What are you using for outside security cameras? I got a pretty good idea what I will be buying but would like to hear your reviews and what you have and the pros and cons.

I'm looking at a camera system to work on my phone and that has no subscription for use or service after I install them. What system do you that you pay zero monthly charge to get camera pictures or videos.

Thanks

Swann!

Wyze…we have like 5-6 of them to go along with our Vivint home security system. What’s cool with their cams in you can talk through them.

I have night owl at my apartments. Very basic and reliable

We have the Simply Safe system. It will give you a great idea of what the backside of the perp looks like about two hours after he has hauled away everything you once owned. Hope that helps.

Yeah, that is the brand I have been looking at Wyze Cam 3V.

Question for ya. I don't want to subscribe so if I don't, can I still read the cards and get the date on my iPhone??? I don't want a monthy charge or year billing for a camera system that will only be used at a minium.

Yes…we have 10 cameras we can watch on the App…we pay nothing except for buying the cameras. The wife normally finds them at thrift stores. Be sure to get the IR cams that take a micro SD card. You can set up alerts. It even identifies a person and will tell you “person identified in back yard.”
We have cameras watching all corners of the house...front and back yard…back porch…driveway…and the playroom and living room in the house. My granddaughter can be in the playroom and talk to “Ganny” through the camera, lol. Great cameras and the App is user friendly as well.
Now it doesn’t call police in the event of a break in, that’s what Vivint is for. We have the doorbell cam, one outside cam watching the cars, and one in the living room.
Our neighbors had someone stop a vehicle and run up and steal a plant, lol. Our cameras caught everything. The deputies caught them within an hour after us sending them the videos. Now there’s 4 of us side by side that have cameras. What’s even funnier, is according to a deputy buddy of mine, our section of the street has been talked about amongst “criminals” as a place to not even ride by. We don’t live anywhere close to a crime area. The plant stealing was a first. But it’s funny that our little neighborhood is a “no go” amongst the unsavory crowd.

Thanks Sir!! I will order some up tonight, sound great and they did seem to be what I was looking for in a camera.

How fast does it fill the SD card? Battery operated?

I will give you my 2¢ not owning any but from research. You can get solar, batteries or the one that just plugs into an outlet. As far as how much or how fast a SD card is used. Well, that depends on your setting on what you want that camera today. Video, number of pics etc..

I hope Wanna Be chimes in to get firsthand user experience.

One more question on the Wyze camera. Is there a setting that will minimize the data used for the camera? I don't have unlimited internet option with my provider so I don't want to run continuously and just wondering if I can just read the card after removing it.

Do I have to use any internet time to use the camera??

We have the Wyze system. It alerts on your phone while you're away. We live in the country and get all sorts of interesting critters on camera. My wanted the system and found out it was deer eating all her flowers.

We have a Blink system. There was no monthly fee when we got ours but maybe is now? Not sure. Theyve been awesome. All on the app, wireless, good picture. I mounted one in a tree 40 feet from the house and our wireless router is in the opposite end of the house. Lithium batteries last about a year. Only complaint is they seem to attract wasps, which will set them off constantly. They buzz quietly when activated, which im guessing attracts them.

I have Blink and they work good. They have ones with solar panels so recharging is no problem. You can put them up anywhere. I think they cost $100.00 a year and I currently have 5 and going to add more.

I'm pleased with Blink. Actually got over 2 years on the first batteries. mike

So I am needing a system at my remote cabin. Are the Wyze Cam 3V wireless and are they easy to setup to send to your phone with Verizon? Thinking of needing about 5 of them?

Our cameras are AC powered.
SD isn’t taken out and read, it’s so you can go back and look at previous minutes/hours/days on the app. Say you go to bed and wake up the next morning and your trash can has been knocked over and trash spread everywhere…speaking from experience. You can go back on the app and see when it occurred and whose dang dog it was, lol. You can even save that portion of the video and let the homeowner know if it happens again, Fido will end up missing.
Here’s a pic off the app of some of the cameras…can’t fit them all in.

Now before anyone thinks anything bad about the camera labeled Zack Room…that’s the “play room” CJ has his gaming stuff in there and Ellie Jane plays in there. We can monitor everything and listen in and even talk through the camera.

Wanna Be >>> how much data from internet do you use with the cameras? Is there a setting I can just view and not get alerts so it isn't using so much data?? Internet time.

Yeah, we have the inside cameras set not to send alerts. I have no idea how much data it uses. Can’t be much cause I don’t have but the minimum and we run an alarm with cameras, Wyze, streaming TV, PS4 or 5 online gaming, a robot vacuum, and God knows what else, and don’t go over.

Thank you for all your time. I do appreciate it.