Bought my second Wyze. First one from 2 years ago was great, but the swivel on the base (the white disk at the bottom of the camera itself) on this one, is much too lose. Touching the cable causes the camera to rotate. Tried to slide a small piece of thin clamshell plastic into the gap (a Google s…

Hello, @silverthunderbird . While we don’t recommend making any significant changes such as removing/modifying the product itself, I would recommend clipping the cable in with cable clips you could find at your local hardware store or on Amazon to prevent the cable from moving. Kenner

A Small tab of clear plastic, cut ,from , any blister pack, slide it into the gap between the camera housing and the part that rotates that will tighten it up, About 1/4" wide 1/2" long I have done this on 3 of them and they have not fallen out

As I mentioned, I tried to get a small piece of blister pack plastic to fit in the gap, but it wouldn’t fit. Maybe it was too heavy a gauge, but it was all I had on hand. Was hoping there was a hidden screw that I could simply tighten, Also not pleased with the suggestion of having to secure the ca…

See my post here as it might help with your issue: [image] Loose base Cameras I have five v2 Wyze Cams, three that are firm and two (received recently) that are loose. I took one apart to see what might be the issue and found that the base design is two plastic plates scre…

Interesting. Will keep this in mind if I buy another one. Received the replacement. While not as good as the cam I bought some time ago, is decidedly better than the returned unit. Would’ve liked to have tried the plastic wedge trick, but couldn’t get a piece to fit. This appears to be a more perm…

Happy to hear your new camera had a better base. When I get time I’ll have to take a digital caliper and measure the case and gap on an older camera and a new one to see if I can collect more data.

I would look forward to seeing those results. :slight_smile:

Loose swivel base question

Services & Integrations

tscamera July 10, 2019, 3:43am 5

See my post here as it might help with your issue:

Topic		Replies	Views
Loose WYZE cam V2 base - swivel Cameras not-platform-specific	25	5022	August 14, 2022
V2 Wyze Cam base swivel lock Maybe Later maybe-later	19	2120	August 14, 2022
Loose base Cameras support	6	4605	August 14, 2022
WazeCam v2 Base Cameras support	8	1445	July 10, 2019
WCO base not strong enough to hold camera :( Cameras not-platform-specific , cam-outdoor-v1	16	1941	August 14, 2020

Loose swivel base question

Related topics