Home security system suggestions? - ideally with no contracts, self monitored

Posted by Beautiful_Strike_592@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 14 comments

I'm looking for suggestions on home security. When we moved in, there was an old ADT system, however, it is now throwing errors (we were told it could be a battery issue but ADT will not fix it as the system is not supported by them anymore and they want us to upgrade).

So I am looking to see if I can get some cameras, door and window sensors, indoor motion detector and an alarm in a system which we can monitor ourselves. I am not very hands on so anything which is beginner DIY I could do, but otherwise I'd be relying on professional instal.

I have seen good reviews on the Abode system. Has anyone got experience with this system?

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comoestasmiyamo@reddit

I have a Reolink camera and Tuya sensor setup that has been fine. No contracts, Reolink just works, Tuya takes a little setup and does send data to China but you pays your money..

Reolink is sensible money, Tuya stuff can be dirt cheap.

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Beautiful_Strike_592@reddit (OP)

What does your reolink system look like?

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comoestasmiyamo@reddit

Four outdoor cameras, four indoor ones and a doorbell camera all connected to an NVR via POE or wifi.

The only tiny bit of setup was getting the wifi cameras to show on the NVR. For that I had to click a couple of boxes on the NVR itself.

The basic NVR has room for 8 POE cameras and I think another 4 somewhere else on the same network.

The apps can be configured more or less how you want from then on, I mostly use home assistant.

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Beautiful_Strike_592@reddit (OP)

Not sure I'd be comfortable creating a wired system. Do you think the solar powered, battery cameras connected to home hub would be a decent compromise?

I've had a look at the reolink argus series with solar panel and think that could be a good fit for me. I'm also thinking of moving in a few years so would make it easier for me to take the cameras with me.

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comoestasmiyamo@reddit

I expect so. I have one wireless camera in my setup and it has been fine.

I just like mission critical stuff to be wired.

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steveakacrush@reddit

I use Eufy - cameras, doorbell, etc. all links back to a small storage device you keep in the house. No subscription needed unless you want to use cloud back up. Take a look at the range on Amazon.

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Top-Currency@reddit

Eufy is Chinese. I wouldn't consider it for home security.

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RobsOffDaGrid@reddit

Barky dog but you have to feed it.

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Fit-Bedroom-7645@reddit

Tp-link are quite good, I've got doorbell cameras, CCTV, door sensors, motion sensors, smart plugs. You can set them up to do smart functions, e.g "if motion detected, turn X light on". No subscription needed unless you need cloud storage, but they take SD cards so not a problem

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Yippym@reddit

We got Risco, they have a wild range of detectors/sensor and they work without payments. It's rather dumb, but recommend paying a small yearly fee for cloud services.

We connected ours to Risco Cloud for £20.99 per year with Google App subscriptions, third-party charges £30 pa. The cloud allows us to disable the alarm when we are away from home, or alert us if there is a intruder on the App. We been having false alarms here and there when it's really windy, but so far my neighbour is grateful that I can reset it while I'm on holiday.

It be interesting to have a fully none cloud security system, but for £20.99 it's only £1.75 a month.

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