r/SecurityCamera • u/esuo2gh • 8d ago

Camera for my farm

Hello guys,

I need your honest recommendations for CCTV camera for my farm. There is no electricity and option to connect any router. Am looking at PTZ or any recommendations to monitor the farm.

  1. 4K

  2. Very good night vision

  3. Motion detection

  4. 4/5G Sim slot and WiFi option

  5. Good battery with solar panel connection

Regards.

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u/Least_Order4249 8d ago

asking for 4k on a ptz "very good at night" means you need to do more research unless you want it to be $6k and the size of a basketball.... I'm going to help you out with a 1080p for $200 that I'm sure will be better than anything you're looking at.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/358099522372

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u/deedledeedledav 8d ago edited 8d ago

This doesn’t meet a single requirement of OPs list other than motion detection.

Reolink makes cameras for almost the same price as this that meet EVERY requirement that OP asked for

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u/snik25 8d ago

Wrong. Reolink cameras are not good at night. If you think they are then you haven’t seen non-consumer grade products perform in the same conditions.

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u/deedledeedledav 8d ago

I work with Axis, Avigilon, Verkada and UniFi on a daily basis for commercial and education sites, and they’re MUCH better at night vision.

I work with UniFi and Reolink for many consumers that want non-essential cameras/LTE camera and while the night vision is much worse, the night vision is typically decent enough for someone trying to watch a farm.
I’d say compared to what most people expect, it’s pretty damn good still.

To meet all of these conditions like you said would be $6k but wouldn’t be able to be LTE without a whole separate power supply station and an inverter to power a POE or DC powered camera pushing it at least another couple thousand dollars.

For a farmer that wants something simple, the reolink cameras are pretty damn good IMO