Reviews for Kangaroo: Simple Home Security

As much as ten minutes for a motion notification. What good does that do? Removed batteries from device four days ago. Today it sends notice that device is offline. Simple wifi so no integration with much else. Totally useless and not as described in Amazon site. No where does it say you have to pay for service in order to use devices with Alexa. Was very cheap so will play with it before it gets sent to Salvation Army.

Idk about this camera system! It only detects ppl if they are on your front step basically knocking. It doesn't show or detect movement around it. Like Ring does. Ring you can set the distance on motion alerts. Also the recoding isn't consistent, its captures like every sec. It not like a constant video! Maybe with more time,it'll get better. I'll do an update in a few weeks,to let you know if things get better!

I've used the door cam for about 3 yrs now and I don't find it any easier to know when someone is at my door. The images and gifs take forever to load if they do, it's just a doorbell at this point the camera is useless (my wifi isn't the issue, the router is in the same area). Update- I uninstalled it to reinstall and now I can't get signed in the app is taking too long to load after the code is input. I'm definitely regretting my purchase.

A mess. Kangaroo sells you on price, and the entry monitors work well. However, they seem to do a particularly good job coming out with products that don't work as intended, and they hype them up a lot. The privacy camera has been a disaster. Every time it updates the image is upside down. The app is broken and you can't contact support through it. Their support tries to help but it's just too many issues. I should've stuck with Simplisafe.

This app started out great but now it no longer send push notifications to my phone. I have tried to log out and back in but that does no good. What's the point in the motion detector not I'm not notified when it detects motion? Save your money, buy the more expensive doorbell. At least then you will get warned when people are on your porch.

Well, you get what you pay for. The app is not useful at all and it honestly comes with a few directions basically to set it up. When you use the help feature on the app, every common question you pick leads to a page that won't load so please don't expect an easy answer. Although it says that you can pause it while you're running in and out it will not pause and I still haven't found where you even do it besides taking out the batteries. Save yourself the headache and spend a few extra dollars.

I originally purchased this to avoid monthly fees with a home security company, but now I'm realizing you get what you pay for. It stopped working and sending notifications. I changed the batteries and it still doesn't work. I contacted customer service and their solution is to pair it, but that also didn't work. Perhaps this product upfront works for a few months, then pretty much useless. Go to another provider from the beginning unless you are only looking for a few months or service.

Its ok. I understand its a start up security company but as far as your motion sensors go, not the best method. Your 3M tape rips off paint and the wall. If you have customers that are in apartments or someone who's about to move you need something less invasive and that's easily removable to adjust when needed. The 3M tape has to go. It's not the best method. Otherwise the app is ok, notifications are good. We'll see from here. Use velcro maybe?

Didn't inform me that I had to upgrade when i purchased the unit to see my videos. It takes too long to upload the 2-3 second videos when the motion sensor is set off. Drains my cell phone battery pretty quickly. Can't delete all images from cloud either. Sometimes I don't get alerts until the next day. Very disappointed with this product. I wouldn't recommend this product especially for any security purposes.

Pros: 1. Alarm sounds on phone through app even if volume turned down. 2. No false positives 3. Good support accessibility. Cons (Took stars off): 1. Takes 3 minutes to arm and activate the sensor (used to be 5, but should be 1 or at LEAST 2 min). This is a big deal to me, and other low-power wireless motion sensors don't require this. 2. No geofencing (have to manually set it. It won't do it based on your location automatically). 3. No log of activities. 4. Stops working (2 units).