expand the video description box
right under me, it will reveal a link
to the lowest price I've been able to find
on the Arlo wireless, completely wireless,
zero power cords, zero cables, easy to connect,
indoor and outdoor camera system.
I'm gonna show you how to set it up,
more importantly, I'm going to unbox it
and take you through the components.
First thing I wanna discuss is the price,
now the deal that I found is under $200 for a reason,
these are NETGEAR completely 100% warrantied
and re-certified box sets,
they were sent to stores most likely
as part of a store display that never happened,
certain retailers are now selling these at a huge discount
mainly because they have the word
refurbished on the packaging,
although almost everything we tested was brand new,
unused, ready to rock right out of the box.
What comes in the box?
I don't purchase or use many items
that are ever certified refurbished,
but I did learn from a distributor
that this was just excess package stock,
many of these items were actually shipped to stores
as store models and just never opened or used.
So this is NETGEAR certified refurbished,
it's not some person in their basement
putting these back together and it's packaged just the same.
You still get a special warranty tied
to this specific product with all of your barcodes,
and then everything is packed individually wrapped,
the cameras, let's unbox this together.
Okay, this is the hub, the smart part of the device,
I've tested security cameras where you actually
have to hard wire all the cameras
into an existing router, this does the work for you.
In the back, you have the two USB ins,
if you need to expand the system,
and then you have your ethernet port.
Really the best thing to do is connect this to
an existing router and then it takes control of the cameras.
At under $200, the fact that you get
two completely wireless HD night vision cameras is awesome,
now these cameras, as you can see,
all are protective wrapped,
just as you would get from a brand new system,
battery compartment is on the bottom,
and this includes batteries,
one of the great things about this system
is you do not ever need to rely upon a cord.
These are very powerful included
specialized Duracell batteries,
one of the great things about a wired camera
is you never need to replace the batteries,
but the second the power goes out, you have an issue.
With this, you bypass that issue and in all of my tests
the batteries will give you at least several months of use,
I recommend changing them every season.
Another fantastic component of completely wireless cameras
is when you ever see those beautiful photos
of all those other cameras, they never show you the plug,
and if you have a wired camera,
one of the big installation issues is,
well what do you do with the cord?
Do you always have a plug outlet?
If it's outside, do you have an exterior outlet
or do you have to run the cord inside?
This allows you to bypass all of that
while still keeping an eye on everything that matters.
The magnetic mounts for the Arlo wireless cameras,
phenomenal, you can adjust, you can help them pivot,
you can use the included screw mounts
to put these wherever you need
and of course you get two mounts, two cameras,
all the screw racking, the batteries, the power adapter,
and an ethernet cord to connect this to your router.
Alright, let's set this up.
You plug this into your router,
in my case the router's actually upstairs,
so we have a switcher which I put in the basement
and I use this to actually power part of our studio,
so this extends the ethernet,
these are really easy to pick up,
I think this was 40 bucks if you don't
wanna plug this directly into a router.
Plug this into a power source,
this plugs into an available ethernet port,
and let's switch it on,
the power button is right on the back.
There we are.
You can see now that it's starting up,
it's turning on and I can now activate the cameras.
Now once you have the router set up,
adding the cameras to your system is even more simple.
Instructions are really easy,
just scan the QR code and you're good to go.
Arlo is also a very well rated app,
which is a nice thing to see.
Another thing I love about the cameras
is how discreet they happen to be.
Did you even notice the camera behind me?
Well it's there, or at least I just added it.
You almost don't notice it,
in fact compared to one of the other cameras
that I have been using in the past and tested,
look at the size discrepancy between the two,
you load this up, that's great,
you're advertising the fact that you have security,
although the Arlo system does come with those decals
where you can say you're being watched.
In fact this system comes with these really good decals
for your window or a door that say
"Video Monitoring in Progress,
You may not see Arlo but Arlo sees you."
And while these are a theft deterrent on their own,
if you wanna set up a nanny cam
or something very discreetly to monitor an area
where you don't wanna advertise,
camera's on you, don't act normal,
this is significantly smaller than this,
could be hidden on a bookshelf,
could be placed somewhere else,
and of course since it is more inconspicuous,
you could possibly catch something different.
The movement the camera system is able to capture,
most cameras you can't do this,
there's a lag or they go crazy,
the night vision, actually let's test the night vision.
Alexa turn the studio off.
- [Alexa] Okay.
- Alright, there we go, look at that.
It's completely pitch black in here,
I know our YouTube camera can't capture anything right now,
but this camera, perfect, in fact I'm gonna turn this
onto the dark studio behind me and look,
everything is made out perfectly,
there's not a light on in here
and this is absolutely amazing footage.
Alexa turn the studio on.
If that doesn't get the point across,
I should also mention we're in a pitch black studio,
there's not an ounce of sunlight coming through
any widows which are all closed.
Everything in here is sound and light protected.
So if that's what this camera did in
this pitch black studio, imagine this on your property.
Awesome, I love the reduction, I love the price,
I love the expandability,
I love that you score two cameras for under $200,
and if you click the link located
right under this video screen, you get everything you need
to monitor your home, your office,
a baby, a pet, a small business,
and while there are other competing camera brands,
this one, in particular, allows you to
continuously add devices, expand, one camera after another.
It's a phenomenal grab.
If you're looking to get into home security
or if you're looking for a system
that's a little bit more advanced,
wireless, ready to rock, grab it if you want it,
I don't know how long this deal will be around.
But more importantly, I wanna thank
all of you for being around.
What else do you want me to test?
What should my next unboxing be?
What deals do you want me to see?
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