Review on 🏡 Wansview Outdoor Security Camera: 1080P WiFi Surveillance with Night Vision, Motion Detection, Remote Access – Works with Alexa (W4-2PACK) by Bill Russett

Overall these cameras are great. I've been using a number of Wansview W2 outdoor cameras for a number of years and decided to try these new W4s when they came out to see if they were the right choice for expanding my coverage. The first thing I noticed was that the cameras are very small. They have the same general shape as the W2 and other typical cylindrical chambers, but are 1/2 to 2/3 the size. To me that's pretty cool as you can install them in more places and they're a little less noticeable. Image quality, motion detection, and night vision are all as expected and pretty good. Night vision has a hotspot in the center of the field of view, but it's not overwhelming. The price is very impressive as $80 for two cameras is quite expensive for this quality. I would have paid more and wanted to buy a W2 for about $55. The Wansview cloud app works well and found the cameras quickly. Overall, the UI looks and works the same as the Wyze camera app, which is pretty good. The main disadvantage of these cameras is that they only work with the Wansview cloud app. I have a local server that controls my cameras with Blue Iris and while W2 works fine with it, these don't. So I won't be using them at home, but they would be the right choice for my mum's house where she doesn't have cameras and isn't tied to a local server, but could use a few cameras and a cloud service would be fine. Another downside is that there are no cheap/free options for a cloud service. After a free 30-day trial, you pay a small fee for coverage. The basic plan (up to 3 cameras) costs $6.99/month or $69.99/year, and there are more expensive options to choose from, but not cheaper.