Inexpensive cameras

[Kiki]

One thing about the game cameras, they are pretty much waterproof, dustproof, etc. They are meant to be outdoors. I have some mounted on trees and some on posts and one on a telephone pole in my yard and they are battery operated, so I'm not restricted on where I can put them. I bought rechargeable batteries and a charger. We live very rural and I sell my eggs, There was a time a couple of years ago that my egg money was disappearing. I caught the thief on camera. It was someone we know. The drawbacks are I have to collect the cards, take them in the house and read them on my computer. I do have a portable viewer that is the same size as a smartphone and most of the cameras have a viewer in the camera. There are card readers that you can attach to your smartphone so you can use it as a viewer. Still not WiFi. My husband wanted to buy me a WiFi game camera but they are quite expensive for an old sole on a fixed income.

I chose not to go with a game cam because I want to be able to watch live video where ever I am.

 

[paneubert]

One comment I can make from having them sitting in my house (in the outdoor enclosures already) is that I do feel a little heat on the case if I hold them in my hand..... I do not think the enclosure is overheating the camera, but it does make me wonder. I also assume that aside from the hot summer months, the generally lower exterior temperature most of us experience in our climates will help to keep these cameras cooler.

 

[paneubert]

Also, at least for the exterior housing I got, there are literal holes in the back where the power cable comes out. So it is 100% not anywhere near waterproof. Maybe there are some sellers who have a rubberized gasket or something that goes on the power cord. But I bet the majority of sellers have a simple hole that you thread the power cord thru.

 

[aart]

I did not see the benefit in paying more to be able to pan and tilt. Could be useful for the run, but the coop would never need it.

Would be just the opposite here.

 

[Rammy]

I hope everyone post their opinion if using these wyze cameras with protective covers outdoor, and please post some pictures. Just curious. I do have some outdoor security cameras around the property too that work with a DVR. I should be able to access the DVR by the WiFi but can't get it to work. The DVR is in another building. I do have a netbook computer that hooks up fine in the other building. I got frustrated with it so I'm giving it a break and have gone on to other things for now. One day I'll give it another try.

I have security cameras you can see on the internet, but you have to open a port in your router to do it. In my case, I had to open 3 then enable all three. You should be able to call the manufacturer or if professionally installed, the installer should of done it for you.

 

[cmom]

I don't get out much any more and I like the weather proof and the ability to move them to anyplace I want. I just moved a camera this evening pointing at another coop to see if I see any predators around it like I have been seeing a coyote coming to the grow-out coop lately. I posted the video in a previous post. I need a camera that has a wider and further out field of view. Some of my cameras do better pictures/video close up and some further away. The wyze cameras I have't seen any outdoor picture taken at more of a distance. I also posted in a earlier post of two pictures taken by two different cameras in the same spot. One camera has a further field of view than the other. Those cameras a cheaper but do require AC I think, and the pictures I have seen from various reviews have been of fairly smaller areas. I live on several acres and because the cameras are out in the elements, they have to be able to stand up to various weather conditions. We live on top of a hill so we get wind. I do have electricity in the barn. I had a game camera out there but moved it to a different spot. My rat baits kept disappearing, I couldn't figure our what would take a whole bar of rat poison, so I put a camera out in the barn. This camera takes decent closer area pictures, when the camera was in the barn this is what I found out was taking the rat bait. It also destroyed a couple of rat bait boxes I had some bait in. After doing some research I discovered that this critter is immune to rat poison.

A possum.

 

[cmom]

I have security cameras you can see on the internet, but you have to open a port in your router to do it. In my case, I had to open 3 then enable all three. You should be able to call the manufacturer or if professionally installed, the installer should of done it for you.

I had a nice DVR and I could view the cameras on my computer, tablet and phone through the router WiFi. It died and I tried to replace it but like most things, it isn't available any more so I had to get a different one. Still trying to figure some things out.

 

[Sue Gremlin]

The wyze cameras I have't seen any outdoor picture taken at more of a distance.

We have them out in the yard, here’s a longish shot. This is a screen cap of a video replay.

 

[cmom]

We have them out in the yard, here’s a longish shot. This is a screen cap of a video replay.

Most daytime pictures on most camera are good, it's the nighttime pictures where the difference shows. Most of the predators here come out at night. Once in a great while one may show up during the day. Last nights visitor.

 

[wamtazlady]

I got my 2 Wyze cameras several days ago and quite frankly, I am impressed. I get to see which neighbors' dogs are coming to my backyard and looking in my run. Neighbors are going to be getting a heads up with warning that they might be liable for damages if their dogs harass my birds. The picture is even better than I had hoped. I did do some reading on Youtube. They are supposed to come out with an outdoor model sometime this year. I'll wait for that before getting more. No expected price was given. They are also testing a different kind of storage. This item would connect to your router and record all video from all your Wyze cameras. Expected price tag on this item would be under $100.

I loved the Youtube videos where they compared the $25 Wyze cameras to the $200 Nest cameras. Overall, the Wyze cameras were superior or equal to the Nest cameras in almost all areas.