this is a $20 security camera it's the wise cam I just bought it on Amazon it's
1080p Wireless free cloud storage motion detection alerts two-way talk
night-vision the features are packed in for this tiny little $20 camera is it
worth it I'm Ben from Authentech, let's check it out all right this is the
camera super tiny a lot smaller than I originally thought when I saw it in the
pictures nice rubber grips on the bottom I like that stand system raised up pan
tilt rotate super tiny discreet and cute for only 20 ish dollars I'm thinking
this could be a great nanny baby monitor camera security camera while on the go
in a pinch nice flat ribbon micro USB cable sweet good length little benefit
when these cameras are powered by micro USB you could power run by a portable
battery bank for a while Micro USB wallet after your setup button and the
micro SD card slot micro SD card slot that means you have on-camera storage
basically unlimited right so here's what's included in the box let's get it
set up and see how she works all right let's do a little setup here first we
download the wise app create an account connect the camera to the power outlet
and wait 20 seconds until a yellow says like flashes press the setup button
three seconds until you hear the voice prompt and then you follow the wise app
to finish setup alright we just got the wise cam all set up it was a cinch you
plug it in download the app create an account basically connect the camera to
your Wi-Fi as normal and we're set up first impressions camera quality when we
switch it to HD looks really nice motion tagging by this Green Square that's
pretty cool you can easily toggle sound on and off let's live authentic you can
manually record and take photos let's try the two-way speaker
let's live authentic we rotate the phone sideways pretty low latency this will
depend on your Wi-Fi of course but I mean that's like less than a second
maybe very good pinch-to-zoom under more you can turn on and off that motion
tagging you can view your albums man you taking photos and videos time lapse I'm
pumped to see that when I'm guessing it will time lapse through all your
previous recorded footage on the micro SD I just popped one of those in under
settings we have a fair amount of camera settings there's plenty of lurtz motion
and sound detection one thing I didn't know it has smoke and CO alarm under
advanced settings there's local storage I really like when security cameras
allow for local micro SD or NVR recording this way you don't have to pay
for a cloud service or it's a nice backup you can have it recording 24/7 on
a 32 or 64 gig card one little issue I might have noticed in the beginning this
swivel is really loose so if there's a tuck on the cable it needs to be a
little bit more friction on that rotation you can do record events only
or continuous recording night vision is off auto or on let's switch it to auto
rotate image 180 that's a few mounted up on the ceiling
on that note it comes with the suite 3m tape and a strong magnet to mount it
just about anywhere also very cool I saw on Amazon there's plenty of cheap
accessories for this thing there's an outdoor weatherproof housing for like 10
bucks that's very cool even that's very clever plug in the AC
outlet stand I timestamp watermark record sound you can sync the time you
playback pinch to scale timeline this is just like my Yi cam jump back to live
stream alright time lapse isn't what I thought I was hoping it would be able to
time lapse quickly scrub through your previous record footage to find those
hot spots looks like a normal time lapse just point at the cloud sort of thing
alright so that's our first look at the wise cam so far for 20 ish bucks I'm
pretty impressed I like that 1080p quality two-way talk
I'm gonna keep testing it a little bit more and then let's come back for
closing thoughts is it worth 20 ish bucks so real quick I
keep saying 20 ish dollars because you can pick one up on wise cams website for
20 bucks however I believe they're charging for shipping if you go through
Amazon which I did it costs a few bucks more about 25 dollars but you and said
get fast 2-day prime shipping and that Amazon guarantee which I like now either
way I've been testing this Weis cam out for the past four days expiry
with different locations and settings and for 20 or $25 this security camera
is a steal first and foremost it's a super wide angle lens a hundred and ten
degrees to be exact which is fantastic to see the footage both photos and video
look really good for 1080p HD nice dynamic range and great night vision -
they say can see up to 30 feet in the dark I really like the motion tagging
and outlines this helps when you're scrubbing through footage looking for
those motion spots I really like this magnetic base and easy swivel mount
allowing me to snap it onto almost anywhere the refrigerator oven TV and
that small footprint helps to one of my favorite features wise camp integrates
with if this then that as I always say this opens a world of creative
possibilities for example use it as a virtual motion sensor for smart things
turn on the lights when you enter the room or if it senses any smoke or carbon
monoxide call and text you right away or when you leave or arrive home enable or
disable motion detection and alerts like a geofence for a lot of people you're
gonna like to hear it also works with Alexa so by voice command you can pull
up your cameras on certain Amazon devices and two very awesome bonus
features you might not even have thought of the wise cam draws very little power
consumption so you could power these things with a portable battery bank or
maybe a car battery with a voltage converter or even a solar panel which I
started to experiment with think about these possibilities you can mount a few
of these cameras outside wherever under the awning or up in a tree find a solar
pack that has an internal battery recharge through the day and then supply
enough juice for the night no need for pulling power lines way out there
I had a 10,000 milliamp hour solar pack that seemed to last all night long but
I'm not positive I need to keep experimenting there's an active and
helpful subreddit fully devoted to the wise camp I'll link you to that down
below the second awesome feature to the wise cam 2
it offers USB it passed through power with a USB outlet right
there in the back so you can daisy-chain up to three of these cameras all from
one power source this is genius and now unto my wishlist items first
there's no desktop or web app this is a big one for me as I like to view my
security cameras from the computer even he has this and second the app needs
faster scrubbing and timeline playback speeds like 2x or 10x speed and
connecting to this I really want that daily recap feature like lighthouse
offers I just reviewed that security camera check it out later
whether I'm recording 24/7 or just on motion detection there needs to be a way
to easily and automatically time-lapse and scrub through that immense amount of
footage finding just the video sections that are important now either wait for
20 or 25 bucks this wise cam 2 is a steal and I'm very impressed with all
the features and quality packed inside something so small and affordable now
you could blanket the inside or outside of your home for what just one two
hundred bucks or if you just want one of these it won't break the bank and it's
perfect for keeping the eye on your little ones or maybe the elderly keeping
tabs on your garage backyard see what your pets are up to you while you're
gone I can't believe the price and if you want to check it out all the links
are down below let me know if you guys have any questions or if you pick any of
these up and thanks for tuning in if you're new around here consider sticking
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