Wyze Cam Outdoor v1 Add-On Camera

We love it! The absolute perfect answer to an affordable outdoor camera. The quality is beyond expectations and the picture is crisp clear. The battery has held up to the time advertised and I still haven't had to charge mine since we put them up 2+ months ago. We are a huge fan of Wyze products!!

The Wyze outdoor cam performs really well! After 8 weeks the battery of cam 1 is at 79%. I now have added a second outdoor camera at the swimming pool that gets rained on etc and is about 80 feet from the Wyse base but it performs great with good signal.

This is a great outdoor cam. I have used it for 48 days with 25 % battery remaining today. Realistically, it may last me two months before I need to recharge it as i spent a good amount of time doing all the adjustments. The biggest disappointment is there is a big down time when you have to remove the unit and charge it. It would be nice it can be like Arlo that a second batch of rechargeable batteries always ready and the down time is only couple mins.

This camera has exceeded my expectations. The camera seems to be lasting well dropping at about 1% every 24 hours with motion and alerts. Definitely need to spend time perfecting the sensitivity range and angle before leaving it alone for good. I wish it had some way to index the mount so you could return it to the same spot after charging. Perfect for keeping an eye on packages and the curious neighbor looking at the yard. Only con is the need to have the booster hardwired to ethernet. I've got a larger home and I'd need to have a separate booster for the camera on the back of the house. This is going to require a second router.

The camera works well and here in the beginning, the battery life is good. Couple issues though, the detection area cannot be customized like the V2 which is leading to too many recording events since I can't block out the adjacent street. Also, I can't restrict notifications to only person detection, so I'm getting a lot of notifications. I have the sensitivity and distance set very low, but it is still not enough to restrict the events im seeing.

Initially I thought it was a great value but since I posted mine near the front door of my house the resolution doesn't look that clear. I hope it is just an issue of my specific camera. I would like to purchase another Outdoor camera if the resolution of the camera is as good as it is supposed to be on all the outdoor cameras. I own 3 indoor and 1 outdoor camera by the way.

- the price point is very attractive - video quality is good - battery life is decent - the IR cannot discern between plant movement and animal/people movement, so motion detection is useless. - the depth of the detection range is small, so it won't detect movement very deep into the yard, away from house. - other offerings have more settings to help the cam do detection more accurately

- Poor connection to wi-fi hub inside even though it's not too far away and is mounted high up. - Battery doesn't last nearly as long as estimated even when not recording. - Detection area on app not working for this camera. - Motion of people coming near camera not showing up in Events 4 out of 5 times even with Camera Plus. - No Playback feature like Cam v2 and Pan is biggest disappointment cos I expect Outdoor Cam functions to have the same or more features. Since there's no Playback option, continuous recording is needed to be scheduled on microsd which then drains the battery within days. For an outdoor camera, Playback is needed to review what went on outside like the front porch in case of mail theft. Also, WYZE, please make TIMELAPSE OF ENTIRE DAY an option to turn on (or off) to record on microsd FOR ALL CAMERAS where recording is one default predetermined interval setting (entire day's time-lapse on a 40-60 second video). This helps review previous days at super fast speeds when looking for specific events such as for porch pirates. When event is quickly found thru time-lapse, I can view Playback (on cameras that have Playback) in normal speed at approximate date and time indicated in the time lapse. I think this is a crucial time saving feature especially for Outdoor cameras but great for all cameras. These functions are essential even without cloud service cos people dont sit to watch a live stream all day long to look for events, and some motion/sound events are not even being identified or flagged in Events.

I really wanted to give this more stars because of how much I love your other products. Your outdoor cam is really laggy (doesn't capture real-time) and blazes through battery life (I have made sure to point my cam away from the street to not pick up cars, etc). This is the first Wyze product I'm disappointed in and I maxed out the three additional outdoor cams on preorder that I don't know what to do with.

Takes ALOT of internet to run the camera, also it's hit and miss if it will show a picture.. I've unplugged the one I installed and have never hooked up the second one. Am a firm believer in the other cameras but this one still needs some work. Thanks!!