1 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: A home security camera with everything you need for just 2 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: thirty dollars. Yep, what's going on. I'm Rich Damiro. This 3 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: is Rich on Tech Daily. And you might remember last 4 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,600 Speaker 1: year I told you about a twenty dollars home security camera. 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: It was called the wisecam. Well, this new camera is 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:24,159 Speaker 1: from the same company. It's called the Wise Campan, and 7 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: it adds the ability to pan, till and zoom. 8 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:29,639 Speaker 2: And yes, it is just thirty dollars. 9 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: And before you get to the whole monthly fee thing, 10 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,160 Speaker 1: no there are no monthly fees whatsoever. 11 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 2: Let me explain. 12 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: So the Wisecampan is definitely not the best looking security 13 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: camera in the world. I find it to be kind 14 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 1: of boxy and the design is not going to win 15 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 1: any awards. But at this price you really can't complain. 16 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 1: I think buyers are going to be most interested in 17 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: the combination of features. 18 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 2: For the price, you pretty much get it all. 19 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: You get the pan, tilt and zoom control, zoom up 20 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: to eight times, you get night vision, You get a 21 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: motion to techction zone, continuous recording. If you add a 22 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 1: micro SD card, it can go three hundred and sixty 23 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: degrees horizontal, ninety three degrees vertical motion tagging, two way audio, 24 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 1: smart sound recognition. That means if your smoke detector goes 25 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: off in your house, the wisecam is smart enough to 26 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: notice that and it will send you an alert to 27 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: your phone based on that sound recognition. You also get 28 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: time laps, motion tracking, full HD in ten EDP, motion 29 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 1: and sound detection and alerts, and free rolling fourteen day 30 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: cloud storage. 31 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 2: Let me explain how that works. 32 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 1: When the wisecampan detects motion, it's going to capture a 33 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: twelve second video clip. It uploads that instantly to the cloud. 34 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: Then once that storage is filled up, it automatically deletes 35 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,559 Speaker 1: the earliest clip to make room for the new one. 36 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: So basically, clips are held for a maximum of fourteen days. 37 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: You can also add an SD card up to thirty 38 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: two gigabytes to capture that continuous recording. Like I explained before, 39 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: that is stored on board. Setup of the wise campan 40 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: is really easy. 41 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 2: I love the way they do it. 42 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: The app generates a QR code, you hold it in 43 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: front of the camera, The camera recognizes the code and 44 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: it uses that code to pair up with your Wi 45 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: Fi network and the app, and from there you basically 46 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 1: get a live stream of the camera at anytime on 47 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 1: your smartphone. You can just tune in on your phone 48 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: and watch the camera live, and the quality there is excellent. Then, 49 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: once you're inside the app, you can manually move around 50 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: the lens and the unit itself by using remote controls. 51 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: You can also put the device in automatic mode, so 52 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: it tracks any motion that it sees. I found that 53 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: this aspect of the camera wasn't always perfect, especially if 54 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,119 Speaker 1: there were multiple things moving in front of the camera. 55 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: It doesn't know which one to track necessarily. But remember 56 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 1: these are all software things that can easily be improved 57 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: with software over time, so I wouldn't get too caught 58 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: up on that. 59 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 2: Now. 60 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: Another mode allows you to automatically have the camera scan 61 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: an area of a room by moving back and forth. 62 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 1: I think of this as those eighties security cameras that 63 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: would slowly move left to right to sweep an area. 64 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: But again, it's a handy feature to have. All right, 65 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:06,359 Speaker 1: pretty much everything on the wise Campan works as advertised, 66 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: and yes it's a great value for thirty dollars. But 67 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: here's the issue that I found. The movement and the 68 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: sound of the movement is kind of distracting. So if 69 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:16,679 Speaker 1: you have this thing set up in a room where 70 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: you're hanging out regularly, like I had it set up 71 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: in my living room. Literally, my wife unplugged it by 72 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: the end of the night every single time I plugged 73 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:26,959 Speaker 1: it in because it was tracking her, and it's tracking 74 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: your movements. And it also is kind of loud, so 75 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: you notice that this thing is tracking you, you will 76 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: be very aware of the camera's movements, especially when it 77 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: tracks you. 78 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 2: So that's my only real downside. 79 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: So my advice, unless you have a specific use case 80 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: scenario for the movement ability of the wise Campan, I 81 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: think you'd be better served with the original wisecam, which 82 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 1: shares nearly all of the same features minus the movement 83 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: and the zoom. But that camera is only twenty dollars, 84 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: but it doesn't move other things. To keep in mind, 85 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: the wise Campan is only for indoor use, and there's 86 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: still no smart home integration with Alexa, Google Home, or 87 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: Apple Home Kit. I don't think that's a huge deal breaker, 88 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: but it is kind of cool that you can see 89 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: your Nest and Amazon cameras on the Fire TV and 90 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: also on the Apple TV if you have the nestcams. Overall, 91 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: if you're not worried about the potential sound and movement 92 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,919 Speaker 1: of the Wisecampan distracting you. I think that this thirty 93 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: dollars camera is an amazing value and a great way 94 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:23,479 Speaker 1: to keep an eye on what's important to you, all 95 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: again with no monthly fees. 96 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 2: Thanks so much for listening. 97 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: If you want to see my video review of the Wisecampan, 98 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: go to my website. 99 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 2: It is rich on tech dot tv. 100 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 1: And if you like what I'm doing here with the podcast, 101 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:39,119 Speaker 1: I'd really appreciate a review in the Apple Podcasts app. 102 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 2: That way more people discover the podcast. Thanks so much 103 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 2: for listening. I'm Rich Damiro. I'll talk to you real soon.