Exterior surveillance camera: which one to choose?

Le Parisien guides him, high-tech, various

To protect your home from intrusions, start by visualizing what is happening outside, with a Wi-Fi surveillance camera.Which one to choose ?The answer in our selection.

The editorial staff of the Parisian did not participate in the realization of this article.

IP surveillance cameras are a centerpiece of the connected house.They allow you to see what is happening in your rooms, detect abnormal movements and perhaps prevent burglary.However, in addition to monitoring your living room or bedroom, it can naturally be useful to also use an external surveillance camera.Completing your intelligent safety device, Wi-Fi cameras respond to significantly different imperatives: they must also be insensitive to bad weather and involve connectivity constraints that must be taken into account before making your choice, compared to theConfiguration of your home or your possibilities in terms of connectivity.In order to help you in your purchase of a Wi-Fi surveillance camera, we have selected 10 cameras, available at various prices, and offering more or less complete features even if almost all offer the essentials, namelyMovement detection, effective vision day and night and the possibility of visualizing images on your PC, smartphone or even TV.

our selection

1. Caméra de surveillance, Blink Home Security
2. Caméra de surveillance, Wansview
3. Caméra de surveillance Wifi Tapo C310, TP-Link
4. Caméra de surveillance, Veroyi
5. Caméra de surveillance, ZOSI
6. Caméra de surveillance, Yi
7. Caméra de surveillance, Ezviz C3W
8. Caméra de surveillance Wifi sans fil Essential, Arlo
9. Caméra de surveillance, Netatmo Welcome
10. Caméra de surveillance, Somfy Protect Outdoor
11. Caméra de surveillance, Netatmo Presence
12. Caméra de surveillance, Bosch Smart Home

How to install an outdoor wireless surveillance camera?

To install a Wi-Fi outdoor surveillance camera, you must ensure two constraints.The main one is obviously to choose a relevant location for the surveillance you want to set up.The goal is to have a clear view of the outside.The other imperative is that the camera can capture the Wi-Fi of your router.Depending on the location of it, you may need to go through an additional access point.Before fixing the wireless surveillance camera, you will sometimes need, temporarily, an ethernet cable to connect the camera to your router and perform the configuration phase.Other models, based in particular by a cloud service, can be configured without-fil.In any case you will need to feed your camera.Again, there are several cases.You may need to do a drill to electrically connect your camera inside your home.Some cameras can work on battery.Finally, POE (Power Over Ethernet) technology is used by a few models.The interest is then to go through the Ethernet cable for connection to the camera and for food.However, you will have to have a Poe compatible switch, or add a Poe injector between your router and the camera.

How to connect a surveillance camera to a TV?

A surveillance camera can be viewed on a TV in different ways.Some analog or digital cameras can use a composite video output (yellow RCA cable) or even HDMI.For external surveillance cameras in Wi-Fi or Ethernet, however, it will certainly have to go through the network.The method depends on your camera and your equipment.Some cameras offer a cloud service and an application.In this case, you can for example use Chromecast to broadcast the image of your smartphone on your TV.Possibly, the manufacturer can also provide an application for Smart TV.Other cameras are compatible with the DLNA protocol, and if your TV is also compatible, you can view the images of your camera by connecting to its IP address.

How to choose an outdoor surveillance camera?

To be effective, your outdoor surveillance camera must be adapted to your needs.Let's see the criteria to take into account to choose it well.First of all, the use you will make of it.Are you looking for a camera for everyday?Or only for when you are away for a longer period, for example when you go on vacation?You will then need different storage capacities, especially a more substantial in the second case.Image resolution is also to be checked so that you have a clearest rendering possible.If the image you get is too pixelated, it will have little use.Indeed, it will not identify anyone if you ever are robbed or an incident takes place in front of you.

Depending on the models of external surveillance cameras, some are wireless and others must be connected.Each food mode has its particularities.If you opt for a wired device, you will not have to worry about batteries or battery, but you will have more constraints as to the installation.In the case of a wireless camera, you can hang it wherever you want, but you will need to make sure that the battery is quite busy, or that the batteries are not empty.

From one camera outside to the other, the resistance may vary.So decide where you want to hang yours to choose the one that will suit depending on the exposure to winds, sun and bad weather.Another point to consider, do you need sound?Some models are equipped with it and others not.So ask yourself the question before making your purchase to go to the most suitable surveillance camera for you.Now let's go to the device control.The settings can be done by hand directly on it, but sometimes the camera works via a mobile application that allows it to be controlled remotely.You can activate it when you wish and change the terms at any time.Finally, design and price of course.Manufacturers of surveillance systems compete in originality to offer devices to aesthetics worked, but this at a cost.Ditto for features.The more there are, the more your camera will be expensive.

The different types of outdoor surveillance camera

From one home to another, the needs differ in terms of video surveillance.This is why, there are a large number of models on the market, in order to adapt to each and everyone.First of all, you must decide between a cable camera, called wired IP, or a wireless model.In the case of a wireless model, it is generally your wifi connection that allows you to recover the images, make sure that it is good enough to recover photos and videos in optimal quality.There are also video surveillance kits.In this case, you do not have a camera but several that you can install in various places.This is practical if you have an entrance to the front of your home and another on the back or the side.All entry points will be checked at any time.If you want to contact people who visit you, for example to decide whether or not you want to open them, you will need a camera with micro and integrated speakers.You will be able to hear and respond to your visitors.Another very interesting product, the camera with deterrent siren.As its name suggests, it can emit a strong and strident sound when someone approaches your home.On the other hand, it will logically not be connected to a safety company or to an external transmitter.You will not necessarily be informed of the presence of an intruder around your home.However, it remains very effective, in fact, in 95% of cases, it is enough to scare people away.Finally, remember to look at what is the night vision of your camera.It is often the night that burglaries can take place, so you need a model capable of providing you with clear images at any time of the day and the night.

External surveillance camera: the regulations in force

If the installation of a surveillance camera at home is quite free, there are still a few rules to respect.To set up a surveillance camera at an individual, there is no authorization to request.On the other hand, you must direct the camera so that it only films your property.It is forbidden to film the outdoor space with in particular the people who pass in the street.This would be an infringement of image law.If you have house staff working outside and that can be filmed during their working hours, you can film them, but they must be informed upstream, and above all have given their agreement.