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hey folks I'm Meghan Willerton for CNN appliances here with the review of the FLIR FX at 200 bucks FLIR FX is priced to compete with models like Dropcam pro the new nuts cam Samsung Smart cam HD Pro and other top-of-the-line DIY security cameras while it doesn't have any third-party integrations or an if Channel it has some really interesting features for starters it has an included power adapter but it can also run on battery power with the stand attached it's supposed to last for up to four hours and I found that to be pretty accurate if you remove the stand it lasts for two hours before needing to be recharged additionally this thing has cloud storage and the first pricing tier is free so you get two days of free recorded security events it also has a built-in micro SD slot so if you want to record locally you can do that there's also one other advanced feature that I really love it's called Rapid Recap which is basically a time-lapse of all the activity that has happened within a certain time frame you can specify 6 hours 2 hours however much time you want and it'll give you a time-stamped video of everything that happened that said I ran into some issues with this camera the app itself is a little glitchy if I want to enable or disable motion or sound alerts it gives me an error even though it actually does successfully complete that command I can't figure out why it does that I have checked the firmware I've rebooted the app but it happens every single time it's also a little laggy in terms of being able to view the recorded clips so while it does let me know right away that a motion or audio event has taken place the actual recorded clip that shows the activity doesn't always appear right away and occasionally it doesn't appear at all overall I like the FLIR FX it streams in crisp 720p and records in 1080p so the footage you can review back clearer than the footage that you saw on the livestream although I did see some graininess and pixelation that I wasn't expecting if you're looking for the ultimate in adaptability with the security-camera FLIR FX is a solid option but it does have some limitations that hold it back we did just complete an extensive buying guide of security cameras so if you're not quite sold on FLIR FX you might want to check that out thanks for watching I'm Megan Willerton for C another plan