Motion detection can be tricky with outdoor cameras because there’s so much more movement outside our homes. ![]() Motion detection sensitivity can be calibrated so you’re not bombarded with alerts. The camera’s night vision had no problem illuminating my entire side yard and well into the street beyond. There is some slight image bending, but not nearly enough to grossly distort the image. If you find it eating up your bandwidth, though, you’ll find even the “basic” resolution perfectly adequate for surveillance purposes, even if the pixels are more noticeable. As you scroll through a particular day’s feed, recorded events are highlighted in orange so you don’t have to scrub through hours of footage to find the video-triggering events.Īt 1080p, the Husky’s video is as sparkling as you’d expect. From here you can also control basic functions such as muting the live audio taking a screenshot or manually activating video recording and toggling between basic, standard, and hi-def resolution.Īt the bottom of the Husky’s feed screen is a video history timeline where you access your locally and cloud-stored recordings. Tapping it will take you to the Husky’s live feed, where you can view camera footage in real-time. The recently revamped Ezviz app will display a screenshot from the Husky, along with those of any other active Ezviz cameras you have, on its home screen. This can be a little tricky, though, as you have to loosen one screw and an adjustment knob, then set the angle and hold it with one hand while tightening that screw and knob with the other. Once the camera is mounted, you can adjust the surveillance angle up to 180 degrees vertically and a full 360 degrees at its base. At least one of these conditions won’t be met for most users, so chances are you’ll next need to connect an ethernet cable to the camera and run it into your home to one of the PoE-supported devices mentioned earlier. If the camera is mounted within Wi-Fi range of your network and you have an outdoor electrical outlet, consider yourself blessed. A mounting template is included to help drill screw holes in the appropriate spots. The camera can be affixed to a wall or ceiling. The Ezviz app features a video history timeline that makes it easy to find recorded events. In either case, you just scan the camera’s QR code with the Ezviz app and follow a few onscreen prompts. You can do this over Wi-Fi or through a hardwired connection to your router. Setup and usageīefore you mount your camera outside, you need to connect it to your network. You can also use all three methods simultaneously to ensure the security of your recordings in the event the camera is stolen or damaged or your network crashes. For $6 per month or $60 per year, you get seven days of stored recordings $11 per month or $110 a year gets you 30 days. You can also store your video in the cloud with an Ezviz CloudPlay subscription. Alternately, you can purchase the Ezviz Vault, a 1TB network-attached hard drive, separately for $190. The Husky features a built-in microSD slot and comes with a 16GB microSD card to store video footage locally (it supports up to 128GB cards). You have several options for storing your surveillance footage. Don't miss any of our other home security camera reviews. You can monitor the camera’s live video feed on your mobile device via the Ezviz app, or enable motion detection to alert you via push notifications to any movement in the camera’s field of view. A ring of infrared LEDs provides up to 100 feet of night vision. Like all Ezviz security cameras, the Husky delivers Full HD 1080p video with a nice wide-angle lens-in this case, 107.5 degrees. The Ezviz Husky is resistant to dust, water, and extreme weather. Most consumer models don’t, so you’ll likely have to purchase a PoE injector-they run $15 to $20-and connect it between the camera and your router or switch to use this feature. ![]() The rub is that you's also need a router or a switch that supports PoE. This means you only have to thread one cable through the wall of your home if, like most homes, yours doesn’t have exterior electrical outlets. ![]() Because the Husky supports PoE (power over ethernet), it can draw power from the same CAT5e (or higher) cable it transmits video on. One connects to the unit’s power cord, the other connects to your network cable. A pair of cables sprout from the bottom of the mount.
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