Tent cam?

anyone run a tent camera so they can check in on their girls from the phone while not at home? If so what works best for you? I'm gone for extended periods at times due to work so it'd be nice to be able to keep an eye on them

Carbonfylter said:

anyone run a tent camera so they can check in on their girls from the phone while not at home? If so what works best for you? I'm gone for extended periods at times due to work so it'd be nice to be able to keep an eye on them

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Would be awesome even just for journal purposes if you can record on said camera

TropiKanna said:

Would be awesome even just for journal purposes if you can record on said camera

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Definitely, I've seen some people do it with timelapses which I also think would be awesome to do

So strange - I was just looking at cameras last night! Hope someone has some insight

Carbonfylter said:

Definitely, I've seen some people do it with timelapses which I also think would be awesome to do

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Thats what i was referring too! Couldnt agree more!

I personally think it would be a great idea

Get a cheap af android phone, connect it to your WiFi and attach it in your tent. Then get a baby monitor app on both phones and connect them. Most monitor apps let you record/store images so you could do a snapshot a day as your time lapse or whatever. Just a thought.

Seedperson1 said:

Get a cheap af android phone, connect it to your WiFi and attach it in your tent. Then get a baby monitor app on both phones and connect them. Most monitor apps let you record/store images so you could do a snapshot a day as your time lapse or whatever. Just a thought.

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Hmmm... i have an old phone in the trunk of my car! Maybe I will give it a go!

TropiKanna said:

Hmmm... i have an old phone in the trunk of my car! Maybe I will give it a go!

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It worked for me. The only problem is I also have a kid so sometimes I’d end up looking at the wrong baby monitor in the middle of the night lol

Seedperson1 said:

It worked for me. The only problem is I also have a kid so sometimes I’d end up looking at the wrong baby monitor in the middle of the night lol

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One minute theyre just seedlings, the next minute you think you grew a baby

Carbonfylter said:

One minute theyre just seedlings, the next minute you think you grew a baby

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Lol. Four months old and already a woman! The plant that is..

No more babies here... except plants... im just getting to the end of potty training my 3 tear old... kid that is lol

Just buy a ring doorbell and install on the inside.

They are on sale as well for labor day. $119 over here at costco

got a cheap ezviz,works a treat,only use when putting babies into the flower room for first strech.

I have a wyze cam, that I use for my tents. There like 20 or 30 ea so worth it and have wifi. can take pics from the app with it. so could do a time lapse in theory.

Generic GoPros like the wyze @StrawberryOzark mentioned.
Or any generic wifi cam.

If you're into DIY, try an ESP32 CAM.
They're $10 each and decent for the price.

You'll need to learn arduino programming but once you have that down you can use the ESP32 to do some automation and monitoring,

Yeah definitely makes me feel better when I can check on my girls whenever the mood strikes me from wherever.

Wyze cams are cheap and work well. Only complaint is the timelapse is limited to 30 days.



Edit to add, you can disable the status lights on the wyze cam so you don't have to cover it with tape.

Laughing Grass said:

Wyze cams are cheap and work well. Only complaint is the timelapse is limited to 30 days.

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Edit to add, you can disable the status lights on the wyze cam so you don't have to cover it with tape.

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That is super annoying. I just finished a two week timelapse.. I flashed my Wyze cam to their optional RTSP firmware and it's being streamed to a Raspberry Pi running home assistant. That is what handles my timelapse so I can set it for whatever I want duration wise.... on the plus side it also adds in remote monitoring from the same screen as my sensor readouts and light/drip controls.