Buy a cheap water sensor alarm for your basement near your sump pump pit, and set the Wyze camera to alert on sound, and for about $35 you have a wireless high water alarm.
According to the Ring adds, the perps either see the Ring and run off or you say something snarky to them through the doorbell and they run away?
I prefer my cameras out of plain view, up high, and out of reach.
I have a Ring doorbell cam. Generally I like it. My chief complaint is that when recording is triggered by motion, the length of the recording is not configurable by the user. It's basically about 30 seconds, then there will be a time out so false alarms (e.g. tree branches waving in the breeze) don't generate repeated recordings of non-events. The downside is that if someone drives up in a car and sits in it for a minute before getting out, the recording doesn't catch the person, only that the car came in view. The doorbell-level camera is good for catching faces instead of tops of heads, and it uploads the vid to the cloud, so even if the camera is stolen there is a record of the event. Ring will replace the camera for free if you supply a police report.
A buddy has Blink, and he likes it. From his description sounds very much like Ring, except that he can control the amount of time spent recording after a trigger. The night vision on them doesn't seem too clear, we spend a lot of time discussing whether his video clips are showing the neighbor's cat or a racoon. His wife doesn't like it when I suggest it's a really big rat.
p.s. one of the things that drew me to Ring is that I didn't want to string a bunch of cable, and I wanted to be able to get it in operation with little muss and fuss. Ring was perfect for that. Battery life is not stupendous, I put a solar panel bezel on the doorbell that helps keep the battery from winding down too fast, but it is not enough to keep it indefinitely charged. I have to manually charge it about every two weeks or so.
Nope... visible and obvious. Prevention always beats reaction.
I get your point. They are definitely visible...just up high on the second story eaves looking down and out.
A normal passerby would have to look for them, someone casing the house would see them for sure. Not everyone looks up.
At least here in the Camby area, the Meth heads rummaging through cars have no s to give. They dont seem to care/notice that there are cameras.
Good thought but more complex than necessary... All I have to do is wire a float switch in place of the reed switch in an extra one of my alarm's door sensors and I have a sump monitor.
According to the Ring adds, the perps either see the Ring and run off or you say something snarky to them through the doorbell and they run away?
Keep in mind that having a Ring Doorbell also makes you a target...
https://fox6now.com/2018/12/11/thie...era-police-report-20-similar-cases-this-year/
“Honestly, the Ring doorbell, it’s phenomenal, but it’s actually like the first layer of security,” said Joel Burrell, the owner of Your Security Man.
I prefer my cameras out of plain view, up high, and out of reach.
I'm torn on these. Granted you can get better cameras for about the same price (Hikvision) but those are only available via servicing dealers, so no DIY. You can buy them online, but buyer beware there is no support and no warranty from Hik.
https://unifi-protect.ubnt.com/
I always thought the Ring commercials were almost taunting would be thieves by belittling them.
Can't help but notice the recent Allstate "mayhem guy" commercial has him stealing a car and running over other valuable property as the owner watches helplessly on his phone. Clever.
I am still not sold on the camera / optics quality.
Seems like an indoor product?
Still using Hikvision (from our dealer) for work, Dahua at home and CohuHD/Costar for broadcast quality installations.
We recently had one of our 16 channel Hikvision NVR's loose it's marbles.
Had to be rebuilt from scratch.
Several of the cameras would not respond to their passwords, the dealer had to get the manufacturer involved.