Ring or Netatmo Security Camera? Anyone got one?

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Looking at getting a security camera at the front of the house mainly as a deterrent, but obviously also to catch any folks coming on to the property.

I'd be looking to probably put it in the apex of our garage roof (above the garage door) overlooking the entire width of the drive/entrance to the property. Having a built in spotlight for night time would also be a benefit.

The two options that have looked at so far are:-
- Netatmo Presence
- Ring Spotlight Cam (wired)

Anyone have experience of either of these?


The Netatmo one looks apealing because it has pet/person/vehicle recognition so could hopefully (mostly) ignore our two cats! It also stores locally on its own memory so no charges. Note: My heating uses a Netamo thermostat. Down side is it's pig ugly!

The Ring Spotlight seems to be a more reputable/bigger brand, and $30 a year for cloud video storage seems reasonable.

EDIT: Nest of course get good reviews, but are expensive and I'm not keen on a constant flow of video eating up by broadband, and causing potential lag.

EDIT: I've also heard Amazon have bought out Ring, so I'm almost tempted to wait and see what happens. eg: Do we get facial recognition and the like coming? But only with new products?
 
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yi (owned my xioami) also known as mi for daschcams make really cheap cameras £20 on amazon which use an sd card.

i have it in a window looking out the house. no need to buy more expensive outdoor version. yes it's not as clean but for £20 can't complain. it's a great bit of kit. i ended up buying a £40 version too for greater clarity. 720p is enough for up close (indoors) but 1080p is a must if you want to read car regy's. even at £40 can't complain.
 
Hey, I own a Xioami vacuum! Great bit of kit (It does it's weekly schedule clean on Thursdays) :)

The issue with a camera in a window for me?
1) Deterant - Not obviously to folks looking at the house.
2) Reports - The unit actually telling me at 11:00am in the morning there's someone walking up the drive when there's no one in. And me being able to react to that immediately.
 
NeilFawcett said:
Hey, I own a Xioami vacuum! Great bit of kit (It does it's weekly schedule clean on Thursdays) :)

The issue with a camera in a window for me?
1) Deterant - Not obviously to folks looking at the house.
2) Reports - The unit actually telling me at 11:00am in the morning there's someone walking up the drive when there's no one in. And me being able to react to that immediately.
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it does have alerts. it will tell you when there is motion. you can assign an area or motion anywhere at all.

they also have speakers and mics and act same way as nest doorbell does. it will send a 10 second clip of it to your phone. save the full recording on sd.

i'm telling you they do a hell of a lot for £20. they even have 360 degree motion.


you can put them outside using a cover of sorts. but i would just buy an outdoor version surely they must do one?
 
I wonder how hard Google (Nest) and Amazon (Ring) are trying to either buy this startup business (Lighthouse), or match its tech.

Can you imagine Alexa / Ring home sercurity tied into tech like this? Epic!

 
Thanks for the heads up on the Yi camera. Bought the 1080p one this morning on Prime special offer £28. Its brilliant, ordered another two. :)
 
Imagine when these indoor (& outdoor) cameras have this level of tech as standard - zoom to 3m30s for demos


Google and Amazon must be trying to match this with their in house automation security...
 
Also worth looking at LogiCircle cameras (Logitech brand) - the person detection algorithm for the one on my driveway works really well
 
NeilFawcett said:
Google and Amazon must be trying to match this with their in house automation security...
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I am absolutely certain that this is happening, and we should expect the "home automation" genre to explode in the next couple of years. Amazon just bought Ring out for over $1bn :eek:
 
Marky said:
I am absolutely certain that this is happening, and we should expect the "home automation" genre to explode in the next couple of years. Amazon just bought Ring out for over $1bn :eek:
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Yep, and Ring's indoor camera announced 6+ months ago has not yet been released? As if there's a major change of plan?
 
ahar said:
Also worth looking at LogiCircle cameras (Logitech brand) - the person detection algorithm for the one on my driveway works really well
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Interesting... And this is uploading all the time? You don't find this causes unnecessary lag on your internet? ie: Constant video traffic uploading 24/7?

And it seems you only get detection spots if you go for the more expensive plan? ie: 14day basic doesn't give you person detect and motion zones? So $10 a month for just one camera, or $18 for multiple! So not cheap!
 
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Im using mine as security cameras, one in hall looking out of back door and the other watching the front door/drive from the front window.
 
Still feels creepy to me for some reason.

Though could be a great deterrent to stop the kids having friends round when we're away!
 
Interesting... Netgears Arlo system is getting facial/person recognition added to it. Upto 10 cameras and 30days storage for $10 a month, which is very good value IMHO!

ie: LogiCircle is $10 for just one camera!
 
Marvt74 said:
Still feels creepy to me for some reason.

Though could be a great deterrent to stop the kids having friends round when we're away!
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Well, the most obvious use is for it to report there's a "face" in your house it doesn't recognise.... while you're out!!!
 
NeilFawcett said:
Well, the most obvious use is for it to report there's a "face" in your house it doesn't recognise.... while you're out!!!
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Yeah but then what are you going to do?

Sit there weeping over your phone as you watch some douchenozzle raid your house of all your goodies? :p

I suppose it's good if they're stupid enough to not mask up, but I hear Police barely do anything when it comes to house burglaries as it is. :(
 
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