- Today I am super excited to show you
the brand new 2K Indoor Camera from Eufy.
And when you hear the price of this thing,
you won't believe it.
Let's check it out.
Welcome back, friends.
If this is your first time here, my name's Eric.
If you're into home automation,
smart homes and especially HomeKit,
you're definitely in the right place.
Today's video is a part of my HomeKit series,
but unfortunately the Eufy Indoor Camera
is still in beta when it comes to HomeKit,
but more on that in a moment.
I'll be leaving a link down below
to my full pros and cons list on my website,
so if you wanna get more information
or get an update as I continue using this product,
definitely check out that link down below.
Eufy offers two versions of their 2K Indoor Camera.
There's this one,
which I'm just calling the free standing one,
and it retails for, a drum roll please, of $40.
That's right, only $40.
And then they also have a pan-and-tilt version
for just an additional $10, for 50 bucks.
You really can't beat that.
I'm gonna be reviewing the pan-and-tilt in the near future,
so make sure you subscribe to this channel.
But without further ado,
let's see what you get for your 40 bucks.
So like I mentioned, this is a 2K camera,
so it should have a little bit better resolution
than a 1080p camera.
Also features on-device AI for human and pet detection,
which is really nice that it's running locally
and not up in the cloud.
It also has the ability to record 24/7,
which is a huge plus in my opinion.
You will need to provide your own SD card.
And it also has the ability to work with voice assistance
like Lady A, Google, and also Siri HomeKit,
which I'll talk more about later.
It also comes with a USB A to micro USB wire.
Unfortunately it's not USB C even though it is 2020
and it should be.
This thing's only 40 bucks
so I'm kind of giving it a pass here.
They also include a power brick or power adapter
and some mounting hardware
so you can mount this to a ceiling or to a wall.
On the front of the device,
of course you got the camera lens.
Above that is a microphone.
Below it is the status light.
On the right-hand side is the SD card slot.
On the back is a speaker, sync button,
and the power input.
(intense music)
Go ahead, download the app, which is available
in the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store
and follow the instructions to make an account.
To add the device, select what device that you have.
This is the Indoor Camera,
and just follow the onscreen instructions.
It is super, super easy.
It will have you scan the QR Code
on the bottom of the device,
and about two to three seconds later
it will have you press the sync button on the back.
And that's it, you're done syncing this up.
Next you wanna select what WiFi you currently have.
You will have to have a 2.4 gigahertz WiFi.
If you have a five gigahertz, unfortunately,
this will not work for you.
- [Camera] Connecting to the WiFi network, please wait.
Set up was successful.
- Next you have to select
what type of video storage you like.
I'm gonna personally go for the local backup
where you have to insert your own SD card,
up to 128 gigabytes, right onto the camera,
and it's gonna record 24/7 to that SD card.
In the app it will identify different detections,
depending on what settings you have on.
I'll go more into that in just a moment,
but that should sped up you finding what you're looking for
when you are recording 24/7.
Second option is cloud based.
And there's not a lot of information on this currently.
I'm trying to get more.
I will be updating with a full pros and cons list
when I get more information.
It does work on the app,
so even if you do not have an SD card
it will store clips in the cloud,
and it does give you 30 free days.
I'm not quite sure what the price is afterwards,
I'm trying to get a full confirmation
of what that price is.
There is a rumor that it's gonna be $3 or $30 a year
for one camera or $10 or $100 a year for unlimited cameras.
Now this is unlike their other Eufy cameras
where it has a home base.
This does not have a home base,
and it's not gonna backup to the home base,
but you do have a option of a NAS drive.
You will have to use RSTP.
I will be doing my own NAS drive in the near future,
so if you guys are interested in that,
hit the subscribe button and you'll see that video,
which I'm super excited for.
That way I'm not storing the footage right on the camera,
'cause if a thief comes in, sees the camera,
and they're gonna take the camera with them.
But if, with a NAS drive,
if you have it hidden in your house somewhere,
that footage is automatically backed up
and you can turn in that footage to the police
and hopefully catch the thief.
Once the firmware is updated it'll take you to the main page
and you can see all your cameras are right here.
Down at the bottom you click on events
and see all the events.
But we're gonna go into the camera settings
and see what other features there are.
You can turn the camera on and off.
You can turn the status light on and off.
And you can also turn off the auto night vision.
So if you store this in a window
like I'm gonna do and point it outside,
you don't want that night vision on
'cause you're just gonna get reflection.
In the video quality tab you can adjust
the quality of the streaming and also recording.
If you have the bandwidth you might as well
put it up as high as you can,
but if you do have connection issues or bandwidth issues
you definitely wanna lower that down.
But personally, I'm gonna keep it 2K,
or as high as I can, for streaming.
Next one down is detection settings,
and this is what it's gonna record.
And of course it's gonna record 24/7 if you have a SD card.
But otherwise, it's gonna follow your detection settings.
If you want to you can specify activity zones.
That way you can specify that it will only record
when something is recording in that zone.
Unfortunately they do limit to two zones.
You can also specify what you wanna detect
and the sensitivity.
So you can do people and pets or all motion all together.
It can also detect sound of any sound
or something like a crying baby,
and you can adjust the sensitivity of that detection also.
The next feature is super, duper cool,
and they call it pet command.
All it is is a motion detection in a activity area.
If it detects motion it will actually just trigger
a pre-recorded message.
So you can do it for your kids.
If they go into the cookie jar,
it will tell them get out of the cookie jar,
or maybe even a pet that jumps onto the couch.
No, no.
Get off the couch.
No, no.
Get off the couch.
Well, at least the alert worked,
but yelling at 'em didn't work at all.
Next section down is notification settings.
So you can specify what you wanna get notified of
and how efficient you want it to be.
I didn't really notice any difference
between the first one and the second one,
so I kept the full effect on.
You can do the third one if you must have a thumbnail,
but I did see a little bit of delay with that.
But the other two, it came through right away.
In the record settings you can specify
if you want to record 100% of the time, 24/7
or follow some type of schedule.
In the storage setting you can change
to some cloud storage or to a NAS drive.
And in the auto settings
you can turn on, off the microphone and the speakerphone
and adjust the volume.
All right, this is a test at 100%, 100%,
and this is only a test.
Back to the main screen,
if you start getting too many notifications,
you can actually snooze it for 15 minutes,
30 minutes, one hour, whatever you need.
Down at the bottom you can also see all your events
all listed out right there,
which is really nice to see all your events in one place.
Next tab over is the security mode tab
where you can set the cameras individually
to home mode or away mode.
That way when you're home you don't get notifications
and when you're away you can definitely set that alarm off.
I gotta tell you, it is super loud.
(alarm blaring)
All right guys, this is the sound test and video test
of the Eufy 2K Indoor Camera.
Now I'm about 10 feet away for the Eufy Cam.
Now I'm about 15 feet away for the Eufy Cam.
All right, this is the infrared
or night vision of the Eufy 2K,
which has one, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight infrared lights.
At about five feet.
This is the Eufy night vision at 10 feet.
And the Eufy about 15 feet.
Now when it comes to HomeKit, like I mentioned earlier,
currently it is in beta.
They are actually shipping this out without HomeKit
even though they did announce
that it would come with HomeKit,
and people are upset, and I can understand that.
I did get into the beta program,
so I'm able to test it out for you.
If you're into HomeKit,
and you're buying this because you want HomeKit,
I would say hold up, wait until it's
fully certified with Apple and then buy it,
because we've been through this once or twice before,
and we've been burnt.
But I will be updating my full pros and cons list
with an update when this does get fully certified,
so definitely check out that link down below for an update.
Once they update firmware for HomeKit,
it is super easy to install.
All you need to do is go to HomeKit
and add it like another accessory.
Press the plus button, add accessory,
and scan the QR Code on the bottom of the device.
Because this is in beta it did tell me
it is an uncertified accessory.
But I went ahead and added it anyway
so I can test it for you guys.
If you need a HomeKit secure video,
it is really cool to specify what happens
when you're home and when you're away.
You can have everything off when you're home
or you can detect activity.
Because this camera is also a motion sensor within HomeKit
you can activate automations,
which I'll show you more in a minute,
but I know a lot of people don't want recordings
when they are home,
so you can turn that off right here.
And then you can set the away setting
to stream and record when you are not home automatically.
And like I mentioned, it does treat the camera
as a motion sensor also.
That way you can trigger automations within your home,
so I test it out here.
As I'm walking to the house, I have an automation that says
if it detects motion it will turn on this VOCOlinc light.
Also enable this camera with Lady A and Google,
and if you have one of those units with a screen,
like Show 5, you can definitely pull up your footage.
But unfortunately in my testing with my Echo Show 5,
once I set everything up and got syncing,
unfortunately it just wouldn't pull up the footage.
It would say that it was going to but just never did.
So hopefully they will fix that in the near future.
But other than that, I gotta tell you,
this thing is awesome.
Honestly, I can't believe all these features
are jampacked into this $40 camera.
This thing has features not even seen
in cameras that cost three times as much.
So job well done Eufy, love, love, love this thing.
Two thumbs up.
If you guys have any questions,
let me know down below.
Don't forget to smash that like button.
I truly appreciate it.
If you wanna see the next video in my HomeKit series,
check that video right up there.
I will see you on the next video.
I'm out.
♪ No nothing can break me ♪