CCTV not doorbell

[anonymous-user]

Not wanting to spend more than I have to which CCTV gives a quality night time picture with loop recording, I'm not after one at my frontdoor like a Ring doorbell? Cheers lads

[T5SOR]

I have one of these;

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Netatmo-Integrated-Floodl...

It works as a very good outdoor light and WiFi CCTV in one. It records when it detects movement and it differentiates between cars, people and animals. Wait until Black Friday and it should be £100 cheaper.

[alorotom]

T5SOR said:

I have one of these;

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Netatmo-Integrated-Floodl...

It works as a very good outdoor light and WiFi CCTV in one. It records when it detects movement and it differentiates between cars, people and animals. Wait until Black Friday and it should be £100 cheaper.

we have 3 of these - highly recommend them - as long as you have 2.4ghz wifi as it won't connect to 5ghz(!)

plus there is no ongoing subscription etc... like many other cameras and integrates fully with HomeKit and GoogleHome

[anonymous-user]

Thanks but the price tag is too salty for me lads

[geeks]

I have three of these (well the slightly older 720 version) https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07HQJBGQ8 no subscription to pay, reasonable quality video at night and record on loop to a microSD card. Phone app is pretty basic but I don't need features from them like motion detection although they do support it. They do also connect to my NAS and record there as well if I want them too, I used to use this feature until recently (NAS on the way out)

[anonymous-user]

geeks said:

I have three of these (well the slightly older 720 version) https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07HQJBGQ8 no subscription to pay, reasonable quality video at night and record on loop to a microSD card. Phone app is pretty basic but I don't need features from them like motion detection although they do support it. They do also connect to my NAS and record there as well if I want them too, I used to use this feature until recently (NAS on the way out)

That's more within budget mate

[s2kjock]

I've set up a number of the Ezviz wireless cameras and have been pretty pleased with them linked to a mesh set up - app gets updated quite regularly and improves each time.

"Husky" is the main outdoor one and it works well, easy to set up - occasionally discounted quite heavily (was less than half price on prime day recently, and may be down again on Black Friday). They now have a colour night vision one which for reasons I have not yet worked out is cheaper than the standard one - not sure whether it is as good as claimed, but interesting concept.

[mjcneat]

mgsontour said:

That's more within budget mate

Another vote for that (well the updated version). I had both but the aerial snapped on the first one. Upgraded version felt more robust, had 2 way audio and also better signal strength to my router which was better for playback.

I ended up changing for a 4 cam / DVR system but no issues recommending. The only downsides for me were having to connect via ethernet on a couple of occasions and the sensitivity of the motion detection was quite high meaning quite a few false movement reports.

Upgraded version - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07DJCZQ74/ref...

I also got this power lead extension - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07FMKX2CN/ref...

Just used a junction box from B&Q to hide the connections about 2ft from the camera.

Very easy to use.

[anonymous-user]

Thanks lads, I want it for my driveway which is far away from my wifi so guess it wouldn't get a connection, is there another option? Cheers

[mjcneat]

mgsontour said:

Thanks lads, I want it for my driveway which is far away from my wifi so guess it wouldn't get a connection, is there another option? Cheers

You could get a WiFi extender and plug this in to a socket near to your driveway. Then connect the camera to the extender.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AHXXJVW/ref=cm_sw_r...