I have the memory, needed some cameras and found these a great bundled price. Was a little skeptical about refurbished equipment but works great!! Added 2 more cameras on the side of my house.
Turned out I didn't need it! This is my 4th Night Owl system. Each generation gets easier to set-up. I upgraded to add doorbells thinking I would need a wi-fi recorder. Thought I would like the spotlight cameras, but the spotlight comes on a lot without any motion or objects in view, tried every setting available but still on off randomly. Not a lot of adjustability (like sensitivity) as before. It is geared to use the phone app, some settings are not available on the recorder display. I have a 50" TV on my home office wall displaying 8 cameras and wanted to add doorbells and get push notifications when someone rings the doorbell, I bought 2 doorbell cameras but when I add them to the recorder in the app the notification option for pressing the door bell goes away. Also get constant false notifications when added to the recorder, turned off vehicle and motion, left on human/ face detection but still got constant false notifications. Uninstalled them from the recorder and just added them to the app only with just notify if the doorbell is pushed and don't get any false notifications. Haven't tested the other settings installed this way but I have wired cameras covering the area already, just wanted notifications when someone rings my doorbells. If I knew this I could have just installed the doorbells and kept my old system. For most people or first time buyers, this system would be easier to self install and set-up than previous recorders, phone app is adequate and younger would probably prefer the phone app, but for me I miss the more detailed adjustments.
Easy to setup. So far, it works great. Only negative that i see about it is that DVR is getting a bit hot. I had 2 different systems prior to this one, but this DVR concerns me a little... Other than that, picture is great, lights are convenient, nigh vision is pretty clear. Hopefully it last longer than my previous systems, but for some reason so far nothing lasted more than 2 years.
I already have a 10 camera system and want to add 2 more cameras the DVR can take 16 camera's I have the house covered 360 degree plus the garage front entrance coming and going and full living area, love this system
I would recommend this to a friend!
Response from nightowlsp.comBy Customer Support, Customer Support, September 23, 2021
Thank you for the continued business and for choosing Night Owl!