Security 101 after having been burgled

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heavenlywild

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#3234708 25-May-2024 22:24

Just installed the Eufy s340 this week and having a lot of fun scanning around with the rotating camera which I know is not its main purpose.

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#3234734 26-May-2024 08:39

martyyn: Here's something I wish I'd read up on before making my purchases.

Motion detection in the dark is roughly 6-8m for the s340.

Pretty useless when we have 20m of fence line to monitor.

Most cameras won't do motion detection accurately that far, either. My high end Dahua cameras say IR up to 50m (doesn't mean motion detection) but in reality the IR is pretty weak at around the 15-20m mark and its hard to pickup anything

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#3244968 5-Jun-2024 21:23

Use motion detection but for the purpose of flagging sections in your NVR. Keep it recording 24/7

We had someone snooping around our property in the silly hours of this morning. It was hilarious watching him spotting the camera, taking a moment for his small brain to comprehend it then hurriedly picking up his push bike and to off again.

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#3245052 5-Jun-2024 23:04

Excellent result! That's why cameras are great, to scare off these idiots.

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#3245095 6-Jun-2024 09:45

Anyone thought about installing a fog cannon as part of home defence/security?
I have a colleague who has done just that a week ago...I waiting to see what happens when it goes off...
Possibly fire department response times are pretty good :-)

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#3245104 6-Jun-2024 10:52

heavenlywild:

Excellent result! That's why cameras are great, to scare off these idiots.

Locals posted their video's on FB showing a couple of blokes wondering around the property at 5am without a care in the world even when the lights came on. They saw the lights, saw the cameras, pulled up their hoodies and continued on walking away with as much as they could carry.

So not always a deterrent.

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#3245715 7-Jun-2024 13:19

k1w1k1d:

Are burglar alarms still a good idea, or do people just ignore them?

It depends if you have good neighbours who look out for you, then it is good.

Regardless of alerting others; a painfully loud internal siren is good to get rid of the burglars.

There's a building I know of with a siren per room and hallway. In total the building has 130 sirens. You don't last long in that.

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#3245739 7-Jun-2024 14:50

MarkM536:
k1w1k1d:

Are burglar alarms still a good idea, or do people just ignore them?

It depends if you have good neighbours who look out for you, then it is good.

Regardless of alerting others; a painfully loud internal siren is good to get rid of the burglars.

There's a building I know of with a siren per room and hallway. In total the building has 130 sirens. You don't last long in that.

I work in a similar building. I have grade 5 earmuffs, I can wander around in that noise as long as I need.

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