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for watching the Car in the Driveway and the path to front door, my car is about 7ft from house ,

 

i have seen these products Net Gear Arlo Q pro , Nest Cam, Logi Circle

 

I was thinking of having the camera on a window something like this with the mount : https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B01LZMBKT2/ref=pd_sbs_147_cr_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=M9GK401JKM5NGTWH993Y

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B01LZMBKT2/ref=pd_sbs_147_cr_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=M9GK401JKM5NGTWH993Y

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B01LZMBKT2/ref=pd_sbs_147_cr_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=M9GK401JKM5NGTWH993Y

 

An advice apprecitated

 

Thanks in Advance

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for watching the Car in the Driveway and the path to front door, my car is about 7ft from house ,

 

i have seen these products Net Gear Arlo Q pro , Nest Cam, Logi Circle

 

I was thinking of having the camera on a window something like this with the mount : https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B01LZMBKT2/ref=pd_sbs_147_cr_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=M9GK401JKM5NGTWH993Y

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B01LZMBKT2/ref=pd_sbs_147_cr_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=M9GK401JKM5NGTWH993Y

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B01LZMBKT2/ref=pd_sbs_147_cr_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=M9GK401JKM5NGTWH993Y

 

An advice apprecitated

 

Thanks in Advance

All three links are the same.

This looks like an inside camera that you plan on viewing the car through a window? It probably won't work well at night.

Cloud storage can get expensive, you only get a little bit of storage and then need to purchase additional storage. It can also run up your data usage.

The camera you linked to is battery powered, how often do you want to change batteries?

If you can, mount a decent outdoor ip security camera outside with sd card storage. Almost all of them have IR lighting/night vision.

Good brands are Hikvision/Dahua/Axis/ Panasonic/Lorex/Swann

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for watching the Car in the Driveway and the path to front door, my car is about 7ft from house ,

 

i have seen these products Net Gear Arlo Q pro , Nest Cam, Logi Circle

 

I was thinking of having the camera on a window something like this with the mount : https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B01LZMBKT2/ref=pd_sbs_147_cr_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=M9GK401JKM5NGTWH993Y

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B01LZMBKT2/ref=pd_sbs_147_cr_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=M9GK401JKM5NGTWH993Y

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B01LZMBKT2/ref=pd_sbs_147_cr_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=M9GK401JKM5NGTWH993Y

 

An advice apprecitated

 

Thanks in Advance

All three links are the same.

This looks like an inside camera that you plan on viewing the car through a window? It probably won't work well at night.

Cloud storage can get expensive, you only get a little bit of storage and then need to purchase additional storage. It can also run up your data usage.

The camera you linked to is battery powered, how often do you want to change batteries?

If you can, mount a decent outdoor ip security camera outside with sd card storage. Almost all of them have IR lighting/night vision.

Good brands are Hikvision/Dahua/Axis/ Panasonic/Lorex/Swann

 

I would not be able to connect the brands you mention i wouldn't even know which to get, is there one u can recommend that can be connected easy ?

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what are you trying to accomplish? do you want to be able to go back and see recorded footage? or do you only care about live view? What do you want to watch the camera on? A tv? phone? tablet?

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what are you trying to accomplish? do you want to be able to go back and see recorded footage? or do you only care about live view? What do you want to watch the camera on? A tv? phone? tablet?

 

Thanks Matt, i would like to have recorded fottage and be able to check live view when i need to ,

 

if i can watch it on my phone and tablet

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You can look into reolink camera, especially the PTZ one that provides rather crisp HD videos and nice features for driveway, it's a bit pricey though, but worth looking into https://reolink.com/product/rlc-423/ or you can check out the review https://www.vueville.com/home-security/cctv/ip-cameras/review-reolink-rlc-423-4mp-ptz-ip-camera/.

 

If you are tight on budget, choosing 422 https://reolink.com/product/rlc-422/ is not bad, similar features except the pan tilt function. 1440p HD with zooming capability.

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