re: Ubiquiti G4 Pro and Protect Config

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G4 Pro is fricking impressive

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I’m having the “good enough” vs “want” battle with these.

I have a corner lot, but I have trees that would obscure several views, and I basically only have an alley between each of my neighbors. So I think I need three or maybe four views in addition to my 2 doorbells (unifi g4. I can’t express enough how much I love these things now that they both chime thanks to an RMA)
1) under front porch pointed at the front door (“down the porch” view that shows the front door and the “escape” since the doorbell captures the approach). Given that there is a doorbell here, I may settle for a plain g4 bullet or g3 flex. I actually have fascia here that wouldn’t be hard to mount to/through
2/3) backyard. I can cover basically everything with one camera unless I want to add an under-porch view of the back door. I’m +/- on this as there would be quite a bit of motion from us hanging out back there. Could you sneak through the alley and under the back porch with how I’m planning this? Not without being caught on the doorbell cam. But my house isn’t Fort Knox. And I could easily sacrifice this view.
4) down the driveway- I have a short driveway. It’s 3 cars wide and only one car in length. One of the doorbell cams catches the closest parking spot. Still, I think a g4 pro here and under the front porch are useful for face definition, should their need ever arise.

The other this is that these are going to be mounted onto vented soffit. From the attic, it would be difficult to have meaningful access, but I have studs out to the end of it and could mount on the “corner” made by the two studs pretty easily. These are two- screw mount cameras, right? Can anyone explain/expand on the mount’s rear-opening’s width? Ie- rather than “cornering” on two studs, if both screws went into the same 2x4, is there enough room for an Ethernet cable to pass? If I were really lazy, is there enough room to pass a pre-terminated cat5e through that area?



Alternatively, I’m considering putting a couple of g3 flex here as they’re cheap as hell and seem available through many places online even though they’re out of stock from ubiquiti. There was a hint or two at a g4 flex, and the mount would be easier for me (I could drop a conduit mount from the attic easier than I could toenail a cross-stud from the top. And I could toenail a cross stud from the bottom if I pulled the perforated fascia from the soffit but, again…laziness). I would assume a g4 flex would be the same footprint (the hint was the skins fitting the g4, dropped about a year ago. Could have been a typo), and then the 3 could be converted to an in-garage-at-door and then desktop-mount indoor cameras if I ever wanted to upgrade IF the g4 flex ever comes into existence



Thoughts other than, “you’re an insane person?”