Smart Home Security Tour 2024 #lifehackster

Time of the year again to show all of you what I've been using in 2023 and going in 2024. There are some changes in my setup as well as broken devices that I'll share in this video.

Video reviews of products shown in this video:

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[BrandonDoyleMN]

This is one of my favorite videos you do each year, it’s interesting to see what you choose to use for your home after testing so many cameras long term. You must get so many notifications on your phone when someone walks around the outside your house

[byrondelgado]

Thank you for taking the time and doing all the hard work for us. You made it so easy for me to choose Arlo Pro 2 HD, six years ago. Because at the time they were the only brand offering solar powered cameras and free cloud storage for a week. When they decided to stop supporting the camera with their end of life policy I switched to Eufy based on your reviews. Thank you and have a wonderful new year.

[.MikeCheck]

I’ve been in the Wyze ecosystem, but just received a Eufy cam and doorbell setup. I can see why it would help to have different brands to cover my needs. Happy New Year!

[Ray_Entertainment]

Glad to be a PROUD owner of eufy cams for three years now.

[reggie]

Thank you for bringing us the reviews over the years. It has been very informative.

[staceyadams]

Thank you. My neighbor is a clepto so this sh hopefully give me peace of mind. Keep updating you videos help this old woman, thank you.❤😊

[Starship]

I have Eufy, nest, and Arlo. Really impressed with all the cool Eufy stuff. They make many devices. Great app and intuitive set ups. Sad how different companies do not want to work with other companies like Apple.

[elphidieus]

I give you my long term reviews for my Eufy cams... I have 3x Eufy SoloCam S40 - the first developed condensation within the lens 10 months into warranty, which I claimed for a replacement 3rd. My 2nd is still mounted on my backyard for almost 2 years now, but just as the 1st, it developed condensation again but this time it took longer due to the fact that I duct-taped the gaps around the camera. Did the same to my 3rd, already a year old, still good but the solar panel already peeling its surface coating. My 2nd S40 solar panel no longer works so I have to dismount to charge, and the battery takes awfully long to charge, the last round being over 12 hours on a 10W charger.

I'm getting a 4th (and probably the last) as a standby in case of down time charging, but should any of the previous 2 dies, I will mount that under the roof and charge regularly using a powerbank instead. To hell with the sun let alone the weather. Those IP6x ratings are nothing, these cameras cannot withstand the harsh tropical weather where I live. They all turned yellow anyways when exposed to the sun.

I also have 2 other Eufy cams - E40 and the C24 tucked away from the elements and they gave me no problems whatsoever. E40 is charged regularly using powerbank.

And with all 4x S40 the costs in the span of 2 years I could have actually deployed a system of tried and true wired cameras. Granted the only benefits of Eufy cameras are their practicalities and easy DIY self-deployment.

[paulajones]

THANK U
Life Hackster for ALL of your 2023 reviews. 😊

[wdj]

Thanks for the upload. I have 4 of the Duo2 with floodlights. I live on a corner in an urban area and I have 2 driveways. I really like those cameras a lot. I have a combination of 13 Reolink cameras total. I would like to see detailed 2024 videos of the Reolink NVR software, the Reolink Client and the Reolink phone App. There isn't anything on youtube that with the latests versions and thorough.

[Metal_seer]

Watching to see if you update us on the high publicized "possible" Eufy security issues, as there are 7:14 conflicting reports and I have yet to see adequate assurance from Eufy directly.

[meltdownblitz]

I'm in Vegas where it gets very hot during the summer months. I have 2 eufy solocam s230. They get sunlight more then half the day because of where they are at. They did work flawlessly for a little over a year then they started to stop charging kind of as he mentioned during the video happened on one of his eufy cams. Also the body of both my cams are yellow. I contacted Eufy and was denied a warranty because it's over 1 year and I recieved no help with the issues I was having. Poor customer service.

[pretzeltss]

The neighbors probably think u sell dope with all those cameras 😂

[theteenagegardener]

I have mainly Wyze cameras around my home, but I also have a Reolink RLC-1212A camera connected through FTP to send images to my weather station's dashboard. And an Arlo Essential Spotlight XL in my plant room to monitor my seedlings.

[BornBeWildOfficial]

I was waiting for this vid! I love ur reviews!!!

I use Wyze cams and ring security system!

[byrondelgado]

On your Eufy Cam3 which is the security cams I have. I had delaminated solar panels that prevented the cameras from charging. I called Eufy support and they sent four cameras with a new textured solar panel. Eufy support stated it was a known issue and that these cameras were constructed with poor panels and the new cam3’s had a different solar panel built in. Just an FYI😊

[anekinoo]

Been using couple of the Eufy 2k pan tilt outside under my roof cover for 3 years now. No issues best bang for the buck.

[RATEthisrateTHAT]

Really surprised you don’t have the Tapo Colorpro camera. Very quick notifications and great night time camera. It’s also poe and has Sd card storage. At least you didn’t mention if you are. I think I seen it in your video in the background.

[artieartya]

I just wiped down the solar panel on my ring, spotlight, pro and unplugged and plugged it back in. Let’s see if it starts charging but I’m going off your recommendation. I’m gonna keep two systems. Now I’m gonna stick with the ring ecosystem that I still like a lot while I now have the Eufy ecosystem as well and have both side-by-side for my front yard and backyard.

[mattwright]

I had eufy and reolink.. eufy has an easy to use app for viewing events in order and had alert tones that I had solely relied on.. I only liked my reolink cams because they were quality made, had better fps and picture quality, great detection range and could use SD card for 24/7 recording and didn't need a NVR (which I have and use) also the CX410 was a game changer for me.. sadly I've made the full switch to reolink and now missing some of the features that eufy had that i become accustomed too