[POLL] Is Cam v3 :cam_v3: still the most numerous cam in service four years after its debut in 2021?

Most numerous cam in service (2025)

  • Cam v1
  • Cam v2
  • Cam v3
  • Cam v3 Pro
  • Cam v4
  • Cam Pan v1
  • Cam Pan v2
  • Cam Pan v3
  • Cam OG
  • Cam OG Tele
  • Cam Outdoor v1
  • Cam Outdoor v2
  • Battery Cam Pro
  • Cam Floodlight
  • Cam Floodlight v2
  • Cam Floodlight Pro
  • Video Doorbell v1
  • Video Doorbell v2
  • Video Doorbell Pro
  • Duo Cam Doorbell
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I voted Cam v3 above. I have five v3 cameras and started buying them in January 2022. I bought another seven v3 cameras to give to my family members as gifts because I liked them so much.

January 2022 was also around when Cam Plus Lite was introduced. I have learned being slow to update firmware and App versions is what works best for me.

V3 cameras still meet my needs for a security hobby. In the 3 years I have been using v3 cameras, I have Not had a camera, power cord, power brick or SD card fail (SanDisk High Endurance cards are all I use). All of my cameras are inside looking out, so they are out of the elements.

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I voted V3 as well. I bought my first one as an impulse buy at Home Depot on June 22, 2022. Three days later I bought another four. The sixth one I bought on September 29. 2024. All six are outside and five are under the eaves. They’ve been going strong since day one.

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I don’t have one. My oldest is a Cam Pan v3 :cam_pan_v3: that I still use. After its initial problems maintaining a Wi-Fi connection were solved with some firmware updates months later, it’s been a good kid. My other Cam Pan v3 is the problem child.

I keep thinking I should get a Cam v3 just to play with and get some hands-on experience so I can support it, because that still seems like the real workhorse model, and I know that it’s had some hardware revisions and gets firmware updates. I just haven’t made that a priority.

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If Cam v3 is indeed still the most numerous (?) and given that they don’t make much on hardware sales ($ub$cription$!!) could it be that the many variations are actually a drag on profitability and a drain on the programming resources that could otherwise be used to achieve firmware and app stability and uniformity thus increasing customer satisfaction referrals and future revenue? :wink:

There are probably several reasons why it could be the main camera.

  • it was the first outdoor rated camera for Wyze.
  • there weren’t a lot of alternative models available for sale at the time, so if anybody wanted a cheap camera they were definitely getting the V3.
  • for a long time it only cost $19.99. which is a crazy good deal for an outdoor camera, especially at that time.
  • there wasn’t as much great competition for an affordable price back then
  • it had free cloud events
  • it had an rtsp firmware Branch
  • it doesn’t have secure boot, so it’s possible and easy to modify for hobbyists
  • it continued to be available and sold for a lot longer than most all of the other models
  • it was made available from a lot more sources, while other models were not made available to every source
  • it’s the only camera from Wyze that is a decent baby monitoring camera, because it’s the only one that has ever used invisible near IR instead of the creepy red glowing visible far IR that scares some babies/toddlers (including mine)
  • it was one of the first cameras in the industry with a starlight sensor that could see color in low light conditions, so a lot of people came to wyze for that, but now those are everywhere with lots of different options.

Probably a bunch of other reasons too. But some of the above reasons will make it hard to duplicate how widely used the V3 is.

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Here is a v3 at Walmart for $20.82.

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Nice rundown. :+1:

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So are we guessing the overall number or reporting what we have?

:thinking:

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I don’t even know how many I have :joy:

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I haven’t purchased any model newer than a V3. All I have are V2s, V3s, a pan V1 and a pan v2. Not interested in ANY of the newer models.

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Looks like the price when back to $35.46. Must have been a Memorial Day sale.

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I am not sure if your table is calculating percentages correctly. V3 is showing 100% and the Floodlight shows 16%.

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Rough math is a hallmark of ‘my’ polling platform. :wink:

‘Choose up to three’ is the key. :thinking:

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V3 is all the cam I need. I have no need for a floodlight, but do enjoy the non-IR night vision.

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I find it interesting that I’m disinclined to forego the Color Night Vision for the IR Night Vision (B&W) even though I’m pretty sure Person Detection under IR Night Vision is more effective.

Another example of my emotional nature and tolerance for ‘rough math’, I guess… :slight_smile:

Here is a funny story. A friend of mine was a high school wood shop teacher. He told some students to get a piece of wood that is 3 feet long then cut it in half.

He came back a bit later and asked why they did not cut the 3 foot board in half. The students replied they were trying figure out what half of 3 feet was.

The teacher asked them what is half of 3 dollars. The student replied is it 75 cents? He told the student to get a calculator and divide 300 Pennies by 2. Next the said the 3 foot board is 36 inches long so now divide 36 by 2.

He never missed a moment to teach students something they should have learned in another class.

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I expected the “funny” part to be a result with two 3′ boards ½ the original width because the original board had been cut in half lengthwise. This turned into a disappointingly sad story.

I’m glad your friend had the willingness to teach life lessons “outside his lane”. I hope his students appreciated that.

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It’s not just me then. :face_without_mouth:

Steve should have to tell us an actually funny story now, to take the bad taste out of our mouths.

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Just to clarify, not funny ha ha, but funny the extra mile the faculty at that school had to go through because they wanted students to learn.

The Auto shop teacher would sit in on his student’s English and Math classes because those teachers said his students were not paying attention in their academic classes.

There was really a great amount of collaboration of the teaching staff at that school.

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