One camera's batt lasts a couple of weeks...the only a week

[dickg12]

I have two PROs...one batt lasts two-four weeks. The other only one week. Changing batts does no good. Do I need to buy another camera?

[Dannybear]

Swap camera positions and monitor battery levels, don’t rely on the arlo web portal, it has bugs, if the problem moves with the camera then you may have a dud battery or a faulty camera.

Things that can affect battery life are,

• poor signal level at the camera location.
• If using activity zones and you have a lot of motion occurring outside of the zones then the camera will still drain the battery.
• wifi interference at that location.

[dickg12]

Right...I did these things. Looks like I have a bad camera...same problem in both locations and with either of three batteries.

Nuts!! ...have had this problem from the beginning, but didn't follow-up on it.

[Dannybear]

Is there any difference in the settings between the two cameras like activity Zones or rules etc.

As a suggestion, try removing the problem camera from your arlo account and then add again to eliminate a settings issue.

I would not recommend this unless you intend to replace it as there is a risk that it may not be able to be re-added again due to arlo backend issues.