Fitting CCTV cameras on my property

geek84

Hi folks

There has been a spate of robberies in my area and I have been thinking of fitting CCTV cameras (or similar) around my property, to prevent any possible break-ins.

Could someone by kind enough to advice what type of camera I could fit, which is reasonable riced and easy to fit?

Thank you.

paddypaws101

Your username suggests that you are far more tech savvy than me so you probably have a lot more options to choose from.
I have 3 cameras from Y-cam which are absolutely idiot proof to set up and link to my phone.
They use cloud storage and are very neatly sized.
https://www.y-cam.com/product/evo-indoor-hd-wi-fi-security-camera/

Nilrem

Have a look at the HKvision cameras, they're more expensive than a lot of the consumer models, but you can choose from things like style of camera and more importantly focal length, which means that you can select the one that will give the best focus for the area you wish to cover.

The Picture quality on them is also very good even in low light, and they can be set to record to a dedicated recorder at the same time as you can log in and look at them from either your home PC or a mobile etc (you'll need to set up your router and some other gubbins for viewing from the internet).

They are also power over eithernet, which means you only need to drill a 6mm hole to get the cable out to them and then crimp the connections on for the cable,

baldelectrician

I have CCTV at home and at my dads (he has dementia and has carers / cleaners / nurses in- there is a notice and they all know)


It's not the cameras as such you need to think about but the system- mines is a professional one (won't advertise it here) but it comes with software that's good


Had a knock at the door from a neighbour who was with 2 police officers asking to look at my CCTV at the weekend
Someone had been trying her car and she had asked me to point my PTZ (movable) camera at her drive previously.
The camera covers my home / van and 2 neighbours (at their express request). The camera has a set patrol (sequence of locations) that it follows in a loop.

To the point - the software that comes with my system means that I can use the 'instant detective' feature which lets me draw an area round an object (a bit of a garden in this instance) and the system then scans hours of footage in seconds and pauses each time it notices a change.


It took us less than 2 minutes to check footage on 2 cameras (nothing was found)


Remember a CCTV system will record but its the added things that count .

phil24_7

baldelectrician wrote: »

I have CCTV at home and at my dads (he has dementia and has carers / cleaners / nurses in- there is a notice and they all know)


It's not the cameras as such you need to think about but the system- mines is a professional one (won't advertise it here) but it comes with software that's good


Had a knock at the door from a neighbour who was with 2 police officers asking to look at my CCTV at the weekend
Someone had been trying her car and she had asked me to point my PTZ (movable) camera at her drive previously.
The camera covers my home / van and 2 neighbours (at their express request). The camera has a set patrol (sequence of locations) that it follows in a loop.

To the point - the software that comes with my system means that I can use the 'instant detective' feature which lets me draw an area round an object (a bit of a garden in this instance) and the system then scans hours of footage in seconds and pauses each time it notices a change.


It took us less than 2 minutes to check footage on 2 cameras (nothing was found)


Remember a CCTV system will record but its the added things that count .

That sounds like a very accomplished...but expensive system!

googler

Have a look at Arlo. Wireless, battery-operated (no cabling), motion-activated cameras, storage to the cloud with download capability, etc etc

TheCyclingProgrammer

googler wrote: »

Have a look at Arlo. Wireless, battery-operated (no cabling), motion-activated cameras, storage to the cloud with download capability, etc etc

I'm quite dubious about any security camera that require a working internet connection to be of any use. How easy would it be for somebody to simply cut your fibre/DSL line where it enters your property?

I'm also curious as to whether streaming something over the internet would cause any data protection complications (if the position of your cameras puts you inside the scope of them). Maybe not but something to consider.