UYODM 3Pack Solar Panel for Wyze Cam Outdoor | Weather Resistant, 16.5Ft Outdoor Power Charging Cable, Adjustable Mount | Not for Wyze/Wyze v3 – Black

I temporarily connected one of the solar panels to my Wyze Outdoor cam for a few days to test them out before permanently mounting them. The camera battery was at 62% which I realize should have probably been fully charged before this test. With the panel in direct sunlight and angled south, it took a few days to see 64% battery with maybe four recorded events per day for usage. It slumped as low as 58% a few times but hovered around 62% for nearly a week.

Seeing as how it maintained the battery, I mounted them where I wanted them permanently with the supplied mounts and will report back when I see how they do long-term. So far I’m not particularly impressed with their charging ability and in hindsight, considering the price of these, I should have tried the Wasserstein panels with their own built-in batteries instead.

The mounts are cast aluminum and work very well with good range of motion but I’m sure the adjustment lock nuts will eventually corrode to the base and strip out upon removal. The cord length is generous and the clear weatherproof plug seal is a good idea but the two-sided tape doesn’t stick longer than ten minutes so I cut these off the cables. I mounted my cameras in weatherproof enclosures and the cameras wouldn’t seat into the enclosures all the way because of a big plastic knob molded into the plug over the camera’s on/off switch. I ground them flat with a rotary file to make them fit. If you were mounting the camera naked this wouldn’t be an issue.

EDIT: Bumped from three to four stars. I charged my cameras to 85%, reinstalled them, and changed the angle of the panels from S to SW, and all batteries charged to 100% within hours. After observing battery charge levels for roughly a week, I noticed my cams that see higher traffic, and thus more events, drop as low as 92% through the night but charge back to 100% before noon. I will update again after they have some time to prove their durability.