After using
Eufy Solocam S40 camera in my garden for ages, I decided I wanted another one for a different area of garden and decided I'd buy another S40 camera because I'm very pleased with it and want everything in one app.
So, I was about press "buy now" and it turns out that at £199 for the camera alone it is much cheaper to buy this as a bundle at £164 which gets a
Eufy Solo indoorCam P24 in addition to the S40.
So, this saved me £35 and gave me a free indoor camera that I didn't think I wanted! (Sorry Greta!)
Anyway, it turns out that the P24 Indoor Cam (that I didn't need) is flipping awesome! It zooms and pans and follows movement automatically and I couldn't help but wish I had a use for it.
Then I thought..... hang on! I have a stupidly overpriced van that I've made look rather appealing to the run of the mill vehicle thief!
The camera runs off a micro-usb cable, so I threw it on my dash and plugged it into a usb/fag socket plug.
It captures everything with amazing clarity and it's amplified sound and great video quality shows me 360 degree coverage.
For me this includes the view out the front windows and windscreen which I really wanted..... I just didn't know it! An additional bonus is that the camera provides full 360 degree of the interior for when van is unattended.
I made up a wedge so that the camera sits flat(ish) when placed on the dash but even before I did this it is still brilliant!
Only thing is that the night-vision needs to be off to avoid glare if you're wanting to look through the windscreen, but I have security lights in the area so if there's any movement at night I'll capture it in full colour........ unless of course it's raining!..... I'm sure burglars don't work in the rain!
If it turns out they do, then I'll see them enter my van and steal it!
Final note:
Due to having solid 4G Wi-Fi in my van, this is a good failsafe CCTV as my other CCTV cameras use my home Wi-Fi. With a mixture of both I have some additional protection and I saved £35 and got this for nowt! Whoop!
