Gabe Turner: Hey, folks. This is Gabe with Security Baron. Today we've got a new player
in the game with the eufy and the eufyCam E. Let's check it out.
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Gabe: I'm excited to check out the eufyCam E, a camera that claims to have 365 days of
battery life on just one charge. Before that, I'm going to put it through the Security Baron
Necessary Features test before diving into its mobile applications so you'll have all
the information you need to make the right decision.
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Gabe: If you would like to see list of our favorite home security cameras, google "Security
Baron best home security cameras." If you have a question about today's review, leave
us a comment, and I'll get back to you.
Let's put the eufyCam E to the Security Baron Necessary Features test. Here at Security
Baron, we think that every home security camera should have stellar video quality, two-way
audio, night vision, local and cloud storage, smart platform integration, artificial intelligence,
convenience, and value.
Stellar video quality is a Security Baron Necessary Feature. Here, it comes through
strong, the eufyCam E, with its 1080p high-definition video and 140-degree field of view. It's really
capturing everything taking place on your property.
On top of that, you can digitally zoom by just pinching your fingers on both a live
stream and your recording, so you can really know what's going on, on your property. When
it come to the Security Baron Necessary Feature of stellar video quality, we're giving the
eufyCam E full marks.
Two-way audio is a Security Baron Necessary Feature. Fortunately, the eufyCam E has a
microphone and a speaker, so you're going to be able to hear and speak to whatever is
going on in the vicinity of the camera. When it come to the Security Baron Necessary Feature
of two-way audio, we give the eufyCam E full marks.
Night vision is a Security Baron Necessary Feature. You want to be able to see what's
taking place in the dark and fortunately, eufyCam E is up to the task. It has two high-powered
infrared LEDs that allows you to see clearly whatever is taking place in the dark.
When it come to the Security Baron Necessary Feature of night vision, we're giving the
eufyCam E full marks.
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Gabe: Local and cloud storage is a Security Baron Necessary Feature, and fortunately,
the eufyCam E provides both. In the home base, you get a 16-gigabyte microSD card included,
so you can save all your clips locally. That can be upgraded to up to 128 gigabytes.
Now, when it comes to cloud storage, things get a little bit more complicated. In fact,
it isn't entirely clear how you can set up the cloud storage. You definitely can't do
so directly from the app. We had to write eufy to ask them the process because it's
not really googleable, it's not really clear from the app or even the website initially.
They wrote to us saying to go to our profile, use the drop-down menu, and sign in to eufy
security. From there, you can subscribe to a basic storage plan. For example, for just
$2.99 a month or $29.99 a year. That gives you 30 days of cloud storage for one camera.
If you'd like a full breakdown of how to set up your eufy cloud storage plan and the plans
that they have available for you to opt into, check it out at securitybaron.com. Despite
the challenging nature of setting up a cloud storage with the eufyCam E, we're still going
to give it full marks for local and cloud storage.
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Smart platform integration is a Security Baron Necessary Feature. If you are an Amazon Alexa
fan, you're in luck that eufyCam E integrates with Amazon Alexa and you're ready to go.
If you're someone in the Google Assistant ecosystem, you may have to wait a little bit
longer as eufy says that they will have a firmware update in the future that allows
one to integrate with Google Assistant. Either way you cut it, when it comes to smart platform
integration and the eufyCam E, we give it full marks for smart platform integration.
Artificial intelligence is a Security Baron Necessary Feature. It usually refers to person
detection, package detection, vehicle detection, or even facial recognition. Now, the eufyCam
E does not have any artificial intelligence. It's not going to be able to detect a package
at your house or your best friend Bob coming to the door.
When it comes to artificial intelligence and the Security Baron Necessary Features tests,
you have to give the eufyCam E zero marks.
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Gabe: Convenience is a Security Baron Necessary Feature. Convenience pretty much refers to
the installation and everyday use of your home security camera. With the eufyCam E it's
kind of a three step process.
You're going to want of course download the mobile application, which will help guide
you through the rest of the installation process. From there you plug in your home base both
to the power and to your router with an Ethernet cable that comes included. Once the home base
is installed and grown through its firmware update, you're going to want to add device.
You add the device with the eufyCam.
Here's where you come to basically apart in the roads because you can decide to mount
it physically on the indoor magnetic mount or thread it and hang it up outside with the
outdoor security mount. That is an amazing option in itself because it is a wire free
camera. You don't have to worry about running a cord back inside because eufy says that
this camera will get up to a year on one battery charge.
Remains to be seen if it'll actually get that for you, but still an impressive element nonetheless.
When it comes to convenience and the eufyCam E we're giving it full marks.
Value is a Security Baron Necessary Feature. When we look at the price of the eufyCam E,
the two-camera kit came in at $315.99 while the one-camera kit came in at $237.99. That
might be a bit of a sticker shock but remember it's actually pretty well priced in the market
for similar cameras because it is a wireless indoor and outdoor camera.
It's weatherproof. You can stick it wherever you'd like, inside, outside. That plays directly
into the second element is that its battery lasts, reportedly, up to a year. You can basically
set it anywhere and then just forget about it. Overall, when we look at value as a Security
Baron Necessary Feature, we have to give it full marks.
Now that we've put the eufyCam E to the Security Baron Necessary Features test, let's check
out its mobile application. You want any experience on a mobile app for a home security camera
to be intuitive and consistent because here is where you're mainly going to be interfacing
with your home security camera.
If you look at the Google Play Store, people seem to be enjoying their experience. It has
four out of five stars there. In the Apple App Store, it gets 4.3 out of 5 stars. Let's
go ahead and check it out on my iPhone X.
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Gabe: Here I am looking at our eufyCam E in the eufy security mobile application. Let's
jump straight into looking at what's going on in our page. It's always trash day in New
York. You'll note that even though I tapped on it, it does take a moment to get going.
This time took less than five seconds. You can see there's the mail person. You have
a car. You can capture a lot because you have that 140-degree view, which is pretty impressive
in terms of field of view. It's capturing most of this New York City block.
If I look on the bottom, you have a host of options. You can record directly to your phone.
I tap there. You can record. If I were to hit on the microphone, I could speak directly
to whoever's on the other side of that camera. I can take pictures by clicking on the scissors
and those too save to my phone's album.
I could even turn on the sound if I wanted to hear. If you look on the far right that
says settings, I can change night vision, the color, a few different options. I want
to note that we are looking at this vertically in portrait mode, but I can switch this to
landscape mode if I wanted to.
Let's go ahead and check out other elements of the app now that we've seen this live stream.
If you click on the middle, you have events. You can look at various events. You'll note
that there's a cloud signature beside all of these because I've been saving them into
the cloud.
If I wanted to switch it, I click on the upper right-hand corner. You see here that there's
different options. There's local and cloud. I can click on local. I can click on cloud.
There's various options. Let's click on security, and that is in the far right-hand bottom corner.
You see that there's three modes.
You got your home mode, your away mode, and your schedule, which means you can have the
camera working dependent on your schedule. You can have an always away mode or you can
have a home mode.
Overall, I like it. It's straightforward. It's not too complicated, granted it's maybe
not the most intuitive of mobile applications, but it definitely gets the job done for me
and my eufyCam E.
Here's the eufyCam E looking outdoors. You'll note the first thing you see, as one often
sees first in New York, there's trash. You also see that beautiful tree on the left side.
It has 140-degree field of view. You'll note that someone has come into view on the right
side of the screen.
You can watch them walk about half of a city block. It's a pretty impressive view with
the eufyCam E of the outdoors. Lookie here. We've got the eufyCam's night vision. It's
pretty strong. You can make me out pretty well. I'm about five feet away in this pretty
dark room.
You'll note that it has two infrared LEDs, yet it's still capturing a lot of what's going
on. I'm ultimately a fan of the two high-powered infrared LEDs on the eufyCam E and its crisp,
clear night vision.
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Gabe: Let's review how the eufyCam E performed on the Security Baron Necessary Features test.
Stellar video quality, full marks. The eufyCam E comes with 1080p high-definition video and
140-degree field of view, so it can capture everything going on, on your property.
Two-way audio, full marks. The eufyCam E comes with a mic and speakers, so you can talk and
hear whatever's going on in the vicinity of your eufyCam E. Night vision, full marks.
The eufyCam E comes with two high-powered infrared LEDs that allow you to see a clear
picture of what's going on in the dark.
Local and cloud storage, full marks, with the reservation that there's a little bit
of confusion around setting up cloud storage. Smart platform integration, full marks. The
eufyCam E is primed and ready for Amazon Alexa and hopes to integrate Google Assistant in
an upcoming firmware update.
Artificial intelligence, zero marks. The eufyCam E does not come with person package or vehicle
detection, let alone facial recognition. It has no artificial intelligence. Convenience,
full marks. The setup and everyday use of the eufyCam E is simple and straightforward.
Value, full marks. While it is a bit spendy, the feature set and functionality of the eufyCam
E makes it a good value for the price.
We've finished our first rodeo with the eufyCam, the eufyCam E, and you're wondering is this
right for me. Well, if you're looking for a long battery life with its reported one
year off of a single charge or if you're just looking for a camera you can place outside
and not worry about the element, then the eufyCam E is probably right for you.
However, if you're someone looking for free cloud storage or artificial intelligence,
you're going to look at other cameras out there on the market today. With that being
said, I do have to say, for me personally, I think it's a pretty good value. It's convenient.
Ultimately, I had fun using the eufyCam E.
I like the vision. I like the mobile application. I think it is definitely a solid choice for
an indoor or outdoor security camera.
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Gabe: That concludes our review of the eufyCam E. If you appreciate today's video, give us
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secure.