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I’m looking to put some CCTV capability into a house I’ll be moving into shortly so looking for some of the hive minds knowledge and wisdom please.
It needs to be internet connected and do notifications based on movement.
I’ve been recommended this Eufi wireless system which looks nice and simple to install being wireless and quite expandable with various other cameras available. https://amzn.eu/d/7hjcMQT
The other option is to go wired with something like this - https://amzn.eu/d/59bIzLJ
These are just 1080p systems, the 2K and 4K versions are a lot more money. Neither of these have a paid subscription system which is something I’m keen to avoid so any system would ideally be a pay once up front type deal. Any system also needs motion detection and app based notifications and recording etc which the eufi has and the other one has what looks to be a clunky version of.
Any thoughts or experience to share?
Look at Annke systems, they will do everything you want at a good price
I have a reolink system. Really good. I've got the PoE version but they also do wifi ones.
What resolution depends what you're trying to do with them. I have a 2k wired system with a DVR, picture is great for anything static but anything moving blurs and things like a car number plate is unreadable. For just monitoring activity and alerting then HD is fine, don't expect it to be able to provide an image (assuming they aren't masked/hoodied anyway) useful to the police though (but don't expect that of a 4k system either if they're always moving).
Yup Eufy is very good. I have the doorbell and a camera, will be adding another camera soon.
Also got Reolink. We're on a busy road and any motion-based alerting was terrible, car headlights, trees moving in the wind, etc would set it off. With the reolink person detection I now get an alert as soon as someone walks on to the driveway (giving me a few more seconds to get to the door) but not any other time.
Ours are wired, I have them record to a local SD card and also send recordings via FTP. They can be hooked up to a recorder or something like the Synology surveillance station or BlueIris but I don't feel the need. No need for a subscription for any of that, only if you want to keep your recordings on their cloud.
Definitely worth running a cable and getting PoE cameras. The wifi ones still need power, and if they're battery then that's a lot of recharging to do.
What’s worth buying in the way of Eufy cameras for the garden and garage?
They seem to have some Prime day deals on Amazon at the moment so might be worth me getting some now.
After much semi informed consideration I’ve ordered the following
2xS330 camera with the Homebase 3. Refurb.
E340 doorbell
The “2” series cameras are available for quite a bit less, but you get what you pay for etc.
I’ll probably add a couple of c210 indoor cameras, they’re rather cheap compared to the other stuff.
https://amzn.eu/d/8ZUnQzU
https://amzn.eu/d/hhK9nlL
I have Blink cameras in the garden office, garden, front door and have just bought three indoor ones - mostly to spy on the cats while we are on holiday.
The outdoor ones run on AA's - have replaced the front door batteries once in three years (gets set off a few times a night by cats) and the office ones just need replacing now
Just viewed them and this is a screenshot of the garden in pitch black - security lights come on with any movement, so picture improves
The indoor ones are powered and you can turn an led lift on manually or via motion
One in the dark and one with led turned on
