Dropped another few quid + the code will knock even more off. Looks quite good spec for the cash really. Nice and small as well, unlike my old Edimax.
Info
1/2.7 inch CMOS Sensor Night Vision IR-cut Motion Detection 110 Degree FOV 8X Digital Zoom
Original Xiaomi smart 1080P IP camera for home security
1080P full high definition resolution provides a clear image
1/2.7 inch CMOS sensor and 8X digital zoom, bring more details
F2.0 aperture, 110 degree super wide angle FOV
IR-cut, support day and night auto switch
Built-in 2pcs 850nm LEDs, support night vision range up to 9m. You can have a clear view even in a dark environment
Support motion and sound detection, detects the smoke and CO alarm, send you the alarm when it is triggered
Two-way audio, you can talk to your family when you are not at home
Max support 64G extended TF card ( not included )
Magnetic bracket, it can be mounted on any metal surface
Support time-lapse recording
Please download APP "Xiaomi Smart Home" from Apple Store or Google Play
Support Android 4.0 and above, iOS 7.0 and above system devices
Specs
Wireless: WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
WiFi Distance : 10m
Sensor: CMOS
Sensor size (inch): 1/2.7
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Audio Input: Built-in mic.
Audio Output: Built-in speaker
ght
Product weight: 0.100 kg
Package weight: 0.250 kg
Product size (L x W x H): 5.00 x 5.00 x 5.60 cm / 1.97 x 1.97 x 2.2 inches
Package size (L x W x H): 17.00 x 17.00 x 17.00 cm / 6.69 x 6.69 x 6.69 inches
Package Contents: 1 x Xiaomi IP Camera, 1 x Power Cord, 1 x Needle
Top comments
Cavity to cruisecars
21 Dec 1621#18
You wouldn't have to, it's wireless
The_Hoff to anthony69
21 Dec 165#41
Surely one of these would have been more suitable?
Until yesterday it was selling for £19.14 without any code. App which comes is in Chinese and you have to select Mainland China to setup this camera. Very cheap for the price considering specs. I did some search and found that Xiaomi is going to release an international version. So holding my purchase.
OFI
21 Dec 164#29
Along with devices from:
Axis (Sweden)
Ubiquiti (USA)
Samsung (Korea)
Xerox (USA)
RealTek (Taiwan)
and many others
All comments (73)
itsgun4u
21 Dec 165#1
Until yesterday it was selling for £19.14 without any code. App which comes is in Chinese and you have to select Mainland China to setup this camera. Very cheap for the price considering specs. I did some search and found that Xiaomi is going to release an international version. So holding my purchase.
joedredd to itsgun4u
21 Dec 161#11
Thanks for the good info.
Fed up of half baked eastern tat.
teerex
21 Dec 16#2
Good price for 1080p
Magnets
21 Dec 162#3
someone posted this the other day from lightintthebox but I couldn't find and decent reviews or sample video
kos1c to Magnets
21 Dec 162#5
https://youtu.be/Duql1Fe0AGc
No dialogue it seems. But has mobile footage off the camera. Seem decent, just low fps motion blur.
I would prefer a camera with pan and tilt included.
shutsy2003
21 Dec 161#8
Do these record motion detection to play back for free? or do you have to subscribe to something?
gillms1 to shutsy2003
21 Dec 16#10
The iSmart Alarm version does this(saves to cloud and sd card), so hopefully this does too.
gillms1
21 Dec 16#9
I've got the iSmart Alarm version and it works very well - excellent picture quality. About to move to a new home and leaving my iSmart set up at my folks place, so ordered a couple of these to try out, voted hot!
pompey87
21 Dec 16#12
Can I buy a few of these for around the house and toggle from camera to camera easily? Or have to pair each device separately?
Graham1979
21 Dec 162#13
1 x Needle
That's to leave outside so the smack head doesn't break in I guess.
mad.dog
21 Dec 163#14
I'd always be worried about these cheap cameras (and other IOT tech) feeding stuff back to chinese servers
I read a nerdy review of a smart lightswitch once that was pinging data back to china and basically leaving a huge hole into your network if the manufacturer ever got hacked
Gitch28 to mad.dog
21 Dec 162#15
Cameras like these powered the DDoS attack in October, the Chinese ones are not worth it. Buy a decent camera and put a strong password on it. Then scan it with OpenVAS.
sm-1991 to mad.dog
21 Dec 16#20
Stay away from Android devices.
ashtad
21 Dec 16#16
These look very good.... Got a few xiaomi products and they are great quality. Would be nice for the home app to be in English though.
cruisecars
21 Dec 161#17
i wouldnt touch this camera
Cavity to cruisecars
21 Dec 1621#18
You wouldn't have to, it's wireless
Graham1979 to cruisecars
21 Dec 16#26
Unless your arms reach all the way to China ?
adamwilko007
21 Dec 16#19
Would this work with Poe? And would it work pointing through a glass window or would the infrared get messed up?
nige182 to adamwilko007
21 Dec 16#23
USB power, wireless network and no Ethernet port I believe so no to PoE. Definitely no to behind glass with night mode active, all cameras with IR night vision would reflect off the glass. However, if this can be turned off in the app it would be fine but would not switch to night mode, I'll test this myself when it arrives. Of course you could do what I did on another and block the IR LEDs with some very thick black insulating tape (multiple layers probably needed to completely block it).
nige182
21 Dec 16#21
Any chance you can share your source for that information please? I have two already shipped from Gearbest of these ones but if a global version is coming I won't buy any more, I'll wait for that and then sell these when I can replace them with the global version and get the extras I want then as well.
got3nn
21 Dec 16#22
can it save on ftp/smb?
se23
21 Dec 16#24
Very interesting!! I've got 2 digoo BBM1 and I'm thinking of sacking them off too! Going to try this OpenVas first
nige182 to se23
21 Dec 161#32
I had two of those too, sold one and ripped one apart to play with. Taped over the IR LEDs as if you unplug the board it is in permanent 'night mode' giving a black and white image during the day. Not a perfect solution to point out a window but ok.
playbee007
21 Dec 16#25
Can this be used as a baby monitor? will the motion sensor be good enough?
Graham1979 to playbee007
21 Dec 161#27
Will keep the baby nice and warm when it sets on fire. Made in sweatshops by five year olds.
playbee007
21 Dec 16#28
:laughing: let's hope it is then. if not the fire brigade will be on speed dial!
OFI
21 Dec 164#29
Along with devices from:
Axis (Sweden)
Ubiquiti (USA)
Samsung (Korea)
Xerox (USA)
RealTek (Taiwan)
and many others
Milki_bar_Kid
21 Dec 16#30
Looks like it was designed in the 1950's .....by a 4 year old!
Yeah, I also tried an Sricam SP012. I found both had advantages over the other, but for my needs preferred the Digoo. I have ordered a Digoo BB-M2 to try as well but now it looks like these Xiaomi ones will turn up first anyway.
MaximusRo
21 Dec 16#35
I think we all he meant this is a product for the Chinese market, with no English instructions, no CE security certification etc.
Just like the Chinese phones, you might say "all phones are made in China" but that doesn't mean a phone in a Chinese written box with a Chinese menu, with no Google Play Store or Apps, emitting whatever emissions are allowed on the Chinese market and so on is the same as the CE-marked phones that are build for the EU market.
anthony69
21 Dec 161#36
Put one of these up our back passage that wasnt lit. Never looked back!.
aj_GB to anthony69
21 Dec 162#40
You put one in your back passage?..tehehehe
The_Hoff to anthony69
21 Dec 165#41
Surely one of these would have been more suitable?
Cost 99 Yuan (£11) in China full RRP from Xiaomi so although it's cheaper than the previously posted deal it's not that cheap. Should be under a tenner as there is already a successor.
nige182 to David23
21 Dec 16#44
Yeah, 'cos when you sell overseas, there is no additional paperwork to fill out as a business, no postage to consider, and no risk of losing anything in transit despite changing hands several times. And you know, it would cost absolutely nothing for us to just get a flight to China and buy one over there. Hell, you could totally walk into the local Maplins and find the same spec device for under a tenner too. I mean this is so clearly not a good deal for what it is.
Heat added by the way OP, I am a little gutted my first one shipped a few days ago for a fiver more as well but ordered a second one a couple of days ago for a quid less than this as well. Was going to order two more and then the price rose, tempted to order two more now but waiting to find out if there really is going to be a global version released. I guess I could just buy the extras and replace with global ones if they are released and sell these on for what I paid, it is what I did with the Sricam and Digoo I tried but wasn't satisfied with in the end.
polly69
21 Dec 16#38
Gutted mine shipped a few days ago at £5 more.
r32
21 Dec 16#39
Anyone know how to secure these in case xiaomi get hacked. I guess, the video is hosted on their website. Apologies, I am new to ip cam.
midnighter2
21 Dec 16#42
Does it pass butter?
dcx_badass
21 Dec 16#43
I have the older 720P version, bear in mind that on the older one at least you can't change the timezone from China without scripts, I'm not sure if the new one supports this or if it can be changed. All the footage goes via their server in china which is disappointing, it would be better/more secure if it just used it as a dyndns service then the actual footage went direct. Finally with later versions of the camera they region locked it to only work in China with a Chinese interface, I'm not sure if this is the case with this one.
The camera itself is good though. 4Pda (Russian sadly) is a good resource for these.
David23
21 Dec 16#45
Evidently you don't know how Chinese sellers operate, the real cost of items and the cost of selling goods from that country. It costs like 20p to send it here. Paperwork? they don't 'do' paperwork! They also don't care about lost items, they sell millions and millions of items to their own people compared to what comes here.
nige182 to David23
22 Dec 16#46
Is that first hand experience of the lack of paperwork there? You are right I don't know how Chinese sellers operate, I am not geared up on their merchant culture and customs. I am aware of the real cost of the items over there, just as it is cheaper to buy an American electronic device within America as opposed to buying from the UK to be shipped here. Weird that isn't it? How it is often cheaper to buy a product in the country of manufacture, you know before it has been through a number of resellers, and their overheads and markups applied. I am aware how cheap their shipping is, but even a few pence here and there all adds up. Lost items in transit hit their margin as well and result in another overhead cost to be accounted for and recovered in the price of products sold, yet you didn't address that point. Either way, if you think it is cheaper to fly over there and pick one up in order to only pay £11 for it, by all means be my guest. I'll stick to paying this high markup to save my time searching for a non-existent return flight to China cheap enough to make it worth the trip for such a low value item, plus my time travelling there and back.
ecnirp98
22 Dec 16#47
Good deal, I've been looking at the uCAM247 but £140 is allot... has anyone used these outside? I want to record the rear of my garden and drive
Nope - just tried now and I can't get it to work. Sure, it detects *something* when you do a network scan, but it doesn't work in the way you or I would hope. It doesn't allow for IPaddress:port mapping via browser like regular IP cams. Bit of a shame really as I was hoping to add it in with my two perfectly working FOSCAMs. there is actually a response from the seller on GearBest to say it doesn't support this either, but hey, I like to give things a try!
ashtad
22 Dec 16#49
Is there any alternatives just as good with a full English software interface
Hootwo
22 Dec 16#50
How many frames per sec at 1080P - 30 fps ?
dwl99
23 Dec 161#52
I have the Yi Small Ants IP cam which works quite well with tinycam with hacked firmware
xdq
23 Dec 16#53
Tomorrow I'll also be teaching my granny how to suck eggs :smiley:
Good to know that one's working - hopefully someone will be able to give us a reply on this latest model. At £20 I might be tempted to add a couple more to my setup.
ashtad
29 Dec 16#54
Gone for one..... On the Gearbest website under description it states the English settings next to the Chinese so shouldn't be that hard to follow once you get familiar with the App.
no1knows
31 Dec 16#55
I bought two of these but they seem to be locked down to the Xiaomi home app - has anyone managed to get them to run an rtsp feed?
ssc1
11 Jan 17#56
says can only be used in mainland china?
nige182 to ssc1
11 Jan 171#57
It can be used worldwide, you have to set your region in the app as mainland China though.
ashtad
15 Jan 17#58
Wonder if anyone who has one can help me..... Got mine delivered today and want to know is their a way to have the motion detection set to a time as opposed to permanent on or off ?
parvezdabest to ashtad
17 Jan 17#59
Following this thread quite closely - aven't yet got mine I'm sure I will have a few questions to ask too lol!
Are you happy with the camera in terms of pic quality and overall app experience? How long did it take to arrive?
ashtad
17 Jan 172#60
Very happy...... The app on my work phone which is android is all in English..... Apparently the IOS version is waiting a update which will also be in English..... It took about 2 weeks to arrive so happy with that.
parvezdabest
17 Jan 17#61
Hi mate thanks for updating me on that really appreciate it.. I guess I will be waiting for about another week to get it at least. I'm excited to get mine! First time I'm getting an IP camera! :smile:
databar
23 Jan 17#62
updated to 3.0.3.56 firmware tonight .
great little camera with motion detection
freakstyler to databar
23 Jan 17#63
Hi, just a couple of questions seeing as you've received one and used it. Are able you configure, view live video, download and or view SD Card recordings using a browser or does it all need to be done via an app? Tempted by one of these myself, many thanks.
databar
23 Jan 171#64
Finding out my self,
you can see live on app which is very good also motion detector is great as great a sms with video of motion.
I think you have to use the app, correct me if wrong please.
freakstyler
23 Jan 17#65
Thanks for that, think I'll delve a little deeper before I buy one. On paper though they seem excellent value though and far cheaper than that 720p Foscam C1's I've been using. Just hoping for some sort of web/browser interface so I can view/configure the camera via a PC without the need for a smartphone.
welshblob
24 Jan 171#67
There is a community effort going on to hack this camera and provide standard streams from it. More details in the following links;
Thanks Welshblob, will check those links out. I'm actually using the Xiaomi app that this camera needs and it's actually pretty good. I found a spare 2Gb memory card and put that in the camera and enabled the motion detection. For that, you get an alert to your phone and a 15 second video snippet that you can review from anywhere provided you can get online (WiFi/Data network).
But it would be good to have this in my TinyCam app and configurable like my Foscams. Now if I could email the video feed like I can email my Foscam images when the motion detection is triggered, I'd be very happy.
Cheers,
fish. (from Caaaaardiff!)
welshblob
27 Jan 17#69
You might be able to get it to email by applying the hack linked to as it does give an option to leave the cloud app running but still gives you telnet or SSH access to install any scripts you want. Be warned though the new release v2 for v3.x of the firmware has bricked some people's cams and the dev is just trying to work out what's gone wrong. So it maybe best to hold off and watch the issue thread.
Still waiting for my first cam, stuck somewhere in a Chinese export depot!
Cheers Rob (in the barren lands of the south of England ... but will be popping home to swansea next week)
fishwibbler
27 Jan 17#70
Ah, good point, if there is a way to brick anything, I'll do it!
I knackered a PS2 I was trying to chip back in the day, also I've bricked my TMobile Pulse, my Orange San Francisco, my Nexus4, my LG G2 but I'm behaving myself with my Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro Prime (Kate Edition).
I did manage to recover all my phones though! And even resurrected the PS2, although it was a mobo swapout, not a fix! Thanks for the update and have an imminent welcome back to the green green grass. :stuck_out_tongue:
mark729
31 Jan 17#71
Camera has a USB Port above the Power Inlet. Can we connect vi a USB cable to the Computer?
Longy
23 Mar 17#72
Mine arrived last night. I set it up with the help of a couple of Youtube videos but I have no clue as to what the USB port is for. Im struggling to get mine to save video to the Micro-SD card. I put the card in before I powered it up for the first time and it seemed to happily record to it until the point that it was set up and connected to my network and the stopped.
Any ideas people?
techno12
12 Apr 17#73
Mine records to my SD card continuously, when I've set the app to "continuous recording".
Sometimes it doesn't recognise the SD card, and you can tell this as there's a bunch of Chinese writing where the remaining capacity of the card ought to be (in Camera Settings). Just ejecting and re-inserting fixes it.
It writes a bazillion little .mp4 files to the card, one every minute. At least they're sorted into directories, day by day, but 1 minute is a bit short - 5 would have been better.
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Dropped another few quid + the code will knock even more off. Looks quite good spec for the cash really. Nice and small as well, unlike my old Edimax.
Info
1/2.7 inch CMOS Sensor Night Vision IR-cut Motion Detection 110 Degree FOV 8X Digital Zoom
Original Xiaomi smart 1080P IP camera for home security
1080P full high definition resolution provides a clear image
1/2.7 inch CMOS sensor and 8X digital zoom, bring more details
F2.0 aperture, 110 degree super wide angle FOV
IR-cut, support day and night auto switch
Built-in 2pcs 850nm LEDs, support night vision range up to 9m. You can have a clear view even in a dark environment
Support motion and sound detection, detects the smoke and CO alarm, send you the alarm when it is triggered
Two-way audio, you can talk to your family when you are not at home
Max support 64G extended TF card ( not included )
Magnetic bracket, it can be mounted on any metal surface
Support time-lapse recording
Please download APP "Xiaomi Smart Home" from Apple Store or Google Play
Support Android 4.0 and above, iOS 7.0 and above system devices
Specs
Wireless: WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
WiFi Distance : 10m
Sensor: CMOS
Sensor size (inch): 1/2.7
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Audio Input: Built-in mic.
Audio Output: Built-in speaker
ght
Product weight: 0.100 kg
Package weight: 0.250 kg
Product size (L x W x H): 5.00 x 5.00 x 5.60 cm / 1.97 x 1.97 x 2.2 inches
Package size (L x W x H): 17.00 x 17.00 x 17.00 cm / 6.69 x 6.69 x 6.69 inches
Package Contents: 1 x Xiaomi IP Camera, 1 x Power Cord, 1 x Needle
Top comments
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All comments (73)
Fed up of half baked eastern tat.
No dialogue it seems. But has mobile footage off the camera. Seem decent, just low fps motion blur.
https://youtu.be/wbABJ8xJeE0
18 min review. Unsure if it has any video of camera footage.
I would prefer a camera with pan and tilt included.
That's to leave outside so the smack head doesn't break in I guess.
I read a nerdy review of a smart lightswitch once that was pinging data back to china and basically leaving a huge hole into your network if the manufacturer ever got hacked
Axis (Sweden)
Ubiquiti (USA)
Samsung (Korea)
Xerox (USA)
RealTek (Taiwan)
and many others
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7HmltUWXgs
Just like the Chinese phones, you might say "all phones are made in China" but that doesn't mean a phone in a Chinese written box with a Chinese menu, with no Google Play Store or Apps, emitting whatever emissions are allowed on the Chinese market and so on is the same as the CE-marked phones that are build for the EU market.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/cheaper-version-endoscope-usb-camera-amazon-7-99-prime-3-99-non-prime-sold-jt-uk-2577435
Heat added by the way OP, I am a little gutted my first one shipped a few days ago for a fiver more as well but ordered a second one a couple of days ago for a quid less than this as well. Was going to order two more and then the price rose, tempted to order two more now but waiting to find out if there really is going to be a global version released. I guess I could just buy the extras and replace with global ones if they are released and sell these on for what I paid, it is what I did with the Sricam and Digoo I tried but wasn't satisfied with in the end.
The camera itself is good though. 4Pda (Russian sadly) is a good resource for these.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00HVGVKTQ/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_11?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3VXYNFPCMFL70
"Xiaomi
Ants Xiaoyi Smart Camera (rtsp/h264)
NOTE: For RTSP downgrade camera firmware to 1.8.5.1B."
http://tinycammonitor.com/support.html
Good to know that one's working - hopefully someone will be able to give us a reply on this latest model. At £20 I might be tempted to add a couple more to my setup.
Are you happy with the camera in terms of pic quality and overall app experience? How long did it take to arrive?
great little camera with motion detection
you can see live on app which is very good also motion detector is great as great a sms with video of motion.
I think you have to use the app, correct me if wrong please.
https://github.com/fritz-smh/yi-hack/issues/118
https://github.com/samtap/fang-hacks
But it would be good to have this in my TinyCam app and configurable like my Foscams. Now if I could email the video feed like I can email my Foscam images when the motion detection is triggered, I'd be very happy.
Cheers,
fish. (from Caaaaardiff!)
Still waiting for my first cam, stuck somewhere in a Chinese export depot!
Cheers Rob (in the barren lands of the south of England ... but will be popping home to swansea next week)
I knackered a PS2 I was trying to chip back in the day, also I've bricked my TMobile Pulse, my Orange San Francisco, my Nexus4, my LG G2 but I'm behaving myself with my Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro Prime (Kate Edition).
I did manage to recover all my phones though! And even resurrected the PS2, although it was a mobo swapout, not a fix! Thanks for the update and have an imminent welcome back to the green green grass.
:stuck_out_tongue:
Any ideas people?
Sometimes it doesn't recognise the SD card, and you can tell this as there's a bunch of Chinese writing where the remaining capacity of the card ought to be (in Camera Settings). Just ejecting and re-inserting fixes it.
It writes a bazillion little .mp4 files to the card, one every minute. At least they're sorted into directories, day by day, but 1 minute is a bit short - 5 would have been better.