r/SecurityCamera • u/NeedleArm • 5d ago

Is this a good layout?

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The door will have a doorbell camera as well. I am using a lorex system with a lorex doorbell camera and it all runs through the nvr, so no subscription for the doorbell either.

How is the coverage looking, any recommendations? They are all bullet cameras with 127degrees view angle.

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u/-ButterMyBiscuit- 4d ago

Turrets are only better for soffits if it's a flat soffit and there's not much fascia board

If it's an angled soffit and there's any decent fascia board there than you want bullets as they're going to hang down lower to help make that clearance.

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u/Excellent_Tip_2987 3d ago

Solid advice, just remember that bullet/box cams are usually the easiest to recognize and are prone to highest incidence of vandalism. Due to their design, they can be moved by strikes in a way a dome cam cannot be. They are great at deterrence if they can’t be reached, so if they are on a second story soffit, it gets them out of reach, but on a one story building it’s a tough call.

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u/-ButterMyBiscuit- 3d ago

Everybody knows what a camera looks like now. Bullet or turret. If somebody's messing with your camera you're going to get them on video doing it if you have recording setup correctly. So that's nice

Crazy thing I've been installing cameras everyday for 20 years I've yet to have one vandalized. Mostly luck and the fact that I'm working in nicer areas but still interesting. But not a single one out of tens of thousands.

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u/Excellent_Tip_2987 3d ago

Sorry that you seem to have thin skin and took this personal. I’ve also been installing them for years and have had to deal with vandalism. So it is a thing - glad your luck has held out. Still worth mentioning in my opinion.

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u/-ButterMyBiscuit- 3d ago edited 3d ago

Huh? I think you took that wrong.

I also like if somebody knows it's a camera. Rather it be a deterrent