Description
Price: $39.99 - $24.99
(as of Feb 10, 2025 23:11:51 UTC – Details)
If you are looking for a compact, feature packed, versatile camera solution, the Tapo C121 is the ideal camera for you. With stunning 2K QHD clarity and robust IP66 weatherproofing, the Tapo C121 helps you see what you want, where you want. Night vision is not an issue with the included Starlight sensor that produces color night vision video when dark. Mounting options are a plenty with a magnetic base that enables you to stick the camera on metal surfaces. The camera includes premium features at no additional cost, such as its free person/pet/vehicle detection, powered by AI processing as well as a suite of other features such as full duplex two-way audio, Alexa and Google compatibility and light and sound alarms. Monitor where you want with custom monitoring zones and add additional privacy with privacy zones. To round out the features, an IR toggle enables you to turn the red IR light on and off to avoid distractions or to provide additional security.
𝟐𝐊 𝐐𝐇𝐃 𝟒𝐌𝐏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Crystal-clear detail in every shot. Capture every moment with stunning 2K quality that ensures even the finest details are never missed.
𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: The built-in Starlight sensor delivers bright, colorful video at night, with two spotlights for extra illumination in darker conditions.
Customers say
Customers find the security camera offers good value for the price. It provides decent image quality and sharp video. They find it easy to set up and mount, with a user-friendly interface. The camera works well even at night, and the built-in microphone is useful. Overall, customers are satisfied with the product’s performance and value for money.
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azleggs –
Excellent cameras for a great price!
We purchased a Tapo C120 camera for monitoring our garage a few months ago. It had the best quality & features for the price we found. We decided to get 2 more cameras for inside our house & the C120 was our obvious choice! Amazing 2K picture quality, night vision, AI recognition of people, pets, broken glass and barks & meows, simple setup & tons of configuration options. We would highly recommend to anyone for monitoring the inside of your home.
James B –
Unconventional use but works great
We have rats in our attic. Iâve been placing traps, but itâs not effective. With this I can see them come and go, as well as gauge the effectiveness of different baits. I do have power up there so thatâs a nonissue.The quality of the live view and recordings in the dark are great. Itâs pitch black up there and I can see those little jerks just fine.The WiFi connection is great and stable. Iâve had a few connection hiccups but theyâre rare and only lasted a few seconds.I bought an sd card and only do local recording. I would not consider any product with subscription fees, or functionality locked behind the subscription for basic stuff I wanted. This does have the option for a cloud recording subscription but I donât need or want it. The app doesnât constantly hassle to upgrade, either. There are some nice features of the subscription like rich alerts but I donât need those.The local recording has the capability to watch back recorded content when needed, remotely.In summary, this works great, the quality is great, the features are great, the app is great, and they donât try to annoy you constantly by locking simple features behind their subscription and hassling you to upgrade.
Just Some Guy –
Really the best bang for your buck.
These cameras are cheaper, better constructed, and clearer than any of the previous Tapo/Kasa cameras I have used. They are also more compact and easier to mount. The base is magnetic, although there is a single screw hole you can use if you want a solid connection. The magnet is strong but I feel like some bad weather might knock it around a bit. A single self-tapping sheet metal screw and I had it secured to my galvanized post. It does also come with a separate metal plate to mount it to non-magnetic surfaces, as well as the double-sided 3M tape which may work better on some surfaces. The included USB cable is pretty long. It was long enough for me to run through the wall to my nearest indoor outlet. The Iimage is just spectacular and the color night vision is pretty cool (note : the color night vision only works when the spotlights come on momentarily, but this is no issue.) the body of the camera is metal unlike many cameras in its class and although it is stationary it has quickly become my favorite. This model does not have an internal battery but if you don’t need that then you save a lot of space. Big plus, these will work with Blue Iris NVR software, but you will have to do some research on how to set them up for it. Basically you still have to use the Tapo app to set them up but after that they will connect to other NVR software. These are a fantastic value and I’ll definitely be buying more.
PaulTD –
Update: Excellent in nearly every aspect. Power cable disconnects with slight movement.
Update: Cameras have a ton of features, and fantastic night or day viewing. It’s tedious to set up all the accounts online to see the camera feeds on a PC, but it does work, using iSpy Connect. So I absolutely LOVE that. The wi-fi is powerful and I’ve had no problems connecting to the indoor or outdoor cameras so far. The power cords must be pressed in as far as they will go, they only make contact in the last 1/8 inch. You need to anchor the cable near the camera after installing, and if you move the camera at all, be sure to push the power cord back in firmly, because it will disconnect.One of my camera’s night vision stopped working, I’m returning that one. The mounting hardware and process is very quick and easy.I’d like to see 90 degree camera view rotation as well as the 180. So that a camera can be mounted on a side wall. And right-angle USB power cords would be helpful for space constraints.One caveat. The outdoor Tapo 425 camera will not show in a PC feed, it doesn’t work with the RTSP or ONVIF protocol. That’s disappointing, but it has all the other great features. Be sure to buy some micro SD cards while you’re buying the cameras, for local recording and phone playback.Previous review:Just got the camera. Compact, clever, looks well made. However, the power cable must be pressed in completely to power the device. The tiniest gap from full inserted will stop providing power to the camera, and the smallest movement will disconnect the power. Major flaw.The camera video displays on my phone with no problem after installing the Tapo app and creating an account. Then they harass you to set up an online paid account.To see the camera video on a PC, you have to jump through hoops. First you must set up an RTSP account and password for EACH camera. This is done in the Tapo app. It’s a different ID than your Tapo ID. Then you install an app called iSpy, on your computer. Then you jump through more hoops, configuring that, and then it fails and gives errors, and you’re nowhere.So I don’t know if I’ll be able to monitor the cameras on a PC. They’re not much use to me if I can’t look at a monitor to see what’s going on. Like every other security cam I’ve tried, these don’t work very well.I sill use my Logitech PC-linked cameras from 2007, which don’t require online accounts, and record video to the PC. And I can glance at the monitor 24/7 to see what the 4 cameras are seeing, live. Two stars for the Tapo cam.
castor diaz –
Muy fácil de configurar, también de instalarse.Mantiene una conexión WiFi estable y continua.Muy versátil.Recomiendo!
Roger Chiu –
I have been looking for a security camera for pointing outside my house mainly for monitoring if anyone coming to the house (for delivery etc), any vehicle going to my drive way or park outside my house, and any pets (or racoon) wondering outside my house especially at night. The C120 is exactly what I am looking for.I’ve been using the tapo C120 for just one month and very happy with this product and the tech support. It got all the features I’ve looking for among different brands and models, picture quality is quite good day and night, live and recorded video very smooth, small foot print to be mounted on the window frame, flexible camera arm for pointing at the exact angle easily, very considerate magetic base plate and double side tape for simple installation without the need for drilling nor screwing.It has about 5 sec pre-recording when the motion is detected so you won’t miss anything right at the beginning of the moment the motion detected, multiple detect zone which so flexible that not confined to just rectangular shape like to older model, detection of person, vehicle and pets work just great, night vision is very clear without the need of infra red or spot light (especially useful when I put the camera behind the window pointing outside the house), quite happy with the motion detection response which is very fast (both day and night time).More important, technical support is very good, I found the recorded video is jerky a couple of times at the beginning of the video, contacted tech support with sample video sent to them, unexpectedly, they responsed the next day and even got a firmware update for me within a week and the problem seems resolved now, of course I will monitor the issue for the next couple of weeks to make sure it is really fixed (which I think it is), also tech support (Ian Xu) responses very fast with good follow up which is another star added.
John –
Love these little cameras I have bought a few of these, so easy to set up and great functionality. I put a micro sd card into it, so no subscription charge. I have used them to keep a watch on my elderly mother who lives alone. And they have made things a lot easy for us. Great camera and great functionality.
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Chris –
Very good buy it served the purpose without spending expensive on camera. Very nice. Simple features overall its great