ARLO VMB4540-100NAR Arlo Pro SmartHub VMB4540 Whit (Open Box)

First, this item was defective and would not connect to our cameras. Once we got a nondefective one that would connect to our cameras, we discovered that this local hub has been rendered useless by Arlo in their latest app update. If you have any newer Arlo hardware, the app forces you to "upgrade" to the new app because the old app isn't compatible. The upgraded app will only show video motion events that are in Arlo’s cloud storage, which costs $7 per camera per month. So you can’t look at the videos stored on your local hub, which makes it entirely pointless. The worst part is, once you’ve upgraded the app, that is stored in your user account configuration on Arlo's servers, so there is no way to go back to the old app where you could view videos on your local storage. Even downloading an old version of the app that doesn't have the new version rolled into it doesn't work, because it won't let you log in. So If you're using the old version of the app and don't upgrade, this hub will probably work fine for you, at least until Arlo decides to force everyone into the new app ecosystem in order to push their monthly cloud service.