Decent wifi cctv?

Doug

As above, anyone know of a decent quality wifi home cctv system?
Tia.

roundthebend

I've seen and heard good things with Netgear Arlo. I'm resisting the temptation to buy a kit right now, the 4 camera system is £330 on Amazon. They do a "pro" version which is Full HD I believe but quite a bit more money.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01DVVY81Q?ref_=pfb_cd29683h2g5e82chikeb1515006&tag=hydfbook-21&ascsubtag=pfb-P01-V01-O3-X92-HI-HS1GT8&th=1

Iamnobody

I wouldn’t base a system completely on WiFi. With all the WiFi gadgets available now burglars will soon be chopping broadband cables before they enter properties. I would if that was my line of erm...work!

Also you are relying on your broadband connection working 100% of the time - do you have that trust in your setup?

I’d for for something well hidden and simple recording to a drive and maybe a couple of independent WiFi smart cams so you can get push notifications to your phone etc. Best of both worlds.

Thats my plan anyway.

DefaultM

Iamnobody said:

I wouldn’t base a system completely on WiFi. With all the WiFi gadgets available now burglars will soon be chopping broadband cables before they enter properties.

I don't understand the concern. They'd cut through the cable, my porn would start buffering and then they'd hear me coming down the stairs  to reset the box and be scared off.

Doug

Iamnobody said:

I’d for for something well hidden and simple recording to a drive and maybe a couple of independent WiFi smart cams so you can get push notifications to your phone etc. Best of both worlds.

Thats my plan anyway.

 @Iamnobody Could you explain exactly what components I would need to achieve this.
 Cheers,

ToneControl

DefaultM said:

Iamnobody said:

I wouldn’t base a system completely on WiFi. With all the WiFi gadgets available now burglars will soon be chopping broadband cables before they enter properties.

I don't understand the concern. They'd cut through the cable, my porn would start buffering and then they'd hear me coming down the stairs  to reset the box and be scared off.

because you'd be wielding a frightening weapon

ToneControl

Iamnobody said:

I wouldn’t base a system completely on WiFi. With all the WiFi gadgets available now burglars will soon be chopping broadband cables before they enter properties. I would if that was my line of erm...work!

Also you are relying on your broadband connection working 100% of the time - do you have that trust in your setup?

I’d for for something well hidden and simple recording to a drive and maybe a couple of independent WiFi smart cams so you can get push notifications to your phone etc. Best of both worlds.

Thats my plan anyway.

Arlo works well

Arlo does push notifications to your phone, you can insert a pen drive or USB HDD to the base units, and it records it all locally as well as copying all clips to the cloud for the free 7 day storage

I got the Arlo Pro 2. Supposed to be 1080p, but I think not. Certainly good though
Batteries can last months. They are rechargeable, just plug in the adaptor like a phone for a few hours
Camera has a strong magnet in the back, can stick to quite a lot of things, or the little metal mounting dome they supply
you can buy camouflage skins for them

Arlo v1 uses disposable camera batteries, and I think would cost a lot to run, do not buy I think

Arlo Pro is 720p probably usable enough

keep an eye on amazon using camel camel camel, there have been some major 1-day discounts

roundthebend

If we're worried about network cables being cut, then I guess a camera which can use a mobile network would be ideal. Add in battery backup and it'll be fairly tamper-resistant.

I wonder if the Arlo will notify you when a camera loses connection? In which case, that might be enough to alert me and then I could have some other forms of security and/or CCTV.

ToneControl

the arlo base station will tell you when a camera has low battery. Probably if it goes out of range too, I'll check

However, how does that help? The Arlo cameras are wireless, it's the base station that's wired into the LAN from your router. If the internet connection is gone, how could the base station send anything?
You could use a mobile connection, and convert it into a LAN cable into the Arlo, but remember that Arlo loads everything to the Netgear cloud, so that's a lot of traffic

ToneControl

Also remember that the arlo is normally just magnet-mounted, so if in reach could easily be stolen, if someone realised that
they are great though, you can move them indoors, have them only active when your phone is away from the house, have them trigger the alarm in the base station (smoke alarm type noise)

roundthebend

ToneControl said:

Also remember that the arlo is normally just magnet-mounted, so if in reach could easily be stolen, if someone realised that
they are great though, you can move them indoors, have them only active when your phone is away from the house, have them trigger the alarm in the base station (smoke alarm type noise)

The magnet-mount is one of the biggest turnoffs for me. I know you can buy screw-mounts too. Actually, the problem I have is that to position a camera covering my front door will always mean having it within easy reach so I either need something which is securely attached, or very discrete.