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Spy Cameras Pen,Hidden Camera 32GB 1080P HD Mini Portable Pocket Cam..

Best price: £29.99

Multi-function hidden cameras with free 32GB internal memory✔This spy camera hides the camera very well and not easily noticeable,you can use it as a digital mini camera pen record video,as long as you press the top button,but also use it as a normal pen for writing

Product Attributes

  • Size: 1 Count (Pack of 1)

Positives

Neutrals

Negatives

55.3% 10.6% 34.0%

Senti Score  [66.0%]

YI Outdoor Camera 1080p Home Security Surveillance IP Camera Wifi CC..

【FULL HD RESOLUTION WITH ADVANCED IR NIGHT VISION】 Live streaming and recorded videos in 1080P at 20fps - 110° wide-angle with 4x digital zoom - Advanced night vision with 12 Infra-red lights and adjustable status LED (ideal to make the camera less visible at night).

Product Attributes

  • Width: 5.9 inches,
  • Height: 6.7 inches,
  • Weight: 0.6 Pounds,
  • Length: 3.5 inches,
  • Size: 1 Count (Pack of 1)

Positives

Neutrals

Negatives

55.1% 9.2% 35.7%

Senti Score  [64.3%]

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Spy Cameras Pen,Hidden Camera 32GB 1080P HD Mini Portable Pocket Cam..

nice photos good terrible limit quality excellent avoid good criticize absolutely fine little fiddly sceptical small issue cheap really good great happy

YI Outdoor Camera 1080p Home Security Surveillance IP Camera Wifi CC..

outstanding devices annoying poor brilliant poor quality excellent faulty worst thing great excellent product useless impressive performance absolutely atrocious better happy cheap

Compare Cons

does n't work in both products

"however you cannot use the generous 32gb micro sd card in a sd adapter as it doesn’t work you have to use a usb adapter i’ve no idea why"
67.1%

waste of money in both products

"what a waste of money"
52.2%

limit quality

"if you wish to record secret photos or video this is a good device but the necessary small size of the camera aperture will limit quality"
94.0%

small issue

"i had a small issue with mine but it was resolved very quickly by the seller"
74.9%

little fiddly

"i have to admit getting the pen to record is a little fiddly and do take some time to get the sequence correct so if you really need to use this at an important meeting etc"
74.9%

stop recordig

"pen not too bad image and sound seem good but you can easily catch the button and stop recordig by mistake"
74.7%

very badly

"very badly designed"
74.6%

bad image and sound

"pen not too bad image and sound seem good but you can easily catch the button and stop recordig by mistake"
64.2%

cheap plastic

"i have had a couple pens in the past but they were cheap plastic and broken"
63.3%

drop of superglue

"i’ve prized the clasp up slightly and put a drop of superglue to secure it"
63.1%

tired again and still

"i tired again and still nothing"
60.4%

still photo

"you find yourself fumbling around not really knowing if you have taken a still photo or what"
57.9%

many problems

"there are too many problems with it to recommend it: the controls are fiddly"
56.3%

it's not clear

"i think this might be due to low battery but it's not clear"
55.9%

into an altercation

"i wanted this for recording my commute after getting into an altercation at a tube station one evening"
55.9%

many issues

"it has too many issues"
55.3%

does n't automatically

"it doesn't automatically overwrite the oldest video if the flash card is full"
53.5%

while you pressing

"i didn't record this pen can record while you pressing it"
53.0%

replaced if when it dies

"although i haven't yet been able to find out what size model they are yet the great thing is that the battery can be easily replaced if when it dies"
52.7%

these 2 criticisms

"however i would have these 2 criticisms: with motion detection the red light starts flashing when movement is detected"
52.6%

a straightforward tool

"not a straightforward tool"
51.5%

exactly what i needed

"this was exactly what i needed"
50.7%
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does n't work in both products

"whilst using the app on ios it’s a lottery if you can connect to live view and when you do it doesn’t last for long before it loses connection whilst it tries to reconnect immediately it very rarely does even closing and restarting the app or switching the cameras power supply off and on again doesn’t work"
72.9%

worst thing

"worst thing i have ever bought!"
98.5%

poor quality

"this product is poor quality"
98.5%

absolutely atrocious

"0 10 playback on app absolutely atrocious"
97.7%

really disappointed

"really really disappointed"
97.0%

drill a hole

"you're likely to need to drill a hole through your wall if you aren't capable of this yourself bear in mind this is a cheap camera but paying for skilled people to install it won't be cheap"
95.2%

poor microphone

"great picture quality but poor microphone with a lot of noise and cannot hear clearly"
95.0%

takes forever

"even if it does detect motion the alert takes forever to come through"
93.9%

poor really

"poor really"
92.9%

overall waste

"as overall waste of money because of poor quality software"
89.6%

useless crap

"useless crap"
87.9%

pretty loud

"it is pretty loud and if that goes off 10 times at night i could not imagine you would have a good night sleep and wouldn't be the best neighbor to have"
87.5%

turned off blind

"so far one of my yi home outdoor cameras is turned off blind but it is still working periodically at the back recordings sometimes"
83.5%

network disconnection

"this has some intermittent network disconnection but we dont keep it on for 24x7 so its ok"
74.9%

uninstall and reinstall

"i’ve sent about 15 emails with no resolution they just keep telling me to uninstall and reinstall"
74.9%

extremely poor

"the camera has also become cloudy as moisture has leaked into the sealed lens despite being in a sheltered location thus making the image quality extremely poor"
74.9%

unresolved issue

"i would give this camera more stars if it wasn’t for the unresolved issue that has caused two cameras original and then replacement to go offline when ir night vision is on and it goes dark!"
74.9%

security issue

"i see little point in having evidence of a security issue on camera and the camera is then illegally removed along with the sd card holding the images"
74.9%

notification error

"the app is really easy to use and setup was quick and simple only issues i have was the wireing is to short and the time that was taken to fix the notification error was too long other than that i would recommend this product"
74.9%

very limited

"the camera produces good quality pictures but the software is very very limited"
74.9%

socket configuration

"there is nothing in the description that is informing the buyer what the socket configuration is on the power adapter"
74.9%

doesnt work

"integration with alexa show also doesnt work "
74.9%

buggy and crashes

"the app is really buggy and crashes all the time"
74.9%

sound useless

"it renders the sound useless"
74.8%

quality blurry

"video quality blurry and seems more like 720p not 1080p"
74.8%

totally unacceptable

"moreover and this is totally unacceptable the yi customer support refused to help me with my camera because it is out of warranty"
74.8%

false activations

"motion detection is good unfortunately this means a lot of false activations from birds flies and raindrops"
74.8%

false triggers

"turn them off and the image is exactly the same without the false triggers"
74.8%

locked down

"you cannot record from this camera using any industry standard security equipment : the product is locked down and you are forced into their subscription services"
74.8%

waste your money

"overall unreliable & very costly to subscribe to the yi cloud do not waste your money on this product"
74.8%

pretty useless

"so pretty useless as the 2"
74.8%

absolute rubbish

"absolute rubbish goes offline every night at 18:36 tried resetting it many times but sit no luck avod"
74.8%

average poor

"night vision clarity is average poor if you zoom in"
74.8%

inclement weather

"seem to cope quite well with inclement weather in the uk"
74.8%

very randomly

"very randomly it sending alert to me even i am right standing in front of it waving my hand it does not detect any moment"
74.8%

dead spots

"wifi is not very good i had to buy a power line wifi repeater but even then when i check the 24 7 cloud recording you get 5 30min dead spots where nothing has been recorded!"
74.8%

complain about

"so not really something to complain about"
74.8%

developed two faults

"camera has developed two faults"
74.8%

completely useless

"i get alert notifications on my phone but can't look at them due to this so basically after installing and setting up it is completely useless"
74.8%

went wrong

"this is a replacement for one that went wrong"
74.7%

doesnt connect

"left it off for a month or two while i decided what to do with it amd now it doesnt connect"
74.7%

unwanted visitors

"the camera itself it noticable enough to deter unwanted visitors at night but not an eye sore outside the house"
74.7%

known issue

"i have looked online and this is a long standing known issue that yi don't seem to be able to or want to fix"
74.7%

totally unreliable

"the app supporting them is totally unreliable the cloud service fails after about 3 minutes and logs out all cameras in valid subscriptions customer service is an automated zendesk response and nothing more"
74.7%

without hesitation

"would recommend without hesitation"
74.7%

sadly this

"sadly this leaves me with gaps in my intended coverage"
74.6%

little flakey

"wifi is a little flakey at times the wired option is preferable if you can run a cable from the camera to your router"
74.6%

stupidly short

"the biggest annoyance though is the stupidly short usb power lead that comes hard wired to the damn thing"
74.6%

not very well

"it appears the sd card slot is not very well aligned with the slot in the plastic as i almost did it again when i tried reinserting it"
74.6%

becomes useless

"raindrops snowdrops any fly or bug that gets close to it a flash of light basically anything that changes the pixel you will be alerted i have changed the settings for alertness and sensitivity to low and i get about 8 10 alert update every night if it rains so it kind of defeats the purpose as i now tend to ignore all alerts and it becomes useless now this bring me to the alert noise could you imagine if you had that turned on?"
74.6%

failed completely

"update: vertical axis rotation has failed completely as return window closed 1 month"
74.6%

gone faulty

"camera has gone faulty after a month"
74.6%

useless brick

"however after several months the camera lost its connection to my account so i have tried to re pair it but the reset button doesn't work so it is now a useless brick attached to the wall with a cable that has been drilled through the wall and sealed in place"
74.5%

screw driver

"it also comes with a screw driver but that's for the sd card port"
74.5%

firmware hack

"there is a firmware hack to enable that but its still not as good as i would like it to be"
74.5%

came faulty

"however mine came faulty the wall fitting it wobbly meaning the camera doesn’t stay at the correct angle"
74.5%

party software

"so you cannot use one of the better 3rd party software available on the market so most importantly you will then be tied to the yi premium cloud service that you need to pay a subscription for"
74.5%

quality rubbish

"nighttime pic quality rubbish"
74.5%

service doesnt

"their cloud service is incredibly poor where the cloud service doesnt allow you to playback recordings and also with no auto renewal feature meaning your cover can be disabled without you knowing "
74.4%

very blurry

"first two cameras i bought were great but the third and fourth are very blurry?"
74.4%

equally ineffective

"phone support says the right things but is equally ineffective"
74.3%

major flaw

"however there is a major flaw if relying on the sd card storage as the quality of the video files is terrible"
74.3%

ignore people

"if i set it to low sensitivity it ignores the lights but also ignore people and only records when i pull my car onto the drive"
74.3%

very expensive

"the online storage is very expensive per month even the minimum 7day plan"
74.2%

most annoying

"the most annoying thing is that i can't record straight to my nas"
74.2%

manufacturing fault

"the camera audio would be good but there is a manufacturing fault with these cameras where they are sensitive to wifi probably due to poor shielding on the hardware"
74.1%

only gripe

"only gripe is that the playback on my iphone jumps to first recording of the day instead of the clip i want to see"
74.1%

false alarm

"its will even detects flies or spider which creates false alarm"
74.1%

glare issues

"i had the gen 2 yi 1080p home camera and liked it but i was monitoring outside through a window and so had some glare issues off the window pane"
74.0%

just doesnt

"it just doesnt exist"
74.0%

really inadequate

"the activity clip is only 6 seconds long which is really inadequate if you are looking to collect evidence after an incident"
74.0%

fail error

"just states send fail error"
74.0%

more difficult

"makes outside wiring more difficult that it needs to be especially if you need to run the cable through walls"
73.9%

internet issues

"never had any internet issues either and live in remote area where internet isn’t the best"
73.9%

fault them

"had mine a while now can't fault them 👍"
73.9%

thin garden

"it’s so narrow it’s useless for anything in a domestic setting unless you are trying to capture a long thin garden"
73.8%

same issue

"i have consulted yi helpdesk about this who suggested i use another sd card or reformat both of which i've tried and still have the same issue"
73.7%

returning it back

"either way i will be returning it back to amazon"
73.7%

would not work

"so it would not work "
73.4%

very poorly

"i had to upgrade the firmware manually my cameras wouldn't connect to the wifi without that and frankly it's very poorly explained"
73.3%

ignore the problem

"all for them to ignore the problem and not get back to me"
73.3%

cheap item

"espeically since this is not a cheap item"
73.2%

almost impossible

"you cannot easily hear voice coming from camera live view is almost impossible even using the yi cloud"
73.2%

unavailable thus

"multiple lengthy periods where the cloud backup is unavailable thus rendering the camera useless as a security tool"
73.1%

utter disappointment

"utter disappointment i’ll send them back"
73.1%

complain there

"sure the framerate isn't fantastic but consider the price tag so no complain there"
73.0%

return deadline

"sadly i have missed the amazon return deadline"
73.0%

standard zoom

"with this one if you zoom in then it's useless and even on standard zoom you can't read car number plates"
73.0%

buzzing noise

"at first it has this really annoying buzzing noise and it was constant"
72.9%

front holes

"otherwise these are still great security cameras with a great app and i would still recommend them just seal the front holes"
72.9%

over ethernet

"yi should include poe power over ethernet"
72.9%

complaints though

"no major complaints though"
72.8%

loses connection

"whilst using the app on ios it’s a lottery if you can connect to live view and when you do it doesn’t last for long before it loses connection whilst it tries to reconnect immediately it very rarely does even closing and restarting the app or switching the cameras power supply off and on again doesn’t work"
72.8%

returning as cable

"ended up returning as cable not really long enough for any external points"
72.6%

software technicians

"all software technicians know about its issue and tricks"
72.6%

stopped working

"a couple of weeks later and the alerts have stopped working"
72.5%

rice crispies

"it works really well in every aspect except 2 areas: sound: when i enable audio there is a very loud crackling sound almost like listening to rice crispies"
72.3%

carbon copy

"think of apple packaging as this is almost a carbon copy of it"
72.2%

without success

"tried contacting support without success "
72.1%

only negative

"amazon that a great job of getting it to me asap setup was easy the only negative was that the lead that came with it wasn't quite long enough"
71.4%

further complaint

"otherwise with this price no further complaint"
71.3%

break down

"i will break down the pros and cons pros mid range price for a well built product"
71.3%

window pane

"i had the gen 2 yi 1080p home camera and liked it but i was monitoring outside through a window and so had some glare issues off the window pane"
71.0%

much effort

"it feels like too much effort was put into pushing users to the payed cloud services rather than focusing on the free functionality side"
70.9%

difficult product

"if they correct the sensitivity of the motion detection and add zone control horizontal and vertical then this would be a difficult product to beat in this price range"
70.8%

biggest issue

"the biggest issue is the angle of view"
70.7%

much reflection

"unfortunately at night when the night vision kicks in there is too much reflection from number plates and its very rare it will pick them up"
70.5%

more worryingly

"more worryingly i've reinstalled the app in an attempt to set it all up again and can't now log in to my yi account"
70.2%

same problem

"same problem with the rain"
69.9%

cheap cables

"also extending usb can be costly since cheap cables will just turn the camera off if night vision is used"
69.8%

still inactive

"after contacting customer service multiple times and sending all the proof for payment and identity my plan is still inactive after 1 month +"
69.2%

whole problem

"i have called yi twice remember to call them after 5pm both times i explained the whole problem filled in emails with photos etc"
69.0%

detection problem

"i suspect that the motion detection problem is due to a faulty unit so i am sending it back"
69.0%

losing wifi

"keeps losing wifi"
68.7%

fleeting moment

"i found that by the time the camera started to record all you could see way peoples sides or back for a fleeting moment before recording stopped"
68.5%

impaired features

"don't make a mistake they do still push their cloud storage but the camera does its job without it so you can potentially lose the videos only if the camera is stolen but you don't get impaired features like with other competitors"
68.2%

different model

"have another yi cam different model with same issue"
67.5%

wish the clips

"i wish the clips are at least 30 seconds long"
67.4%

really expensive

"yi cloud is really expensive versus other competitors"
67.3%

still not as good

"there is a firmware hack to enable that but its still not as good as i would like it to be"
67.3%

despite several resets

"and has been for a further month despite several resets"
67.3%

this issue

"i've tried to speak to yi support about this issue many times but they are absolutely useless and stop responding after they realise they can't fix this issue by making me turn it off and on"
67.2%

least reliable

"probably the least reliable camera i’ve ever seen in terms of watching live footage"
67.2%

waste your time

"buy almost anything else because these will waste your time"
67.2%

rattles around

"the one i received had an sd card slot but there is nothing behind the slot and the sd card slips straight into the cass and rattles around inside the unit"
67.1%

title software

"as in the title software update can turn the camera into a brick and other reviews stated this too"
67.0%

random drop outs

"it's a shame it automatically shuts off at 9pm and has random drop outs on recording"
67.0%

ignore actual people

"motion follow is okay but tracks traffic and sometimes can ignore actual people"
66.8%

other issue

"one other issue i came across but was easily sorted was the ir light ring"
66.6%

unable to stream

"also you are unable to stream!"
66.4%

external points

"ended up returning as cable not really long enough for any external points"
66.4%

disconnects all the time

"now the camera works but it just disconnects all the time"
66.3%

ring spotlight

"well in my opinion the quality of the yi camera video recordings is better than the ring spotlight cam which costs £280"
66.3%

illustrate my problems

"i will provide a video to illustrate my problems further"
66.2%

motion issue

"going back to the motion issue"
66.0%

n't very good

"this isn't very good as the reason i brought it was as i am currently away from my home so needed around the clock watch on my house"
65.9%

down philip

"im not impressed and feel let down philip"
65.9%

swivels screws

"camera wall mount that swivels screws"
65.9%

fake review

"this is definitely not a fake review!"
65.8%

free trial

"i was going to install sd cards in each camera not really explained in the instructions but east to find out how online but having been tempted into the cloud storage system by the free trial i've been so happy with it and the original 2 cameras i will continue the cloud storage subscription and add i've also bought 3 more cameras i just hope they prove reliable as i've invested so heavily in them"
65.7%

issues triggered by rain

"currently having motion sensing issues triggered by rain"
65.7%

losing many details

"it can automatically adjust the video quality by your internet speed without losing many details"
65.6%

stated this

"as in the title software update can turn the camera into a brick and other reviews stated this too"
65.4%

very low ratings

"many of the of other cameras had very similar features at a lower cost but appeared to be let down by the android ios app which would appear to consistently obtain very low ratings"
65.3%

fill the hole

"should use dc instead of usb had to make a widder hole for usb and then fill the hole because cable itself is flat"
65.2%

cloud buffering is poor

"calling function and cloud buffering is poor"
65.2%

refused to work

"i selected the cheap one and it just totally locked up and refused to work"
64.8%

biggest annoyance

"the biggest annoyance though is the stupidly short usb power lead that comes hard wired to the damn thing"
64.8%

poor at night zoom

"picture quality is ok in the day but poor at night zoom is grainy motion detection is hopeless doesn’t matter if you set zone goes off when it feels like it however it an affordable price and easy to install"
64.8%

miss a crime or event

"screenshot attached light blue means recorded data other area is dropped connection again very poor as you could miss a crime or event!"
64.8%

crashes it altogether

"if i push to talk over it then that just crashes it altogether i think because it draws extra power to engage the speaker and thus killing it"
64.8%

false notifications

"poor quality false notifications"
64.7%

very dissatisfied

"overall very dissatisfied and won't be buying any yi products again mainly for the useless customer service"
64.6%

subscription charge

"disappointed you have to pay a large subscription charge"
64.4%

rain drops

"overall good having a bit of an issue with sensitivity too sensitive and it alerts with rain drops and not enough and it misses some obvious things like visitors to the door"
64.4%

useless for my needs

"there is no way a person or car registration could be recognised which renders the camera largely useless for my needs"
64.3%

waste of money and time

"waste of money and time"
64.2%

camera is now useless

"only 3 months of use and condensation has appeared inside the camera so you can no longer see a picture the camera is now useless and can no longer be used!"
64.1%

points motion detection

"bad points motion detection “too” sensitive even on lowest setting no zone control no angle limitations inclusions schedule needs more customisation to inc"
63.8%

like a software

"seems like a software bug"
63.7%

spoke to supplier

"spoke to supplier and it's been a challenge to get the replacement"
63.7%

lost its connection

"however after several months the camera lost its connection to my account so i have tried to re pair it but the reset button doesn't work so it is now a useless brick attached to the wall with a cable that has been drilled through the wall and sealed in place"
63.5%

same price

"frame rate is low for same price you can get 4mp this is 2mp camera at 30fps with dc power and dual band wifi this is 2"
63.5%

previously useless

"so it means the camera which was previously useless is now more than useless just using electricity and hanging up on the wall"
63.5%

cable itself is flat

"should use dc instead of usb had to make a widder hole for usb and then fill the hole because cable itself is flat"
63.4%

camera is stolen

"don't make a mistake they do still push their cloud storage but the camera does its job without it so you can potentially lose the videos only if the camera is stolen but you don't get impaired features like with other competitors"
63.4%

it's limitations

"but then you see it's limitations"
63.4%

wrong plan yi support

"my cloud plan dissappeared after changing phones and now keeps signing up to the wrong plan yi support are just ignoring me"
63.4%

main downsides

"the main downsides were a oermenantly attached power cable and no rtsp support which means you have to buy cloud subscription for off device storage"
63.4%

camera is useless

"this camera is useless"
63.4%

being too short

"i believe the issue stems from the usb power cord being too short unless you have a socket close to where you want to place it which is unlikely as it is an outdoor camera"
63.4%

which was shoddy

"this is after yesterday returning a blink xt system which was shoddy"
63.3%

pretty pointless

"live view works but alerts don't which is pretty pointless really"
63.3%

wrong with

"after over a month of exchanging emails with the manufacturer and following every step they have suggested to fix it it has become clear that they do not know what is wrong with it and offer only a stony silence when i suggested they replace it or refund it"
63.3%

does not work

"good design however does not work"
63.3%

audio problem

"got two of these one has an audio problem sounds like buzzing but it's installed so can't be bothered to send it back"
63.3%

micro scratches

"•the black faceplate is covered in micro scratches as if it’s been wiped over with a cloth there was also no protective film on the lens"
63.2%

through the software

"the sd card can be viewed through the software and there's a version for windows so access from a pc also works"
62.7%

became 3 hr nightmare

"what became a possible 30min set up became 3hr nightmare back and forward to b&q"
62.7%

waste of time and money

"waste of time and money"
62.6%

fail to acquire

"i kept getting the same “fail to acquire” message"
62.6%

incorrectly they were

"being told my sd cards were probably incompatible or formatted incorrectly they weren't "
62.6%

incompatible or formatted

"being told my sd cards were probably incompatible or formatted incorrectly they weren't "
62.6%

this problem

"i have downloaded and reinstalled the app at least six times but still will not open the apps were downloaded from yi windows and mac site has anyone else had this problem and can they help yi help team take ages to respond then state it is a computer fault"
62.5%

refused to reconnect

"i'm not sure if my unit is faulty but it happened both when i initially tested it out of the box and when securing it to a wall even though the camera reports as having a 100% connection to the wifi it has disconnected and refused to reconnect"
62.4%

more misses

"in fact far more misses than hits even when turned to highest sensitivity"
62.3%

avoid this seller

"laptop fire tv that irritating noise is always there i contacted seeverything uk and i was palmed off with excuses and then they totally ignored my messages the sellers name may say uk but it's actually shanghai you are dealing with i would avoid this seller and this security camera at all costs"
62.2%

only big complaint

"the only big complaint i have is the app is a but of mess to navigate with the same functions in different places depending on which screen you are on"
62.2%

no mention of that

"will not install on iphones eventually installed on ipad but then would not work unless we paid for a subscription there was no mention of that when it was bought the support is not helpful"
62.1%

seems to mention

"an update they appear to have added which no online review seems to mention is the addition of the notification area detection you can highlight a box within the frame where it will only notify you based on activity in this area"
61.8%

alot of issues

"but for some reason i had alot of issues with this current camera"
61.8%

camera dies

"i wish now i hadn't got the ring as i'm gonna be stuck with a hefty subscription until the camera dies"
61.8%

incredibly poor

"their cloud service is incredibly poor where the cloud service doesnt allow you to playback recordings and also with no auto renewal feature meaning your cover can be disabled without you knowing "
61.8%

biggest issue for

"biggest issue for me is that it does not support rtsp real time streaming protocol or seem to have any web interface therefore you are tied to using the official yi home phone app or pc program"
61.7%

still wo n't work

"says network not good enough but moved access point router next to the external wall and still won't work"
61.6%

screws and fixings

"includes a mounting template all screws and fixings if required and even usb cable mounting clips for a very neat install"
61.4%

turn phone clockwise

"and it only does landscape counter clockwise when i tend to turn phone clockwise"
61.3%

failure of the ones

"i have had to replace two of the usb power adaptors due to failure of the ones supplied"
61.3%

next to useless

"so this makes it next to useless for iding anyone if there is a break in but is otherwise good for general seeing what's going at night or when you're away"
61.1%

nowhere fast

"i contacted the support but got nowhere fast"
61.0%

now not running properly

"update dec 2018 : the app for windows pc is now not running properly"
61.0%

just a bad batch

"i figured it was just a bad batch or faulty component"
61.0%

which is useless

"camera is ok but the alerts don't work on android phones until you open the app then you get loads of notifications all at once which is useless"
61.0%

not water proof

"the 3m cable is non extendable as it is attached to the camera which might be an issue if you didn't have a power socket planned for this camera you don't want to leave the camera socket out in the weather: this bit is not water proof"
60.9%

minor movement

"it now only picks up major movement and minor movement is now ignored although the camera is set to most sensitive setting"
60.8%

poor customer service

"due to the poor customer service i think i'll go elsewhere!"
60.7%

useless customer service

"overall very dissatisfied and won't be buying any yi products again mainly for the useless customer service"
60.7%

slight negative

"the only slight negative is flys etc set off motion alerts at night time but i am still playing with the settings so may be able to resolve that"
60.6%

really annoying

"initially i had the phone alerts set up but this got really annoying getting alerts every couple of minutes so switched that off but this would be a great tool where there is not a lot of traffic setting it off and i will be using that on the garden cam once that's set up"
60.6%

no power sockets

"mine is placed at height looking at my front door area so there is no power sockets"
60.5%

also useless

"the motion sensitivity is also useless"
60.5%

major issue

"it would have benefited from a smaller plug to get through a wall rather than the full sized usb plug but not a major issue"
60.2%

proving a nightmare

"for instance my power socket is outside and another 8 metres away and is proving a nightmare to buy cables to get to it"
60.1%

gone offline

"they worked perfectly fine for about a week then they stopped recording the 5 sec clip and now the one to the front of the house is gone offline"
60.0%

honest i 'm disappointed

"to be honest i'm disappointed and wished i'd sent it back when i had the chance"
59.9%

contacted seeverything

"laptop fire tv that irritating noise is always there i contacted seeverything uk and i was palmed off with excuses and then they totally ignored my messages the sellers name may say uk but it's actually shanghai you are dealing with i would avoid this seller and this security camera at all costs"
59.9%

useless at night

"i had a sv3c dome camera before this one and it was useless at night"
59.7%

storage plan

"compared to nest where the storage plan is expensiver but you can have several cameras in the plan you pay here per camera and 90 bucks for the shortest 7 day period per camera can get quite expensive"
59.6%

rain problem

"i feel sure that yi will do a firmware update soon to control this rain problem"
59.6%

sadly only

"purchased as it had the sd card feature which on paper is great but sadly only worked for the first week or two"
59.5%

widder hole

"should use dc instead of usb had to make a widder hole for usb and then fill the hole because cable itself is flat"
59.5%

developed a problem

"1 of these worked perfectly but the second developed a problem"
59.5%

quite distorted

"the visual is very good the sound is quite distorted"
59.3%

unsure at first

"was unsure at first to purchase it"
59.3%

picture disturbance

"the infrared system is now faulty and causes picture disturbance throughout the night causing the camera to constantly alarm and record the picture disturbance as the camera movement sensor thinks it's a genuine alarm movement"
59.2%

cable length

"cheap camera does the job pros micro sd slot cheap effective cons picture not great in the dark inadequate cable length"
59.2%

loose connection to wi

"they loose connection to wi fi"
59.2%

fails consistently

"the camera works but the app fails consistently to either remember the login or to send notifications"
59.1%

microphone really loud

"there is a constant clicking noise from the microphone really loud click click"
59.0%

just ignoring

"my cloud plan dissappeared after changing phones and now keeps signing up to the wrong plan yi support are just ignoring me"
59.0%

camera alarm

"even a camera alarm"
58.8%

720p and not 1080p

"the image quality i would say is 720p and not 1080p as it says"
58.7%

simply did not work

"it simply did not work"
58.2%

flat when i am travelling

"it's easy to install and i can monitor my flat when i am travelling"
58.1%

feature is also poor

"the search and auto detect feature is also poor and often hit and miss"
58.0%

useless wall ornament

"have reset the camera 3 times checked all the settings and checked for firmware updates there are none and this still continues to happen so the completely fault ridden useless wall ornament that yi is marketing as a “security” camera is going back in it’s box and back to it’s biological parents"
57.6%

more of a deterrent

"thus it’s more of a deterrent than a useful camera"
57.6%

not susceptible to rain

"the two outdoor cams are fitted under eaves and are not susceptible to rain"
57.6%

very rarely an issue

"i should note that this is very rarely an issue during the day just at night when the infrared is on"
57.5%

only then it stopped

"did a reset and got it working again for one day only then it stopped"
57.5%

not been uploaded

"initially was impressed but had issues with the cloud service in that there have been periods where footage has not been uploaded"
57.5%

even at low levels

"if i have one concern it's that the motion sensor is too sensitive even at low levels causing many alert notifications"
57.4%

bad and short cable

"however at night it is terrible so much so that i now ignore it eg rain will set it off despite it being in a covered location camera the picture quality is great and it picks up the wifi signal well overall if it was not for the night time notifications being so bad and short cable i would have given this 5 stars"
57.1%

changed my review

"changed my review to one star due to latest camera not being able to download footage"
57.0%

stopped working 22

"update we got another one delivered and just noticed it stopped working 22 feb"
56.9%

removed by a thief

"imagine if your car is removed by a thief!"
56.8%

waste of time

"unless you intend to use this right next to your router it is a waste of time"
56.7%

rather slow

"very good image quality response is rather slow and the alert mode is not accurate even in high sensitivity mode"
56.7%

binned now unfortunately

"will have to be binned now unfortunately"
56.5%

rather poor

"my only gripe with this model is the lack of zoning to only alert in specific areas the ability to set sensitivity is rather poor too so this needs to be improved upon"
56.5%

continually fails

"one camera which is the closest to the router continually fails"
56.3%

same model

"my brother has the same model and it works perfectly fine he has also attempted to set it up but it just doesn’t work"
56.3%

cameras 1080p

"i have used hikvision cameras 1080p which are much much better"
56.2%

wired very

"cable length cable length is 10ft but it comes out of the bottom of the camera and is hard wired very bad positioning if you want to connect to a power source above the camera as it leaves a very naff finish when installed"
56.2%

cheap chinese

"cheap chinese tat"
55.8%

drilled the holes

"setup was easy i set them both up inside then installed installation was simple drilled the holes and apply construction adhesive to make sure it was strong"
55.6%

will regret

"you will regret it"
55.6%

quite blurred

"supposed to be 1080p but the pictures are quite blurred"
55.6%

serious issues

"camera is generally good however there are couple of serious issues"
55.5%

arrive days late

"app is glitchy notifications can sometimes arrive days late"
55.4%

no specified range

"motion detection there is no specified range on this anywhere available online i looked everywhere but could find no actual technical spec so i contacted the yi community forums and was advised that the range is only 15ft from the sensor and that the sensor worked by determining heat signals body heat and so on not by actual movement"
55.3%

return these items

"i don't know if i can return these items as i have installed them and been using them for a while"
55.3%

subscription failed

"i got charged but the subscription failed"
55.3%

does n't support rtsp

"both the android app and windows application work well however i own a few cameras from other manufacturers and prefer to use one android app to view them all which wont work with the yi camera because it doesn't support rtsp"
55.2%

cloud service is awful

"camera is great but the cloud service is awful"
55.2%

it's not just

"check the app store for the recent reviews too it’s not just me"
55.1%

junked and not working

"ok picture but the 3 of the cameras are junked and not working"
55.1%

stay on low voltage

"even if they wanted to stay on low voltage a regular basic dc cable with an adapter instead of the usb charger we have to use anyway would make things lot easier instead of having to get a 20mm drill bit"
55.1%

contacted the support

"i contacted the support but got nowhere fast"
55.1%

constant clicking noise

"there is a constant clicking noise from the microphone really loud click click"
55.0%

seems very ` afterthought

"i was told if it was plugged into wired it would use that seems very 'afterthought' and easy to add functionality via an update"
55.0%

just totally locked

"i selected the cheap one and it just totally locked up and refused to work"
55.0%

impressed and feel

"im not impressed and feel let down philip"
54.9%

inexplicable gaps

"i was able to set it up quickly and all seemed well but the camera intermittently fails to load video clips and has inexplicable gaps on the timeline"
54.8%

wasting your money

"all in all don’t buy this as you’ll regret it when you need it the most it won’t work and you’ll be left feeling stupid for wasting your money on a vastly unpractical and flawed “security” system"
54.8%

little improvement

"motion detection could use a little improvement"
54.7%

truly terrible

"the sound is truly terrible"
54.7%

this one has failed

"3 indoor cameras went down early today now this one has failed"
54.7%

completely pointless

"it doesn't give motion detection alerts unless you start the app which is completely pointless"
54.7%

need a sds drill

"most hand held drill only go up to 18mm so you’ll need a sds drill"
54.6%

nowhere near a socket

"i have ran the cable and it's nowhere near a socket so i have had to extend it"
54.5%
...

Compare Pros

really good in both products

"the item is really good quality"
99.3%

works well in both products

"i have found the pen works well so far"
75.0%

picture quality in both products

"it's not a canon or nikon but the picture quality is good enough and to date i am very satisfied"
74.8%

good enough in both products

"it's not a canon or nikon but the picture quality is good enough and to date i am very satisfied"
74.5%

good value in both products

"good value for money "
74.3%

image quality in both products

"i was very surprised by the image quality"
74.3%

good quality in both products

"good quality it looks exactly like a pen and is very convenient to carry"
73.3%

build quality in both products

"surprised that this pen looks just like standard ball point pen the camera’s light will be on for a short while indicating that the camera has started recording the camera captures videos for few hours straight video quality and sound quality are acceptably good considering the tiny camera specifications overall the build quality and the functionality is solid of this spy cam"
69.6%

very good value in both products

"it is very good value for money"
65.2%

absolutely fine

"motion detection is absolutely fine for the price"
99.7%

photos good

"getting the device to record video is a bit fiddly to start with however the video quality was excellent and still photos good"
99.7%

very perfect

"all functions are very perfect such as standby filming photographing motion detection"
98.5%

it's excellent

"this is a good little spy cam in fact for the price you could almost say it's excellent"
93.1%

very satisfied

"it's not a canon or nikon but the picture quality is good enough and to date i am very satisfied"
91.8%

looks exactly

"good quality it looks exactly like a pen and is very convenient to carry"
91.6%

works a treat

"the image quality it bang on very easy to use and works a treat!"
90.9%

really happy

"overall i am really happy with my purchase"
88.4%

only drawback

"the only drawback is the battery life"
86.0%

good light

"good quality outside in good light"
75.0%

looks good

"it looks good as a pen and it writes well as a pen"
75.0%

decent quality clear

"the quality of the recordings i took had decent quality clear and not much color difference"
74.4%

nice quality

"the pen is well made and has a nice quality feel about it"
74.1%

very happy

"overall i'm very happy with my purchase and particularly impressed with the customer service"
74.0%

shirt clip

"the shirt clip easily pops off mine hasn’t come off completely fortunately because it looks as if the camera may be attached to this somehow"
74.0%

good thing

"easy to use and the good thing is no one finds out that it's a spy camera in a pen "
73.9%

good results

"it charges up quite quickly and delivers good results for the price"
73.6%

surprisingly good

"the camera is surprisingly good as is the audio"
73.3%

worth the money

"nice to write with too well worth the money"
68.4%

recording functions

"all recording functions are controlled by the button at the top of the pen and briefly confirmed by a light emitting diode"
68.2%

very easy to

"the image quality it bang on very easy to use and works a treat!"
63.4%

acceptably good

"surprised that this pen looks just like standard ball point pen the camera’s light will be on for a short while indicating that the camera has started recording the camera captures videos for few hours straight video quality and sound quality are acceptably good considering the tiny camera specifications overall the build quality and the functionality is solid of this spy cam"
63.1%

liked it to be longer

"this may be normal but i would have liked it to be longer"
62.3%

well very built

"the pen is well very built and the picture quality is fantastic"
62.1%

first glance

"at first glance it looks like a black high quality pen"
61.8%

does motion detection

"hold it down for too long and it turns off too short and it does motion detection i think"
61.4%

works as a video

"it actually works as a video at full hd to record as much as it can with the micro sd card"
61.4%

very good pictures

"ii took several pictures and several videos with the spy camera and the spy pen camera took very good pictures and videos"
61.3%

surprisingly very good

"picture quality and audio is surprisingly very good"
60.4%

without smudging

"write smoothly without smudging"
59.6%

write smoothly

"write smoothly without smudging"
59.5%

well worth the purchase

"other than that it is well worth the purchase"
59.3%

very nice thing

"very good value for money a very nice thing to have as back up in a meeting with the boss"
58.7%

happy with my purchase

"still happy with my purchase"
58.6%

seems easy to

"seems easy to use"
58.0%

picture quality and audio

"picture quality and audio is surprisingly very good"
57.9%

stronger and better

"this one seems to be stronger and better quality"
57.7%

touch recording

"beside it have motion detection function one touch recording and still image function without flashing light"
57.7%

good little spy

"this is a good little spy cam in fact for the price you could almost say it's excellent"
57.5%

charges up quite quickly

"it charges up quite quickly and delivers good results for the price"
57.3%

recording the camera

"surprised that this pen looks just like standard ball point pen the camera’s light will be on for a short while indicating that the camera has started recording the camera captures videos for few hours straight video quality and sound quality are acceptably good considering the tiny camera specifications overall the build quality and the functionality is solid of this spy cam"
57.1%

easy to follow

"i also found the instructions pretty easy to follow"
56.9%

video and sound qualities

"both the video and sound qualities are sufficient considering the size and should be fit for the purpose of the pen i"
56.8%

this respect

"perhaps the design could have been slightly better in this respect"
56.7%

overall excellent

"this is a really good buy a little bit of practice but overall excellent"
55.7%

very clear

"it is very clear "
55.6%

easy to operate

"instructions are straight forward enough to follow and the camera is easy to operate"
55.3%

doing a record

"its doing a record if not pressing it"
55.2%

performance is fantastic

"performance is fantastic"
54.8%

high quality

"at first glance it looks like a black high quality pen"
54.8%

excellent for the money

"excellent for the money"
54.2%

bigger one yourself

"it has 32g memory card originally if not big enough you can still change a bigger one yourself"
53.5%

unusual gift

"excellent for unusual gift"
53.5%

also take pictures

"it can also take pictures and it has many hours of battery life to take as many pictures and hours of video as you would need"
52.6%

recommend to buy this

"i recommend to buy this"
51.7%

no suspicion is raised

"you get ink for the pen so no suspicion is raised and it it so easy to get the video to your computer"
51.4%

very discreet

"it is very discreet when recording"
51.3%

compact and secure

"box is compact and secure"
51.1%

regular pen and clip

"it can be written like a regular pen and clip on body"
50.6%
...

really good in both products

"daytime viewing has been really good night time isn't great it's ok close range but anything beyond 5 m is sketching luckily i have an outside light that's quite bright so it illuminates beyond the 5 m"
93.1%

well worth in both products

"well worth it!"
92.1%

build quality in both products

"i am sure it will be reliable because of the build quality but i will update if its not"
75.0%

good value in both products

"easy set up decent images pleasing appearance good back up from yi email team excellent night vision cloud subscription good value for money and works very well with android"
74.8%

good picture in both products

"good picture and has a speaker and a microphone built in so i can speak to people when my ring doorbell craps out nearly everytime!"
74.8%

works well in both products

"certainly a good looking compact camera that works well"
74.7%

picture quality in both products

"daytime picture quality is quite good i'm sure there is better at higher cost but this will do"
74.7%

very good value in both products

"very good value for money"
74.5%

image quality in both products

"image quality both day and night is superb"
74.3%

good enough in both products

"the image quality produced by the camera is acceptable not as good as a good quality mobile phone but good enough for its purpose"
74.1%

outstanding devices

"these are outstanding devices"
99.9%

impressive performance

"impressive performance and good value"
99.7%

excellent product

"excellent product"
99.6%

gives excellent

"for my own needs though i turned off the motion detection and the ir and it gives excellent 24 7 views of both inside and outside the house"
99.5%

superb product

"apart from that superb product!"
99.5%

works perfect

"on the medium setting it works perfect though the day but on a evening it picks up every car that passes my house no matter where i set the detection zone"
99.4%

brilliant product

"brilliant product well worth the money"
99.4%

excellent units

"both the indoor and outdoor are excellent units"
99.4%

brilliant camera

"brilliant camera"
99.0%

really pleased

"i've been using these for a few months now and i'm really pleased"
98.9%

super happy

"on receiving the camera i was super happy with the build quality and functionality of it"
98.8%

amazing camera

"amazing camera for the price £59"
98.6%

excellent camera

"otherwise this is an excellent camera"
98.5%

absolutely brilliant

"absolutely brilliant camera for the price"
98.4%

strongly recommended

"strongly recommended"
98.4%

excellent love

"excellent love it great bit of kit"
98.2%

works perfectly

"and works perfectly"
98.1%

very smart

"setup was simple we inserted the sd card downloaded the yi camera app to my iphone and registered an account from there is was as simple as plugging in the camera via a usb cable which comes with a usb plug and pointing the camera at a qr code on the phone and following the simple voice command instructions very smart!"
97.8%

really reliable

"kind of have to commit to the cloud which is the only downfall however it's really reliable and worth the additional cost for the low buy price"
97.8%

outstanding camera

"outstanding camera!"
97.8%

great system

"it's no security cctv system but it's a great system that uses wifi home router the cloud and mobile device notifications and apps so you can monitor what's going on around your home while you're away or at home"
97.7%

very pleased

"very pleased "
97.6%

great pictures

"easy to install great pictures"
97.6%

great product

"great product"
97.5%

best thing

"the best thing about the camera i think is the night vision it's super clear and overall amazing!"
97.3%

excellent rotation

"excellent rotation"
97.0%

time clarity

"day time clarity is good but also poor when you zoom in the stream pixelates easily"
96.5%

excellent cameras

"these are excellent cameras & we are delighted with their performance and recoding capabilities"
96.3%

excellent great

"the night vision is excellent great for people who live near the country and its pitch black"
96.2%

quality excellent

"a littll4 dificult to set up for me but with a little help from my tec savvy son 45mins all done features are great and quality excellent "
95.9%

best camera

"for this price the best camera you can buy"
95.3%

brilliant piece

"brilliant piece of kit"
94.8%

amazing and so easy

"it’s amazing and so easy to set up"
93.9%

excellent and great

"99 easy to setup and install loads of features the app is excellent and great picture quality even in ir night vision mode"
93.9%

perfect and great

"perfect and great value"
93.9%

great camera

"great camera"
93.7%

simply superb

"simply superb!"
93.4%

excellent and essential

"the mobile app is excellent and essential as you cannot at the moment access via a pc"
93.4%

absolute bargain

"i picked up a toshiba 32gb u3 card at the same time for just £8 on amazon to bring my total purchase to £68 absolute bargain"
92.7%

brilliant camera great

"brilliant camera great app too thanks"
92.2%

amazing quality

"amazing quality but could do with rtsp added for local dvr saving otherwise you are stuck with the sd card or yi cloud subscription"
91.6%

overall bargain

"overall bargain!"
91.4%

only fault

"the app is ok and the only fault i find with it and all yi cameras is not being able to fast forward footage"
91.2%

great outdoors camera

"great outdoors camera with good software"
90.4%

quite good

"camera quality is quite good comparing to other cameras available at the market"
90.1%

tracking unable

"motion sensitivity tracking unable to point camera down beyond 95 degrees ir reflection when in night mode so with a spat of break in’s currently within our area i thought it would be prudent to get a security camera"
90.0%

picture is amazing

"picture is amazing and we use these to keep an eye on the house while out to make sure the cats are ok"
89.5%

great product great

"great cameras great product great app"
89.3%

absolutely amazing

"absolutely amazing product !"
89.2%

excellent night vision

"camera is excellent night vision is good and alarm is cleaver done can set sensitivity to low mid or high overall i really like"
88.6%

outstanding value

"outstanding value"
88.4%

very professional

"came next day the packaging was very professional and quality when it came to installing the camera to the garden shed the only problem i caee across was the screws they was just awful quality but i changed them for some betters one and mounted it to the shed"
88.4%

works great

"very easy to set and the app works great"
88.0%

amazing little camera

"amazing little camera"
87.0%

quite bright

"daytime viewing has been really good night time isn't great it's ok close range but anything beyond 5 m is sketching luckily i have an outside light that's quite bright so it illuminates beyond the 5 m"
86.9%

really great

"it’s a really great picture in 1080p and night vision works well too"
86.7%

better night vision

"the black 1080p dome camera is smaller looks better and has better night vision so i would recommend that dome cam instead of this one"
84.3%

awesome all rounder

"awesome all rounder"
75.0%

fairly well

"the camera is fairly well built"
75.0%

smart phone

"if you can work a smart phone you can work this"
75.0%

dream great

"very good picture quality easy to install easy setup works like a dream great app"
75.0%

perfectly well

"use it to monitor a garden which is 100ft long and copes perfectly well"
75.0%

great feature

"the motion tracking is a great feature for this camera"
75.0%

outdoor ones

"i'm hoping to sort these camera's as the indoor cameras work perfectly fine without any hitch the outdoor ones for some reason never ever seem to pair to my yi home app android i have set the router to use a 2"
75.0%

great value

"great value"
75.0%

reasonably priced

"very good value camera with local storage and reasonably priced optional cloud storage"
75.0%

very sensitive

"the motion sensor is very sensitive and takes a little bit of adjustment to get it how you want"
75.0%

nicely packed

"the camera arrived swiftly in a nicely packed box and feels a premium product"
75.0%

great item

"i have the dashcam and indoor camera and can't fault any of them this outdoor camera was just as simple to set up great item"
75.0%

very flexible

"set up within minutes very flexible mounting and good picture quality"
74.9%

cctv device

"for a budget cctv device is really good i can safely say that i haven't had any issues on my garden so it's a good deterrent"
74.9%

premium product

"the camera arrived swiftly in a nicely packed box and feels a premium product"
74.9%

easy access

"would say set it up with easy access to it and good wifi reception from your modem"
74.9%

smart device

"the setting up proceed was simple as anything download the app to your smart device and click what camera you have purchased connect it to the wifi then hold the qr code to the camera it's scans it and then your all set and ready to use it"
74.9%

great recommendation

"definitely a great recommendation from me with the only downside that the cloudstorage prices are in my opinion way too high"
74.9%

very useful

"to summarise: this is a very useful camera for anyone looking to secure their house with cctv it's cloud connected so you can view it anywhere so long as you have data wifi waterproof functions as an intercom and does so much more"
74.9%

great quality

"definitely recommend these cameras great quality"
74.9%

great feel

"out of the box the camera has a great feel to it"
74.9%

great picture

"cons short cable not very good speaker no 5ghz support pros great price cloud or micro sd storage option great picture 1080p good colour balance regular updated app overall i’m very impressed for the price and am now looking to extend my security further with some indoor ones"
74.9%

helpful button

"if you find this review useful please click the helpful button thank you"
74.9%

cctv cameras

"as all smart cctv cameras they have flaws pros and con"
74.9%

looks well

"looks well built"
74.9%

great thought

"night vision was great thought due to pricing would be inferior but it’s quality"
74.9%

very affordable

"the addition of online recording makes this a very affordable solution"
74.8%

outdoor camera

"i purchased the yi outdoor camera to monitor our driveway"
74.8%

well built

"conclusion a well built and quality product let down by a limited software application"
74.8%

waterproof compartment

"the camera offers the ability to subscribe to a cloud service or alternatively you can fit a micro sd card inside a waterproof compartment in the underside of the camera"
74.8%

works really well

"it was very easy to setup had some range to the router but still works really well and it does the job briliantly"
74.8%

liked mine

"cant fault this camera works well i like them its my second on well outdoor one got one indoor and a dash cam all work very well even my brother has them now as he liked mine "
74.8%

crisp and sharp

"the 1080p resolution is crisp and sharp and only shows fragments on very fast movement the motion detection and tracking works very well as long you not too fast"
74.7%

well packaged

"i'ts well packaged and built to a much better quality than some of the other ip cameras that i have"
74.7%

full price

"i bought this during a prime deal but even at full price i think it is good value"
74.7%

1080p good

"cons short cable not very good speaker no 5ghz support pros great price cloud or micro sd storage option great picture 1080p good colour balance regular updated app overall i’m very impressed for the price and am now looking to extend my security further with some indoor ones"
74.7%

work correctly

"even better now that android notifications work correctly"
74.7%

cctv stickers

"some cctv stickers to say that cctv is in operation would be very welcome as these are required to be displayed"
74.7%

relatively safe

"my area is relatively safe so i didn't need to do this but if you're worried about people tampering with the camera then this could be a good option for you"
74.7%

perfectly fine

"i'm hoping to sort these camera's as the indoor cameras work perfectly fine without any hitch the outdoor ones for some reason never ever seem to pair to my yi home app android i have set the router to use a 2"
74.7%

alerts are great

"motion alerts are great"
74.7%

pretty well

"it seems to have a good antenna as it can connect to the wifi pretty well even though it’s pretty far away and a couple of walls my iphone struggles at the same distance "
74.7%

unbeatable price

"i've got few yi camera and they are quite good for this unbeatable price i've paid 44£ "
74.7%

fast and well

"the mobile app is very good the cloud storage is well priced and works fast and well"
74.7%

added security

"i use this in my accommodation just for added security "
74.7%

outdoor cameras

"i bought 2 yi 1080hd outdoor cameras and fitted them in august"
74.7%

free talk function

"would be great if could have same hands free talk function as the done version"
74.6%

good antenna

"it seems to have a good antenna as it can connect to the wifi pretty well even though it’s pretty far away and a couple of walls my iphone struggles at the same distance "
74.6%

cctv stystrm

"super easy to set up through a qr code system got it up and running within 5 mins uses an sd card to record to and can also save to the cloud if you subscribe to the yi cooud service really impressed with this but little camera looks so smart and will be replacing my old cctv stystrm that has a plethora"
74.6%

quality picture

"great camera with excellent quality picture which was very easy to setup"
74.6%

excellent all rounder

"excellent all rounder"
74.6%

prime deal

"i bought this during a prime deal but even at full price i think it is good value"
74.6%

would recommend

"have their cloud service and would recommend"
74.6%

just above average

"picture quality is reasonable but zoomed picture is just above average and mostly only recognizable if you know people"
74.6%

recoding capabilities

"these are excellent cameras & we are delighted with their performance and recoding capabilities"
74.5%

positive reviews

"came across this camera on amazon and read the reviews went with peoples positive reviews"
74.5%

good wifi range

"good wifi range and easy install as it's just one usb power cable"
74.5%

work great

"both work great!"
74.5%

well enough

"once it's all setup the camera works well enough"
74.5%

good basic security

"good basic security"
74.5%

pleasurable experience

"using these cameras i have more than one for ~4 months has been mostly a pleasurable experience"
74.5%

ordering another

"will be ordering another when they're next on offer"
74.4%

good points

"good points excellent picture quality in both good and low light digital pinch and zoom function good rotation movement very good app"
74.4%

good number

"there are a good number of settings with various sensitivity levels"
74.4%

decent quality camera

"this is quite a decent quality camera that has proved to be simple to fit and set up on the network"
74.4%

very nicely

"installation 7 10 not the hardest as it comes with a mounting template for drilling the holes good job on that one yi the one part of your system i like is the mounting packaging 10 10 credit where it’s due it is very nicely packaged"
74.4%

pretty good

"i'm trying to think of any negatives and i truly cant think of any so that's pretty good news as well"
74.4%

proper router

"need a proper router to see all these hi res footages tho"
74.4%

moving body

"it also can detect movement in your room as that i will follow to record the moving body until the moving object disappears"
74.4%

decent product

"pay abit more for a decent product"
74.4%

strong wifi connection

"overall a good camera however be sure you have a strong wifi connection as there tends to be a bit of lag when detection is triggered"
74.3%

files saved

"jpg files saved are to that standard"
74.3%

overall a good

"overall a good"
74.3%

decent package

"all in all a decent package at a reasonable price"
74.3%

well designed

"4ghz the step by step process was clear and it worked the first time no doubt thanks to the well designed app"
74.3%

crisp image

"so the night vision is definitely very good its a crisp image!"
74.3%

pretty sensitive

"movement detection is pretty sensitive it sees the headlights of cars driving past in the road despite the road itself not actually being in shot"
74.3%

work very well

"i have a couple of these and they work very well once you have set them up correctly though i initially had some teething problems"
74.3%

arlo products

"build quality i would consider excellent easily on a par with the higher priced nest and arlo products that are available within the marketplace"
74.2%

very responsive

"pan and tilt can be directly done from the app in normal view or also in fullscreen which is great and works very responsive and turns quite fast as well with a silent motor"
74.2%

really easy

"the app makes viewing the camera and setting up its many features really easy"
74.2%

very good quality

"it's a really good camera it does everything it's supposed to and very good quality"
74.2%

very well presented

"the camera came in a very well presented box along with a mounting kit screwdriver power adaptor and stand"
74.2%

more useful

"speaker and mic seem to work well i think this would be more useful if place at the front of a house to talk to delivery drivers etc"
74.2%

fixed cameras

"i have another 4 fixed cameras from yi"
74.1%

good cameras

"but all in all good cameras and good value"
74.1%

good software

"great outdoors camera with good software"
74.1%

pretty painless

"setup was pretty painless despite the terse instructions"
74.1%

over the moon

"after six months use and i'm completely over the moon with this wee camera"
74.1%

looking great

"i set the camera up and all was looking great"
74.1%

quality item

"it looks and feels a quality item"
74.1%

outdoor cams

"i had heard how great these cameras are for the price so we decided to get rid of my old cameras in the back garden & replace them with 2 yi outdoor cams & in the front we put a ring spotlight cam & a yi indoor camera facing out through the front window"
74.1%

cant fault

"cant fault this camera works well i like them its my second on well outdoor one got one indoor and a dash cam all work very well even my brother has them now as he liked mine "
74.1%

works better

"love these cameras have 5 around business premises can't go wrong for the price app works better on ios than android"
74.0%

whole garden

"daytime color is vivid and sharp and the night vision can clearly see everything in my whole garden which is over 40 feet!"
74.0%

great price

"all round great product and great price"
74.0%

incredible price

"you get all of the above for an incredible price"
74.0%

quality producr

"good quality producr would recomend"
74.0%

connection and quality

"i was happy with the connection and quality in the app"
73.9%

really like

"camera is excellent night vision is good and alarm is cleaver done can set sensitivity to low mid or high overall i really like"
73.9%

piece of cake

"setting the camera up was a piece of cake just install the yi home app select the camera scan the qr code and bob's your uncle"
73.9%

quite useful

"the app system works well notifications are sent directly on your phone with the playback footage which is quite useful if you are away"
73.9%

very fast movement

"the 1080p resolution is crisp and sharp and only shows fragments on very fast movement the motion detection and tracking works very well as long you not too fast"
73.9%

good feature

"worth noting that a good feature of this camera is that it can record to a micro sd card not supplied with camera which means you’ll always have the recording of past events without having to sign up for their cloud service which to be fair is inexpensive anyway plus you still get the last 7 days of events on your phone anyway"
73.9%
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* analysis performed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods, data for the analysis has been gathered from multiple publicly accessible sources.
** strength is the level of sentiment expressed in a sentence, phrase or keyword. It ranges from 0 to 100%
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last analysis update 2024-12-15