Are you sure that was what my question was, or like your assessment that I went off on a rant and was rude/arrogant is that something you think you read? I didn't use an SDS drill, my daughter didn't help me, no cable fishing wires or have to install anything in the eaves, you've imagined a much more complex job than the one I did, which only required me to go as high as a garage roof. I've done six cameras over two properties in the last few months and have another 6-7 to do this month over another two properties.
To me, that's asking why you perceive dealing with batteries twice a year as easy, but spending 30 minutes running a cable is as hassle - nothing to do with why you 'went the wifi route' as you suggest - followed by exceptions where I can see your approach actually being more suitable. Personally, I thought that was pretty balanced just as my original comparison was
Lets just savour the moment, two people who haven't installed hard wired PoE cameras (one openly admits he has no experience) are telling someone who has as recently as yesterday that the timescale suggested is unrealistic for most people. Got to love the internet
Again, you don't need to be an experienced installer, pinning a cable along a mortar corse where it isn't an eye saw isn't really a skill, it's basic common sense (though sadly not a requirement of employment at OR judging by the state the recent re-pull on the property was left in). Heck even my 13y/o daughter can do that, just don't ask her to drill a hole with an SDS drill, she wanders all over the place. If you aren't capable for whatever reason or choose not to, then as said previously fair enough, but suggesting the vast majority of people are incapable of something in a timescale provided by someone who has actually done it when you haven't, surely you can see the irony in that? Lets be honest, the issue isn't 20-30 minutes, it could be 10-20 or 30-40, you just don't want to do it and are happy with what you have, again, nothing wrong with that. I like my cameras to work 24/7 and record everything in high enough resolution so that it's useful even if an event isn't triggered by something that isn't comparable to a webcam, if the power goes down my system still records and I really like my video to be useful if the worst happens, the 4-5mp ColorVu in near pitch black is genuinely a game changer, the 6mp DarkFighter's are a big step up in quality as well. Clearly you're happy with what you have, but no matter how you look at it, it's a compromise, perhaps it works well for you and you'll never be stung by it's shortfalls, but as a security product, i'd rather pay for better kit and know someone walking in with a £5 wifi jammer didn't render the whole thing useless.
So this must be the rant, right? Are you butt-hurt because I pointed out admitting to having zero experience in doing something, then making a flawed assertion that my timescales are inaccurate and beyond most people is the kind of stupidity that deserves to be called out. You're literally offering an opinion on something you admit to having no knowledge of what's involved, what's required or how long it takes in opposition to someone with direct personal experience and making a sweeping generalisation that's laughable. Will every single install take 20-30 minutes? No, some will take less, some will take a lot more, but having installed external cable runs on everything from a bungalow to a three storey town house, a first floor flat and reasonably large homes, 20-30 is a reasonable starting point for most external runs that are straight forward in my experience. A more sensitive soul with such low thresholds for offence could term such statements as being 'rude/arrogant' - I wonder where have I read that recently?
I have nothing to gain here, I don't sell cameras or do installs for others unless we have a decade of shared history, share a bed or a family tree (don't combine them, that's illegal
). It's not like if it took me 19minutes you and everyone else will race out and buy a hard wired kit or that i'll care one way or the other. If you want to see any of my posts as a rant, feel free, but as I said multiple times, if it works for you (or me), that's great, but for the op to make an informed decision the pro's and cons should really be offered up for discussion and however well meant comments along the lines of 'I have one and it works' are, they are devoid of relevant considerations that are needed for op to make an informed choice. I'm sorry you can't seemingly can't see that and choose to take it so personally.Do you need a hug or can we move on?
