Solar Wildlife Camera 4K 30fps, WiFi Bluetooth 68MP Trail Camera with 5200mAh Rechargeable Battery, 120° Detection Angle Night Vision Motion Activated IP66 Waterproof with 32GB Micro SD Card

TL;DR - For the price, great video clarity with very little motion blur, effectively indefinite battery life with the lithium + solar panel combo, and acceptable IR illumination and motion activation. An excellent back garden trail camera. I bought this camera in April 2024 to capture night time video footage of animals in my garden at night (which is mostly foxes and cats). I have previously used security cameras and cheap trail cameras powered by AA batteries, and this CY95 was better than expected and I am pleased with my purchase. The build quality of the camera is solid, and after nightly use for four months through heavy rain and heatwaves and sun, it shows almost no signs of use at all. The plastic has not degraded at all, and overall I have no concerns about the material build of the camera. The video quality is excellent for the price (about ~£80 with discounts) and I have absolutely no complaints. I note particularly that there is very little motion blur or ghosting- something that I have seen on other cams in this price range. The IR LEDs were suitably bright, and illuminate the image directly in front of the camera quite well up to about 15m or so. The image exposure was also generally good, with perhaps the slight tendency to overexpose at ranges of less than 1m (which is unavoidable really). This may depend on the angle and height of the camera. The battery is great (*see below). I've had problems with AA powered cameras because they often only use about 10% of the AA batteries before the voltage is not high enough to power them anymore. This is not an issue with this camera with the onboard lithium, and with the solar panel you could put this thing out effectively indefinitely as long as you place it in the sun. I usually remove the cameras during the daytime, but even still I only had to charge the camera once in four months. The motion activation is acceptable. It's not the most sensitive thing in the world, and the claimed 0.1s trigger time might be true but is let down by the minimum 5s PIR period. Treat it as if anywhere up to 5 seconds to activate - be sure to change this setting in the menu. It does quite well capturing sideways motion, but sometimes fails to capture motion towards or away from the camera. The activation zone is within about 8m in my garden, and can be fiddly to set up correctly - make sure not to aim the camera too high as animals can and will travel under the motion detection zone. Once properly set up, the camera caught most of the action in the garden unless it was too far away or too fast (sprinting animals were not caught). My previous experiences with low to mid range trail cameras leads me to believe this is normal for these types of sensors so I was not not disappointed. As for downsides, the wireless connectivity is not the greatest and is OK for transferring a few clips here and there, but for mass transfer of footage I recommend plugging the camera in via USB or removing the SD card. Potential buyers should note that there is a slight red glow to the IR LEDs and there is a very quiet click when the camera activates (this might be the IR filter?). For me, this was expected and the garden animals didn't care so it was not a problem, but exceptionally wary wildlife may notice these things. All in all, this camera hit all the points I desired in a trail cam: it has great night time video footage with no blur, and an onboard lithium battery with a solar panel that doesn't require AA batteries and can be used for extended periods. I own two of these now, and I can wholeheartedly recommend them for anyone looking for a reasonably priced garden trail camera! * After three months, my camera developed a battery issue. Thankfully, when I contacted customer support they were helpful and professional, and after confirming the issue and trying a firmware update, they issued me a replacement camera with no fuss. Thumbs up for the customer support from me.

Bought this to replace an old one that succumbed to the weather after a few years of use. Was lured to this because of the nice to have features and the promise of 4k video. WellI thought at first that the 4k video file had a problem and just couldnt get it to play. I wrote an initial review as I was unhappy with this then ate humble pie as I discovered the PC couldnt process the H265 codec quick enough. The file worked fine on my smartphone. Because of this newer codec the files are smaller than my more expensive Browning SpecOps Elite but the difference is that the latter seems to be able to capture moving objects so much better and this one blurs when things move unless they are doing so slowly. The photo quality is good unless at dusk or dawn when the IR hasn't kicked in. The Inbuilt battery lasts well it appears and hasn't shifted from 100% since it has been out for the last week. I suspect that it is the wireless feature that eats the battery. There is an option to change the shutter speed but for wildlife you need the fastest so that is 1/30. I checked the metadata and some of the shots are faster than this so a bit unsure what it does. It might be that it means it wont take it any slower than that. As regards to the wireless part I downloaded the app and went through the instructions. You need to give it permission to access photos and location which tbh is unsurprising. If the trailcam is within a few feet and turned on you can fire up the app. It will ask you if it can turn on bluetooth then try and pair with the trailcam. Once done it will ask you to connect via wifi. A bit clunky but technically this is probably the only way to enable it without having wifi on all the time and draining the battery. I couldnt remember the wifi password (in the manual) so abandoned it first time and checked what it was on the trailcam. After that the darned thing wouldnt connect again via bluetooth. I ended up finding the app on my android phone, forcing a stop and clearing the data (easy to do). Then when through the setup again with the right password and it actually worked! I can no sit in the allotment greenhouse at dusk and wait for the badgers to appear. In reality I would wire up a more robust system but I guess a nice feature to have. Lastly, is the solar feature useful? Really not sure. Most trailcams are in woods out of sunlight so wont charge but it is actually a good raincover for the lens!!! Cant quite give 5* but tbh it is way better than previous cheapish trailcameras and I am now happy with the result.

I'm just in early acquaintance mode with the camera but believe it to be of excellent quality and value for the money. A key feature was its ability to communicate with a mobile phone. The operating instructions covered off all the features but could have benefitted from some examples of what parameters each of the features might be set to for certain planned photo shoots. Experimentation and excellent client support helped me work through this and my contact committed to refining the operating instructions accordingly. Although we are in a suburban area, we are visited by a surprising number of different birds and mammals. The camera handled itself commendably. Its field of view equates to a very wide angle lens on a normal camera, so one must understand that images further away will be small. This may not be a problem, as the camera has very high resolution and one can pick amongst choices of higher resolution. I used the lowest resolution for my application but choosing a higher resolution would allow one to crop the picture afterwards, probably still retaining good resolution of the final edited photo. For night shooting, the motion detection feature seemed to work flawlessly. As for illuminating nighttime subjects, the camera's infrared strength can be set amongst a number of choices of intensity. I've only used it for a subject distance of 20 feet but there are at least 2 more brighter choices for much more distant subjects. The camera unit itself seemed quite sturdy and weatherproof and had 2 modes of attachment, namely, built in loops for employing straps to tie it to objects plus a small camera tripod-like bracket for screwing to trees or manmade objects. One can view the photos saved on the camera's SIM card, using a mobile phone and delete unwanted ones. Actual downloading of the photos requires retrieving the SIM card and using a USB connection to your computer device to either mass download or selectively. I tried that and it worked fine. The only real issue that I had was that the App for the phone can only communicate with the camera, through the camera's built in Wi-Fi when the Wi-Fi is operating. Given that one would normally program the camera to shoot at certain times of the day, when that period is over the camera switches to "Off" and the Wi-Fi connection is cut. If you were using the mobile phone during the live Wi-Fi and did not exit from the App before the Wi-Fi closed, the next time you tried to access the camera through your phone, the App opens to the last page used and will not navigate back to the opening page where you would reconnect to the camera's Wi-Fi. This is easily overcome by ensuring that you use the App's "Exit" selection. This way, the connection screen on the App will be displayed the next time you open it for connecting to the camera. I've shared these observations with the Ceyomur support staff and they sound sincere in reviewing this issue - likely through adding more elaboration in the operating instructions. Regarding battery power, the unit is equipped with a solar powered rechargeable lithium battery. It can be charged initially using a USB connection and then maintain a charge if placed in a sunny area. My chosen location was in partial shade but the lithium batteries seemed to hold up well. Nonetheless, the unit has 4 AA batteries as backup for when the lithium battery is nearly drained. Overall, despite some angst in dealing with the communications issue, I believe the CY95 to be of excellent quality and value.

Ceyomur CY95 camera. Installation and set up went ok, but beware of issues setting up the Wifi for use with a Smartphone app (Android in my case). I read many other reviews and used the knowledge there to avoid issues. Inside on my table, I got it to work properly. But in the field once the camera was installed, I had difficulty connecting with my phone. But after a couple of days, I got a reliable scenario to connect. For me, once in the field, on my phone I enable Wifi, then enable Bluetooth (having successfully paired it during initial install). I start the smartphone app, then click to Connect. I do this from a short distance to the camera of one or two feet (less than one meter). I have not tried from farther distances (no need to in my case). The connection to the camera occurs in two phases. The first phase takes about 25 seconds. When that completes the camera issues an audible beep to let you know. The second phase takes an additional 15 seconds. Then you are in and can view the photos captured. You can delete the ones you don't want easily, and download the ones you want to your local phone storage. You can see what the camera sees and make adjustments to the camera position if you like. Once in my local phone storage I tag them and copy them using the Google File Manager and copy them to my Google Photos directory so I can view them with all the other photos I take. Until you download the photos off of the camera, you can't zoom in on them if you need to see tight details or find the critter that triggered the photo. I have not taken videos so cannot comment on that. The solar powered aspect has been awesome. Although I have backup AA batteries installed, I don't think they have ever been used. The solar recharging has been perfect and always shows 100% charged. My camera is in an area with a bit of open canopy. It does not get direct sunlight but a fair bit of indirect light I guess. I have gone about 4-5 months through winter and spring. No issues even when the solar panel is covered in snow. Of course I brush the snow off each time I visit the camera. I have had issues with the camera not triggering and snapping photos. I changed the sensitivity to high, and shortened the interval to 5 seconds, with 3 photos taken for each trigger. I was miffed early on when I saw clear evidence of a coyote walking right by the camera and no photos captured. But for the most part, it seems to capture things. But it is like it needs to wait for that initial 5 seconds interval before shooting? That doesn't seem right. However, I get enough good photos that I am satisfied. Note that I emailed Ceyomur support about this and they never responded.

It is a little overwhelming finding a camera to buy and suit your needs, but with a little research and review reading, I ended up buying this Ceyomur 95 unit. I have had it for about 2 weeks now in the Yukon forest and so far I have been very happy with the quality of the photos! The build quality seems rugged enough, the solar power has kept at 100% over the 2 weeks, with weather between 5 and -5 degrees Celsius. I am new to the trail camera world, not a hunter but use the camera for strictly viewing beautiful animals for play and environmental work that requires wildlife data. The connectivity is awesome with my iphone, retrieving the data 20m away and not disturbing the unit and leaving any additional scent. I will leave the camera running while I enjoy my two weeks of days off, and hopefully return with some more spectacular photos and or video. Since this is my first camera purchase and have nothing to compare it to, I purchases another camera as I am very impressed with the price, quality and ease of use of the 95 unit. I will buy some screw type camera holders so I can mount them into the tree itself, using no straps to mess around with. Looks like I have a new hobby to add to the list! Thank you Ceyomur for the amazing camera you provide to folks like me, I have already recommended this camera to my hunting friends and photographers alike!

Works perfectly and in very cold weather! Several photos snapped at -30C (-22F) at sundown on an overcast day and the solar pack was still at 60% (the unit has 4 AA backup batteries if the solar ones are dead). **Be sure to use the correct software** I have purchased two of these (5 months apart). They are the same model CY95 but are different and use different software. Use the QR code to download the correct software. Not a big deal but I have to use 2 different apps to communicate with the 2 cameras. CEYOMUR was very helpful and quick to respond in diagnosing the issue.

After more a year of intense use, including being used outdoors for an entire Canadian winter and surviving being chewed upon by a curious bear, the camera malfunctioned, possibly because of a leaking AA battery. Ceyomur immediately responded to my inquiries, and when it was apparent that the internal screen had ceased to function, promptly sent a replacement. The camera is great: very tough, with great photos and videos. The customer service is exceptional. Very happy customer.