OT: Recommendations on Outdoor Surveillance Video Camera

[MattTuck]

Originally Posted by YoKev

About 8 years ago I had to spend about $500 to get one decent camera.

I eventually got what I was after...video of my neighbor filling my oil tank up with water from the garden hose.

What the ?????!

[azrider]

Originally Posted by mktng

WYZE cam's are great. $50CAD via Amazon.
Wifi camera. Free cloud storage. User friendly app. Has on board memory card slot.

With the right case. It can be used outside in all weather applications.

I have a few, coupled with the Tiny Cam Pro app. I can live stream all my cameras on my phone.

It has all the regular... motion detection. 2 way com. night vision.

Wow this is interesting.

Prior to seeing mktng note above, I was pretty sold on Arlo. I'm a fan of Arlo's "ecosystem" of products: motion lights, doorbell camera, security camera, etc.

But i'll have to investigate this WYZE now also. Thanks for giving me more homework mktng.

[R3awak3n]

Arlo is the OG wireless batt powered cameras then a few other brands came and copied, like the blink which I believe belongs to amazon?

[zap]

We went with a Ring because we already had a Ring doorbell system. The Ring camera/light I was able to hardwire easily as it replaced an existing light.

[C40_guy]

Originally Posted by YoKev

I eventually got what I was after...video of my neighbor filling my oil tank up with water from the garden hose.

I didn't even know that was a thing to worry about. Yikes.

Of course, after 26 years of having an oil furnace, now that we moved to a house with NG, I'm worried about the oil guy making a delivery to my house.

Of course there's no place for them to actually deliver the oil, but that doesn't seem to stop them. Others in my neighborhood do have oil, and a truck backed up onto our driveway recently. I think he was either lost, or confused, or both, and I waved him off before he could attempt a delivery.

[dpdan93]

for sure Blink from amazon, we have them and love them. They're very easy to use.

[jwalther]

Another vote for Arlo. Super easy to set up, intuitive app, and long battery life.

[rockdude]

Has anyone used the Nest cameras?

[azrider]

Bumping this to see if anyone else has anything they want to contribute.

Our contract with COX homelife is expiring (thank GOD) so we need replacement outdoor surveillance system.

Leaning towards Arlo....

[rockdude]

I went with Arlo and am completely happy.

[verticaldoug]

My daughter just needs one for the people stealing from her garden.

[R3awak3n]

Originally Posted by rockdude

I went with Arlo and am completely happy.

you done a good choice. Also is tried and true. I have 5 right now and I have to give it to them, its a system that has always just worked perfectly, never had to fuss with it.

The fact that is free is also pretty awesome.