I have 3 Wyze outdoor cam and have question about using micro sd card. One is wired and two are unwired. I have never tried MICRO SD card in them. And recently didn’t renew subscription for the camplus for few reasons. The cool down period can not be set to no cool down. it reverts back to 1 min or 20 secs something. Once every couple of weeks, the base light blinks and camera goes offline and I have to unplug and plug them back in and battery life in these, even on new ones are poor, have to charge every 3 weeks. Another issue which is minor and which I don’t mind is delayed notification.
How does microsd card work in these? Will these work with Microsd card like the camplus subscription?
Will I receive notification and can I view any detected events or recorded videos on the Wyze app on my IPhone? If yes, I will buy insert microsd card and keep charging them and put them out on my door to record events but if I don’t get these features that I would get on the subscription, I will move on and maybe bye another brand" low cost wifi portable battery powered outdoor cam" which I believe works fine on microsd card and it doesn’t require hub and the name starts with TP .
Hope those of you who uses microsd card on the Wyze v2 outdoor cam can help me out to decide. thanks
Hopefully someone else can give more info, I believe the micro SD works similar in those to the newer cams but I haven’t used them. But you will have a 5 minute cooldown without subscription, that’s the case on all the cams. The newer cams (and possibly yours as well) will still record the event to the SD card, it just won’t tag it as an event or notify you more than once every 5 mins. If you re-activate your subscription, the non-battery cams can be set to 0 cooldown (I think the Battery Cam Pro can also, but that can drain your battery faster).
But honestly those cams are old. Where you can hardwire, the v4 is a great cam (the OG is as well). Both will give you much better picture and night vision than what you have, and they’re cheap especially when they go on sale. OG has been as low as $10 and v4 has been under $20. No more base station to worry about too.
For wireless the only option right now is the Battery Cam Pro (BCP) which is more expensive. But you could also run an OG or v4 off a USB power bank which would last longer, but you have to protect the battery bank from the elements. BCP + a solar panel (or a couple panels) can give you a pretty long run time, depending what features you use.
With the hardwired models, the SD card can be used for either event only or continuous recording. Continuous will obviously drain a battery bank faster. I don’t know if the BCP allows continuous or not.
The battery cams need to conserve battery so notifications can be delayed and they won’t pick up motion quite as quickly as the hard wired ones. If you can, hardwiring (or using an external battery pack with the hardwired cams) is the way to go. That’s also why your current ones can’t be set to no cooldown, that’s a battery saving limitation.
I also really like my Panv3s which are around $30. They aren’t needed for every spot but I have a couple areas where it allowed me to have one cam instead of 2 or 3 and still cover the whole area well with motion tracking.
Apparently Wyze broke this a long time ago and is working on a resolution:
Some other Forum members participating in that topic might be worth tagging for your specific questions if they don’t happen to see this one and chime in.
I don’t know if any of the battery-powered Wyze Cams allow continuous microSD recording, even if they’re solar powered. I imagine Wyze sets this limitation to conserve battery, even though I personally think it should be a user’s choice (i.e., warn the user about battery drain/wear but let the user to it anyway, if that’s what the user chooses to do).
I didn’t say that, but I think the short answer to this first question is “no”, because subscriptions add extra features or capabilities to cameras. I like using cameras with microSD cards, and using Wyze Cams with cards but without subscriptions gives me acceptable performance for my needs. Whether or not that works for you is going to be your decision, but I would not expect a microSD card to be a 1:1 substitute for a subscription.
I have a couple of TP-Link Tapo cameras that I like and think are comparable to Wyze Cam v4 (and maybe better in some ways without a subscription), but whether you choose to stick with Wyze or try something else is going to depend on your particular application and need. I can’t answer that question for you, and I think @dave27 provided a good run-down of some other options if you want to try other Wyze products.
I think your best bet is grab a microSD card (doesn’t everyone have one laying around, or if not, you can get a $7 to $10 one from amazon and if you don’t use it in these cams, it will be handy for something else) and just try it out. See if it is sufficient.
With the wired cams, they will still record events during the 5 minute “cool down” period, they just won’t notify you or tag them as an event. With your cams I don’t know if that is the case or not, or if the cool down means the battery cams totally go to sleep for 5 mins.
The wyze cams I have are the Wyze outdoor battery cams. I insert the microsd card in the back of the camera right and not on the base?
The max size is 512gb and it detects and protects any " events detected " and saves without deleting them? NO notification on my phone but will record and detect events to watch on IPhone? Does the microsd card in this work like a dashcam with loop recording? What sd card you recommend and size?
Yeah unfortunately I never used that model of cam so I can’t give you specifics. I don’t know if it will support 512GB or not - technically only the v4 does, but many have reported that 512 works in the v3, OG, and others. But yours are older than that so I probably would try smaller cards. With event only recording, even a 64GB card can give you weeks of event storage.
I believe the SD card in the base station is for something else (backups or something?) and if you want video you put cards in the cams themselves, but again I can’t say for sure, someone else will need to confirm on that.
Like I said, I think you’ll just need to pick one of the cams and give it a try. Without a subscription, I do not know if it will record events during the 5 minute cooldown. The wired cams do, the battery ones may not.
So i need one sd card for the base and another sd card for each outdoor cam? is there a a video or instruction on the size and how to set this up with SD card? I had camplus subscription before but chose not to renew.
I don’t have any experience with that one and have used only Tapo C120 & C121 cameras.
I’m not sure what that is, but I’ve used 3M Command Strips in outdoor applications (if you have a suitable surface to stick to), and I like those for sticking up the Wall Mount Plate that comes with Cam v4 for its magnetic base. It looks like the Tapo C425 also includes a what you need to stick onto a surface for magnetic mounting, so I probably wouldn’t worry about additional tape if you decide to try one of those.
Nothing really to set up. The cams and base will automatically recognize the cards. You set the cooldown and recording length of time as desired with consideration for battery drainage. The card in the base is a backup for the cams. Card size max 256gb, format 64gb and higher exFat. You do not need one in the base, but remember it is backup storage for the cams.
I formarted and inserted SNDISK CLASS 10 MICROSD CARD 119GB EXFAT in to my V2 OUTDOOR CAM. Did not put SD card in to the base station as I read it is not needed..in the advance setting on the app it shows the microsdcard already there but than bakc in the settings, I am unable to find the option to 1. Record to MicroSD Card.
2. Choose Continuous or Events Only recording.
Event or smart detection takes me to CAMPLUS subscription. Called Wyze for help but as always they have no answer and puts me on long hold, keeps aksing for sd card logo on live feed which I don’t see and than tells me someone else has to call me. anyway i am throwing these out. so sick of these.
The only way to record to an SD on a battery powered WYZE Cam Outdoor version 1 or version 2 is to use scheduled event recording. Set it for 30 days, MOTION ONLY, no cooldown period and a max. duration of 5 minutes for each event video. To view what is on the SD card you need to open the cam to live view, then on the bottom right tap MORE then tap Album where you will see Scheduled recordings. To view the events that are shown you have to tap the download arrow to play the video, the video is also saved to your phone/device photo album. It is a complicated process but it does work.
If your camera is in a busy area and you are recording to the SD (Motion Only) the battery will drain a little faster, not much but faster than normal. If you set it to record Continuous the battery will be dead in 6 to 8 hours if you start at 100% charge.
card figured out by a tech supervisor . I went to settings and was advised to select 30 days . The SD cards are 128 gb and only on the camera not base . and I wanted motion only . However I am away from home few miles away and and I can’t view the video on scheduled recordings. When I hit it it says waiting and stuck there . Is the scheduled recording viewing only supposed to work on WiFi only on my phone on the Wyze app ? Also I can’t select person detection only ? I no longer am using the subscription .
