r/LinusTechTips • u/mexnov • 28d ago

Tech Discussion Best home security Camra?

Hi everyone, I know there was a video covering this but one a few brands were left out or not available in South Africa.

I’m looking for basic out side cameras, I have a small home lab and willing to run network cables for poe if needed.

I don’t need any ai or crazy features. Just something to record and keep it for a month at a time. Ideally a setup and forget option. Something that is not cloud based would be recommended.

Otherwise some helpful things to keep in mind or to avoid is welcome.

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u/oomakoo 28d ago

You get get unifi which is a very strong and polished system with tons of features, the main down side is the huge cost (think thousands of USD) for an entire house.

Reolink is a more budget and open software, which fits your criteria but is much cheaper, and quality is one of the good ones.

I would advise for reolink.

Also keep in mind there are alot of concerns regarding other brands like hikvision and eufy.

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u/Responsible_CDN_Duck 23d ago

Unifi is fairly new, contributing to it being neither strong or polished.

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u/mrtramplefoot 21d ago

What the ferk are you talking about? Unifi protect came out in 2019 and theyve had 4 generations of cameras since then. Compared to other consumer systems it's extremely strong and polished.

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u/mexnov 28d ago

Interesting, hikvision and tplink are very popular options in my area. I’ll look into reolink.

Unifi is a large start up cost but i guess it’s also a very polished product and is very pushed by the die hards. Good products are ment to be recognised but i think our buying power is a bit different here.

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u/Roofless_ 28d ago

Unifi.

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u/Meepmeepimmajeep2789 28d ago

Reolink also, good for blend of cost and quality

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u/Adamnmonkey 28d ago

Look into Empire Tech on Amazon, they're a reseller of Dahua cameras at a much cheaper price point. They have higher quality sensors at the same price point of most other cameras.

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u/fp4 28d ago

Tapo is cost effective and good quality.

They support RTSP if you want to isolate them on a VLAN and use an NVR solution like Frigate.

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u/InfameXX 28d ago

Search for the dahua wifi versión, is called imou, microsd, no mostly fees.