Farm Yard CCTV - Any recommendations on Solar and 4G cameras

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Forestgump

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Hi everyone, I am looking at increasing the security in our farm yard. We have "touch wood" not had any issues. I know solar and 4G signal is pretty good now and would like to put up a few cameras. Does anyone have any recommendations on 4G solar cameras? If so any insight will be much appreciated. One of my main questions is the 4G subscription, I know it is a cost going forward but advice would be great on making it cost effective would be useful.
For reference I have been looking at at the REOLINK offering and it looks great in terms of night vision, notifications and it can pan and tilt and also allows for two way conversations. Reolink Go PT Plus - 2K+ 5MP 4G LTE Pan-Tilt Battery/Solar-Powered Camera | Reolink Official

Thanks in advance
 
Forestgump said:
Hi everyone, I am looking at increasing the security in our farm yard. We have "touch wood" not had any issues. I know solar and 4G signal is pretty good now and would like to put up a few cameras. Does anyone have any recommendations on 4G solar cameras? If so any insight will be much appreciated. One of my main questions is the 4G subscription, I know it is a cost going forward but advice would be great on making it cost effective would be useful.
For reference I have been looking at at the REOLINK offering and it looks great in terms of night vision, notifications and it can pan and tilt and also allows for two way conversations. Reolink Go PT Plus - 2K+ 5MP 4G LTE Pan-Tilt Battery/Solar-Powered Camera | Reolink Official

Thanks in advance
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All of these units you can see with a thermal as I have pointed them out to farmers, not that it answering your question but might help with placement.
 
I've had 2 Spypoint Flex solar cameras running on 2 permissions for over 2 years now with no intervention. Notifications are instant and, whilst the pictures are not as higher quality as the newer Zeiss/Hik, I immediately see what's moving day or night. I went for Spypoint's club premium subscription which gives me unlimited photos from each camera for £79 a year. I don't consider £160 a year excessive for what I getting from these cameras as given the number of triggers the free option would go in days.
 
Tim.243 said:
All of these units you can see with a thermal as I have pointed them out to farmers, not that it answering your question but might help with placement.
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Thanks Tim, my intension is to have it mounted very high which will hopefully resolve that. As with all this stuff it is always better to just be a deterrent.
 
wytonpjs said:
I've had 2 Spypoint Flex solar cameras running on 2 permissions for over 2 years now with no intervention. Notifications are instant and, whilst the pictures are not as higher quality as the newer Zeiss/Hik, I immediately see what's moving day or night. I went for Spypoint's club premium subscription which gives me unlimited photos from each camera for £79 a year. I don't consider £160 a year excessive for what I getting from these cameras as given the number of triggers the free option would go in days.
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Thanks I have just had a look at the Spypoint and it has a 100ft detection range which I hadn't considered. Thanks, it has already been worth posting.
 
wytonpjs said:
I've had 2 Spypoint Flex solar cameras running on 2 permissions for over 2 years now with no intervention. Notifications are instant and, whilst the pictures are not as higher quality as the newer Zeiss/Hik, I immediately see what's moving day or night. I went for Spypoint's club premium subscription which gives me unlimited photos from each camera for £79 a year. I don't consider £160 a year excessive for what I getting from these cameras as given the number of triggers the free option would go in days.
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I would add that if wifi is an option, I run a set of Tapo 4k camera, some static, some pan & tilt, around my property so that all entrances, driveways and doors are covered. I've enabled the motion triggers but not the alarms as there's so much "traffic". What this does mean though is I can very quickly scroll through the recordings remotely on my phone/iPad looking for specific events. Fitting a memory card to each camera means that data is held locally so need need for expensive cloud storage and there's no subscriptions like Ring. I've found Tapo to be very reliable and the quality is good, so much so that I've been asked and have supplied images and recordings to the police on several occasions.
 
We use Reolink 4g units with solar charging for the livestock and Tuya smart linked to the WiFi and mains power. All accessible via mobile app.
 
If you can cable to mains electricity, no need for batteries and solar.

And like said, if you can use wifi (or cabled ethernet) do it. In the worst case you need one mobile subscription for wifi router and all cameras connect to that. And if your house is nearby, you don't need any network subscription (provided you choose a system that uses local storage either in cameras or central server that cameras connect to.

Cannot comment on specific solutions, since I'd probably put something together from scratch.
 
wytonpjs said:
I would add that if wifi is an option, I run a set of Tapo 4k camera, some static, some pan & tilt, around my property so that all entrances, driveways and doors are covered. I've enabled the motion triggers but not the alarms as there's so much "traffic". What this does mean though is I can very quickly scroll through the recordings remotely on my phone/iPad looking for specific events. Fitting a memory card to each camera means that data is held locally so need need for expensive cloud storage and there's no subscriptions like Ring. I've found Tapo to be very reliable and the quality is good, so much so that I've been asked and have supplied images and recordings to the police on several occasions.
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Unfortunately wifi is a luxury in this case. I have played with some of the tapo stuff and found it easy to use.
 
With the HIK M15 cameras does anybody know if the police have the technology to filter out reflection of the IR from the number plates to get a vehicle reg ?
 
BLUEROLL said:
With the HIK M15 cameras does anybody know if the police have the technology to filter out reflection of the IR from the number plates to get a vehicle reg ?
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No idea, would camera placement help resolve that? If you set the camera up at an angle so the IR doesn't bounce back into the camera?
 
Most CCTV are likely not good enough for court and by then your gear is already gone right ?! We had an attempt when we first bought our current home , they came in masks but decided that it wasn't worth a second go when they found out it was no longer owned by a single old lady living here
A big noisy dog with attitude is still the best deterrent
 
Bowland blades said:
Most CCTV are likely not good enough for court and by then your gear is already gone right ?! We had an attempt when we first bought our current home , they came in masks but decided that it wasn't worth a second go when they found out it was no longer owned by a single old lady living here
A big noisy dog with attitude is still the best deterrent
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Yes, I was told that the best deterrent is lights. Adding all these things ultimately makes you safer but unfortunately moves them to someone else.
 
The point about CCTV in isolation being of limited use is true. Sadly the evidence trail requires a recording quality which is seldom achieved by low level cameras, that said they do provide a deterrence factor and can be of use in stitching together non evidential timelines.
For what its worth, you probably need to look at your whole security scheme, working to the principles of layering up, such as providing deterrence to put off the baddies, early detection so a response can be initiated, then delay the baddies long enough for the response to arrive, then have the evidence in place for a prosecution if necessary.

This isn't meant to be patronising but if you are not tech/security savvy, my advice is to list a set of outcomes which you need to achieve and employ someone to bring the outcomes to life. Please do steer clear of anyone who turns up and asks where you want the cameras and sensors, they need to work to outcomes which you can hold their feet to the fire if not achieved.
Feel free to PM me if you want me to talk you through anything.
 
DK.260 said:
The point about CCTV in isolation being of limited use is true. Sadly the evidence trail requires a recording quality which is seldom achieved by low level cameras, that said they do provide a deterrence factor and can be of use in stitching together non evidential timelines.
For what its worth, you probably need to look at your whole security scheme, working to the principles of layering up, such as providing deterrence to put off the baddies, early detection so a response can be initiated, then delay the baddies long enough for the response to arrive, then have the evidence in place for a prosecution if necessary.

This isn't meant to be patronising but if you are not tech/security savvy, my advice is to list a set of outcomes which you need to achieve and employ someone to bring the outcomes to life. Please do steer clear of anyone who turns up and asks where you want the cameras and sensors, they need to work to outcomes which you can hold their feet to the fire if not achieved.
Feel free to PM me if you want me to talk you through anything.
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Thanks, I understand where you are coming from and will shout if we get stuck.
 
With f.e. Reolink there is an alarm bell function as well. Really effective with wild boar, but two legged pigs are as fourlegged pigs, are they not, and will chicken out in danger. Alarm is sensible out in the country. No neighbors to disturb and twolegged pigs can never know for sure if there are more cameras about on the premise.
True, recording distance is about 10 m but detection range up to 20-30 m and alarm goes on there. If it is really important to get the video sequences then place camera in an entrance to the premise and in a way it will record slightly from behind.
 
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