SMONET Wireless 8 Channel Surveillance Megapixel Review

Good when it works. The first camera stopped working after 1 month and now after 2 months I have "NO VIDEO" and "IPC Disable" on all. I disabled them all and restarted the recorder today and 3 of them work but 1 of them has water in the camera (I can see water in front of the camera).

I have been using our Smonet system for about 2 years now. We've moved once since we bought it and it still works great. I just bought 4 new cameras so now I have 8. 1 camera was not working properly. I contacted support and worked with Jamie. They provide a backup camera. I've worked with Jamie before and she's fantastic! As for the system itself, the picture quality during the day is VERY GOOD! The night vision quality is also quite good. However, I must clarify this statement. I live in a…

The process of choosing a surveillance system can be complex and priorities vary from user to user. CUSTOMER SERVICE has been my number one priority and in an ever changing technology environment, the customer service from this seller, Betty Huang, has exceeded all expectations. All questions were answered promptly, professionally, courteously and with absolute transparency! My next priority was COMPATIBILITY with my current hardware technologies (1080P High Definition TV, Samsung Android…

UPDATE, So the antennas fell apart at first and finally had to be replaced. Now the video failed so I had to get a new box after repeating the same answers to the same questions multiple times. Their customer service takes 24 hours to reply every time and they just ask you to do what you already told them to do so you got a new box and put a hard drive in from the old one only to find that the NIC was defective. They expect you to spend hours troubleshooting and a buggy English email every 24…

I have compared this multi camera surveillance system to other leading competitors. As a technician, I studied its specifications in detail and came to the conclusion that this is the best wireless system for protecting small and large houses. After completing the physical installation, I turned on the NVR and then the four cameras. They paired in minutes and displayed a crisp image on a 4K monitor. The new 13-page user manual (provided later) provides clear instructions. A 2 terabyte (TB)…

This is a good system for the price. LOTS of little bugs but if you're tech savvy this should work. Other Notes/Surprises: - I strongly recommend using a strong password for your NVR. Otherwise, every internet user will see it. But beware, there's a bug: if you use the # symbol in your password, the Android app can't connect for some reason. Other quirky characters can cause the same error. To get around this, I used a long password made up of letters and numbers. I couldn't get the Internet…

In December 2016 I bought my first Smonet NVR which was only 4ch. It's been pumping every day since then. Unbeatable for the price and features. Now I've found that I need to add more cameras. I bought this system because I already had a 4TB HD and four existing cameras that I wanted to add to this new system that gave me 8 channels. The new system worked right away and they were 2MP 1080p cameras versus the 1.3MP 960p cameras I already had. Now with this system I had no problems when it came…