Hello, any recommendations for outdoor cctv ? I'm looking at the Xiaomi CW 500 @ 190+, which seems really solid, anyone have experience using it ? Appreciate other recommendations too, budget around 200, must be meant for outdoor and can view different angles

Check out Tapo brand by TP Link on Shopee, Lazada.

must survey sd card also, or opt to subscribe cloud

Whatever you get, I advise to get something that can save to an cloud or NAS, or just mount it very high up.

There is not much point if someone can just whack it with a hockey stick and remove the SD card

tapo or eviz, but tapo has serve me without disappointing,

Sd card recommend have 128gb - 512 gb

go support local IT store and buy it , ALL IT Hypermarket , viewnet , go go go

Tapo is great, got solar.as well. Check it out at shopee

after years of wrestling with xiaomi, tapo is a godsend

This is Tapo TC82 with solar panel. Connected to H500 hub.

I use Tapo w/solar for my taman surveillance, clear and bo issues except for lighting. Need to reset after that. Got wireless and SD card.

I use Imilab for my outdoor. It's using same Mi ecosystsem app but supposed to be better than Mi.

So far using 5 years still working good except have to reboot it once in a while.

This post has been edited by magnor: Nov 11 2025, 06:20 AM

when you point a camera outwards from home
and the span of it's surveillance sometimes includes neighbour premise

consider spying or not?
some say yes

Or Add in a Network Video Recorder (NVR) to your setup.

Tapo under TP link is pretty affordable.
If got bajet lebih sikit, can use VIGI. Also under TP link, want to find their cameras can try Viewnet in lowyat plaza.

To be fair we have a whole setup with direct POE, so no lag when streaming CCTV view. EZviz punya interface not the best, though if you only plan on just one cam, then tapo will do.

My solution:

Tapo C410 CCTV + Tapo H500 hub

Without hub, u need to sub the cloud service, or else, the theft took/dmg the cctv then u hav no evidences captured

been using mi mwc13 for past 4yrs, no issue, batt still ok. for rm200 can try mi BW300 or AW300

Saw many of u recommend tapo by tplink, is the C530WS 128 fb @ around 200+ value for money and a decent outdoor cctv ?

Just make sure you buy an ORIGINAL high endurance MicroSD card from either Sandisk or other well known brand

Too many fake MicroSD card floating around, get it from Official Store

using it. good enough. am using cw300.. only thing u might wan to consider is the dual camera one. if it is necessary for ur purpose. one fixed camera and another one rotate

u using normal 2.5inch SATA HDD or ssd in the hub? Reliable ah? I think don't have CCTV hdd which is 2.5inch..

normal hdd

Just asking , between tapo and Xiaomi , which one is better on connectivity when accessing the cctv sdcard recorded from far away ?

Tapo as they use AWS

Xiaomi is using China cloud providers

anyone can show how you guys handle the wiring? some CCTV is using socket instead of PoE

I think a photo would be better? What do you mean by socket?

some CCTV don't have PoE (power over lan cable), so it's using the 3 pin plug for power. needs to have socket nearby for cctv adapter

sorry don't have photo and can't find in web

Then which one is faster accessing live view or no downtime ?

Is it IP or Analog camera?

like those Tapo wifi camera

IMOU cameras are good.

Dahua pricing not bad.

apps and downtime ? speed on accessing ?

if connection is stable, no problem average about 200kb/s also depends on your ISP upload speed.

main things to consider
- image clarity
- moving capture video stability
- app is easy to use
- easy to self install

I have Ezwiz before...lousy piece of junk camera. App is lousy, image clear but the stupid ptz camera cannot focus on a predetermined area. Tried resetting and all...no use.

IMOU / Dahua - once setup done, no need worry.

Then all you do need is a 3 pin power socket, no other cablings required since it's wifi.

kinda ugly to have socket every corner

Just a PSA, Imou is no longer owned by Dahua, Dahua sold the entire company already

I did notice the app quite slow to load especially when viewing from Maxis 4G/5G these days

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Nowadays got solar power + batery one, no need socket

Just get Dahua or Hikvision if you have more than 2 cameras...

Long run, you need to replace SD card as it won't last. Plus, Tapo cams mostly rely on WIFI. If there's no WiFi, no recording unless you have an SD card. Also maybe prone to getting hacked?

Also, you can get cloud storage. But is it worth paying a subscription every month and giving them your footage?

The HomeBase is an extra purchase (not including HDD).. But not sure if you still need to get SD cards.