Description
- Color night vision: An all-new Starlight Sensor records night time video in full, vivid color. The Starlight Sensor can see full color in environments up to 25x darker than traditional video cameras and the new f/1.6 aperture captures 2x more light.
- Indoor/Outdoor: Wyze Cam v3 is a wired video camera with an IP65 rating so you can confidently install it outside in the rain or inside in the kids’ room. Wyze Outdoor Power Adapter (sold separately) required for outdoor use. Phone Compatibility – Android 5.0+, iOS 9.0+.
- Motion & Sound detection: Wyze Cam records video when motion or sound is detected and sends an alert straight to your phone. Motion Detection Zones and custom settings allow you to adjust the sensitivity of detection or turn it off completely.
- 24/7 Continuous Recording: Continuous video recording with a 32GB MicroSD card (sold separately). Just insert the MicroSD into the base of the Wyze Cam and you’re all set.
- IFTTT certified connect all of your different apps and devices. When you sign up for a free account, you can enable your apps and devices to work together.
兄貴 –
設定値を低くしても明暗には非常に反応します（反応しすぎ）
画質は拘りがなければ普通に使えます
安定性も問題ないです。
動きがなくても10分弱くらいの間隔で通知が来る時がありうっとおしいです
ペットの監視用としては普通に使えます
zonzon28 –
WiFiの接続が切れる、SDカードへの画像の保存ができない。という現象が毎日起きていました。
USBケーブル5m+USB延長ケーブル5mで利用していたものを、
USBケーブルを3mのフラットケーブル（少し短くした）+5mのUSB延長ケーブルにしたらWiFiの接続、SDカードへの画像保存が常時できるようになりました。
結論ですが、電源供給用のUSBケーブルはできるだけ短いほうが良いみたいです。
Jose C. –
This camera is great and comes with a few ways to mount it. It has a magnetic base so you can slap it on a metal surface, it also comes with a metal ring you fan install on a wall and magnetize to it. The camera quality is good for the price, and the motion detection and capture features are also very nice. The camera has a really good nightvision mode as well. It does have a premium subscription that gives you a cloud storage and will record and playback for you but if you are looking for a good live cam this one is good. The subscription is 2 tiers and I believe one is $2.99/month and the other is $3.99/month and these will let you playback motion detection grabs, the free version will only show you screenshots of the initial motion detection. You can control the camera from the app so you can turn it on and off, as well as the night vision and it has a speaker so you can talk through it. The audio grab is also pretty decent.
SM –
Camaras muy recomendables para comprar, cuentan con gran calidad de imagen tanto de dia como de noche. el unico detalle es que para accesar a todas las caracteristicas de la camara, se debe pagar una suscripcion , que aunque no es mucho, puedes no sacarle provecho a todas las caracteristicas de la camara.
Si solo la necesitas para funciones basicas, esta perfecta si la usas con una tarjeta Micro SD donde te vaya grabando las alertas. ya que para grabar en la nube tiene costo adicional.
.Yo compre 2 a un precio de 599 pesos c/u. en color negro. el precio regular en mercado anda entre los 700 y los 1100 pesos. Asi que fue un gran deal.
candez –
This has been a great camera.
The first Wyze Cam I got was for a in-house baby monitor, and it was extremely important to me that I have the ability to have the camera fully off-line. Most cameras require internet connection and the images are fed through their servers. This was NOT what I wanted for my in-house baby monitor. I found Wyze, and purchased it with the peace of mind that my video would remain MY video. I loved how easy it was to set up, and how perfectly it has worked for several years now.
So when I wanted to purchase an outdoor camera, it was a no-brainer to get another Wyze Cam. I’ve had it for about a year, and recently purchased my second.
Installation
I use these with the light socket adapter, which screws into your light bulb socket, and adds a USB outlet for your camera. (It does NOT take the place of the light bulb – you can still use a bulb as well.) The USB plug fits snug to maintain weather resistance, and there is a sleeve to protect any connections.
Connecting
I have installed two of these, and they both took around 2 – 5 minutes to install. Download the app, power the camera and follow the voice prompts. You’ll need to scan a bar code from your phone, and press a button on the back of the camera (which can be a bit hard to reach if you’ve already mounted the camera). You do need to have a 2.4 GHz WiFi connection where you install the camera.
Camera
The night vision is great. I have two 60-watt bulbs for my entire large yard, but with the night vision I can clearly see all corners of the yard in full color. In the dead of night I can see to my mailbox, which is probably 100′ from the nearest camera and light bulb. Beyond the mailbox gets pretty dark, but if a car drives by I can still see the car well enough to identify the color, make and model. I would not be able to read a license plate from that distance, though, at night or in the day. The picture quality in my yard is good. It’s not movie-quality by any means, but it is good enough that I can get a clear look at people, pets, objects, vehicles and animals.
Motion Detection
The motion detection is good. Within my yard, it easily detects people and my dog moving around. It also detects when my motion-sensing lights at the far end of the yard turn on. And during major winds, it will also detect the movement of a large bush. You can set notifications in the app. The motion sensing notifications can get a bit much if you have people or pets moving about your yard regularly.
For my outdoor cameras, I opted for Wyze’s subscription to store motion events for a period of time (you can download them from the cloud if you want to keep them longer). With one of the subscription levels you can adjust the motion sensing so it does not trigger for known people and pets. It has worked well, though there was one event where I had hoped it would have recorded some vehicles driving by but they were too far away to trigger the recording. Recorded events are very easy to access within the app.
The subscriptions have some security features including the option to call for dispatch. I have not tried these features so I can’t speak to those.
Durability
I can’t speak to cold or snow, but my first outdoor camera has lasted through a year of incredible heat (120º), extreme UV exposure, severe sandstorms, massive amounts of super-fine dust, and the occasional thunderstorm without any problem. It is somewhat protected as it is installed under an eave, but it is otherwise exposed. I need to occasionally wipe off spider webs and dust, but it has lasted beautifully. I’ve had 0 problems with it in a year. After a power outage, it reconnects without a hitch.
Conclusion
Overall, I highly recommend this camera for its usability, privacy, quality and durability.
SM –
Pros:
– Good image and video quality for the cost, excellent night vision
– Can install MicroSD card for 24/7 video recording without paying a subscription fee
– Small camera that is easy to install
– App loads faster than other camera apps like Ring or Skybell
– Can display camera on a TV using Alexa and devices like a Fire TV stick
Cons:
– Must pay subscription for cloud-based storage
– Video can stutter with moving objects
– The Wyze Cam V3 Pro is not worth the extra money over the standard Wyze Cam V3
Review:
Wyze cameras are a low-cost option to add security cameras to your home both indoors and outdoors. I also use Ring and Skybell cameras which cost over two hundred dollars each, but purchased multiple Wyze cameras to cover additional locations for a lower cost. Installation does not require professional help as it can be as simple as sitting it against a window and plugging it into power to view outside your home (as opposed to hard wiring it outside or buying a camera that requires replacing a battery).
The software allows the image to be rotated 180 degrees if hung upside down but does not include any other rotation options (e.g. for side-mounting). However, the camera comes with a built-in swivel mount to attach it in different orientations (including side-mounting). It can be secured with screws, adhesive, or through the built in magnet in the base.
Image and video quality are good, especially for the price. The video quality is not as good as my wired Ring Floodlight Cam, but it still does a reasonable job. For example, the video can sometimes stutter or become pixelated with moving objects (e.g. moving car or person). Night vision is excellent and is better than my first-generation Ring Floodlight Cam (2017) and on par with my Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Plus (2021) but at a quarter the price. In low light conditions I see colour and can read my license plate in the dark with the street lights behind my car. In very dark conditions, I can see everything in black and white (even details like the bark on a tree). I can even see objects 50 feet away in the dark.
The Wyze camera requires a subscription to save videos to the cloud ($3.55 CAD / month, or $24.99 / year per camera). In comparison, Ring costs $5.99 / month or $59.99 / year per camera. One advantage Wyze has over Ring is it allows you to install a MicroSD card (not included) to record and play back videos 24/7 without paying for a subscription. It also captures thumbnails to show when motion is detected which you can then playback through the app by viewing the MicroSD. I installed a SanDisk 128GB High Endurance microSDHC and it worked right out of the box without special formatting.
Through the app, you can select which areas in the camera’s field of view to detect and notify you of motion. Unfortunately, I still get too many notifications even while using the Cam Plus paid service. Although I excluded the sidewalk and street in front of my house in my detection zone, the camera is still triggered by shadows (e.g. from cars or people) or sudden light changes (e.g. headlights).
I use my cameras indoors to look outdoors through a window. This picks up a lot of light reflection from my room (I can see my own reflection behind the camera) even when the camera is pressed right against the window. There is an optional Window Mount ($17.99), but I do not like the idea of sticking my camera to my window as I can no longer move it. Instead, I used electrical tape on my window to surround my camera by about 1 inch. This eliminated the reflection. Also be sure to disable your spotlight and Night Vision IR lights in very dark conditions as it can blind your camera due to reflection on the glass.
There is no switch to disable the mic on the camera for privacy. You can disable it in the app to prevent sound from recording, but in reality, it can still pick up sound. For example, when I used my Fire TV Stick to display my camera on my TV, I could hear the sound in the room my camera was installed. To get around this, I put electrical tape over the mic hole which physically prevents the camera from picking up sound. I tested this by placing a radio beside my camera and turning my phone volume up to maximum. I could not hear the radio at all through the app once the mic hole was covered.
Comparing the Wyze Cam V3 and the Wyze Cam V3 Pro:
The review I wrote above applies to both the Wyze Cam V3 and the Wyze Cam V3 Pro. The differences are listed below.
– Cost at time of writing: $44.99 (V3) vs $69.99 (V3 Pro)
– Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (V3) vs 2560 x 1440 (V3 Pro)
– Dimensions: Virtually identical (approximately 2 x 2 x 2” excluding the stand)
– Spotlight: V3 sold separately ($24.99), V3 Pro built in
Although the Pro has a higher resolution, from a practical standpoint it is difficult to see any real improvement in image quality over the standard V3 (see included picture comparison). In the app, the V3 actually operates faster than the Pro. For example, it takes an average of 0.96 s to skip 30 seconds backwards or forwards in the video for the V3 and 2.9s for the Pro (3 times longer). This is noticeable when you are trying to quickly skip through a video by pressing the skip button multiple times. This may vary with the speed of your MicroSD.
The biggest disadvantage the Pro has over the standard V3 is that it does not work with Cam Plus Lite. Wyze confirmed that Cam Plus Lite will only work with cameras released before 2/1/2021. Cam Plus Lite is the original cloud-based video storage Wyze offered customers for free. It provided 12 seconds of video storage on the cloud per event. The Pro model only provides low resolution thumbnails (640 x 360) for motion events. This may not be an issue for some users as you can still use the thumbnail to playback video from the microSD. However, a thief can simply steal your camera to prevent you from accessing your videos making cloud based storage important if you want video evidence of a theft. Unfortunately, the thumbnails are too low resolution to make out details which limits its effectiveness as a security camera.
Why buy the Wyze Cam V3 Pro over the standard V3?
– You want a built-in spotlight (Note that it is only motion activated, you cannot turn it on and off manually like you can with Ring)
– You plan to pay for the subscription and prefer the slightly better resolution
– You have an extra $25 you’d like to donate to Wyze
Overall, I gave the Wyze Cam V3 five out of five stars as it is an excellent option at a low-cost point. I gave the Wyze Cam V3 Pro three out of five. It is still an excellent camera, but not worth the extra money over the standard V3.
Kelly Daniels –
I like these little cameras! Setup was a breeze, picture quality is amazing, and the live feed is pretty much actually live (less than a 1 second delay for me, which was the best of all the newer cameras I tested – more about that below). Real time live video is important to me for various reasons. For example, one of my dogs keeps peeing in the house (marking), and if I can’t catch him just before he pees then he’s never going to learn to stop doing that. With a delay of even 3-4 seconds, I would be too late.
These cameras are small and light. The base is magnetic and very adjustable, and there are also adhesive and screw-in options for mounting. Low light performance is exceptional – the IR night vision isn’t needed until it’s pretty much completely dark.
The app is so-so.. it is responsive and more or less intuitive, and it does have all the basic capabilities needed. It just lacks some features that I would have liked. For example, you can’t fast forward through event videos or continuous recordings. To jump to other points you have to move a bar on the timeline.. it is very difficult to skip just a tiny bit ahead. I keep going too far, then going back too far or not far enough, and it’s a pain. You have to guess where to look for things.
For this reason, continuous recording was not a great solution for me, because it was too hard to find events. Recording events only is better, but I’d still like the ability to fast forward, or to see the actual video as you move your finger along the timeline.
Speaking of recording events only to your SD card: SD card recordings are NOT subject to the 12 second video/5 minute cooldown that you get with the free cloud recordings. If you choose “events only” in the settings, it will break time into 1 minute increments, and it will continue recording until motion stops. This wasn’t made clear in any of the documentation I could find, and the live chat agent gave me incorrect information. I almost gave up and returned these before even opening them, but first I decided to message them on Facebook. The Facebook messenger representative gave me the correct information and links to where I could find more detailed information on their website. So, crisis averted.
The audio is pretty terrible in recorded events. It sounds like you’re talking from across a long tunnel while holding your hand over the microphone. When right up next to the camera outside, I can understand speech, but it still does not sound good. It is slightly better indoors. I don’t know what the sound is like for the live feed though, and I don’t know how it sounds when I talk through the camera. (I haven’t had anyone here to help me test things like that. The dogs won’t cooperate, they all want to be in the same room as me all the time).
For me, the fact that there is almost no lag in the live video more than makes up for the shortcomings in audio. Plus the price is great — a lot more than they were before May, unfortunately, but still very competitively priced. As soon as they’re in stock anywhere, I’ll be adding two pan cameras for inside, and maybe their doorbell, depending on whether or not there is enough space on my door frame.
Here are all the cameras I’ve had/tried, to give you all some comparisons. This will be long, but the summary is that between Dericam, Blink, Eufy, Eufy Solo, LittleElf, and Wyze, I liked the Wyze ones best.
I did not test Ring because they are really expensive and have no options for local storage at all. You have to pay for a subscription for each camera if you want to view recordings. I didn’t test Arlo because they’re expensive and I hadn’t gotten to them yet. No need to do more testing now though, I’m keeping the wyze cameras.
1. Original indoor cameras that I want to replace – Dericam 1080P P2, indoor pan/tilt, purchased in 2017. They’re old now and are showing their age, but there is virtually no lag time at all in the live feed, and you get all features and local storage without ever paying any fees. The app is kind of buggy and annoying (and slow by today’s standards), but these cameras served me well for 3-4 years. They are deteriorating now though, and it’s time for an upgrade.
2. Blink mini outdoor, 5 camera kit (ordered on prime day, so I got a really good deal). The Blink cameras were really nice (image quality, sound, features, ease of installation), but I had a consistent 3 second delay in the live feed. (My network is not the issue.) It’s really too bad, those seemed perfect otherwise. I tried every single troubleshooting step and anything that other people mentioned having done in message boards. No difference though, I always had a 3 second delay, so I returned them.
3. Littlelf 1080P, pan/tilt etc. Priced around what wyze cameras cost. As far as I can tell this company only makes indoor cameras, so I would have had to get a different brand for outside, and use two apps to keep track of my house. Not really want I want, but Lifflelf promised the ability to see multiple live streams at the same time, so I wanted to try them. That feature does work and is actually really nice. Good image quality (but not as good as the other newer ones), good audio, an app that was a little clunky but definitely usable… but I had a 4 second delay with these cameras, so they went back.
4. Eufy – EufyCam E, 2-cam kit. These were by far the most expensive cameras I tried, but they promise a year of battery life, and I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to get power outside at that point. The cameras seem really solid and well made. I had no trouble adding the homebase and camera, although I did have a lot of trouble creating my account in the first place. The app seemed less intuitive than Blink or Wyze – (not a dealbreaker), but worked. Image quality was great, sound was great, but I found that these had a 3-4 second delay. For the price, they would have had to be perfect.
5. Eufy Solo IndoorCam P22 (pan/tilt), and Solo OutdoorCam C22 (which looks like a big eyeball, I really liked the design). The price of the indoor cameras was similar to Wyze, but their outdoor cameras were a lot more. I thought that since these cameras connect directly to wifi and not to a base, they’d be faster. I was wrong though, I had the same 3-4 second delay as with the other Eufy cameras. Video quality is great, but not as good as the wyze v3 in my opinion. Audio quality was really good with these. But the delay was a dealbreaker.
The End. I applaud you if you got this far!
ヴィセント –
思ったより良い