RRP $349.00; lowest price ever according to the camels, hasn't been below $279.00 since December '21. Price is trending down, but may be a good enough discount to pull the trigger for some, myself included. Picked one up in-store at JB-HiFi by price matching over the phone.
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Certainly does.
Shocking lack of care from Anker.
Because thieves carry ladders around so they can climb up and press a button on a camera that may or may not be wipeable? LOL.
Or you know, unhook a doorbell camera and hold down the reset button to wipe all recorded data on the homebase in ten seconds.
@ShortyX: Ooh not too sure actually.
Here's a Reddit thread about the issue.
I've emailed Anker about the issue and they've ignored me. Apparently they delete comments/posts about it too. Very disappointing.
https://www.reddit.com/r/EufyCam/comments/piwqz7/major_secur…
@pauly85: Any way you can cover the button with epoxy? I assume there's a silicone cover that could be removed so you're essentially jamming and waterproofing at the same time.
@pauly85: I emailed them and they advised that the function is so that if you can't access your homebase, your camera doesn't become locked and unusable.
What solution do other brands have for that situation? Whilst wiping the footage part isn't great, it sort of makes sense to prevent the camera from becoming a paperweight if you can't unsync it from the homebase.
@Domingo: That's a pretty poor excuse. If that was the case they should have the functionality to remove camera from the homebase to the camera, not just the camera to the homebase.
I'd rather unsync the camera, leaving the footage, and then unsync the homebase to the camera.
@mrderrickc: 100% this.
Why wipe the existing footage?
Surely the footage could go into an archive and the camera gets unsynced?
@mrderrickc: Do you know how other brands manage the scenario?
Does Ring or Google Nest allow you to reset/unsync a camera while retaining the footage?
A quick search says that Google Nest seems to behave the same way as Eufy:
https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9252162?hl=en#z…
@Domingo: Either way, their support has been giving us the brush off for over 2 years now.
I've got 3 of their cameras and a doorbell, so I'm just having to deal with this absurd security weakness, but their response to it has been shocking.
@pauly85: Your "doorbell reset boogieman" has no way of knowing if the video destination can be wiped by holding the button down. Your camera might be using RTSP to send the video to your NAS. This is an option with Eufy cameras.
It's ridiculous to suggest anyone would stand there pressing a button for 10 seconds hoping it wiped the video, but never getting feedback whether they were successful.
Imagine the boogieman says to himself "well, I've done all I can. I held the button for 10 seconds. Fingers crossed it worked because otherwise I'm screwed."
@cerealJay: Are you serious?
It's like writing your pin code on your bank card.
You honestly don't see how it's an absurd security flaw that someone could walk up to your security camera and wipe the entire storage system in 10 seconds flat?
You spend hundreds, maybe over a thousand dollars on a security system and you're happy that anyone who knows about this flaw can make it null and void by pressing a button?
@pauly85: You're confused, and you don't listen.
Eufy cameras that use homebase can optionally send the video to your NAS, such as a Synology etc, where the reset button will not wipe the video.
Besides, why would any suspect deliberately approach a video camera with a guess that it has a button for deleting the video? And when they press the button, there is no confirmation of deletion? All they've done is give the camera a nice big close up mug shot. You can't be seriously suggesting there's a risk of that circumstance. You need to engage brain and give it some more thought. It is MUCH MUCH more likely a thief will try their best to avoid and hide their face from the camera, not approach it and press its buttons! LOL.
@cerealJay: Or say, buy cameras that don't have such a ridiculous flaw.
Why would you buy cameras that can we wiped by anyone in 10 seconds?
There's no point discussing this further with you.
ridiculous flaw.
It's not a flaw. You're talking about a potential event that will never happen. There's no reports of it ever happening.
The video may be routed to your NAS, in which case the button won't do anything. Or you might use cloud backup. If you're so paranoid about the reset button, use one of those methods to backup your video.
@cerealJay: The scum round my way aren't that clued-up, certainly. They're after whatever they can lift, not to go all Bourne.
The easy solution if anyone is truly concerned about this is to secure the camera exterior with another glass enclosure which is challenging to remove. That's it. Not really so difficult is it?
@clubhonda: How does that work with the doorbell?
And honestly, you're talking about building and affixing some custom glass enclosures around all of your cameras, rather than just buying cameras that can't be wiped by pressing a button on them?
@pauly85: This is not a Ring doorbell, what's it got to do with the doorbell to being with? You'd normally install this way out of reach of people, not in front of your door, and like others said, it's pretty unlikely someone will want to press down to wipe it. If anything, if a thief can be bothered to try and do that, they might as well just swipe and steal the whole thing instead which makes more sense.
@clubhonda: It's a Eufy. They also do a doorbell camera. If you get hold of the doorbell camera and hold down the reset button you can reset the whole system.
@clubhonda: That's a terrible idea. You will inhibit the motion sensors, microphone, and night vision of the camera.
As I already said, the easy "solution" is to understand that thieves don't approach cameras with the intention of pressing buttons on the camera.
Honestly, I cbf'd reading all the useless replies in the end…
I wouldn't worry about any button on the camera. The fact is, the data is stored on internal storage in these (7.3GB). So if they were really serious, they could simply unscrew the whole camera and just take it with them… footage and all!
So would Bunnings "beat it by 10%" ?
No because it’s not cheaper.
I have 2x if these. They’re the worst for reliability in terms of connectivity with the app. They seem to regularly fail when the other eufy models have no issues. Wifi signal to both is strong.
Also I’ve found the inbuilt solar panel to be deficient. Much better with the stand alone camera and solar panel add on.
I suppose the seperate solar panel allows you to replace it, solar panels degrade pretty quickly imo
Your opinion is irrelevant, because it's complete and utter bollocks.
How so? I got heaps of solar garden lights, they've diminished after year and abit. The surface of the panel after the UV. Obviously roof solar panels would be better built… I doubt the solar panel add on for a security camera will be similar quality to roof solar etc
I doubt the solar panel add on for a security camera will be similar quality to roof solar
So it's got the same quality as a $5 solar garden light? Yeah sure mate - you've got this well figured out.
@R3XNebular: Not sure why you are being negged.
Is the solar panel on top glass or plastic?
If it's plastic, then Aussie sun will turn it to shit very quickly.
@tunzafun001: Plastic, solar spotlights with the seperate panels similar to the eufy. Is the eufy spotlight solar built with glass? Not sure why I am being negged.
@R3XNebular: I use these old solar panels to power PC fans on my solar inverter.
I clean them every summer with boat polish (any course polish will do, or fine sandpaper).
@tunzafun001: All the eufy solar panels are plastic. This is both the integrated panel on this camera and also the stand alone add on panels.
That said, I’ve seen evidence of UV damage already on the camera with integrated solar, yet none on any of the 4 stand alone add on solar panels.
Elaborate on how my statement is "utter bollocks"?
I agree with you, the cheap panels on these types of devices, pretty much anything with a 1-2 year warranty, tend to use plastic film which goes opaque with time, it is not uv stabilised as it costs a few cents more. You can sand it back to fix it if you can be bothered. Rooftop solar uses glass which does not have this problem.
Better to wire to mains. Or get a proper 4 or 8 security camera package with a base recorder and powered data cables.
To be fair, at present I use a few web cam's in windows to monitor my beach house and check out the surf.
Agreed I'd definitely go with wired if that's an option. Never thought of sanding back the panels but yea after a year or two they go opaque and that's with BaseUS spotlight solar panels and a few from Bunnings all having similar issues.
I have the L40, basically the same thing without the solar panel. It’s not any less reliable than Ring Spotlight. More connectivity problems with Ring and plus you pay $40/year for the cloud storage.
I’ve got a ring floodlight and it runs beautifully.
As with most products, YMMV. I've had one of these since Feb and it's been rock solid, with no connectivity issues the whole time. Was in NZ last week and all worked perfectly.
Would you recommend eufy, brand and products overall, over other brands/companies like arlo, Google, ring, etc?
No perfect solution.
I original had the ring doorbell and didn't want to keep paying their fee for cloud storage.
Now have the Eufy however it has it's own set of issues compared to the ring. e.g. the unsync button issue wiping data, can't have individual notification settings by user, despite being local storage it doesn't record if the internet goes down.
I've had one a couple of months now and it works very well, no drop outs, easy battery top up on solar despite mixed weather. Recommended
I've got four of these at various locations on my house for 6 months+, and have found them to be very reliable. Notifications are fast, the solar panels top up to 100% without issue, and the onboard storage is enough for about 3-4 weeks of video. The spotlight is also much brighter than other eufy battery cams. And they've been pelted with rain, hail, etc, without issue.
For the price and purpose (entry level security), it's the complete package - solar, WiFi, onboard storage, bright light, no subscription. Basically set and forget. If I can get 3-4 years of service at this price I'll be happy.
The downsides for me is that they are relatively large, and the nature of only recording video when movement is detected means you often miss the first 1-3 seconds of the activity.
And the cameras served their purpose for me. About 6 weeks ago, I did have someone (assuming a teenager) come into my yard to check my doors, and when the solocam spotlight turned on they ran off and jumped into a waiting car. The video is very clear (almost looks comical), but annoyingly, Police/Crimestoppers aren't interested in the footage (probably because there are so many of these types of security camera activations, and no actual crime was committed).
Isn’t trespassing a crime?
I have one of these 10 months old, just submitted return request. Others are great, just not this particular model.
Reasons for return request?
Cheaper to get a at bunnings with the beat by 10% it comes to $238.50. Video pro have these advertised as the same price as amazon so best to use this store for price beat
https://www.videopro.com.au/product/eufy-security-solocam-s4…
never mind looks like bunnings have updated the price to the same.
Doe this camera have the button that wipes all the data like the other eufy cams?