IR blasters - do you use them?

[Brian Bain]

I am quickly losing my interest in using the IR blasters on the Hivision cameras.

does anyone use stand-alone IR blasters? if so what do you get? where do you typically place them? I guess you have to run power to them (that seems like a hassle)?

I am thinking about just getting motion sensing lights.

any thoughts/advice?

For reference here is the house: https://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php/4681-Camera-placement-advice?p=40031#post40031

motion sensing light would go above middle garage door and light the whole driveway.

I don't have a plan for the upper driveway.

 

[Mike]

Check out the IPCT IR Illuminator! I have them at my house and they work great.

 

[hamsoplo]

I have the cmvision one in mikes link from amazon. Works pretty good but not that wide angle though. I use my old power supply from my old coax siamese cable system to power them so you don't need so many of those wall wart converters.

 

[bp2008]

I also use the CMvision model linked above. I have had two of them installed for the last 3 years with great success ... though I really should check to see how many of the LEDs are still working...

 

[Larebear]

I had one of the CMvision models from a couple of years ago. Most of the LED's went out, so ended up junking it. I've been thinking about ordering a different brand. Has anyone used one of these with the 6 LED's?

http://www.amazon.com/Univivi-U06R-WideAngle-Lights-Illuminator/dp/B00M3O5ERK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1445301584&sr=8-3&keywords=ir+illuminator

 

[fenderman]

I had one of the CMvision models from a couple of years ago. Most of the LED's went out, so ended up junking it. I've been thinking about ordering a different brand. Has anyone used one of these with the 6 LED's?

http://www.amazon.com/Univivi-U06R-WideAngle-Lights-Illuminator/dp/B00M3O5ERK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1445301584&sr=8-3&keywords=ir+illuminator

I believe @Ispy has one of those...

 

[Ispy]

yes, i have one. i have not had much time to set it up right. it definitely does the job. may actually be too much for me. i need to re-position it. i would post a shot but i just cleaned out all my videos. i can post one tomorrow or later tonight.

 

[Larebear]

I believe @Ispy has one of those...

Thanks fenderman.

yes, i have one. i have not had much time to set it up right. it definitely does the job. may actually be too much for me. i need to re-position it. i would post a shot but i just cleaned out all my videos. i can post one tomorrow or later tonight.

Thanks Ispy. That wold be great to see how well it works. I may order one soon if it has the coverage they claim it has.

 

[Ispy]

 

[Ispy]

Here red are two more. I'd like to try to put it on the roof pointing down.

 

[Larebear]

Thanks Ispy. Looks like it has some good range. I might order one to cover the street in front of my garage.

 

[Brian Bain]

damn, those look good!. Hmm, might have to get one and try it!

 

[Larebear]

damn, those look good!. Hmm, might have to get one and try it!

I was going to order one but then decided not to because I ordered one of the Huisun 10x PTZ mini bullets. The IR range with the bullet is supposed to be 80 meters, so it should light up the street for my other cameras. Shouldn't need an extra illuminator. Will see how it works out when it arrives.

 

[SyconsciousAu]

You will find that your Huisun looks like a narrow beam of light to the other cameras rather than lighting up the whole street.

 

[Brian Bain]

I was going to order one but then decided not to because I ordered one of the Huisun 10x PTZ mini bullets. The IR range with the bullet is supposed to be 80 meters, so it should light up the street for my other cameras. Shouldn't need an extra illuminator. Will see how it works out when it arrives.

do let us know!

 

[Larebear]

You will find that your Huisun looks like a narrow beam of light to the other cameras rather than lighting up the whole street.

If that's the case, then I'll probably have to order the seperate illuminator. Will find out when the new Huisun arrives in a week or so.

 

[bp2008]

I also use the CMvision model linked above (http://amzn.to/1jQCBPB). I have had two of them installed for the last 3 years with great success ... though I really should check to see how many of the LEDs are still working...

The one in my garage has about 5 LEDs out. The one outside I discovered hasn't been plugged in for the last 6 months. I fixed that and all the LEDs are still working on it.



The pic on the left is just the Hik 2032's LEDs, the pic on the right has the illuminator on also. It is pointed at the space between the car and the wall, and as you can see it is a nicely spread out beam and makes quite a difference in night vision quality.