outdoor wireless security camera

I've got the "Eufy" cameras... would recommend them.

Need to charge battery every two months or so.

You might have better luck asking on the Home Automation thread, I found one dedicated post about cameras.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058215994/video-doorbell-cameras#latest

These looked decent when I was looking, monthly subscription put me off ( Unsure if this is still required though).

I got the ieGeek 2k wireless camera off Amazon for 60 euro about 6 months back and it has done a great job so far. I think they are sold under several different brand names but Im happy with it. The charge lasted 90 days, you log in via an app, has a motion sensor spotlight, has two way audio, has an alarm. I just put an SD card in and it records every time somebody walks past. Think you can use cloud storage too. It then sends a notification to your phone so you can check and see who is there live and even talk into it.

I have ezviz bc1c camera.

Happy to recommend it.

I have Arlo Essential cameras. 3 of them set up and working very well. I think the camera is about €120 and then €3 per month for the cloud service.

Similar to above they are not good for 2 way but great for security. You can set activity zones to trigger as well.

Probably not the best in market but good enough for what we need.

I have the EufyCam 2C. The kit came with the home base and 2 cameras. It can support possibly 10/15 in total. I think they are excellent. The battery life is very good, the resolution is decent. There is a spotlight function (albeit small) and a speaker setting on the cameras as well. You could also link up the eufy door cam to them.

No subscription service needed, but it is available.

The only downside is I found connecting over the wifi and maintaining a steady signal between the homebase and the camera to be haphazard enough. I think the insulation in the house may have interfered with the signal.

Is that down to your internet strength or speed maybe. Both my cams consistently take about 3 - 4 seconds to access the live feed.

The blink cams arent perfect but if your looking for a very affordable solution for keeping an eye on your house without the hassle of wires

they are brilliant. They are not gona be as good as more expensive systems obviously but for 40 - 50 quid for a camera you cant

really expect them to be.

Battery is fairly good to be honest. I have activity zones set up, so only records when something moves in that zone, and on a schedule, so only triggers at night. I probably get a 6-8 weeks per charge. It might be more. Initially when I got the camera I was messing with it more and battery was less, but usage has settled down now.

No local storage. Cloud is €3 per camera.

Support has been good, I had a problem and they sent me a new camera without having to send back the old.

App is good.

I have shared access to the cameras with my wife also, so she can use the app on her phone. And all set up in google home as well.

I got 6 of these. No subscription needed unless you want to save stuff long term. I think it saves for a week. You can let it fall off the end of the period or just download it to your pc if you want to keep it.

Has a live feed. Cant remember if it has an SD slot. If it does i dont use it. When you get a notification you look and can save it if you want. I think its the last 7 days that stay, but tbh apart from the first week playing with them Ive never had to go back more than a day. And having used them for a year now, i dont actually see any use case where you would need to record all your CCTV anyway. You only need to keep what triggered it after you get a notification of an event you want to keep. You can go back to whatever time in the last week you want though and export that.