GALAYOU 2K Security Camera Outdoor, 360° CCTV Camera, Home Security WiFi Camera with Color Night Vision, Pan-Tilt View, App Notification, 2-Way Audio Y4

I was recommended by a friend on this CCTV camera system and after viewing the performance of the cameras and quality of video and easy of use on her units I took the plunge and purchased 3 cameras. Very well priced as well !! Begin to set the system up installation was very simple and straight forward, however I ran into problems in connecting to my WIFI. So contacted Wansview for support, spoke with Levy in customer support who went above and beyond in assisting me and was quickly up and running. I would highly recommend this company for anyone looking to purchase a CCTV system

Here is my honest review of the Galayou 2K Wireless Outdoor Security Camera Model Y4.If you don’t want to read through all the details, the take away from this is its absolutely brilliant for the money and would be a really useful addition to any home security set up. Build and picture quality is great, and the software App is good enough.Now for more details.....Let me start by saying that I am a massive TAPO fan, all my home SMART kit is TP Link Tapo or Kasa, that's bulbs, plugs, power strips, switches, cameras, temp & humidity sensors, and a video doorbell. They all work really well with the App, google home and Alexa and when on offer are a very reasonable price for the quality and ease of use.However..... When I saw this super cheap outdoor camera I could not resist ordering one as I want an external camera to watch my trailer that is behind my back fence. Here the camera could easily be tampered with, so I did not want to spend a lot, just in case.So, one day later the box arrived....I had ordered a micro SD card along with the camera so opened everything up, stuffed the SD card in, downloaded the WANSVIEW App, created an account, connected to my WIFI, plugged the camera into the mains and followed the simple setup. 2 minutes later I was looking at a crystal-clear video of my dining room. I went through the simple settings menu, made some adjustments, opened the window, and put it on the window ledge to see what it would do.As darkness descended the IR lights kicked in and I had a clear black and white view of my back garden, when my daughter came home from work, the camera detected her, switched on the LED spotlights, alerted my phone via the App and I now had crystal clear COLOUR video of her walking down the path, I could see her clearly and she could see her keys from the cameras 'floodlight'.This device cost me a little more than an LED motion detecting flood light but with a camera built in! if you don’t want to add an SD card for recording it would still serve well as a PIR light that sends you an alert when it triggers and you could then look at the live feed to see who is there.The camera is now mounted on my little shed near the house, the last few days have been nothing but rain, the unit has NOT fogged up and picture quality remains excellent. It is currently powered by a 50W solar panel and SLA battery setup that was already installed in the shed. Did I mention the power connection? I did not....I was also intrigued by the fact that this camera is powered by 5v USB and not 12v which is the norm.....Yes its USB powered.....Comes with an adaptor for you to put in 'that' drawer with all of the others...... :)Power consumption I hear you ask? I am glad you did....The box states 5v at 1A however I had this running from my PC with a USB power monitor and the power draw is TINY.in DAY mode its 210main IR mode its 350-380ma (it jumps about)in flood light mode its 400maAll at five volts so 2 WATTS at full power!!!!Ok, I just plugged my TAPO outdoor camera into a TAPO power monitoring plug and it too is drawing only 1 Watt in day mode so that would suggest that cameras draw about the same. Update - 2 hours later and its dark..... my Tapo camera is drawing a whole 3 Watts, so both are comparable on power - let’s not worry about 1 Watt of difference....The camera is not automatically picked up by Google Home or Alexa, however it was a simple job to link the Galayou App to both of them and now I can see the camera in both Google HOme and view it on my Alexa Show 8 just by shouting at 'her'I am the 'tekkie' im my family and have linked everything through my Alexa show 8, so that anyone can switch things on and off or see whos in the garden or at the door, this camera works seamlessly with my system, so not being a Tapo product is not a problem for my set up. (This is really how tech stuff SHOULD be)Now for the downsides.....This camera does not have 'tracking', my current Tapo camaera also has no 'tracking' as its fixed.... This camera is not fixed and can me remotely panned via the app. Bonus....This means that you can set multiple target points for the camera, save them and when you click on them in the App the camera automatically moves to that position and shows you what is there.The latest versions of the Tapo cameras link directly to trigger points on the camera recording timeline, clicking on them takes you directly to that recording showing you quickly what has been recorded, this camera software does not, it shows a stamp on the timeline where 'something' has been detected, however the timeline can be zoomed in to 1 minute intervals which makes finding triggers very easy, the older Tapo cameras have a VERY fussy timeline that jumps about during navigation. So overall this is not as good as the up to date (as in buy the newer Tapo cameras) it is much better than the standard. For reference, the updated INDOOR Tapo cameras I am refering to are C210, the older non tracking are C200 - I believe that they CAN track if you pay for the cloud storage option, but I am tight and dont.....Although you cant track movement, you can set various trigger areas and tweak sensitivity levels, sound recording is good, I havent tried shouting though it yet but assume its good.So In my opinion not really a down side.... just not as friendly as Tapo, the latest Tapo, the one you have to buy AGAIN....And I assume that the App software could be updated in the future to include a better experience, but lets not forget the price of this item.I REALLY dont normally bother writing such lengthy reviews for products BUT this one is so good I felt that I had to do it justice and as someone who understands cameras and 'smart home things' I thought that I would write a review that would include the things that I would want to know about.Like I said at the start, I am a fan of Tapo but this camera cannot be ignored for its price, quality and features.I am by no means an expert but if you have questions feel free to ping them via Amazon, just bear in mind that I work 50 hours a week and have a very broken family that are my priority.

This is my 2nd cctv camera, my first was a tuya which after 3 years gave up the ghost but for the price was an ok camera, I decided to go for this GALAYOU and give it a try and it has gone beyond what I was expecting re reliability, great connection with my android phone wherever I am, clear and crisp pictures and video also audio is superb, literally plug and play from the box, you get all you need apart from memory card if you don't wish to use the cloud subscription, I would recommend using the subscription as you can use 3 devices for the same price.connection to internet is quick and I've had no problems with dropping out, notifications to phone have been instant and the great thing is at night when motion is detected a light comes on for a period of time for a clear colour footage, when viewing through phone at night the image is still very clear even if light not illuminated there is an option to adjust light to longer times etc., you can move direction of cctv with your phone which is also instant.so to sum up for price functionality and reliability this is as good as some of the higher end cctv cams out there for a fraction of the price.

Great camera great picture easy to fit and set up

Fantastic cameras for the price, can be fiddly to scan the qr code from phone to camera, but besides that, these are excellent, fantastic picture quality and alerts, the image is clear and bright and captures plenty of detail, the option to set positions and move the camera to that position in a single tap is amazing , highly recommend