Anyone know of any cameras that don't look like cameras? I want to be able to plant them unobtrusively around the house. Everything I have seen screams "camera".
Peter.

Nest cameras are pretty good. I should get them. But I recently disconnected the software for nest from my iPhone for the nest doorbell. Got tired of updates that was mainly me leaving the house.

I will be getting some in the near future.

Overall I like best products and love their doorlock.

Mike

bout a year ago when we were going to austin weekly and having various neighbors in to feed and let out the dog i got a real small black box camera (3/4" x 1")? off amazon that was billed as a spy survelliance device. it was easy enough to hide in plain sight on a book/knick knack shelf but had to have 10 seconds of movement to kick in. motion activated. said it only needed 2 seconds in instructions. caught nothing but blurs, front door open, etc. was worthless. just something to consider and be aware of.

My son set me up with a super-duper series of cameras after someone tried to break into my shop. My entrance door used to be the vault door for Certified Savings Bank in Georgetown but folks will still try. When we were renovating the bank several years ago + installing a new HVAC sytem they were hauling out the door (8 Mexicans strong) so I asked the job super what they were gonna do with it + he said sell it for scrap. I asked him what he wanted for it + he said, "You got a couple of rolls of duct tape?" I told the boys to load it in my truck. Back to your original question, I don't know jack about surveillance systems like that; that's why my son did it for me. But here's an interesting little story. I have a friend whose house is se up when you enter the front door you go down a hallway that deadens to left + right. At the end of the hallway in plain sight, the 1st thing you would see was an old wall hanger B.P. pistol. No value really. But when his wife enters the house, if that pistol is missing get out of the house + call 911.

I recently bought a motion camera that is also a plug-in usb charger, but I haven't tried it yet so can't vouch for how well it works but it's pretty impossible to tell it's a camera. They are on ebay for ~10$, search "usb charger camera".

Also, it just plugs into the wall so no worry about running a power cord or figuring out a battery.

My eldest son on the next property over installed a "dummy" camera just as a possible deterrent. He also placed signs on the doors letting everyone know that his Dad (me) WILL shoot you. I seem to have developed a reputation because I always carry a 1911 + have on occasion fired rounds at the feet of potential trespassers, sometimes overhead. The word does get out. Besides out here in the country when you also have a backhoe, that gives one cause to think.

Thank you gentlemen! Mark, I would be interested in knowing about your experience with those usb charger/camera devices. I am concerned whether they would adequately show images " higher up" as all my outlets are about 1 foot off the floor. Presumably these devices have micro flash memory cards as opposed to wireless communication with a storage device.
Peter

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Besides out here in the country when you also have a backhoe, that gives one cause to think.

Damn, that's FUNNY!

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Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:

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Besides out here in the country when you also have a backhoe, that gives one cause to think.

Damn, that's FUNNY!

or a wood chipper

I know a number of people that use Blink cameras and like them. https://www.amazon.com/stores/...36-B933-E62144578691

All humor aside (kinda), it really sucks getting robbed + it has happened here more times than one + the S.O is worse than useless. When I had a generator stolen + reported it their comment was, "Well what do you want us to do about it?" So, yes having the word go out on the criminal pipeline that there is one crazy M.F. that WILL kill you,+ bury your body I find is a helpful deterrent. Beats the hell out of having to really kill them + then spend the night doing paperwork.