Customer Reviews

Lorex LNE1001 Easy Connect Network IP Remote Surveillance Camera (White)

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This was my first camera for home surveillance. This product is very east to setup. Viewing while connected to the local network provides fairly smooth motion and sound quality. The web based application for remote viewing is more jumpy but still serves the purpose.

I decided to try out the Lorex camera so that I could see how my kids are doing when I'm away from home. I work nights, so I miss out on a lot of their bedtime routines ... I like being able to peek in at them watching "Thomas the Train" in their jammies or just running around being silly while I'm at the office!

I did have a little trouble setting the camera up at first, and it was a little bit of a pain to connect it to the router, but luckily my husband is an IT guy, so he helped me take care of most of that. The remote viewing is a little jumpy, as another reviewer noted, and I always seemed to have issues viewing the footage on my iPhone. If you're just using this for fun, the Lorex LNE1001 is probably a fine choice; however, if you're looking for something with solid security features or the like, I'd probably choose something with a few more features.

I consider myself to be relatively computer savvy - which is to say that I can install software and hardware, as long as there are no complicated steps required. I must say, though that I had some trouble hooking this gadget up. A second problem is that it must be connected to my router with an Ethernet cable, which severely limited where I could place the camera, plus the cable running along my floor would probably alert an intruder that there is some device squirreled away somewhere that he might want to check out.

But, once the camera was hooked up, it worked pretty darn well. I used it recently while on vacation, and it worked just fine. It's definitely not the surveillance camera of my dreams, but it is good.

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The Lorex LNE1001 is a terrific little camera that does exactly what the ads say it will. On a PC with Windows XP it was up and running in the short time required to install the software and plug in the USB port. Its easy to use, and the quality of the images is very good. As a home protection device, you can't ask for much more. Things were more problematic when using my Mac Mini though - for one thing, the device supports viewing only for Mac, so you can't record your security footage. So its good for live monitoring, but not for evidentiary uses. Also, it was not easy to set up to use with a Mac. I followed the instructions on the indicated website, which entailed logging into my router and locating the IP address of the camera, but it took several times and a bit of guesswork to really get it operational. Although the camera's IP address turned up when I logged into the router, I had to improvise to get my computer to recognize it. Once I did however I was able to access the camera using my Safari browser and it worked quite well. Be prepared to run a very long ethernet cable if you intend to use the camera outside the immediate vicinity of your computer - there are instructions on how to run the cable on the Lorex website, but you may want to get an electrician in if you've never done it yourself, or get a repeating router so that you can avoid the long cable run.

Very difficult to set-up with Mac which is very frustrating because they say it's incredibly simple. Well...not so much. Will likely take back.

This camera was not very user friendly. It was problematic hooking it up and I consider myself pretty tech savvy so it was frustrating. We ended up returning it when we couldn't get it to work remotely.

Not the easiest set-up on my Macbook Pro, but it's worked fine since I got it going. The camera requires a wired connection, so as others have mentioned, it just isn't the best choice if you're looking for a setup far away from your computer (unless you're fine with buying and using a really long Ethernet cable). My computer is in my living room apartment so it's usually fine if I want to check up on my dog while I'm at work. For similar casual remote viewing, this system gets my vote. For more robust surveillance (and recording capability) I would probably research another model.

Well "easy connect" might be pushing it a little bit, but just the first time. This took me about a half hour to hook up. It would probably take less time for someone a bit more computer savvy than me, but I still think I did pretty good. Once it was set up, it actually works great! I use it just to keep an eye on things at home and I'm able to do that with no problem. Sometimes the connection is a bit shaky, but all in all I'm happy with it. This is my first experience with this kind of product, and I think for first time users, you will be pleased.

Viewing over the Internet works fine, but the motion detection/alert via e-mail function does not work properly. My unit generates an alert every minute or so regardless of the sensitivity setting or the lack of motion in the filed of view (it will sense 'motion' even a dark, empty room). There is also a time lag in the picture processing. By the time the motion detector triggers a picture (on the odd occasion when it DOES work), the triggering object is often out of the field of view. Lorex honors their 1 year guarantee and returns are promptly handled. I sent mine back twice. Unfortunately, all three units (the original and two replacements) exhibited the same problem with motion detection. Since the alert/email function was the reason I bought it, I am very disappointed.

Product is very easy to setup and opperate. Only problem is I wanted to record video and audio, too bad you can only record video with no audio. I was under the impression that I would be able to record audio. Otherwise a good product.