EZVIZ C3TN Outdoor Security Camera 1080P CCTV Wi-Fi Camera
EZVIZ C3TN Outdoor Security Camera 1080P CCTV Wi-Fi Camera with 30M Night Vision, Motion Detection, IP67 Waterproof, SD Card(Max 256G)/Cloud Storage, Compatible with Alexa, Google Home(C3TN 1080P)
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| Weight: | 1.32 Pounds |
| Dimensions: | 15.2 x 7.2 x 7.2 cm; 598.74 Grams |
| Model: | C3TN 2MP |
| Batteries Required: | Yes |
| Batteries Included: | 1 Lithium Metal batteries required. (included) |
| Dimensions: | 15.2 x 7.2 x 7.2 cm; 598.74 Grams |
This outdoor camera is no exception. I got it when it was on offer for about 21, and this is a huge amount of camera for that price.
No, it’s not metal construction, but tough plastic, I’m sure it will be weatherproof, however. I actually got this camera to keep an eye on my puppy. She likes to destroy things, and this camera replaces an Ezviz pan/tilt dome camera that she destroyed. About a month in, this outdoor camera is unscathed, despite her best efforts. I can therefore say that it’s tough.
It works every bit as well as my other Ezviz cameras and has a nice wide angled lens for covering a large area. The night vision works well, albeit black and white, unlike my top of the range dual lens Ezviz, which manages to add colour even with very minimal ambient light.
The one thing that this camera does better than any of my other Ezviz cameras is for some reason when looking through recordings on the SD card, it shows thumbnails so that you can see what triggered the recording. You usually only get thumbnails if you subscribe to the cloud backup service. This is actually a big plus.
Image quality is good. If you’ve got a super fast Internet speed, you may prefer to go for a 4k or 8k camera. Unfortunately, my ‘superfast broadband’ isn’t as fast as it should be, so 1080p is sufficient for me.
I don’t think you can go too far wrong with this camera, especially for the price.
I hope this was helpful!
Great purchase, excellent product, clear pictures. Option to use night camera in black and white until motion detected and then colour kicks in showing even more detail. Sound is very sensitive and picks up wind noise but OK to talk to my dogs outside if they happen to start barking while I’m out! Bit of a faff to set up link to WiFi butgot there eventually. Much better than having wires to install. Would advise also buying an sd card to increase storage capacity. Highly recommended purchase
The camera works great when watching live, but not always great when trying to watch notifications through the app, it comes up with video played when nothing as. Couldn’t get it to play through my Chromecast but works well on the amazon stick.
Unit arrived secured in a film wrapped box, with power adapter, fixings and power extension cable. No Ethernet cable, but who doesn’t have one of those these days?! Not needed for WiFi setup.
Device has solid metal construction, it’s also smaller than I thought which is good. On power on the unit does talk you through the steps (big of a gimmick, but can see how it could be useful) of connecting up to the App and online in less then 10 minutes. Unlike the more popular alternative this device has its own application, which is clearly professionally done and ensures images are encrypted.
I have not opted for the cloud storage at the moment, but just have it recording to a SD card, set to event record only – you can have it record continuously.
Image quality great, motion detection is sensitive to rain but doesn’t really bother me as I have it set to notify on human section only.
I was sceptical about the ball joint adjustment, as thought it could keep dropping down being used to the traditional hex keys screws, was happy to find it does tighten up well so not an issue.
Only 4 stars as let down by a few bugs in the app. Can’t seem to set the light timer as it does not save the changes and the firmware upgrade seems to keep failing.
I have to update this review because I had sent the first two back. I thought I would try one more time. Only because I like the other Eviz camera I have in the garden, and I can’t have loads of different APPs for every camera.
So, this turned out to be 3rd time lucky. The Camera works well. It picks up maybe 9 out of 10 times. The video play back is much better, quicker. if I had got this camera the first time, I wouldn’t have complained.
Would I recommend this camera… if I had got this one the first time then yes, I would say it’s well worth the money. But I didn’t get this camera, and it took ages to get here.
The video quality is really good. Also, if you watch some YouTube video some guy explains how you can have colour night vision on all the time without the lights coming on the camera. I got to say, the night vision is really good quality on this setting. As long as there is a streetlight nearby or some light outside then this works. Otherwise, you have three standard settings to choose from on the phone app which are still good. You need the PC software to be able to do this night vision fix. this same YouTube video explains how to do the work around on the PC App. It has more advance settings than the phone app. But you don’t really need it. The camera is good enough without all the adjustments.
Relatively easy to set up but does need a good Wifi signal. I ended up plugging in a range extender to enable live view as the app said the camera was off line. Fortunately I had one to hand.
I am still experimenting with the sensitivity of the motion detection which is a bit too sensitive. I have been gradually reducing sensitivity as it was being set off by moths and the shadows of birds flying overhead as well as switching on a light in the entrance overnight. Last night it was set off by the rain. Fortunately I use do not disturb on my phone overnight. You can also switch off movement detection on a schedule. Hence only 4 stars.
The quality of the picture and coverage angle is excellent. Night vision is monochrome but also good.
I have switched off auto install firmware updates as after the first update on installation I had to reset the camera and reinstall it on the app.
Overall a good piece of kit so far. that I do not regret buying I cannot comment on long term reliability yet.