Wifi security cam?

[jcountry]

I'm looking around at wifi-enabled security cams....

Anyone found one they like (with good firmware) for this purpose?

I'd like to connect to a guest network, since it would hopefully be less of a threat to the main network. I'd like good firmware to ensure CHIIIINA isn't in my ****.

Thx

 

[medium187mph]

Not what you are looking for but I love the Chinese dual lens 6MP WiFi PTZ’s off of Amazon for exterior building set ups. I get notifications directly to my email and use individual micro sd’s for remote recording while skipping the firmware pay to record features.

 

[Granite3]

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[JBob44]

I'm looking around at wifi-enabled security cams....

Anyone found one they like (with good firmware) for this purpose?

I'd like to connect to a guest network, since it would hopefully be less of a threat to the main network. I'd like good firmware to ensure CHIIIINA isn't in my ****.

Thx

I've had Arlo and Blink. Arlo was good, especially since the older models didn't require a subscription. The cameras hardly ever missed any motion, battery life was about 3 months. Then after a couple years I had to pay a monthly subscription (I think $15/month)and then the cameras started sucking.

Switched to Blink, Amazon ran a deal and I got 8 cameras and a years subscription for somewhere around $250. The battery life has been ok, they tend to miss motion randomly, sometimes they get it all, sometimes it never record me leaving the house , but with 8 cameras I'm bound to catch bits and pieces of everything.

Overall I wouldn't recommend either but they are both just OK.

 

[roundhouse]

I’m using the WYZE cameras

Cost $10-30 each depending on what sale they are having

Video quality is actually pretty good
And their AI can tell
The difference between a person and an animal and a vehicle .

 

[lesgobrandon]

I'm looking around at wifi-enabled security cams....

Anyone found one they like (with good firmware) for this purpose?

I'd like to connect to a guest network, since it would hopefully be less of a threat to the main network. I'd like good firmware to ensure CHIIIINA isn't in my ****.

Thx

Good to put all the IoT on its own network. 👍

 

[KSouth]

I’m using the WYZE cameras

Cost $10-30 each depending on what sale they are having

Video quality is actually pretty good
And their AI can tell
The difference between a person and an animal and a vehicle .

2nd the WYZE. Got them around my house. Work great. Get notifications immediately

 

[BHPSteel]

I put in a ReoLink system.

Not exactly cheap, but they make wireless and wired cameras that all connect back to central storage on premises, nothing stored on the cloud, no calling home to Shenzhen, no monthly storage fee, no police issuing subpoenas to a cloud provider to demand footage for an investigation. AI features and the ability to identify vehicles and people, motion activation, user-defined masking so that motion in particular areas is ignored (otherwise tree branches will keep giving you false positives for motion)

If you go the wi-fi route, you can connect them on any wi-fi network, so if you have a wi-fi setup that supports multi-network operation, you can have all of them authenticate to that secondary network in the way you wanted.

 

[NDIrish1]

2nd the WYZE. Got them around my house. Work great. Get notifications immediately

3rd’s on Wyze cams….. they’ve worked flawlessly

 

[jcountry]

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Good to put all the IoT on its own network. 👍

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