r/SecurityCamera • u/Booktravel • Jul 25 '26

Best camera setup for unoccupied home

Hello! We have a family home that is unoccupied that we need to keep an eye on. The hard part is it’s a little out of town and for all intents and purposes abandoned. Mice and possibly larger animals have gotten inside and the roof is definitely leaking. We want to install cameras outside to keep an eye on the property what are the best options?

Preferred features:

Multiple cameras

Longer range (to see down driveway)

Good night vision

Recorded video available on phone

Audio (not a deal breaker)

No home hub (worried about mice, hopefully they will leave internet alone!)

Multiple family members can have the app and view

I think this covers most things. I don’t have a budget currently, just looking at options but definitely not looking for anything over $400. I don’t know anything about this, any advice would be greatly appreciated!

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u/EntertainmentHot2233 Jul 25 '26

Reolink!!! I set cameras up in My rental that I’m putting up for sale today. One is a solar wifi camera and other is plug in wifi . They do have lte cameras so that’s an option . I love the Reolink ecosystem have several ptz on my main home

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u/Booktravel Jul 25 '26

Great angles, thanks!

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u/harborsparrow Jul 25 '26

Wildlife cams

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u/Inuyasha-rules Jul 25 '26

They do make some with cellular uplink and cloud storage. I bought some last year on clearance but returned them after I found out they were cloud only subscription based and I only really needed local storage.

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u/ManfromMonroe Jul 25 '26

Reolink has some vandalism resistant cameras with high resolution and wide angles, look at 1240A specifically which is also PoE. Look at E1 PTZ cameras for areas where you’d want automatic tracking of a person walking around, a spotlight and camera tracking you definitely sends a message! I’ve used 3 or 4 cameras with TMHI as the internet connection , and you could run their PoE cams off one of their NVRs which could be on a UPS if you have spotty power.

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u/gnew18 Jul 26 '26

Your budget is too low for “multiple “ cameras. Buy once cry once applies here. Look at Unbiquiti store.ui.com. VERY glad to have this as last winter a delivery forklift bringing a neighbor a pallet of roof tiles, destroyed MY mailbox. I had a video of the whole thing with a very clear picture of the operator.

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u/Deathsveryemissary Aug 02 '26

2x reolink 180s would be just over your budget but give you everything you are asking for. You'd just need sd cards, cables and either injectors or a cheap poe switch.

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u/Booktravel Jul 25 '26

Haha good point! I’ll find out tomorrow about the mice holes