• Reviews around tech support (4.55 of 5)

    Foscam Home Security Camera, R2 Full HD 1080P WiFi IP Camera with Real-time 1080P Video at 25FPS, Pan Tilt 8X Digital Zoom, Motion Detection & Alert, Optional Cloud Service Available, White

    • Wireless setup was a bit troublesome, but tech support was able to help with the issue.
    • So I call tech support and in no time I can talk to Tony and he was so
    • Tech support is non-existent.
    • I just wish the people at home had some technical skills to go one by one and connect all the cameras to the eathernet cable so I could walk them through a reinstall as tech support suggested.
    • To buy surprise they were willing to give me tech support for a camera from another manufacturer
    • I first contacted the tech support using Foscam US website's technical form.
    • I called tech support and spoke with Grey
    • Updating the firmware was a little confusing, but tech support was able to help walk me through the "missing steps" I ran into
    • Tech support says its my computer settings. ???
    • Frustrated, we called tech support, and received help right away
    • Foscam tech support is less than useless
    • Three days on phone with tech support, they couldn't make the cloud back
    • Very clear....had some technical difficulties but called Foscam and the tech support was wonderful!
    • Their tech support was overall very responsive and eager to resolve your issue.
    • The tech support was wonderfully helpful.
    • The tech support was wonderfully helpful.
    • Next issue I called tech support after only one day..
    • - Some Companies take your money and leave you to pay $$$$$ for tech support after 90 days - I was Shocked and Happy that Foscam and Mary were willing to spend 30 minutes on a Tech Support Call without BIG $$$$ in Out of Warranty Tech Support ChargesVery nice to Deal with - Thank you Foscam and Maryexcellent product - by far best clarity and for night vision
    • I had a need to contact their tech support, not only they responded fairly quickly, but they took my issue seriously (thanks to Brian) and professionally
    • The tech support team was very helpful and told me an easy way using wifi to set up the camera
    • I especially liked the fact that Chris in tech support was very helpful in getting my system correctly configured.
    • Lowering to 1 star due to incompetent tech support
    • Once I setup a camera, I don't believe I would need lifetime tech support as Amcrest offers.
    • Bottom line is it doesn't perform as promised and doesn't have the tech support to back it up.
    • Great camera and awesome tech support
    • Great camera and awesome tech support
    • Tech support very helpful.
    • Tech support (in very broken English tried to explain how to us micro-SD, however they could not get it to record to SD, the unit saw it
    • Tech support Boooo.
    • I contacted Foscam tech support and the person who took my call hung up on me without helping me resolve it.
    • Most of the time the camera works fine but the tech support is terrible and the warranty department is even worse.
    • Then I gave up and did the unthinkable, I called tech support.
    • Works great on WI-FI linked to my phone after calling toll free tech support
    • Their tech support informs that they would notify their software engineer to have that issue fix.
    • Ii called the tech support people and Chris helped me out and was able to get it set up very quickly.
    • Only after working with Foscam tech support did I found that there was a bug in their IOS App that caused the problem.
    • I emailed the address printed on the box for Foscam's tech support and asked if the lens was replaceable on the R2 so I could get rid of the wide-angle distortion
    • Three more days on the next issue and another call to tech support - this time on the weekend,
    • Most of the time the camera works fine but the tech support is terrible and the warranty department is even worse.
    • I contacted Foscam tech support and the person who took my call hung up on me without helping me resolve it.
    • I was on the phone with tech support and online chat for hours with ZERO success.
    • I had some trouble setting up the SD card for recording, but I called tech support and the agent quickly solved the problem.
    • Tech support (in very broken English tried to explain how to us micro-SD, however they could not get it to record to SD, the unit saw it
    • I was prepared for the usual tech support annoying wait, followed by terrible language translation difficulties and not very helpful help.
    • I've called into tech support for Foscam and Love was a great help.
    • Tech support has spent an hour and a half and I spent over 3 hours and it still does not work
    • so I called Tech Support and talked to
    • Nice camera and the tech support was great!
    • In some instances the tech support person emailed me a copy of their script for fixing the problems I had.
    • If you are willing to rough it through the set-up, it will be smooth sailing from there on and as was mentioned in other posts, their tech support is very good and very available
    • Next issue I called tech support after only one day..
    • Tony in tech support did a great job
    • Mary at Foscam's tech support was amazing and took control of getting the cameras set up.
    • I had to call tech support when we moved and Grey was wonderful
    • Frustrated, we called tech support, and received help right away
    • Tech support tries to be
    • Tech support was very thorough and helpful, Mary was amazing!
    • Tech support was actually pretty
    • Grey from tech support got be back up and running in no time!!
    • 2+ hours with tech support and nothing - no remote access.
    • My tech support Mary, did a phenomenal job getting everything corrected on my set network and in fact made some changes that make it easier for me and other family members to check in on my dad
    • Got new router and my 6 camera's no longer worked, Called free tech support and Chris got me up and going again with very friendly service
    • With their tech support, I got my camera up and running again in just a few minutes.
    • TECH SUPPORT!LYN WAS AWESOME!
    • The camera set up easily once I plugged directly into my wifi router (don't try plugging into a switch) plus, remote access worked great although, I did experience problems losing my connection and then, giving a poor review when I could not fix the problem (until I called tech support
    • I just love these cameras, tech support also do their job pretty well
    • The tech support is great too
    • Easy to set up and friendly tech support if needed.
    • I did have a question for tech support about using the camera on my PC and about the SD card memory
    • What great tech support foscam has
    • Tech support is critical for devices like this, and FOSCAM supports their cameras rather well.
    • Foscam Tech Support - Mary helped to install this firmware update - would take time needed to hook up - run remote access of my computer to
    • called Foscam.. spent 2 hours configuring my 3 R2 camerasit would have taken me a month to did what Mary did1st class servicecan't say enough with the tech support
    • So because of email help being so slow, I tried calling tech support
    • Tech support was unable to solve the problem (over ninety minutes each call)
    • The second Amazon tech support guy told me to reset the camera - it's brand new - and then when that didn't work, he told me to return it.
    • tech support was very much helpful, helping me with naming muitl cameras grey from tech.support was very informative thank you.
    • Tech support with Grey was really helpful to get two camera set up.
    • This is the best tech support experience I have ever had
    • Email Contacted with tech support, Item returned, and received an Refer working Item in 2 weeks
    • Still not sure why I lost my remote viewing connection but, tech support came to the rescue and stopped my frustrations in their tracks
    • Will buy more of the same product, tech support is fantastic , when it I called support I spoke to Mary and she fixed all my issues, very professional and helpful.
    • Great camera for $65....had to call tech support to setup wireless...tech support was awesome too
    • then he transfer me to online tech support Anthony
    • Chris in Foscam Tech Support has helped with any questions along the way.
    • Their tech support phone number seems to be really good(communicated clearly, patient and knowledgeable)
    • I like the product very much, the tech support at FOSCAM is outstanding, especially Leo, the tech that assisted me, I would recommend the product to anyone looking for a low cost security camera
    • Purchased a FOSCAM camera 2 years ago and purchased the R2E. recently and I am very impressed with the camera and the tech support person ( Lyn ) was most helpful and got camera up an drunning in minutes.
    • I had big problems because I made some typos in email setup, Rose at tech support had to completely redo every thing works great now
    • Tech support came up with many fixes, none of which worked for long
    • Grey was very responsive for Foscam Tech Support when having problems connecting remotely.
    • Tech support was unable to solve the problem (over ninety minutes each call)
    • The thought has occurred to me that Foscam could save a lot of money on tech support by just putting all their tech support scripts on line or in their manual
    • so is it's tech support.
    • This has a very good picture and very good tech support
    • This has a very good picture and very good tech support
    • Tech support is critical for devices like this, and FOSCAM supports their cameras rather well.
    • Tech Support Romer was great… got camera working excellent, saving video to local folder on hard disk on my mac
    • Excellent tech support Rem who answered my questions and solved my problem about the cloud storage
    • I also have two Panasonic cameras and have never had to call tech support to get them to work with my laptop.
    • Grey, my tech support was fantastic
    • Calling tech support, you usually have to wait 15 minutes or so to get a technician on line....but they can usually fix any problem you have rather quickly.
    • Foscam recently sent me an e-mail stating severe vulnerabilities were discovered on many of their cameras...including the R2.
    • E-mail functions work nicely too, although trial and error with settings may be required for SMTP TLS and ports
    • Just as described ,clear picture ,just work’s