Eufy Cam 2C Review - Battery Powered WiFi Camera - Unboxing, Features, Settings, Video Quality

Today, we will check and test out the latest WiFi Camera from Eufy. The Eufy Cam 2C. This is a 1080p wire-free battery powered WiFi Camera that has a built in rechargeable battery that can last 180 days before needing to be recharged.
We will do the unboxing, check out its features, do the install and check out the camera's video and audio quality and test it using Lifehackster's battery of tests and see if this system will fit your security camera needs.
One of the things that is good with this system is the price. Currently, Eufy priced the 2 camera kits for $200. which boils down to only $100/per camera.
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[@rparker061]

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[@djlivie]

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[@harshvaidya1307]

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[@younglink8718]

This is the best review for this product, i am sold. thanks for all your hard work and for taking the time to do all these tests for the camera and different settings!

[@robertgrande4512]

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[@nursekozi]

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[@julieboland22]

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[@LifeHackster]

Thank you.

[@vigilante004]

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[@sunnybleek0321]

Another great informative video! I sure hope Eufy is taking notes to correct the issues, your videos benefits both the consumer and the interest of the manufacturer to get it right.

[@derikdang8829]

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[@LifeHackster]

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[@inconvenientexistenlism]

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[@LifeHackster]

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[@albertkply]

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[@lowstandar]

Love your testing methodology. Great job!

[@AlexRocks24-7]

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[@franktadeo3382]

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[@triggercell]

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[@rachinc4670]

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[@derricks.3950]

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[@xyreyes]

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[@LifeHackster]

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[@AaronHarvey86]

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[@rparker061]

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[@rondeldebbio9219]

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[@frozenfeather13]

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[@mod3064]

Easily the best reviewer. Keep up the great work sir !

[@keltechindustries20901]

Great video. I just purchased mines today. You told me all I needed to know.

[@cookiemonster4673]

Highly impressed by the quality of the review, to the point and supported by evidence.

[@LifeHackster]

Thank you. I appreciate it.

[@gearupsurvival3144]

Just bought the 3 pack kit. This video will be very helpful when it arrives. Thank you and great video.

[@eddiegablejr9749]

Mom and dad are in the market for a new security cam system and I’m happy to say based on your excellent, informative videos I’m going to give the eufy system a shot for them! Thanks for all the info!!

[@Frenchyk]

I just ordered these cameras from my parents using your affiliate link. Thanks for the great review!

[@LifeHackster]

Thank you. I appreciate it.

[@AbersonPlastering]

Excellent review. Clearly spoken. Well done. Yes I hope they have fixed the spotlight issue. I’m picking up the 4c next week and install them on my home

[@LifeHackster]

Thank you and yes, Eufy has fixed the spotlight issue and it is now working good.

[@Townie9225]

I just received mine in the mail yesterday. I’ll be setting it up today can’t wait to see how it compares to my ring spotlight cam battery. Great review as always 👍🏼.

[@zuhairhlayel]

Great as usual.

[@LifeHackster]

Thank you.

[@nero1876]

Man you are awesome, you answered all my questions!!

[@leonardodavila5270]

Very very in depth review, really liked the video.

[@JohnWeland]

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[@thongonesisommout1167]

I love how you testing it.thank you for sharing.

[@justthatoneguy2175]

Keeping it 💯 as always. These camers come out left and right. So many.

[@LifeHackster]

Thank you.

[@elguapo1507]

Fantastic review! Thank you! 👍

[@CharlieAintDead]

Great review, very informative. I'll be using this for my home. Thank you.

[@thetraveller371]

Thanks for this review. Hats off mate!

[@kbong507]

i've been watched few reviewer. this guy tells more detail than others

[@ea5533]

Thanks for a great, in- depth review. I love my Arlo's but if they don't come down on the pricing soon, I might be tempted to give these a try.

[@chefgav1]

Arlo is a total rip off especially the ultra IMO. Can get it’s full features unless you pay a subscription

[@MYTOYMAKERZ]

Thank You for another very nice review, Cheers

[@LifeHackster]

You are welcome.

[@leonardholman2839]

Thank you for the AWESOME review

[@movingloz]

Really thorough review. Thanks 🙏 heaps.

[@Lxxx74]

Everything I wanted to know, thanks!

[@tate9545]

Thanks for doing this review. It helps me narrow down which security camera I want to get. After hearing somethings last night I was really freaked out. Laying bed not sure if I should go out side to check it out or call the police. But soon I can have a 360 view of my place, a peace at of mind.

[@pullingguard5435]

I love your stuff man! I wish I found your videos before I bought an Arlo that I no longer use. Had major battery drain issues. I’m going to try this one and see how it goes.

[@adamixa5801]

how it goes?

[@pauljohnson9326]

Hey I realise I'm lets say a little late on comments but your review has been amazing and very helpful so thank you. I'll sub right now.

[@yaken1]

Great review man. Good job.

[@TheShaveArcade]

I have had the 2c for a few months and it has held up in single digit temps outdoors. Mind you I have the black silicone sleeve on it but it is mounted outside right on the house. No other housing. Signal is great and have gotten speedy response in 4 degree farenheight snowy nights. Highly recommend this lil jem.

[@808tmt1]

Very informative, thanks for you hard work...🤙

[@HiddenTreasuresEnt]

You are the best this was very detailed information.

[@Uglier.]

Idk why but I KEEP watching these eufy videos 😂

[@vivianap9658]

Great video! Just bought one and this has helped... thanks

[@ellomot0]

Great review, thank you!

[@bigbass001]

thanks so much for your videos. you are making a big difference :)

[@christosfournaris7457]

interesting, thank you for the good advice and a great footage that you filmed!

[@Wes61]

Great review i'm sold 👌

[@dodgecoronet1965]

Thanks for getting back!

[@Frogswilly]

This is good reviewing bro thanks 🤩

[@2Darkmind3]

Best Review i have seen about eufy. Like!

[@akie64]

Excellent review. I've been researching what model to get and had decided on Arlo. After watching your reviews I changed my mind and picked the Eufy 2C with an additional camera. It's fantastic, it was super quick and easy to set up and works a charm, very impressed. Over time I'll be interested to see how long the battery life will be. Thanks again, best regards from New Zealand.

[@1885173]

Mark Atkinson any thoughts?

[@akie64]

@@1885173 I really like the system but have to admit I've had loads of issues with it. At times it doesn't activate, an example was when a courier dropped a parcel off and it didn't even capture any footage despite only being positioned about 2 meters from the door. Just seems very temperamental at times, very very frustrating, I have been in constant contact with the "help line", they normally say the same thing everytime to reboot the home base, log out and back in or even re sync the camera's. I haven't heard from them in ages as they closed for Chinese New Year. At the moment, it's working well, I guess it's a work in progress.

[@xdeadyoungx]

@@akie64 Are they working better now?

[@psiturbo]

@@xdeadyoungx I have the Eufycam 2c 4-cam kit w solar panels. There is significant lag to start recording at low light (IR), and various other issues been stated on Amazon reviews. Sometimes if one camera is recording, the other is not, or if I am in live view on a specific camera, it will NOT record. I would have liked the camera had a flash feature, instead of a light, and possibly picture at certain intervals. IMO, certain security parameters should be customizable, for example, high motion sensitivity at night all motion, and human at day only etc. The camera cannot be set in a 45 degree angle, the base limits it to a front mount style. Also, I would like it had a feature to show continuous blinking to show system is active, to warn away potential intruders. *The motion tests on his videos are vague and generic, most if not all tests done at daylight. Eufy is spotty in capturing images at night. I would say sensitivy cuts down about 30%.

[@rmcf3972]

@@akie64 any updates?

[@dennismoore3678]

Would love to see you do the eufycam 2. Thanks for all your hard work.

[@LifeHackster]

I’ll see if I can test it out.. thanks.

[@elmercenariochileno]

@@LifeHackster Can you compare both ?

[@MightyMick88]

You do a good job dude. Thanks.

[@redbaron2448]

Did you fix the light on the camera so it comes on at night by itself with the motion sensor?

[@tonymitchell6197]

Excellent helpful video. Thanks.

[@TOPTechReviews863]

Thanks for the great reviews! I am trying to decide between the Cam 2 or the Cam 2c. In your opinion is the Cam 2 worth the extra money? These will be installed at a vacation home. Thank you and keep up the great work!

[@patriciacampos6428]

Great review. Thank u

[@kless001]

1 month of using the cameras and I’m very happy. Battery around 94 percent!!! Can adjust sensitivity. I like all the features. Just buy it

[@LifeHackster]

Cool..

[@maggieg3914]

I've had my camera's for 12 months now..have trouble with charging.. it's taking forever to charge..over a week..and it's only 81% .. another week it should be fully charged..!! I'm over it..

[@rmcf3972]

@@maggieg3914 did you have it fixed by eufy?

[@Dan_Capone]

They're smaller than they look in the pictures. This is a good thing, as I don't want to install cameras that are too obvious since I want to put some of them inside the house and I wouldn't want any possible trespasser to notice them right away. If Eufy isn't paying you anything they should, because you have convinced me to buy their products.

[@jassonsw]

Thanks for your review. I just bought these cameras last week and they are performing really well. The night vision is much better than my old Piper cameras (1 of which died recently and will not power up any more).

[@tonyb282]

My set just arrived can't wait to install them. Is the spotlight now working with motion detection?

[@jassonsw]

@@tonyb282 Both of mine are indoors in my apartment Tony so I haven't tried it out.

[@tavonlawrence2197]

@@tonyb282 any update on the spotlight

[@tonyb282]

@@tavonlawrence2197 I leave the spotlight off but it does inhance the video when it turns on. I leave it off because if someone walks by and the camera detects motion the light turns on, like it should but then they know they are being recorded,and they also know the location of the camera. They could damage the camera or rip it down. I have had several of these cams installed for 2 years now. They all work great.

[@davidyu3913]

Thanks, your reviews are very helpful. Do you know if there is a minimum internet download/upload speed requirement on my home broadband for this device, to enable footage to be viewed remotely, and does this increase with the number of devices paired to the hub? e.g. I understand Ring's device requires minimum of 2mb per camera although this works a little differently?

[@PegasusDroneMedia]

Dude, your reviews are excellent. Thank you for taking the time to do such in depth analysis, and also being consistent with each camera system. However if it was your choice would you buy the Cam E or the Cam C2? Watching your reviews I have decided to give Arlo a miss and go for the Eufy but I am now undecided which one to go for. I hope they add single cameras to the C2 as I need 6 cameras in total. I am in the UK and the UK site seems to be a long way behind the US site. Again Thanks

[@LifeHackster]

At this time, I’ll go with the camE until eufy fixes the light detection issue..

[@PegasusDroneMedia]

Thank for the reply fella. However if it’s just the light issue as to why you would choose the Cam E I’m a little baffled as the Cam E doesn’t have a light? However the 2C has better features and a usb upgrade stick for memory is about to be released. So I decided in the end to get the 2C before I saw your reply. Oh well time will tell as it’s not in the UK until weds next week to which I shall do a review for us UK guys

[@PegasusDroneMedia]

I have spoken to Anker today and the CS assistant said she did not know there was a problem with the light coming on with detection. My unit does not arrive until Weds so can you check one thing for me. She said in the settings there is a switch to turn on and off the light when 'recording'. Has she got an upgrade firmware or does your system have that slifer as well?

[@rmcf3972]

@@PegasusDroneMedia what is the update? I am planning to get 2c.

[@mariemay1953]

This was a great Review!

[@ToRetirementAndBeyond]

Thanks for lot's of great videos with tons of info. I bought the Eufy 2C and could not be happier. Install was pain free. NOTE: Spotlight works as it's supposed to - there is a setting to turn it on.

[@LifeHackster]

Yes..they have updated and fixed their software/app because of this video.

[@BFCson]

Hey there glad to hear it’s working now cause I’d think it’s pretty pointless with out it lol. In your folks opinion is the spotlight good enough to not supplement it with another sep motion light?

[@ToRetirementAndBeyond]

@@BFCson Absolutely works great now.

[@BFCson]

@@ToRetirementAndBeyond thank you!

[@ajlad427]

Love the review I got the same system I'm from Australia great video mate have a great day :)

[@LifeHackster]

Thank you.

[@ajlad427]

Your welcome thanks for replying back.

[@markdillon9588]

Hi, I've noticed a delay of around 30 seconds when using the Google assistant on tv, have you noticed this?

[@JJC2611]

Great review!

[@seanb1081]

Spot on real life review. Thanks for putting so much effort into your video LifeHackster !

[@frankmark9838]

Hi, I was wondering if this would work without Ethernet cable? My house has the router installed on the ceiling so can’t connect the Ethernet cable to the base.

[@TChowdhury00]

I use 2 separate router in my house cz I dont want to use a router continuously. How many SSID the base station can handle?

[@G1neCreatez]

Great review! Would u recomend this camera system over the Arlo pro 2?

[@seppytech]

Thanks for the review, not sure if you mentioned this but the Eufy 2C only works on 2.4Ghz wifi and not 5Ghz. Many routers support both but some people may not be broadcasting on 2.4Ghz or you don't even know the password for it. It took me a minute to remember the name of mine, but I can say the performance has been great. Also Eufy has fixed the spotlight issue, use the app to update your base and cameras. So far I'm very pleased with this camera system. Like many people, I had an Arlo system but now I think Eufy has a better deal.

[@PCRRAMROD]

Same as my doorbell camera, I couldn't find my 5g on the list, had to use my 2g.

[@niravniel561]

Hi, do you know if the notification on android get also a snapshot of the motion captured? or do I only get text notification and I need to enter the app in order to view it

[@joshcosta423]

Are you able to connect 2E cameras to the same base that comes with the 2C's? I wish they sold the 2C cameras separately as I'm needing 5 cameras

[@joelgutierrez4950]

Thanks for great review from a fellow flip man. Just subscribed. Wanted to ask your personal preference on all the cams you reviewed.

[@andrewtambo]

Fantastic piece of work Life Hackster. Thank you, very informative. Wouldn't mind if you added a comment in relation to the battery life of this unit.

[@ivankar7324]

Good review. I have question: so the homebase has to be in range with the camera?

[@josephpuglisi2229]

Best review I've ever seen good work life hacker loved the video clip

[@semiworking]

Awesome video... Thank you for taking your time with this review. Did the motion spotlight bug get fixed?

[@LifeHackster]

Yes they fixed it..

[@CapsuleFilms]

@@LifeHackster so does it light up when motion is detected?

[@Raja-Beta]

Hi lifehacker.. Great videos.. I just can't decide between eufy 2c and blink xt2... I am going to use one in back yard and other in front driveway/yard..

[@dreamypuma]

Thank for your great reviews. These persuaded my to commit to Eufy devices around 8 months ago. I have one question though: Have you ever addressed the Sync button, deleting saved footage flaw in any of your videos? The one that Eufy seem to have failed to address.

[@mariaarciniega7573]

Your the best great video Thank you

[@jodiewalker8878]

Hi if I was to buy this plus the doorbell, would I still have to plug in 2 different bases?

[@jcm9698]

Great review, disappointing that the spotlight didn't come one, that's the whole point of it. Have you or are you going to try and connect a solar panel to any of your Eufy cams to see how that performs? May have to put some sealant around the connects to make it water tight, but would be interesting solution if it worked out.

[@LifeHackster]

I will be testing it out and hook up an aftermarket solar panel..

[@johnmac9389]

Hi... Great reveiws... Top notch.. Can I ask you what is the best WiFi cam for night vision..? Likin the Eufy but you said some where better... Keep up the good work. 👍

[@sharktamer]

Great review, thanks a lot! Do you know if the spotlight turns on with motion detection yet?

[@BarryMcCockinna]

Just ordered the 2C 2 camera kit with the EUFY doorbell as well. Did a ton of research, seems to be the best option for now.

[@BarryMcCockinna]

@matthew bradley We are happy with it as of now. We demand all visitors to look into the doorbell cam as it generates a funny looking face when you come close. Having too much fun with it 😂

[@lindaramsey2351]

Great job. You made setting up my camera stress free. It would be nice to know how to save video from the home base besides in my photo app.

[@LifeHackster]

At this time, it can only be downloaded from the app. The footage in the micro SD card is encrypted.

[@dwmorrison33]

Great video, thank you

[@LifeHackster]

Thank you. I appreciate it.

[@anthonyb8208]

Great review