Experience with Unifi Protect and UNVR Pro

observant1 said:
Glad my job was to just install a few cameras and an xvr. She even questioned the cost of the xvr. Said she'd seen them for less than 100 dollars.

Some people dont' understand you get what you pay for......but i was just doing grunt work for the guy that sold her a dsc alm and dahua xvr cam sys.
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I have no time for that stuff, that would have received a huge PITA charge for sure. Folks like that are never happy no matter how good your install was.
 
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I helped her out a few weeks later. She paid to have a gate installed at the top of her drive by a neighboor with a tractor.. The original security guy said no cameras would reach that far, so i installed two ubiquiti M5's a good poe switch and 3 cameras. I also had a friend thats cert electrician add 120 volts thru conduit because she thought a gate from harbor freight with a solar pannel and a battery would work her gate......she seemd suprised when i told her it will never keep the battery charged or power the switch and cameras. The xvr struggled with the 6mp cam but was OK with the two 3mp cams.

Nice lady but no technical knowledge. I told her to talk with her son that lives out of state and does her IT work to explain it further. She makes good money. Has a buisness that brings over H1B nurses. Huge house, a nice pond and lots of land.
 
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observant1 said:
I helped her out a few weeks later. She paid to have a gate installed at the top of her drive by a neighboor with a tractor.. The original security guy said no cameras would reach that far, so i installed two ubiquiti M5's a good poe switch and 3 cameras. I also had a friend thats cert electrician add 120 volts thru conduit because she thought a gate from harbor freight with a solar pannel and a battery would work her gate......she seemd suprised when i told her it will never keep the battery charged or power the switch and cameras. The xvr struggled with the 6mp cam but was OK with the two 3mp cams.

Nice lady but no technical knowledge. I told her to talk with her son that lives out of state and does her IT work to explain it further. She makes good money. Has a buisness that brings over H1B nurses. Huge house, a nice pond and lots of land.
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My hats off to you, sounds like you really went above and beyond for her. Funny how it’s often the rich folks that cheap out and sometimes end up spending much more than if they had just done it right from the start.
 
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Just a quick update. Still loving the Unifi Protect system. So easy to use and absolutely hassle free (even my wife can use it which says alot). The Unifi G6 Instant camera for watching the dogs inside has been working great (and covers the back door entrance). I did test out the Protect triggers on the camera and they worked great but my useage case/location I don't have alot of need for that sort of thing but if they start adding more AI capability for the 3rd party cameras I will definitely try that out. The 3rd drive in the UNVR Pro is set up in RAID5 so I have 36TB of storage (should be around 60+ days of 24/7 footage from all my cameras) and one 18TB drive to provide redundancy. Everyone I show the system to is just blown away by how well it all works together. Overall super happy with the system and definitely recommend if you want something easy and reliable that can be accessed on your phone from anywhere.
 
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Still no update with LPR at night on non-Protect cameras and AI Port
 
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