Talk to me about CCTV stuff

[virus]

After being baffled by all of the different things on amazon and realising I understand very little of the terminology I thought id ask BCF.

Ive got a flat with a garage detatched, garage is visible from my living room window (which is also next to my PC) Im looking for 1 standalone camera with good picture quality that I can put inside the flat on my windowsill looking out at the garage.

Id like:
A phone app to look at if I want to check up
a weeks worth of recording before it begins to overwrite to cover when im on holiday.
No subscription
preferably not too expensive cause im a cheap B*stard.


Any recommendations/ tips?

Cheers
John
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stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance.

[Easy-X]

I know it fails on the subscription front but I was pretty impressed with the quality of the Ring cameras I set up for someone recently. £3.49 per month for storage though
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[Robby]

My recommendation is to not be a cheap bastard about it.

The offerings from google or amazon both work well, capture in high definition and back up for a decent amount of time. Not sure about amazon, but the google nest ones are a month.

Then you have the cheaper unbranded stuff. It might work just as well when new, but you need to be sure that the company providing the app, backup service etc will still be there in a few years time. There are also the security considerations - patching matters, and no-name stuff is shit at it.

Final option is something entirely local, basically a webcam backing up onto local or network storage. It can be very cheap if you have the stuff mostly lying around, but far less reliable. Tends to be a hack job of computer, camera, storage and apps. Any of those crashes and you no longer have recording.

Pay the money for nest or ring.

[panrider_uk]

If you have it inside the infrared from the camera will reflect off the glass back into the lens when it's dark.

Good, cheap ones I've used recently are the TP-Link ones.

£45ish will get you an external rated HD pan/tilt model with motion tracking (it will follow detected movement) and colour night vision.
Their cameras take a microSD card so no subscription required.

Clicky
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[Easy-X]

[Toecutter]

I have Swann cctv, they seem to have a whole range of options and it does work well
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[P.]

Blink camera with sync box if your WiFi reaches the garage.

No sub, records to usb attached to sync hub. I wipe it once a month but you can set retention. Just habit of wiping cards/usbs

[A100man]

[Nobby the Bastard]

Oi! I'm not cheap, I'm affordable...
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[sickpup]

The absolute best consumer grade stand alone camera at the moment is the Annke 4K NC800 POE camera which can take a 256gb card. These really are better than anything else.

Pretty much whatever feature you want, they have.

Not cheap, I normally pay £160 each for them.

[P.]

Just grabbed one to try Sickpup.

Assuming this is the same/similar. It's only £90 right now. https://uk.annke.com/products/ac800?variant=42699887837396&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA4NWrBhD-ARIsAFCKwWuG6dlPQJVzEDjFSyfU9xIDBX5ssVvnQ8RuIfq-MQCGyFBXgSJEoC8aAp2cEALw_wcB

[sickpup]

[sickpup]

[virus]

[The Artist]

[MCN]

https://uk.eufy.com/products/bundle-t88713w1-1-t80303d1-81-1?ref=navimenu_1_2_2_img&fliter_category=security-camera

I ordered this system with four cameras.

The cameras are wireless, the signal covers a hoowur of a distance. Weatherproof, easy to install, configure and the base has an IP so you can watch your gaff/garage being burgled from anywhere that you have an Internet connection.

It may seem pricey. But.... Swaan do a wired system that's aphaph to install, set up and configure, for about the same coin
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[MCN]

[The Artist]

After some googling, it appears Annke is just rebadged hikvision kit for consumers.

Even the software looks identical to hikvision.

The main feature most suppliers seem to boast about is the ability to view the feeds anywhere in the world but I really do not want all my cameras going through Chinese servers. My system will be offline and then I may host my own server to access the cameras directly if needed.

All these apps offering free video hosting for no reason is a bit dodgy.

[sickpup]

[bugeye_bob]

Hi Look are Hik`s cheaper cousin, Annke used to be Sannce/An other cheap copy.

[sickpup]

[The Artist]

[virus]

Blink mini, blink outdoor and sync module ordered, found a bundle price of 45 quid so thought at that price I may as well give it a shot.
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own: 81 xs1100g...
owned: 85 rat CG (sold), 91 GS500e (stolen), 84 gsx400f (scrapped), 81 z250 (siezed, siezed, scrapped), 83 cb250rs (sold), 84 gpz750r ratfighter (killed) 84gpz400 (sold), '80 cb650 ratfighter (wrote off) 95gsx6/12f ratfighter (killed) 91 xj900 (sold)
stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance.

[The Artist]