I bought four Tapo C200 cameras about a year and a half ago and installed them on the ceiling in four different rooms. Until recently, I had absolutely no complaints — quite the opposite, actually. I’ve always considered them one of my best purchases in recent years, and my family and I have used them a lot.

However, about a month ago, all of them started shutting down by themselves quite often — sometimes even every day. In one of the rooms, I noticed the problem happens much less frequently when I disable motion detection, which makes me wonder if the camera is somehow moving too much or overheating. Still, disabling that feature is a real downside since it limits one of the main functions I use.

I’m not sure if this could be some kind of planned obsolescence, a known issue affecting other users, or just an isolated malfunction. It’s really disappointing to think I might need to replace all the devices at once — not only because of the cost and the short time of use, but also because I had to drill into the plaster ceiling to install the power cables. Replacing them would mean doing that work all over again.

Does anyone have any insights, similar experiences, or hope to share?

Thanks in advance!