Lets make sure we got this Wyze cam thing halfway straight at least! They are toys... but somewhat useful toys.

I have one Wyze cam "outdoor" version. It is battery powered and kind of sux in the way it functions. Battery has to be recharged once a month. It can be handy for placing where there is no power but it can not be set to record 24/7 (would kill the battery) and it can not be connected to constant power, but some have hacked it and possababally a solar solution in the works. Unlike the regular Wyze cams they require the extra base station to connect to your network, not just wifi.

BUT, I also have...
3 V2 and 2 V3 Wyze cams. All are outdoors in cheap 3rd party covers. I have a couple that have been outside over two years, but somewhat protected vi the house overhang. They plug into a regular 120 volt receptacle via a usb cable and small wall wart. They connect via wifi to your home network and can be viewed remotely on a smart phone. They can not be viewed on a desktop, only via an app, smartphone or tablet.

You have to buy a memory card for each one. The motion triggered alerts you get for free are hosted on Wyze servers but are only 12 seconds long with a wait period in between of 5 minutes. To get full length alert videos you can subscribe for a couple bucks a month, per camera.


Even with out a paid subscription, if you have a memory card in the camera, you can record 24/7 and recall and view past recorded video. When the card is full the oldest video gets overwritten.

I do not have one of their pan tilt cameras.

I paint some of mine to be less noticeable.

They also have some motion sensors and door/magnetic sensors etc.


Spot the camera?



Here it is close up.

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Oversee the Driveway





Front porch, See the camera? Both cameras? Not really hiding them just make a little less obvious. And yes, someone could steal them easily.





This is the "outdoor" wireless camera.



Just set it anywhere needed and it works if it is in range of its base station wireless.



And here is the Wyze base station. It is hard wired to my network, ethernet, but I think they have a wifi version now, or in the works. The base station is not needed for the V@ or V# Wyze cams.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:


Turret cameras are generally preferred over bullets because they are less inclined to collect spider webs.

For $15 get one of these https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod..._title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

place it about 3 feet to the right or left of your cam, turn off the cam's IR, and you will never have a spider web again.

I can tell you that if it's too far away you make shadows, so keep it about 3 feet away. To close and the webs are back.

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Originally posted by radioman:

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:


Turret cameras are generally preferred over bullets because they are less inclined to collect spider webs.

For $15 get one of these https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod..._title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Yes to both spiders and the separate light. Insecticide helps, I spray around the house periodically anyway.

I have a few motion activated LED flood light as well. In the linked video it has just been triggered and you see the camera adjust.

This is the Wyze came V3 at my back door, the first photo I posted in my post above...

Link

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Originally posted by cparktd:
Lets make sure we got this Wyze cam thing halfway straight at least! They are toys... but somewhat useful toys.

I would call it an inexpensive tool that works rather than calling it a toy.

Just very early this morning at 3:12a I was alerted of a young guy in my daughter's driveway next to my pickup looking around. Scared the piss out of him with an old big guy wearing just a pair of sleeping shorts holding a large can of riot pepper spray calling him out if he was lost or what the heck. Kid kept sayng he was sorry and was looking for a Lime scooter. Back in the house I check the Lime app and there was a scooter in my area but closer to the neighbor's house ... whose boys ride those scooters.

Bottom line, this "toy" worked.

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Cool so that outer case for the wyze pan cam pretty much completed the package. Thanks all for your help!

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Originally posted by HRK:
If I'm reading correctly this means if the battery takes a dive you have no choice but to trash the whole unit or run it off the usb port loosing the solar/battery if it will run at all with the battery going kaput.

Possibly. Conversely: If "long-lasting" means Li-Ion, it'll probably last the life of the rest of the device, anyway.

I wouldn't regard a $140 PTZ security camera as a long-term investment Economical outdoor PTZ cameras (Dahua, Hikvision) start at closer to three times that and the good stuff double or triple those.