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What's your favorite brand?
Hard-wired or battery?
Good software/apps?
Do you need to do a subscription service for storage or...?
How many cameras are ideal? We've got a fairly small condo. I'm thinking one in the living room that would cover garage/front door entry, plus the living room. Maybe one for the back patio.
I've been threatening to do this for a while. It'd make my girlfriend a lot happier about being able to see whether her girls are throwing a party while we're away.
Hard-wired or battery?
Good software/apps?
Do you need to do a subscription service for storage or...?
How many cameras are ideal? We've got a fairly small condo. I'm thinking one in the living room that would cover garage/front door entry, plus the living room. Maybe one for the back patio.
I've been threatening to do this for a while. It'd make my girlfriend a lot happier about being able to see whether her girls are throwing a party while we're away.
It might be things you already know about or maybe you and others will learn something new.
https://youtu.be/-P0rSnt2HSU
The Shop
The app is free, they are only motion sensor to record (they only record a short clip of activity and send you an email notification). But using the app you can check live video anytime if you just want to check on the house.
I leave mine off most of the time (to not wear out the battery plus the constant notifications drive you crazy). But if we leave town for the weekend I turn them on to keep an eye on things.
So if you just want to turn them on when you are gone, it is easy to do from the app and they serve the purpose. Also waterproof so inside or outside is fine. Night vision is pretty crappy so not much help in the dark.
Oh and like AZ35 said, there is no fee with it. Your videos are stored for a week, so if something happens you just download it so you can save it.
My neighbor has ARLO. Gets updates and what not. Says he likes it. I’m dabbling in doing some external arlo. But nothing internal.
You can have up to six cameras for free then it costs after that but a way to get around that is to have six cameras on one email then another six on another email...ect
Pit Row
https://www.amazon.com/Blink-Home-Security-Detection-Included/dp/B06XZW…
They are really good for the (low) money and I've had zero issues with them so far. They need power, so I had to run some longer USB cables but apart from that they are wifi and as long as you set strong passwords on the apps and your router you are relatively good to go.
The back deck one is actually outside, its an indoor camera but I mounted it under the deck of the unit above me and its survived the Chicago weather so far.
There is no subscription, you just put micro USB cards in them and it backs the video up to that and you can view it through the app and it stores movement events to the cloud.
Advice is the same for everything: Unique and strong passwords, encryption on everything and be careful who you share stuff with.
My family business has been home security for nearly 40 years. To me, being able to see who could be in my home on the internet outweighs the risks of someone watching me. When our family business started the burglar alarm was a novelty and you relied on your neighbors taking note of the alarm going off.
I also have the pet sitter cams in a few places and from my phone I can monitor them, control a laser light and they can here me talk to them. It also shoots treats out.
no subscription.
hard wired.
indoor/outdoor with special case.
automatic night vision.
built in speaker so you can talk through it.
get notified of motion if you want (turned mine off at night because the bats and spiders kept triggering it).
Ring doorbell is nice, but by the time I answer, the person is long gone. The reception sucks. I've tried everything (my entire house is "smart" setup. AC/Furnace, all lights, garage door).
Never have problem with WYZE camera's.
Looking forward to putting one in the pool changing house.
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