wireless security cameras

Wireless camera suck for security

I use Blink wireless cameras. Full 1080 recording to the cloud and batteries last about a year. Downsides are that the motion sensor is finicky (sometimes picks up flag blowing in the wind as motion), the clip length is only 10 seconds and there is a 10 second delay before recording another clip.

Overall, I would definitely recommend, but I'm sure there are other options that might be better.

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I have an Arlo, and I do not like it. The motion detection sucks arse. It was so bad that I just took the damn thing down

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My experience as well. It gets decent reviews and I'm not sure why.

I ended up getting some wireless IP cameras (Amcrest ProHD) and Blue Iris on my computer and phone. It works great. You have to run DC power to the camera. Picture quality and night vision are awesome.

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The motion detection sucks arse.

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My arlo system has been pretty decent with the motion detection, although I had to tweak the sensitivity a but. It takes a second or two for it to kick in, so if it's a quick fleeting motion, it will record but not show anything moving.

You can record from 10 seconds up to 2 minutes each time it activates. You can set up geofencing with your phone.

Regarding battery life, I just replaced the batteries in our most used camera after 8 months. I set up one a couple of months ago at our front door and it's still going strong.

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I have an Arlo, and I do not like it. The motion detection sucks arse. It was so bad that I just took the damn thing down

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you know the motion sensitivity can be adjusted right?

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you know the motion sensitivity can be adjusted right?

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There is SO much more to good motion detection than just more<->less sensitivity.

Some are limited to rectangular zones, while others allow any imaginable shape.

Some systems let you define exclusion zones, rather than just inclusion zones, if you need to ignore motion in a certain area within an interesting area.

Some let you define the size of "blobs" to be detected. For example, if a thousand pixels change, it's likely more interesting if they are clumped together rather than spread apart.

Some systems allow you to adjust frame blending, which can be useful if you can't outright ignore a certain area, but there is typically minor motion there like a tree. Frame blending helps it ignore most of the tree movement while picking up on other movement in front of it. This can also help to ignore changing cloud conditions, rain, etc.

Some systems give you ultimate control over zones, so that you can define areas closer to the camera with less motion sensitivity, and areas further away that you may be interested in with higher sensitivity.

Some systems allow more complex zone schemes with rules, such as "only trigger zone B if zone A has also just been triggered".

Some systems can ignore "overload" conditions, such as a camera reset or a bug crawling on it.



Motion detection is hard to get right, especially when reduced to just a sensitivity slider and maybe a few simple rectangular zones.

The problem with the Arlo system is the delay from the motion detector switching the camera on to the time the system actually starts recording. It's 3-5 seconds, sometimes as much as 8.

Because of that, you only see quick glimpses of people, or you don't see them at all. What kind of perp stops and lets a camera take a picture of him?

The motion detector also picks up people at the extreme corners very well, but won't get people in the center of the lens half of the time. Mine can get turned on by cars 100 yards away that only pass for a split of a split second, and won't activate if the mailman walks 5ft away.

And yes, I have the camera positioned correctly