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• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Solar Powered 360° Protection

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  eufyCam S4 Triple Lens it's kind of become one of those gadgets I forget even exists in a good way. It's just sitting there, and it's just doing its business, and then only pops into my life when something needs to be informed or i wish to see the live feed.Right out of the box, the camera is sturdy and well made not flimsy or cheap. The triple lens set up looks a bit futuristic compared to your normal one lens cameras, but it's not weird or ugly. The solar panel that comes with this is nicely integrated as well, which doesn't appear to look like you bolted a random science project to your walls. Setup is very straightforward, Download eufy Security app.  Scan the QR code on the camera.  Connect it to Wi-Fi.  Mount it where you want it. The only "hard" part was where to put it so the solar panel can get good sun, and the camera has a view. Once I chose a location for it, it was a matter of installing it which just included a couple screws and small angle fixes. Power and solar performance One of the primary factors driving my choice of this camera were the combo wireless plus solar. I really didn't want to be running cables around walls or remembered to wriggle the camera down to the recharge it every few months. At least to date the solar panel has done exactly what it's supposed to do. The battery essentially remains full despite having a fair amount of motion. On sunny days, I can actually literally watch the battery percentage go up in the app. On cloudy or rainy days it might dip a little but the battery is big enough it's never come close to dying.If you live somewhere super dark and gloomy for half the year it may be different with you, but under more normal conditions it's pretty much Set it and Forget it. Video Quality and Triple lens coverage The triple lens set-up is the main achievement here. Rather than using one lens that attempts to do everything, the S4 makes use of multiple lenses to cover a greater area to keep things sharp. You get all this wide field of view -almost a 360 degree field of view due to the way you use that.  Way fewer blind spots. I have this one camera that I can see my driveway, front walk, part of my yard, and from this one camera.  It can change lenses/focal lengths to keep people and cars clear when they walk about. Daytime video looks great sharp, clear and normal looking colors. Zooming in on a person or a license plate actually is useful, At night, it still holds up well especially if you've got some ambient light, like a porch or street light. It's miles better than these cheap cameras where everything becomes just a blob of grey color. 360deg view and auto-tracking The combo of a near 360 degree coverage AND auto-tracking though, is where the smartness instead of the gimmick is found.When a person walks on the property, the camera locks on his or her person and moves completely around them.  Right so, if a car pulls into the driveway, it's then tracking it and it ends up focused right where the driver gets out which is where you want to be for video.  In the app, you can swipe around the live view in the same way as a PTZ camera if you are inclined to manually look around, but most of the time the auto-tracking does it. It's not perfect - if there are several people, or cars for that matter, appearing at the center simultaneously, it's going to choose one to follow and may miss the others but for one person, or vehicle, it's a pretty good job. You are also able to dial up the sensitivity or dial it down to make sure that the surveillance device is not freaked out every time a tree branch moves. Motion detection and alerts Motion detection is one of those things which you don't really appreciate until you live with the camera for a few days. The S4 does a nice job here. It can distinguish between people and random motion and it often recognizes vehicles as well.  You can set up activity zones, and so it's not the car that drives by on the street every second bugging you.  Sensitivity is adjustable, which is helpful in reducing false alarms due to shadows, bugs or plants. Person detection has worked for me. I get a ping when somebody walks up to the door, walks up through the driveway, but I'm not getting that every time there's a bird flying past. Notifications are pretty quick usually within a couple of seconds so if someone rings the doorbell I can tap the notification and I will still see them there live. Experience in the App and Local storage The eufy Security application is in a good place right now. It's clean and easy to navigate and the important stuff is not buried under a million menus. Timeline view: Scroll through your day and tap on any one of the events so that you can watch it immediately.  Filters: Quickly change "person", "vehicle" or "all motion" to learn more about what it is that you are interested in.  Live view controls - controls to pan, tilt and zoom as well as turn auto-tracking on and off at any time.  Notifications: Change tones to suit your preferences, eliminate noise during quiet hours as well as choose which nots you really want. One of the thing i like is local storage and no forced subscription. Eufy allows you to store clips locally (either built-in storage or hub) instead of forcing you into a monthly cloud storage just to have access to your own footage. If your fed up with all your devices asking for a subscription this is a breath of fresh air. Privacy and security With any security camera there is always that tipping point between security and privacy. Eufy is quite heavy handed when it comes to local storage and encryption, so it does not feel like you are just streaming your life into some random cloud forever. If privacy is a big issue, you'll still want to give the rules a read, but day to day, it does feel more private than the cloud-only brands. What I'm really into: Super wide covering with triple-lens and near 360 degree view.  Auto-tracking which is useful, not just for bragging points on the box  Solar power, so you almost have never to think about charging.  Good quality of the video in day and night.  Local storage, no needs for subscription  Smart motion detection and person vehicle recognition and activity zones.  Clean up app with fast and reliable notifications. What could be better: You do require a sensible amount of sunlight if you are hoping for the battery to both remain fully topped up (especially in busy areas).  Auto-tracking may get lost on a subject with much going on.  The camera is larger than the basic single lens ones  so you do have to be a little strategic if you want it to keep a low profile. The eufyCam S4 Triple Lens Wireless Solar Security Camera is what you can feel like a legit upgrade from basic cams. You get smarter coverage, better tracking, good video and quantified close to no hassle with power or subscriptions. It's not the cheapest thing out there and it's not perfect but it hits a really nice sweet spot between performance, convenience and long term cost. If you are looking for a camera that covers a wide area, follows movement intelligently, and for the most part just minding its own business in the background, the S4 is an easy one to recommend. After a week or two, it is no longer as if it is a gadget, but part of the house and that is exactly what you want from a security camera.

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• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Camera

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  • Owned for 1 month

  I absolutely love the camera. It could use a better zoom. My family can all be connected at one time. The others i had always logged one of us out. I am buying more in the next few months. I have some going closer to my luvestock

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  ThomasB Posted 1 month ago

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Absolutely love this dual wifi security camera.

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  This is hands down my all-time favorite Wi-Fi home security dual camera setup by eufy. I didn't know I bypassed using the battery by running power to it with a USB brick and The included USBC cable for power so I don't have to worry about charging the battery ever. The clarity with this UPS for Wi-Fi security camera is insane The AI tracking works so good it catches everything and then some. I'm blown away by how Good The Three times zoom looks without losing clarity of the subject or vehicle The camera is zooming in on. The subject stays in focus and clear to see. My one and only complaint is that this camera only works on the 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi channel, I would think in today's time and age that this would be dual band or possibly a Wi-Fi 7 camera which would help it tremendously seeing it's 2K and 4K resolution, or at least offer a hard wired option to avoid Wi-Fi altogether. Other than that this camera is rock solid, I definitely plan on adding two more for the side of my house and the back of my house. I currently have this one installed over the front of my garage under the eve to capture everything in the front of my home. The microphone picks up sounds and voices with great clarity and with the built-in speaker you can be heard clearly and easily when talking to somebody through the camera speaker. This little setup also has some great built-in LEDs for night as well as a loud siren for intruders and also a flashing blue and red light when you enable the siren. I highly recommend you feed products this is my second one installed at my house with this S4 camera as well as the Eufy dual camera/doorbell camera that I have installed at my front door. I love that these come with a decent amount of built-in storage and the S4 you can upgrade the storage with a microSD card up to 256 GB, which is plenty of storage for events and affordable at the same time without the need for extra monthly fees for cloud storage which I dislike.

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  Todd Posted 2 months ago