eufy 4G LTE Solar Powered 2K HD Security Camera with Human Detection, GPS - Includes SIM Card and Local Storage

If you need a security camera that works without wi-fi, then this may be the one for you. I haven't tried any others but this one is doing the job I need it to do. It watches over my property and alerts me on my phone if anyone steps onto it. I can record live video & audio, talk to the intruder, if needed, and store any events as they happen.I bought the one with the solar panel and it works satisfactorily; you will need to take the camera down from time to time and recharge it completely. I've changed the direction of the panel to better supply the camera's battery but to no avail. That's the only thing that aggravates me about it because, as a woman who is afraid of heights, I need somebody to climb a ladder to take them down and put them back up. It's pretty high. I wish they would just work all the time without having to do this. That's why I bought the ones with the solar panels.Other than that, the alarm the intruder hears is pretty loud. After getting alerts on my phone, I've watched people turn around immediately upon hearing that alarm. And at night, there is a light that will come on too when someone is spotted in the camera's view, so you're doubly protected with a loud alarm and a light that comes on too. One thing that I think could make them better is if Eufy had the capability to ring your phone at night when asleep.As you can see from the photos, the night photo is still a fairly good view. It's at 8pm and dark out but from the photo, it looks like the sun may have just gone down.I just had to fully recharge them on January 2, 2024...gonna see how long that charge lasts and add that later on.Tanya

I got two of these. One I never opened up at all. Both of them went offline at different points, one after a couple of weeks (while I was away and couldn't investigate), the other after about a month, both with a "Camera has turned off due to low battery" error in the app. One was at 70% charge when I checked, so to keep it from continuing to slowly run down, I turned off motion detection so I'd be able to just pull the camera up and view the feed now and then. A couple of days later, I was getting the battery error. Similar with the other one... I had plugged in to an outlet instead of the solar panel and it was full, then all of a sudden I was getting the battery error. One of them was hard to resuscitate again. It spent a lot of time on the charger and could be rebooted but not reset and wouldn't come back online, until all of a sudden after a day of messing with it, it suddenly decided it was going to work. The other one I was able to reboot and charge and it worked.This is just a guess, but I believe firmware bugs are making these crash. I'm not sure if they are really actually draining their batteries when they do that. But regardless, these don't run very long before they need to be fussed with. Solar would be great for leaving cameras while you're away for an extended period of time, but sadly other issues prevent that. I've spent $400 on two of these and they don't do the job.Original review:Clicks loudly enough that you can hear inside, through a window, and it does it on and off, sometimes randomly, sometimes basically non-stop. If you have people over in your backyard, it'll sit there and click at them. It's disruptive and vaguely menacing (makes me remember the first episode of The Prisoner). Internet said it's related to it switching between night vision and day, and inserting a IR filtering for day vision, but it often does it in full California sun, over and over again. And there's no way to turn it off. You can turn off night vision in the app, turn off motion detection, tell the camera to sleep in the app, then turn the camera off in the app, and it'll sit there and click its little brains out at your guests like it's trying to scare off trespassers. Whyyyyy. In the instructions for mounting it, it never mentioned that you might want to mount it away from where you can hear it. For now, I've taken it down and unplugged the battery because I literally could find no other way to make it shut up. Maybe I'll try to find the solenoid responsible for the clicking and rip it out. Setup fails about half of the time. It reports poor cell signal that's causing battery drain which is nice that it tells me that but it would be better if it just had a good antenna. Before this, used trail cams and they report good signal, but they also have little nubby antennas sticking out. App also reports that it has powered off because the battery died. I re-did setup (which failed once before working) with it plugged in to a USB adapter, and when it came back up, it reported 100% power. I'd overlook general glitchiness and give it 4 stars if not for the unstoppable barrages of clicking.

I have five of these cameras, each with solar panels. Got the first one a few months ago. The cameras are in a place where cell service is poor. My Verizon phone is almost unusable, but these do not use VZ.Bottom line: fantastic solution for what I need. I’ll buy more of these in the future as trail and security camsPros:- no monthly fees!!- good price on bundled camera solar, competitive- included SIM works well. Data costs are predictable…I use the 12 gb for six months plan, currently $60. Oldest camera I have still has 10.38 gb avail- super easy to reload the SIM via Eufy app- data usage is efficient…cameras do not send video unless you are watching live, downloading a vid, or getting an alert sent to you- easy to share the camera with others- solar panel keeps the batteries healthy. Never had one drop less than 83%- alerts come fast- support has been excellent. I have bought 11 cameras total and had to work with support on two of them and they were swapped out with zero hassle- the spotlight is super bright- power usage is goodCons:- mounts are plastic. I’ve cracked a couple when screwing them in with electric tool. Still usable though- must manage all settings individually for each camera.- geofencing is currently in beta and it works well, but not perfect. Not a big dealWish List:- ability to turn on recording from the app and then retrieve the 2K rez video from the camera as a download. Currently (Nov 2022) when you press record it saves to your phone directly, and the video quality is whatever it was streamed to you, which in my case are always pixelated since cell service is poor up there. Minor issue- would like to view and retrieve videos using the desktop eufy app. Currently that isnt supported. You can browse and download them through phone app easy thoUpdate Oct 2023:- still overall happy with them and will buy more as needed- some of the video tends to pause for a half second at the start when recording. Audio and video syncs up after the video recovers. This is on all the cameras and is not a result of low bandwidth- I’d like the app to have a record button that will record a 2k video on demand and store that on the camera. The way it works now is that you can record a video on demand but it will save it to your phone at whatever quality it was streaming as- the cameras make and audible click when turning on. Animals notice. I’ve had three cameras savages by black bears this summer as I kept them low to get the cubs. I moved them higher up as a result. On the plus side the cameras work with teeth marks- battery life suffers in winter. I’m sure cold temps, low sunlight, and the fact that it’s in the woods on the east side of a mountain all play a partI’m still happy with the purchases. For the price and what they do they are a good value to me.