leemike123 wrote:Actually I just buy a new home and I want to install some security alarms, security cameras and fire alarms too.so any body can suggest me what I should install for my home security.
so thanks in advance.
CONGRATS ON THE NEW HOUSE!
I DEFINTELY RECOMMED GETTING CAMERA'S FOR YOUR HOME! I PERSONALLY INSTALLED 8 AROUND THE PERIMTER OF MY HOME AND CONNECTED TO THE FAMILY ROOM TV...AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT CAMERA'S! ALWAYS BUY THE BEST BRAND WITH THE MOST NIGHT VISION DISTANCE!
IM TALKING THRU PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, CUZ I INSTALLED MY OWN SYSTEM AND MADE ALL THE WIRES HIDDING INSIDE THE WALLS AND CUSTOM PAINTED MOUNTS AND HOA PAINT MATCHED THE CAMERAS LOL...
ONE OF THE THINGS I EXPERIENCED WHEN BUYING THE CAMERAS, WAS THAT THERE WERE THE CHEAP WANAN BE BRANDS AND THEN THERE WAS THE EXPENSIVE BRANDS...SO THE FIRST BIG BOX I BOUGHT WAS THE REGULAR 8 CAMERA SETUP...BAD CHOICE
BECAUSE AFTER I MOUNTED THE FIRST ONE, I COULD HARDLY SEE ANYTHING AT NIGHT...AND TWO..IT LOOKED LIKE I WAS LOOKING THRU A PEEP HOLE THRU MY DOOR!
I THEN RETURNED THE WHOLE BOX AND ASKED MORE QUESTIONS, I THEN SELECTED THE SLIGHTLY HIGHER PRICED BOX...1ST..THE ANGLE OF THE CAMERA WAS BETTER AND COULD SEE A WIDER PICTURE BUT STILL SUCKY NIGHT VISION!
SO I DID MORE RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT, THAT THE BETTER THE NIGHTVISION DISTANCE IS =THE BETTER THE CAMERA SETUP!
SO I RETURNED THAT BOX AND FINALLY GOT THE SWANN DVR PRO SETUP WITH 8 PRO CAMS AND THE IP SETUP=VERY HAPPY WITH THIS SETUP! CAN SEE EVERYTHING I WANT AT NIGHT TIME WITH MOTION SENSE AND HAS A GOOD WIDE ANGLE CAMERAS...AND IT HAS LASTED WITH THE NASTY HEAT WE HAVE AND MOONSOONS...SO ALWAYS PUT UR MONEY ON THE CAMERAS!
ANOTHER PERC THAT HAPPEND BY PURE CONICIDENCE WAS,
WHEN FRIENDS COME OVER AND SEE MY TV WITH THE CAMERA VIEW..THEY PAUSE AND STARE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SAY= I WANT THE SAME EXACT SETUP FOR MY HOUSE!
I QUOTE THEM UP AND HAVE DONE OVER 6 COMPLETE SYSTEMS SINCE INSTALLING MY CAMERA'S LAST YEAR=THE CAMERA SYSTEM HAS PAID ITSELF OFF LOL
AND AS FAR AS ALARM SYSTEMS, I STRONGLY RECOMEND THE ALARM BOX THAT DOESNT RECQUIRE THE LANDLINE..YOU WILL BE SURPRISE ON HOW MANY LANDLINE ALARMS THAT DONT GO OFF WHEN THE LANDLINE IS UNPLUGGED...GET THE ONE THAT DOESNT RECQUIRE A LANDLINE...AND AS FAR AS FIRE/SMOKE ALARMS..THERE ALL THE SAME PRETTY MUCH..JUST INVEST ON REALLY GOOD BATTERIES, SO YOU DONT HAVE TO WHIP OUT THE LADDER SO MUCH FOR VAULTED CEILINGS..
HOPE THIS HELPS
