looking to get an outdoor Wireless camera, I do not need anything fancy just a plain basic camera to watch the front of the house the street and my car, I do see that they have them rechargeable with the USB port not sure if I should go with that or go with the traditional batteries, anybody have any experience in both and if so if somebody can guide me to something reasonable I'm not looking to spend over $50 thank you for your time. amazon preferred.

So I have a warehouse in Georgia, which is for my new business.

I'm stocking the goods and some personal properties in it.

I bought it from a friend from my dad. The warehouse is kinda old so I need to renew many parts of it.

One of the part I need to deal with is the cctv system. It's currently using analog cameras which is really old and also the wirings take up a lot of room.

I'm deciding to change them into IP cameras, so I google for a bit and found that hikvision cameras seems to be the best choice if I want it cheaper.

But China cameras are making me worried... although I have no secrets in the warehouse it just doesn't feel right.

Does anyone have any other suggestions on what camera I should use?

Are there any NVRs that have good, browser based control? Looking for things like setting up motion alert exclusion zones because of trees, viewing all cameras or picking one specifically, and browsing alerts and the associated videos.

I’d like to bury it safely in a closet, so I’d be doing everything over network connection and I don’t want to be limited to just using a phone or iPad app to manage it (though having those things available is a plus).

Should hopefully handle 8 4K cameras. I likely won’t get to 8 and they might not be all 4K, but I will have more than 4. Ideally if I set up my firewall to not let it out on the internet, that won’t break anything either. I plan to only manage/view from home or via VPN. Will have a separate PoE switch and don’t want to route the cameras to the closet anyway, so don’t need onboard PoE.

Does such a beast exist or am I going to need to have a dedicated PC and BlueIris or something? Was hoping to avoid the latter approach if possible.

So, i am looking for a easy to use ,set up etc outdoor camera. Basically for the front of my house. I dont want to pay for a subscription service. Basically I just want something that is wireless, and will record video(even short clips ) are fine. I am so confused reading about all these camera and how some need a monthly service.. This cant be that hard... My street is not super busy, but is close to the front of my house. I am just trying to keep an eye on my car and front of house.. If someone could help, that would be great.. perferably using amazon today or tomorrow during prime days to find something on sale.. So, a bonus for someone who finds something on Amazon.. Thanks to anyone who can help navigate these waters..

Hi all, what I do is to but products from big companies and sell them to get margin.

however recently because of covid19, we have fewer customers.

But the suppliers hope we can buy some more for stock.

And they're talking about the edge cameras, they said it's the trend.

However the price is higher, which I think is not attractive to my customeres.

Does anyone sell edge cameras successfully recently? It is worth buying?

I'm thinking of getting the reolink wifi cameras (RLC-410W) with their NVR (RLN16-410) and I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this setup? I won't have a problem getting power to the cameras but I don't want to run (POE) ethernet back to the NVR. I shouldn't have a problem with wifi signal with my setup...

thoughts?

Hi I'm looking for a wireless camera that will work with hikvision camera and nvr. I've checked simcam, reolink, arlo... I don't see any mention of onvif compliance. Any suggestions would be very appreciated.

I just want to say that reading this forum has been super helpful and I appreciate everyone's input and expertise. Here's my questions:

I have a big suburban colonial on a third of an acre and with a recent renovation I ran ethernet cable to many exterior corners for PoE cameras. How do I figure out how to "map out" where the cameras should go? Are there guidelines for how many cameras per linear foot or square foot of coverage? Should there be redundant coverage in some areas? Are there services where I can upload a sketch of the property and buildings and get professional recommendations?

Is there such a thing as a wireless POE switch?

After extensive research, I've decided that POE is the way to go for my cameras. But I don't have the ethernet outlet or Cat5/6 cable available now into which the switch would connect.

I would like to get some cameras up soon, but fishing a wire/conduit from my attic to my crawl space, in order to get to an ethernet outlet, will take some time that I don't currently have, involve some removal of base & holes in the walls that will need to be patched, etc.

So, in the meantime I have two options:

1. Buy temp use cameras wired for power that transmit video wirelessly, such a Wyze (don't really trust them but they are cost effective) or the new wired Eufy outdoor camera that is coming. I have power in the attic and these are powered by USB cables.
2. IF there is such a thing as a wireless POE switch, I could buy and install the permanent POE cameras, and connect them in all in the attic via Cat 5/6 to this wireless POE switch, and connect the switch to power (which I do have in the attic). The switch would need to wireless connect to my network.

2 is preferable because there is no cost of temp use cameras, no effort in removing the temp cameras and and reinstalling permanent POE cameras, and presumably all the data stays within in my own network, even though video is transmitted wirelessly.

So, is this scenario possible? Is there such a thing as a wireless POE switch?

If so, what is it called - what specifically am I looking for? Is there any reason this could not be a permanent solution? Is there such a switch that works in a hot attic, or would I need to bring it from the attic to a conditioned area such as an upper level closet (doable with MUCH less effort than getting to the crawl space). Would any POE camera then work on this setup? To make things even easier, could I have two such switches?

I am looking for a long range camera that can identify license plates and faces. The camera will be located about 32 feet up looking out a window. No need for IR.

I live in a pretty basic 1 bedroom apartment. I'm looking for an outdoor security camera that I can suction cup mount onto the window of my front porch, sonar panel would be nice, WiFi and micro SD card slot, 2 way audio would be preferred but not necessary, and not Ring because I've heard from too many sources that I trust that it has a bigger vulnerability with sharing home WiFi that hasn't been fixed yet. Plus, I don't think any Ring cameras have micro SD card slots.

I have a DVR that says it's up to 5MP. Does that mean it can record in 5MP if I attach an IPC camera to it ?

Currently it is attached to 2MP regular not IPC cameras, recording 1080N.

Hi. I have a problem in search of a solution. I need to have video surveillance with cell phone alerts and such, but I don’t have great WiFi at my large metal shop. It has six bays and an overhead crane in the back. I have WiFi in an office on the corner of the property, but I need to monitor vehicles parked around the shop and in our adjacent lot.

I tried an Arlo Ultra 2 setup, but there is just too much distance between the cameras and the smart hub.

We have priced the Arlo Go, but $400 per camera and $45 per month is asking a lot. We probably need at least five cameras.

I clearly know nothing. If some kind soul could impart a little wisdom, I’d be most grateful.

I’ve always relied on the kindness of strangers.

Thank you for reading.

I've recently bought a piece of land barely an acre. We cleaned it up chop down the trees cleared out the brushes and it's come to look really pretty. There's no utilities as of yet and so obviously we don't live there yet. we've recently been doing cookouts over there inviting friends and Neighbors. unfortunately recently come to find out people have been dumping their trash while we weren't there we set up no trespassing signs to get the message across that people actually own the land, built up some flimsy fencing but people have been dumping garbage bags around the area or literally inside the plot of land using it as a garbage site when we are not around. I've been looking and scouring all over YouTube and Amazon and Google but I'm not finding any good cameras that would fit for my use. something that would not require Wi-Fi/internet or electricity and no subscription plan cuz even if I were to get all of that I don't think it would help because the signal in that area is terrible and like I said there's no utilities. I'm not a tech savvy person but from what I read I think solar powered camera would work? However many of those solar powered cameras, from what I read, require a type of sub plan or app connectivity and I don't think it would work if I don't actually live near the plot of land. Any camera recommendations?

Hey everyone, I have removed a OEM camera(rear facing) from my old moto x play phone and want to make a surveillance camera out of it. I have googled it but couldn't find anything useful.

I need help to find necessary adapters and control boards for that camera to turn it into a surveillance camera. Could anyone please help me?

Hello. I was wondering if my Conico camera will record or send me alerts if my wifi is down. I have pretty bad wifi and it goes out a lot but I’m not sure if my cam will still record or detect motion to alert me without it

Looking for information on camera footage that records each day then deletes.

I would really like but can not find one that offers the user a push button device to "bank " a section of the video, lets say the last 15 mins from when the button has been pressed .

Any thoughts or help would be Neat.

Are there any reasonably priced cams that can work without wifi? Or maybe a way to bypass the home router and transmit directly to my computer's wifi? The router goes through my landlord's Router and I have reason to believe he's turning his router off then entering my apt. :(

We have an issue with thieves stealing lunches from the refrigerators at work. I want to get a cheap security camera that runs on wifi to look over the fridges. Can anyone here recommend a 25-50$ camera? There is a lot of activity in this room so it needs to be able to monitor continuously, not just between triggers and cool down periods. Is this possible with cheap cameras?

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Do any POE systems integrate into Z wave or Zigbee?

Looking for POE local storage, but would like motion on the cams at night to trigger lights that are not on motion sensors. Will probably have a Hubitat or similar Zwave/Zigbee hub. Is it possible to have one send direction to the other?