Outdoor camera sucks

Not only does it get nothing at night unless it literally walks right in front of the camera and it's set for night vision the battery has lasted just a couple days since I got the system .its set for people only but if somebody's at the end of my driveway it doesn't get it and if somebody walks up at night it doesn't get it .why is the battery so bad ? I wouldn't be able to leave and have my cameras running while I'm gone because somebody would have to come home and charge them. The camera's always asleep unless I wake it up it doesn't record