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Wifi Home Surveillance Systems
Posted on 9/21/17 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 9/21/17 at 12:15 pm
there has been an uptick in recent car break-ins in my neighborhood. They broke into my neighbors truck (which he left unlocked) and stole his company laptop and the pistol from his vehicle. What would be good wifi surveillance system to install probably 3 to 4 cameras with recording capabilities. Mine an my wife's car are parked in the garage, and my company truck stays in the driveway with nothing worth stealing in it, but they are starting to get a little brave and want to keep monitoring on the house.
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Posted on 9/21/17 at 12:43 pm to Perrydawg
in my experience wireless cams are terrible.
if you can hardwire the cameras, i would always go for POE cams instead. I like the Unifi bullet camera and NVR system from ubiquiti.
for wireless i think some people here have tried the arlo system from netgear and had reasonable results. i can't verify that myself though.
if you can hardwire the cameras, i would always go for POE cams instead. I like the Unifi bullet camera and NVR system from ubiquiti.
for wireless i think some people here have tried the arlo system from netgear and had reasonable results. i can't verify that myself though.
Posted on 9/21/17 at 3:06 pm to Perrydawg
Go hardwired. You'll add an extra few hours to installation but will be glad you did once you see the final product.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 6:28 am to Perrydawg
There are some decent wireless cameras but as other pointed out, you need power to them. So it's typically easier to run cat6 and use poe.
With all that said, the only thing cameras will do is allow you post grainy footage on Facebook and ask if anyone knows the guys breaking into to your house. I say this as a guy that has a home surveillance system but the best methods to keep people out are obvious.
- Lock vehicles (park in the garage if possible), not only have alarms on the house and vehicles but actually use them.
- Leave exterior lights on at night
- if you do have cameras, make them very visible to the thieves. They go for low hanging fruit and will pass up your house to rob the one without the alarm and cameras.
With all that said, the only thing cameras will do is allow you post grainy footage on Facebook and ask if anyone knows the guys breaking into to your house. I say this as a guy that has a home surveillance system but the best methods to keep people out are obvious.
- Lock vehicles (park in the garage if possible), not only have alarms on the house and vehicles but actually use them.
- Leave exterior lights on at night
- if you do have cameras, make them very visible to the thieves. They go for low hanging fruit and will pass up your house to rob the one without the alarm and cameras.
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