eufy Security, eufyCam 2C 3-Cam Kit, Security Camera Wireless Outdoor, Home Security System, HomeKit Compatibility, 1080p HD, IP67, Night Vision, Motion Only Alert, No Monthly Fee

A reasonably priced. very useful system
I already have eufy security devices: 2 video doorbells and 2 bolt-locks. I like that they work well and do not require a subscription. It was easy to add the two outdoor security cameras to the system. They set up quickly and straightforward to adjust the settings to your desired parameters through the app. This would be true if this were the first eufy security device a person purchased and set up.I got this outdoor camera system on sale, but even at full price, these are quite reasonably priced. I looked at the higher priced eufy options, but find that this level serves my purpose. I didn’t figure that the cameras would get enough solar exposure where they are placed to make that a good option, nor do I require the higher video resolutions (to my thinking at this time).

Disappointed because of some major flaws in this product
I ordered the Eufy Cam 2C as I was looking for a replacement for my 3 year old Arlo 720P camera set up and Arlo was only offering cameras that worked if you paid for a monthly subscription. The price for this Eufy product was very reduced and very reasonable as Eufy was in the process of replacing it with a Eufy Cam 3C model. I thought paying $179 for a 1080P 2 camera setup that did not require a subscription was a great deal.The pros. This product was easy to set up. You need to download the Eufy Security App to your phone or tablet to set it up. The homebase has to be connected to your router via an ethernet cable for setup. After setup, you can change this to use Wifi but that is only after setup. In the setup the primary option to set up the homebase is to use the Eufy Security app to scan the barcode on the bottom of the homebase. However, several attempts at doing that failed. Fortunately, the Eufy Security app has a readily seen option to enter the homebase ID manually and doing so worked immediately. Synching cameras to the homebase is trivially easy. You just click on “Add Device” in the Eufy Security app and follow the instructions to push the sync button on the camera. The cameras synched flawlessly. The app gives you a lot of help to set up the cameras advising on signal strength between the homebase and the camera. Surprisingly, I had good signal strength almost anywhere I placed the cameras on the house to the homebase which was in an upstairs bedroom. The picture from the Eufy cameras were outstanding compared to my older model Arlo cameras. So far, I was very happy.The cons. My intention was to replace multiple cameras covering the front yard which currently provides multi-angle views of any movement. However, to my horror, I quickly realized that I could not apparently do this with the Eufy system. If one camera detected movement it seemed to lock out any other camera from recording at the same time. I could not get simultaneous recordings of movement from the two cameras. I consulted the internet and others mentioned the same problem with one person showing a text he got from Eufy product support that indicated simultaneous recording is not supported by this system. There is some dispute about this on the internet but simultaneous recording definitely does not work for me and I consider this a serious drawback. More on this later.The other shock I got was that while live views of the camera were fantastic, playbacks of recorded movement were incredibly choppy. The recordings were acting like they were losing a tremendous number of frames. One would see a person move, freeze and then appear 5 feet from where they were in the previous frame. It is genuinely awful. Now I verified it was not a signal strength issue using the strength information provided by the Eufy Security app and even tested the situation where I placed the camera literally right next to the homebase. Result: still awful. I checked that the homebase and cameras were using the latest version of firmware and they were.In the end I did not replace my existing Arlo camera setup which had two cameras covering the front and two cameras covering the back. Instead, I simply added to my setup by adding one Eufy camera to the front and one to the back. Looking at my total needs, this is an improvement. The Eufy cameras in front and back won’t be affected by lack of simultaneous recording capability. The Eufy camera detail is far superior to my Arlo cameras if I freeze recordings but the choppiness in the Eufy recordings prevent me from replacing my existing Arlo systems.Now what I did next may make some of you question my judgment. I ordered this product another time. Given the price, I wanted to have backup replacement Eufy cameras in the future if something happened to my existing cameras and secondly I wanted to see if having two homebases would fix my inability to have two Eufy cameras recording the same area simultaneously if i synced the cameras to different homebases. So, I set up a second homebase and synched the new cameras to do that. That was easy to do. I positioned 2 Eufy cameras pointing to the same area but synched to different homebases. To my delight, the two cameras were able to record the same movement simultaneously using this setup. I was going to use this setup to add additional Eufy cameras to the front and back of the house when I found out the freeze frame issue seemed to be even worse with this second system. Decided it was not worth the time and effort to add additional cameras as it would likely be a source of frustration. So I packed up my second order of this product to save as replacements if my existing Eufy cameras develop problems down the road.So while the resolution of these cameras are very good and their individual ability to sense motion is good the fact that you cannot simultaneously record from multiple cameras on the same homebase and even worse recording playback is horribly and frustratingly choppy, in my view, makes purchasing this system questionable. While I was able to get enough value for the price to keep my purchases, I cannot recommend this system to others unless you fully understand the product flaws and agree that you might be able to live with them. Two stars from me.Update 12/17/2022I don’t know why and through no action on my part, the freeze frame issues I had had with the Eufy cameras have recently disappeared. Right now, there are no frame losses. For that reason, I am changing my rating from 2 stars to 3 stars. I will continue to monitor this and report any changes.Update 02/23/2023Since December, the freeze frame issues I originally had have disappeared through no efforts on my part. Given that, two weeks ago I set up the other two cameras I had purchased to go along with their separate home base to add additional outside coverage. While apparently only one camera at a time can record to a single home base, if I have two cameras covering different angles of my front lawn attached to two different homebases they can record simultaneously. As such, I was able to replace my old Arlo cameras with these Eufy cameras. Given Arlo stopped supporting promised free 7 day video storage, having Eufy systems which can record unlimitedly without a subscription charges was a godsend. So my Arlo systems are now replaced by superior cameras with virtually unlimited free data storage of events. As such, I am now very happy with my Eufy purchases and am changing my rating from 3 to 4.

Great product. Love the look, aesthetics,and ease of app usage.However installation instructions are definitely not to the mark:1. The app doesn’t specify that wifi connection must be at 2.4GhZ only.2. The standard camera displayed on the installation wizard isn’t accurate. You need to type and search for 2C and only then it displays the camera you need to install. Else it will just say ” wrong QR” and won’t explain why it isn’t working. It’s especially frustrating with multiple QR codes on each camera. On the home base. On the box. Etc.3. When plugged in it still uses the battery and then recharges the battery. Not sure why that is important.Light, camera, mic and speakers are all good.

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.

De entrada, los componentes del sistema se sienten sólidos, hechos de buenos materiales. La instalación (en exterior) fue rapidísima ya que es sin cable alguno, la configuración también fue sencilla y es 100% compatible con el HomeKit de Apple, que era algo que yo estaba buscando. Así, puedo guardar los videos en iCloud sin necesidad de pagar nada extra (claro, tengo el paquete familiar) y puedo ver, entre todos los dispositivos, los videos directamente en mi pantalla conectada al AppleTV sin necesidad de configuración adicional. Sin duda, es un excelente kit (la batería dura días y días y días y días y semanas y semanas…)