It is on the support site in the FAQs, and the specs page of the main site for the cameras’ descriptions. At this time, none of Wyze’s products are rated for outdoor use. But as others have stated, they are developing an outdoor camera
you can actually turn off the ir leds so you could still have night vision on and not worry about the ir reflection, for instance if you have a motion activated porch light, and the camera viewing that through a window, you would then capture whoever it is. same goes for keeping it in a window and using an IR illuminator place outside lighting up the area you want. or as a third (NON SACTIONED OPTION) you could use one of the newer Wyze sense motion detectors that use PIR outside to trigger a camera that is placed inside looking outside.
Totally agree. As a former programmer I don’t see why it would be so difficult to add a flag for delay time and some check code before triggering the event recording.
I will avoid the discussion about not being for outdoor use.
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The cameras aren’t intended for outdoor use but many are using them in that way. This community is full of people that enjoy tinkering and diy type projects and the cameras are great for that. I’m sure Wyze would happily sell you an outdoor camera when they come available and you can repurpose the other you have to cover an interior space.
That’s why Bam recommended the PIR sensor be put outside as a non-sanctioned option. He said that would be for a inside-looking-outside camera, maybe that is where the confusion is coming from.
How does one turn off the IRs but keep night vision on? I was under the impression there was only one way to turn off the IRs and that was simply turning off night vision.
You may be a fortunate one in that what you expect to see motion-wise is close, and probably big. You can drop your sensitivity down to 1. That eliminated dust particles on my living room cam, but still saw me walking by.
The cameras are sold for indoor use. If the inside of your home is dark then the IR LEDs work great. People should really read before they buy items. With this said, my cams are outside and I have turned the IR off and just rely on lighting from over my garage and front door which works great. If however my cams quit working from being outside I would understand that they were not intended for outside use from the start. Unfortunately this is how a good product can get a bad review, lack of research by the user.