- VERDICT
The Uniden App Cam Pano is an excellent product that offers even wider coverage – something that usually requires two regular cameras so you can keep an eye on things when you’re not around. And with the inclusion of the solar panel – it becomes a set and forget solution that will always provide peace of mind.
When it comes to security cameras, the more area you can cover the better and the Uniden App Cam Pano can give you a 170-degree field of view – it’s actually two cameras in one.
Uniden’s App Cam Pano has two lenses so it can cover a larger area but stitches the feeds together and presents you with one widescreen video or image.
For our review we installed the Pano on our back deck overlooking our yard along with the included solar panel.
When we’re not home we like to observe our two dalmatians – Ziggy and Logan – if they are outside in the yard.
After setting up, thanks to the 170-degree viewing angle, we were able to see our backyard in 3K video resolution from the fence on the left side to the fence on the right so basically there was nothing we were going to miss.
If anything is within 30m of the camera it will be captured on video.
Typically an outdoor security camera has around 130-degree field of view so to achieve what we did with the Uniden Pano and cover the same area, we’d have to position two cameras and look at two different feeds.
Naturally, it’s possible to view live video and notifications with the Uniden Solo app on your smartphone as well as record video and capture images to share.
The onboard camera activates immediately thanks to the built-in AI which also gives it the ability to distinguish between people, animals and vehicles.
And the Uniden Thermo Sense also prevents you getting flooded with notifications because it detects both heat and movement so it will flag a person in front of the camera rather than a tree swaying in the breeze or a car passing by in the street.
It also has a bright motion-activated spotlight also provides colour night vision which is enabled through a CMOS sensor.
The onboard passive infrared sensor spotlight with 440 lumens brightness. This enables colour night vision to be captured up to 30m away.
And everything can be saved locally on a microSD card or on Uniden Cloud for later playback.
Set up was very straightforward – once it was installed.
Where I decided to install the camera and solar panel involved ladders and power drills and it was more where I placed them that made the job slightly more difficult than the actual job itself.
And this proves that if a pen pusher like us can install this – anyone can.
And with the solar panel which was attached next to the camera and connected to the unit via a USB-C cable, we won’t ever need to worry about recharging the onboard battery.
Once in place the Uniden Solo app did the rest. It was just a matter of scanning the QR code on the side of the camera, aiming a second QR code for the camera to recognise and connecting it to our wi-fi network.
The whole onboarding process took a matter of minutes.
The Uniden App Cam Pano is a larger unit thanks to its twin lens design so it’s not as discreet as other cameras – but that’s a good thing.
A visible camera is a great deterrent to anyone coming on to your property with ill intentions.
Key features
– 100 per cent wire free over Wi-Fi
– Dual Lens – Double the Coverage
– Solar power compatible (Solar Panel Included)
– rechargeable battery with 120 days standby time
– low-battery notifications
– rapid wake-up
– colour night vision
– 170-degree viewing angle with dual lens and dual view
– Thermo Sense technology
– 3K (6MP) resolution to view, record and playback video
– SD Card and seven days free cloud backup and storage
– weatherproof design
– AI intelligent alerts
– customised voice-recordable alerts
– siren alert trigger
– motion detection record
– privacy masking to black out areas within the camera’s view
– black out areas within the camera’s view that you don’t want to be recorded.
The Uniden App Cam Pano is priced at $429.
VERDICT
The Uniden App Cam Pano is an excellent product that offers even wider coverage – something that usually requires two regular cameras so you can keep an eye on things when you’re not around. And with the inclusion of the solar panel – it becomes a set and forget solution that will always provide peace of mind.
