I’m just curious how others have setup their Wyze Cam OG with the OG Telephoto. Do you have them connected with the stack kit or did you come up with another solution? Pictures would be great.
I have the OG Telephoto and my plan was just use one of my V3’s with it, but obviously the stack kit won’t work with it and I was just going to velcro them together. But now I see Wyze has the OG for $20, so I just might buy. I’m not sure I like how the setup looks stacked and think it will draw too much attention to the cameras. Any thoughts?
No where that I am using a OG-Tele do I have a wider angle camera looking in the same direction. Most of my OG-Tele cameras are looking at something where I specifically need the closer view (and several of those are less than 10 feet away).
I am using the stack kit just because the deal on the 2 cams with the kit was better than buying them separately. Honestly if I went back and did it again, I’d probably just mount them both separately and leave the stack kit in a drawer. First, the dual USB cable is round not flat, so can’t fit through a closed window, so I ended up using the two individual cables. Second, trying to adjust the angle to get BOTH cams just right is a bit of a nightmare. Third, removing the SD card from the top cam is difficult to impossible without sliding that cam off the bottom cam, at least if it is angled straight ahead or downward.
It is working for me the way I have it set up now, but I wouldn’t bother going to the trouble again, I honestly don’t think it is any more or less aesthetically pleasing.
That being said it has been there for 18 months and has held well. I even extended the “slot” in the stack bracket so I could aim the top cam downward more and high winds etc have not affected the aim of either camera. My situation may be a bit unique too as it is mounted up somewhat high near my front door with one cam looking straight out, and the other looking downward at a somewhat sharp angle. I guess if you’re not trying to get things fairly exact for detection zones etc and just want them both adjustable, it may work better. I guess overall it is more limiting than just having both mounts independent.
They are sitting on a window sill looking out a window. Can’t get a photo right now because I’d have to crawl up in the attic, across rafters in the garage to the window. The ogt is on its mount on the window sill, and the v3 has its mount extending siting in the sill right next to it.
I’ve decided that I want to set mine up side by side, but with one looking 45 degrees to farther to one side. The Tele will look off the side to my driveway with the wider view camera looking more to my front yard area. I came up with a great idea for a mount to do this, unfortunately I don’t have a 3D printer to easily make it, so I’ll have to make it out of wood I guess. Basically the wedge is between the cameras with a shelf the cameras sit on and are secured to it with screws, they can also be mounted upside down. One camera mount can be screwed into the center of the wedge to hold both cameras, via the top or bottom. This mount would also work for two wide view cameras to cover a corner. Any thoughts? If something like this is already on the market provide a link please, I’d buy it rather than make it.
The stack kit can do this (one will be a bit higher than the other) but honestly after using the stack kit, just mount them separately, that way if you have to re-aim one or remove the SD card etc you don’t mess up the other one. If I did it again I’d just mount them separately.
But I don’t want them stacked. That setup draws too much attention to it and it just looks goofy. If they are side by side then they are higher up and less likely reached to be taken.
It just hit me that I could use a flat bracket made out of metal, plastic or wood a tad wider than a popsicle stick. Screw the mount into the center and the cameras into each end. I think this is the easiest solution. Now I just need to find that Y power cord, so there is only one cord to power both cameras.
Like I said, I’d recommend just mounting them separately next to each other. It won’t look much different than some sort of bracket to hold them both (may even be less conspicuous) and less aggravating to get them both adjusted right. If mounted to a wall with the camera facing out, you barely see the mounting bracket. Plus you basically get twice the strength against wind or other things that might cause them to move.
My first thought is that I’m having difficulty visualizing the idea from the description. I think you’re proposing a wedge of some material to abut the camera bodies against in order to maintain the desired 45° angle. Is that correct?
