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New home set-up - help with cameras / doorbell

  • 04-04-2022 4:00pm
    #1
    CantGetNoSleep
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    I'm moving into a terraced house in the next few months. Front is right next to the street with a garage door and front door, then at rear you have a garden with a downstairs door and stairs up to a balcony with sliding doors.

    I'll be installing a Tado thermostat & smart TRVs in each room. Then I'll have Philips Hue lighting (inside only for the moment), Nest Protect smoke alarms on each floor, Google Wifi mesh & Nest Hub in a few rooms.

    I'm considering a doorbell (any advantage of Nest Hello vs Nest Doorbell?), two outdoor cameras at the back (Nest Cam with Floodlight would be perfect but possibly too expensive), and maybe an indoor camera in the garage.

    Any ideas of what to go for? Any other brands I should be looking at?

    I'm not entirely against a subscription, but only if I can keep everything with one provider.



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  • #2
    ECO_Mental
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭ECO_Mental


    Looks like you are invested in Nest already but if you want an all in one solution look at Unifi. https://eu.store.ui.com/collections/unifi-protect-cameras

    they have cameras for all solutions. No subscription as well. You might have to invest in a bit more hardware NVR etc but they are good I have a G4 Pro and will probably get one of their door bells later.

    6.1kWp south facing, South of Cork City



  • #3
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,028 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058240252/new-home-set-up-help-with-cameras-doorbell

    Outside of it being a terraces house you've described my house to a tee (Should that be just T or tea??). I've the floodlight, it's brilliant, the doorbell as well. I'd probably recommend the Hub Max (it's on special on Curry's at the moment) for the garage, it'll be double as a radio/speaker and you can move it if you need. I used to run my own server saving the CCTV to it but the €100 per annum to take all that hassle away, the way the electricity prices are going I could even be saving money.



  • #4
    Alkers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,908 ✭✭✭Alkers


    Look at eufy also, good mix of wired and wireless cams and doorbells and not as pricey.



  • #5
    CantGetNoSleep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,300 ✭✭✭CantGetNoSleep


    Thanks for the replies, I will take a look at Eufy. Been a big fan of Anker stuff in the past



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