Lorex 4K Security NVR : Would I Buy It Again??
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- This is a non sponsored real look at my Lorex 4K NVR home security solution 2 years later and if I would buy it again. I go through how it is working 2 years in, what I like, what I don't like, alternatives, and answers to some small questions I have received.
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I appreciate when people clearly state what needs improvement on a product. It's good for potential buyers as well as good info for the company that makes them.
Thanks for comment Bryant! appreciate you telling me what you liked about the video.
Do you have an opinion on how the hardware holds up to climate conditions such as direct sunlight, high heat, rain, high winds, etc?
@@RickvanderValk14 Great video! Have you purchased a new system since this great video? If so, what do you use now? Thank you. :)
Thanks Rick, it's been 4 years now, are you still happy with Lorax. I'm not really a tech guy, but I need to install some security. Are the new Lorax setups upgraded ? Have you looked at the new Costo Lorax setups ?
A police detective of 30 years said, having cameras, and having “camera signs “ is 50% of theft deterrent . 💯💯💯💯
Yeah I considered wireless cameras as well. However, the wireless cameras I tested only recorded 2 minutes at max and drained the battery real quick. Ended up getting the lorex so I can record 24/7. Your tutorial with the lorex software was really helpful!
How many days you can keep on the memory? Before it gets erase?
@@elbello1975 depends on how big your storage is and the number of cameras. But at least 10+ days for 4K 24/7 recording.
Not only that, but the amount of videos I've seen of people and company employees easily hacking and watching everything you do and say is terrifying.
Hi Rick! You said just about everything I have been thinking about my lorex system. I bought mine thru Amazon with 6 cameras and I just added 2 more. So far I have caught 2 coyotes eating my neighbors cat (sad), a catalytic converter thief (driving a newer mercedes, believe it or not) and a drive by shooter from around the corner. Unfortunately because it was 1130 at night, all I could see of the shooters car was a red blur as he was flying past my house. When you have cameras the neighbors knock on the door asking if I saw anything. Then the police knocked on my door asking about the shooter. I also have ezviz wireless cameras as well as a wireless reolink that I mounted to a street sign hoping to catch license plates. The lorex system is the most reliable, the wireless systems are easier to place, but are prone to drop out or are late in activating. Anyone who would ask me what I would recommend, the lorex system would be my first response. Followed by, "get a doorbell camera." Most people don't look up at your cameras, but they all look down at the doorbell camera. Thanks for the video!
Thank you for your extremely informative comment , I’ll go ahead and buy this at Costco that’s on sale now 10/23/21 for $679 here in California
@@guadalupeceballos8176 You are welcome. Don't forget to purchase a doorbell camera. That camera will get a perfect picture of who is in front of your door and will get a picture of any package thieves. Burglars will also knock on your door to see if anyone is home and then break in thru the back of your house. A wired doorbell camera is always ON. A battery powered doorbell camera will take a second to turn on. By that time the thief has your package and you will only have a picture of the back of their head. Thanks!
What doorbell camera you recommend?
@@QuincyKintay Hi. I use a Ezviz DB1 system. There are a dozen reviews of different models. Each will have their strengths and weaknesses. If your door is facing south, the camera could be blinded by the sun. If it is in a dark area and there is too much sun behind the person, you won't get a clear picture of the person. Take your time before choosing and look at the reviews. Hope that helps.
Was the lorex camera the one that showed the red car driving by and you were not able to identify the car?
This is a well made video by an excellent speaker. Rick does not bore and is refreshingly succinct in his dissertation. No dead air space or vanity; and no arrogance! Rick is straight to the point!
I just had a six cam Lorex system professionally installed for $1400; system cost $400 at Costco. I am not at all pleased with it, but I have only had it a week and maybe I don’t understand how it works yet. Have not read instructions or called Lorex, but thought the installer would have been more helpful to teach me the ropes.
I dislike the cams.there are lights only on some cams, but they are worthless anyway, and no voice. Cams are grainy. . Every cam must load Every time I want to see it. Videos are jerky. You could never make out detail. I really hate this system.
It freezes up my phone at times- so if I saw someone in the yard I couldn’t call the cops anyway! Uggh!
thank you for the nice comment, sorry your having some issues with your system, call Lorex make sure you are setup properly, maybe some settings are not good yet. What system model did you get?
One of the best videos I have seen recently. Extremely informative:)
Thanks for the feedback haus. I was pretty sure I'd pickup this system and this is the third video I watched on the subject and helped solidify my perspective. Cheers my man.
I'm just building my new home and I am going to purchase a lorex camara system for the third time. I bought my first system from lorex in 2016 and after hurricane Maria I was living in Puerto Rico and some of the cameras got damage. I went and purchase a new system for the second time. It's working very well. I am very happy with this product. I sold my house and I am getting my third system from lorex. My wife and I Love the system. It's easy to use and the service is great.
Looking at all these systems myself right now and this was perfect information. Thanks so much for the thoughtfulness and thoroughness.
Your welcome. Good Luck!
This podcaster's oral communication skills are excellent. He really knows how to use podcast time effectively without all the antics and multimedia distractions that other podcasters attempt. Because he knows that we are here to learn. We are not here to be entertained. And this podcaster understand that about his audience (me) better than any other podcaster.
You can change the lenses on all these lorex / dahua / hik cameras and get any zoom you want. It's all based on field of view. The default lens on a bullet cam is like 2.8mm. Takes 10 minutes or less to replace it with a narrower field of view (closer zoon). Maybe a couple screws to undo, remove old lens -- usually threadlockered in -- screw in new lens while it's hooked up and make sure it's focused. Then reassemble. New lense will run you
where do you get the lens you are talking about
Yeah where can you buy these?
What are the name of these lenses and do you have a link?
where can you buy these?
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You did a hell of a job on this video. you get 100 out of 100. thanks again.
Rick, thx for this video…. A breath of fresh air…what we consumers need !! Better the most of the reviews…uhh.. actually the new form of advertising, that you’re not sure to believe. Bravo
Hi Rick, you said everything. Great advice for new users. I work with Lorex for over 8yrs. Just one tip for system IP 4k I use Amcrest cameras. It work great with Lorex, and customers happy. Better zoom, better fish eye, and everyone with better microphone.
interesting ;)
That's good to know thanks, I'm about to get an 8 ch 4 cam IP Lorex. I liked my old one off Amcrest.
I could never get my wireless doorbell to work :(
I use mine to monitor lawn conditions while at work. I'm even thinking of buying a few more cameras just for that. Worked great also for catching a hit and run driver who hit a car parked in front of my home. I was able to use the camera footage....and audio....to trace where the driver went. The next day we found his car parked a few blocks down....got pictures of the his license, the damage on his car, and called the police who watched the footage and immediately investigated the person and cited him for hit and run. Without the footage we would have had no idea what car to look for.
Your comment about your lawn made me laugh. I look at mine all the time too hahaha.
I have a Lorex system & just like my old system I always purchase a 6 - 8 TB harddrive & swap out for the larger drive. It gives me about a month and a half of saved footage. All in all the system is good for me. This review was great thanx.
I appreciate the timing that flock of birds had to lay down carpet bombing raid as it was being filmed. AND the accuracy was impeccable.
Probably the most informative point you should have brought to the attention of your viewers is 30 FPS (frames per second) vs the blurry 15 frames per second 4K systems >> junk systems being pawned off on the unsuspecting consumer. You can have all the 4K you want but "movement blur" reduces the footage to cheap dime store surveillance videos, worth nothing. 60 FPS would be twice that of 30 FPS giving added clarity per frame. I would have mentioned that in this review, to warn your viewer/buyers from purchasing 15 FPS systems, pushing Lorex into recognizing the necessity of... higher end 60 FPS systems. In my neighborhood, we are not only fighting the criminals but the cops who act ignorant to Felony Vandals claiming the video is not clear enough! In our videos we prove beyond a reasonable doubt, that the cops are RICO racketeering agents, allowing the criminals to get away >> stalking and harassing our information against their unlawful activity. Otherwise, it was a good video.
Lorex is no doubt …superior! ! I moved out of a suburb in New York City and needed the BEST
Thanks Rick for your feedback, I am a Lorex customer for a long time, I have a WiFi system installled almost eight years ago and still up & running no issues with an old app Lorex SD Pro. I recently got my Fusion NVR and connected my two Pan tilt cameras. So far so good with Wi-Fi cameras. I really like about Lorex is a customer service very responsive and always there to help. I would defenately recommend Lorex.
Thnx for the review and the live action shot of your car getting peppered!😅😅😅 Could also hear it.
I got my Lorex 4K Ultra NVR system right before you posted your first video on you purchase of your system. Mine has worked flawless also. Thank you for the time you spend and the info you provided.
9:11 Them birds have excellent aim...
Lorex is really an outstanding system! Very nice quality!
I live in an apartment, so it makes it harder to install a system, because hard wiring cameras through walls is not an option. I went with a Reolink system that came with a DVR and Poe cameras. I use a combination of wired and Reolink wireless cameras to get the coverage I need. The wireless cameras will link up to the DVR and footage will be recorded on the DVR. The wireless cameras can also record to a micro-SD card so that is an added bonus. I went with a combination of both types of cameras, because I tried an all wi-fi camera system and it tends to bog down the wi-fi. It is now becoming more common for a thief to jamb the wi-fi systems of a house they are breaking into. Unfortunately, I have to use 3 DVRs because I use wired cameras in different areas that I can't connect to one DVR because I can't run wires through the wall. I can connect to all the DVRs at once through the Reolink app so I can monitor all the cameras. I use a 32-inch HD TV next to my regular TV to monitor the cameras. It is interesting to be watching TV, but if something catches my eye on the camera monitor, I can see what is going on. After a while of doing this, you can multitask watching TV and the camera monitor without realizing you are doing it. I also run 2 different routers for wi-fi. I run one router for security and home automation, and a separate router for everything else. If one router dies, I can transfer everything over to one router till I can replace the bad one. The best thing is, it is very reliable and except for a little maintenance I don't spend much time maintaining the system. I clean the camera lens when needed and format the hard drive and micro-SD cards every so often and that's about it.
So glad you did this tape. Something it can be confusing. I'm convinced. Thx
I have the Lorex 400 series 16 ch cameras with 12 cameras installed. 8 of the cameras are Lorex dome PTZ cameras, 3 Lorex bullet cameras and one Dahua fisheye ONVIF protocol rated camera. I have my NVR since 2020 and gradually upgraded cameras through 2022.
I am overall pleased with the purchase though not without its challenges.
1) the non-Lorex Onvif fish eye camera required configuration to work with Lorex NVR. Yes, it is doable and non Lorex cameras as long as ONVIF compliant works with the NVR. However for any power interruptions, it kicks it offline though it is a quick switching back to Camera to ONVIF setting from the NVR. The only reason I pick up a fish eye is to cover 360 deg on my 2nd floor without having to invest in 2 cameras.
2) the HDMI port got damaged because my NVR is placed in an area where the cable is curved at an angle because of the tight space. I tried to replace it but the HDMI itself is Lorex proprietary and not available to purchase. Soldering is out of the question because the pins that connect to the board snapped. My fix is using a VGA to HDMI adapter to hook the NVR to my TV.
Also I highly recommend to plug your NVR to a good power surge and UPS to protect from power surge. Learned this when a power surge fried the power supply of the NVR. Quick fix but a hassle. I used APC UPS 650 VA. Down the line, I’d probably upgrade to the Lorex Fussion to allow wireless Lorex cameras to be saved in the drive.
I'm a bit late to this party, but Lorex does now offer what they call Fusion NVRs that can connect both wired and wireless cameras (as well as other sensors) together all on the same system. You'd need to update your NVR, but you could probably keep your existing cameras. I've been looking into security cameras lately and the Lorex has my eye for sure.
i now have fusion am doing review stay tuned
@@RickvanderValk14 nice I’ll be buying one next month
@@RickvanderValk14 Hi Rick. SO new to this and wondering, is the Fusion any better, and if so, could you do a review, please? Thanks so much! Looking forward to more great
content!
@@happyfamily3372 fusion has some additional things like the ability to integrate wireless to it like indoor cameras, door bell etc. I will do a review on it as well.
thanks for sharing!!! Lorex did a commercial during me watching your video. Hope they contacted you and sponsor you in the future.
You can already cast to TV with Lorex or any other cam system with HDMI output as there are lots of HDMI transmitters and receivers. This tech has been around for several years already. You can usually pick up a transmitter and receiver set for about $30, but if you are already using the one HDMI line to a monitor somewhere, you will need an HDMI splitter as well to add more HDMI outs.
Love that Focus in the driveway!!!
Have had mine for 3 years. Got a new phone and new Internet provider and it has never worked again. It asked for passwords that I have no clue what there asking for. It is by far the most complicated system I have ever used!
I purchased a Lorex bundle directly from the Lorex website, I purchased the 16 Channel with the nocturnal color cameras with audio. I also purchased another bundle for my parents. I have no regrets at all. My security cameras is still ahead of other brands. I’m just waiting for 8k cameras to become available and then I’ll upgrade to a larger HDD.
Hi. As a Lorex user, can you record from from the phone app and save to phone? Or do you need to pull saved video from actual NVR unit via a memory stick? I need to save recording easily but I know "older" Lorex systems you have to save from main unit. Hoping they've updated tech to save/share from phone app. Thanks in advance!
A big problem with the wireless cameras is that they stop working in extreme cold. Probably only an issue in Canada and some of the northern United States but if that’s where you live you want to primarily be looking at the wired systems
Lorex has been good for me. I have had no system issues - no reboots needed. Granted I still don’t have my cameras mounted but I have one looking over my cats liter box and one in my indoor garden rack. Lawn guy said the window broke so I thankfully had cameras at the basement window and saw if it cracked or not. No issues with exporting video footage.
The only con I have is the lack of storing the video footage on a network share. I understand you can connect a usb drive and then storage it there but I want to offload it to a network drive.
Lores offers 4K motorized vario-focal lense cameras that are incredible.
P.S. - Lorex has come out with many new models just recently, one that allows up to 8 wired AND up to 8 Wi-Fi cameras all on one NVR, plus they revamped their software and it’s so much better!
Hi u got any video of those motorized cameras am actually looking at them to purchase soon
I'm in the process of looking for a security video solution and am surprised that I'm now looking at NVR systems. I found your video/thoughts to be very insightful and helpful. Thank you.
Great insight thank you. The biggest flaw for me would be that power can be cut to the home and it would be useless.
they are pretty much all the same in that respect. I would say however if you have a good system, you will record somebody coming up to the house to cut power..you would have that footage when the power is restored. The system is about not only capturing things but also acts as deterrent to people who are looking for easy targets. Plus a security system is one layer in your home defence. You have deadbolts, locks, sensors etc. All in the hopes that each layer either makes your house less attractive or slows people down.
@@RickvanderValk14 Great points for NVR or DVR systems. However, this would be a pro of battery powered cameras on the market. I decided to go battery powered and cloud based. Of course there are cons here as well. I do agree the sheer presence of a camera is a deterrent. Thanks for the vid!
A good ups can be useful in this situation. Loaded correctly it can give you a couple of extra hours without power
Thank you. Blessings for your family.
Thanks for putting in the work! I will more confident in purchasing this system now. Cheers mate!
No problem 👍
Thanks dude really good review
Anyone installing these, buy “Fish Tape” its a metal line that you fish through the area you want the camera installed so you can pull wires across the attic to the camera spot instead of walking through insulation or breaking drywall
THanks Rick, very useful. I just had a car break in, and it was petty, but time to buy a good home security camera. Your review on Lorex 4K really helps, thanks!
I've had a lorex 8 bullet camra system for about 3 or 4 years now and friends of mine all have different system and I think most of them are buying a lorex system next , I've not had a issue ever with my system .
I too bought the Arlo and returned it for the same reasons as you stated, bought the Lorex but the feature I liked about the Arlo is " Geo Fencing " whereas the notifications are shut off when you are connected to wifi. Which is nice because you don't have to remember to turn them on when leaving home.
Your car got bombed on at 9:12 😂
Great review, looks like your car gets HAMMERED with bird $hit by a Squadron of bird bombers at 9:12.
LOL nice catch, didn’t see it the first time through
@@voip4life not only you can see it. You can hear it too. 😲
@9:10 the Birds said good morning lol
I bought the Lorex 8 camera 5mp system for my house. It is easy to work for playback and zooming in on objects. So a year later I bought a 32 camera 4k system nvr system for my business. I did get 8 zoom able lense 4k cameras and the other 24 are standard digital zoom cameras. A mix of bullet and dome cameras. Picture quality is great. As with you I hardly have to touch either system. But when I want to do a playback the NVR system seems harder to use to do zooms and pausing on than the other analog system I have at home. The apps are also different and the NVR app is harder again to use. Lorex Home is better than Lorex Cloud in my opinion for ability to use the app. Lorex customer support was great, had an issue with my NVR, they sent me a new one and needed a little assistance trying to set my NVR up using wireless repeaters to a poe switch then to outdoor cameras. My home system is 8 analog with 1 wifi doorbell camera and I can tell alexe to view front door and it displays on my TV. Would I buy another Lorex system... YES.... that will only happen if I move or this one blows up. Lol. Now analog or nvr.... NVR hands down has a better picture... 4k vs 5mp. Also it was easier to wire one wire than the 2 analog cables. And I did not like the idea of having batteries in a WiFi camera. Lorex doorbell camera is powered by the electric to the doorbell so no batteries and I was thinking about the spot light camera that is hardwired to electric and wifi from lorex as an add on.
Glad you have had good luck too. I have gotten used to both apps. I didn’t like Lorex cloud at first but have grown to like it more over time
Hey, I appreciate the making this video. I purchased one of the same systems with 9 Cameras almost a year ago and just now I will install it. One thing for sure is that I will not buy wireless wen it comes to security! Why? Wireless is unreliable vs wired. I as a videographer u zest and perfectly the pro and cons of wireless. However, I will be filming the installation from start to finish and upload the video. I have my stepson helping me.inly to fish the wires. Talk soon! Spring Hill, Florida USA
Great video, to the point, not a lot of unneeded chatter. I was looking to buy to replace my current 1080p system and this helped seal the deal.
Glad I could help hope you did and like your new one
Looks like Lorex listened to you and other customers on needs as their fusion line appears to offer the mix of wired and wifi. Looking into security for my house upgrading from Wireless based yearly paid services for cameras that you can't see diddly and don't really get the job done when you need them to. Great video. Will watch your other on the installation. Perhaps it's something I can do myself and not have to call the electrician. Thanks again!
Thank you for the video I think this is the most comprehensive video on yt about the lorex system.
Lorex is now owned by Taiwanese company, which is good.
The new one in costco has 4x optical zoom and color night vision. But it doesn't mention it having sound detection.
I am in the US.
A bird Bombarded the blue car @9:10 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love my 16 camera Lorex system
Thanks for the great review. Them damn birds letting loose on your car at 9:10 😂
Nice Vid thanks. Going to check out your others for sure. I am new to Lorex. Got my bundle at Costco too. 18 channels with 8 wired cams. Have added 3 additional and my first PTZ cam. You hit the head on the nail about the OS. I find it very difficult to navigate the UI to adjust the system. Hoping you have some vids on that topic.
I do go through the menus in some of my videos hope that helps
One thing you didn't mention was playback. While a lot of people can set up alarm zones for our purposes we frequently find ourselves needing to search the video. An example was a delivery driver failing to follow instructions. Unfortunately we needed to manually search the video however it was very time consuming because it only has 8x ff. We also have a Swann NVR and it plays back at up to 120x ff. Big difference however the Swann cameras are far inferior in my opinion. That being said we have had 2 cameras fail in the 1 year that we've had the system.
You can highlight an area when looking at footage and it will show you anything that happened in that area. As an example say I had my car broken into. I could put a box around the car hit search and it will look for any motion in that box from the day.
I have a similar system bought at costco. Eight cams zero problems. I wish they offered LPR cameras to work on this same system. License plate recognition
That would be nice i agree..
Excellent video. Very informative. Looking at installing the Lorex NVR IP system.
Confused between Lorex 4K vs Reolink
I get CONSTANT false alarms from my Lorex system. It basically blows up my phone ALL DAY AND NIGHT to the point where I have to turn off the notifications which defeats the entire purpose of getting notified.
I can't believe you didnt mention how in this video you caught your car get shat on by a bird in 4K😂 @ 9:11 Great review none the less
Better use those cameras to pinpoint which bird has been dumping on your car at 9:15
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I know so gross
@@RickvanderValk14 it happens. Great review.
As of today you can preorder a hybrid wired / Wi-Fi Lorex home setup in 4K
Great video and very helpful information... Well done!!
Honest, with full detail review. Good job.
I just purchased Lorex 6 Camera 8 Channels from Cosco and your video encouraged me to go with brand and couple of reviews, your video is fantastic really likeit, thanks a lot.
Wireless isn’t as dependable and mine(Ring) froze up after a 10 seconds during a possible home invasion which I scared them off. My wifi router isn’t far from the camera but we also can’t get quality internet from a company like Comcast or AT&T. I’m buying wired now.
This is a great review. Straight forward and informative. Good job. :)
Great name, great video, great information!
My personal experience…..after 2 year warranty is up, Lorex gives u the shaft. My NVR stopped booting up. Just stayed on the “Lorex” logo. They could not remote in. After 2 hrs on the phone with Tech support, they said I was out of warranty & could not replace & offered to transfer me to sales…..basically giving a customer the shaft
they do offer, actually have for a while, varifocal kit. if you're looking to grab license plates a specific camera will be needed and the angle/distance is important. if you're playing back 4 screens of 4K RESOLUTION yes it will take up resources.
Excellent video, thank you so much for doing it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
HOW far will the camera see a licence plate a distance of 100 feet ??? Can you actually see 150 feet night vision as the spec sheet states ???? Thanks
ruclips.net/video/BzOTgUPjOcQ/видео.html check around the 18 min mark
I purchased a new Lorex system a few years ago. I purchased directly from Lorex a bundle system with 8 bullet cameras. This was a wired system as I had already wired my home for 5 cameras.
I initially installed the first 5 cameras and was happy with how everything was working.
First off, I was very impressed with how easy the setup was. Also, the optical quality was excellent.
After a couple of weeks, I was able to wire for a sixth (6th) camera. While unpacking the sixth (6th) camera, i noticed the packaging was not right. THIS WAS A USED CAMERA!!! When I installed the 6th camera, I noticed the daytime image was crisp as I expected. Unfortunately, when the camera went into 'night' vision, the image became noticeably blurry.
Unscrupulous manufacturers will sometimes do this. Take a 'new' system and mix in a used, rebuilt or reconditioned part in hopes no one will notice or complain about is.
When it comes to tech support, I always prefer email. This way, I get to save the response in case I want to refer to the 'answers' months or years down the road.
First off, it took Lorex two (2) weeks to respond to my initial email. When they did respond, their response was less than stellar.
Let me say this; my background is in electronics and I have installed camera systems professionally. I knew where the problem was. Unfortunately, Lorex tech support decided to give me a list of things to try. I was already furious they sent me an obviously used part when I paid for 'new'.
I replied that the part was used and I wanted a replacement (new) camera. Again, no response for about a week. At this point, I realized they were trying to delay until the warranty period expired.
I replied again at which point Lorex insisted that, "...you have more work to do". This was my tripping point. I went online and initiated a 'Full Return' which, was surprisingly easy to do. I boxed up the entire system and returned for a full refund. The only funds I lost was in the return shipping.
In short, I think Lorex has nice equipment. If you purchase a bundle, be sure to unpackage everything on the first day and inspect everything and you will be fine. Also, if you need tech support, do not rely on email responses. This company can be unscrupulous.
Thank you,
kb
Great video! I have co-workers who have them and love them! One went to a different brand, won't name it, he didn't like it and went back to the Lorex.
Great camera & Floodlight Combo
Hi Rick, very nice review. You covered all aspects and tell us very honestly about it. Love it. Subscribed ;)
Great video, very informative, looking to get a system this may be the one. Have to say, the segment where you talk about the bus, the car getting sprayed by the bird that flew by was just too funny! Not sure if anyone else noticed 😂 great content!!
The motion sensor is worthless. I get notifications every time the wind blows or a bug flies in front of the camera.
You get motion on any camera if a big bug lands on it. To the camera it looks like a large object moving. I have my cameras setup so that each one has a zone, and I know that if I get more than one notification chances are its a real person. If they pull into driveway ill get one, if they start walking to house another one goes, and if they get to door my doorbell and camera will go. By that time I know for sure its a person at door. Its a bit extreme but it works very well
Really like the 4K video quality.
Really don't like the fisheye lens and being wired. I need to put a camera in a tree outside the front door and for the driveway. My computer is on the other side of the house which makes running wires through the (low roof) attic a real problem. I have a mesh router so I'm fairly confident about signal quality over wifi.
@12:10 As a person who works with $1M dollar system and cameras (Genetec and Axis), the downfall of zoom cameras is that someone has to manually zoom in otherwise your left with the same problem unless the analytics are amazing. What you're looking for is an LPR camera but are cost prohibitive for the home user. You can try the LNB9292B but just know its half the price of your entire system which is not surprising.
Does Lorex have anything decent where you can actually see at night talk through and have 4k I am looking for something way better than from Costco 😂
Great info. Thanks! by the way....9:41 🤣🤣
I need something for work. I work in a factory and someone is sabotaging equipment. A wireless would be easier so I'll have to do more research. Thanks for the excellent video.
I think one of the best security system that checks my list
Very well thought out and nice review, thank you!
My Lorex is older with 1080P
I use 3,systems because of changing needs. I think there are 6 Lorex wired, 4 Lorex powered cameras on wifi because not feasible to hard wire and 3 Arlo for moving around as needed. Raccoons and other things that go bump in the night. Sometimes I lose some of my vantage points when these leaves are on the trees so I supplement with other solutions.
I see there's a Lorex converter to 4K cameras without changing wires so I want to investigate that.
We are in BC
So, first off, good video. I noticed you flashed by the Arlo system. I've had Arlo wireless for almost 3 years. At first they were good.
But as time went on they would fail to connect to my internet. I moved cameras around but they would ultimately not connect or not stay
connected and yes I've upgraded my internet. Then this winter (I live in the midwest USA) the big bad snowstorm off 2022 hit. The only thing we got out of that storm was wind and cold.
The temp dropped well below freezing down to 15 below. Guess what....yep the cameras wouldn't work at all. In a nutshell if you are thinking about Arlo...
Do your homework. That's why I'm on Rick's page as well as others to find a different system.
Go with Amcrest. Compared to Lorex which is a chinese company, Amcrest is Texas based company that has wifi and POE cameras. Needless to say that amcrest got ios/android/window/mac support. Oh also Amcrest got doorbell cameras with sdcard which can be hooked up on the Amcrest NVR.
I loved my Lorex NVR that I bought 6 years ago. I hate the new NVR that I bought to replace the it. No audio, ghosting, hate the fast forward. I hate everything about it. Going to save some funds to buy another brand and junk this one.
Why not purchase directly from Lorex? Way more options vs Costco
at the time i bought it at costco but since i have bought direct from lorex your right..my video description has link to their stuff on sale.
Guy you can get Wi-Fi extenders and then connect to a Poe switch the power of the cameras you know that's all you need to do and you have the ones down natural and external antenna and connect it to your existing Wireless which I'm pretty sure you can cuz they do make it outdoor one so it's not that hard
Fast forward to 9:13 to watch the bird shit on his car 🤣🤣🤣
You did good not getting Arlo. I had them. They were a pain to recharge when the batteries died. And the system itself wasn't great. Sometimes the cameras would just stop working and I had to reset them. I also could not add any new cameras even though the company said I could. Tech support was useless.
Is this a good camera to identify passing cars at night? Does it have. A good night vision?
Good work! Never seen any reviews on Lorex systems.. would be nice
Hi Rick, i have a question, in case the thief enter the house stole everything and the nvr and is there possible way for playback what happen before the thief disconnect the nvr?
Thanks for your instructive video which decided me to order my kit today. For an update about your video, now their Fusion system allow to combine POE and Wifi devices but this functionnality is only available on entry NVR recorders.