HD WiFi Digital Wireless Backup Camera for Trucks Vans Camper Small RV Hitch Rear View Camera IP69K Waterproof Wide Angle Rohent R13

This is a heavy (8 oz) wi-fi 1080P camera with night vision and IP69K waterproof standard spec. It touts a fairly long range of wi-fi connection in feet for use with RVs, trailers, trucks or even farm equipment.Most of the backup cameras -- just as easily wi-fi units -- come in a license-plate installation model for use with your I-phone and Android. They're more "out of the way" -- more inconspicuous. You could argue they're easy to mount.My project and my current attitude about DIY projects has a different range of acceptability for these products than what you might hear from other customer reviews. I am retro-fitting a 1995 Isuzu Trooper LS to bring it into the 21st century. So far, this includes three components added to the car which integrate with a fourth component -- an Android 7" tablet with Android 9.0. It is important to be aware that the software for gadtets like the Rohent camera may not be up to date with iOS 10 and Android 10.0. I actually purchased my Android tablet with this in mind for several candidate camera projects. But it's only been about 2 years since the tablet's release, and this one is going to become a second brain with infrequent app updates affixed to the dashboard as a semi-permanent addition.I searched for several backup and rearview camera options, including kits that included both dash-cam and backup cam components. There are some very nice kits available, but I discovered that the Android rear-side 8 MP camera serves very well as a dash cam and a recorder if desired (128 GB SDXC card in the tablet). I looked at expense, I looked at quality, and I looked at features. I abjured any kit that hangs a device on your OEM rearview mirror, but it was worth investigating them for their capabilities. For instance, you also might want USB-charging and GPS. In my case, with the Android, I have GPS with Google Maps, voice-recognition and voice-navigation on top of simultaneous music-play and rearview camera. And I have USB-charging with an MP3-player/FM-transmitter that works well with my OEM digital receiver. So -- all bases covered, and all fully integrated with the Android.Since I had an old Trooper SUV, I decided to worry less about aesthetics, and mount the camera in the best possible position while avoiding any silhouette or profile departing from the car's original appearance. After looking at interior mounting options, I chose to mount it on the near-vertical back side of the Trooper's rear air-deflector panel -- which extends to just about 2" above the tailgate door. Then, came the problem of mounting options as opposed to location of the camera. I could drill four holes in the body panel (deflector panel), but I would need to drill through two pieces of sheet-metal, as the panel was made that way and welded together around the edge. Or, I could use wire-ties with a rubber cushion to protect the paint. Or, I could use Neodymium magnets -- a pair of them and one for each mounting hole in the camera bracket.I went to much trouble in preparing and mounting the bracket/magnet assembly, but in the end, it was all quite easy. Adding a layer of RTV silicone between the magnets and the body panel, I doubt that that camera will ever move or come off without the application of a baseball bat or a huge pair of channel locks and two pairs of arms.Wiring can also be troublesome, even for a Wi-Fi camera. That's why a lot of people choose integration with the reverse or "backup" ights, or the tail-light circuit, because it provides the least difficulty routing wires for the camera. I chose instead to ground the camera to an OEM grounding point in the rear, and run a wire to the front dashboard assembly for connection to an LED rocker switch.For the price around $80 and given the disciplined nature of my retro-fitting project, this was the perfect camera after all. A license camera wouldn't work for me, because the license-plate is mounted to the right side of the tail-gate and the smaller tailgate door. The bumper or safety-step of the SUV is too low and too easy to physically damage the camera or mounting. The rest of the door is obstructed with the Trooper's spare tire and its simulated leather black cover. The air-deflector panel was just right.So for that, the camera was just right, too. Once in a while, possibly with other busy apps running in the background, the robust camera software will drop a frame in the blink of an eye and then recover, keeping the Wi-Fi signal. For mine, I swapped out the original exterior stubby antenna with a wi-fi antenna and extension, installed in the same luggage side-panel area with the camera's power wire dashboard connection. It's no better and no worse than the stubby antenna, but it puts the antenna inside the car and improves the exterior camera appearance.

Very nice camera at a great price. Easy to install, and has its own Wi-Fi signal, so works wherever you are at. My 5th wheel trailer is 30’ long and my truck is 20’ long, so the company sent me an antenna extension and it works very well. The camera is well built and looks to be very durable. Overall very good basic backup camera for a rv or trailer

I installed this camera on my Wolf Pup 16FQ and use it with a Dasaita 10.2" Android 10 head unit in a 2017 Ridgeline. The Dasaita's stock wifi is pretty poor, but after upgrading its antenna the camera worked decently. I was still getting some lag, and an occasional white screen. Rohent's customer service helped my verify that the camera's antenna is a 3dB and that I'm pushing the distance limits. They even sent me a 7dB antenna to try. The 7dB has a lead that allowed mounting it closer to the car, about halfway forward on the trailer, and now it works perfect. full frame rate all the time, and no drops. If you're planning to use this on a travel trailer I highly recommend a 7 or 9 dB antenna mounted as far forward as you can. I suspect it would work great as-is on a popup trailer since there's a lot less material to infereer with the wifi signal.As high I have it mounted I know I'm beyond the night mode's designed range. It works well enough to avoid hitting anything, but not well enough to see where asphalt joins dirt without someone shining a flashlight on the ground. Mounted lower I'm sure it would work great.I was able to connect to the camera with a Nokia 6.1 with Android 10, and an older Galaxy S5, but not with a new Galaxy S20FE. I haven't tried to figure out why, and I don't need it so I probably won't.I have it wired to the trailer running lights, so to use it I just have to turn on the truck's lights. It takes a while before wifi is ready, and I often have to coax the Dasaita into reconnecting to it, but that's more an issue with the Dasaita. I would not wire this to a car's reverse light like you would a regular backup camera, it takes too long to connect for that.The software is pretty basic, and doesn't remember anything, but loads quickly and gets the job done. Somewhat unintuitively, touching the video will make it go full screen, which actually makes it perform better. A "full screen" icon like video players have would make the app easier to use, and it would be nice if it remembered when I turn off the guidelines (mounted up high they are useless anyway).Overall, I'm quite happy with this camera, even with having to install a better antenna, which I suspected I might have to.

I bought the original one and it wouldn't sync up to my phone. contacted seller they promptly returned it but it was late in the season and i had already put my trailer away for the winter. When i tried the second one it was past the return time and it did the same as the first, it wouldn't sync to my phone. I would not recommend this product, unless you enjoy trouble shooting tech gear!!!!