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hey there guys I'm Megan Willerton forcing it appliances here with the why things home DIY camera this $200 camera has to weigh talk night-vision 1080p motion and sound sensors a whole bunch of good stuff so those are all fairly common features for a DIY camera nowadays but this one also adds something very interesting it actually will detect the volatile organic compounds in your home in parts per million and tell you if your air quality is safe or unsafe it also has a built-in lullaby and nightlight feature so this is kind of a webcam security cam and baby monitor all wrapped into one so it's really refreshing to see some new features tacked on to DIY cameras but there are some fundamental things clearly missing from this camera there's currently no Android app no web app and there's no way to save your footage to either the cloud or local storage it will save time lapse photos of the motion or sound that it detects but it won't actually save any recording so you can see what's happening but it's not the most elegant solution I've seen the motion sensor is also much too sensitive so a small shift in lighting or shadows will send it into a frenzy even if nothing is actually happening in your home and while why things was listed as a home kit compatible company and it has its own if channel this specific device isn't really integrated into any of those platforms currently I was also disappointed by the video quality it definitely didn't look like 1080p even though that's what why things claims so why things says that an Android app and cloud storage are on the way but right now this really doesn't function as a security camera to me it's much more useful as a webcam or as a baby monitor it does pretty well at those things but still isn't great at anything I do like the addition of the air quality I think that's an interesting add-on but it isn't quite enough to justify the over thanks for watching this review of the why thanks home be sure to check out the rest of our coverage on sina com i'm meghan willerton force another plan