sykim423rose
Novice Member
Hi! I'm currently looking into a security alarm system for my house but am struggling with the vast amount of security companies out there.
Having looked at a few, I think I would prefer a smart system. I'm preferably looking for:
Is it at all possible to get all these things within one company's security system or would I have to do the alarm and security footage separately? Is this an unrealistic set of ideals for one security system?
Has anyone had any experience with alarm/cctv companies they've used and recommend?
Thank you in advance!
Having looked at a few, I think I would prefer a smart system. I'm preferably looking for:
- Security cameras of good quality (preferably 1080p) for both inside and outside use. (weatherproof (outdoor camera min IP66) and good night vision, at least 20m)
- The ability to check in via live stream on the cameras.
- Any audio (2-way or not) would be great but not necessary.
- Cameras that will alert (via app) whenever movement is detected and automatically takes and send a photo of the detected movement. This is because we have a pet and in our previous alarm company's technology kept going off every time our pet moved and we had no way of checking!
- The ability to store the footage somewhere so that it can be reviewed within ~ a week and hopefully stored somewhere? I don't mind whether that would be a cloud or onto a usb or something, but
- A functional app that actually works and doesn't break with every software update. I've read one too many reviews about systems being non-functional after an app update and I'd hate that to happen.
- I'd ideally like a wired system with a battery backup, but this is not 100% compulsory.
- An alarm system: preferably with an external siren, which is triggered by doors/windows opening or glass breaking
- A somewhat decent customer service, just in case something goes wrong.
- Pro monitoring would be a great but I would be happy to just review footage myself, as long as I would be alerted when something happened (ie the motion sensor alerts)
Is it at all possible to get all these things within one company's security system or would I have to do the alarm and security footage separately? Is this an unrealistic set of ideals for one security system?
Has anyone had any experience with alarm/cctv companies they've used and recommend?
Thank you in advance!