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#272816 17-Jul-2020 14:11

Have a friend who is having a bit of an issue with a neighbor, and its now got to the point that the neighbor is doing things that is costing my friend money along with stress etc.

So they are wanting to get a camera to cover the area (on their property) and hopefully get this **** on camera to take it further legally.

They are looking for the following features :

Night vision

Wireless

Weatherproof

Anyone recommend anything ? They don't want to spend a fortune, just need something that lets them see who/when this stuff is being done. Storage can be via wifi to a PC or SD card. Obviously to a PC is better, less chance of losing any footage if the camera "vanishes" one night....

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#2524781 17-Jul-2020 14:21

Distance to the target area?

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#2524808 17-Jul-2020 15:18

Think its about 5m max from where theyre looking at putting the camera

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#2524810 17-Jul-2020 15:20

Arlo or Eufy come immediately to mind. The latter having a local SD card for storage as well as cloud based, no subscription and longer battery life depending on the model. Both are out-of-box ready to go, wireless, and pretty simple to set up.

Alternative is a wired setup, or camera from the local PB tech through a PC - but both are trickier to set up.

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#2524823 17-Jul-2020 16:01

I love my Arlo Pro 2 setup, for my outdoors cameras the night vision covers my shed door about 7 metres away.

Overall it's very simple to use and I've since added a chime and doorbell and a solar panel for one of the outdoor cameras.

In practice I found the outdoor cameras last up to 2 weeks on a full charge which isn't a hassle, but I've been running a solar panel on one for a few weeks now and it's working great so will be getting another soon.

I have a USB stick installed for local storage and I highly recommend this to anyone with the same product.

We recently had a break in and the local storage had recorded more than what could be seen on the cloud storage, just a second can make a big difference

Sample recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mRpQuhvGXmgW_45-ixClYQvoI_3lN7tt/view

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#2524831 17-Jul-2020 16:06

I have Arlo Pro 2 cameras. They are good and would fulfill your requirements, they include both cloud and local storage for free, but they are not cheap. Later model Arlos require a subscription I think.

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#2524898 17-Jul-2020 18:22

Another Arlo user and I certainly recommend them.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#2524911 17-Jul-2020 18:39

Have you considered a trail camera? Most will run on batteries and mains, have infrared, motion activated and camoflauge markings.

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#2524974 17-Jul-2020 20:27

Reolink night vision is great. Pitch black outside rural, wifi, solar.

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#2567814 18-Sep-2020 18:19

Trail cameras,I have a similar problem ,live in a street full of elderly folk and one dear lady recently passed away. unfortunately left her house to her wayward granddaughter,we now have a "p" house with lots of " p" people coming and going,the crime rate has sky rocketed,police cannot stop it,and suggested rego numbers would help them.Therefore i was going to set up an inconspicous camera on my 4wd drive towbar which i leave securely parked on the front lawn,I could run mains power or solar power if need be ,what do you folks recommend as there are so many choices out there ?( pensioner rates would apply).

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#2567819 18-Sep-2020 18:28

I understand with the Arlo Cameras if you keep them on external power you can enable a "look ahead" feature which gives you a few seconds of footage before the event recording is triggered

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#2567822 18-Sep-2020 18:34

panther2: Reolink night vision is great. Pitch black outside rural, wifi, solar.

Yes I'm also a Reolink user and fan. Great cameras for night vision. Most comes with a built in siern too.

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#2567864 18-Sep-2020 21:55

As soon as I start mentioning anything else than a home brand people stare off Lol.

I'll let the home users talk about their brands.

All I will say is stay away from Swann.

My setup would be something that can record 24/7, like a solar powered setup for true wireless.

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#2567898 19-Sep-2020 07:40

@lurker , what size USB stick do you have connected to your base station and how many hours recording does it store?

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#2567912 19-Sep-2020 08:46

I’ve seen a lot of posts recently on Lower Hutt security fb site where burglars are just steeling the cameras before they rob the house. How safe are these home kits and what prevents the cameras from been removed ?. It’s a lot of money for these setups for someone just to walk off with the cameras

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#2567913 19-Sep-2020 08:50

Stu1:
I’ve seen a lot of posts recently on Lower Hutt security fb site where burglars are just steeling the cameras before they rob the house. How safe are these home kits and what prevents the cameras from been removed ?. It’s a lot of money for these setups for someone just to walk off with the cameras

For one you'll want to install them high enough so it's not easily reachable. Anything reachable would be asking for trouble.

The cameras I get from Ali is like 60% cheaper than local prices. Yes you pay GST but still makes it a worthwhile wait.

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