eufy - SoloCam S220, 2-Outdoor Wireless 2K Solar Powered Security Cameras with Homebase 3 - White

Easy to install,works with solar system. Very practical system that you can see what's happening when someone comes to your home.

These cameras are a great balance between low maintenance, low overhead, and usability.  With a solar panel recharging and wireless connectivity, your setup and maintenance are low, and there’s flexibility in mounting with some caveats.   Setup and installation were easy.  There are two screws and a bracket along with a placement sticker to help you with drilling holes.  Since they rely on the sun for recharging the batteries, you want to be careful about mounting under an awning or gutters.  If you’re drilling into masonry or vinyl, I would recommend getting some silicone sealant to use around the screws and bracket to keep up the weatherproofing.  I did find there are options online from 3rd-party sellers to mount using vinyl hooks or gutter hooks, so those are options available if you’re not comfortable drilling into your home.                    Once you decide where you want your cameras, go through the setup process for the base station and the cameras.  There’s a quick start guide, and you can follow prompts from the app on getting everything going.  I like how the app shows a QR code for you to point the camera at for quick pairing.  Also, during this process, you’ll be prompted to set up the AI feature for setting up “familiar faces”.  This is a feature that recognizes family members so you can reduce unwanted notifications and limit false positives.                    Finally, you’ll likely be prompted to check for software updates on both the base unit and the camera.  I recommend going ahead and doing this while also charging the cameras before first use and mounting them outside.                      Once set up, you do everything from the app.  You can click on the play button to go to the live feed.  From there, you can record a video clip, take a screenshot, toggle night view, sound an alarm, or speak through the speaker.  The camera resolution is great.  I can easily make out license plates of the vehicles in my driveway.  There is a sign in the yard across the street that becomes difficult to make out, but the view of my driveway is excellent, even in night mode.  In night mode, you can still easily make out people from cars.  I did notice there’s a bit of reflection off of my license plate, which makes it a bit hard to read at night, but this would happen with any IR camera, and if you have enough outdoor light, you can toggle off night vision.                      You can also easily look at clips captured.  The base station comes with 16GB of initial storage, but it is upgradable to 16TB.  Clips can be accessed by clicking the events button on the app, and you can look at clips by day, and they’re labeled by timestamp.  You can click the filter button and select additional filters such as event type, detection type, and by which device captured the footage you’re looking for. Once you view a clip, you have the option to download, share, mark as a favorite, or delete.  There’s also a donate option which allows you to provide videos to Eufy to help train its AI algorithms.  This is an opt-in feature you must agree to, but Eufy offers points for videos donated to the cause, and you can earn gifts with enough points.                      There are a few things I’ve noticed that are great as well as some improvements to be made.  The app itself is intuitive and easy to use.  I like how quickly it is to navigate in the app and the speed in which the videos load for viewing.  When viewing the live video in portrait, you have record, clip, speaker, and volume options and must click the menu to access the rest.  When you change to landscape, you only have the Alarm, sound, and record options and no clear way to access the other buttons.  Both have the hold to speak option, but I found that the speaker wasn’t quite as loud as I expected.  My guess is if there’s a lot of ambient noise, you’ll have a hard time hearing anyone through the speakers.                                      Battery life hasn’t been much of a concern.  I did an initial charge using a wall charger, then since they’ve been outside, I haven’t noticed any battery drain.  I do wish I could see a percentage value like I could when I was charging them so I can see if I need to adjust for more sunlight or optimize recording.                                      All in all, these are great security cameras.  Fast app with smart AI features for person recognition.  The local storage is great if you’re avoiding costly monthly fees and expandable with cloud backup as an option for a monthly fee.  I like the idea of not having to run wires if I decide to move them around and still keeping charged using the sun.    

Perfect quality Fast installation. and the price is totally worth