Teckin TC100 camera review

I recently tried to add these cameras to Home Assistant to make viewing easier, but without much success. So today I will review these cameras that I bought a few years ago.

First I will talk about the positives. The camera has excellent image quality and works very well at night. It automatically switches to night mode when it detects low light.

Image in complete darkness

It has Alexa integration, but it only works if you use the workaround of changing to a US address so you can download the skill. I managed to install the skill, but it did not make much sense for me because I only have an Echo Dot. When I have an Echo Show, I will test again to see if it works correctly. Access to the camera is exclusively through the Teckin app, so you cannot access it another way.

It has an SD card slot, lets you listen and talk remotely, lets you turn off the camera through the app if needed, and also lets you classify cameras by room.

It is powered by a micro-USB cable that connects to the camera and USB-A. A charger comes in the box.

As for negative points, it is impossible to integrate it with Home Assistant. It has no open ports, according to a port scanner, and I could not find anything it communicates with after running a sniffer.

It also does not rotate, since it is fixed, but for the price I paid at the time I think it was worth it for 2 units.

For anyone curious about what the camera looks like internally, here is a link I found online: https://fccid.io/2AQNX-TC100/Internal-Photos/Internal-Photos-4832870

Purchase link: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DkxtTWt