Beginners Guide On Things to Know BEFORE Buying A Security Camera 

Excellent presentation - much appreciated. Re the 5 second clip length, that actually does make sense if there is a high chance that the camera will be discovered, and disabled. It allows the clip to be rapidly sent to the cloud. (I'm assuming the clip has to be cleanly terminated/closed before it is transferred - it's conceivable that this may not always be the case, in which case I'd agree that 5 seconds would be unnecessarily short)

great info. Much more detailed than most when it comes to things users only figure out after the purchase.

Love your videos. Excellent. My question is "I want to be able to zoom in and see faces and license plates. I purchased several Arlo Ultra 2 4K cameras - however when you zoom in the picture gets very blurry - basically unusable. The features on the camera otherwise are great however in the scenario where a car enters the driveway and I cant see the license plate clearly makes the camera sub-par." Suggestions? Do I need an LPR camera?

Amazing info! Thank you!

Great video as usual. Learnt a lot from you since i bumped into your channel a few days ago,, now i have a clear idea of what i need to buy for home security system.

Great information and very informative. Thank you!

How timely! Just last night I installed a new Ring Stickup to view whole house and yard, and found that it wasn’t picking up motion unless you got close to the camera! Bummer! Today, you gave me the reason, and a solution! Thank you, thank you!

Great information. Thank you very much!

thanks for your info on these security cameras.....

I am very satisfied with this video. Also installation is important

Awesome job thank you so much

Thanks so much, I'm immensely enlightened by your video. I'm in Sierra Leone, West Africa and can't use Ring or Blink. Please, can you suggest cameras that can be triggered by extra detection devices, like the Ring that you explained about? I'll be grateful. Have a good day ...

Dear Steve , thanks so very much for your help and advice, I have Swann wired system, wanting to get 2 wireless Swann cameras for indoor use, can I connect these to my DVR ? Thanks !! 😊

Thank you so much! I love your shirt!!

Excellent video. It was not too basic. I have been searching for days a security system for a motorhome. For it to be practical I would need the cameras to stay on the rig while driving so the mounting system would be critical. Also looking for 24 hour monitoring so I know I need to stay with wired. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Do you know if the solar panel works with the arlo 4xl with home base ?

I know the person with the long driveway is probably already gone, but a cellular camera with a solar panel, along with a driveway detection device would give them ample time from the entrance of the driveway and then regular wired and/or battery (solar) powered cameras close to the house. Gives them depth of coverage and early detection for the front camera and driveway alarm from like YoLink.

Thank you so much for this. I wish I could find a review that covers c v r cameras with high quality audio recording capability. My main issue is needing to record the audio from a neighbor. Arlo does have 24/7 recording but other reviews reported the audio poor.

The best, most informative video; thanks.

This is very informative for someone who has steered clear of security cameras because it seems so overwhelming. Thank you! Something I don't recall being addressed is wifi. I'm assuming at least some of them need to be within range of the wifi? I'll go search other videos, but it was something I was wondering throughout the entire video.

Very helpful, thanks! Question: Is it possible to turn off the camera so it doesn't shoot us rocking in our chairs in the cameras view, and without having to reset everything on the camera? SMMVINNR Camera

Love your content. Been following your video’s for awhile now. I have the arlo pro 2 4 camera setup with the paid service for about 3 years now Thought it was the best thing ever but one of the cameras corroded inside the housing from being outside and another camera is blinking blue and orange even when I swap to a known good battery or even if it’s plugged in. Tried pushing the sync button. Do you have any suggestions about the blinking . Thanks for your information

Thank you, that was very informative

Very good. Thanks :)

If I want a camera at a summer residence that I'm not there all the time should I get one that can be wired so I don't have to worry about battery ? Can you recommend one

I own a townhouse that is in a community that does not have a gate and also the front unit right on a main street. Which cameras would you recommend since it's a high traffic area? The only camera we have is our Ring doorbell.

What do you think about Eufycam S330?

Thanks Steve🎉❤

I have a Canary camera that I need to replace. I'm looking for a camera for indoor use that activates when I (my smartphone) leave the house. It records motion when I'm away. I don't want the camera recording me sitting around the house. Any recommendations? Thanks

Thanks. Quite helpful.

So much information I wish you had more time to present it. I missed so much.

"plugged in" regarding security work at construction site: plug into 110v outlet allows continuous recording? solar power doesn't allow, but what about a large lithium pack for each camera. it would be nice to have remote detection to ping my phone, and to have continuous footage to review.

If wifi goes out will the arlo still receive or record

Interesting considerations 😊

Very good review

I live in -30 degrees alaska. What can you recommend

Thanks 😊

Very informative video.

What is the name of the closing song? Sounds nice.

Excellent montage of information. A review of the lowest cost cameras rather than the upper cost only would be interesting and what is the real difference in quality and features.

🎉always excellent 🎉

I purchased a simpli safe bundle including 2 cameras and all the motion and door sensors. I have since been watching alot of you tube like yours having just the cameras for security. My question is do you think I should install say an Arlo camera system vs a simpli safe system? Their pro monitoring system is about $28 a month. If I go with the arlo camera system is it up to me to call the police if I deem necessary? I haven't installed my simpli safe system yet so I can send it back and change to arlo and pay their monthly fee. Please give me your thoughts?? My house got broken into a couple of months ago so I have to do something soon. Arlo vs simpli safe??

Does the cloud subscription contract = your recorded data owned and useable by camera company?

I'm concerned about privacy. Are there cameras that don't sell your data to third parties?

Is there any system that you can remotely reboot? ... I have a YI camera that went offline ... does me no good 1300 hundred miles away ...

How can I get more info on the solar security cameras that use the Wi-Fi trying to sync? I can’t seem to find one that will sync with 5G only 2.4 ???😮

I thought I need an upgrade for my non hd 1tb local hdd 4 cam system. But having weeks and weeks worth of constant record time, local free storage, no monthly fees, ability to set zones of each cam for trigger, no cool down time I may be better off keeping what I got

Off topic but can you give details on your desk behind you??

loved the video! Think I'll go with hard wired camera since I will want to view the footage and not pay for it...Thanks!!

I found tried eufy starlight, very unreliable regarding sensing. Plus speaker was crap when you try to talk through camera. The app was clunky. I then tried Arlo. It seemed good until it kept going offline. Had to do hard reset every time. Also couldn’t trigger live feed. Just kept freezing up. Both cameras are unreliable, suffer from different issues. I’m finding the LTE cameras suck.

Nest has to be the best! I've had Ring,Blink and Arlo and nest is the best by far! easy to set-up

Im looking for a camera that will work with my phone that doesnt need wifi. Any sugjestions?

From personal experience. Most consumer cameras are crap. Where to spend your money -> BETTER, BEST, GREAT CAMERAS. (don't skimp, better to have 2 great cameras then 8 (pos) cameras.) Depending on the length of your driveway or distance from the street, you will want to have one you can read the license plate (50 feet). If you can't afford that good of a camera but still want to record street activity, think of how you can get your camera closer to the street (safely and keep it hidden.) I have built a raised flower bed near the street and wired power and ethernet to them. So I have coverage in both directions. Night time, license plates reflect and headlights blow out the camera settings. Set up ambient lights to avoid infrared mode. It's good to see something is happening, but the recording quality for details are usually useless. USE YOUR OWN RECORDER. Hard drives are cheap (with 4k recordings, 3 Terabytes storage is minimum if you want 7 days recording at full resolution, and if you're paranoid, learn how to setup a raid array. Don't get cloud storage service. To have your cameras upload to the cloud and then download for you to view it on an app at home is retarded. Always wire the cameras for faster viewing and use power over ethernet hubs ( POE). SOFTWARE: A must, superfast fast-forward, a day review should only take an hour. With motion detect, set a 3-second 1 shot every sec and have it email it to you. You will have to test over several days, as this can easily get spammy from 6+ cameras every time a leaf blows in a thunderstorm. I have a LORAX 4K NVR with 8 cameras. The cameras, for image capture quality, are ok. It has alarm, mic, speaker, detection light, infrared, motion detect, tampering detect and quality build. I have them installed outside on the house under the eaves for over 4 years with no issues or failures. The software is a bit clunky and the admin UI is stuck in the early 2000s, but it does give me full control of recording and it provides an internet bridge through the LOREX app to access my cameras remotely.

Interesting that you inform!!! Thank you For a small business overseas Wich Camaras will you recommend ? Need something like wireless, powerful battery, detail imagen important ! I will check in my business from another country Please recommend No mess with subscription please

Ring has 30 second record time I think? But when you view the camera live I notice it records your live feed for longer as long as you have the camera view open. I counted 3 minutes at one point. Also say the ring stick up camera is stolen but it recorded the person stealing it but I can’t seem to view that “offline” camera’s recorded video? I thought the recorded video footage was automatically saved in the “cloud”? How do you get that footage for an offline camera? I’m assuming it would say offline on the app if it’s stolen? Oh wait you view history right? Just found it now lol. Nevermind

I was a bit confused watching this. 5 minutes into this video, He says with Ring, Blink or Nest, you can at least pull up a live view without paying extra. Then immediately afterwards, he says big name companies like ring, Arlo, Nest, & Blink will charge you a monthly subscription fee per camera. At first I thought he contradicted himself. Now, I think he means that those companies charge a subscription fee to access saved/stored footage. Is that right?

How come you have not done a review of the Simply Safe camera? 😉

what's it's called when the first 3 seconds are missed because it's too slow? like what feature/name/spec should i be googling?

"I'm not gong to go into detail, because this video would be then 30 minutes long" - damn, I was actually kind of hoping for a detailed 30 minute video. (Thanks for this one though there's a lot of info packed in it)

do you no longer have vivint?

It should be stored on both locally and on the cloud. If it only gives one or the other it's a flawed system imo

With your permission I'd like to link this video on my website.

I’ll buy them

What is the point of recording the thief when the "law" system refuses to prosecute?

The reason you would want to have a 5 second clip is to receive more updates on intruder. 5 second clip + 10 second retrigger =15 seconds. 30 seconds +10 retrigger= 40 seconds. You can find out where the intruder is every 15 seconds as opposed to 40 seconds. If your child is in their bedroom would you want to know intruder status every 15 seconds or every 40 seconds?More valuable Information you can give the police. The difference between the police stopping by when they get a chance to lights flashing and sirens blaring. Running red lights to save your child. If you are serious about protecting your family do not be cheap on cameras. Get a professionally installed and monitored system. You might not hear the notification on these cheap systems. The fail rate is huge. They might not send a notification. They might not detect. Might go offline etc. Seconds count. What is more important to invest money in as your family security? Spend less elsewhere.

I really enjoy the video but I will admit since you are sponsored to sell these items I can tell your opinion is a little bias. Simply put I've used the Arlo cameras for a year now and paid for the yearly subscription but I've had multiple issues with the app not working, crashing and also unable to connect to my cameras. I've also had zero support and response from Arlo over the year period. I have many other issues which I wont go into but I do believe if you are going to recommend a camera and brand maybe look into reviews otherwise it does damage your credibility on any other items and brands you review. Awesome video and well presented just be weary of the systems you are supporting and advertising, Arlo is not a good system and there are a large number of negative reviews, responses and issues against this brand if you do the research.

what about uniview for no sub?

Hey there, I didn't give you a thumbs up nor subscribed but i let some of the ads. play all the way through, hope that helps. Thanks

When my camera detects motion,,i just send the wife outside , no need for subscription 📽📽📽📽👍👍

All These webcams are constantly linked to the cloud and as a result cause excessive use of your data plan. If your plan don’t have unlimited data then be prepared to pay for overages as well as cloud storage plans. Your best bet is to get a NVR camera system that stores your recordings locally.

I just want to monitor my pet when I'm away from home. I hate that so many devices require a subscription.

If someone breaks in and steals your camera without cloud then they can take the evidence too.

I want one that turns 360 degrees.

What about solar? They don’t work on 5G only 2.4

From my experience, if the camera only records on motion it's useless, recording 24/7 provides a much better idea on what is happening. Secondly, if the camera cannot read a license plate after you zoom its not worth the investment. Frankly all these box store camera's offer little value. Unfortunately you get what you pay for, there is a massive difference from these box store camera's and commercial quality.

K. I get I’m dumb. I’m sure I’ll get it once I learn How am I offended I don’t know anything about cameras at all. Lol. I talking through you teaching. ADD or sumthin Ok.

I am returning ieGeek it’s disappointing

I don’t want to pay for someone to watch Solar and battery is what I need

Steve, you started off by saying you had a customer who asked you what is the best camera to monitor down a long driveway.....You never answered that question. You started talking about random camera features and never addressed the question. The real answer is none of the camera's you spoke about are ideal to capture that type of video.

Never use cloud services for your home security cameras. EVER. Keep your recordings local AND wired. Do not use wireless.

Hello I have blink cameras they are horrible they stop working at times really noisy you can’t hear what’s going on at night you can’t really see and I’m very unhappy with him I’m going to return them 3 thumps 👇👇👇👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽😡

What do you think 💭 f Roku

This is only for battery operated, which is not specified in title. So I have to Thumbs Down.

Garbage don't waste your money.

Not to be negative, but I didn't watch due to the voice inflection. Great lighting and sound though.

Stop putting cameras on everything and lets have privacy again in this country. You dont need to point cameras at your neighbors house and spy on them all day

IeGeek is very slow activation