There are a lot of security cameras to choose from out there from
cloud-connected Nest cameras ring his cameras ways cameras and arlo cameras
there's just a lot of brands out there making home security cameras now one
brand you're probably going to be hearing more about in the next few years
because they're just going to keep getting bigger is eufy now if you're
unfamiliar with you file you're probably more familiar with their parent company
Anker. Anker is a really reputable brand for phone accessories like
chargers wireless chargers as well as laptop accessories. So in this review I'm
going to take you through how the euphy cam II system has held up over the past
six months what the top features of the system are and who we recommend this
system for. Let's dive in. Now the main selling point for the eufycam E 2 system
that you've I sent to us is that it comes with a home base that will store
your footage for you and you can access that footage over the Internet as well
as the cameras don't have to be plugged in and they have a battery life of 365
days. You heard that right 365 days so you charge them up once
place them outside and then you don't have to worry about them again for
another year which is pretty nice. The cameras are also ip65 waterproof so they
should be able to withstand the elements if you decide to put them outside just
make sure they're within range of your Wi-Fi. When I first opened up the device
I was actually pretty impressed with the overall packaging, it's very similar to
the packaging you get on a lot of Google products nowadays meaning it's well
thought out and easy to open. The setup was easy to understand and execute
though I did have one hiccup where my phone was on the same Wi-Fi as the home
base but my phone couldn't actually find the home base. Luckily the home base does
have a QR code on its underside that the app can scan and then you can connect to
it that way. I also had an issue adding the camera to the home base the first
time I tried it I decided to wait until the camera had a full charge and see if
that fixed my issue and indeed that did fix my pairing issue. So after I paired
the cameras to the home base the rest of the setup was pretty much done
you just decide where to place the cameras and then the system will handle
the rest all right well that was the setup
experience now let's go ahead and dive into some of the main features of this
system it's comprised of two elements the cameras and the home base as we said
before the cameras are battery operated and the batteries last for 365 days or
longer the kit comes with the charging cable that you can plug into the home
base to charge the cameras overnight note you can only charge one camera at a
time from the home base the home base acts as the central hub for the system
it houses the main alarm and the micro SD card that stores all of the footage
the cameras capture locally this means there is no monthly subscription costs
like other popular services out there like the nest cams but eufy does
offer a cloud storage subscription which you can find more information about in
the app the cameras have a 1080p resolution with a 140 degree wide angle
view they also include a night mode as well though in situations where the
camera is pointed out of a window where it's completely dark outside you're not
really going to see much in that scenario but they do work well if
they're pointed at exterior walls on your residence to try to capture
somebody lurking around your property the cameras also include a speaker as
well so you can talk to people outside of your house using the speaker and mic
on the camera the mic and speaker can be turned off in the camera settings but be
aware you can't physically disconnect the mic from the rest of the device on
the camera like you can on devices like Google's Nest Hub Max or Nest Mini. The
cameras can be mounted using a magnetic base plate sphere that they can move
around on now if you're afraid that somebody is going to try to mess with
your camera you can enable what's called an anti-theft detection mode and what
this mode will do is allow your camera to blare a 100 decibel alarm if somebody
tries to remove the camera from its mount if motion is detected on one of
your cameras you'll get a notification immediately on your mobile phone from
the app the application is pretty simple when you first open the app the first
thing you're going to see are the two cameras they're battery Wi-Fi status
and then easy access to be able to snooze notifications from one of the
cameras as well as a shortcut to get to your home based settings if you click on
one of the camera windows it'll bring up the live feed from that camera you can
pinch and zoom to make the image larger hit the record button to record the
footage you're currently viewing from the camera mute the sound coming from
the camera's microphone you can also push to talk through the camera take a
snapshot of the current view by hitting the scissor icon which yes is a really
weird icon choice for that functionality and you can also click the menu button
to trigger an alarm turn the night vision on or off as well as get to the
camera settings and see recorded events the camera settings page shows quite a
few different settings you can toggle on and off including turning on and off the
camera toggling on or off the LED status light the night vision anti-theft
detection snooze shortcut and the logo watermark you can also change the camera
working modes where the camera will limit the recording clip length to 20
seconds optimal surveillance mode which limits the clip recordings to 60 seconds
and customized recording which allows you to customize the length of the
recorded clips also in settings you can toggle on or off motion detection and
you can also see a guide for monitoring your camera as well the app will also
show you the available storage you have available in the home based settings and
if you click on the events tab in the app you'll be able to see all of the
recorded events though I wish there was an option for a list view that just
listed out all the events you have recorded first is the way the app is set
up now which makes you scroll through a bunch of date ranges until you find the
date that you actually recorded something when I try to scroll back to
footage I know I recorded months ago for whatever reason it just doesn't load and
I'm pretty sure that the system didn't delete it automatically and I know I
didn't delete it manually so regardless I think this part of the experience
trying to get back to footage that you know you recorded months ago I think
that could be improved the security tab shows you different modes that you can
set your home to home mode away disarmed geofencing beta and schedule if it's in
home mode or obviously disarmed mode these modes make it hard to
actually trigger your system now the last thing I want to mention
feature-wise before I wrap up my thoughts on this device is there is now
a Google Assistant and Amazon assistant integration with the eufy Cam E 2 system
and you can get to the settings for those integrations in the ufi app I set
mine up in the Google assistant app where you just search for you five
security and then link your you fire curity account to your Google Assistant
account and you can do a similar process with Amazon's assistant now for my
example after linking my Google Assistant account with my youth I
account I can then add the cameras to my home in the Google Home app and then I
can access their feed from smart devices like a nest hub Mac's or a TV with a
chromecast connected to it I haven't tested this functionality as much as
some of the other features with the system since this feature is still
pretty new and in beta but overall it's worked well for me and it's been one of
my favorite features of this system in general all right now let's move on to
my recommendations with this system I think the you fika me system is a pretty
good system for somebody to get if you want a system that was not designed
primarily as a cloud-based system you fide does offer a cloud service if you
want one in addition to the local storage option for me I use the system
mainly to check on my garage across the street just to confirm whether or not
the garage door is open or closed now the main benefits of the system and
where the system really plays well in the market I think is for people who
want home monitoring and security features of a camera system but don't
necessarily need a cloud-based system and people who just don't need the
latest cutting-edge features that's where I think the system plays really
nicely and at $250 I actually think that's pretty reasonable for what you
get with this system anyways well those are my thoughts on the ufi cam II system
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