Battery Life is Awful

Cameras
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I am sure this topic has been beat to death ………I purchased 5 Wizen outdoor wireless cameras and for the first few days battery seemed stable. After about 5 days I get about 24-48 hours of battery life on all the cameras , some 48-72 hours but other 24-48. No recording schedules and all running in SD. Is this normal and Wyze marketing is just [Mod Edit] saying 3-6 months of battery life ?? Any suggestions on how to extend battery life ?

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How many activations per day would you estimate you are getting on those cameras?

That said, if that were the issue, I would expect they would have to be getting hammered rather hard to run down the battery in 1-3 days.

The estimated battery life of any battery operated camera is always based on a lot of time in standby and few activations per day.

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Great point , the motion sensor is on and they do get a bunch of activation day. I will experiment with turning it off to see if it makes a difference. Thanks for the input !

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Motion activations matter, but what are your firmware versions on both the Outdoor cam and the Base? There were several versions that would cause this issue on their own.

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Do you live view the camera at all? Can you post a screenshot of the “battery usage monitor” from the device info page (after the battery drains, before it drains complete ly and before you charge it).

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