There's a reason these devices were returned, and in contrast to many devices, many suffer from the types of intermittent bugs which are nearly impossible to validate for.
The one time I bought Wyze products refurb, the wifi was intermittent. Bad experience. That was on more than one device. One I caught in time to return, and the other -- I just have an unreliable camera now I can't really use.
I feel okay buying things refurb if they're e.g. off-lease laptops, upgrades, or things which are easy for technicians to quickly and cheaply test and fix.
These kinds of devices are not easy to validate working. A doorbell which talks Bluetooth with a miscalibrated radio might not ring one in ten times, or if it's a little too warm. You won't even know you missed something.
You're getting at most $5 of technician time validating a device like this, and it's luck-of-the-draw.
I think it's actually just as bad for Wyze to be selling these in the first place. Unreliable products harm their brand reputation.
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There's a reason these devices were returned, and in contrast to many devices, many suffer from the types of intermittent bugs which are nearly impossible to validate for.
The one time I bought Wyze products refurb, the wifi was intermittent. Bad experience. That was on more than one device. One I caught in time to return, and the other -- I just have an unreliable camera now I can't really use.
I feel okay buying things refurb if they're e.g. off-lease laptops, upgrades, or things which are easy for technicians to quickly and cheaply test and fix.
These kinds of devices are not easy to validate working. A doorbell which talks Bluetooth with a miscalibrated radio might not ring one in ten times, or if it's a little too warm. You won't even know you missed something.
You're getting at most $5 of technician time validating a device like this, and it's luck-of-the-draw.
I think it's actually just as bad for Wyze to be selling these in the first place. Unreliable products harm their brand reputation.
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Thank you!