With today's advancing technology and client needs I assume I am not the only one that gets increasing calls to have complete wireless camera systems. I am having a hard time finding that one camera that can do most of what is asked. However with the obvious drawbacks involved some want battery operated (cause running power is not an option), live view, access to recordings and want no recurring charges to do this. Explaining the perfect world never exists does anyone have a suggestion to a camera system that closely resembles this criteria and still provide a great picture?
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Is There A True Wireless Camera Worth Presenting To The Client
Ethan Ace
Oct 17, 2017The short version is not really. Most totally wireless cameras are targeted at the consumer market. We've tested a number of them:
And while they seem to be improving, they are still a separate ecosystem from typical professional surveillance gear, with their own apps, and don't integrate to typical NVRs/VMSes.
IPVideo Corp has a wirefree model, the NomadHD, but it is intended more for short term use, about 8 hours without external charging, such as solar.
Netgear is releasing an upgraded wirefree camera which operates a lot like Arlo but supports ONVIF, which they call FlexPower. But, it is just starting to ship, so I cannot comment on image quality, usability, battery life, etc. We have one on order, so we'll know as soon as it ships.
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Paul Shah
Oct 17, 2017I have the Blink and Arlo. The Arlo is the better of the 2, but costs a bit more
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Oct 18, 2017Axis has a couple of wireless models, probably other manufacturers also have a few, but VMS support for Axis is typically pretty good at least. I haven't tried their current models, but years ago we had an Axis 207W, and it worked just like any other camera. We actually had it wired instead of wireless though, so I can only assume there's no problems using wifi.
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Oct 18, 2017By the way, I glanced at the manual of the M1065-LW model, and on page 15 it says the power connector is a Micro-USB one. So if you needed battery operation / backup, you could even use a beefy power bank. If running power is not an option, I wonder how many weeks someone will put up with charging huge batteries regularly, though. In rare cases solar might be an option.
I guess you could even use a trail camera for places that don't need constant live view and just want something-anything and a battery life of months.
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