Seems like a great price for a single stick up camera. Other places selling for $369. Oddly the 2 pack is $680. So much better off buying 2 of these! May be a pricing error or early Black Friday price. Doesn't show as a sale.
Ring Stick Up Camera - $219 @ Noel Leeming
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I have two if theses they are great. Battery lasts a long time. Just bare in mind there is a monthly fee to keep the recordings.
It's the same price on the Ring website - https://nz-en.ring.com/products/stick-up-cam-battery
The wired version is more expansive - https://nz-en.ring.com/products/stick-up-cam-wiredHow strong is the wifi connectivity on this, or would you need an extender, say if I set it up at exterior front door, and my router is upstairs? Thanks
Good to hear about the battery life. Are we talking recharge monthly or much longer?
And, if you wanted to move the camera to another area, how easy is it to do this?
As an alternative I would recommend Reolink cameras. They essentially do the same thing, have a much cheaper price, good rating, free cloud storage for one camera or cheap paid options to add more cameras.
They also have a better rated app than the Ring app. PBtech has recently begun to stock Reolink products but still cheaper off Amazon.https://www.amazon.com/REOLINK-Argus-Eco-Solar-Powered-Non-R…
https://www.amazon.com/Reolink-Argus-Solar-Powered-Rechargea…
https://www.amazon.com/Rechargeable-Battery-Powered-Security… - this one comes with a solar panel for auto rechargingMy wifi coverage is pretty good with both my cameras but use them internally.
You can set the sensitivity. I would say I recharge the battery on average every weeks but this is with a lot of triggers and it alerts you when it’s time to recharge.
Installation is very simple. It can either free stand or screws into the wall.
Why do people pay a ridiculous amount for these big brand cameras, when they aren't even worth that price?
You guys should check out WyzeCam. I have both the WyzeCam V2 and WyzeCam Pan. One of the best security cameras I've ever used, tons of features with accurate Person AI detection and free 14 days rolling storage. It's one of the best bang for your buck cameras that you can buy on the market, just check out the reviews. The camera quality is amazing and at night the IR is great. The motion detection is also accurate and can pair with a lot of apps like tinyCam, BlueIris, iSpy, etc. I've used Arlo and Swann and various other "big brands" and they are all crap compared to the WyzeCam.
You'll have to use NZ Youshop but it still comes out cheaper. You can always get an outdoor mount on Amazon.
Looks like you're losing the People AI detection come January, company that provides the onboard AI code opted to not renew their lease with Wyze:
https://www.techhive.com/article/3481640/wyze-to-temporarily…
Didn't know about this, what a bummer. Thanks for letting me know though.
I'm still happy with Wyze considering its price and features. Even without the added features like People AI detection, the built-in motion detect is accurate enough, at least compared to my Belkin and Dlink in-door IP cameras and comapred to the $500 Swann outdoor cameras.
Thanks - will look into this - looks to be readily available on TM. Is this wireless/battery operated, and is wifi connectivity strong? Thanks
Wifi connectivity is good, it actually shows you the connection strength % in the app. But it all depends on how good your local network setup is. I've never had any connection issues or hiccups with it. I can view live footage through the Wyze Android app just fine.
It is powered and not battery operated. I do NOT recommend buying battery operated cameras. Tried them before, they all suck. The hassle of unmounting them to charge up the battery and then mounting them again is just a waste of time. They can easily be stolen and could potentially be knocked off if people chuck e.g. rocks at them. These usually use a magnet or some sort to "mount" it into place. Manufacturers obviously wants to make it easy to mount/unmount and so it's not going to be 100% secured into place.
Furthermore, you need to be careful of the advertised features on these battery operated cameras. In reality, a lot of these cameras will operate on limited features. For example, you won't get continuous recording, as this drains the battery. You also won't necessarily get 4K recording, or whatever the maximum supported resolution is. A lot of the features will be restricted and limited because these cameras are designed to operate on battery for X amount of time, which is usually a relatively short period. Realistically speaking, you can't have all the features working because it'll just kill the battery constantly. You can find a lot of reviews and complaints about battery operated cameras on forums. Aylo for example is a good one to look into, tons of examples there.
Security cameras become useless if they run out of battery or miss crucial moments to record. You never know if it's gonna run out of battery and sometimes, you may just want to set up continuous recording. I caught someone stealing my car at 2am yesterday morning and it was due to having continuous recording throughout the night being turned on. I would never trust or rely on a battery operated camera to continously record overnight.
Other things to consider is the PIR. Just because a camera is a big brand or is expensive, doesn't mean it's good. Cameras, especially outdoor ones, may send you a lot of false positive notifications/alerts. Shadows on the ground, moving tree leafs, etc will all trigger motion detection and therefore start to record or take snapshots. WyzeCam has one of the best PIR detection on the market in my opinion.
The app they provide for Android/iOS is also very easy to use. You can easily share access to the camera with someone else. They just need to download the Wyze app and be able to access your camera. Good for sharing with family members.
Lastly, Wyze has a forum where people can make suggestions etc. They are constantly releasing firmware updates and adding new features. You can also add a microSD card and daisy chain the cameras via USB to power them.
I have recommended WyzeCam to various people and have not heard a single complaint from them. At around $50 NZD (this is total cost, including shipping and YouShop), it's really not much and in the off chance that you don't like the camera, you won't feel too bad about it. I've spent $500 on other brands (and they were on discount as well) and were just constantly frustrated with how crap they are. Tons of false positive events being generated due to how sensitive or insensitive the cameras are. And no, it's not because of a bad setup on my end. I know what I'm doing, have worked in IT for years as a Microsoft certified engineer and know a great deal about tech in general. I am qualified to speak about IP cameras to say the least. I know how to set up these things and have written guides that I have shared with people online. Trust me, you don't want to deal with the hassle that most of these cameras bring. I've done my research, looked into the forum posts about the various issues and WyzeCam has the least amount of issues out there, best overall features and best bang for buck.
If you're interested in an advanced setup of WyzeCam, you can check out one of my guides I wrote here:
https://forums.wyzecam.com/t/guide-on-how-to-set-up-rtsp-on-…Thank you for your insight - appreciate the time taken to respond :)
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