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I purchased the initial outdoor system and after a few months purchased 2 add-on cameras, for a total of 3. Aside from the technical issues, the system works well in the daytime however poorly in the night time unless you light up the whole viewing area. However after about 5 minutes, it fails again.
All 3 were replaced under warranty, however 2 of those failed. They also have no repair options available. Within 6 months, 2 cameras lost connections and then the 3rd one failed.
Logitech will not acknowledge they have an issue even though the failure rate is over 60% and will not provide warranty support after 1 year. The offer I got from Logitech was to purchase 2 replacements at 50% off of regular price. After much testing and trouble shooting, what it comes down to is the camera has a power supply that overheats and shuts down but the camera can re-connect once unplugged and allowed to cool down.
For the initial system purchase, 2 add-on cameras and the half price replacement cameras, I paid a total of $990 for a functioning 3 camera system, so the initial "good value" has evaporated. One other note, all cameras need to be on the same line, so in the event you have 2 lines coming to the house (220v)all need to be on the same circuit for the system to see all the cameras.
That said, the quality is good enough if needed as evidence of vandalism in my opinion. I suggest you install additional lighting outside, such as a porch light or motion-detected flood light.
Setup was quick and easy. I ordered this and the Indoor System.
The night vision is ok, but not extremely powerful. I just followed the directions for both the Master System and the Illuminator.
After the quick interchange of lenses required by the this kit, I was up and running recording video at night. I have both of these additional light sources and only get ok results outside at night.
I haven't been successful in placing the illuminator so that it does its job. I've tried 4 different placements. I checked the illuminator in a dark room and it works, but I'm about to give up.
I am now using it for outside of the building and works perfect. I bought an outdoor for my home entrance gate which is 350' away from the building. I cannot get the camera's feed and don't know if this is a distance issue or not. I can also get the feed from Internet in my office. A few problems with this camera:1- No night vision2- The view angle is narrow3- Distance from the master system4- No technical documentationAny suggestions solving my peoblems is very much apprecaited.Many thanks.Logitech WiLife Digital Video Security--Outdoor Add-On Camera
I had read the other reviews and the instructions, so I knew to set the lens before screwing it in. I had purchased the Wilife indoor camera several months ago. I decided to add the illuminator to for the night vision capacity. It was very easy. So far, I've had no problems with it and would recommend it to any Wilife user who wishes to capture video at night with no lights.
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