Review on 📷 1080P Waterproof WiFi Outdoor Security Camera, Wansview Surveillance Bullet Camera with Night Vision, Motion Detection and Remote View, Alexa Compatible (Black) by Mark Gancio

I've had several W3 cameras at home that I've used with BlueIris over RTSP over the past few years so contacted Wansview and asked if I could review the W4. Overall, this is a good camera at a great price. Wansview is trying to up its game and promote its cloud offering, but overall it seems its cloud portion is a bit immature and not fully ready for prime time. I had a very hard time connecting the camera to wifi as it refused to scan my phone. Luckily, there is a backup method that allows your phone to connect directly to the camera and transfer the settings as needed. a potentially insecure cloud that could be overseas, so I blocked the camera's access to the internet. Blocking internet access means the native app won't work, and neither will motion detection alerts. If you choose Wansview's cloud services, I found the prices a bit high - $70/year for up to 3 cameras with 7 days of storage, $100/year for 5 cameras with 15 days of storage, and $170/year for up to 15 days . 7 cameras with 30 days of storage. They also offer plans with monthly and quarterly payments, but unfortunately there is no plan for less than 3 cameras. You can get away with the hefty price tag as the initial cost of the camera is much lower than Arlo or Nest. You can use the camera without a cloud service, but it looks like it only continuously stores video recorded based on motion detection for 24 hours. Internet to hosts named cam-tunnel-isc-us.ajcloud.net and cam-gw-isc-us.ajcloud.net via tcp/443 and udp/60722. There may be others that I was unable to capture during testing. Pros: - Overall small body and great picture - Can adjust camera angle manually without small screws like W3 - Comes with mobile app to pair. c-Mounting template included-Long power cord-Ethernet support-RTSP support!-Night vision looks a little better than W3-WiFi works much better than W3 You mount the camera on the ceiling. -No web interface! Since I block access to the internet it means that no settings can be changed after I block it as an application has to be used to configure it. An nmap scan shows that port 80 is open but shows a 403 response. - Very limited settings - For example, you cannot set a local NTP server or custom date/time or change the night vision schedule (automatic or off, may not set a time to turn on/off night vision.) - The timestamp in the The upper right corner of the picture frame cannot be removed and the camera cannot be marked on the frame.