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Anker's Eufy Brand Debuts Smart Lockbox With AI and Built-In Camera for Package Deliveries

first time i saw the pic - paper shredder came to mind
ok idea but i'm not getting one
i have a secure package drop setup already
will have to drill anchor holes and such
i do have anker products i do like though
 
The thing I would add is a big carbon locking ring so some one could use a good carbon bike lock the could lock it down. A security mounting pad is less useful for a lot of security lock downs. And it would be nice if it was a little larger for packages. Maybe a dollar bill output so if the delivery person uses it, it spits out a dollar bill for a tip. A delivery person would use it to get the dollar 😁 always nice to tip :)
 
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ChpTrk said:
Hate to be the Debbie Downer here, but how is this remotely "MacRumors" related? Doesn't work with HomeKit. The only thing I can find that is Mac related is that MacRumors gets to use an affiliate link.

I guess it can hold a iPhone, iPad or Mac Mini.
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We actually debated that a bit. There's an iPhone app and a lot of people on MacRumors are fans of Anker, so we thought it was interesting enough to share.
 
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ArtOfWarfare said:
I feel like people over estimate how much of a problem this is. I live downtown in a fairly bad city. I get several packages delivered per week. In six years of living here, nothing has ever been stolen from my porch.

The cars I keep in the driveway (not the Tesla - that gets kept in the garage) have been vandalized multiple times, and I installed motion sensing lights to discourage that (they're also generally just really neat to have for when you're working outside at dusk), but nobody has ever stolen a package off my porch.
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I feel like you're underestimating how much of a problem this is. While I don't have packages stolen on a regular basis, the Neighbors app makes me keenly aware of how many packages are stolen in my area.


The idea that your anecdotal experience means everyone is over estimating the problem seems out of touch.
 
This will be ignored by literally every delivery driver who sees it on your porch.
 
4jasontv said:
I can't get DoorDash or GrubHub to ring my doorbell. The good drivers won't have time to do a Zoom call and the bad ones won't care.

Also, my drivers change daily. So who do I give the pin to?
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DoorDash and GrubHub both have “delivery instructions” you can pre-set that will be sent to whoever your delivery person happens to be.

Whether or not they pay attention to those instructions is a whole ‘nother issue.

All in all, i think this is a neat idea at a not-terrible price. I could see these types of things taking off with the influx of porch piracy.

However I’m not too confident with this thing actually making it to market- at least not with several delays or a price hike. I was burned one time on a Kickstarter and now just wait and see if these things succeed first. I hope I’m wrong and this becomes available next summer.
 
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Is it normal for Kickstarter prices to be so low because less than $200 for this seems unusually low.
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tribeaumes said:
My floor and walls are brick... no thanks.
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Brick can be drilled, and metal anchors inserted.And if you remove the unit, the holes can be filled in again. Easy.
 
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TheBlankPage said:
Calling -4°F "extreme weather" made me smile though. Obviously this isn't designed for Canada, the northern US or northern Europe... 😆
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Anker is based in Shenzhen, China - it's rather warm there year-round.

They probably felt they did their due diligence by asking someone in Silicon Valley "what's the coldest temperature you'd ever expect to see in your lifetime?", and the California dude's only point of reference was from a ski trip he took to Utah...
 
When I know I'm not going to be home, I use Amazon locker for what will fit and ship expensive packages to work. I haven't had any packages stolen but I once had two new iPhones left on the wrong street to thankfully nice folks who contacted me. Still, this is a cool concept.
 
Way to small for most packages, despite their claim. You see it stuffed with packages in their photo but those boxes would have to all be the size of an iPhone box in order to fit.
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Sneakz said:
No delivery driver is going to enter a pin to open this. They’re way too busy to bother.
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That's been the very common problem seen with these type of devices. You're lucky they don't throw the package at your place from the street. There's no chance they'll take the time to look up the pin to open it and place it inside.
 
Jon Rowlison said:
In other news, California is now reporting a hot new target for home thefts... apparently there's now an expensive metal drop box that may or may not contain other goodies like a amazon packages... boxes have been disappearing from people's porches and resold online.
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“Eufy invents real-world loot crates!”
 
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Apple Macintosh 128K said:
Way to small for most packages, despite their claim. You see it stuffed with packages in their photo but those boxes would have to all be the size of an iPhone box in order to fit.
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They can put the packages inside, with the lid propped open because the last one doesn’t quite fit.
That's been the very common problem seen with these type of devices. You're lucky they don't throw the package at your place from the street. There's no chance they'll take the time to look up the pin to open it and place it inside.
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I hear UPS will be equipping their delivery vans with package cannons, removing the need to talk up to the door.
 
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I have an excellent idea in use in Sweden that I'm willing to export:
Let packages be delivered to your nearest convenience store and you can pick it up from there just by stating the code you received via SMS when the driver drops the package off at the store.
No theft, no wondering if it has arrived or not.
The local convenience store gets a little more customers coming in and maybe uses the visit to get som groceries or snacks.
Everyone wins, except the package snatchers.
 
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Wish that this would work at the end my 700’ driveway certain drivers won’t use (looking at you Office Depot and fill in UPS guy), but no WiFi up there sadly. I was honestly wishing for something like this a couple of weeks ago - like when a random neighbor brought me two packages tossed on the side of the road 🙄.

I’m tempted to get at the Kickstarter price though.
 
bollman said:
I have an excellent idea in use in Sweden that I'm willing to export:
Let packages be delivered to your nearest convenience store and you can pick it up from there just by stating the code you received via SMS when the driver drops the package off at the store.
No theft, no wondering if it has arrived or not.
The local convenience store gets a little more customers coming in and maybe uses the visit to get som groceries or snacks.
Everyone wins, except the package snatchers.
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UPS and FedEx are doing that with Access Points here. I just noticed the c-store down the street was doing FedEx last week.

As a handmade seller I’d love to have access to a place u could drop off since I don’t let people come back here for porch pickup.
 
4jasontv said:
I can't get DoorDash or GrubHub to ring my doorbell. The good drivers won't have time to do a Zoom call and the bad ones won't care.

Also, my drivers change daily. So who do I give the pin to?
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You can input gate codes and other info on MyChoiceUPS.

Office Depot is my worst offender - and the way I order I didn’t know the last one was even coming until the neighbor drove up with it.
 
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