ieGeek Wireless Security Camera Outdoor with Rechargeable Battery Power,1080P 2.4G Wifi Surveillance CCTV Camera,2-Way Audio,IP65 Waterproof,Human Motion Detection,Night Vision,Cloud&SD,Battery-Camera

day time it’s great, but not happy night time as when gets wet we get a foggy picture till I wipe it in the morning or the sun dries it
it’s at night I need it more so going to have to build a box round it I think

Am genuinely impressed with this camera, No subscription unlike competitors.,fantastic picture quality.
Sd card included in camera so no loss of recording if thief uses blocking WiFi signal software.
For the price it packed full of features and you don’t need to pay a subscription.
Well impressed. Thank you.
Will be ordering the I geek doorbell to replace the ring one .

This solar charging panel is very simple to connect (uses a USB micro connector). It really is just plug and go. I am using it to charge an ieGeek door bell and it provides plenty of charge to do that – even on a cloudy day. Highly recommend.

I have battery operated cctv and was looking some solar panel to charge cctv 24 hrs. I bought this solar panel and found very useful. CCTV camera battery is now 100% charged always and need not to worry of charging. Installation is very easy and quick per instructions provided. Only make-sure its panel shall face direct sun light and no obstruction to have better result. Very happy with purchase and will buy again.

Having only had this for a very short time, I can day it works well but I will add to the review as time goes on. My biggest surprise Wass that it is a lot smaller than I thought it would be, I think the picture of it made it appear bigger than it is. This is a good thing. It was very easy to set up, couldn’t be easier actually, I fixed it nearby my camera and connected rhe USB cable. It has quite a long cable, which can be tucked behind the device if it’s near to the camera like mine is. Happy once again with iegeek, would recommend.

Excellent little camera easy to install and manage
Would recommend that you by a power adapter for this as then you can just set and forget it.
The app needs a little work but does a reasonable UI although I have used better.

Camera is easy to connect and set up, also easy to use. Gives really good motion detection and night vision with the added benefit of being able to switch on a light as well. Excellent value for money.

This camera I installed to cover our back garden.
Very easy to add to the App & set up. I like the fact you are able to name the cameras so when you get a notification on your phone, you know which camera has been triggered.
You can also set the sensitivity which means when you hang washing out in the garden it doesn’t set the camera off.
The communication with the ieGeek team is really good too.
Highly recommend.

The app is quite good, it notifies you on every movement happening around and also starts to record when a person is spotted. Exactly what I needed it for. Also the angle is quite wide, it covers a lot.Battery life is good as well but would recommend getting the solar panel to save u the headache of charging it. Night vision is spot on, you can even read number plates from over 15m away, also would say the motion sensor is higher than advertised. Very happy with my purchase so far.

I’m really impressed with these security cameras and I’ve also got the video doorbell. Clear picture, good night vision. You get everything you need to get started no disappointments or realising there is more items to order before it can be used . Good alerts to phone and facility to turn it off at certain times when you’re home and don’t want to trigger your alerts. If you spot someone lurking you can trigger an alarm from the app – it’s not very loud but I imagine it will be enough to shock an intruder. You can also put a light on them if they come snooping about at night. This was easier than the doorbell to get set up but as it was my second item of the IeGeek range I was already accustomed to the app.

My camera came on time and was boxed with everything i needed inside. Downloaded the app and tried to connect to my wifi. I tried and tried without any luck. I am only writing this review as i returned the camera because i could not connect with my 5g wifi and i had my money returned within 4 days. After i received my refund, i found a way to temporarily change your wifi setting from 5g to 2.4g or whatever it says. You can find the settings or speak with your wifi provider and they will show you how. Once you connect the camera you can either leave the wifi at 2.4g or change it back to 5g. I will buy the camera again but this time be able to connect and that is why i could not comment on the picture quality etc, because i never got the chance to connect the camera.

I have purchased 2 of these units – One with the solar panel and one on its own to deal with issues of theft inside my house. While I had an issue with connecting to the internet I was told that my camera signal was too weak and so it could cut off – you can check this in the app.

Unfortunately for me one of the Cameras broke and stopped working after some time and I was very upset ! I could not turn the camera on and so complain about the service here warning others not to use it. I was promptly contacted by the makers and told sorry for the issues I had experienced and offered a full refund for the unit that stopped working. Rather than the refund, it was their willingness to listen to my complaints as an actual human being not just as a customer- they empathised with the seriousness of it breaking and also took my advice in regards to how they could make the product better and for that reason, I am updating my review.

In all fairness to them, the other camera is working so the one I had must have been defective but that is now being refunded even after the return period.

I use this for security camera for my birds aviary. Motion detection is great and changeable. Night vision works great too. The battery life on this camera is great, often getting between 3 to 4 weeks before having to recharge which is incredible (I also have a different model entirely which battery lasts only for a week max). So overall I’m impressed with this camera overall! Would definitely recommend. Sends out warning to you when motion detects and takes videos of these events.

Key points are –

* Sleek design, more compact than the regular low cost CCTV cameras.

* Instruction manual is in good sized text, readable and quite extensive.

* Rechargeable Battery at about 6000mah which means camera can run independently of the solar panel, so I can place the camera anywhere as well as in a fixed location with the solar panel.

* The solar panel is 3 watts and delivers 5 volts which converts to 600 mah. That means if it operated at the full rating it would take 7 hours of sunshine to fully charge the cameras battery. Though at best expect 1/4 that during the summer, so about 50% charge per sunny day, the panel comes with a 3 metre cable.

* The battery is said to last 3-4 months on 15 activations per day which means the solar panel should be sufficient to keep the battery topped up for most of the year.

* The camera takes a microsd card accessed from the back bottom of camera under a rubber portal i.e. no screws, same for the USB charging port, The battery needs charging for about 6 hours before first use, any USB phone charger will do, red LED light goes off when charged.

* To use the camera I downloaded an app onto my smartphone, registered with my email account and then turned the camera on and point to a QR code generated by the App on the phone. From there all the settings are managed from the phone app over wifi such as motion detection, including accessing footage stored on the microsd card and to for a live view. The camera is fairly straightforward to setup, just followed the steps in the manual.

* The picture quality is good inline with Full HD expectations. Also has built in mic and speaker.

Overall I am happy with the purchase as the camera can also be used standalone from the solar panel, so can I easily move it around anytime, I want to cover a specific area for a specific reason.

Security Anywhere
At first opening it is obvious that the ieGeek Wireless Security Camera is a high quality product.
Right out of the box you can feel the solid construction and tell that this is a very well made camera and equally high quality solar panel.
The whole camera is very sleek and compact enabling it to be very discreetly mounted to ensure maximum peace of mind that any necessary images will be captured easily.
The real plus for this camera is that, once installed, it does not require any connection to mains electricity or wired network and therefore is completely independent and able to be installed anywhere within wireless reach of a router.
This makes it perfect for outbuildings and storage areas that otherwise would be difficult to monitor and also ideal for installing in rented property or other buildings where construction work to run cables may not be permitted.
The camera is suitable for indoor or outdoor installation and as the supplied solar panel comes with a fitted 3m power lead, it can easily reach from outdoors to inside if required.
The camera is very quick and easy to configure and connect to the network, the whole process taking less than 15 minutes including a download of the app and an update of the camera’s internal software all which happened automatically.
The image quality is superb, capturing very detailed images in both daylight and darkness.
The app can be loaded onto an IOS or Android device. I do not have experience of Android but the IOS version is excellent and I can see no reason to believe both versions would not provide the same versatile control.
The camera and solar panel both come with mounting hardware that allows for full adjustment of both the camera placement to provide the best coverage and the solar panel to capture the best amount of light.
The camera has an in-built battery to cater for periods when the solar panel is not active and the life of this battery is excellent leaving no fear that the camera would fail overnight.
All in this is a very impressive camera and represents excellent value for money.

This camera is fantastic. For the money and quality. Solid and heavy duty case.

Very easy to use app and quality interaction.

I’m trying to think of a down side but it would be hard to.

I have 5 iegeek cameras now and all have been superb. I think the new app works a lot better than the older one and the control and quality is superb.

The pictures speak for themselves. 100% recommend this.

Edit: now 2 weeks with this camera operating, superb piece of equipment. The charger has now settled at 100% battery. With this being Scotland I’m sure there may be a few issues as winter sets in and the sun’s time in the sky become less and less to the point when it’s only in the sky 6 hours or so. But, at present this is a superb piece of equipment.

Edit… Now into November and the camera has remained 100% and is truly an amazing value for money camera

Installation was straight forward. Charged camera as instructed. Fitted bracket to wall, using screws supplied. Installed App on my iPhone, and followed set-up video instructions in the App to set up camera and connect to my WifI network, all very simple and done in ten minutes. Experimented with Motion detection sensitivity to eliminate passing traffic from triggering alert. Found setting of 4 (range 1-10) gave best results. Very happy with angle of coverage, and, quality of video, both day and night. Battery appears to use about 1% per day typically, so, I anticipate recharge every 80 days or so. Perhaps, better, since I have been “playing” with the camera (as you do).

Easy install, clear pictures live or recorded. Added security to our front door/garden for peace of mind. Internet speed of 60mps used.

Update, this item works. It takes a little fettling to get the maximum view to battery life, but this is personal requirement. I set the camera up with a 128GB card, more then enough! I have yet to try the solar panel charger as a “gift”, but preferred this over a free SD card. HD pictures are colour during the day, black and white at night, and with a good picture/review. SD is also ok, but a lesser optical view, though battery life is extended.

*UPDATE* having had the camera for a good length of time now, we have found you can’t set the times for when you want the motion detection, especially at night time, as it won’t allow a late time to an early time which really isn’t helpful, I think the app could be better modified to allow this as it is at night time that we need the motion detection ideally. We’ve also found that the metal holder will eventually rust and then not hold the camera up which we are experiencing now, we didn’t use the metal ball, but it would be good if we were able to purchase replacement holders otherwise.
Old review bellow:
Battery life is still reasonably good can’t complain and overall they are good cameras but there’s needs to be some updates to the app and alterations to the kind of holder it has, metal maybe isn’t the best for the UK.
Really good camera, we actually have 2 and they last really well, one of them we have to charge every month but that because unfortunately it faces a high traffic area at the front of the house where our drive way is, for one a month to charge isn’t so bad.

We bought two of these cameras to protect the front and back of our property. Looking at the reviews here helped us make our choice. The reviews are right, they’re great wee cameras. I was worried they would pick up cars, people or animals going past, and I’d end up getting notifications all the time, but it’s not. It’s great, it’s only sending us a notification when someone is approaching or directly on our property. Theres different settings for you to choose from, so you can set it depending on your own conditions. It was really easy to set up, the app is easy to use and the instructions to share the cameras with other users in our home,through the app were easy to understand. The picture quality, considering the inexpensive cost of the cameras, is brilliant, I really have nothing bad to say about them.

I brought this just a few days ago and so far am well impressed with it. I had to fit it a bit lower than I would have liked because I have to be able to remove it for recharging. But as you can see by the photos it still covers my back garden it’s great that it does not pick up animals or swaying trees. The night vision is superb and really shows my garden up well and it is fascinating to see how many flying creatures are around at night time !! Right now I am very pleased with this camera indeed and to have no electrical leads needing to be brought into the house is a real bonus. All in all a brilliant outdoor battery security camera.

I purchased 3 of these cameras, 2 for external use at my house and 1 for internal use for my partners house so she can keep an eye on her dogs. The 2 external ones were so easy to to install and set up and now provide us with exceptional security coverage to the front and rear of our property. The 2 way intercom also comes in handy to allow both way communication to any delivery drivers
or unwanted visitors. My partner loves her camera too as it allows her not only to keep an eye on her dogs but also to talk to them if they’re misbehaving. I would recommend that you fully charge the cameras before you use them as is recommended by the manufacturer. I didn’t do this but was alerted to a low battery on my phone which displays a bar indicator in the top right corner when you are looking at that particular camera. To sum up, after 2 months the cameras have been really good with no problems at all. They are nicely designed and so easy to install and set up. I think for the quality of picture and build they are excellent value for money. I will write another review in 6 months time to update how the cameras have performed.

I’ve used an alternative IP camera company before which was fine but recently push notifications and email notifications stopped working which was frustrating so I got this one to try.

In short it’s a great little camera, set up was much easier than the other cameras and the app works and feels like a professional app.

Battery power seems good so far and there is not a huge amount of lag for the motion detection alerts.

Image quality is great, night vision is acceptable.

Physical setup is also very simple, I used to the magnetic mount with the 3M sticky pad and it seems to be holding up fine.

Compared to the other IP cameras I got this is pricier than many but it shows in the quality and ease of use, although it’s cheaper than big brands.

I’ve noticed that the app is also compatible with other cameras and devices which is handy as I’m looking at a camera doorbell that will work alongside it.

The camera does its job on the tin but I was disappointed to see that wall plugs were of very poor quality. This is however a minor thing and you can just use your own wall plugs (or if you do not have them just buy some).

EDIT on 12.8.20: After initial enthusiasm for the first camera, I purchased other two cameras. However, for all 3 cameras, batteries become completely flat after a month of normal use. Advert about batteries lasting between 2 and 6 months is completely misleading. I would like a full refund! I have contacted the customer service and I will update the review once a resolution for this case will be achieved.

EDIT on 21.8.20: the customer service demonstrated great professionalism and attention to customer needs. They quickly found a solution which resolved my issue! Thank you!

After getting let down by another brand twice, I thought.. Time to move on. I opted for this brand as the feature of two way audio appealed to me along with the price.

Connecting via Android phone.

No hitches just follow the basic instructions. Simply add your Wwifi password. Scan the QR code that appears on the android screen using the actual camera and you are done! Very smooth operation and very quick install with no mucking around. I like simple!

Build

Nice and solid.
Access ports are to the bottom at the back behind a silicone plug that fully removes from the camera body. This plug has a smaller plug that can be extracted if you decide on cable or solar power connections. The SD card slot could be improved. No indication of which way to put in a card. Logic told me face up. But no @sping@ push fit. I had to use a pin to get the thing out. But no big deal.

Software App.

Very easy navigation, went through all the settings and found it 99% spot on. I have no need for the pay cloud based access and was worried I would not get certain features but in general everything I needed including push notices.

After another play I found that pressing the SD wording on the screen bottom right pulled up a mini menu and bam! full HD! The picture quality even on live viewing was great. You can even digitally zoom in. In the printed booklet it is almost impossible to see the no. codes relating to the features that are printed over the photo images, so I nearly missed this little menu! But the book is done.

This camera basically gives you TV ratios. Wide screen basically. So therefore I have mounted the camera at 90 degrees as I have a long garden. I don’t wish to cover all the other gardens as the motion sensor picks up my neighbours 10 times a day! I have mounted the camera under the house soffit. This will hopefully avoid rain that may enter the speaker zone which is exposed in the 90 degree position. Some have said this is internally sealed.. We shall see…

Night vision is very good as long as you are not pointing at street lights which can fog the image. I have found the camera in areas with LED street lighting, my front way with a car park for instance, actually works great without the need for the night vision setting which can be switched off. Colour rendition is also good in the dark with this model, impressed.

Downloading your videos.

If you set the camera to activate on motion detection, the camera records these as “alarms” in a list, but when you access those individual videos you can’t save them. Simply go to the time line and it scrolls through each motion detection during the day in order and when it gets to the one you want press the screen and the small icons appear, one of which is the record button. Press that and the image is recorded to MPG direct to the camera, no need to take the SD card out of the camera! I am unsure if this creates a screen capture or whether it is the raw data. But the picture looked okay to me which I played back through VLC on the PC. Copy and cut the mpg file to your computer directly to play. It seemed unable to play direct from my plugged in Android device. (possible admin permissions) The cloud facility would only come in handy if someone robbed your house and ripped the cameras off the wall before you had a chance to download! So it is an interesting feature to buy into if you think your cameras could be knocked off or accessed by burglars.

Overall and so far I am impressed with the camera. So much so I bought another! This will be subject to change. Time will tell if this is up for the long haul. My purchase allowed me to an extended warranty and a free solar panel! Or you can get a 32GB mini SD card. How is that for service? Well Done!

Good unit, camera HD images are good quality day and night. A solid built camera, good metal mount not plastic. WiFi good, I use seemless mesh WiFi with extender, TP Link Deco units which helps when router is at the other end of the house. Easy to unit to set up. Video play back is good. I use 128g SD cards for playback through cloud Edge app. Battery life seems OK, not had to recharge the units yet but not an issue either way. I may add a mini solar panel to trickle charge the units. Cloud app easy to use and monitor your cameras from anywhere, some good features & settings in app such as motion detection settings/times. Speak and volume can be heard but could be improved. A good camera for the price. I will purchase my third soon.

It was easy to set up but the self adhesive tape was not strong enough to stick to plastic window frame so I had to use industrial glue and stuck it on the brickwork which seem to have done the job. The unit it self seems robust and compact. but my biggest issue was the cover was missing so had to use weather proof tape to cover it up. In operation it works well in both daylight and darkness and the quality is more than adequate. I would definitely buy another one but hope the cover is there next time. I would have given 5 stars if the cover had been there.

I was very tired with all the wired cameras I own and struggling to place them in a reasonable place and drilling the holes for the cables. With this camera it is not the case anymore. The whole idea of battery powered camera is brilliant. But, let me start from the beginning.

I was waiting for this camera to arrive just one day. Inside the package I found the camera itself, two mount units and other useful stuff. So far so good.
I then installed the app and added the camera to it (very easy process).

Firstly I installed the camera indoor to have a look and play with it a bit. I also tested the intercom option and worked really well.
After that I decided to install the camera outside. And this is the most important feature of this camera. As it doesn’t need any cables to run it is really up to you where to put it (as long as your WIFI is strong enough – i used the WIFI extender).

After a few days of testing, mostly the motion sensor, alerts and motion sensor sensibility I found this camera really amazing. The quality of the images/video is really cool, the quality of the camera itself is also great and the iphone app is intuitive.

So far I haven’t tested the SD card storage as well as the iCloud option. Also because I have this camera for a few days only I can’t say much about the battery, but after all these days of testing the batter dropped only slightly!

I will try to update my review after maybe a month (or months) but so far I am really impressed with this product. I can recommend it to everyone who is also like me tired with all the wires around!

After returning ieGeek CT0281WHUK bullet camera because its almost total lack of night vision ability, I replaced it with this slightly more expensive model. The wide angle image produced, both day and night, is by far the best of any of my current IP cameras. Both focus and colour are excellent, and the strong night vision lives up to the claim in the advert. I never use any camera supplier app, instead camera was configured using browser, and subsequently viewed via IP Cam Viewer on iPad and android phone. Also tied into MotioneyeOS on a raspberry pi 3 which takes care of motion detection, email notification, etc, so cannot comment on the camera’s own motion detection facility. The camera is very well built and solid. Positioning arrangement similar, but more substantial and easier to adjust than cheaper model.
Main complaint is the almost total lack of technical information, the manual’s emphasis being on getting the camera up and running on P2P quickly, without the need for any technical knowledge whatsoever. The cameras’s firmware surprisingly includes for many and varied settings but there is no reference to them anywhere. For example, three H264 profiles are available, even one H265. So why should one have to look elsewhere to find the differences between the available profiles so as to know whether one has selected the optimum profile for your installation. Even if such information did not justify being included in the manual, surely it could be included in the support section of the Xiaoshi website.

Really impressed with this security camera. It’s noticeable how good this is when comparing against one of the others.

The instructions that came with the product was pretty easy to follow and received everything I needed to mount on the wall with the screws provided. The picture quality is immense with the 1080p ultra HD and crystal clear.

One of the best feature to this smart camera is that I don’t have the best of WiFi connections due to my location, so this camera will keep on recording even after you lose connection and record on to the SD card. You literally won’t miss anything, as your able to insert an SD card up to 128gb, and still has the ability to loop record. Very very impressive camera. Motion detection also works impressively.

Overall, a fantastic security camera!