Hi all, after a couple of (horrible) installs of Swann cameras and DVRs, I'm planning to move to a NAS/PoE camera system.
My question is - How long is a reasonable life span of a camera?
I ask this because the systems we've had have all been supplied with the bullet style cameras. We live in a mild climate with typical temperature from 10 to 30 with the odd 0 or 40 degree day. There's 3 cameras exposed to the weather and 1 under a porch. With the systems we've had the typical life time of a camera seems to be between 1and 2 year before it starts feeding distorted video or simply goes dark. Being covered or uncovered doesn't seem to effect the lifespan of the cameras and we've gone through a lot of them.
My question is - How long is a reasonable life span of a camera?
I ask this because the systems we've had have all been supplied with the bullet style cameras. We live in a mild climate with typical temperature from 10 to 30 with the odd 0 or 40 degree day. There's 3 cameras exposed to the weather and 1 under a porch. With the systems we've had the typical life time of a camera seems to be between 1and 2 year before it starts feeding distorted video or simply goes dark. Being covered or uncovered doesn't seem to effect the lifespan of the cameras and we've gone through a lot of them.