Feeling Protected and Connected with Arlo by Netgear and Netgear Nighthawk DST #BBYConnectedHome

The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free

My husband and I have been talking about home security systems since we moved in here almost five years ago. It never got to a point where we were fully comfortable paying a monthly fee for one, so we have been searching for a set that we could use to record activity in and around our home to our own hard drive. My husband had something rigged up for a while that worked but it definitely was not ideal or easy to operate. So when I had the opportunity to review the Netgear® Arlo Smart Home Indoor/Outdoor HD Security Cameras and the amazing Netgear® Nighthawk™ DST Router and DST Adapter with Geek Squad included I was ecstatic!

The two items arrived in due time and I let my husband take over. He gets super excited about this stuff. He took the items out of the package and was instantly impressed by the setup. The cameras are completely wireless and they’re magnetic! They attach via a strong magnet letting you easily adjust the camera any direction that you would like. The cameras enable you to capture 720p video footage both during the day and at night , with a 130° field of view.

Setting up the Netgear Nighthawk Router and Adaptor was easy as well. We did have the Geek Squad included so if we had any concerns with setup we would be able to have them on the phone in no time. The Router is much larger than our older netgear router, but we love the power it puts out, so it’s not a big deal. There are absolutely no dead spots in our home, and even down the street a little ways I am still connected to wifi.

With so many items in our home that are ‘connected’ we needed a router that could hold up to our growing (in technology) family! This high-performance router was built to support 10+ connected devices – you can also prioritize devices for streaming videos or music, and included advanced features for lag-free gaming.

 The Nighthawk Router comes with an adapter, which is essentially an amplifier. The router connects to most of our home, but our bed sits in the back corner on the opposite end of the home, so we were having troubles getting internet in our room. We put the adaptor there, and now I have a full wifi signal there.

Setting up the Arlo cameras was a cinch, literally turning them on and they’re connected! The app we downloaded shows the cameras connected. It’s easy to select them to record movements during specific times of day or days of the week, or to constantly have them recording movement. The downloadable app enable you to view live video from your compatible Android, Apple® iOS, Amazon Kindle, Windows or Mac device. I have it set up to send my phone a notification, as well as emailing me a notification, saying that there was movement detected. You can change this setting for each camera, as desired.

I have loved having the feature of being able to set up the cameras outdoors to record our front and back doors, as well as the side of our home. I have our fourth camera set up indoors which is a great feature for personal uses.  I was at my moms house for an entire day, sewing. My husband was home with the boys and they were bored. I mentioned to him that they should go to the movie store and rent a movie and get some snacks. I turned on the app and pulled up the camera in the living room and got to see the absolute excitement on their faces when he broke the news to them. It sure made my day, too!

I just love our new system, and feel so much better leaving home now that I know I can still keep my eye on our home, property, and stay secure. You can purchase the exclusive-to-Best-Buy 4 pack of Netgear Arlo packs for $499 and Netgear NightHawk DST Router and Adaptor for $299.99.