EZVIZ C3S outdoor camera Review

The EZVIZ C3S camera to monitoring your exterior

Once our outdoor camera EZVIZ C3S in hand, we immediately see a well-worked packaging. Inside, we there you will find the camera and its assembly instructions. But also a mounting kit with screws, dowels and drilling template, very practical to fall just the first time.The manufacturing quality of our EZVIZ C3S outdoor camera is excellent and gives a very good impression. Its “bullet” format changes from the more traditional format. There is the power cable, the network cable and a hatch to install an SD card.Of course, as the EZVIZ C3S is an outdoor camera, the latter is waterproof and designed to withstand bad weather, no need to worry about this side. On the performance side we are served, we end up with a camera with night vision up to 30 M with a lens Big angle 107.5 ° and full HD resolution. In a word an excellent quality camera.

Technical characteristics

As seen above, we find the characteristics cited, namely:

• Full HD resolution 1920x1080p
• Night vision up to 30 meters
• Viewing angle 107.5 °
• Ethernet and WIFI connection
• Schedule motion detection recording
• MicroSD card slot (up to 128 GB)
• IP66 certified against the elements
• Free iOS and Android mobile app
• Dimensions: 176.3 x 83.5 x 69.8 mm
• Weight: 331g

We will see a little later in the article, the camera is also POE compatible with a little tip for a few euros. This will allow you to only have to pull the network cable to both provide internet connectivity and power to your camera. This can be very handy if, for example, there is no immediate power supply available, thus saving you some additional work.

Configuration of the EZVIZ C3S outdoor camera

As with all EZVIZ brand products, we start by installing the smartphone app available for free on Android and iOS.We follow the different steps explained step by step in order to complete the installation.Once this is done, all you have to do is configure the range and the sensitivity of the motion detection. In the meantime, I strongly advise you to install an SD card in order to keep the captures made locally and thus not to pay to access the EZVIZ cloud.And a little tip for those who want to view the ehealth stream from the camera outside of the application, you can use a local address for this. You can take inspiration from an article on the EZVIZ C2C camera. Compatible with Jeedom and other ehealth capture software.

Installation of the EZVIZ C3S outdoor camera

As mentioned above, I have a little trick to allow you to use POE with the EZVIZ C3S outdoor camera. For this you will need a splitting POE as well as a network cable at a cost of ten euros.There is therefore no need for a power supply nearby, the network and the power supply only pass via the network cable.And here is a practical case of this installation with the added bonus of placing all the cables in a waterproof electrical box. And on top is fixed the camera with some rivets and a metal plate on the back. Even a good breeze does not waver the camera.

EZVIZ C3S  camera Review Conclusion

Sold within 120 €, the EZVIZ C3S is a camera with undeniable qualities. With its night vision, its wide angle and its full HD quality, nothing will be able to escape you. As seen in the article, the compatibility with POE and the possibility of recovering the ehealth stream outside the application, gives it real added value. The price / quality ratio is excellent, it would be a shame to miss it.