So it's been a couple weeks and a quick little update on our library in Kenya. I'll talk more
about this in a future video, but we have gotten so many books, and this library is going to be
absolutely amazing. By the time you're watching this video we will be filling up the container
with books so do not send any more. They will not make it on the boat to Africa. But I imagine with
the response that we've gotten this time around, we will probably do this again in the future. One
thing that I wish we did have set up while we were receiving all of these packages though,
is a security system here at the office. Especially over the weekends so I could see
if there were any packages by the door that I needed to come, you know, bring inside.
Luckily my channel sponsor, Eufy Security, just dropped their wireless 4K solar powered security
cameras that never need to be charged, and we're going to install them here at the office today.
These cameras are probably more geared towards residential homes,
but security cameras are security cameras and we're going to see how
they work here at the office. The future is here, let's get started.
[Intro]
I've been using Eufy Security to secure my own home for the last 3 years. And even though they
are a channel sponsor, they are a channel sponsor for a reason. Not only are there no monthly fees,
but I also can secure my entire home while keeping all the video and security information
stored locally. And this time around with the latest generation, it has expandable storage.
Today we're mostly focusing on the wireless solar powered security cameras, but back at home I have
a lot more of the ecosystem connected, like the video doorbell dual with dual cameras that
let me see packages placed on my porch, along with the video smart lock with 2K resolution,
fingerprint unlocking, and remote control – all accessible from the Eufy Security app. I've been
using these for a while now, however the Eufy Cam 3, with its forever power, 365 day battery life,
and 4K resolution is what we're unboxing today.
The brains of the security system is the homebase. This is where the expandable hard drive sits,
and what stores all of the 4K security video files. It's also what brings the different parts
of the expandable ecosystem together and allows everything to be accessible from your phone.
Synching the cameras to the base is a rather unique experience. If you listen closely you can
hear the two components audibly connecting with each other, like an old school dial up connection.
This is probably very similar to what the robot uprising of 2030 is going to sound like as well,
but we can chat about that in another video. The sound only occurs while the camera is pairing
with the home base, and once it's paired everything operates silently over wi-fi.
[Drilling sounds]
Two simple screws hold the camera mount to the building. This has a magnet inside,
so after the camera is mounted, if anyone removes it an alarm gets triggered.
The cameras do have a spotlight to help facilitate with the night vision, or an alarm if the cameras
are ever removed from their base. It can also be programmed to go off for intruders.
[Alarm sounds]
Now, Eufy says that the 13,400 milliamp hour battery inside of this thing can hold
a charge and function for about a year without any sunlight. [Drilling sounds]
However, in my own experience in a high traffic area with really cold weather here in Utah,
I get about 5 or 6 months out of my old Generation 2 cameras. These generation
3 cameras have a solar panel on top, and with just two hours of sunlight per day,
they can stay charged up forever. Okay, technically not forever, but at least for
the next few billion years until the sun burns out. But we can chat about that in another video.
My cameras should get about 5 hours of sunlight a day, but we can check the stats here in a minute.
This is what the camera quality looks like in 4K. The camera is
probably about 10 feet off the ground and I'm about 7 or 8 feet away from the camera.
This is also what the audio sounds like. And we will do a night test right now. {Snap} And this
is what the camera looks like at night. Obviously we have some street lamps so it's not super, super
dark out here. Let's get back to the day time and finish installing the rest of the cameras.
All of the 4K high definition video clips get saved and transmitted back to the home base where
they get stored locally, still accessible from anywhere, of course, from your phone,
but it's nice knowing that my videos aren't stored out in the cloud somewhere. Pretty quick
and easy. We're also going to put a camera behind the building. And apparently, I didn't know this,
my neighbor has an apple tree and it's been dropping apples. We have a lot of apples.
It's interesting that the cameras that are already in the sun, like this one, are currently charging
up and replenishing their battery. This one's at 81%. And if we go over here to the power manager
and the solar dashboard, it looks like this will update every morning and tell us how much energy
we recovered throughout the day. We'll check back on that tomorrow. Now that it's been two days, if
I come into the Eufy app and find the front door and if we go to the settings, power management,
down here to the solar dashboard, we can see that the camera is currently seeing sunlight, and we
are charging up at about 402 milliamp hours, which is a little over 2% of the battery power of the
camera. Which means that the position of this camera in relation to the sunlight means we will
never have to charge it and it will continue to provide 4K footage forever, wirelessly.
These Eufy security cameras also have a feature called Bionic Mind,
which uses AI to recognize and differentiate between strangers and family members. Bionic
Mind has the ability to learn and improve over time as well,
which helps with security and decreases false alarms. Obviously it doesn't help very much with
a commercial space like mine, but for cameras mounted on a home, it would be very useful.
So far I'm pretty impressed with this 3rd Generation of the Eufy security system. I
set up 4 cameras in less than an hour with no wiring, and they'll never need to be charged
up because they'll get at least two hours of sunlight every day. Now our building has
surveillance and security and even with 4 cameras rolling simultaneously, there are
no monthly fees. It doesn't get much better than that. I'll leave a link for the new Eufy security
system down in the video description. If you have any questions, leave them in the comments. Come
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Instagram to see what we're up to over there. And thanks a ton for watching. I'll see you around.