eufy Security - Indoor Cam Mini 2k HD Wi-Fi Pan & Tilt Security Cam - White

Pros: - Wired camera that supports 24/7 recording @1080p only (to save memory card). For Motion/Human Detection supports up to 2K. I would prefer the option for me to decide if I want to save my memory card’s lifespan or not. Especially, since it doesn’t come with one. - Good picture quality. - The detection works extremely well. It picks things up almost immediately and then tracks them accurately until out of the frame. - I found recordings recorded the entire event over only getting half of it like most of my other cameras. If anything it goes to long which I prefer over too short. - Loading up the live view is quick. - Setting up schedules was easy and works well. - I REALLY like the privacy setting. Where when it turns off it will move to be facing the other way giving you peace of mind. Additionally, the light on the front is blue when on, and red when recording. You can set up exactly where it moves to when off and where it moves to when on. When in live view you can also pan 360 degrees. - Multiple mounting options such as by itself on a shelf, on the ceiling (mount included), or on a wall (mount NOT included). - Night vision looks good and works well. - As mentioned, it has pan/tilt. Where it can pan 360 degrees and pan up and down. - It supports noise detection. Where if it hears something, it will turn on and then pan to that location. From my brief testing this working alright being very hit or miss. - Doesn’t require the cloud and is a completely close system. Meaning no subscription fees! - You can talk through it via 2 way audio. - Comes with a long cable. - Eufy app is relatively easy to navigate. Cons: - Doesn’t support animal detection. I got this mostly to monitor my puppy (6-months) when I’m not at home. So, I have to turn on all motion alerts to pick him up which drastically increases the number of alerts I get throughout the day. As it is quite sensitive and sends me a lot of false positives. - Doesn’t come with a memory card. Adding $16 - $30 to the price. Making it less competitive to other brands. Hopefully, they will make this more obvious on their marketing material. As I wasn’t aware of this when I bought it as it’s kind of hidden. - Tracking can be jerky, is picked up on recordings, and with low FPS can make things blurry. - Not supported by HomeKit. But is supported by Alexa and Google. - Freaks people out as it moves with them. - Alarm setting isn’t very loud (which can be a pro or a con) and for some reason was activated by default when any motion was detected. - Uses Micro USB. Like why?! CONCLUSION: It’s a nice camera and at first I really wasn’t sure I liked it. But after using it for the past week it has grown on me. I get a lot of false positives which can be frustrating but part of that is on me for having “all motion” detection on, instead of having “human detection” on. I could also probably further refine this though the settings as they are currently on default. But them adding at least “animal” detection would be great. As I think most of the target demographic will be getting this to monitor their children and/or animals. There is plenty of customization in the app itself and the pan and tilt function is really neat.

I purchased 3 of these cameras for myself and 1 for my in-laws. They are excellent cameras for the price. I no longer wish to pay big corporations a monthly fee for the privilege of them getting a good look at my home and family's lives. There are no monthly fees here (unless you opt into the cloud storage option). The only down side of owning a camera like this, if the perpetrator steals the camera, you lose the SD card with all the video footage on it. To fix this you can either purchase the home hub, purchase a NAS (if your savvy with computers/networks), or screw the device to the ceiling making it very difficult for the person to steal the camera. Pros: - Works great with Synology NAS (DS 920+) - Instructions in the app are very clear - Device has privacy mode that allows you to set the angle and rotation of the camera to look when enabled - Privacy mode can be scheduled - Push notifications are very fast - Image is clear and the follow feature is mostly very effective - Has the option to flip the image so you can screw it to the ceiling Cons: - On complex networks, it took a couple of tries to get it to connect - Follow/tracking moving person feature mostly works, but sometimes get stuck looking the wrong direction Hints: - Make sure you are connecting only to 2.5GHz WiFi - Micro SD card is inserted under camera (rotate lens up) - To set a schedule, select "Security" tab in the app, then select your camera, then select "Schedule". Wasn't obvious to me at first - If you connect this with a NAS you will wind up getting 2x notifications (one from Eufy and another from the NAS), so you'll probably want to disable notifications on one or the other

This Eufy indoor cam was a breeze to set up because I already use a Eufy system and have the app installed on my phone. I opened the app, selected add new device, and followed the easy setup steps which generated a QR code for the camera to scan. I pointed the QR code at the camera, it scanned it and joined my wifi network. It was good to go from there. Even without an existing system, new users would download the app and set up the camera the exact same way. The kit includes the camera, a micro-USB power cable and mounting brackets and hardware. You are asked if you have a micro-SD card during setup. If not, it offers other options. If no storage is available, it can still be setup to stream without saving. Video quality is good. It’s clearer, brighter and sharper than my existing battery operated Eufy cams. Night vision is also particularly good quality. It’s crisp, bright, clear and sharp on the static areas of the room and furniture. It’s a little less sharp with people and movement but still exceeds my expectations. Available recording and streaming resolutions are 1080p and 2k. It also has a water ark option that will stamp the date and time on each recording. The camera can also record and monitor sounds and the app allows two-way intercom communication with the camera. Other features include manual video recording, snapshots and sounding an alarm. Unlike my other Eufy cams, there is no camera off option in the app. The only way to power off the camera is to unplug it. I do not want to risk corrupting the SD card, so I always try to make sure the camera is not recording before unplugging. It’s a little inconvenient and would be much nicer if the app allowed me to power off the camera like the others. The pan and tilt feature is useful for checking an entire area. I can sweep and see the entire room 360 degrees. The camera does make a low motorized sound when moving but it’s near silent and nothing I would consider disruptive or annoying. I like that this cam is AC powered because one of my battery operated Eufy cams has a faulty battery and needs to be recharged every month or two. It’s been that way since the beginning. The other camera works fine and goes 3-4 months between recharges but neither battery lasts remotely close to a year as stated. AC power is much more reliable. The only downside to AC power is the cord may stick out and it limits placement choices. It provides about 7-8 feet of cord to work with. The good thing about the cord being micro-USB is I’ve seen third party micro-USB cables available that measure as long as 15 feet. I do have one enormous complaint with this camera as an existing Eufy user. I do not like that it seemingly does not appear to be compatible with the Eufy home base that manages and stores recordings for my other Eufycams. This camera seems like a totally independent device that merely shares the Eufy app to an extent. It does not store to the home base like the other cameras and requires either a micro-SD card, a NAS, or a cloud storage subscription. It doesn’t even save events in the app’s event tab with the other cameras. I have to click on the camera in the device list and find the events there. Other than live streaming the only footage it archives without an SD card is the last taken snapshot. It doesn’t even save the most recent few snapshots beyond the last one. It feels disjointed and inefficient to have two Eufy cameras storing to the home base and one separate Eufy camera storing totally independent of the others on a locally inserted SD card. It’s especially frustrating that even the events are logged and accessed separately in the app. For that reason, I wouldn’t recommend this to owners of the home base system unless they need an AC powered or totally separate camera that merely utilizes the same app. I do feel this is a decent camera for those without a Eufy home base and would rate this a 4 star in that regard. My review and rating are from the perspective of a home base user. Both ratings took into account that like a Nest cam, this is essentially worthless without optional storage. However, unlike a Nest cam, this camera at least provides a free local storage option. Well, aside from the cost of a compatible SD card. A card whitelist is provided within the app for reference.

nice security camera, taking picture and video are great ..easy to set up for home indoor use...

I have a good outdoor camera system around the perimeter of my house, but I needed a good quality indoor camera with a couple of valuable features. The Eufy indoorCam Mini comes is great to satisfy many needs of an indoor camera. The main features are noise and motion activation, clear night vision, and extremely fast notification. The pan of 160 degrees and the up/down tilt covers enough angle of view; it can cover a large area of a room if placed on the right location, center wall of a room. The home privacy function is great if you want to avoid recording when someone is home and when set, the camera will pan around to a set position, like facing a wall for privacy. The AI human detection and pet detection works as expected. Set up is straightforward; download the eufy security app, sign up, add the device to the app (indoor cam mini), and follow the illustrated instructions. Note, save yourself time by making sure the camera connects to the app before attaching it to a wall. Every time you open the app, you will view the most recent snapshots events and view the clip; click on the image to view the event details. You can do two-way talk during live view, and it works great for me when I want to listen and play with my pet pug. The daytime video quality is excellent for 2K, and the auto night vision, the camera has four infrared LED lights, does a decent job during dark recording. The motion alert notification speed is fast, and I get them within a few seconds. I like the most of this product because I have the option for subscription-free recording with a micro SD card (not included) and that it is compatible with Google Home devices, great to view the camera on my smart TV. If desired, there is availability for cloud storage subscriptions. Overall, I am satisfied with the product.

Install took a couple of tries but finally got it going. I didn’t realize that this is not compatible with the Homebase2 and so the camera cannot utilize the HomeBase2 storage or the easy arming when setting the security system (this is also the same for the Solo Series of cameras). Storage options are Local via MicroSD on the camera or cloud. It comes with a 7-day trial of cloud so it will work out of the box, but I found it was a little slow. If you already have a Eufy Camera then this will show up on the dashboard right next to it, but when you select the Security tab you will be presented with more than one camera to arm. In my case I have a HomeBase2 with 3 cameras, entry sensors, and motion detectors all linked. Then a SoloCam and now the IndoorCam Mini. The more Eufy products I use, the more I wish they would utilize the Android Widgets. I get that it maybe a little less secure if you don’t run a system lock on your phone/device, but I would like that to be my option, but I haven’t found a security system yet that has this option. The camera has all the same settings and then some compared to the EufyCam line I am already using adding in the ability to pan, tilt, and zoom. Placement will definitely be key for your needs. I have found that it does not like the spot I have it placed in. It is a short wall with a staircase on one side and then a hallway on the other. When walking from one to the other, the camera is very slow to respond and track. The installation diagram recommends facing out of a corner, but I didn’t know that before selecting the device as my intended use location does not give me that option. During setup it asks how high the camera will be placed and gives a recommendation of height if you will be wanting to watch animals via the camera. If so, that height is lower than for traditional purposes. I have mine set on a small end table at about 28” above the floor. For animals it recommends 25”-50” to track. During one of my times I was away, the dog jumped on the couch that camera is facing. It picked up that clearly. But then when the dog jumped down later at some point, it never tracked and recorded the motion. So not sure why it didn’t capture the movement of the dog leaving the couch. Overall it is a pretty neat camera; placement is key. It does come with a mount to be installed on a wall or ceiling. However, you do have to provide power to it, so not sure how you would do that in the ceiling. It is very light, so if you wanted to install in some sort of ceiling tile, it would not be too much weight for it. If you want it completely off while you are home, it has a Privacy button in the app that turns the camera to face the wall and kills the feed from the camera. Adding in the MicroSD card is about the biggest gripe I have with the system. The location is below the lens and can only be accessed when the camera is off, however, you cannot rotate the lens very far; at least without the threat of breaking the camera. The instruction guide was not much help either. I put the camera in manual mode and position the camera looking up as far as it would go, then unplugged it and gently rotated the lens further to expose the MicoSD slot. When I plugged the camera back into the power source the card was recognized. If you have a Network Attached Storage (NAS) you are supposed to be able to record to that location. I do not have that so cannot comment on the procedure. Both MicroSD and NAS can utilize continuous recording. Overall, i can recommend this. If you are wanting a cheap baby monitor or pet cam, I think this is a really good setup.

- Eufy makes great products i’ve been using their door camera for quite a while now and i’ve neever have any complaints or disappointments for choosing to go for eufy security - now to add into my collection I finally have an indoor camera that that’s small, yeah it really is tiny and very light camera to place around your house - indoor cam mini is a 2k monitor which it’s 1440p resolution camera - in the box you have a mount piece, power adapter and about 7inc of micro usb cord that goes along with it - very easy setup using the eufy security app to get it going, a tiny button under the indoor cam mini and the rest can be completed through the app once it’s been fully plugged - once you followed the setup process you should be able to see a small window preview of your new camera, by clicking it you have great amount of option to choose from the main control is the ability to use 360 rotation manually if you choose - there’s tons of option on the view settings, we have record, screenshots, ability to speaker through the camera, the 360 round look and to turn the sound off. dragging the slider up should provide you with even more settings from. you’ll see the event section that list all recording for future viewing, a night vision, also an alarm feature im sure will be handy in the future, last two are tracking and calibration - one thing about this camera is that you have an option to click timeline we’re you can just pick certain section of the recording, unlike their door camera you only have the option to video on the recorded list - from the main setting it’s self they do have privacy mode incase you don’t want the camera recording while you’re home, you have the option to turn it off this setting at any time. - also the ability to turn off the blue light on the front of your camera, which is what I prefer - the motion detection is where im a little bit disappointed, this camera doesn’t have settings to capture just pets, so you either tracking person or just set it to other motion to be able to track your pet when you’re away, would be nice to have just animal to avoid getting too much recording while at home, without this, if you have the camera on while you’re at home, it will constantly record and it’s just too much recording to delete back and forth - storage option you can add up to 128GB of micro SD card, eufy shows in the app that 128GB should store for abo it 288 hrs of footage (12 days). - you also have an option for cloud save there’s a 30 day trail that i’m checking out at the moment, but you won’t be able to use 2k video recording while using cloud and it’s lock to only 1080p resolution which it’s still great quality. - indoor mini offer a great amount of options to customize your camera best suited for you, I just wish it offer a dog/pet tracking, this should also need to be the norm when it comes to home security. the thing I personally did not like was the 7” cord, would like to see 10 or even a tiny bit longer to give the user enough headroom when planning to use the camera. - overall still satisfied user, I love eufy I think it’s a great budget camera that offer tons of option and optional subscriptions service for protecting your property, and still have an option to not opt in if you choose.

This pan & tilt indoor camera is another good product from Eufy, great for home entrance or maybe as a baby or a pet monitor. The settings in the app are pretty easy to use and the view of the cam is clear with the 2K resolution, however the micro usb cable provided is to short to install on a ceiling as suggested on the manual so I had to buy a longer one. For those people that don’t mind the cable been to short or want to use it on a table, it’s an ok camera, personally I wish camera would have been completely wireless with a rechargeable battery, other than that the features on the mini camera works well with the exception of the Privacy mode that doesn’t have a setting to activate for a long Period of time, when I turn it on it last for a few minutes and then it will turn off automatically or maybe when it sense movement, hopefully they fix this with a software update. Another thing thing that this camera is lacking , unlike the other Eufy cameras is the Geofencing setting, this help detect when you’re home so it will turn the motion off automatically.