ieGeek Security Outdoor Camera 1080P Waterproof Home CCTV WiFi Surveillance Outdoor Bullet IP Camera With Full Aluminum Housing, 25m Night Vision, Motion Detection and Push Alerts for Android/iOS/PC

Like the 1000 other positive reviews, mine is no different. This camera is brilliant and perfect for my needs.I wanted a self-contained security camera that recorded footage to something local, not into the cloud where one has to pay a subscription.My current setup uses a wired camera to a dedicated recording unit with a hard disk. Still works fine, but I needed some coverage where wires would not reach.I know it does not come with any local storage, so if you want to record footage, plan to get a micro SD card.The first thing you should do is configure the camera for WiFi, don’t mount it anywhere, just get used it in your room.The instructions were easy, download the app to your smart device (phone or tablet), plug in the Ethernet cable into the camera, use the app to locate the camera and type in the WiFi password.Now the Ethernet cable can be disconnected. The app will continue to use the WiFi connection. You can also use a browser to access the camera instead of the app, I prefer this.Without an SD card, the camera records to your smart device, but this is a manual process and your device has to be at home (i.e on the home network)So getting an SD card for me is a must. I duly opened it up to insert my SD card. The default is for the camera to record every day 24/7 in 10 minute lumps. Prefect, I had no desire to change that.I read many reviews saying the detection sensitivity is too high, I guess for these people they only want to record when there is movement.Totally understand and locating the incident is a lot easier, but unwanted movement is a nuisance having to look through loads of small irrelevant files containing nothing but rain drops, spiders, wind rustling leaves.If you want to take security seriously, then don’t be lazy, put up with it or pay more for a better system. Better to capture it than miss it because the camera was not sensitive enough.I personally don’t like this kind of recording, I have set my camera to record 24/7 every single second of the day whatever is lurking out there I want to capture it.BTW your camera should avoid capturing any areas of neighbouring property.I only scan the footage if I want to investigate something, e.g why my shed door was left open. Whether the postman actually rang the doorbell instead of just putting in the “you were out” card when I was actually at home.Regarding the large hole many reviewers said they had to make. Well, since I have configured the camera to work on WiFi, all it needs is a power cable. I cant see why I have to thread the big Ethernet connector into the house and dangle it inside the house, just leave it outside.I drilled a hole just enough to feed the power cable. Of course don’t leave the other cables just dangling outside, do something sensible. If you cant do that, get a different camera.I read some one fed the camera from a 12V battery and charged it on solar, hmmm I like that idea. Means it will still record even if someone cuts off the mains thinking it would stop security devices.While I didn’t actually buy this as a doorbell camera, I often use it to see who is at the door.I was not sure how big the SD card should be for 7 days, I popped in a 128GB and seems that is mote then sufficient, so far it has kept everything since the last 16 days.

Brilliant camera! Got one if these a couple of years ago and its been great, I have just bought another one and was happy to find out the camera has been upgraded from 720p to 1020p.Easy to install (buy micro sd card separate, 64gb lasts around 10/11days)Install CamHi app and view live video or recordings through the app on your phone or tablet.Very happy with product even after 2 years of use.Can't review motion detector use as I've never used it.

I bought three of these cameras for my home on the merits of having read many reviews, mostly positive & some negative, on Amazon & elsewhere. Initial setup was very straight forward & the CamHi App easy to follow. To avoid drilling a large hole (22-25mm) through the wall of my house to pass the cables through, I mounted my cameras on ABS boxes (158 x 90 x 60mm deep) just big enough to accommodate the cables comfortably, this also means the camera can be taken down easily, should the need arise. It should be noted that whilst the camera is waterproof, the hole in the camera mounting plate is not waterproof, so a drain hole was required in the bottom of the box! All that was required then was to route my DC power extensions, from the DC adaptors in my loft, to each camera box. All in all it made a pretty neat installation. (see photos). Day & night vision video is excellent (see photos). However motion detection does give an annoyingly large number of nuisance alarms when raining at night, despite reducing the alarm sensitivity but almost no nuisance alarms in daylight. I would give motion detection 5 stars if it wasn’t for the nuisance alarming at night. Video can be downloaded as .h264 files but these can easily be converted in the CamHi App to .mp4, probably a better format if you need to share.

Love this camera, I’ve set it up so there are no exposed wires, I had to drill a hole in the wall and cut the cable to get it through the hold and there was a large connector but rejoining is easy and all works well. If you don’t fancy that challenge then a small weatherproof box would keep the cables nice and tidy.Footage is so clear in the day time and really good at night too!! My only gripe would be that the wireless connection gets los quite often when viewing but customer service have been helpful and are still assisting me with this. Also the motion sensor is very sensitive and if it rains then lots of triggers but you can turn this right down which helps lots!Overall, a great camera for the price! I may buy another !!Update.... I’ve since purchased another one as was so good. The app seems to be getting better and better. I’ve also recommended this to friends. I’ve added some extra pictures so you can see the quality. Can’t recommend this camera enough as a budget security system. As before, installing can be made really neat and the wires can go straight into the wall with nothing on show but you would have to cut and rejoin wires or drill a big enough hole for the small plug section. For the developers notes.. Maybe make the cable longer between the camera and joining plug next time or a smaller and easier connecting method. All in all, very please.