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Good points: - Picture is good, and the night vision is actually very impressive - Setup was easy and painless, a well designed process - PC app available to view camera, again very simple and easy process Less good: - Doesnt do well with weak wifi signals... I set up in my workshop with automation tools running to keep an eye on them. Other devices connect to the wifi fine, well mostly, but this camera struggles to maintain a strong connection. And if it disconnects it seems to just give up trying to connect - I've had to buy and install a wifi signal booster to keep it online. - PC app requires log in each time you load it up, and sends a notification to the phone when you do log in. Kinda over the top, with no setting to log in automatically. Not a big deal, can leave it running on my desktop, but an annoyance. Security is not a concern for some people, honestly I'd like to just be able to tap in an IP address in the browser, but hey. In all, good value for money, well made.

For the price this camera is amazing! It does exactly what I want, I can view what is going on at the front of the house via my phone or my echo show. Yes it does work through the window - just turn off the infa red lights and you can get a clear picture (this will depend on the lighting available outside, e.g. street lights or put a motion detector light up outside to improve the image). Even the motion detector works through the double glazing! You can adjust the sensitivity of the sensor to your own needs via the app, which is very easy to use. I was that impressed I purchased one for the garden and recommend to my daughter who has purchased one too! All in all a very good camera and very good service from the seller. Update:- People are saying you only get 6 seconds viewing time after an alert, this is correct, but you can get round this by using an sd card and recording 24/7. Once you receive a notification you can instantly click on the alert to view the 6 second clip and then rewind or forward the recording as much as you want. You do not need to use the cloud for storage hence no further payments required. Hope this helps.

I bought this camera to keep an eye on my home, whilst I am out. It gave me peace of mind, knowing that everything is okay. I can open up the Yi Camera App on my phone and view the live camera feed and/or view any previous alerts. I even managed to check in on my home, whilst traveling abroad to Spain. I had mobile data roaming, so it was possible to check the cameras, just as if I was in the UK. Of course, when I went into the mountain areas, where there is no mobile data reception, I could not check anything. Most UK networks include the cost of data roaming in the EU. Outside, Europe, roaming charges can be expensive, although Wi-fi may be available. Motion Detection - the best feature is the motion detection, which is very sensitive. Sometimes, I have viewed the 6 second alert footage on my phone and wondered why it has been flagged up, only to notice in distance a car or a passer by. It is very sensitive. Picture Quality - it is described as 1080p quality. The camera is okay, but I do not think if it is good enough to identify burglars. The camera has night vision, so it can record detection, but drops to black and white mode. You may consider having good lighting side by side. You will need to experiment. Also, I am not sure if it can read car number plates etc... Street lighting or car headlights can blind it. Windows PC - You can download Windows PC software to be able monitor on your PC. You can monitor multiple cameras at the same time. Wired CCTV ? - I did consider a Wired CCTV Camera system. Such as those by HikVision, who are a world leader in CCTV systems. Whilst their products are tried and tested and used by professionals, but they don't have the cloud back up (unless you use a third party company). The subscription rates of those were more expensive, then rates for wireless cameras. The Wired CCTV system records locally to a recorder on your premises. However, a burglar can steal the recorder. The wired CCTV systems are robust, but they lack the flexibility and nimbleness of wireless systems. Nest / Hive / Ring - they have been advertising a lot. However, their subscription models are expensive. With Yi Camera, I have the option of stopping the subscription and it also backs up to memory card. This product is not bullet proof. If a burglar is in your home, they can turn off the camera (just by turning off the switch). Although, you would have been sent the 6 second alert on your phone (if in time). This product has no battery back up, but many other wireless cameras dont have this feature either. So if there is a power cut, it has no power to keep recording. In addition, you need to have power back-up for your Wi-Fi router. You may be in an area, where Wi-fi stops working or is unreliable, so there is no back-up to switch to mobile data. As you can see, there are multiple lines of failure. If I had lots of money, I would fit a wired 4k Camera system from HikVision. Trial - it mentions there is a one month trial, but you have to pay a subscription, before you can get it. 32GB - I ordered this card, but if you are only doing motion detection, then you can use a smaller capacity card. UPDATE: You may be better off with a 64GB, if your camera is facing the street, you will get lot of alters if the trees blow in the wind or a bird flies by. Subscription - they have a subscription of 7 day x 5 camera recording for 60 euros per year. Motion detection only. They have continuous detection, but that is more expensive. Continuous recording is far more expensive. Power- it gets power from a USB socket on the wall. EzVIZ - I also bought a wireless camera from this brand (because it is made by HikVision). An industry leader in CCTV. However, the EZViz is their range of wireless products. Having had both brands side by side. The YI Camera is far more superior. EzViz apps is n't so great. I like the fitting system of EzViz (it has a magnetic base). I read some of the negative reviews for the Yi Camera, however, I have not experienced any issues. Set up was very easy and reliable. UPDATE 2020: YiCamera, help me find that my new neighbours, had turned the property into what I suspected a pop-up brothel, everyone was coming night. I suspected criminal activity. It help me find out what was going on at night, but video quality is n't good enough to identify people, if they are walking fast, wearing hoodies. If a car headlights are pointing into the camera at night, it is going to capture a white blur. However, it did help me figure out what was going on, as I could hear cars turning up, people talking on the street at night at 1am, 2a, 3am 4am and disturbing my sleep, but the camera helped me put a picture, to what I was hearing in bed. I am paying for cloud, but I have no idea, how to save from it. Reviewing footage: That is a chore. As I had suspected criminal activity on my street. I had a memory card reader, and transfered the files to the PC for reviewing. Each file is 60seconds long. It does take time, but I found out the quickest way it to use VLC and the playlist editor and speed through it as it has a skip 10 seconds feature. SO you can review files and delete unwanted files. Complying with regulations: You need to see the ICO web site, as there are guidance on how to deal with CCTV footage. I put signage up. You also need to decide how long to keep the data. YI will delete things after 7 days (depending on subscription and memory card). Phone Data: If your camera is going to face the street, then make sure you have adequate data for your phone. If the camera is facing the phone, then you wont get much alerts. Wishlist: I have written to Yi for a feature request. One camera faces my living room, so very little activity. If there was an altert, I wanted to be notified right away as a matter of urgency!!!. However, if I have another camera facing the street and garden. I don't want to see an alert about a bird flying. So I don't want my phone to ping. So I might get 30 or 40 alerts, I would review them when if I get time.... Please leave a 'Helpful' note, so I know my efforts have helped others.

The camera's themselves are generally okay, wifi signal not bad at all either so you get a decent connection with them to your WiFi. You cannot turn off the Nightime mode so they will flip into infrared mode even if you disconnect the internal IR Lights, doesn't matter, can't force the camera's to stay in colour mode. Biggest problem though, and this is something you must be aware of before buying these camera's is that the app itself that you must use with these camera's is absolutely terrible. The company has also taken it upon themselves to infest their app with adverts, and I mean totally infested with adverts. You cannot even view an event as a fullscreen popup advert appears now also so you gotta find the "x" and click out of that before you can even see what the event was. Utterly awful practice by yi/kami as a company, just check the reviews on the app stores, filled with thousands of people complaining about the adverts. Oh and if you want to view more than one of your camera's at the same time, like the multiview feature of viewing 4 camera's? Well you gotta subscribe to their expensive cloud plan for that feature too. Awful. Good camera's that have been severly let down by an extremely poor app and support. Cloud plan is very expensive and it's features like multiview do not carry across to friends/neighbours you might share the camera's out too so they can view, plus it's very hard to cancel the recurring cloud plan if you do get it. Support is woeful also. Oh and one final important thing, if their servers go down, which has happened a few times now, even if you're not subscribed to their cloud plan, all of your camera's also go down and you cannot view anything, cannot even view what might be on the SD card or even view your cameras live. Would not recommend at all due to the extremely poor app experience plus the advert infestation in same. The app is essential to use your yi/kami camera's and this company have completely destroyed the app and thusly the camera's.

I've had this for quite some time now , I dont know why I haven't left a review yet 🫣 . This is a good camera with good picture quality. I use it in my autistic sons bedroom so I can keep an eye on him . The fact I can talk to him via the camera is a big hit

It's an alert system. It'll record 6 seconds after it detects motion, and alerts you via your phone about the motion. This is fine and what i wanted. Picture quality is nice, too. Video has a few seconds delay, but is clear. The subscription service is all over the app, and i find it a bit unreasonable. You have to be careful not to subscribe by accident. The app is not particularly reliable on an iphone. Notifications sometimes work and sometimes are delayed (therefore not working for an alert system). I cant stand the constant and all over itself ads for the subscription service and it makes me feel like im getting very little without it and worried about accidentally subscribing. I think thats not fair when ive bought the product and use it as it is. This was a well priced motion detection camera, and the picture is excellent, though it has a few seconds delay. The app is less reliable with notifications and connections. However, for its purpose, i very much appreciate this camera. *I updated to 5 stars because it's years later and the thing is still working. It detects people and allows me to view the six seconds. It's excellent.

Installing the YI Home Camera 3 took only about 15 minutes, with no tools required. The app and voice prompts from the camera walked me through every step of setup. The camera base has adhesive so you can conveniently stick it to a wall or another flat surface with no screws. The magnetic base lets you securely attach it to a metal surface like a refrigerator (so you can finally see who's been eating your favorite yogurt). The camera needs to be plugged into a wall, but its cord is only about 6 feet long, so if you want to put it somewhere farther from an outlet, you'll need to use an extension cord. The YI 3 camera has an attractive modern design, but it's not as maneuverable as other home security cameras. It doesn't have a handy ball socket like Nest Cam or a fully panning lens like Wyze—you can only move the YI up and down—so mounting it on a wall might make it difficult to get a good viewing angle. Fortunately, the YI Home Camera 3's wide-angle lens makes up for its lack of maneuverability. No matter the size or shape of the room I placed it in, it was easy to find a good angle that captured the majority of the room's area. Unfortunately, the YI 3 often had very poor connectivity. Whenever I opened the app, it took several seconds to a full minute to buffer. When you're anxious to see what triggered a notification, that amount of time feels like an eternity. If it did finally manage to connect, the video was choppy and occasionally pixelated. Sometimes the app would tell me the camera couldn't connect and ask me to check network settings. When I did, it always showed connectivity as "excellent. Pros -Two-way audio -Easy installation - just take it out of the box, connect to a plug and a phone and its ready to use -Different alert types -Low price tag -Ease of access and anywhere accessible Cons -Choppy and blur video -Massive network issues and connection delays

This is for the 1080p Yi Home Camera. I really like this little camera. Image quality is good, it has night vision and is very reasonably priced compared to some other cameras. Set up was very easy and took about 2 minutes. It is powered via a 6ft long micro USB cable. If you want to put it up high or somewhere more than 6ft from a mains socket you can buy USB extension cables or connect it to a rechargeable powerbank and this means you can put your camera more or less wherever you like as long as its indoors. The most Impressive thing about this camera for me is the ease of connecting to it via the 4G network when I am out and about, something which some other cameras seem to struggle with but which seems to me to be essential. I had the builders in recently doing my bathroom and my Yi camera caught them having a nosey in my bedroom while I was out. Needless to say, they withdrew pretty quickly when they noticed the camera! I promptly received a push notification to my phone and had no trouble viewing a 6-second clip of the event which started just before motion was detected so I didn't miss anything, and also the live feed, all over 4G. When I got home I was able to access the SD card in the camera and view the whole event. The camera keeps recording to the SD card for 2 minutes after motion ceases just to make sure it doesn't miss anything. Overall I think this is a very good little camera for the price.

Me va perfecta la compré para vigilar a mi bebé y funciona perfectamente, detención de movimiento y sonido y visión nocturna.

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As an IT expert and have experienced also in CCTV cameras, I can tell you that this camera works great, Video and voice quality are top. - Very easy to setup - Very portable - elegant design - easy connect - very affordable with good quality IP Camera **Highly recommended

Worth it! Everything written about this item works well. I can check my room anytime and anywhere using their app and I love how it alerts me whenever it detects motions. It is very light and easy to use. I can really talk/listen as it has got a microphone and speaker. A very good quality!

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