E1 Pro

I know you said you aren't looking for alternatives, but I'd suggest you skip those brands entirely, because what you need/want can't be done with those brands if you are looking specifically for cameras, you will end up with the same issues as your sister or worse. Those 2 brands are garbage and se

Look into a Reolink indoor camera, no subscription required. https://m.reolink.com/us/product/e1-zoom/

i've battled this exact thing with tapo cameras. the issue is usually that the tapo app uses cloud discovery and doesn't play nice with mdns across subnets. try moving the rule order so the allow from home to iot is at the top. also enable igmp snooping on both vlans. if you keep running into proble

I have just bought a Reolink e1 pro. It works perfectly with UniFi protect including ptz . You do not need to add an sd card to the camera Edit: running protect on my cloud gateway fiber

Man, I remember seeing your previous post. Crazy that this is still going on. How do these people have the energy to keep going with this shit? If you have the means, I'd get an indoor camera with a sizeable SD card and have it set up in a common living area (like your livingroom). You can save the

So I have 5 cameras and a NVR (Network Video Recorder, essentially a 2TB hard drive for the cameras). 4 of the cameras are hardwired to the NVR with POE ethernet and have pan and tilt autotracking, the doorbell uses WiFi and is stationary. I have about a week of 24x7 video storage in 4K and then eac

For cameras inside your home, my personal preference is to go with plug in power, so I can absolutely disable them when I am at home! Specifically, I plug them into cheap "smart plugs" from a different vendor, plugs with an LED showing the state of the controlled outlet -- that way I hit one button

I like my reolink E1. They have a few versions so check the differences. I think the e1 pro is what I went with. It uses an SD card. You can get alerts for pets or people. It will even track ( rotate) to follow your pet as it moves through the room. No subscription needed. I have their doorbell too.

Reolink E1 Pro. Use with Wi-Fi 6. Buy 2 or more if you want. Maybe get the Reolink hub if you want more storage. Make sure to manually update the firmware, google what that means, it is important for this brand. They have pet/animal detection and you will be using that non stop to easily find when a

A Reolink E1 Pro or RLC-810A works great for this, both can record directly to your PC via FTP or their app without needing a hub. Just point it at the yard and enable motion alerts. Solar powered ones are nice but battery can struggle in winter; I'd go PoE if you can run a cable.