EZVIZ C3N - Unboxing, Setup, Initial Thoughts and Review

Looking at the EZVIZ C3N outdoor Wi-Fi camera with colour night vision.
A complete unboxing, setup, initial thoughts and review of the products looking at their features and ease of use.

Intro: 0:00
Unboxing: 1:10
Features: 3:13
Setup: 3:51
Thoughts: 10:50

This camera was given to me for free, in return for an honest review.

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[amandairedale]

This man's articulate review was so easy to understand clear and concise. In fact, I wish he would do more in the way of technical reviews I bypassed all the others and went straight to this guy.

[SmartHomeMakers]

Hi Will! Nice to see you got monetisation! I’ll watch the video as soon as I have 10 min spare, I hope to get there one day!

[AwesomeOpenSource]

Nice video. Dedication to redo an unboxing. Well done.

[medianav]

buenas noches, ya instale la cámara y la probé bastante durante 2 días.
Críticas: 1) No se puede grabar en forma continua en la nube, solo eventos, 2) en la SD puedes grabar en forma continua, o solo eventos. Si grabas en forma continua no te marca los eventos en la línea de tiempo en color amarillo. Los eventos informados y grabas solo en la SD los muestra en forma de foto, y debes ir a reproducción para ver el evento.
Si grabas en la nube y hay un evento si te muestra una previa de un video gif de 3 segundos de lo que pasó, cosa que no pasa grabando en la SD, es como una discriminación aquel que no paga la suscripción.
3) no detecta movimientos a una distancia de 7 metros más.
4) detecta como movimiento humano cuando se mueve un perro pequeño en tu patio.
Me parece que es mejor el software del Alfred en algunos puntos y de la versión gratis.
4) señal de wifi el router debe está como máximo a 9 metros, si no tiene inestabilidad de señal.
Pros: la cámara es excelente en modo noche!

[me-ilbl]

Hi i have bought this camera c3n and set it up with my home wifi connection and the mobile app all was working well untill a few days ago.
My mobile live feed stopped working when i tried to view my feed on my mobile it just started to proceed loading and when it got to 99 percent it failed with 260064 failed.
It was working fine before dont know what has gone wrong i am able to view my mobile live feed when i am connected at home when connected to wifi but when i go out it does not work also i tried just my internet mobile data with my wifi switched of at home does not work either it only works with the wifi connected at home
please help

[Bill]

Hi, I set up the camera via WiFi for ease, then plugged in the Ethernet cable afterwards.
Couldn’t understand why notifications were taking so long. Looking at your video I need to reinstall with the Ethernet connected from the beginning, will try that.
Thanks for a great and informative video. 👍

[wadekyawmaw]

How to enable and disable lighting on ezviz c3n camara?

[phcalama]

One additional point some may want to consider is that Ezviz apparently
is a subsidiary of the Chinese surveillance company Hikvision which is
partially state-owned and works on government projects.

[cristianmorales]

which camera would you recomend with POE ?

[seetcas]

Nice review
Those cameras are out of budget.
Can you recommend some cheap chinese onVif camera for home assistant .it does not have to be perfect

[paulinemajor]

Can you do a reset of the c3n please as I have upgraded my WiFi 😢

[subhashjoshi]

Hi, I have seen many reviews of C3X and finally bought the camera about a month back, since then I am regretting my decision. The connectivity is major issue, camera is heating up and no one response from customer care. Now I almost invested $800 on these cameras so I have to find a solution, can you please support me to understand following
If I give Ethernet connection to Camera will it solve the connectivity issue, I believe the answer is yes but then how I
1. Use the app and see the footage, operate other functions. Will the app still be useful?
2. I have NVR connected to router, so with LAN wire recording should be better and camera won't go offline again and again (mot of the cameras are going offline every 10/15 minutes, will this issue will be taken care with LAN connection)
I have many many question, but if you can help me with above that would be really really helpful

[harrypanaich]

Why do you say it doesn't work with PoE? I use this camera as part of a wired CCTV network. The camera captures sound but is not intelligible as such.

The requirement of a separate 12v 1.5A DC supply makes it imperative that we use a 12v 2-4A PoE injector at the switch-end, or use a PoE+/PoE++ switch. Hikvision does not amplify his issue and sticks to advising using external power supply included with the packaging. The C3N camera needs the extra power (over and above conventional PoE) for powering WiFi and illumination functions.


Standard PoE (IEEE 802.3af standard) allows a powered device like CCTV cameras to draw up to 12.95W utilizing two out of the available four twisted pairs in Cat 5 / Cat 6 cabling. PoE+ technology (IEEE 802.3at standard) supports higher power consumption where the PoE+ switch delivers power over two pairs up to 25.5W for a PD with a voltage range from 42.5V to 57V with max power of 30W delivered by each port in a range from 50V to 57V.



PoE++ (IEEE 802.3bt standard) can be classified as Type 3 and Type 4. Type 3 enables two or all four twisted pairs in a copper cable to deliver power up to 51W; Type 4 delivers up to 71W over four twisted pairs in an Ethernet cable. PoE++ switch can deliver up to 60W on each PoE port under the Type 3 and up to 100W under the Type 4, provided the Cat 6 cable (copper cores) can take the load without melting or burning out.


Installers tend to use an external 12v SMPS at the switch-end and inject 12v DC by splicing the Cat5 / Cat 6 cabling downstream to the PoE switch. This is desi 'jugaad' and poor quality installation practice - though it saves money. I would recommend a PoE+ switch, copper Cat 6 cabling and the use of a 12v, 2A splitter at the camera-end to power the camera for wired/wireless function.

[stueypinnock]

Don't waste you money on the C3N.. it don't pick up human detection in low light or at night.. I can walk around on my drive for 5 mins. At 10 to 25 feet away .. nothing an elephant can walk on my drive & it wouldn't detect it.. camera set on smart night.. tried ..standard..HD..

[maxosborne]

These are a bargain now at around £55.

[outerrealm]

Since you are making a commission on selling these there's no way we can trust you to be unbiased. Just another shill pretending to be legit.

[RyanSmithSounds]

My lights are always on, even with the black and white. Do you know how I can change this? Cheers!