WIWACAM WiFi Bird Box Camera, 4K HD WLAN, Live Video to Phone, Easy Installation to Most of Bird Box Bird House Birdhouse Feeders Nesting, for Robins, Wrens, Tree Swallows, with Night Mode, Recording

It is compact and easy to set up. Wifi needs to be decent wherever you place it in the yard or you cannot see the video on your phone. The camera can easily be set up with an external battery so you can remove it to charge or replace with an already charged one.

This is a neat little camera and one of the very few options I could find to place a WiFi camera inside my bird box. WiFi setup is super-easy and I had it installed and connected to my home WiFi and viewable on my phone in minutes. That was the easy part.Mounting it inside the bird box was trickier, but fairly straight-forward. I used hot glue to affix it and the cables to the underside of the birdbox lid, taking care to leave enough room for the lid to close, to plug in power and to put in/out the micro SD card. I placed the antenna outside the box on the roof. It was easy using the phone app to make sure that the view inside the bird box was clear and unobstructed.I also purchased a solar panel separately on Amazon to maintain a charge in the unit, which I mounted on the top of the post I attached the bird box to. We have several bluebird boxes on posts on our property here in Virginia and they are generally successful, attracting nesting bluebirds. I expect this one will do similar, but this time I'll have an inside view of what's going on in there. I can't tell yet how successful the solar panel will be as we've not had successive sunny days here to charge it, so how well that does remains to be seen.The camera seems to perform well when within range of the WiFi signal. It only uses 2.4 GHz so you'll have to downgrade your 5 GHz network if you don't have 2.4 GHz to connect to. Your phone and the device also have to stay on that network, but this is very common with domestic IP cameras.So, overall this was a fun project and the camera performs well and as intended. We haven't seen any bluebirds take up residence yet, and as mentioned already, the solar panel didn't keep the battery up, so I had to take it down to recharge it. This is no fault of the camera, it works as indicated. The solar panel is a separate purchase and completely my own idea/experiment. When charged the camera works great. I'm expecting sunshine hereafter and, if this works as expected, I'll be buying more.Hope this helps.

It appears to have arrived intact, but after hours of trying to hook it up to the internet we contacted the supplier. They gave us many other "solutions" none of which worked. Even the LeD lighting that is supposed to guide you through set up and let you know what the problem is, did not indicate as given in any instructions. After repeated attempts at contacting the seller about the issue, describing our own issue, they never responded again. So this equipment is now totally useless to us, along with the solar powered battery that was purchased to accompany it. Very disappointed that the company does not try to resolve issues or continue to provide support.

Just got this and testing it out. The camera itself is very small. It connects via a VERY delicate flat wire to a control box that is 2 inches by 1 inch that has a 3 inch antenna attached. The control box is also attached to a battery pack that is about 2 1/2 inches by 1. The boxes are about 1/2 inch thick. They get warm, but not hot enough to worry about (update: this is a non issue). At least not in my initial tests. Connecting to wifi was very easy. The free app gives you a QR code which you scan with the camera. Pretty much done. Just make sure (the camera) is connected to a 2.4 Ghz wifi network and you have the wifi password handy.Picture quality is very choppy (update: this was my wifi. I have since improved my wifi and picture quality is much better). I would even call it a series of stills rather than video (update: much smoother with improved wifi, still a little chop and occassional grey out for a second, but not bad at all). There are UHD and SD settings, but I see little difference between them on my small phone screen. It deteriorates even more as I move across the house (update: not so much since I improved my wifi...even get a good picture away from home). I believe that a wifi booster is in my future since the bird box is on the opposite side of the house from my router.With the exception of the 5 foot USB power cable (if you plan to plug it into an electrical outlet you will need an adapter), all the other wires are permanently attached, a fact likely to cause some interesting issues when I go to install it in the bird box (update: I used a small plastic box, that originally housed nails, on top of the bird box to house the control unit and battery, drilling a hole in the side of the box just big enough to stick the antenna out. Drilled a few more holes on the backside to allow for ventilation). Would have liked a longer cable between the camera and control box. I don't know where others found the wire to mount the battery and control on the bottom of the bird box. They will likely have to be mounted on or near the top, and protected from the weather with some sort of plastic housing. I don't think I want them inside the box because I'm sure it gets warm enough in there during nesting season. The whole thing looks very delicate and I fear that it would be very easy to damage it (update: just be reasonably careful..I had no issuses). I also think I am going to have to buy an extension for the power (update: bought a fifty foot usb extension and plug..works great). Update: So I hooked it up in Oct. and left it plugged in over the winter. It worked flawlessly through freezing cold weather (-30), in temps that typically cause my much more expensive security cams to fail. It's now Spring and have American kestrels setting up housekeeping. Though it does take some care and thought setting it up, this is a very nice little camera for the price.

Perfect bird box camera when you already have a bird house to put it in. No point buying an expensive house/camera combo that can be over priced. I bought this because of the price and the size. I 3D printed a bird house that would allow this little camera to fit perfectly into, complete with a back plate to protect the electronics.Setup was a breeze and the picture quality is awesome.After looking at a LOT of options for bird box cameras, I bought this one because it seemed like the best option - and I've not been disappointed. Will definitely be getting more.