I bought this camera to add to my existing swann setup. It has a much better nightime picture than the Maxi Day Night from Swann and it's housing and base are chunky and imposing, but the company seemed to go out of their way to make connection to existing systems annoyingly difficult.Pros:
Great night picture. Day picture is just like any 100.00 camera.
Chunky, thick metal housing and mounting base. Very reassuring against vandalism.
Great field of view (FOV). It sees a lot wider than the Swann and farther thanks to the extra LEDs.
Cons:
Metal mounting screws are aluminum, forget about them if you drop them in tall grass. Magnets won't pick them up worth a flip.
Power hungry Forget plugging this into the wall far (150') from the camera. It'll go dead as soon as the night LEDs come on.
Proprietary connections. Yes, that's right. This idiot thing doesn't even hook up to BNC connectors unless you use a 100' long adapter cable (supplied). This means if you have an existing system you need to run all new cable for the first 100' or you have a large bundle of cable hanging right beside the camera.
All in all it's a great little camera, and it should be for 250 bux, but the little goofups really hurt it's usability. If I had to do it again I'd just get another Swann Day/Night Maxi.
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