Need Suggestions for Indoor Security Camera Setup

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MadAxe

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I'm planning to set up two Wifi based indoor security cameras.

Budget: 6k (total)

Need recommendations for which ones to buy.

Requirements:
1. Good video quality (Every company claims that theirs is Full HD. Don't know which one truly is and whom to trust)
2. Night vision
3. Cheap cloud storage
4. Wifi connectivity for watching live feed

The only one which I've found which meets these requirements is the Xiaomi 360° Home Security Camera 2i but some users on reddit are claiming that it does not have cloud storage and Xiaomi is falsely advertising it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/pcdgw4
 
MadAxe said:
I'm planning to set up two Wifi based indoor security cameras.

Budget: 6k (total)

Need recommendations for which ones to buy.

Requirements:
1. Good video quality (Every company claims that theirs is Full HD. Don't know which one truly is and whom to trust)
2. Night vision
3. Cheap cloud storage
4. Wifi connectivity for watching live feed

The only one which I've found which meets these requirements is the Xiaomi 360° Home Security Camera 2i but some users on reddit are claiming that it does not have cloud storage and Xiaomi is falsely advertising it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/pcdgw4
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Tplink Tapo. Got them for 2k a peice. Friend has about 10 of them. You'll have to check their storage prices. But you can record on sd card 128gb.
 
Party Monger said:
Bro I installed close to 10 of these for my friend. You can easily go for them. They have sd card that can store video too.
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If the video quality of all these cams are same. I'll go with whichever provides the cheapest cloud storage. Wanted to know the Indian pricing of monthly cloud storage of
1. Ezviz (Hikvision)
2. CP Plus
3. Xiaomi

Can't seem to find it anywhere.
 
MadAxe said:
If the video quality of all these cams are same. I'll go with whichever provides the cheapest cloud storage. Wanted to know the Indian pricing of monthly cloud storage of
1. Ezviz (Hikvision)
2. CP Plus
3. Xiaomi

Can't seem to find it anywhere.
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No idea about those. And video quality is not the same. As someone using these from 2018, its the app that matters the most. Most apps are buggy or limited functionality
 
Party Monger said:
No idea about those. And video quality is not the same. As someone using these from 2018, its the app that matters the most. Most apps are buggy or limited functionality
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How was your experience with other cams and their apps apart from Tapo?
I'm levelling on cloud storage because the SD card storage option isn't reliable. One can steal the SD card or the complete camera itself and all the recording gone. Also the power adapter can be simply switched off as well right? What countermeasures are you using?
 
MadAxe said:
How was your experience with other cams and their apps apart from Tapo?
I'm levelling on cloud storage because the SD card storage option isn't reliable. One can steal the SD card or the complete camera itself and all the recording gone. Also the power adapter can be simply switched off as well right? What countermeasures are you using?
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I also used Yi cams. Experience was good.
Yes everything can be stolen. If you want that level of security you shouldnt be looking at cheap cams. SD card cams have served me and my friends well. We have well above 50 cams between us. Only now one or two of the 2017-18 cams have started to conk off, even then most work when reset and used with different sd card.
 
MadAxe said:
How was your experience with other cams and their apps apart from Tapo?
I'm levelling on cloud storage because the SD card storage option isn't reliable. One can steal the SD card or the complete camera itself and all the recording gone. Also the power adapter can be simply switched off as well right? What countermeasures are you using?
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You need a Network Video Recorder if you want to store it in a different place.

Hikvision/CP Plus sell NVR for their cameras
 
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