Help! What is the best fully wireless security camera system with no cables for a normal house in a suburb please help

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You got downvoted, but nobody took the time to explain why. It’s because wireless cameras just don’t work well, battery operated ones especially so. The battery (or solar adapter) means they are relying on a low power local processor in order to detect motion, and that means they miss a lot. It also means they get put in less than ideal locations - usually where the homeowner can reach to swap out the battery, or where it can charge from the sun; that means a criminal can also easily reach to remove or blind the camera. The wireless means there’s a lot of network traffic. Even with very high end routers, they’re just not stable enough to support multiple continuous video streams from a camera. It only works to your phone/tablet/smartTV because streaming services buffer on your device, whereas with a security camera, any hiccup in the wireless network means they’re having video quality issues. And the more cameras and devices you have, the more this becomes a problem. Wireless is also very susceptible to interference and jamming. That may sound like a fancy, high-tech problem that you only need to worry about if you’ve angered Jason Bourne, but it isn’t. Kids can make a jammer with off-the-shelf parts, or order them on AliExpress, and they do. They’ll switch them on, do some vandalism or porch theft, skedaddle, and then switch them off - most of the cameras in the neighborhood go offline and there’s fewer records of their crime.

If you are serious about wanting cameras, I’d highly recommend you invest the time into running Cat5e or Cat6 wires (Ethernet). Pick a central point in your house, where you can store a camera DVR or NVR. From there, run Ethernet cables through the walls where you can, and outside where you can’t run inside. Use the lines of eaves, corners, and trim work to hide the cables. If your spouse says no it’s ugly, tell them to get over themselves. One trick I like to do is to use a coat or linen closet to get from one floor to the next; drill a hole in the corner of the floor, and or ceiling closest to the door, and you can pass wires through there to the basement or attic by tucking them in the corner all the way up the closet wall. To see the wires, you’d have to stick your head in the closet, past the trim, and turn to look in the corner, which you will literally never do. Get an inexpensive RJ-45 crimp tool, and cut and terminate the cables yourself. This is a project you can do in a weekend or two, especially if you have the help of a friend or family member to feed you wire or pass you a tool. It’s absolutely worth the time and effort for the reliability and improved video quality.

With no cables would mean a battery one?

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Totally happy with my Blink system. Although I do have a wired system as a back up in case either one fails. Never a problem with either one.