Xiaomi Mi Wireless Home Security Camera 2i | Full HD Picture | 360 View | 2MP CCTV | AI Powered Motion Detection | Enhanced Night Vision| Talk Back Feature (2 Way Calling), 1080p, White

Best security camera or cctv. It has 360 degree rotation, very good camera quality and picture clarity with minimum lag or delay. The two way calling is a game changer feature. It has instant person or motion detection and memory card saves recording of about 5 days. Price is though high it for the quality in comparison to similar cameras of the other brands but seems worth it to me.

Works fine now. Initially I had some issues but now it works normally.

Best product

4

No RTSP or ONVIF Support,Doesn’t support standard streaming protocols, making it incompatible with third-party NVRs or home security systems like Synology NAS or Blue Iris.Cloud Storage Requires Subscription,While the camera offers cloud backup, free storage is limited or temporary. You’ll likely need a paid subscription for continuous cloud recording.Lag in Live Feed,Depending on your Wi-Fi strength, you might experience a slight delay in live video, especially when accessing remotely via mobile data.Limited Multi-User Support,The Mi Home app allows limited access sharing, but multiple users can’t control the camera simultaneously, and it may log out other users.Basic Motion Detection Zones,Unlike some higher-end models, it lacks customizable motion zones (you can’t specify areas to ignore, like a window or pet area).No Continuous Recording Option on Cloud,Cloud only records event-triggered clips, not full-time recording. Continuous recording is only available via SD card, which can fill up quickly.

Worth

The camera is ok. I am running a 64 GB card which backs up approximately a week's worth of footage. Installation and setup was easy, just needs a stable wifi. Can cover a wide area with 360° rotation and field of view is good too. I am getting notifications too about events unlike many others. The quality is decent but that's about it for its features.Now for the issues-1. I chose this over its competitors due to NAS but it's just a gimmick. My laptop, phone and all other devices can recognise my NAS but this camera couldn't. I tried all tricks in the book(rather the internet) but it just couldn't recognise my NAS.2. Other cameras has motion/subject tracking, this doesn't.3. It doesn't recognise half of the activities. I have it faced at the entry gate of my house. It gives notification about some random activity where some pixel has changed but half of the activities happening right infront of it isn't recognised. I have passed so many times infront of it, even faced it, but it only captured my activity once. Its activity recognition is not to be dependent upon, you would have to review your footage manually.4. If you have to download a portion of the video to your local device, you have to press the record button while running the footage and then let it run at 1X. I can't just point it to the first and last point on the timeline and let it finish NOOOOO, you can't even speed up the footage while "recording", you would have to sit there and wait for the footage you've reviewed 10 times to record again.5. The camera quality is not very good. The picture is grainy and not very clear. The quality (if judged by the resolution) is better on the realme cam at the same price.6. The playback at 16X sometimes is very jittery. It gets stuck so much that it renders that feature completely useless sometimes but other times works fine.7. Oh and good forbid you lose your internet connection, it'll stop recording altogether. I had my internet go out for a couple of hours but I thought that it might be writing that data on the SD card since writing there won't require any internet connection. When the internet connected again, the footage of that time was just missing. WHY?8. This is just a minor bug that the camera calibration button in the app has no confirmation message. If you accidently press it, it'll just start calibrating. There should be a confirmation popup on it like we have on delete.There might be some other issues which I'm forgetting but this is the crux of it. I wish I had purchased the realme cam but I can't say for sure if that would not have these or some other issues.

Good