

They do not work for your specific set up and that is sad however it is time for you to move on. I have read all of your posts the past few weeks and there is one obvious outcome here… these cameras don’t work for you. If I was the only one reporting connectivity issues, that would be one thing, but I see reports all over the place and even admissions from Wyze that there are issues. Wyze V1 was never ready for market and these persistent connectivity issues are evidence. Even if I were able to connect, it is more likely that the camera will disconnect before it even fills in the playback timeline. It’s now 3:42 and I still haven’t been able to connect to the camera to do the playback. This is based on advertised performance and actual real world behavior. I know based on my previous rant against Wyze that I will be met with the scorn of the fan boys (and girls), but this isn’t some unfounded negative stance. Wyze Cams may be great for capturing wildlife, time lapse videos of clouds, keeping track of pets and inconsequential actions in and around your home, but if you want a camera that is reliable, connects on demand, records what it needs to record and can deliver video to you when you want it (read a DIY security camera), the folks at Wyze aren’t there yet.

All of this likely hours after the actual event. I would have to go home, remove the card (shift the view of the camera because the mount isn’t fixed - magnet seems a good idea but it is a cheap solution that they play up as innovative) and then compile 60 second clips to see what happened. But wait, the utter lack of stable connectivity means I can’t do that remotely. Thank goodness I have SD cards, I can just use the playback feature. There is an alert at 3:05, but it is a sound alert and there is NOTHING in the image. So you would think that the two cameras with a view that includes the patio door (one is straight on, the other extremely oblique) would give alerts and capture a 12 second clip of a maintenance staff person entering my apartment. The patio door was opened just 2 minutes after I spoke with maintenance to disable the sirens (before they entered). It was maintenance.Īt 3:05, I got notifications from my DIY security system (Korner Security - cannot recommend). Please note that these people did have permission to enter, but they are not me. So today marked the first time that my cameras (6 in all) could have demonstrated their ability to detect and capture people in my apartment.
