YI 4pc Home Camera, 1080p Wi-Fi IP Security Surveillance Smart System with Night Vision, Baby Monitor

This camera is in our window and is the second Yi we have purchased. Our first one was Dec 2020, worked so good we bought a new version for a different window. These are not outdoor cameras, we use them inside our windows and get great photos. Great price and a very good product.

Alright, so I'm a tech guy, love anything electronic! I have had CCTV cameras in my house for years. I've been using Swann wired cameras for the most part with mixed emotions. But running new wires to upgrade the system just didn't excite me. I had been looking at NEST cams since I have the smart Thermostats and Smoke/Carbon-monoxide detectors for a while, but the price is ridiculous! Plus your only option with them is cloud service (an additional cost). Then I spoke with a neighbor who sent me a screen shot from his YI camera. I must say, the quality was pretty impressive. So I bought a four pack for $119.00 with moderate expectations. Let me tell you I'm super impressed with the picture quality of these cameras. Set up is quick and easy. When I purchased them I had no idea they had audio as well. The audio quality is incredible, plus it's a two way speaker. Purchased 32 GB SD cards for all of them so I didn't need to use cloud storage and it's been working great! I have them set to record all motion and I usually have about 7 days of history on each camera. Day and night vision are both spectacular IMO. I have attached several photos so you can see the quality both day and night. Side note, I have a couple "indoor cams" mounted outside. To do this I purchased a rubber sleeve/cover from Amazon to make the drop cam weather resistant for outdoor application. It's been through rain, sleet and snow with out issue so far. Link to cover: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FD5XHMP/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 A couple cons, the power cable is sooooooo short. I had to purchased longer cables for a couple of my installs. No biggie, they are only a few dollars here on Amazon. The app for iOS is very functional, but it has no multi camera view which would be a nice option.

UPDATE -- EVEN MORE ADS THAN BEFORE!! DO NOT PURCHASE THIS IF YOU WANT REAL SECURITY. NOW ADS POP UP WHEN YOU OPEN THE APP JUST TO LOOK AT WHAT ALARMA TRIGGERS YOU MAY HAVE. DO NOT PURCHASE. 1st of all.. this is a great security camera. The picture is clear.. and the audio is ok. I wish they were Wi-Fi.. because the plug is a bit bothersome and limiting. Ok.. here's the REAL problem. Although I did purchase the MMC cards for storage so I wouldn't need a subscription.. and this is where the problems began. Last night.. about 3 am.. I was alerted that someone was 1st in my driveway and then at my back door. When I went to look at the camera.. I couldn't.. AT LEAST NOT FOR 60 SECONDS. If you don't purchase the subscription - non descript ads for online games, non descript home items, dating sites, and even some in japanese.. will PLAY before you can get to view your camera!! WHAT??!! Somebody is possibly breaking in and I'm trying to shut down random ads?!! How is this a good idea??!! Im okay with banner ads on the top and bottom of the screen.. but preventing a homeowner from viewing their security camera??!! UNBELIEVABLE. I have to add.. these full screen pop up ads didnt start until AFTER I purchased the MMC cards. Is this even legal?? Ads preventing me from seeing if somone is trying to break into my home??!! I HATE THIS APP NOW. I HATE THESE CAMERAS. IF YOU DON'T PURCHASE THE SUBSCRIPTION YOU PAY FOR IT BY RISKING YOUR SAFETY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE YOUR SECURITY CAMERAS WHEN AN ALERT COMES ACROSS YOUR SCREEN. PURCHASE WITH CAUTION! I purchased 2 more when I bought the MMC cards. I WILL BE RETURNING THEM.. I CAN'T GO THROUGH THIS NON SENSE WITH NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE WHATS GOING ON WHILE TRYING TO CONTINUE TO SITE. THE ADS STILL PLAY. HORRIBLE. OUR ALARM WAS TRIGGERED AS THIS IS ONE OF THE ADS I AM FORCED TO WATCH TO SEE WHO IS TRYING TO BREAK INTO OUR HOME OR STEAL OUR CAR!

Not to shabby for the price. I already had 4 of these cameras form 2018 and wanted to add more Security. I placed a few in the windows on the inside of the house until I can get some outside cameras. I always get alerts. You can adjust the level of sensitivity inside the settings which allows you notifications when there is motion.. There are a lot of options inside settings for different things you can adjust with the cameras. I use them to supervise my teenagers while I’m working. It works by connecting into your home Wi-Fi connection. Cameras will stop working only if you lose power and Internet connection. S.D cards do not come included. I bought mine at Walmart. . Show a sales associate your camera and they can tell you which card will fit. I set mine up to record consistently. You do not have to buy the iCloud plan. All of my videos go into each S.D card. I can go into the app on my phone and replay the video. 32gig holds about 7 days or so of film. You can record a playback video onto your phone if you need to in play back mode, or while it’s live. Then store it into your phone for later. Or take out the S.D card to view the videos on your computer. It does have sound, and there is a microphone that if you’re not home you can talk through the cameras and communicate. . The speakers are not that great and the person on the other end sometimes will have trouble hearing you. I give the Two way talk a star of 2. The cameras a 9, Video 8. I like them because there is no monthly fee. This works great if you want something cheap with no monthly plan. Just Connect to your YFi. It does use an electrical outlet to run the he cameras. I hid a few of mine around the house. I used black electrical tape to cover up the indication light. My teens informed me when I use the playback mode they can tell when I’m watching. And when I’m watching the live feed. So I covered it up. 👍 These cameras also work great for babysitting. Kids are easy to catch if you walk out of the room for a short bit. If they decide to lie to you. The child’s reaction when showing them watching themselves on playback mode is priceless when you catch them lying. I even added some creativity. I let this child know that the cameras were connected to Santa. Also added that I can send the videos to him at anytime. This is how he’s able to watch you if you’re naughty or nice. 🤪 It worked like a charm to get him to confess. Especially when I used the playback mode and let him watch himself get caught in his own lie. 👍

I have purchased dozens of security cams over the years and FINALLY, someone got it right. These little guys do the job and for the money it's a no-brainer. I have purchased over 15 of these cameras for 3 different properties. I also use "Frienda Wall Mount Bracket" for outdoor use with direct rain exposure with no failures. I have several mounted outside under the eave of the roof so that it does not get rained on and they work great with no housing whatsoever. I also use the Fuji 32GB card so that I have full playback surrounding any alert (or can record continuously). The app is very intuitive and easy to review the highlights. In the attached video from house we have on the market, this scumbag actually broke in and stole all 5 cameras (1 inside and 4 outside), so I did not have access to the detailed footage. However, this is the 6 second clip from the alert, which is the free cloud service that comes with the camera. Given the price of the cameras, it was very inexpensive to replace them all and I have. This time, with the 24x7 cloud service so that the video is preserved even if the cameras are taken. The video quality of the alert is not HD, but the live view and the recorded view on the card is full HD. Also, the sound is surprisingly clear for such an inexpensive camera. Some of the units are better than others and there is some interference in the sound on some of them. But generally pretty good. The night vision is pretty good considering the price point. The motion detection is my only complaint. I get a lot of false alarms for even a small bug flying by, even with sensitivity set at the lowest level. But this is manageable. The sound detection is not much use to me since I have no crying babies in my application. It would be nice if they had an option for other sound detection. The installation is quick and easy and I have installed on several configurations of wifi and routers without a problem. The app is better than any I have worked with in the past. This is a big deal. If it is cumbersome or time consuming to look at the footage, then you won't do it. The way they implemented the app is very intuitive and easy to navigate. I also have the app installed on my Mac and Finally, I give Yi high marks for the business model. A lot of companies try to gouge you on the cloud service by providing an inferior non-cloud service. Yi gives you a choice. You get a free "alert only for 7 day look-back" at no charge. So you don't even need a memory card for this. If you want to upgrade to a cloud service, they have a lot of options so you can pick what you want at a reasonable price. Or, you can use the card solution with up to 32GB capacity, which, depending motion settings and the amount of motion, could last for days or even months. I get about 2 weeks in most of my applications. But, as in the case of my video example, this comes at a risk of losing footage if the scumbag makes off with the cam. But the user has the choice, which is what I like. Bottom line: I HIGHLY recommend this product.

If you are starting out with a home/office surveillance system, you definitely want to try these out. They work as advertised and you do NOT need a cloud subscription if you wish for simple surveillance; you'll want the cloud option if you wish to keep recordings for a long time. The iOS//Android app works as advertised. The Windows-based application is what you really need for your home as it will let you display a matrix of a 9-panel view. That's right, y ou can permanently display a nine-camera view to actively monitor your areas. You can have up to TWELVE (12) cameras under a single account. This works perfectly for home or small office environments. The PC-based app allows you to display a 9-panel matrix view of the cameras; awsome feature. With THAT summary out of the way, here is what you'll need to know: I'd suggest you do NOT buy the dedicated outdoor version of this camera if you need secrecy; the dedicated outdoor version of these cameras have their IR bulbs glow red. This makes them visible to humans and lets everybody know where you cameras are. If you are looking for discreet outdoor placement of your cameras (for security reasons one would think you WOULD be) then purchase the interior 4-pack; the interior cameras do not have their IR LEDs glow red. (See attached picture) (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CW4CEMS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) Then, follow up with the purchase of an outdoor case for each: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078MXH7WZ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 You can spray paint each one to "fit" the color of your house (which'll make them even more discreet and provide additional resistance to the elements. The best part of these little cameras is that with the use of a simple 25ft USB cable extension, you can place these cameras almost anywhere around your house (since they only need the standard 5v input) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0763358FV/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Oh, and if you need additional range, these little gems are "Americas Choice" for a reason: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0195Y0A42/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I have implemented all of the above to put together a very simple and inexpensive surveillance system for a typical suburban location. See attached video for quality sample. Take a look at the above 4 links and you're creative mind will lead you to the rest. Remember that, like the military, you'll want "fields of fire" coverage so plan your installation to have each camera "cover" part of the area that another camera is "covering". With the ability to have 12 cameras on a single account, you'll be able to cover your entire exterior area. I'd also suggest this little gem for your car. It is inexpensive, works at night, has a microphone that you can enable & disable, and with the included 3M sticker, the mount does NOT fail in hot weather: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078MXH7WZ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Good luck and have fund. Remember that a simple system like this is better than NO system at all AND it gives you peace of mind.

Purchased these to keep an eye on our properties when we are not there. Put two in our 2nd home (with out benefit of 32gig uSD cards I ordered @ same time thanks to Amazon's untimely delivery on these items) , and two in our primary home. Very easy to set up with phone app (gets faster with each successive camera), and get operational. Easy to set the region of interest for sending alerts, other than you have to kill the app and restart it since you can not back up from that screen. Did have some trouble with SD slots when uSD cards arrived with orientation. Pictures are pretty sharp, including in low light conditions (I do have to turn off the infrared illumination for those cases I have pointing it out the window). I get lots of alerts, including rain drops sliding down the window, bugs attracted to outdoor lights, wind blowing leaves, and occasionally my cat hamming it up for the camera. Did not bother with the cloud storage option. For price, did what I wanted - quick installation, some coverage for unoccupied houses. Eventually expect to replace with hardwired solution with DVR, but this was good for now particularly because it was very simple to set up and use. No failures to date after 6 weeks. Update - 1 major problem discovered with these. I lost my internet for a couple of days @ my remote property (could not access cameras or my TiVo). Couple of days later I could see TiVo, but cameras did not come back on line (likely requires a power cycle). Not great when you are hundreds of miles away.

I bought this camera system after a co-worker showed me his system and how it works from his phone using an App that you download. Amazon wants me to rate it on picture quality,sound quality and durability. The durability will come over time but the rest I will rate as of now. I LOVE THIS CAMERA SYSTEM ! I have only had it a couple weeks, but the things I use it for it does an outstanding job for me. I have 4 cameras, one set up in my garage,one in my living room,one in my hallway and one in a bedroom that points out a window towards my driveway and my porch. I can see everyone pulling in my 200 foot driveway and everyone coming up to my front door. I can watch my dogs outside in my front yard because of the wide angle it has. I put Micro SD Cards in each camera and I can view anything that goes on in my house no matter what time of day it happened. My Chihuahua puppy was playing with and chasing one of our cats up and down our hallway and through our living room. My wife told me about what time it happened and I was able to go to one of the cameras I have set up and watch and hear the action on my Samsung smartphone using the installed Yi Application. It was just as if I was there when it happened. I can see,hear and talk through the cameras by using the Yi Application that is free to download to your phone. It is so easy to set up and operate because the voice on the camera walks you through the setup. The only" hiccup" to speak of was my mistake because I didn't know my router well enough. During setup the voice coming from the camera said that my WI- Fi was not supported !?. My router has 5G capability for my computer which is what I was connected to using my smartphone for everyday use and games etc. When I set my phone to connect to the other, I guess slower(?) Wi FI, it connected right away. There are alert settings and other stuff that's on these cameras that I am not electronically savvy enough to figure out yet, but they are well worth the money. No more turning around to go back home just to see if the garage door went down or not !! LOL..Now who hasn't done that before..duh.. I hope this review helps someone out ...

Great pair of cameras. Very easy to install by yourself. Quality is good. Recommended product

Me gustaría que el volumen de la camara estuviera mas alto

Fácil de instalar y revisar desde el celular

I bought 5 of them, and Just recently they pushed a lot of ads in their mobile app, and it forces you to subscribe to remove ads!!!!!! I don’t recommend this, and I’m working on returning them . Takes me 30 -45 seconds to be able to open the cam because of ads! Flooded with adssssss

Pésimos productos, no pude conectar una cámara por WiFi y otra se desconfigura repentinamente. Pésimo soporte, 3 semanas intentando configurar y cuando pedí que me cambiaran la cámara me pidieron que le solicitará la garantía a Amazon. Ya pasó más de un mes y ya no puedo devolver el producto por Amazon.