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Wyze Cam Pan v3 Indoor/Outdoor Wi-Fi Home Security Camera w/ Motion Tracking Expired

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Various Retailers have Wyze Cam Pan v3 Indoor/Outdoor Wi-Fi Smart Home Security Camera with Motion Tracking (Black or White) on sale for $29.98. Shipping is free.

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Includes 3 months of cam plus worth $10, (cam + AI ) configuration

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BX7FM4D9 [amazon.com]


Wyze Cam Pan v3, the pot-bellied little pan-and-tilt wonder who's about to answer all your home monitoring needs. Forget about pets and people leaving the camera's field-of-view. With 360° horizontal range, and a full 180° vertical range, the "field-of-view" is the entire room. And with an IP65 weather rating, that field-of-view can now extend to the outdoors—sun, rain, wind, or snow. Automated surveillance, whisper-quiet operation, and smart AI detections and tracking, all in a perfect, portly little package. Wyze Cam Pan v3 proves that even if you're adorable, you can still be an action hero. Outdoor power adapter sold separately.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C426QPDX [amazon.com]
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Not mandatory at all, you have the option to decline the Cam Plus trial when setting up.
Not mandatory.

Wyze is hands-down the best budget setup if you know how to use it.
Not at all. Grab a 32gb or better micro SD card and do a Google.

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BaseShip
05-26-2024 at 07:50 PM.
05-26-2024 at 07:50 PM.
Quote from drinkingbird :
One word of warning, even though this cam supports mounting upside down, they are not water resistant in that configuration, even if under an eave etc. Even when I put silicone grease around the power plug, water still got in.
Can you give more detail as to why that is? Is it because the hole is on bottom, and upside-downed it exposed the hole to water more? Thanks
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ECarlson
05-26-2024 at 08:47 PM.
05-26-2024 at 08:47 PM.
Quote from helicopter2 :
That makes sense. I have both of these cameras outside and can't tell a difference at night. The Pan V3 heavily advertises (Deceptively) "color night vision" which just doesn't exist. I've had the Cam V3 for a few years already so I was expecting something much different with this new one.... nope lol
Turn off night vision, and you will have color night vision. Works on all my V3 and newer cameras.
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05-26-2024 at 08:48 PM.
05-26-2024 at 08:48 PM.
Quote from helicopter2 :
I have this. There is no color night vision. Just decent low light sensors.
Turn off night vision, and you will have color night vision. Works on all my V3 and newer cameras.
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05-26-2024 at 08:49 PM.
05-26-2024 at 08:49 PM.
Quote from cowbe0x004 :
Nope, no custom firmware exist on pan v3. People have tried to reverse the firmware but apparently hardware hack is needed.
I believe it does, but not from Wyze.
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05-26-2024 at 08:54 PM.
05-26-2024 at 08:54 PM.
Quote from foxfai :
Where did they said it's mandatory?
It's not mandatory. I only have a subscription on 2 of my 18+ Wyze cameras. They all have SD cards.
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05-26-2024 at 08:57 PM.
05-26-2024 at 08:57 PM.
Quote from BaseShip :
Can you give more detail as to why that is? Is it because the hole is on bottom, and upside-downed it exposed the hole to water more? Thanks
I found two points of entry. The 90 degree rubber boot on the power cord isn't sealed to the cord. so even though I put dielectric grease on the outside of the boot and had a drip loop, it ran along the short amount of cord that is flat on top (well, technically the bottom) then inside the boot. So some grease or sealant around where the cord enters the boot would probably help that. But the second point is where the camera rotates, the round base that mounts to the wall mount, I suppose greasing around that might work but I didn't want to take any more chances. Mounting it right side up wasn't quite as ideal for where I have it but it is sufficient.

I have seen some that built like a little curved roof to put over it, but I still think driving rain could make its way in.

I actually put the camera in rice and it seems to work ok now, so kept it as a backup (actually was surprised they didn't backlist it). But the power cord had water inside the connector and a bit of corrosion so tossed that.

The SD card slot is also a potential point of entry even though it has rubber covers, but I just covered that (and the power button) with white electrical tape, nothing seemed to get in there.

I guess if it was totally up under an eave it might be fine. Mine was about a foot below it due to a gutter being in the way if it was mounted all the way up.

Generally the consensus is none of their cameras maintain the IP65 rating if upside down outside, but for the non-pan cameras, I would guess covering the sd card slot and power button with electrical tape would probably work for those (as well as a drip loop on the power cord which should be done regardless, all the mounts have a provision to do that easily).

My one main wish is that they would allow less compression for video on the SD card, right now it is the same compression (over 99%) as the video uploaded to their servers. But I think that is probably not possible, the video is likely compressed prior to any recording/upload. I'd happily sacrifice amount of time video is kept for better clarity on moving objects. But as it is, it is still very good.
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05-26-2024 at 09:05 PM.
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Turn off night vision, and you will have color night vision. Works on all my V3 and newer cameras.
I think people are expecting some sort of color thermal image or something. There is no such thing. "Color night vision" is just a good low light sensor. With the street lights here, it records very good quality color video at night.

My driveway one does not have quite enough ambient light, so the IR LEDs do come on. The problem with those is they attract bugs in the summer and also reflect off rain so trigger a lot of motion detections. There is currently a feature request (which I've voted for) to enable night vision IR LEDs only when motion is detected, which should basically solve this. They have a list of new rules they're working on and are taking votes on which ones to do first.
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05-26-2024 at 11:15 PM.
05-26-2024 at 11:15 PM.
Quote from drinkingbird :
I think people are expecting some sort of color thermal image or something. There is no such thing. "Color night vision" is just a good low light sensor. With the street lights here, it records very good quality color video at night.

My driveway one does not have quite enough ambient light, so the IR LEDs do come on. The problem with those is they attract bugs in the summer and also reflect off rain so trigger a lot of motion detections. There is currently a feature request (which I've voted for) to enable night vision IR LEDs only when motion is detected, which should basically solve this. They have a list of new rules they're working on and are taking votes on which ones to do first.
I use an external IR light not close to the camera. Works great in true night mode, and the V3 and newer are all much better in that mode too than a V2.
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05-26-2024 at 11:27 PM.
05-26-2024 at 11:27 PM.
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I use an external IR light not close to the camera. Works great in true night mode, and the V3 and newer are all much better in that mode too than a V2.
So I'm guessing you're one of the ones voting for a rule to enable night mode during certain hours, since with the external IR illuminator it never switches (or if it does, it switches back off)?

I considered using an external light but the internal one is plenty for my purposes (other than the reflection issue I mentioned that was fixed with some black paint), if they can make it so it is activated by motion to eliminate the false positives it will be perfect for me.
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05-26-2024 at 11:33 PM.
05-26-2024 at 11:33 PM.
Quote from IndigoMorning6118 :
Not mandatory.

Wyze is hands-down the best budget setup if you know how to use it.
Does it have a solar setup for $20 ish like many other China cams do? Solar is crazy good. Install and forget, it just works. Show me solar at least 3MP and im in.
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05-27-2024 at 01:06 AM.
05-27-2024 at 01:06 AM.
Don't buy this one guys. I had these. It will keep disconnecting from the wifi. The connection is very unstable. Also takes long time to load and some time never able to connect to the server. My router wifi is decent connected through 1Gb fiber. Other cameras work fine just these specific model.
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05-27-2024 at 02:22 AM.
05-27-2024 at 02:22 AM.
I plan to use this in a different country so cannot go for the subscription/cloud package. Will pair/register this camera in person with the Wyze app on my phone first.

If I have this camera in a different country, use a SD card and have WiFi connectivity, can I view the footage recorded and stored in the SD card from my phone app in the US?
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05-27-2024 at 02:58 AM.
05-27-2024 at 02:58 AM.
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Woot? Mine was DOA also.
No, my used camera came from Amazon.
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05-27-2024 at 03:15 AM.
05-27-2024 at 03:15 AM.
Quote from IndigoDirt6252 :
I plan to use this in a different country so cannot go for the subscription/cloud package. Will pair/register this camera in person with the Wyze app on my phone first.

If I have this camera in a different country, use a SD card and have WiFi connectivity, can I view the footage recorded and stored in the SD card from my phone app in the US?

Yes. You don't have to be on the same network to watch live footage
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05-27-2024 at 03:19 AM.
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When you get a notification, are you able to watch 12 second clip just like camlite? Or see just a photo of the recorded motion?
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