Security Camera Wireless Outdoor,2K Solar Security Camera,3MP Battery Powered Surveillance Camera for Home with Night Vision,PTZ Control,2-Way Audio,Motion Detection,Compatible with Alexa

It takes good pictures and records video in pictures.

I installed this solar powered camera on my shed to overlook A portion of my property that I cannot see from the windows.I decided on this model because it was the most affordable I could find with a semi attached panel. The sun hits behind my shed for most of the day so this design allows for optimal charging power for my situation.it’s working out perfectly. I can now easily see all activity on the back end of my property; right from my iPhone 12, without having to even get up from the sofa.The camera & panel installed easily Onto the facia (panel on the roof). I had it up and running in about 15 minutes. user-friendly instructions and easy to use app. It has a really good range, my shed is about 40' from the house. I get a great connection with no lagging whatsoever.it has a bunch of setting configurations for different notifications depending on your needs. I set mine up to notify me only at night when it detects motion. since my children play outside in the back all day.I absolutely love that I no longer have to scream out the window when dinner is done. I can call them from the camera through my phone and they hear me clearly and from a great distance.The picture quality of both night and day are extremely clear.I love everything about this camera. I would definitely buy it again if need be.Worth the price!!

Seems like things are getting more freaky everywhere. More burglaries, more vehicle breakins, more freaky people doing freaky things. I'd never really had any problems, and I've been fortunate to live in a "quiet" neighborhood. But, I thought that I might've become a bit too complacent, so I decided to go on the hunt for some security cameras, just to know what goes on around my home when I'm not there or when I'm asleep.I checked into a Ring or SimpiSafe system, but they were too expensive, and I didn't really want indoor security or a subscription to an ongoing monitoring service. I found these Codnida wireless WiFi cameras, and they appeared that they would fit the bill for my needs. Although I made my living installing professional video and audio equipment in all types of facilities, I didn't relish the thought of trying to bring power to an outdoor camera in 3 locations at my home. So, I thought that I'd give these solar powered cameras a try.I installed 1 camera on the front of the home, to monitor the driveway and front yard. The other 2 were installed to monitor a side yard and the back yard/patio area. Mounting was straightforward, with the exception that the plastic mounting post hardware for the solar panel was too short for my backyard location. I had to fabricate a mount from aluminum bar to get the solar panel far enough away from the roofline to ensure that the entire panel would be exposed to sunlight during midday and afternoon. At the front of the home, I needed to add a 20' micro USB extension cable to make the run from the solar panel to the camera.Setup of the cameras was quick and relatively easy. Through the CloudEdge app, the cameras were recognized quickly and added to my 2.4GHz WiFi network. I was able to give each camera a unique name, according to its location. The only issue that I had was in formatting the microSD card. My windows 10 computer wants to format anything over 32GB in the exFAT format. The instruction booklet tells the user to use the FAT32 system, as the camera won't work in exFAT. I found that the best way to format the card was to just insert it into the camera, and format the card on the RECORD MANAGEMENT page of the camera settings for each camera. Even then, it took a couple of tries, reinsertion of the microSD card, camera power down or a different card altogether, to get the camera to successfully format the card. So, you might want to be a little patient with that process and keep trying if you're not able to format on the first attempt.When an alert is triggered, the duration of the recorded video clip can be set for 10, 20, or 30 seconds. I set my motion detection (MD) sensitivity at 5 for the back yard. I caught a kitty cat walking across the patio that night, but I received no other alerts. For the front yard, I set the MD at 4, and the side yard at 3. Both of those cameras have partial views of the street, so I wanted a lower MD there. The cameras allow you to set the alarm "zone"...that area in which an alert will be triggered, while the other area(s) will be ignored. You can also set the time period in which an alert will be sent to your phone. But, there is some trickery there.In my case, I was only interested in getting alerts for things that happened between 10pm and 6am. But, that time period cannot be selected as a single block of time, because the software won't allow the alert period end time to be earlier than the start time (for example, 22:00 to 06:00). I had to set a time period from 22:00 to 23:59, then add another time period from 00:00 to 06:00. That leaves me a minute where I have no alert capability, but I couldn't figure out any other way to do it. It'd be nice to be able to set an alert period as a single block when that time period crosses midnight.I was impressed with the image quality and the sound. Images are clear and colorful in broad daylight. I have my camera to switch to black and white images as darkness falls. Color rendition in full darkness is mediocre at best, and doesn't really add any value, in my opinion, except to increase battery consumption. With the speaker volume at 70 (default) I could hear plainly through the camera and my phone on the other end. I turned off the siren and lights for an alarm during the alarm period. No need to wake up the neighbors and freak everyone out.Pan and tilt of each camera is easily controlled through the app. Be aware that there is no optical zoom lens in this camera. Nowhere in the instruction manual is mentioned the method for zoom control, so that was something that I had to find by searching on the internet. Thanks to a comment on a YouTube video, I discovered that zooming is digitally accomplished by "pinching" or "expanding" the camera image on your phone. As the image is zoomed in, the picture quickly loses its resolution, so be aware of that. It works best for me to leave the cameras fully zoomed out for the highest resolution and widest area coverage.Is this the perfect solution for home security? No, it is not. It's pretty basic, and is simply a way to monitor what goes on around one's house when one is not there, or is otherwise indisposed. It doesn't call 911 or do anything fancy. If you pull up the camera and see someone throwing a brick through your window, it's up to you to call the cops. That's all that I wanted. I can modify alert times and alarm settings at any time through my phone, even if I'm 1500 miles away, and I don't have to pay a monthly monitoring fee. There is an available cloud monitoring and storage feature that one can sign up for, but most folks, including myself, choose simply to call up the images and video clips from the microSD card.For the small amount of money spent, these cameras add some level of confidence in knowing that I can monitor the outside of my home against miscreants, and step up my game down the road, if necessary.

The camera is very easy to set up and mount. The images are very clear. The solar charger is more than sufficient to keep the battery charged. (Since it is Winter here we aren't using the solar charger now.)The battery life is GREAT! It's been up for a couple of months without the solar charger and still has lots of power on it. It pans and tilts so you can easily find the exact spot that you want to keep an eye on. It has a night vision mode too. You can turn it on and off or leave it on automatic. It records images in no light at all because of the infrared light. The camera has an indicator that shows what is left for storage on the SD card and allows you to format the card and clean everything off it when needed. It also has a cloud storage service available free for 7 days. In the alarm management section of the software you can turn it on and off and change the sensitivity between 1-10. There are custom modes that you can change. (recording time, alarm interval) You can set it to be triggered only when human motion is detected which helps if you live near a road like we do. It has audio warning and strobe light settings to scare an intruder off. You can set it to only work on certain days/times. It will send alert notifications to your phone where you can see the still photo or the video. You can share with other people. You can always go to live mode anytime to see what's going on in that moment.Support was very good with answering my questions.There is a learning curve to the software but once you get it - it works great!As a outdoor security device I would highly recommend it.