eufy Security, 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

Overall a great solution with very adequate video and audio quality and two-way live audio. Night vision is surprisingly good for this price point and the motion AI thus far seems to work as advertised. Note that I sold cloud-based commercial grade video solutions for many years, which all required monthly subscriptions for use and video storage. When you consider having the ability to manage/monitor remotely, and the reasonable purchase price and the lack of a requirement for a monthly subscription in a solution that is wireless and battery powered (rechargeable and eliminates the need for wiring, so convenient to install and to move around if desired).... this is an alternative consider to Ring and other available options. Unless perhaps you're bought into the whole Alexa home automation and simply want to include this into you home eco system. Setup was reasonably easy and driven by the eufy mobile app. And really only took a few minutes, once you get beyond the poor documentation and some terminology quirks (sadly, poor documentation is commonplace these days from so many manufacturers -- so not intuitive for a video novice -- but typical of products from Asian manufacturers). Time will tell how reliable this solution will be and how well the cam batteries operate on their charge, especially as colder weather approaches. But having to periodically recharge is an expectation and trade-off when you embrace the convenience of eliminating the need for power wiring. Aside from the minimal setup quirks, overall I'm initially pleased with this purchase.

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.

I've had three Arlo Pro 2 cameras for several years now and was fairly happy with them. They advertise "High Definition" video and when I saw the actual recordings, they're more like 800x600 or maybe 1024x768. Detection is slow and sometimes I catch people walking away from the house, but not approaching. Arlo Pro 2 was the last model that allowed 2 weeks of free online storage. All Newer Arlos require a subscription service to be even minimally useful (you can't view videos when away from the house if you don't subscribe). Batteries lasted a month, maybe two, which I thought was great. Arlo's online access has 2-factor which RARELY works first try. I have tried 3 push-notifications that never worked, and resorted to 2ndary option of SMS, which usually works. Many times, immediately after logging into the app or the website, I'm immediately logged out and told I need to log in again. Arlo frustrates me regularly. I got some Eufy cameras for additional surveillance of my car and front door. Video quality is better than Arlo, but still not what I would call HiDef like a HiDef movie or TV show. Different settings may yield higher quality, but I'm opting for battery life since video quality is good enough. The batteries TRULY last 180 days, which is AMAZING, considering they're capturing over 2,000 20-second video clips during that timeframe (using Optimal Battery Life setting). I can view videos anywhere for free. Online storage goes back at least 30 days!! I can set up an RTSP NAS device (like Ubiquiti - $200) to store videos locally, or you can use an SD card--but this card can't be removed and used in your computer to retrieve videos. You must access videos through the base station to decrypt them. They don't have easy-to-use local USB storage like Arlo, which is unfortunate. I've had a couple instances where our car left the parking spot and was not detected, but I get a notification when it then comes back--or the person at the front door has 10 or 20 seconds of their presence missing between clips or before/after a clip, but this is rare. I also have a notification for our front door (sound set to "Knock Knock") which is REALLY handy and instantaneous in most cases. Someone walks up and my phone alerts "Knock Knock" even before the doorbell rings (especially useful when deliveries are left). This is really cool when you're on vacation and you get a knock knock to find out a package was left--so you notify a neighbor to pick it up for you. At this point, Eufy is my recommendation for home cameras when compared to Arlo. I was given some newer Arlo cameras and was completely disappointed when I discovered I needed a subscription to use them, and the batteries only lasted a week or so. My years-old Arlo Pro 2 batteries still last a month, for cryin' out loud. Eufy's battery life of 4 months minimum (near my street parking, where every passing car triggers it) to 6 months (front door) is just amazing. Video quality is great--not excellent. Detection is really good, too. Storage, access, and usability meets all my needs.

I had looked at several systems for over a year and liked this one the best. It arrived quickly and I had it up and running in under an hour. Easy setup of the base station and individual cameras once the app was downloaded. The app is easy to navigate and fairly intuitive, even for those of us not raised on computers. The live picture quality is great for daytime video. The infrared is good in b/w however the light for color infrared is quite poor. The cameras have a great field of view. The provided camera mounts are usable but I ordered four aftermarket mounts for about $20 that were well worth the wait. The batteries are great as advertised but in high traffic areas they will not last six months. I've had this system for two months and the front facing camera is at 30%. I'm not disappointed because it has been the most active zone and will probably last another month then I'll recharge the camera. No new batteries to order and buy. The one issue I had was resolved quickly when I reached out to costumer service. Overall it is a great surveillance system. The spotlight and motion detection needs a little attention. I'm glad I bought it and I recommend it. Update: 2020 thru Jan. 2023 Overall I'm still very happy with the system. It was and is user friendly. The battery life is still great comparatively speaking, they do not last six months unless there is very little activity. There are two issues that are troubling. 1) the human detection feature is lacking. Many, many times I have come home to find a package on my front porch with NO video footage of the delivery. A majority of times it catches the delivery persons back side as they are almost out of the "zone". So much for a facial identity on a criminal act. 2) I keep wondering why a stand alone system would go offline without internet. Yes, I know the cameras are wireless. After further research, I found that Eufy routes the video through thier servers and then back to the home base for my storage. I wanted total privacy of my recordings, however this is simply NOT the case. No, I don't really have anything to worry over but that was one of the selling points. Unless I use a hard wired system I will not have total control over my recordings. Just some points to ponder from someone who has questioned the "facts". It is still an economical system and one that is so easy that even I had it up and running quickly. : )

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.

Great product. Got this on Prime day for $159. I was stalking much more expensive systems, but I decided to go with this as my first system. I figured this was the best way to get started, assess my needs, and get a better handle on my preferences. Setup was a breeze. The longest part was a 5 minute firmware update for the home base. Yes, the cameras are only 1k, but as I said, starter kit at a very low price. I will probably add 1 doorbell for garage entry door. In the 1st picture, you see my driveway which is about 75' long. I have 3 60 watt coach lights on the garage, which provide lighting. At night, I get a person motion detection about halfway up from the road. The white line marks the end of the driveway. In the bottom 1st pic, the area over the front door is totally dark, yet the picture is very clear. The only light is some low voltage landscape lights. In the second pic, you can see the mail truck, 75 feet away, detected. Update: in the one color pic, you can see the flag. On the second night after install, it was breezy, and the flag created notifications. So I just drew detection zones to exclude the flag, and problem is solved. Bottom line, only 3 days in, but very pleased so far. Update 3/12/21 Have been very pleased with system so far. Detection: Minimal number of no-detects and detects that are outside the activity zones. Hey, I'm not looking for Fort Knox level. Battery Performance: I am set on 20 second and level 4 sensitivity, but I live in central NY and the winter is VERY cold. Cam 1 is still at 40% after 5 months, out standing. Cam 2 was fine until recently, see below for customer service. Customer Service: OUTSTANDING! With no changes to settings, cam 2 started to lose charge at a faster rate than cam 1 about 6 weeks ago. Did full recharge and still lost 16% in 3 weeks. Emailed company and they were very responsive. A full reply every 24 hours with suggestions, and ultimately they decided to replace camera. I AM EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH THEIR CUSTOMER SUPPORT

Think about this: There are a lot of one star reviews for a reason. . . So frustrating that I took a sledge to their doorbell. . . UPDATE (10/04/2022): Customer service response to the current issues: "Unfortunately, if your order has expired its 12-month warranty, and if the device is defective, we are sorry that we are not able to arrange a replacement for you according to our warranty policy. However, we register all defects and evaluate them statistically. These statistics enable us to identify any increased defect rates or concentrated product problems, so thank you very much for letting us know about your product." Be warned, small issues from the start with the entire eufy system only to have it breakdown after 2 years. And nothing can be done about it with customer service. DO NOT BUY THIS SYSTEM! UPDATE (10/04/2022): Customer service response to the current issues: "Unfortunately, if your order has expired its 12-month warranty, and if the device is defective, we are sorry that we are not able to arrange a replacement for you according to our warranty policy. However, we register all defects and evaluate them statistically. These statistics enable us to identify any increased defect rates or concentrated product problems, so thank you very much for letting us know about your product." Be warned, small issues from the start with the entire eufy system only to have it breakdown after 2 years. And nothing can be done about it with customer service. DO NOT BUY THIS SYSTEM! UPDATE (09/29/2022): This eufy system has gone from bad to worse. Battery low, so cam 2c charged. Last charge hardly lasted long at all. Now camera, after fully charged, unable to play live video. Deleted device. Added device. Restarted homebase. Still no work! Restarted wifi. Deleted device. Added device. Restarted homebase. Still no work! Deleted device. Now UNABLE TO ADD DEVICE! After multiple tries Still unable to add device. Restarted everything. STILL UNABLE TO ADD DEVICE! This has gone from bad to worse. There is always some issue that happens with this eufy system. It's horrible and frustrating. So damn disappointed with eufy. DO NOT BUY ANY OF THEIR PRODUCTS! UPDATE (2/19/2021): Have been dealing with customer service from eufy since all the problems started. The result? A lot of apologies but no solutions. They offered to send a replacement only to later say that they are unable to deliver to the address. The same address that the original ones were sent to. Again, apologies but no solutions. This security system is a joke. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS SYSTEM! ‐-------------------------------------- UPDATE (12/16/2020): Have had the system for approximately three months. Also purchased indoor cameras a few weeks after first purchase. Problems still occurring but past time period to initiate refund. Contacted Eufy customer support on numerous occasions who suggested different settings and system upgrades but errors still occurring even with various adjustment settings. Customer support responds with the same excuse that their tech team is working on the issues. Thought that it could possibly be the 2C cameras that were defective and, in one email, offered to send replacements. Then, in another reply, offered to send a Pan/Tilt indoor camera as a replacement. It was a nice offer, but the issues are with the outdoor 2C cameras and not with the indoor cameras at all. In one reply, customer support offered a $25 refund for the unsolved issues. $25?! That was insulting. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS SYSTEM! I cannot stress that enough. Poor system. Multiple false alarm issues. Dysfunctional Zone feature. Inconsistent notifications (sometimes it will capture a person, sometimes it won't). Faulty AI. Horrible customer support. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS SYSTEM! ‐-------------------------------------- THE GOOD: Camera has decent image quality. Set up fairly simple. Battery powered 2C camera will last a few months as long as AI does not filter out too many events. Will record and store events locally (no subscription fees). THE BAD: AI will detect numerous false detections (ex: shadows detected as human faces). No matter how you adjust the sensitivity or activity zones the system will give frequent false alarms of shadows presenting as a human. Very distracting. Also, how would you pay attention to a REAL alert when you are constantly bombarded with false alarms. The eufy system cries wolf a lot. So much, that you become reluctant to have the siren on at all. Activities Zones that are set up are useless. Basically, you get a set of colored rectangles on your app while eufy still detects outside of those zones (which also drains the battery). And the zones that are set up are inconsistent when detecting movement (same problem as other reviews). Sometimes you will get a notification and sometimes you won't. Adjusting the sensitivity level higher does not help with the inconsistent notifications. It does, however, help with catching more activity outside the established zone. Indoor cams require a micro SD card to record events. Otherwise it is just a camera. Would be better if the indoor cam could link up with the Homebase2 and store recordings there. Would also be better if the Homebase2 had a micro SD storage slot instead. Geofencing does not work at all for multiple users. Even with one person in the zone while one is out of the zone eufy will change the security system to "Away". Geofencing will also place a family member "out of the zone" even if that person hasn't left the zone all day. Geofencing is also inconsistent across different units. One indoor camera will report a different status than the home system (Homebase2). Have reported issue to eufy support. They have responded fairly quickly, however the system updates that were provided did not solve the problem. After reading the eufy forums, the Geofencing issue has been a problem for a long time and it has not been resolved. After weighing the GOOD vs the BAD, the eufy system does not perform well as a home security system and I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS SYSTEM. It will not provide adequate security protection.

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.