Hi Sifoo,

I am looking to buy four CCTV cameras for my double-storey landed house. The areas I plan to install them are:

- Car porch (entrance gate)
- Living room
- Kitchen
- Kids' area

I am considering the following two models:
1. TP-Link TAPO C200C: https://my.shp.ee/KxYq8s8
2. SriHome SP028: https://my.shp.ee/MrK727q

My budget is around the price range of these models.

Could you provide any reviews, opinions, or recommendations on which one might be a better choice?

Thank you!

Note: On Shopee, I saw that the SriHome brand is the No. 1 best-selling Wi-Fi camera.

I don't really trust things like these

but anyways, I trust the Tapo a bit more

but do also consider EZVIZ C6N



for car porch... if it's not protected from the rain, maybe consider outdoor models

am using tapo TC70, so far so good ...can pan & tilt. but areas like carporch area just find a good corner spot to get a wide angle and minimise dead spot. and also near to a plug point.

Just get a good and large sdcard and it can record up to almost 6 days non stop.

Just get the Tapo, the overall user-experience is probably the best out there.

I have tested many other brands like Xiaomi, Ezviz, Imou, Amazon, Google, D-Link. While they might be better than Tapo at certain things, Tapo is still the best in overall consideration.

Avoid those OEM brands. They are just unreliable.

Tapo c500 above all

Actually I want to recommend TS to consider getting wide angle model instead of those pan and tilt

I think wide angle is way more practical especially for indoor, you can see an entire space easily

I am currently using a few Tapo C100/TC60 and will be upgrading to Tapo C120 soon for better image quality

Thanks! Yeah for outdoor, will buy model tapo c500


Cool thx!

Thanks bro. Will ignore the OEM brand.

Will buy this for outdoor


Saw the Tapo C120. Price is same with tapo c500. Will take a look at it. Thanx!

Not much difference for those IP cam. Around the same for image. Used hikvision, ezviz, imilab/xiaomi and tapo before. But avoid hikvision it was the worst experience.

I stop using these kind of IP cam, i get some ONVIF/RTSP network camera and link with my Synology.

i also recommend Tapo. my family called it Tapao

I personally use Tapo C210 & C320WS and I am super happy with the hardware itself & Tapo app

No regrets for getting the Tapo cameras

i suggest using vigi. have option for poe and wifi

If 4 and up its much cheaper and more reliable to just use commercial one with dvr, like hikvision. Preferably the analog one. Deployment is not as simple, but once setup it's designed to run forever without regular interaction.

Those fancy wifi cam brands are like toy compared to the proper CCTV+dvr solutions.

This post has been edited by failed.hashcheck: Oct 11 2024, 03:22 PM

If you have budget invest on proper DVR+camera setup more safer.
Wifi camera if you faced network down issue the recording would be stopped.

I'm using iMou good camera quality also good

I am more interested in the CCTV system that uses PoE cabling. easy to set up and maintain. I mean no need to pull the powerline to power up the units especially outdoors.

This post has been edited by eclectice: Oct 12 2024, 06:07 AM

Tapo can insert SDCARD to record... not sure where you get your info

Can insert I know but it won't record since it's rely on Wifi. I had D Link Imou Tapo all same

Tapo is generally cheap and decent for the price. For privacy, I would advise not to insert SD CARD to record for indoors unit (in case you love walking around naked). I had one Tapo T100 and T110 for indoors living room, kitchen area and parking compound. Then I added 1 C200 for back street and also one on 2nd floor balcony to pan around and lookout since my area surrounded by temple and church with lots of traffic at times. Working great so far.

Personally I do not like CCTV system for home because I think they work better for offices/factories whereby you set a TV for your staffs to monitor in/out movement and it also provided better clarity for live viewing, but once saved, the video is compressed so much that you could barely differentiate the human face from one another.

Tapo system is more convenient in case you love to move the camera around to monitor other things such as suddenly wanting to add a camera to monitor your pet or elderly at home. You can also buy a tapo plug to turn the camera on and off at certain time to provide privacy in case you need to set the camera at sensitive location such as bathroom or bedroom for the elderly. Not to mention Tapo also record sound which is useful and can be use to communicate directly via the camera itself.

This post has been edited by andrekua2: Oct 12 2024, 11:53 AM

TAPO C210 or C220.

bulu ketiak also can see

I am using Tapo C200 (2 units). So far ok. Easy setup.
Primarily for indoor but installed at porch. If need outdoor, best is C500 series, I think can "see" further with clearer longer range view.

Used Tapo damn cheap at Carousell. Mostly came with SD card installed. Just buy and hard reset only.

I now have 2 outdoor cameras and 2 indoor cameras plus a couple of smart sockets. Now looking for used Tapo light bulbs.

Haved used tapo c200 and c500, the wifi is for the handphone to monitor live stream, if put sdcard inside Tapo, with and without wifi, the ip camera will record everything. WIFI connection just for user to monitor online live stream and also to view sdcard recorded video. so, no need the wifi to record the video into the sdcard ( unless subscribe to cloud storage, which is no good, better buy sdcard 128gb, can record non stop 24 hours for 7-8days,)

wifi is no needed if buy sdcard to record.

the best solution is using Imou NVR, then use PoE IP cam that support ONVIF protocol.

so that u can remote access using either app.

what kind of adapter tapo C500 is using? is it for Malaysian 3 pin plug? From a youtube unboxing video, doesn't seem it is, so just wanna confirm.

This post has been edited by Human Nature: Oct 19 2024, 09:37 PM

All of the officially sold ones here get 3 pin plug

i am currently using ezviz setup, able to share why Tapo is better in overall?

I find Tapo to be slightly faster, more responsive and less connection issues.

Not sure about current models but I face the network unstable issue back then due to the poor WiFi signal reception on Ezviz camera.

But, I do find Ezviz seems to be slightly better at dealing with backlight compensation / wider dynamic range. Newer Tapo like the C120/C225 finally caught up in this area.

Basically Tapo's parent company, TP-Link is a networking brand, they seem to do networking better. Ezviz's parent company, Hikvision is a camera brand, they are better at image quality.

Agreed, both are good, just a matter which one is comfortable to use

+1 for tapo for all round compatability support with matter
Can easier integrate with alexa, smarthings etc

cheaper option: Tenda ip cam 2k can get below 100

Yeah... especially if you also have other tapo products such a led strip/light and smart plug. They even finally accepted Kasa product as well.

Thank you for all the feedback! I'll most likely go for TAPO because it's within my budget and easier to set up based on the feedback

You can also grab those extender from lazada if you dont have a power socket nearby



This post has been edited by andrekua2: Oct 22 2024, 09:21 AM

Thank you!

This post has been edited by revolnia: Oct 23 2024, 11:47 AM

Surveying cctv too. awaiting for your review on tapo. would like to know which mode you purchase and how is the performance

Tapo is ok. Clear and stable.
The cloud part is not cheap though.

For non critical can consider v380 too. Cheap and good

Sorry for the late feedback. I bought the TP-Link Tapo C200C for indoor use and the C500 for outdoor use.

C200C: RM 69 each (3 units)
C500: RM 139 (1 unit)

I also got 4 free 64 GB memory cards! (Only available during Shopee Live).

Additionally, I received a live discount and shop voucher worth RM 43.95.

The total cost, including the shipping fee, was RM 310.53. (4 unit of CCTV + 4 free 64 GB memory cards)

It was a great bargain! I love the Tapo app — the image and voice quality are excellent, and it’s very easy to set up and use.

This post has been edited by revolnia: Nov 18 2024, 09:44 PM

Hi, I plan to do so with Synology, and is currently looking for which CCTV camera to get (which brand & model) for my current renovating house.

I am actually considering Reolink IP POE Camera but I am not sure if it can be integrated with Synology.

I used before TAPO indoor camera but wonder will it look neat with the socket installed near the ceiling for this kind of wireless camera because the adapter will be seen.
Whereas if I go for Reolink / Hikvision IP POE camera, I might be able to hide the LAN cable underneath the CCTV base or maybe can make the LAN cable barely noticeable from far.


Could you kindly share some of your experiences why you stop using IP camera and also how is the overall integration work between ONVIF camera and Synology?

Thanks

IP cam is for newbie. The only benefit is easy to setup. Quality so so and lack of a lot of features.

I am using some mid-high range of cam, which able to capture opposite carplate at night. For me, i feel it defeat the purpose if the cctv cannot capture the image clear as it is same as it doesnt capture the image.

Lately, i also integrate the system into smart home and also AI detective that filter 85% of fake alarm.

The only downside is, you need to spend a lot. You need high cpu power to support high quality camera and synology free license support 2 cams only.

Appreciate your thoughts

I prefer to have a CCTV system that really serves the purpose. Still looking around for options, prefer something that is reliable and last long especially outdoor one. Prefer NOT to use wifi one even they are easy to setup. In the end I still need to pull power line, why not just go for POE I think.

I had some Hikvision cameras with NVR, not POE, they last long but image quality not as good.

As for Synology surveillance station that only support 2 free cameras for free, it seems like I won't use it as I might have 16 cameras in total (indoor & outdoor). Also my nas might not strong enough in video transcoding.

Appreciate if you could suggest some CCTV system or camera models, I will looking into it.

Thank you =)

Later kena sue peeping into neighbour house baru tau

Analog system also uses one single Cat6 cable

1 pairs for data, 1 pair for power, 2 pairs unused

You will need a 12V adapter spliced to pure 12V and GND lead to put the 1 power pair inside, data using so called video baluns for BNC connector on camera and recorder side

China cameras are cheap, quality decent for what they cost, I personally don’t use them as I don’t want China based brands to handle my surveillance and network, personally am using fully Ubiquiti setup (4x cam with recorder+router for > RM3k)

But one 2MP IP camera from Hik costs about RM130, analog sub RM100. Put a few of of them and use their recorder for an overall low cost setup. Main price contributing factor is just the cabling cost

With Hik only hardware for my setup equivalent, sub 1k is definitely more than enough

1. i am only describing the quality.
2. the camera only point to main road unless they park outside, i wont able to capture them.