Recent content by sporkman

Wow, it's been a long time, but just want to thank everyone here who helped me narrow things down and especially steered me to an actual alarm system instead of just cameras. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the system. I've had the cops out twice. :) First was I forgot that one of the neighbors...

FWIW, the Ring indoor cams are on sale for $30/each...

Well, placed an order, ended up around $700, which includes a bunch of little extras for the indoor cameras and such. Will be heading down there to install later this week!

Also quick one on "smart home" stuff in general... I do like the idea of having control of some lights, etc. - I'm aware of most vendors having Alexa integration, but is there anything that directly talks with the Ring stuff or is that all folded in to Amazon/Alexa at this point?

So at $600, which is not too far off from the Reolink camera system (no alarm) I was looking at, I can have the following: ring doorbell (this is more of a "for the next owner" thing, plus on sale for $59 w/a 5" screen/echo "show") two solar outdoor cams in the front 4 indoor cams (one for...

I just happened to flip over to Amazon's site when putting together an order - I was reading a review and the two embedded price widgets showed the base outdoor cam at $99 (ring store) and $59 (amazon) - and it looks like there's some early prime day specials, so this bundle just got more...

I know I'm veering outside the realm of cameras here, but any recs on window/door switches vs. motion sensors? Motion sensors are about $30/ea and the switches are about $20/ea. I'm thinking only put switches on "real" doors (normal door in garage, front door) and then I think I could get away...

I still use the old mechanical timers, but at this place it's kind of a moot point. Hurricane season has started and the next time I'm down there I'm going to have to close all the shutters. On the upside, adds some security to the big sliding glass doors, but it's also kind of hard to convince...

Man, you guys had me sold on non-wifi, non-cheap-o stuff, especially after looking at that mega thread on how awful most cams are at actually seeing faces. :) That said, I am really happy to see this isn't a forum full of "one size fits all" solutions, and a consensus here no less on going a...

This is kind of broad, and my path so far has been seeing some Reolink deals on Newegg, getting the idea maybe I want a small surveillance system, googling Reolink, reading some overly positive reviews w/o sample pics/video and then eventually signing up on this forum. So my folks are no longer...