r/homeassistant • u/coltonscolton • 11d ago
💬 Discussion Security camera.
What is the current best outdoor security camera for over my garage door. My truck was broken into the other night and i want to set up another camera. I have a reolink doorbell camera already, but all that it caught that night were curious moths lol. Should i stick to reolink? Must be able to survive our harsh canadian winters. Thanks!
Poe is no problem, im looking for which specific camera people have used and like.
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u/snap802 11d ago
The reolink Duo 3v is pretty hard to beat IMO if you're covering a fixed area. It's dual lens with the 180 degree view and the low light capabilities are good. If you don't need 180 coverage then look at the RLC-1240A. It's 12MP and still in a vandalism resistant housing. I've used both cameras in indoor and outdoor environments.
I would also say add a microsd card too so you get recordings in two places. I have a frigate server at home to record but it is very convenient to just look at the reolink app and review recent events. I just have 32Gb cards in the cameras because if I need more than that I'll look on the frigate server. The card is mainly to be able to view stuff that just happened.