Hello,
Just joined today so thanks for having me. I currently own Ring cameras. They work ok, however as many know, or have experienced there are definitely better options.
Im looking to upgrade for a couple reasons.
1. Im tired of the subscription fee. While its not terrible Im just over it with subscriptions in general.
2. It seems no matter how good a wifi connection you have there are still times the signal is weak. I installed a ubiquiti access point. This helped tremendously but I know POE is better overall.
Ive been looking at many manufacturers. Im seeing while there are different brand names a large majority falls under the same parent companies.
Of the ones Ive looked at Reolink seems to be the best value. However I tend to be hesitant with anything sold on amazon. The alarm of “Buy for price, buy it twice” goes off in my mind.
Like anything else, the amount of money one can spend is endless in such a category. To get better feedback heres what I want/my expectations:
-Excellent picture quality which performs as good at night as it does daytime.
-zoom that actually shows a clear image on what you want to see.
-two way audio
-siren (ive had to use this once and it was very effective)
-Im interested in PTZ cameras as long as they stay relatively in focus and dont give ya a headache following anything from a nat to a tree branch.
sorry for the long winded introduction, I will need a NVR as well. Im thinking I wont do anything more than 6 cameras so an 8 channel should be fine.
Just joined today so thanks for having me. I currently own Ring cameras. They work ok, however as many know, or have experienced there are definitely better options.
Im looking to upgrade for a couple reasons.
1. Im tired of the subscription fee. While its not terrible Im just over it with subscriptions in general.
2. It seems no matter how good a wifi connection you have there are still times the signal is weak. I installed a ubiquiti access point. This helped tremendously but I know POE is better overall.
Ive been looking at many manufacturers. Im seeing while there are different brand names a large majority falls under the same parent companies.
Of the ones Ive looked at Reolink seems to be the best value. However I tend to be hesitant with anything sold on amazon. The alarm of “Buy for price, buy it twice” goes off in my mind.
Like anything else, the amount of money one can spend is endless in such a category. To get better feedback heres what I want/my expectations:
-Excellent picture quality which performs as good at night as it does daytime.
-zoom that actually shows a clear image on what you want to see.
-two way audio
-siren (ive had to use this once and it was very effective)
-Im interested in PTZ cameras as long as they stay relatively in focus and dont give ya a headache following anything from a nat to a tree branch.
sorry for the long winded introduction, I will need a NVR as well. Im thinking I wont do anything more than 6 cameras so an 8 channel should be fine.
