expireddubba-low | Staff posted Jun 14, 2024 11:51 PM
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expireddubba-low | Staff posted Jun 14, 2024 11:51 PM
Costco Members: Wyze Security Cams: Wyze Cam v3 1080p Camera
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I have several of the Wyze V3s and several of the Tapo C120s, and they're all good, but the C120s are better for my use case:
Tapo pros:
Reliable live view
Reliable recording to microsd
Native RTSP support
Easy access to microsd recordings by zooming in on timeline or playing at 4x
AI includes vehicles, pets, and people
Tapo cons:
No rich notifications in mobile app
Wyze v3 pros:
Reliable live view
Reliable recording to microsd
Rich notifications
free cloud backup of 12 second event videos
cons:
5-minute cool-down period between notifications
AI for people only
Tedious to find events that occur during cool-down period without pulling microsd
No native RTSP, but there are workarounds like Tinycam pro
Overall, if you want live view and microsd recording just-in-case then they both work fine. If you're fine with the 5-minute-cool-down-period then Wyze v3 has better notifications. If you need to regularly review events that could happen more frequently than every 5 minutes (i.e. did mailman come 2 mins after a car drove by) then Tapo is the way to go.
Both offer more features if you pay monthly, but I can only speak to the free plans.
Viewing Playback with a MicroSD Card through Live View still works, it's only the Playback (direct view to timestamp on SD card) in the Event Clips that is bugged.
So users now have to either write down or memorize the exact time, then go to Live View, then Playback & scroll to the time to see the full event (before & after the 12 second clip).
This bug first appeared around February 2024, a Wyze Employee claimed in April they found the cause, but so far there is still no fix & honestly doesn't look like they'll fix it since we're on the free grandfathered Cam Plus Lite subscription.
Here are some of the more active threads about this issue:
https://forums.wyze.com/t/playbac...out/292957
https://forums.wyze.com/t/playbac...iew/296184
Pre-ordered V4 off their site, apparently it came with a free subscription that was activated at purchase, I was billed a month later and even after contacting their CS they would not refund me. Note that the cams weren't even opened yet. Y u do dis wyze?
Their move to aggressive sub models is gross.
Thanks for listening to my sadpepe story.
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Both offer more features if you pay monthly, but I can only speak to the free plans.
Thanks to Deal Hunter dubba-low for finding this deal.
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This will be my 4th, that will go back if not fixed.
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I need it sooner than that so anyone know if next Tuesday might mean even later this week or not possible?
It showed the date I ordered it and expected delivery date as only a few days later.
The date that I received it was exactly the expected delivery date. So that means this camera will take over a week to receive? When others order this or check the estimated delivery date, is everyone else showing next Tuesday? Or some people are different?
https://www.amazon.com/Vision-Ind...184&sr=8-3
edit: did you try clearing app cache? from googling, In the App click on Account then App Settings. You should be able to clear the App Cache.
edit2: I just setup the same v3 and at the step where it asked to confirm/continue with the 3-month offer, I declined and backed up a step and could proceed without attaching camplus. then I went into my account and successfully attached campus lite to this camera. No issues
- Not showing all cameras. It randomly shows some cameras and when you refresh, it shows others
- Longer load time to show the live views
- When you choose one Cam and then go back, it again takes a lot of time to load the live views
- You need a TV with Chromecast
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