First, you'll need to watch the price on these as it appears to vary wildly. I've now purchased three of these at an average of about $18 or so. I have one for each computer system I do video with at home; one for work, one personal and one hobby. They are a nice little camera that can either be mounted on the included short flexible stand, or the neat little folding piece that allows me to put it on the top of my monitor and it stays pretty well.
I found the foldable part to be a little loose on each of these when I received them, but I removed one of the rubber plugs to access the small phillips-head screws and tightened them appropriately. Now they stay even better. The other thing to note is the included cover that you have to put on yourself. It comes with a thin adhesive layer so you can put it on the front of the camera. However, you'll find the outside edge of the housing might stick out a bit from the face, so if you mount the cover vertically, it may not actually stick very well. In my case, I simply mounted the cover horizontally so the entire surface of the adhesive had something to stick to. This means I have to open the cover to the side instead of up, but it works fine. Do note however, that mounting it this way will partially cover the LED icons for power and connection.
The picture is pretty nice. My only objection is that it is a little bit "fish-eye" which is great if you want to try and include more of your surroundings, but is a bit annoying in the distortion you get at the edges. It's not too bad, but for me reduces the overall rating to four stars as I've not found a way to adjust for that.
It connects via USB and was recognized by Teams and Zoom without issue. I had started out with just one and moved it from computer to computer, but then purchased additional ones so I could just set each one up and leave it.
Overall, satisfied.
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