Customer Reviews

SE Fake Surveillance Camera with Sensor

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

This "camera" works as advertised. Although totally made of plastic, it looks realistic enough (the "lens" is black and reflects some ambient light, like the glass of most cameras out there).

When it detects moviment nearby, it moves in both directions (that is, it pans back and forth) a couple of times, as the red LED light blinks. It uses three "AA" batteries that can last for several months (assuming it is activated around 4 times a day). There's an ON/OFF switch outside. No wiring needed for installation (it has an actual white wire behind it, faking its insertion into the wall).

The only reason I gave it 4 stars is that it doesn't react to movement everytime. Most times it works, but sometimes it just doesn't (as if it had an automatic on/off timer). But this is not a big issue because even without moving and blinking, it is still there and do intimidate intruders and thieves sucessfully (well, I hope so). Additionally, one of the 3 units I bought just don't move or blink at all.

If you want a fake camera that really looks like an original surveillance camera, look for those models with the lens built-in inside a metal body, without movements, sounds or blinking LEDs.

I first saw this product in the Spy Store, next to the Spy Museum in Washington DC - pity I hadn't bought one then and saved all the postage and packing to UK! But worth the cost. For a few pound/dollars you get a pretty authentic looking device, which whirrs and flashes its little red light as it scans from side to side after its motion detector has kicked in. Battery powered, so cost effective. Clearly only a minor deterrent to committed intruders, but a very useful one at that. I like it, because it has all the appearances of the real thing, at a fraction of the cost - and probably just as effective, although I cannot confirm that. But we have not been burgled yet.

I bought 6 of these cameras for our various offices and they are very noisy. They move alot, but due to the noise they make one would not be able to use them in an office environment. When they move back and forth they don't really focus at the person who activated the motion sensor, so that appeared to be very unrealistic. Their appearance from a distance might fool some, but they look very much like a toy.

Piece of junk from China! Amazon should be embarrassed to even show it on their web site. Sensor won't detect motion more than 6" if at all. All screws strip out to access battery box then you can't keep it together. Not water proof for outdoor use. Shipping costs more than product. Very misleading ad with lack of honest information. I was one of the suckers born every minute on this item. If I could rate it a ZERO I would. Anything that even looks like this one is junk! I learned my lesson. Avoid these like the plague.

It does the job, but some experts will notice it is a fake. Common people did not notice it. Common but intuitive people notices one of the flaws of the device: When detects motions, camera pans from one side to the other and sometimes stops randomly in a direction where there is nothing interesting to see and people wonder: "why is watching that way ? There is nothing to see in that direction."
So moving the camera randomly just for detecting motion is not maybe a good idea if the camera stops moving when is pointing to a null direction.

I have always had these hanging at key places around my home outside. I had to have the police come out due to some problems with my neighbors parking their car in front of my driveway and/or mailbox. When they came out, we were talking about the ongoings of my culdesac in general and he asked me why do I have all the cameras. He thought they were real. Granted, I have very high ceilings. So even the one over my front door is way up high. So you can't really get a good look close-up. But he thought they were real. And I know others have said you have to be pretty close to set off the motion sensor. I have had the opposite experience. The camera is AT LEAST 10 feet up and it still detects every person that comes to my front door.

I think it is worth the price! Hey, it is all in the perception. I am sure some professional thief can probably figure it out. But most of the issues in my neighborhood, which have been very few, are being done by teenagers who are all about getting in and getting out quick. So I just can only hope that they won't bother with messing with my house if they have to sit there and wonder if the cameras are real or not. Has worked so far! I do have other deterrents like locks on my gate, "beware of the dog" signs on my fence, many landscape lights, home alarm system, etc. Again, hopefully it just makes it too much of a pain to mess with my house. And with neighbors that do not have a single light on at night and leave their garages wide open all the time, etc - all I can do is try my best to make thieves think I have security cameras that will catch them in the act.

I used to be in Security observation, serving convenience stores. I bought one just to try out and it works good! it is not infared so it will not detect movement in low light levels.it uses a electric photo eye, detects changes in light. will detect at least 20 feet away. I'm going to reorder. thanks !

As posted by the other person, this is a piece of junk. Don't waste your money. It's supposed to have a motion detector, but it's like a light sensor or something that only flashes the LED when something moves 3 inches in front of it. USELESS!. I ordered 3 of them and NONE of them worked. The sensor is supposed to make the camera swivel around like it was a real one. Nope... didn't work. Buy if you just want a fake camera to sit there but don't expect the electronics to work.

Theres a reason they don't give you the dimensions on this product. It's 5" long, including the "lense", 3.5" tall, 3.5" wide, with a 3.5" stand. Looks like what you paid for. A super cheap, plastic security camera. It will be a gag white elephant gift. It's the product in the first picture shown. The other pictures are of the camera I was actually trying to purchase. I don't know the brand that makes those and I've seen them in person, they actually look like metal. Not this one

I tried to use these cameras outside and they are not suitable for that. You have to be very close to the sensor (5') before the camera starts moving and at that distance anyone familiar with surveillance cameras will probably spot these as fakes. The sensors quit working within a matter of months, but once again I had them outside.