Defender PHOENIX1 Wireless Video Security System with Portable LCD Monitor and Indoor/Outdoor Night Vision Surveillance Camera
- Avoid Interference & Interception with Clear Signal Technology – This system transmits over a 900mHz frequency, which will not interfere with 2.4GHz
- Completely Wire Free Surveillance – Both the monitor and camera can run on battery power, with no need for wires
- Continuous Security Day or Night! – The camera comes equipped with infrared night vision, allowing you to see dark areas while monitoring.
- Durable Camera for Indoor or Outdoor Use – The discreet camera is built with durable aluminum and designed to function both indoor and outdoor
- Audio Support – A built-in microphone that lets you hear everything that’s happening in your monitoring location.
Product Description
The PHOENIX1 is an easy to use, wire free, color handheld monitoring system which can be used indoors or outdoors to keep your family and belongings safe and secure. The camera sends audio and video wirelessly to the handheld monitor, which has a 2.5-Inch color LCD screen for crystal clear viewing of your camera’s video without need for any wiring. To protect your privacy and avoid interference, the PHOENIX1 wirelessly transmits both audio and video on a different… More >>
We bought this product because we have a solid steel door with no peep hole so we couldn’t see outside. It works better than I expected when I bought it. We can almost walk around our entire house with it outside. We get some static in the back bedroom but that’s not a big deal. The sound is really good and I like the fact that you can adjust the sensitivity. I would definitely recommend this product.
Rating: 4 / 5
When I ordered this, I ordered it because of the good reviews. My wife and I were planning on using it for a baby monitor. We live in a 2 story older house. Not very big, but our daughters room is on the second floor. When the monitor is in the same room it was awesome. Very clear crisp picture and radiant color. However, once we moved more than 3 feet out of the room, the sound quality was very staticy and garbled and the video would come and go quality wise. The video was very unreliable and the static made it even harder to hear in the room. I wouldn’t suggest this product to anyone for monitoring purposes. I think the product would be great in a wired circuit security function, but not wireless.
Rating: 2 / 5
I’ve had this for about a month now. Setup was easy enough and worked great at first. Now we just started the Winter season, with rain that turns to snow and then back to rain again. The camera got foggy a few times. I unpluged the camara for about a half hour and it seemed to help clear it up…but have to do this every once in a while. So be aware the weather does seem to effect the camera. I’m going to keep this unit, because I can put up with the short falls of it. I use it to view my driveway from my living room, so I can see any vistors arriving before the doorbell rings. I would recommend this to others, but want them to know the camara is effected by wet weather. Thank you
Rating: 3 / 5
The range is good and the video image quality is sufficient, but connecting it to a 9 volt battery is a joke. It lasts for an few hours at most. So connecting it outside is just about impossible unless you live in a really dry area where you could plug it in to an outside outlet. The AC adapter that comes with it is certainly not weather proof.
If you are looking purely for an indoor camera to monitor a room (baby, kids, etc.), this would work OK. I suppose it would work OK to monitor your pool or something like that outside if you could plug it in someplace away from weather and water.
I purchased two cameras wanting to monitor my front door and driveway. I have one aimed through a window near my front door. This works fine during the day, but at night the “night vision” reflects off the glass so I get no image. The other I was able to rig looking through a bedroom window towards my driveway, which is a well lit outside area. This one works pretty well even at night, but it doesn’t cover my front door, which is what I really wanted. I had to move this second camera a good distance from the window so the night vision wouldn’t reflect back.
I do think the manufacturer is being very deceptive when they call this an “Outdoor Surveillance Camera”. Sure, it will work outside with a 9 volt battery, but you would need to change the battery every few hours, which is not at all practice. If you are good with electronics you might be able to rig this some way to actually work outside.
Rating: 2 / 5
though the camera(when absoultely no interference or cell phone activity is present and it always is when you need it most!) is decent enough day or night, the unit itself cannot hook to anything, you cannot record your videos when odd occurences come up and I’m not there, I’d like it recorded the unit comes with an A/V out/ male to RCA female but it doesn’t work in a TV the out jack, not the cord is at fault but it is totally useless except for monitoring current activity. I’ve got better things to do(like clean the toilet or watch grass grow) than play “security guard” at my abode.
Rating: 3 / 5