Imou Cruiser 4MP: review

[@EsotericArctos]

5 to 7 seconds looks like a good time. A lot of cameras are 10 seconds. I have found all cameras I have used have that kind of delay in the voice assistants. IMOU are a division of Dahua and I find the cameras are usually using good quality sensors. I think they are good cameras. I wish the voice assistants could get rid of the delay. A and G don't seem to care to look into it.

[@notenoughtech]

Switchbot has one of the lowest latencies for voice over smart speakers so it's definitely possible

[@ireneomauricio3584]

How much

[@notenoughtech]

It depends on your region current pricing is available in the app and their store

[@chuxxsss]

So my 1 TB sdcard will not work, with this camera mate. lol Great show, well done.

[@EsotericArctos]

I don't think many cameras support 1TB SD Cards. The SD card would probably die before you filled it up lol :)

[@notenoughtech]

256GB is the max. It will feel a bit tight if you store QHD video without scheduling.

[@ronm6585]

Thanks. 😊

[@earlysign2724]

Thank you❤️

[@notenoughtech]

Any time!

[@pedronan5938]

Very good video! Removing the aesthetic issues, don't you think that the Cruiser has more range and better connection quality than the Ranger 2C by having antennas? Or the difference is not that significant..

[@notenoughtech]

Bigger antennas do not always translate to a better range. You can get a stronger singnal but range will be likely very similar as it's power depending

[@nokiot9]

Can somebody help me? Mine won’t connect wirelessly OR wired. It fails during the wired security detection and fails during the wireless device detection. It won’t even show up on my phone. And I know they’re on the same network

[@notenoughtech]

Has the camera been bonded to another account? Did you buy it new?

[@nokiot9]

@@notenoughtech brand new. No. It’s only been at my house on my Phone and router. I reset it twice too.

[@nokiot9]

Thankyou for trying to help me by the way. You’ve more than earned my sub.

[@gowrishankar7548]

Does it support onvif profile T for 2 way audio from NVR mic?

[@newsky2087]

Can you tell me about zoom is it 160 meter? Cause they said zoom 16 x imou cuser 4 mega

[@user-wd1ml9dm4q]

❤

[@newsky2087]

Can i conect it with xvr without ip ؟ is it better than dahua toic ?

[@cm5569]

I have seen a review that stated the floodlights cannot be turned off, what is your experience with this? I have found Imou support is not very responsive.

[@notenoughtech]

Unless something changed since my review they definitely can be turned off as I had to enable these manually for pictures

[@milanpantic4121]

Mogu se iskljuciti.Ali me interesuje da li se u aplikaciji imou moze podesavati kontrast boje posto u nocnom modu kada snima coveka lice osobe je neprepoznatljivo posto je isuvise svetle boje.Sve se lepo vidi ali lice coveka je belo skroz.Cak i jeftinije kamere su imale opciju kontrasta ali u ovoj aplikaciji ne mogu da nadjem ako uopste ima.

[@reverseengg2.011]

Bro... 👍👍 is multi user available in imou cruiser how many users can access the cam waiting for ur replay..🥰🥰

[@notenoughtech]

You can share device without sharing the account. I don't think there is a limit for that

[@rukiichi85]

what if elactracity power got cut? is there away to ake the camera working? like using powerbank?

[@notenoughtech]

You could feed power via powerbank and keep the bank being charged up via mains. Get a bank that can be charged and deliver power at the same time

[@rukiichi85]

@@notenoughtech thanks

[@sari3270]

For example I installed the camera facing in front of the house. Can I move the camera and make it steady facing right side the whole night? Or will it automatically go back to facing front after minutes?

[@notenoughtech]

You can set the camera to any position you want and keep it there or create events which will move the camera to specific position at specific times

[@sari3270]

@@notenoughtech Oh. Thank you. I just bought one today. I’m not a techie person that’s why I’m trying to find videos here of how I can make this work. Thank you again for answering my question 😊

[@stonecoldt]

So i bought this camera and set 3 favorite scenes but is it possible that the camera goes back to one of the favorite scenes if i close the app?

[@notenoughtech]

I don't believe you can use app closure as a trigger. You could have return to scene every X min so when you forget to set it, it will return back

[@stonecoldt]

@@notenoughtech how can i set this up

Hi, can I watch the camera feed remotely for example on my phone with only mobile data while the camera is connected to my home WIFI without having to subscribe to a paid service? Can I also access the data from the SD card remotely?

[@notenoughtech]

Yes you can. On both accounts

[@cristian.s94]

Are you sure it has POE ? Have you tested it with a POE Switch or POE NVR ? Even on Imou webpage it doesn't say a thing about POE. Thanks.

[@notenoughtech]

No it doesn't have PoE not sure how you got this I mentioned specifically that Poe isn't enabled for the board.

[@cristian.s94]

@@notenoughtech @2:38 "with support for POE"

[@notenoughtech]

Oh my apologies I just run the stream and creators app never shows which comment refers to what video. 🙈 I thought this was in regards to the cluster board I just finished building. I haven't tried the camera with Poe as I don't have compatible equipment for this sorry

[@stonecoldt]

Does it have wide angle view? I had imao bullet lite 4mp but it broke and i really liked the somewhat wide angle view is this the same? Tyvm

[@notenoughtech]

Usually the angle is narrower on pan cameras as you can move it around. They take advantage of that to give you better resolution of the smaller frame. So if you are looking for something with particularly wide angle fixed IP cams offer that

[@stonecoldt]

@@notenoughtech Thanks for the comment i ordered this camera. I've seen a comparison between this and the imou bullet 2 4mp and apparently this one had a wider angle. If i could order the imou bullet lite 4mp i wouldve ordered that but i think this is a decent upgrade since it can move around. Just one question can i turn off the siren and flashing light? I already have light in my garden

[@notenoughtech]

Yes you can turn these off at will. You can also set panning moves to compensate for the view angle so it will keep scanning area of interest

[@stonecoldt]

@@notenoughtech thank you!!

[@lfthesecond5667]

how to setup lan connection?

[@notenoughtech]

Should be plug and play (still need to do the qr scan on your setup)

[@suriC18]

Does it can work with NAS devices ?

[@notenoughtech]

You can submit NVR stream URL dets in the write-up

[@decpaul6851]

is the human detection a paid feature only?

[@notenoughtech]

No, you can use that without paywall

[@JoaoGabriel-bk6pn]

Does it work in HA?

[@chuxxsss]

Wish my HA just worked. May go back to Node-red.

[@EsotericArctos]

As far as I know, IMOU is made by Dahua and I believe the Dahua custom component in HACS works with them. Don't quote me on it though, I haven't got one to test. If you can get the RTSP feed, then you can get them in HA. It may be picked up by the ONVIF integration. The trouble with WiFi cameras, especially battery operated ones, is they tend to go to sleep when not recording.

[@EsotericArctos]

@@chuxxsss If your HA is not working, might need to reinstall. That said, if you know node-red, it will probably be more useful

[@notenoughtech]

It uses ONVIF, I included this in my article, so if you can import this to HA, then you are gold

[@chuxxsss]

@@notenoughtech Still learning it, just got my shed off grid.

[@wirafajarsejahtera9153]

auto Rotate?

[@notenoughtech]

As in scan the area or flip the image?

[@wirafajarsejahtera9153]

@@notenoughtech yes