Amazon’s Choice TP-Link Tapo Wireless Security Camera Drops to an All-Time Low for the Holidays

We love when people agree with us on product recommendations, especially when it’s heavy hitters like PCMag and The New York Times‘ Wirecutter section. And we’re all very much on the same pages when it comes to singing the praises of the TP-Link Tapo C425 MagCam outdoor security camera, which is a huge buying opportunity at Amazon right now at just $70 — 42% off its usual $120 price.

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Amazon agrees too — it’s an Amazon’s Choice pick in outdoor security cameras, on top of making the 2024 Editors’ Choice list for PCMag, which called it the best 2K wireless camera, and earning a recommendation from the Times‘ Wirecutter reviewers. Why all the lofty praise for a small and unassuming-looking camera? So many reasons. Let’s run through a few of them now.

So Easy Yet So Powerful

The C425 gets right to the heart of the matter when it comes to the things people dislike about security cameras — they can be crazy-hard to install and operate, and all too often all that installation work goes for naught when the visual range and picture quality are lacking.

There are no such issues with the C425. Installation is supremely easy on most surfaces, and even easier on metal surfaces thanks to its wire-free magnetic mount. The mount is easily installed on non-magnetic surfaces, after which the camera snaps in magnetically and can be adjusted to any angle. On a metal surface, the magnetic mount grabs and holds securely, and then the camera snaps into place. Not sure about the placement? Simply pull it from the metal surface and try somewhere else — as many times as you need to.

Taking down the Tapo C425 to recharge its battery is just as easy, but it’s also something you’ll need to do maybe once every 300 days thanks to the huge-capacity 10,000mAh battery. Or you can skip the battery entirely if you opt to also purchase the Tapo Solar Panel to provide the C425 with continuous power.

See It All

Once your installation is complete, usually within minutes, you’ll be amazed at the 150-degree field of view of the Tapo C425 and how much more it picks up than the more-common 120-degree-FOV home security cameras. Anything in that range will show up in your videos, which can be stored locally on a 512GB microSD card (sold separately) or in the cloud for 30 days if you subscribe to Tapo Care. Those videos are amazingly clear 2K QHD with 4MP resolution so you can see exquisite detail, including license plates. At night the two spotlights increase your viewing power, and the night vision of the C425 comes through in clear color, unlike the grainy black-and-white night vision provided by most security cameras.

All of these great features add up to award-winning reviews for the TP-Link Tapo C425 outdoor security camera from PCMag and the Times‘ Wirecutter section, and they also make the current Amazon deal for just $70 even more remarkable. It’s a limited-time Amazon deal, though, so don’t let it fly past you.

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