All of my v3 cameras have been working great too. All v3 cameras are on firmware 4.36.13.0416 and I am still on App version 2.50 might why I am happy with my Wyze setup.
It has been my experience that the new app is way more buggy and unstable. I have all seven cameras in a group and when I open the group, sometimes one or two cameras will fail to load and show as being offline. When I click on that camera and go in a single view it loads fine. Back to group view still shows as offline. Exiting the app it will fix the issue. The behaviour is intermittent and un reproducible at will.
Hey @bryonhu what models of Reolink do you have, if you don’t mind me asking?
The 4k 8mb cams are what I am using.
PTZ’s are Trackmix dual-cams with 6x optical zoom
Fixed cams that are used in places I had Wyze V3’s are the Lumus Pro 4k 8mb, and RLC-810’s
And some other models I’m looking at in the 4k 8mb series in the future.
It’s a work in progress currently so I am running both Reolink and Wyze but will eventually take out Wyze and sell or give them away.
If I do the math on this…Considering you would rate Wyze somewhere around 2%, then a 100% increase over that means Reolink still sucks at only 4% reliable ![]()
Or wait, sometimes you would rate Wyze in the negatives, so a 100% increase of a negative number would actually mean reolink is twice as bad as Wyze! ![]()
Haha j/k, couldn’t resist making a joke for fun.
I looked at buying a couple of reolink cams recently just to get one to try out, but they were all really expensive compared to other options like Wyze. Then I went to Reddit to check what people had to say about Reolink and surprisingly it was full of all the same complaints people make about Wyze. So it seemed like the main difference in experience was the price.
Though I give hats off to Reolink for including edge AI free, rtsp, and poe options. Those are the 3 things that tempt me to try one. But they’ll have to be on a flash sale or something. Even their black Friday rates were too expensive to tempt me enough. ![]()
Reolink’s cost about double a Wyze cam that is true.
But there is no subscription needed, not hobbled like Wyze if you don’t subscribe.
Lots more storage options.
Definitely less maintenance than Wyze with the SD cards randomly corrupting and needing reformatting to record to SD again.
This happens randomly and when I usually find out is when I try to review something in continuous recordings.
Same SD work fine in Reolink’s as I transfer them over to replacement Reolink’s. Not one has had the SD card corrupt and stop recording in over a year.
Cannot say that about Wyze V3’s
For me NOT having to deal with the random unreliability of Wyze frees up that time and frustration. So for me double the price is well worth it in time saved.
My previous cameras were Amcrest. Sold them all when I bought my first Wyze V1 camera. The image quality was much better and the setup was a breeze compared to the Amcrest.
In all my 50+ Wyze cams since 2020, not a single one has ever corrupted an SD card.
I have had that problem with Eufy though.
But if yours have had that problem, I can understand the frustration.
I do give Reolink props for having official RTSP, but I do have to say that I use RTSP on all my Wyze cams just fine and save recordings to my NAS for important cams.
And Frigate and other options are good enough for free detections since you can create detections for basically ANYTHING and do Smart home triggers with basically anything all for free, still using a Wyze cam.
So far, none of those rationales are extremely compelling to me since I don’t have that issue with Wyze and my Wyze cameras work well for both of those things.
I don’t begrudge you having a different preference though. But it’s currently not worth twice the cost or more to me at this time. I’ll still probably get a reolink camera eventually just to try it out, but I do have cameras from at least 5 other competitors, and so far they each have their own issues, and my lurking in reolink forums shows people also complaining about SD cards and other things people complain about with Wyze, so I’m not super convinced they’re hugely different. I would not be shocked to learn they have similar suppliers too.
Edit: Interesting, I did some surface level investigating and was only able to confirm Reolink uses Chinese suppliers, but they have done a good job at hiding who use as their suppliers and they refuse to have shipments sent directly from their suppliers so it doesn’t get logged on public shipping records either. I have nothing against Chinese suppliers myself. basically every tech company uses them, including Apple, Dell, HP, Samsung, etc. Some of the highest quality electronic products even come from certain contracted Chinese suppliers from some of those brands and many others, so I have no qualms using products from Chinese suppliers at all (though some people do). I am just extremely surprised they went out of their way to keep it fairly confidential.
consider yourself lucky. I got a collection of defunct Wyze cams. 2 spotlight cams V1 (beta product at best) 3 OG Wyze cams, 2 V2’s and 2 V3’s. The other 13 of various ages work, mostly. I should have invested in my Lorex system earlier. It works 100% and zero failures over 5 years, no subscriptions required.
Maybe I should play the lottery!
I do have a Tapo that is rock solid. I saw the Wyze outdoor pan on sale and got one as a gift for my wife and then saw an article mention the comparable Tapo that can read a license plate “at the end of the driveway “. That is why my wife wanted a pan cam for so I ordered one of those as well. I’ll report back later on which one she likes best.
OOps, meant the FLOODLIGHT, the first one they released was not ready for primetime, IMO
Wyze is never ready for primetime
Before one model is even near being stable, they release a new model and update app further breaking things.
Since the new model is released the previous models never attain a stable firmware, Rinse and Repeat
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I must be lucky.
No issues.
I stopped buying any wyze cams at V3 & V3 pan
Haven’t tried nor will I try anymore Wyze cams.
Started with V1 then V2 and done at V3
Back in V1 and V2 days they were on track and then around V3 they decided to expand beyond cameras and that’s when all the issues started with poorly written firmware and app software. Probably due to all the different products they’re trying to add to it.
Good for you that you don’t have issues ![]()
I would say my Wyze cams are 90% reliable but that 10% bothers me especially when something happens at that time and the camera gives the “can’t play event error 07” or the SD card in cameras stopped recording and needs a format, or my favorite the lens sucked water on an outdoor (supposedly) rated cam.
Then hearing the new cams can suck water into lens from other users, sealed the deal for me, no more wasting money on Wyze products.
I should have a “Fire Sale
” and sell off all the remaining working V3’s (20+) and the 2 V3 pans ![]()
I can understand and appreciate your point of view.
I can see where issues are bound to occur. I keep my cams inside. I don’t buy pan or battery cams. Luckily, I haven’t ventured into vacuums and thermostats. I do enjoy the threads concerning things I don’t buy, just to keep pace with what’s going on.
Luckily I have had good experiences with v2, v3, v4 and OG. I couldn’t find a valid use for OG-Tel.
For my situation, my Wyze experience has been good. I just use the fixed cams without batteries. My cams are in a protected environment, running on clean UPS power and good wifi. I guess if I ran them outside with moving parts, I might not have been as lucky.
Even though I like Wyze, our relationship is not monogamous. I still like to see what others have to offer.
I am rough on the cams LoL, see my older post for reference ![]()
LoL and Amazingly this V3 has not had the lens seal failure that others have seen.
A new Reolink Trackmix PTZ 4K has been installed at this location now too, I will see how it fares in this location that sees hot summer’s and cold winter’s ![]()
That V3 was one of the first batches of V3’s Wyze made,
As far as power I don’t use the Wyze spontaneously combusting USB power supplies (search “Adapter caught fire” here on Wyze) - ** Note mine never caught fire because I rarely use them ![]()
The power to my outdoor V3’s and V3 pans is very clean power and post regulated at each camera.
I recently updated this system to accommodate 12 volt Reolink’s
I will say Wyze is good for the budget minded people.
I think it’s more of a “hobby” cam than a true “security cam” but it does fit the need for some.
I have always said that.
It took me a couple minutes to decipher your photo. We don’t have that white stuff here.


