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Home Secruity Camera

Posted on 5/6/18 at 1:38 pm
Posted by TheDeathValley
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2010
17133 posts
Posted on 5/6/18 at 1:38 pm
I’m looking to buy one camera for outside and one for inside that I can access from my cell phone while I’m on the go.
Posted by TigerGman
Center of the Universe
Member since Sep 2006
11170 posts
Posted on 5/6/18 at 4:08 pm to
Nest. Simple to set up and use.
Posted by Got Heeem
Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
3631 posts
Posted on 5/6/18 at 4:11 pm to
My nest cams work great.
Posted by Sho Nuff
Oahu
Member since Feb 2009
11896 posts
Posted on 5/6/18 at 6:02 pm to
I went the Arlo route but I'm sure Nest are great too. I bought a 2 cam setup for front and back door of my house and it works great. Just got the Abode security system for inside and I'm good complete DIY.
Posted by pwejr88
Red Stick
Member since Apr 2007
36130 posts
Posted on 5/6/18 at 6:12 pm to
Did you go with Arlo, Arlo Pro or Arlo Pro 2.

The first one is the original.
Posted by TheDeathValley
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2010
17133 posts
Posted on 5/6/18 at 11:18 pm to
I saw the Arlington 4 pack for indoor/outdoor.

I like the neat but it’s wired.
Posted by King George
Member since Dec 2013
5351 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 9:35 am to
I have 4 Nest cameras and I'm very satisfied with them. I thought long and hard about Arlo but in the end I couldn't see myself dragging out a ladder and changing batteries on a regular basis.

Nest has a great camera and the app functions very well. They quality of the product comes at a reasonable price. And the ability to integrate with a myriad of other platforms seems to be endless.

My only complaint about the Nest brand is the cost of subscribing to their service if you want to keep your recorded video past 3 hours. However, when you consider the amount of data they have to store for their customers it's easy to see that there is a cost to their company that can't be made up in the product's initial price. I look at it as equal to paying for a monitoring service.
This post was edited on 5/7/18 at 9:36 am
Posted by seawolf06
NH
Member since Oct 2007
8159 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 10:31 am to
Has anyone tried the Amazon cameras? It looks like they recently purchased Ring and have partnered with an outdoor camera company as well.
Posted by nated14
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2009
872 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 12:53 pm to
I use the Blink cameras and I don't have any complaints. Amazon also bought them. The app is easy and I believe you can connect 5 cameras per sync module. I have orbi wifi and have a camera in my shed that's about 100yds away. The lithium batteries last for months. The one in my shed is going on a year.
Posted by Hebed118
Lafourche Parish
Member since Jun 2017
112 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 2:18 pm to
I have the original Arlo. I like them. If I had to do it all over again, I'd go with the Arlo Pro. I'm not sure the Pro 2 is worth it. Nest is great, but as someone mentioned the subscriptions are a let down. The batteries on my Arlo aren't that bad. I can get around 5 months or so out of them with motion turned on. The new ones are rechargeable.

If you are putting them in places where running power to them won't be a pain, I'd give Nest a good look.
Posted by Sho Nuff
Oahu
Member since Feb 2009
11896 posts
Posted on 5/8/18 at 2:42 am to
quote:

Did you go with Arlo, Arlo Pro or Arlo Pro 2.

Arlo Pro. Didn’t see the need to spend the extra $ on 2.
Posted by Sho Nuff
Oahu
Member since Feb 2009
11896 posts
Posted on 5/8/18 at 2:44 am to
quote:

I thought long and hard about Arlo but in the end I couldn't see myself dragging out a ladder and changing batteries on a regular basis.

The battery lasts like 6 months between charges. If they’re really high up you can get a solar panel to continuously charge the battery and never need to climb a ladder.

ETA: Arlo gives you a week of free video storage.
This post was edited on 5/8/18 at 2:46 am
Posted by pongze
IE, SoCal
Member since Nov 2007
1713 posts
Posted on 5/8/18 at 5:15 am to
Costco has a 3 camera Arlo Pro bundle, base station, and 4 batteries for $399 after $100 off until Sunday, I think. That’s by far the lowest price that I found. I had an original Arlo bundle and the new base station links up to the cameras a bit faster than the original one. It seems to me that the cameras start to record on motion a bit earlier than the originals as well.
Posted by TechDadHere
Member since Jul 2017
45 posts
Posted on 6/12/18 at 8:21 am to
Either of the Arlo pro and Nest should be good. Both of these cameras have amazing 2way communication which i think is necessary in every wifi cams nowadays. Nest got's a way better resolution though - 1080p
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