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Lt. Joe Bookman
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4:36p, 9/22/15
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Just got the notice that I was selected for the switch.
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8:59p, 9/22/15
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Switch also inbound. Not a security camera but it's nice to be in the loop again.
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12:26p, 9/23/15
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Can the people that got the Arlo tell me how they like it? I want to get some security cameras, but not sure which is the right way to go.
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In reply to kjcAg • 12:31p, 9/23/15
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Can the people that got the Arlo tell me how they like it? I want to get some security cameras, but not sure which is the right way to go.
Seconded. We have a neighborhood thief that is going around looking for unlocked cars to steal from late at night. How does the Arlo do in low light?
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1:50p, 9/23/15
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I'm not a big fan of the Arlo cameras. I wanted to have one pointed over my driveway to watch our vehicles. The problem is that the motion sensor constantly activates the camera whenever a car drives by even after making it less sensitive. If you turn the sensitivity down too much, it will no longer activate for people. I think I am instead going to have an always on wired system with a large storage device for primary security. If you want to use the camera for inside the house, however, it does a pretty decent job. YRMV
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In reply to trueaggie2782 • 6:04p, 9/23/15
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I'm not a big fan of the Arlo cameras. I wanted to have one pointed over my driveway to watch our vehicles. The problem is that the motion sensor constantly activates the camera whenever a car drives by even after making it less sensitive. If you turn the sensitivity down too much, it will no longer activate for people. I think I am instead going to have an always on wired system with a large storage device for primary security. If you want to use the camera for inside the house, however, it does a pretty decent job. YRMV
Same - the camera works well, but drains the batteries quick when constantly picking up passing vehicles. The night vision works really well though and the scheduling option is good so that it only records when specified. Overall, better for inside security or maybe catching that pesky bear that keeps dumping my garbage.
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8:18a, 9/24/15
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Ive had a lot of success with them and they protect our home pretty well. The cameras do take an enormous amount of time adjusting the motion control sensitivity but work well once you get them set just right. Expect to go through a set of batteries per camera while configuring to setup properly.
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1:55p, 9/24/15
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Woo hoo. Got picked for a NETGEAR AC1200 WiFi Range Extender (EX6120)
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2:46p, 9/24/15
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Use a battery tester on the Arlo batteries. I notices that only 1 or 2 batteries go bad at a time. So instead of replacing all 4 at one time you can save money and only replace the dead ones.
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8:52p, 9/24/15
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Travis,

Any update on the ARLO camera API? I have a dash button just itching to toggle my camera modes.
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2:39p, 9/25/15
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Got selected for a wireless range extender! I was surprised, because I have a beefy Nighthawk router. I figured they wouldn't pick someone whose router can already supply several city blocks with wifi

Still holding onto hope for another round of Arlo!
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In reply to cena05 • 12:36a, 9/26/15
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Use a battery tester on the Arlo batteries. I notices that only 1 or 2 batteries go bad at a time. So instead of replacing all 4 at one time you can save money and only replace the dead ones.


I noticed this as well. However, I used a volt meter and realized anything under 2.8 is pretty much useless in the arlo units. Although two drain faster than the other two, leveraging the two good ones only lasted me another week or so.
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6:17p, 10/12/15
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I got a survey for Arlo today! I wasn't able to fill it in for an hour or so after the email was sent, so who knows if I'll get it...but here's hoping!
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8:07p, 10/12/15
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Received email survey for 3 Camera Arlo system this afternoon. Fingers crossed.
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Ganondorf
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10:36p, 10/12/15
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I also filled it out and am hopeful.
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9:08a, 10/14/15
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Did anyone else try to fill out a review for the prosafe gigabit click switch GSS108E at Best Buy just to be met with a "product no longer available" message. I emailed Meng about it explaining that it wouldn't let me write a review but haven't heard back from him yet.
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9:25a, 10/14/15
I haven't gotten any emails in the longest time...
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In reply to trueaggie2782 • 8:08p, 10/14/15
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Did anyone else try to fill out a review for the prosafe gigabit click switch GSS108E at Best Buy just to be met with a "product no longer available" message. I emailed Meng about it explaining that it wouldn't let me write a review but haven't heard back from him yet.


My review went through no problem but I did it last week.
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8:09p, 10/14/15
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Anyone got a shipping email for the latest Arlo round? I'm still hopeful but haven't heard anything back.
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1:00a, 10/15/15
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Haven't received an email in 2 months, but it's all good
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6:54a, 10/15/15
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More Arlo?
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In reply to Ganondorf • 7:27a, 10/15/15
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Anyone got a shipping email for the latest Arlo round? I'm still hopeful but haven't heard anything back.

Nothing yet.
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2:26p, 10/15/15
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I received an invitation but it came from a gentleman named Ben Pool. Makes me wonder if they are adding resources to the program or if Meng moved on to a different team.
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2:34p, 10/15/15
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I haven't gotten a response on Arlo yet. Still crossing my fingers. Yesterday was my birthday...does that put any points in my column? :P
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3:31p, 10/15/15
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Nothing yet since the survey, but last time I did surveys was for the IT program's NAS and it took a while for that shipping notice to come - long enough to where I had assumed I wasn't picked.
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3:42p, 10/15/15
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I submitted a survey for an item a few months ago and got a declination email. I thought it was nice that they informed me.

Assuming this is still the SOP, no news is probably good news.
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In reply to trueaggie2782 • 4:58p, 10/15/15
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Did anyone else try to fill out a review for the prosafe gigabit click switch GSS108E at Best Buy just to be met with a "product no longer available" message. I emailed Meng about it explaining that it wouldn't let me write a review but haven't heard back from him yet.

I had the same problem. I had to do a product search on the website to find it. Then I was able to leave a review.
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In reply to ExPLK • 10:43a, 10/16/15
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I submitted a survey for an item a few months ago and got a declination email. I thought it was nice that they informed me.

Assuming this is still the SOP, no news is probably good news.


Thanks for keeping the dream alive.
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In reply to dragons06 • 11:49a, 10/21/15
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Anyone got a shipping email for the latest Arlo round? I'm still hopeful but haven't heard anything back.

Nothing yet.
I emailed Ben and he responded saying the details are being finalized today.
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In reply to dragons06 • 12:55p, 10/21/15
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Anyone got a shipping email for the latest Arlo round? I'm still hopeful but haven't heard anything back.

Nothing yet.
I emailed Ben and he responded saying the details are being finalized today.


Cool.

Everytime I see a new post on here, I worry that I missed the shipping emails
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2:58p, 10/21/15
I haven't heard anything from Meng in a while.

Hoping I can get in on the Arlo expansion pack.

I ended up installing a bunch of these in family in friends houses (as they liked what I had). So far I have been pretty impressed with Arlo
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12:27p, 10/22/15
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Hey guys, Ben Pool is the new Marynel. Meng was filling in for a few months until we got Ben hired. Ben is now going to be 100% focused on FnF. You'll start seeing more invites in the next 30 days. Meng is still around and will be helping, but he's been doing this with his free time. I'm glad to have Ben on board, I met him yesterday.
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12:44p, 10/22/15
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1:23p, 10/22/15
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Thanks for the information. Ben is the one who sent me the Arlo email and I'm super hopeful I'll get it this time.
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2:51p, 10/24/15
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Thanks! Looking forward to getting an email.
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