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I don't have yet any preferences. Cheap, easy to set up, secure. What do you use and can recommend?

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[–] maxgyver@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Reolink. Cheap, good enough quality, great HA integration, no internet connection needed.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Amcrest gets recommended a lot but I have no personal experience with them

[–] Mpeach45@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I’ve owned a bunch of Foscam cameras, a sub-brand owned by Amcrest.

Amcrest and its Foscam sub-brand seem very interested in getting access to your cameras, have less capable and less convenient software, and the cameras themselves seem less well built than Reolink.

I bought a half a dozen V1 Wyze cams, and at least two of them have failed. I won’t touch that brand again. I also would never have used Wyze at all except for the exploit that allowed custom firmware installation for real local access and control.