Wyze Cam V3 with NO SUBSCRIPTION | SD Card Only Nest Killer?
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their unlimited cams for $99 a year is a pretty great deal for folks with a bunch of em
This was a very informative and useful.
I've been researching a bunch of different brands of security cameras and was interested in how well Wyze with SD cards and no subscription worked. It seemed like no one who reviewed the cameras discussed this, they only mentioned that they could and reviewing the subscription enabled product as if it were free. Thank you for actually showing what living with no subscription is like.
If you organize your cameras into a group and select that group to view you will see have current motion on a cameras
Great tip!
Thanks for this! I did not know you could get live feeds from a group.
This is the best tip . Worked great
@@scaryifliteral More tips and tricks using only the micro sd would be very helpful, if you have the time. There isn't much out there!
@@fosfool3773 Can you use this without wifi?
If you group your Wyze cams, you can see a live view of all of them in an array. It will be 1 extra tap to get into the list view from the main menu but still worth it.
Oh wow ok
You sold me on this. Picked one up today second-hand/unboxed for cheap.
Showing the real-life usage and how to navigate the setup without a subscription really helped me where I would have been beating my head against a wall a few times, so thanks.
Also, as it's relevant to some other brands out there (as far as what I've researched), you can keep recording footage while also reviewing recorded footage (from the SD card). I have a class 10 SanDisk 16GB and have had no trouble scrubbing through video while still recording what's going on.
One other quick thing, when setting up, the firmware updates had to be done in succession, rather than jumping to the latest firmware. Just something to look out for if someone's setting one of these up new (i.e. after the few minutes of updating firmware, you might see "updated firmware available" again, and then again, until it's actually up to date).
I've just replaced all of my ADT, gooney-customer service-provided cameras around the house and man - the cost savings ALONE is worth the effort.
What I also appreciate is the no-nonsense set-up. GONE are the days of "is this shit going to work already?"
I also appreciated that getting longer cables wasn't an act of God costing hundreds on it's own. To have another camera installed by ADT, was going to cost $300+ just for the camera and power being run to it. A drill bit, climbing a ladder and a magnet/screw later and this baby's ready for Prime Time.
Thanks for the great review!
Great video. I’m a fan of Wyze. Started with the doorbell at my last house. This house had a ring, took it down and put up another Wyze. Installing 3 v3’s this weekend outside and very excited I won’t need to pay the subscription because of the great points you brought up
I am buying these for my hubby. He likes the SD card and the motion sensor will help with the endless deliveries . With three toddlers we want to know when the back door is open to the pool in the odd chance they get through the hotel locks.. Your video helped me finalize what camera to get.
This video was exactly what I was looking for! I am not a fan of Cloud Storage. Thank you! Would love to see more updates using the Wyze this way.
They are JUNK
Thank you so much for this video! You may be the only reviewer that mentions the features without paying an additional subscription and this is greatly welcomed.
I had some other cameras which were okay but took toooo long for the video to show up on my phone. I did some research which I always do as it's my nature. So about 3 months ago I bought one Wyze Cam and tried it out. Easy-peasy installation, it came with everything (except the SD card) to get it up and running. I liked everything about this camera, especially the night vision! It was clear as day time, sharp and easy to zoom in. I now have 3 Wyze cameras and have highly recommended them to all of my friends...I am happy I did my research and got them.
Which model did u get? Was the audio ok?
How far distance wise do they record to?
@@Shahina456 I bought the Wyze Cam v3 with color night vision. I am super surprised at the quality of the picture both at night and in the daytime. The distance is amazing, as it captures activity very clearly across the street and the houses there. I am really happy with this purchase and replaced all my older cameras with Wyze brand. The audio is clear as well. Do like I did, order one and try it out. If you don't like it return it.
@@MegaSickcat Thank you for responding. May I please ask about the audio? I do need good audio for toward the road I live in a townhouse - but lots of bad stuff happening on the street and audio needed also. How do you find the audio or do you not need it much? Thank you kindly for receiving another question.
@@Shahina456 I just read that Wyze also has outdoor cameras that are weatherproof as well. Have you checked out their website? Their customer service is really good and they take the time to answer all questions! I still recommend that you try one out for yourself. You'd be the best judge for what your needs are from a camera. (Sorry to hear about the bad stuff).
Not very tech savvy here so I am a bit confused. I need wireless, no wires to run to any electrical outlet. Does this match for wyze 3?
Thank you for this video. I just did the same exact thing you did. Thank you for breaking everything down and giving great explanations.
If you want person detection without paying subscription, check out Home Assistant and the addon Frigate. I use Frigate to manage my out door camera, works great, but does require some setup. and a learning curve. But plenty of video's showing how to set it up.
Excellent information--the Wyze rep was really confusing when I was trying to understand playback and finding motion on 24/7 recordings. Thank you!!
Glad it was helpful!
I have had these for a while but didn't realize some of these features. Thanks for sharing!!
Nice!
I don't know if you have found this out but 7:30 you were talking about wanting to see live feed right away if you want you can put your camera's into a group and when you open the group it will start playing the live feed for all the camera's in that group right away after you open the group.
Can I use these cameras if I have wifi but no internet? For example, if I want to just keep an eye on my backyard, can I still view the camera on my computer or phone in the house without going over the internet? Thanks.
@@joeprimal2044 As far as I know you always have to have internet access to view the cameras. But you do not have to be on the same internet connection to view them so long as both your camera and the device you are trying to view the camera on have access to internet of some kind. Weather that via wifi or mobile data you will be able to view them. Hope that helped
This is the best video I've seen on this camera so far. You explained and broke down the app and answered all the questions I had. Thank you! New sub.
You saved me. I got one Wyze Cam V3 that has Cam Plus Lite with the 12 second event video. When my dad was looking for the Wyze Cam Pan V3, it didn’t support Cam plus lite. But, after seeing your video, you showed me that you can just pull it off from the sd card. So thank you
Shane, thank you. This is exactly the kind of practical information I'm looking for. I'd just about decided to get the Wyze cameras, but running without subscription was a feature I wanted and I wasn't sure how well that would work. Glad I came across your channel, and I appreciate your info. -- H.
I have a few questions. Does this need a hub? Does this app work on phones?? So you cant just go on the app and watch the camera live??
No hub, the app in the video is running on a phone, you see me watching the camera live in the video multiple times.
Is it still working good??
Yep. Totally fine.
The data retention on Wyze V3 is only 3 days regardless of what size SD card you have (I've 128 GB). This means you can only go back to 3 days of 24/7 recorded footage. Any recorded footage beyond 3 days, it's gone and overwritten. This used to be not the case but they changed it with firmware when they realized they've can't make money if people aren't subscribing.
That's a real bummer. So what size SD card is actually adequate?
@@evanpringle1092 I used 128 GB since micro SD cards are really inexpensive these days (128 GB SD card for the price of 1 Whataburger with bacon and cheese, large fries, medium drink and 3 pcs Whatachicken nuggets: $15).
Thinking about ditching my older Arlo cams and going with Wyze. I like everything I've seen so far researching Wyze. I love all the different accessories they offer. I was worried about going from wireless to corded, but with items like their socket adapter, it shouldn't be a problem for me. And the ability to continuously record is awesome. Great video, you've got a new subscriber!
I sell some cameras cost upwards of $3,000 each to corporate accounts. I no longer tinker when the big stuff at home because I love my Wyze cams. It’s really just made by Dahua anyways who makes most of the cameras you see today. Once they go hardwired and POE the industry is finished.
I wouldnt! The person detection is so poor! Most of the time it will detect cats as a person
@Grant Villalobos Too late, lol. I just got mine set up. So far, they're working as they should. I don't expect them to be perfect. The continuous recording is what I love about these cameras. The pan cam is nice...I have it in the living room, and it'll track my dog wherever he goes. So far, so good👍🏻
Please be aware that this camera does not record people even if you have a SD card inserted in it unless you pay. Sure, it does record everything for the first 3 months, but you'll need to subscribe to a paid cloud service to keep that functionality. I regret buying 3 and never again be fooled by this company.
@@plurouno5394 Help me understand this Pluro. Are you saying it doesn't identify people, or record people?
Very informative video. thanks! This is the first cam I have had and had trouble figuring out the notifications and detection zones. Your video was a huge help.
Glad it helped!
Great Vid, Long time wyze cam user (5yrs +) V2, ODC, V3 & OG here. It's been so long, I forgot those, "Non sus script", features you covered in your Video. Thx for the refresher.
This was super help for me to figure out my setting on the SIM card. Thanks for making this!
When ur looking at playback recordings ; can u do it over the app on ur mobile device? Or do u have take out SD card n plug on computer?
Excellent video Shane! Thank you for the detailed explanations on so many of the features!
Thank you very much for this review! I just set up some entry sensors from wyze and they're perfect for what I needed, this will compliment the system perfectly. Thanks!
great video on how the wyze app interface works and lots of great info for potential new customers who are interested in purchasing a great surveillance camera for next to nothing.
Excellent review of the Wyze cameras! Thank you so much for all the great info.
I'm glad you are talking about it. Thank you
Thanks for the very useful video. I'd been on the fence over which mfr to purchase. Because of your info I bought 2 Wyze CAM V3's today. Both up and running without too much trouble. Thanks for your help.
I'm also switching from Nest to Wyze, but my Nest cams aren't ending up in a bag. I left them installed, because, even though they're not working anymore, they still look like they are. A deterrent.
I have Wyze and Kasa cams, they both have SD slots and don't need subscription for either one. The Kasa has higher resolution at 2k as opposed to Wyze that only has 1080p. I've heard they have a 2k wyze cam but it more expensive at like $50, I picked up my Kasa cams for $35 which do the same thing for less. They both have their pros and cons, so I would suggest either one to a person.
Does kasa or wyze send video clip notifications without subscription? What do you get for free?
Wow you made me feel good about the wyze I ordered
And explained so much!
Thanks
Thanks. One of the best videos I’ve seen. Thank you for the great review.
Shane, thank you for doing the work for me. I just need one to point outside to catch someone who brings their dog to poop 2 x a day in front of my house. Yes I have tried everything on the lawn itself . I am planning to move but want to Catch these people to show to management.
Very Interested in upgrading and adding more. My poor neighbors have suffered enough with me double checking cams. I need reposition cameras for privacy and a great peace of mind.
Wish the app was user friendly for me.
This was a really informative review. Thank you for taking the time
Very Interested in upgrading and adding more. Great share. I need to make the adjustments to mine.
If you add some cameras to a group you get a live multi cam view of those cameras in the wyze app.
Yep, it's called Monitoring in the App, He uses the Home page to watch his cameras which is just a Still images of when you last closed those cameras. I replied telling him about this feature, I wasn't sure if he was aware of that Monitoring feature or not, it honestly didn't sound like he did from his UA-cam video. Thats a very important feature to know about if you have more than 1 camera and you are wanting to watch the live feeds in your House, Apartment or wherever it is you want to monitor with multiply cameras and LIVE. It's a very important feature that WYZE implemented for doing that exact thing. Monitoring.
Wyze keeps pushing for customers to sign up for their subscription service. And, they keep moving towards mandatory sign-up. So, be prepared to add on additional monthly costs to using their service if you want to continue using the Wyze cams. Looking for a way to RTSP all my Wyze cams now so that I can continue to use them well into the future without huge costs.
Did you find a way to rtsp the cameras? I just ordered my 1st one but not sure what to expect.
Yea they made them useless without a member ship all it does is take a still image that usually isn't even of the thing that was in motion doesn't even record to the SD card even tho it claims you can
R/wyzecams has the rtsp
This review is just I was looking for, thank you!
Glad I could help!
just for confirmation. Question 1. Are you able to record a video 24/7 with just an SD card? Question 2: Are you able to view/play/watch the entire video recording? or just only a few minutes as you only use an SD car? Thanks
A 32GB card gives you about 2-3 days of continuous recording that you are free to scrub through.
Wal-Mart now carries these rebranded as Roku cameras. I have 4 and they are identical to the Wyze versions. The software is even the exact same. The Roku indoor cameras are $26.88. I bought one on a whim and haven't looked back. I'm glad you made this video. My trial subscription ran out and I wondered about using SD Cards. Thanks!!
Roku makes a camera?!?! I didn’t know that. I’ve been a fan of Wyze cam for years.
I seen them. Didn't think they were the same until u jus said they r. I guess I'll grab 1 now jus cause
@@dmo848 You won't be sorry.
Be aware - operates only on 2.4 ghz band. I split my router bands with 2 network names and it only recognizes my 5 ghz band and will not operate. Very odd. I changed my router to single name and let the router auto select band but all my other devices under 5 ghz band are pushed to 2.4 band by my router degrading speed dramatically. Cameras work well but all other network devices stuck on 2.4 band and crawl..............
Thanks for taking the time to do this.
I love wyze and their products are awesome, if you look into all their products, they have alot of amazing products that can all be connected through the same app. Also if you look into the "rules "section of the settings you can do some cool stuff there.
Great video! You are very talented! I have five version 2 cameras and was grandfathered into the service without a subscription. I have been hesitant to add additional version 3 cameras as they might take me off that grandfathered service plan. Never know what is in the fine print. Based on your information, I would not lose too much even if they did. So I ordered two version 3 cameras to get greater coverage. Thanks again for the great review!
Thank you for the great in-depth review!
Thank you, I'm glad I quickly stumbled across your video, I was trying to figure out what I would expect from wyze without a subscription!
Shane, I appreciate the information and I'm going to look into these some more. As I told you at an earlier time, that my impression of "Ring" is not very high these days. Thanks again, Jeff
I just got a Wyze V3 as a gift. Your video was really informative. Subbed and like.
Thanks for this video. After watching it I went to Best Buy to buy one. They were on sale for $30 so bought 2.
Excellent!
Super helpful video in making my decision to purchase these cameras
I don’t have subscription but I do have sd card. If I click on event and hit play, it doesn’t pull up what was recorded at that time. It pops up the advert for their service. I can look at the time stamp and manually scrub to it but no direct link like the video. Was this part of your trial?
great video. I'm trying to figure out what I want and this helps. thanks.
Great video, I had had this question about just using the sd cards before. Thanks!
I had an article reccomend this as a great low budget pet camera. Im thinking this is gonna be the winner!
I made the mistake of thinking the Roku Smart Home cameras were just a rebranded Wyze Cam V3 and Pan 360. Once the Free 14 day Roku Smart Home subscription ends, unlike the Wyze Cam, you cannot access your video event recordings on the camera's Micro SD with the Roku Smart Home App. SD has to be ejected from camera and video has to be retrieved with a computer. That is very disappointing and had I known I would have purchased the Wyze Cam V3 instead of the three Roku cameras I bought and installed. Roku should revise the Roku Smart Home App with an update to the firmware or at least lower the subscription cost.
As entertainmentforall6609 commented, I too just bought the Roku version and they are the same. I am still under the trial period and have been searching high and low trying to figure out if I could use them in the same manner without the subscription. Thank you so much for the detailed video. I will have to watch this again several times to make sure I do it right. Shouldn't be too bad as I only have one camera, for now. 👍
I think they use a different app, which is a bummer because it means you can't mix and match without using two apps. I have thought about buying one to see if I can flash the Wyze cam firmware though 🤔
@@scaryifliteral Oh yeah, you know one probably won't share with the other. Heaven forbid. Lol
Thank you for keeping it simple. Buying 3
They now offer the router pro! This will allow us to attach a huge hard drive and record our cameras directly to the hard drive!!!! I bought the 2 pack router deal. You hook up one to a Ethernet and the other one connects wirelessly! This is the easiest router I have ever hooked up little alone hooked to a second router!!!!
So when you put a SD card can you view the recording that recorded through that whole day?
Yeah, it'll store as much as it can. The 32gb cards get a 2-3 days worth.
We set up our first camera with no issues and the second one about a week later. Set up for camera 2 was a breeze but right away it went 'offline' and keeps saying to check internet connection or place closer to router. It is right by the router. lol. First cam still working. Any thoughts how to remedy? Thanks.
Im still can't make my camaea work without subscription only shows pictures. Where can I get the steps to access the playback videos without paying subscription, ill appreciate any ones help, thanks!
Did you insert an SD Card? If so, all of this is shown in the video.
Excellent and very usefull video Shane. Thank you. I purchased a few of them 3 months ago and installed 256Gb SD cards to both of them them giving me 16 days (384 hours) of continous recording before it writes over the old footage. Love it. Video quality & sound I agree could be a bit better but for my needs it does the job perfectly. Please let us know if you're still satisfied after a year of using them. Subd & liked. Cheers
I've actually got an update video coming very soon.
If it's not screwed into the wall, it would be easy pickings for a thief to just rip it off. How good is that??
Use the screws then?
Great option for security 👏🏼, good video 👍🏼. Subscribed a few days ago.
Your ads block all the settings in the video when cast. No good.
so can you watch them cameras even when far away? i wasnt sure if thats what you meant when you said you were checking on your dogs?
You can really use a 128 card, they just don't tell you that you can.
Extremely helpful video. Thanks!
Thank for the info. I have thought about just going to and SD card but (until now) couldn't get enough info on running just an SD card. Other than that, I love Wyze cameras. Great features.
Just got this cam. . It DOESN’T notify me of movement without the cam plus subscription, but it DOES record it on SD card anyway. For now it should work in my studio, but it seems I should be on the subscription if I want to install them in my front and back yard since I would actually want to be notified that there’s movement, not just randomly checking my events page and bumping into it.
It absolutely can notify you of movement without the subscription. I've been doing that since October. Double check your settings because like I said, this 100% does work.
@@scaryifliteral maybe because mine is newer? Not sure but in my camera setting I have notification and movement on, but it says “you will not receive these notifications until you enable person detection under smart detection”. Smart detection is only available with the subscription. . I’m at a loss.
@@scaryifliteral Ahh. I was reluctant to do the latest firmware update after reading people having issues afterwards. After banging my head against the wall with some Wyze customer service reps who seem somewhat basic/incompetent. . I figured I’d try it, thankfully it worked. Hope I won’t run into any issues because of it, but so far so good. Thanks!
does this record 24/7? or only events that trigger the camera? I live in an apartment building so I’m looking for something I can put in a window sill to point at my truck but I don’t want a notification every time someone drives by or takes their dog out. I don’t plan on checking it very often. I just want something that will record everything so if I notice something/someone hit my truck I can go back and find that event.
With an SD card it records 24/7 by default but I can be changed to events only.
I had moved off Ring because I wasn’t getting notifications in time, but now I’m encountering the same issue with my Nest Doorbell. I do have several different Wyze Cam models and use 128GB SD Cards with some of them with no issues. I’m thinking about getting a Wyze doorbell.
This seems to be exactly what I need. Excellent.
So, the purpose of the subscription is just to get a more detailed notification??
More frequent as well
i bought more v3 cams... one for garage mount...
I'm having difficulty with "seeing" the view at night....
any suggestions...
**** Also what no one talks about is you have to set up a subscription for every Wyze camera. I should be one cost or at least a tired cost like 1-3 cameras $3.00 per month and 4 or more camera $8 per month. Well, you kind of mentioned it but not in depth.
If I'm not mistaken, $10 per month get you unlimited cameras. Granted, I've only got one camera with plus so I'm only paying $2 currently.
I had two cameras with SD cards, no subscription payment. Now I bought another cam v3 is not let me connected unless I pay subscription. How can can I connect that new camera without having to pay nothing?
It'll ask if you want to subscribe, but you don't have to.
If you have your camera plugged into an outdoor light fixture how do you keep the light fixtures bulb on & not motion operated?
Thanks for the video it was really helpful.
Does it work with my phone hotspot? I dont have home internet and I'm wondering this could work with my phones or a portable hotspot.
Just got these and I can't playback events for free. The "playback" button is greyed out even if I have an SD card that records continuously. Are you subscribed to cam plus lite? I think they discontinued this free tier a couple of years ago but if you signed up before then, it allows you to still playback events. Unless I'm missing something
Everything you see in this video is being done with no subscription of any kind. Nothing has changed for me, still using no sub with an SD card on all but 1 camera. Under advanced settings in each camera make sure you're recording to SD and try formatting it.
I know for a fact nothing has been discontinued at least in the last few months as I've set up cameras for friends and family as recently as that.
Awesome breakdown. Thank you.
Hello Shane, thank you for the detailed review. Can you tell me if you can view several cameras in a horizontal grid type of position on ipad or desktop? For instance; 4 to 6 cameras at once in a grid (left to right), just like how Nest (Dropcam) displays. It looks like your example at 7:53 you can only view vertically, meaning cameras beneath one and another.
Thank you for your time! Joe
This is a really helpful video. Thanks! I've been trying to find equivalent information on the new v3 pro. Have you thought about trying the pro?
Hey bro do you know how to veiw the liitle cube cams off ebay threw your hdmi tv with no wifi.? Was told i thought i could...thanks..
Does anyone know if you can fix it indoors facing out through the window to record outside?
I'm thinking perhaps it'll have to be fixed upside-down so can you invert the image?
Looked into this yrs ago. Wyze for the win. Offline is the way 2 go. No hacking that's for sure
Thank you for the video very helpful!
Currently using tapo c100 camera. It works good but it needs to be in subscription to get rich notifications. Which is an instant snapshot as a notification with 10-15 seconds footage of the moment. Does the wyze camera also need subscription to do the same?
GREAT INFORMATION. THANK you!
My neighbor bought one camera and he trying to install it but the camera don’t have the sd card maybe is the reason why he can’t install it?
Question:
When detecting motion,
in addition to sending an alert on the iPhone,
is it possible to also send a voice alert to a Google NEST mini device??
Even if no event triggers can you go back and watch a 24 hour recording of where the camera is pointing at? It says 24 hour continuous recording...
Either with a subscription or SD card, yes.
Hide your wyze v3 even if u have cloud storage....sometimes motion recording will stop .if you have sd card u can continue to go back and look at footage..
But if your camera is stolen u won't see anything.unless u have cloud..but motion recording stops a lot of the time.....
I also use blink camera as a back up notification..then go to wyze and look at footage based off blink notifications..blink is garbage tho .u need cloud storage..I only use blink as a second camera that notifies me.since wyze has a 5 minute gap...
I had a wyze cam v3 in my garage olus thge $50 subscription. 12 june someone was able to unlock the garage door then walk out with $2000 worth of bikes and a $200 tool box. Wyze never sent a notification or record any of it. Later I went out to grab the bike light to charge it and the camera sent a notification of sound detected. I took all 4 cameras and put them in the trash.
So, a lot of this is a bit strange. First off, there is no $50 subscription. There's $2, $4, and $10 (for their home security stuff) per month. The first two are per camera and you said you have 4. That's $8 a month, $96 per year. The other would be $16 a month and $192 per year. I'm genuinely not sure how you'd be paying $50. Also, if you're paying for any subscription then you should have 14 days of 24/7 footage available saved in the cloud. Even if you got no notification the only way you don't have it filmed is if you either didn't notice for two weeks or you had a lapse of internet/power. Neither of those are likely to be the camera's fault.