Comment by Already__Taken
2 days ago
I just think £360 for an IP camera is too steep, half would be a no brainier over ring. Their new Lite switches replace stuff that was rack-mountable, not there's no ears are far as I can tell.
The gateways are awesome value.
I got into Ubiquiti due to their APs being effectively enterprise level features for consumer level prices. Their coverage and quality was a cut above the TP-Link gear I'd used previously (which was, in turn, better than the D-Link and Netgear stuff that I'd tried).
So I am confused by their Camera prices being so high.
I went with Reolink on cameras and NVRs and don't regret that decision. Probably spent a third of what it would have cost for Ubiquiti. There must be some benefit to the extra cost, but I don't think it's one I'll miss.
I have a couple sites with both types of cameras. And I really love all the customizability with my Frigate / Reolink site. But UniFi can command the premium on the camera hardware because of all the features they give you on the software side of their NVR. It's far better than what you get out of the box compared to something like Reolink in terms of detection and set-it-and-forget-it mentality.
I have a site that has 8 cameras and 2 of the 8 are original cameras that are >5 years old still getting firmware updates. Reolink does not do this and I have had much higher failure rate with them as well. Especially in outdoor cameras that have to handle snow/ice/extreme cold.
Especially when they die after 2 years. Bought 3 G4 Pros direct from Ubiquiti and two are dead. Apparently it's just the POE daughterboard but my RMA requests were rejected due to being out of warranty. My cheap Lorex cameras have been running for 8 years now.
They have a lot of camera models, including a lot of cheaper models, starting at €180 for the G6 turret/bullet if you want 4k or €80 for the G5 turret if you want 1080p.
Looking at the various options, £360 is on the upper end (until you get into the insane DSLR lens one)
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