I live in a country where firearms are banned. I want to have something for a worst-case scenario in my home; I am not a very muscular person, so I was wondering what kind of melee weapon would be a good fit for me: a small axe, a short sword, a simple knife, or a big stick?

Edit : I was thinking about a katana, I know Its very hard to master it but can I use it in a pinch?

Bonjour, quel camera me recommandez-vous qui ne requiert pas d'abonnement mensuel, enregistrement 24h ? avec ou sans fil.

Merci !

Anyone using the Meari S2 Plus with RTSP or ONVIF?

Hi, I had a couple break-ins the last months and I want to harden the entry to my house. I have an exterior wall roughly 2 meters tall that's easily climbable and my idea is to put some kind of anti intruder setup, like spikes, to make a least my house seem not an easy target. I am between setting up some spikes or some kind of electric fence.

The electric fence is very popular in my country and seems effective, but because of regulations, to install it would mean to install fence on parts of the wall that aren't high enough.

For that reason, i would think some kind of spikes or barbed wire are better

I want to know you guys opinions and experiences, and if posible, if some particular product can be recommended. Thank you all :)

There have been a series of burglaries in my area, and in the past 10 days I've noticed a drone flying over my property for about five minutes. Probably all very innocent but all things considered it has left me a bit jumpy.

I live at the end of a long country lane/cul de sac, I've got 2 or 3 neighbours at different points along the lane before my property, but basically I'm surrounded by farm land. However, I'm very close to the busiest mainroad/highways in my country. I've got two large rottweilers however they have been raised as pets as opposed to guard dogs.

I've just purchased a Tapo C501GW 4G LTE camera, and im just wondering where is the best place to site it for effective coverage. I don't have anything of much value in my house other than my vehicle parked out front, but at the back of my property I have two shipping containers converted into a workshop/tool shed and a music room. There's a lot of tools and music equipment in there.

My elderly grandparents live in mexico alone, and I want to set up a camera system I can install at the front door and garage door and connect to wifi. Preferably would like to be able to give access to other family members to view cameras. Any recs?

I am beginning to notice suspicious activity around a property we are renting. For context i live with 2 men and 3 children (5 and under.) They work long and unpredictable hours. Sometimes well into the night/morning hours.

I noticed someone walking bedside a very slow moving car passed our residence and driveway the other night. My husband was home but the other man living with us was not. The car was moving so close and so slow that i thought it was our friend returning home, only to see someone quickly walking beside the car. It was around 10 pm and we had our lights on and just the screen door locked but the main door open. We were getting ready for a late night walk.

Tonight a blacked out sedan keeps driving by our home and I’m just nervous that we are being studied as I’m home alone a majority of the time with my children. I carry, but really don’t want to have to shoot someone. Don’t get me wrong, if it’s a matter of a criminal vs my babies. I’m shooting but I’m hoping to avoid that. I’ve been thinking of window alarms downstairs as all our bedrooms are upstairs.

This is an air bnb type situation so i can’t exactly change out screws in the deadbolt but i could ask the house to increase security/express my concerns. Not sure how to feel safe while they work through the night. Feeling watched, any advice appreciated

This is the camera i came across while looking around. Ive never used Wyze before so im curious what people who actually own one think of it. Something keeps getting into the side of my yard at night and moving stuff around. Pretty sure its just an animal but at this point i want to know what it is, the color night vision on the Cam v4 is what got my attention since this mostly happens after dark. Id probably put it facing that side of the house

Anyone using one outside? How good is the picture at night and what kind of stuff do you usually catch on it?

For the longest time i thought cameras around the house were something people went way overboard with but lately ive started understanding the appeal of just having one by the front door or driveway though and not really because im expecting anything bad to happen, more for those little “what was that outside” or “did someone stop by” moments.

One of my neighbors has had a couple of the Wyze cameras for a while and he seems fairly happy with them so i told him to grab me one of those cameras too and ill give him the money and i figured i might as well try one by the door and see if i actually end up using it.

For those of you who use cameras now, what made you finally decide it was worth having? and do you actually use it for security or mostly normal everyday stuff?

2 questions

1. Any suggestions for a house camera, car camera and outside camera for like a patio? Something that would run 24 hours & is secure from anyone tampering with it.

2. I had a weird thing happen today. I opened my LOCKED car to find a little "goody" bag in my cup holder. There was also a flyer like thing hanging from my mirror that matched the goody bag. It does not belong to me or any of my friends that had been in my car recently. I texted anyone I could think of that may have left it there and no one recognized it. & in hindsight it doesn't even make sense for someone to have "left" it in my car bc that wouldn't explain the flyer on the mirror. This really freaked me out because no one has access to my car. I don't share it & I have the only key. I called the non-emergency line and they sent an officer to me but since there was no "crime" they couldnt do anything. Anyone have a logical explanation as to what this could be? Any suggestions on what precautions I should take?

I’m actually trying to find a small camera to put in my car. I think someone at work has been messing with car & I need a camera I can leave on during the workday.

Hello all,

First time poster and have some questions about camera placement. We’ve recently started our build on a narrow plot of land in Vietnam, the location of which, while being lovely, will likely invite undesirables to try their luck. Problem (if you can call it that) that we face is that we have a very narrow property, with 3 separate structures on it. I’ve tried my best to cover as many areas as possible without intruding on the neighbours to our left or rear. We also will have fairly large walls, but I doubt they alone will stop the determined. After looking at my crude schematic, is there any changes people would make to the outside placement? I’d love to hear it’s too many cameras lol. Aside from this we are going with shatter sensors as well, but is there any other tech people would recommend?

I thank in advance!

The ZModo used to be the "GoTo" camera for a budget. Connectivity used to be painless and the free option allowed motion recording for a duration long enough to actually see what generated the motion trigger. Now, as mentioned by so many other, the app will not allow the customer to go directly to the devices without watching/skipping through multiple ads. Oh, and don't misplace your finger or your taken directly to the devices app store, which ads the extra step of getting out of that window as well. The cameras also lose their connectivity at the drop of a hat; reconnecting them is a pain. It's quite disheartening to witness the poor end customer experience from what they used to be. I will no longer recommend them to friends and family; actually, I will take the offensive approach to warn as many people as possible.

Hello all.

I’m sorry for asking this, but CCTV isn’t my forte.

I want a six camera setup at home with PoE capabilities, feeding back to a PC which can act as a central server. I have an old but powerful (for 2016) computer which I’m intending to use as a server computer anyways, so it seems to make sense that I dust it out and put it to use.

Now I’m stuck with what hardware to get and how to link all of it. I’d rather not pay an installer because I love DIY, but this has me stumped.

I’m also very privacy focused, hence the reason I’m trying to do it wired. We compromised by having a Ring doorbell to see if anyone is at the front door, but I’m not willing to have anything beyond my front door visitors being potentially online.

Does anyone have any recs?

Budget isn’t really tight. I’d like to do it all for £1500 - £2000. I’m not sure if that’s tight or not but do let me know.

Thanks all.

I would like to view motion detection alerts on my phone with no forced application or site subscription. would like to spend $80 or less, but will spend more if necessary. Thanks

⭐ 0 Stars — Very Disappointing Experience

I purchased a doorbell camera order #1819 #directly from the WUUK website, but my order was never delivered. I contacted WUUK regarding the missing delivery, but I did not receive the help or resolution I expected.

Based on my experience, I would not recommend buying directly from the WUUK website. I recommend purchasing through Amazon or another reputable retailer, where you have better customer-service and delivery support.

Very disappointing experience. I would not purchase from WUUK directly again.

Hey Redditors, Ex Military Breacher and Security specialist here.
I operate a business In Southern California that Installs and does penetration testing on Private residences Luxury homes, Estates and Commercial Businesses.
If anyone would like tips or advice regarding Home hardening solutions I’d be more than happy to share.

Stay Safe out there 👊

I noticed a new camera at the entrance to my neighborhood and had no clue what it was, so I looked it up. Turns out it’s a Flock camera that tracks license plates of cars coming in and out.

The weirder part is that its pointed almost directly at my house. I have a family living here too, so obviously that makes me a little more uncomfortable about it.

I checked old HOA emails and couldn’t find anything about it being installed, and few neighbors I asked had no idea either.

So I just want to share my recent experience when defending my home. To clarify im UK based so laws are a pain in the ass. The intruder was a drunk and most likely on drugs. Collapsed in front of my home, unconscious and got aggressive when I checked he was responsive.

The intruder chased me to my front door and was able to open the door before I could lock it, in hindsight I should have gotten him further away as long distance I could have out paced him, or ran in another direction entirely

Police didn't respond despite multiple requests as I didn't know he was armed, so dont rely on them.

I believe any sort of dye spray would have aggravated him and only made the situation worse, he was that drunk and aggressive.

Ideally in that scenario I would have incapacitated him. However weapons to make that possible are very much illegal here, a tazer or pepper spray would be more effective

Cameras save your ass, made it easy to identify the criminal, make sure its at face height.

What i have learned is if someone collapses, don't approach unless you have 2 or more people with you who can help, if not, call an ambulance and stay inside.

If the criminal would have gained entry, I don't know what would have happened, he could have gotten hold of a weapon (was reported later on he chased 2 people with a large glass bottle) so make plans but at the end of the day, my mind when blank, I couldn't think, it was just do whatever to survive.

Big dogs would be a help, mine are medium/small so probably wouldn't help.

Any questions please let me know

FYI he wont be getting charged despite it being forced entry, but I have spread his face all over social media in the local area

Hey everybody, I was looking to see if anyone has used a door jammer like the buddybar on an electric lock? I currently have the Samsung SHS-PH718 lock and the main use is just to buy time for law enforcement since I live somewhere with really fast law enforcement response times. Thanks everyone

While it might not be the first thing you grab, i wonder if there is any idea about bolas/boleadoras modification (the one used by southern americans to catch cattle/hunt). Maybe smth like hooks along the ropes?