eufyCam 2C 2-Cam Kit, Security Camera Wireless Outdoor, Home Security System, HomeKit Compatibility, 1080p HD, IP67, Night Vision, Motion Only Alert, No Monthly Fee

Best choice and very reasonably priced. Motion sensor, real time video, and you have audio. Easy to install and set up, plus good picture with no subscription needed.

I have needed a security system at my home for some time. I have a 3-camera NEST wireless system at work, and it's pretty easy to use, but you have to keep the wireless cameras plugged on 24/7 in order to record full-time. Kind of defeats the purpose of "wireless". The NEST cameras are not quite as simple as the Eufy cameras. The NEST cameras are not as accurate as the Eufy system either. I have both systems set up to only send notifications from the area inside the camera's view that I select. Both systems are set up in the same manner with this. However, the NEST cameras miss a lot of movement within the area that I have set up to notify me. The Eufy never misses. The best feature is that in order to store video with NEST, you have to pay an additional monthly fee. The Eufy system records to a wifi drive. It can store 6 months worth of video and snapshots that you can recall, save to a device, disc, flash drive or whatever as well as share it. The quality of the NEST cameras is good, but the Eufy cameras are sharper and much more colorful. NEST can zoom tighter, but the resolution breaks down very quickly when you zoom. Far more than the Eufy does. In conclusion, Irecommend the Eufy system for several reasons. 1) Sharp and colorful images that hold resolution very well as you zoom. 2) accuracy. 3) Free storage (on the device that is included). and no hidden fees. 4) Cameras are truly wireless. You only need to plug them in to charge, which looks like it'll be in about 6 months. 5) Price. 149 for 2 cameras and the storage device. And finally, ease of setup. I hope to have this system for quite some time.

I was on the fence about these for about a year and had originally decided upon going with an Arlo system. But after getting another Eufy product, I was pleased with the hardware and companion app. I had also purchased other Anker products. So I was confident going with a eufyCam system after those experiences. Overall, we are very pleased and bought a third add-on camera about a week later. These cameras were very easy to set up and install. I had a little bit of trouble setting up HomeKit, which required me to set up the software twice, but HomeKit works like a charm now. I bought smart plugs for my front living room and set up a HomeKit automation for lamps to come on when the Eufy camera's motion sensor triggers. It works almost immediately. The field of view and image quality is very good. You're able to pinch to zoom in via the app to get a closeup of a particular area of the view. And the night vision is almost clearer than in the daytime. One thing new purchasers need to understand about image quality, however, is that the 1080p resolution is only as good as your camera's wireless connection. Even with a great connection, there will be compression artifacts. This is no fault of the product, however. One feature I really like is how they include a small thumbnail of the faces captured on the camera. This is very hard to do when reviewing the actual video footage. Although I wasn't expecting much from the audio (both from and to the unit), but this is sort of lacking. It's hard to get clear audio from the app to the camera, and it takes some practice to know the volume at which to speak when talking to the camera through the app. And there's always a wooshing sound when you first view a clip or the live feed, which makes it sound like there was a noise during the actual recording. Human voices are fairly easy to make out in the app. The audio from the camera is very sensitive as far as background noise, picking up noise you can barely hear in person, but it's hard to make out specific sounds. One complaint I have is about the mount. You have to pay strict attention to the angle at which you're setting it up and test your camera's field of vision, as the swivel head doesn't have a huge range of motion. The motion detection is hit or miss and takes a lot of adjustment. Our main cameras, trained on our front and back doors, are now picking up most everything we want them to pick up. Our add-on camera, however, isn't living up to my expectations for it. I wanted a more overall view of our front yard, so I placed it about 10' up in a tree with a wide field of view of most of the area near the front door. Even at the highest sensitivity setting, it only seems to be picking up when people come a lot closer to the camera which is a much less highly trafficked area. I think the camera may be having trouble recognizing humans at this distance. Human detection during the day is the default setting. My suggestion is to not expect this to be accurate when your main focus area for picking up people is more than 5 or so yards away. Eufy's software is good enough to where you can tweak the settings to find a happy medium between picking up humans vs. the wind blowing trees.

Set up is easy if you use the app. Instructions in the box are confusing when adding the camera to the home base. Overall it works very well. The microphone adds another dimension that I didn't have with the blink camera. Also video storage within the unit instead of the need for a USB is an upgrade. Videos also mentions whether it's a human or motion. The thumbnail view of recordings is nice too when reviewing a list. Hopefully battery life holds up and its reliability lasts. Good product so far as I was skeptical with buying off brand

I don’t write reviews often but was very impressed with the EufyCam 2C (purchased two sets and several add on cameras for usage at two different locations). I’m a current owner of cameras from Nest (Nest IQ indoor), Wyze (Wyze V2 cam) and Blink (Blink XT2). The EufyCam 2C has easily replaced the Blink XT2 as my recommendation for outdoor wireless camera for the following reasons: 1) Wider field of view (2C is 135 degrees vs. 110 for the Blink XT2) 2) Higher resolution recordings. By default, the Blink XT2 is set to record at “standard” resolution within the app, which is actually 720p (this has to be manually toggled to “best” by the user which is 1080p). I found this out the hard way when reviewing footage on my computer and noticing the subpar quality. The 2C records at 1080p. 3) Actual battery percentage meter. The Blink XT2 app only lets users know if the battery is “OK” or needs to be replaced. The 2C has a granular battery percentage meter. Although this may seem like a small deal, it’s important to know when your outdoor cameras are about to run out of batteries so that you can charge them before extended absences from your home (i.e. vacations). There are numerous folks on the Blink forums who have had their cameras just go offline without any notice that the batteries were depleted. 4) Built in rechargeable lithium batteries. The Blink XT2s use disposable Energizer lithium batteries. These can cost anywhere from 1-2 dollars CAD per piece, with two required per camera per swap. This adds up quite quickly as the cameras, when set to a sensitivity level that is useful, run out of batteries quick. Third party options for alternate power are quite limited. The 2Cs have integrated lithium batteries charged over micro USB. They are capable of taking up to 2A at 5V so charge quite rapidly. Battery percentage is quickly accessible via the app. 5) On device AI. The Blink XT2 is “dumb” in the sense that all PIR fluctuations are recorded as events. This is quite frustrating and results in tons of false notifications regardless on how diligently the user sets motion sensitivity and activity zones. The EufyCam 2C can be set to notify on all motion but also has optional on device AI which notifies only for people. The AI is quite robust and for my application (cameras located outside of my place) resulted in approximately 1 false notification every 2-3 days on average, even with the cameras on maximum sensitivity. 6) Cost. The Blink XT2 regular price is 129 CAD for a single camera and sync module. The two camera setup for the 2C is 269 CAD right now with discount. The pricing is so similar that it does not make any sense to buy the XT2s because you can get a much more superior product for virtually the same price. The only flip side to this is that you have to start with the two camera setup. 7) Privacy. This mattered less to me but for the privacy conscious, the EufyCam recordings are stored locally on the HomeBase 2. Just note that your experience in playing back the clips will depend on the upload speed of your ISP provided connection as the footage has to be streamed to your mobile device. 8) Better included mounting gear. The mounting brackets included with the 2C are rock solid, compared with the XT2 mounts which a strong gust of wind can knock down your cameras. 9) Shorter re-trigger time and longer clips. The Blink XT2 can record clips up to 60 seconds long with a re-trigger time of 10 seconds. The EufyCam 2C can record clips up to 120 seconds long with a re-trigger time of 5 seconds. You will catch more this way! This could be the difference of seeing something happen and missing it completely Concerns/areas for improvement 1) There have been a few (note: very few) instances where I feel that the on device AI may be slightly too aggressive in excluding events with people when cameras are set to people detection only 2) A feature that has been in the pipeline for quite a bit of time but has not yet materialized is using the USB port on the Homebase 2 for encrypted external storage backup of recordings; this is not yet available 3) The first quarter second or so of footage may not be useful as the 2C has to wake up, adjust exposure and start recording. Most of the times this interval has overexposed footage This camera also easily matches up to the Arlo series at a fraction of the price. Overall highly recommended! Will be purchasing more cameras in the future, in particular the Eufycam 2 with longer battery life to be used in higher traffic areas around the house

Las mejores cámaras que he comprado. Las quise usar con el sistema de Apple pero consumen mucha batería, y mejor decidí usar su propia app. Tiene muchas opciones para su gestión y administración de su uso. La batería no rinde lo que indican si la zona tiene mucho movimiento. Entre más movimiento más consumen ya que graba y eso consume batería. Es importante que instales un panel solar o que lo dejes conectado a la corriente. Yo tenía instalada una que da hacia la calle y cada minuto hay movimiento y por tanto tenía que cargarlas cada dos semanas (se vuelve tedioso y están instaladas en lo alto). Entonces tuve que comprar unos paneles solares que me costaron menos de 40 dólares por dos. Eso hizo que su uso se volviera perfecto y actualice su configuración para que grabe más tiempo. La base con la que viene guarda todos los videos grabados sin tener que pagar suscripciones. Existen una opción de enlace con iCloud pero consumiría memoria de tu nube. La memoria de la base es de 15gb aprox y lleva la mitad de uso en 53 días pero se puede resetear si lo requieres. Creo que son las mejores cámaras y su construcción es muy sólida. Ha llovido y nada les ha afectado. Puedes comprarlas con confianza y recomiendo que sea en alguna promoción o descuento. Hay otras opciones de cámaras mucho más baratas pero esas si construcción de los plásticos son de mala calidad que se ponen amarillos por el sol o no resisten la lluvia a largo plazo, además que sus aplicaciones tienen publicidad y se resetean solas.

I had picked up a eufy wired doorbell and decided to stick with the brand, as I was very happy with it. I’m glad I did. I attached the home base to my router, it picked up the cameras very fast, and I spent awhile finding the perfect spots for them. I have one in front of my garage, watching the driveway and street, and have spent awhile tuning the detection threshold so that it gives me only the results I want. The backyard was harder - I wanted it there mostly to check for skunks or raccoons before I let the dog out at night. The camera out front got great reception at all times, the one in the back was perfect until I moved it outside, beside the window frame. Of course I checked it INSIDE the window before I spent 20 minutes hanging out of a 2nd story window installing it and had to uninstall it. That whole outside corner was a dead zone once it passed the window, so I installed it at the other corner of our second floor, outside the master bedroom. Works great and has decent resolution at night. Daytime definition is great, but when installed high off the ground (which it’s not really designed for) it falls off, especially when the light is poor. I’m still happy, and after two weeks of me constantly checking it and fiddling with it, both batteries are still showing 100%. Recommended. CONS: although the siren works great, as does the illuminator, the speakers on these are so tiny that you can’t make out what is said. It sounds a bit like someone trying to speak through a kazoo. If you’re looking to roar challenges at intruders, this won’t do it. The speaker on the doorbell (reviewed separately) works fine, and is likely where you’ll speak to someone anyway. *** February 1st, 2021 update. I’m still very happy with these cameras. The camera over my garage door, which is checked frequently (whenever the dog looks up and starts growling - it’s often an Amazon delivery or food delivery) and it started showing low battery in mid January, 2021 - installed in mid October 2020. So that’s three months outside in the cold, used frequently, before the battery got low. Pretty great!

Muy buenas cámaras, sin embargo si hay mucha actividad en el lugar que están probablemente la batería dure poco y nada que no se solucione con cargarla durante un par de horas y te olvidas por unos meses, es compatible con HomeKit

Fácil de configurar e instalar, precio justo.