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Canary All-in-one Home Security vs Logi Circle by Logitech

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When comparing Canary All-in-one Home Security vs Logi Circle by Logitech, the Slant community recommends Canary All-in-one Home Security for most people. In the question“What are the best home-security cameras?” Canary All-in-one Home Security is ranked 1st while Logi Circle by Logitech is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose Canary All-in-one Home Security is:

The Canary has a viewing angle of 147 degrees, letting it see more than competing products. The 1080p resolution is crisp, and allows for digital zooming up to 3X. There are 12 infra-red LEDs that work as part of the night vision to keep recording even after the lights have gone out.

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Canary All-in-one Home Security

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Pros

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Quality video, even when dark

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Automatic recording

The Canary can utilize your phone's GPS to turn on and off automatically depending on where you are (when you're at home it will enter private mode, but when you leave it will activate). If you live with others, all they need to do is install the app and it won't activate when they're home either.

Pro
Air quality sensors

There are sensors which help determine the quality of the air, including: temperature, humidity, and particles in the air. While it can't do anything about these itself, it is a useful tool for monitoring.

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Great microphone

The microphone captures crystal clear audio. This is extremely beneficial if there is motion detected, but the subject moves out of the vision of the camera, as you can still somewhat tell whats going on.

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Warning siren

The Canary Security System is equipped with a siren which is rated at 90dB (similar to that of city traffic or a subway at 200ft). While not ridiculously loud, it should do the job to scare the heebie jeebies out of anybody not expecting it.

Pro
Wireless

The camera itself contains a battery, and is totally wireless when not charging. It's battery can be charged when placed on the wired charging ring.

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Portable

The Logi Circle is small, and can be taken virtually anywhere. It weighs just 9.6oz, and measures 2.5x3x2.5" (6.5x7.6x6.5cm).

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Speak and listen capable

There is a microphone and speaker built into the camera, allowing for a conversation between yourself and anybody on the other side of the camera.

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Cons

Con
No local storage

All of the recordings are stored directly on the cloud, and there is no local storage available.

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Not mountable

This system will need a table or stand to sit on - there isn't an included wall or ceiling mount. You perhaps could fashion your own, however remember to mount it upright as the camera doesn't rotate.

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Expensive subscription plan

The free plan is limited - your history will only go back 12 hours, with 5 available bookbarks and you can download 3 videos.

The $5/month ($49 annually) plan increases this to a 2 day history, 25 bookmarks, and unlimited downloads.

For $10/month ($99 annually) you get 7 day history, 100 bookmarks and still get unlimited downloads.

The most expensive plan at $30/month ($299 annually) gives you a 30 day timeline with unlimited bookmarks and downloads.

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Lacks a speaker

While there is a microphone to listen to sounds, there is no speaker and thus this system lacks the ability to hold a conversation with the person on the other side.

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Lots of false alarms

The motion detection is very sensitive - so sensitive that it only takes shadows moving or branches swaying in the wind to trick it into sending a false alarm. In the future Canary is going to add a sensitivity slider, however this hasn't been implemented yet.

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Disappointing battery life

While it's convenient that it can be taken away from the charger, it would be even more convenient if the battery lasted longer than 2 hours. There is a power save feature which can extend the battery to last around 10 hours, but this cripples the resolution.

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Low resolution camera

While 720p is sufficient for most media, a security camera benefits significantly from a higher resolution. More resolution allows for more digital zooming - in the case of an intruder, you can see exactly what they are doing.