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Hi, does anyone have experience of external 4G cctv at stables etc please? cost / cost to run / efficiency / product and company recommendations please if possible? We have mains electric. Everything I look at is gobbledygook!

(Finally have phone line / internet but upload is only 1mbsp which scuppers plan to use this and upload to cloud / see on phone/laptop etc. Have asked provider to look to see if they can speed it up but not hopeful).

many thanks..........m
 
I have recently bought a reolink go which is 4g and also battery/solar powered, I'm super pleased as I have neither electric nor wifi where I'm siting it.
As you have electric can you run a mobile hotspot because that would give you many more economical options I think.
 
milliepops said:
I have recently bought a reolink go which is 4g and also battery/solar powered, I'm super pleased as I have neither electric nor wifi where I'm siting it.
As you have electric can you run a mobile hotspot because that would give you many more economical options I think.
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I've been looking at these, same situation, no electric or wifi. Could you advise which one you went for please?
 
Vodkagirly said:
I've been looking at these, same situation, no electric or wifi. Could you advise which one you went for please?
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Reolink Go with the solar panel. Very occasionally it takes a couple of goes to load the stream but the signal isn't the best where I am so all mobile data can be a little slow. It's a great camera though and gives clear pictures (and sound ) and very easy to set up.

here's a clip I downloaded of the horses getting a case of the rain sillies.
 
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That's great quality. Do you just have 1 camera off it? I was hoping for 3/4 so I could cover entrance, tackroom and then maybe stable and field.
 
yeah just one as it's a self contained unit, you can literally walk anywhere with it, put it down and then view from your phone. There's really no installation other than screwing it to something ;)

i think with a bit more faff you could set up something to run more cameras off but I wanted something to just plonk down and go, because I'm going to be moving it from place to place.
 
update - seems it will be workable. finally found a cctv company who would have a sensible real conversation. seems the market is swamped with false claims etc. no decision as yet but will keep this updated if it helps anyone else https://www.cctv42.co.uk/ looks like storage to cloud or remotely not practical/affordable. but will be able to see online and hace individual frame emailed when movement sensed. 4G router not as good as a slow fixed line apparently!?
 
milliepops said:
yeah just one as it's a self contained unit, you can literally walk anywhere with it, put it down and then view from your phone. There's really no installation other than screwing it to something ;)

i think with a bit more faff you could set up something to run more cameras off but I wanted something to just plonk down and go, because I'm going to be moving it from place to place.
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Millipops, how is this system working for you - is it still ok?
I need something I can put to cover our gateway as someone is throwing nails and staples on our driveway ? . Lots of flat tyres for our neighbours over the last week, I had my first one today ?
 
tda said:
Oh thanks, just been looking at info, can you set it to tell you when someone enters the area?
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yeah you can set the app to alert you when the motion sensors are triggered. I turned it off as the horses trigger it constantly :p

sharni said:
what are the set up and running costs please ?
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for the reolink running costs are £4 per month for the v sim, set up is just whatever price you pay for the camera which varies.
 
I'm another Reolink Go Convert, love it, got two now!
@milliepops I noticed your FPS on the video above is pretty low, is that by choice (due to signal)? Only because I wanted to point out to prospective buyers that you can choose the FPS rate for both Fluent and Clear modes :)
 
yeah on another thread more recently I posted some clips with it set on the higher rate. I've got one in the stable and one in the field now (bought the second prior to foalwatch starting ;) )
 
milliepops said:
yeah you can set the app to alert you when the motion sensors are triggered. I turned it off as the horses trigger it constantly :p



for the reolink running costs are £4 per month for the v sim, set up is just whatever price you pay for the camera which varies.
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Thank you
 
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