Just put my first cam-v4 into service today to go along with my other 5 cam-v3’s
I have silicone skin covers on my v3’s to provide additional weather protection and want to get the same skin for the new v4.
These skins are very form-fitting so I assumed that a silicone skin cover advertised to fit a v3 would not fit a v4 since they seem to be just a slight bit different looking and the dimensions might be just a wee bit off which would make them incompatible.
The problem is that I haven’t yet found anyone out there advertising silicone skin covers like these that explicitly say they are compatible with v4’s right in the listing.
Am I correct in assuming these would not adequately fit on a v4?
If not, has anyone out there seen one of these advertised to fit a v4 yet?
I know the v4’s are relatively new to the market so it might just not have been long enough yet for a v4 skin to be developed and hit the market yet.
Also, no one selling v3 skins has updated their listings to add: “Will also fit new cam-v4” which further gave me pause and makes me think that they probably won’t fit.
I might just have to wait if they’re simply just not out there yet.
I think if you are planning to use these for Weather proofing, etc with silicone skins, then you should wait for one specifically made for the V4 since it is slightly different molding from the V3.
One of the two v4’s I currently have is installed completely out in the full weather exposed (not under a soffit, drainpipe or sheltered from the overhead sky in any way) so I really wanted a skin for that one but I was afraid that if I tried to improvise a v3 skin onto it, it might be even worse than nothing if it created gaps or openings where water could actually collect and cause damage.
This one is going outside on top of one of our two lanterns. We already have one V4. I replaced a V3 with a V4. This one is going on the other lantern on top. They both have been completely exposed to the weather. The two V3s have been out there for over a year or so. I have been powering them off the Wyze lamp modules. It was a very quick and easy install! The two cameras overlap each other but I like the redundancy and coverage.
I’m going to put the silicone skin on the over V4. Since that lanterns are dark bronze, you hardly notice them with the black silicone skins on them.
Here is something I wrote about 5 years ago that I just did a week ago to a couple of V4s. Always a perfect fit, as it is a removable rubber spray paint:
I love how invisible it is. The rubber granules from the spray make it so dark, like no light can reflect from that surface, lol. Just painted another camera for mounting tomorrow.
Heck, I have to shine a bright LED flashlight on the camera to do the painting it is so dark.
