Side by Side Comparison of: Eye-Max vs Conbrov

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Good product

works well, great field of view

There is no way one would know that this is a camera. It even has a blinking light and functions like a smoke detector to the point that someone could replace the battery and still not know that it is a camera. It is perfect for a medium size room. You can see pretty far away, but detail is lost after 25 feet or so.

You will need to order power adapters and wire for this camera that can be found by length around Amazon

Love this Camera! Took a while for me to set it up but I got it and I love it...... Great and small for security camera!

Love the idea and product!Came with proper instructions

It worked exactly as advertised. It would be nice if it had more battery storage.

perfect

Excellent, just what I was looking for

Love this mini ip cam for it mobile or stationary And the support is awesome.

excellent disguise. works as advertised. would 5 star if it had IR night vision. so far ive purchsed 3.

This product plugged right into our existing DVR by amcrest that uses BNC connectors. The only downfall is that the camera is on the side in the vents. I was hoping for one that shot straight down.
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Great, on time arrival.

I had purchased "VideoSecu Color CCD Smoke Detector Covert Hidden CCTV Security Camera Wide Angle" off Amazon a while back and was now looking for a cam with a better picture. I ordered this one and so I was going from 420TVL in the VideoSecu to 620TVL in this one. The clarity was slightly better I admit, but I was expecting a much bigger difference.

Pros:
Cheap
Slightly clearer image than the VideoSecu
Visually more appealing than the VideoSecu
Actually a real working smoke detector
Camera is angled down more than the VIdeoSecu, so you can see closer in.

Cons:
Needs more light to be in color than the VideoSecu
Camera is angled down more than the VIdeoSecu, so you cannot see as far away.

Wishlist:
Manually able to adjust the angle
Manual override switch to keep it in color no matter the lighting.

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be many more options in smoke detector cams out there. If I can't find a better one with more research, I'll probably end up ordering another one for the kitchen.

Works good with light. Smoke detector works on this camera.

It appears to be a good product however I haven't completed the set up yet.

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product was rcvd as described and on time, good sale.

Works great for R.C. toys stick a little velcro on or use the multiple holders that come with it. Great for first person view!

i'm thinking of buying another one works really good for the price.I would give it a 5 star had a little troble setting up

With much anticipation I waited for my new toy and I was not disappointed. I have bought cameras of this design before with similar resolution so no surprises in quality, handling and accessories. Easy set up and operation, but the manual is a little bit unclear. It helps to watch the online setup guide. Once the P2P is set up, you can switch between AP and P2P without needing to change settings.Pros:The resolution is decent, not HD.It has wifi capability, both P2P and AP.Very small size.Nice little app for your mobile.Fully functional when on charge.Cons:Wifi range is very short, direct line of sight 50 ft and if there is a wall in the way, 6 ft.(in AP Mode)Narrow view angle.Short battery life.The unit gets very hot when operating.Overall:It is a neat little cam that is small enough to carry around in your pocket without even knowing it is there.Love that you can connect directly to the camera with your phone without the need of a router (AP mode). Would be happy to see this feature on a cam with HD resolution, wider view angle and a longer wifi range. If the Wifi had the range that was advertised (80m/260ft) it would be an awesome cam and would well deserve 5 stars.

Did not come with any wires to connect to the computer

Great product but can only mount horizontal.

wasn't what i needed it it was returned but nice .

Worked good for a while then it got unfocused and refocus

This item could be better. I use an android and I was able to get live filming on the phone. The farther you are from the phone, maybe behind a wall, and more the live video pauses. I think as long as you need this for a short-time (30 minutes), you would do fine.The graphic on this is very good for me. Not 1080p, but I would say 480p.

Works as it says. Range on the live feed is maybe 10 feet in my experiences. Fun little gadget does the job.

All I can say is this would be a great cam If! It had a good app for Android. You can't find the app on play store. The app they sent me a link to we'll let me say really sucks.This cam can really do a lot If they took the time to make a better app for It.I would like to use It with my PC It has wifi ? Being It's wifi you should be able to view From anywhere on the Internet.The app for now you can only view video and record. And the app Is allway's crashing. This could be a really great cam and worth the money If they made a better app for Android tablet.With that said at this time, It's only as good as the app for It, The app for It make's this a $ 5.00 dollar cam. If you get me a decent app I will change my review and star rating.

Amazing ! Fast Shipment ! Great Quality ! Highly Recomended ! Only Issue Is Camera Power Dies Wayyy To Quickly. Only Stays On For 4 Mins

Cannot reach ceiling to install.

I thought this was a wi-fi or at least recorder and I could pull off of the removable disk. It is just a camera. It requires extra parts (like a cable to run it to a monitor and a monitor and a d/c plug for a proper installation.

Kind of complicated...not what I thought it was going to be. I sent it back.

Really don't see the point in a hidden camera when there are cords coming out of the smoke alarm that obviously run to a DVR.

I turn on the camera, opened the APP working great, then when I place the camera down and walk away from the area with my Iphone to another room and I lose the camera signal. I tried using the camera as a back up camera for my trailer and again works great I get into my truck 19 feet away and I lose the signal. Not sure if its me or the camera, so I let my friend try it and same issue.

Hard to sink and takes for ever to get uploaded

Sent this back, tried several times and several ways to connect to my iphone. Was never able to get it to connect. Went back and forth via e-mail several times with the manufacturer. They had me try another app to try to connect... no luck. After almost 2 weeks of this they finally approved my return, I had to pay for shipping back but that was only about $6. Also, the price dropped by about $20.00 two days after I bought mine.

I've been in IT for over 15 years, so I SHOULD be able to make this little device work, right? Well yes, it does work... but only on iPhone device could the camera be seen. I needed it to work on my Android devices (which neither Auto scanning for the camera nor Manually adding would work). Occasionally the device would show up as not (!) disconnected, but even then it would not connect to the camera.Re-work your app in the Android store guys. I might have kept it.

The video camera itself works quite well. The phone App is okay but very limited. You can record what is being viewed but your recording only will stay on the App. You cannot move it to a file or off of your phone to another computer. The app ONLY WORKS ON PHONES, no tablets or other computers!!The SD card does not work at all. It initially seemed to work but the files were corrupted. Then it stopped working entirely. Being that this is the only way to record and transfer the recording this made it a disappointment overall.Wifi range is VERY limited. And don't even try to connect it through your home network WiFi. It does not work at all.The actual item is plastic and feels very cheap. The on/off button and video record button are very tight. You feel like you might break them at any moment. The accessories are just as cheap and overall useless.Battery life is VERY limited.In conclusion, it is only good for live viewing for a short period of time.I wish there was something exactly like it but made with better materials and all the functions actually work. I would pay 3X for such a model.I will be returning this and continuing my search for a better model.

Poor wifi range and strength.The video quality of the camera is just OK.Seems to be a bit overpriced.

I did not get instrucvions on how to install it and what other conections are need it to make it work.

Can't even do anything with it.

This product was one of my worst mistakes ever I'm constantly trying to find hidden cams or nanny cams this product has a cord which is so short there's no way possible for you to hook it up to any camera or any TV or any other devices and if its a hidden camera for hidden device why would you have coax cables that don't fit but short coax cables that supposed to extend to a TV what to any device in which it does not but why would you do that and then so people can see cameras and wires to know what it is it makes absolutely no sense do not buy this product

horrible! Do your home work before purchasing this item, it does not include everything you will need in order to run it!

There's NO clear instructions how to use this product ! & since it's not a common product how should i figure it out???

I like gizmos and gadgets, this product was a big let down. It is small enough, but the instructions are vague and setup is no easy peasy task. There are multiple WiFi around me and you would think it would latch to the strongest signal which would be mine. In a perfect world. The Mini IP Cam app is no help in finding the cam and there is no way to tell the cam which WiFi to connect to. Your sure to need customer support on this one, lots of luck. Better off returning this product...

When I opened the box and glanced at this camera I noticed that it did not have the Conbrov logo. The picture shown on the Amazon site does. In fact there is nothing that says Conbrov either on the box that the camera came in or the little manual that is included with the shipment. ???. After the camera was fully charged I unplugged it and turned it on. The blue light came on but it is very hard to see. For the camera to start recording you press the button on the top left side of the camera and the blue light is supposed to blink to show that it is recording. It is almost impossible to see the blinking unless you are in a really dark room. Now here is the kicker: While I was moving the switches on the sides of the camera up and down, my thumb was brushing against the letters on the sides of the camera and they were coming off! After a while every letter and even the micro sd symbol were all gone. What does this say about the camera? You be the judge.Connecting my smartphone to the camera was not very difficult. You just need patience. But the way the manual is written leaves a lot to be desired. The video was acceptable but not great. The website claims that the price of the camera went down from $119 to $69 and then to $49.99. It is hard for me to believe that this camera at one time sold for over $100. I have an abundance of goodwill for Amazon. It is a great company. But for the Conbrov camera (if that is what it is) when I add up everything, I am left with the unpleasant feeling that I have been snookered. Happy Holidays.

I'm kicking myself for never getting around to returning this product in time! About a month after receiving it I finally tried setting it up. After opening the package, going over the instructions and downloading the app it requires I pick up the camera to turn it on (only other time touching it was to charge it) I notice a crack starting from the power button and going all the way down the side. Looking like onoy cosmetic damage I continue with attempting setup. Needless to say, after multiple attempts I never got a connection between the app and the device it's self. Very disappointing since I purchased the device to monitor the front door to my home after noticing a few things that seemed different from when leaving home and returning. Well, thanks to this product never working for me and lack of free time for replacing for another or something different all together, I had a break in and lost somethibg priceless to me and my family. I did however find out who it was "casing out" my place and the thief. NO thanks to this product of course.p.s. I failed to mention the email I sent to customer that never got a response.

I've owned a few of the cheap, Chinese made mini cameras over the years and I had decided to spend a little more and try to get a better camera. We live on the ground floor apartment, you see, and neighborhood kids delight in tearing up my wife's flower bed and potted plants on the porch. I needed a camera that could run all day while plugged into a power source which none of my other cameras could do.So I bought this thing.::sigh::First, the instructions are indeed terrible. It would be one thing if the problem were only the poorly translated Chinese to English. You can usually work with that. In this case, even the bad English didn't have complete instructions for all of the camera's functions. The screen shots of the Android and iPhone screens during the software setup were hard to see and didn't match the actual software app, which I"ll get to in a moment.Next, the app. Using the scan code in the instructions opened up an ad, not the app on Google Play. On the second try I was able to download and install the app, whose screens and functions didn't quite match the instructions. So I tried to auto connect, which failed, of course. From examining the instructions carefully I realized what I'd done wrong and connected my phone to the Wifi signal from the camera, which seemed very reluctant to work. It kept going in and out. Mind you, the camera and the phone were never more than a foot from each other, so if the wifi range is THAT bad...So after getting it connected, I tried to use the app to locate the camera. Care to guess what happened?If you said "nothing," then you're right! It couldn't find the camera. Well the instructions tell you that you can manually set it up but they do not recommend you do it that way. I find that hilarious, since it's the ONLY way you can do it if it doesn't auto detect. Ah, such useful commentary from the instructions and yet they couldn't find space in the booklet to tell me the difference between AP and P2P on the function switch on the camera. (Turns out, that's the difference between connecting to the phone directly or using the home network... I think...)So anyway I manually entered all the info until I noticed that the app wanted a password to connect to the camera, while the screen shot in the booklet showed no password field... So I used the same password I used to connect to the camera's wifi. Probably wrong, and I have a message out to the vendor (using the contact us section of their website.)So naturally, most of the camera settings are only accessible through the wifi app, meaning that since I can't get it to connect, I can't set anything up.The camera itself... The LED light to tell you when it's charging or when it's recording is buried inside the casing and you can only see it by peeking through the gap between the casing and the record button. (It looks purple when the camera is on AND charging). The instructions tell us we press the button once to start recording and again to stop, but I found that to get it to start recording I have to press and hold the button a couple of times before it starts recording. Maybe I'm using the wrong incantation or maybe the stars aren't aligned properly... I don't know.So I'm waiting to see if I hear back from the vendor on that password thing, because if they can help me get it all connected and running I may keep it, but I already have the return shipping label printed out because... well I just don't have a lot of faith in them. The website itself is terrible, with lots of links that take you to empty pages, and multiple "Contact Us" places, of which one doesn't even work. (I managed to find one that did.) They seem to have some YouTube videos on how to work the camera but oddly none of them are on their own website so you have to search around YT to find them.So if you enjoy headaches, uncertainty and bad instructions, by all means buy this camera. Otherwise...

This camera would not sync with my iphone 6. the iphone would not recogize the camera automatically, or manually. The manual is about 2 x 3 inches, maybe 2.5 by 3.5 inches, in micro-micro font. Whilst the videos from the company make it look moderately easy to set up (yes, even the videos are not well-scripted), in reality, the directions are poor, to small, and just won't work with an iphone 6 using iOS 8. I have just emailed the company, and they may return the email. Even if they do, I am extremely disappointed with this product. I'll look for some other wifi-enabled , battery powered device. Very disappointed. Hoping Amazon will do a return.

Did not work, camera overheated, shut my USB port down on my computer, would not connect to my IPhone and would record blank files to micro SD card.On the plus side the return was painless and the refund was really quick thru Amazon. I give Amazon 5 stars for that.I did have communication from a Conbrov rep and they said it does get really warm while charging