Escam HD 720P Waterproof P2P IP IR Dome Camera - €31.12

Sam Mac

Just over €30 delivered, seems like a great deal. These are great to have for your front door or even order a few for the house. A lot of people don't have CCTV set up in or around their homes but its an important security feature to consider. I've ordered two of these (one for the back, one for the front) so will report back on what i think of them. Pretty good deal though all the same.

http://www.tmart.com/Escam-QD520-HD-720P-Waterproof-P2P-IP-IR-Dome-Camera-with-IR-Cut-White-UK-Plug_p259496.html

coupon :fi3syqnu to get price to €31.12

Will take a few weeks to arrive i'd say.

CreepingDeath

Lots of nice features in that camera.
I like the "digital wide dynamic range", where it corrects for bright and dark images.
It has region based motion detection, so you can select the parts of the image in want to detect motion it, eg. only the path/driveway.
It seems to have a good selection of actions to select from when it detects motion.

The things missing for me, although I wouldn't expect them at that price point, are motorized pan/tilt/zoom, and SD card support to record motion locally. Also would've been nice if it was powered by the LAN cable to avoid two cables.

Also not sure how much cloud storage you get to store your videos, or if you would want to store potentially personal video footage in a cloud based service.

But looks good for it's price.

Saruman

The name of the camera doesn't exactly inspire confidence :P

davidom2513

Tempted by this. Very good specs for price

Seems to be very mixed reviews though. Complaints of receiving defective/dead cameras

Lots of problems with the software apparently. Could third party software be used instead of their own?

GekkePrutser

I wonder is it legal in Ireland to just hang one of these over my door? We had an attempted breakin recently (damage from an attempt to pry the door open) and I would love to have had some footage.

But I live in an apartment so the public road starts right outside my door. Not sure if it's allowed to film public roads here.

This cam looks like a great fit anyway!

irishproduce

Would it be hard to get connected to internet? Does it require a long ethernet cable to the wifi router?

CreepingDeath

GekkePrutser wrote: »

I wonder is it legal in Ireland to just hang one of these over my door? We had an attempted breakin recently (damage from an attempt to pry the door open) and I would love to have had some footage.

But I live in an apartment so the public road starts right outside my door. Not sure if it's allowed to film public roads here.

Yep, no problems filming public roads/paths.
Look at the number of CC cameras outside shops/nightclubs etc.

What you do have to avoid is if a neighbours house/garden is in the shot.
But that camera, like a lot of others, has a "privacy mask", so you can blank out areas of the footage.

I'm not necessarily recommending this camera, but it has a good feature set.

They all try copying Foscam, so there's Wascam and this is esCam.

irishproduce

irishproduce wrote: »

Would it be hard to get connected to internet? Does it require a long ethernet cable to the wifi router?

this one seems to be using an ethernet cable so you'd need to connect this to the router or pc.

they have a wifi camera for €41.22

http://www.tmart.com/Sricam-Wireless-Wifi-CMOS-Pan-Tilt-Indoor-P2P-IP-Camera-with-Motion-Detection-Black_p247649.html

wait4me

I wonder how much Customs will charge on this if they nab it when it comes into Ireland? It's cheap at €31.12 but if they charge duty and the €7 post admin charge on top, one might be better off getting something similar from amazon.

wait4me

GekkePrutser wrote: »

I wonder is it legal in Ireland to just hang one of these over my door?

Off topic - I know but....
Guess what the first thing to go will be if you have visitors:eek:. CCTV cameras should be placed well out of reach of a 12 foot man.

GekkePrutser

wait4me wrote: »

Off topic - I know but....
Guess what the first thing to go will be if you have visitors:eek:. CCTV cameras should be placed well out of reach of a 12 foot man.

Thanks, good tip I'll hang it on the first floor.

Also thanks to CreepingDeath for clarifying the legal situation!

I think I will get this one, it is really cheap compared to others (especially considering there is an IR cut in it). I used to have one that didn't have it and it was horrible. When the sun came out the trees and grass turned pink

unklerosco

Check amazon.co.uk for these cameras, there's a fair few on their with different names but they're all essentially the same camera, save hassle on import duties/returns etc.

irishproduce

unklerosco wrote: »

Check amazon.co.uk for these cameras, there's a fair few on their with different names but they're all essentially the same camera, save hassle on import duties/returns etc.

Any chance you'd recommend one with same spec?
Thanks

AstraMonti

wait4me wrote: »

I wonder how much Customs will charge on this if they nab it when it comes into Ireland? It's cheap at €31.12 but if they charge duty and the €7 post admin charge on top, one might be better off getting something similar from amazon.

Customs have started clamping down everything. I received a 30euro order and had to pay 7euro Vat And 7euro anpost fee.

vicwatson

AstraMonti wrote: »

t And 7euro anpost fee.

Which was 6€ until recently :mad:

Rockin

Would the cable length be an issue on these?

CreepingDeath

Rockin wrote: »

Would the cable length be an issue on these?

It's a female network socket on the end of the cameras cable.
So you would need your own male-to-male network cable, of any length you choose.

If you're talking about the power cable, then you typically only need enough to get the plug inside the house, and use extension power cables the rest of the way.

Rockin

CreepingDeath wrote: »

It's a female network socket on the end of the cameras cable.
So you would need your own male-to-male network cable, of any length you choose.

If you're talking about the power cable, then you typically only need enough to get the plug inside the house, and use extension power cables the rest of the way.

Power wise though - that AC cable looks small

Big Nelly

anyone know an easy way to run a power cable to these?

p225886

Hi Big Nelly,
A lot of CCTV installers use alarm cable which is simply two strands of copper wire. I've seen installations in the past where they snip the connector and use alarm cable to extend it so they don't have to install a socket. However, be sure to join the cut parts with a decent junction arrangement and be sure to water/weather proof it. Best thing to do is bring the power adaptor to an electrical suppliers and ask them at the counter for recommendations.

To answer Rockin's question - Network Cable length should not go over 90/100 metres.

HTH

joujoujou

Big Nelly wrote: »

anyone know an easy way to run a power cable to these?

PoE adaptor.

p225886

Had a double-check of the specs, the camera doesn't support POE - it has PPPOE but that is different, looks like it has to use a separate power supply.

joujoujou

Camera doesn't alright, but it can be sorted with 2 adaptors no problem.

Rockin

joujoujou wrote: »

Camera doesn't alright, but it can be sorted with 2 adaptors no problem.

mind asking what they'd be ?

stooge

at a guess probably these?

http://www.tmart.com/ESCAM-10-100M-IEEE802.3at-Power-over-Ethernet-Splitter-12V-POE-Splitter-for-IP-Cameras_p266212.html

Zilog

joujoujou wrote: »

PoE adaptor.

JJJ is spot on, it's a PoE (power over ethernet) injector.
Similar offering from Amazon here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ethernet-Injector-Extractor-extractor-included/dp/B0044LFO70

p225886

Thanks I didn't know they existed - every day's a school day!

mrcheez

wait4me wrote: »

Off topic - I know but....
Guess what the first thing to go will be if you have visitors:eek:. CCTV cameras should be placed well out of reach of a 12 foot man.

I always thought it would be better to place one of these behind the front window of the house/apt (in front of the curtain).

That way less risk of it being tampered with (the intruder would need to break your window triggering the house alarm)


EDIT: Actually the infra-red night-vision ones might experience interference with the glass

Rockin

The 14 euro customs on this isn't too attractive - anyone see it shipping from EU ?

GekkePrutser

mrcheez wrote: »

EDIT: Actually the infra-red night-vision ones might experience interference with the glass

They do indeed. I used to have one behind a window and I had to force the IR illumination off as it was just blinding itself.

vibe666

I had 4 of the newer foscam (indoor) ones outside for over a year and they were all fine except for one that used to crap out for a couple of days whenever it rained, but that was because it was on the windward side of the house and got all the horizontal rain when it was windy.

these ones.



outdoor PTZ on a budget.

to minimise their exposure to the elements, I got someone to help me to cut holes in the eaves and dropped them down from the attic so that just the ball part with the camera on it was sticking though and the bit the the cables plugged into it was safe inside the attic space.

worked really well, nice and low profile too.

if I was doing it again, the only thing I'd do differently is maybe add a bit of silicone grease to any seams to keep out the water and maybe use a very short length of drain pipe as a collar around the area where the cams come through the eaves just to give them a bit of extra rain protection.

mad m

A little OT but has anyone ever got one of those spy pens that records? Any use? A bit dubious reading some many good reviews about them on Tmart.

Moon54

I got mine today, and didn't get charged duty,

Build quality is quite good, cast metal, and the camera is smaller than you'd think.
Video quality is very good, haven't seen the IR night vision yet, but it should be decent.

Couple of tips;
The language defaults to Chinese, but on the top right of the default 192.168.1.10 login page you can change the language.
It wouldn't change language for me in Windows 8 Internet Explorer so I had to use an older version of Internet Explorer on a Windows 7 laptop to select English & access the back-end. I installed the ActiveX plugin required from the disc.
Once in the back-end, you can change the time-zone, camera name, time and password.

If you have a Synology NAS for recording it's pretty easy to set up too.
Go to Add Camera, enter
IP address: 192.168.1.10
port: 8899
Brand: [ONVIF]
username & password
In the video tab, select stream 1 resolution to 1280x720 and select whatever FPS you'd like.