A camera installed by NJS
Apartment & condo

The Entry

One or two doors, a hallway, maybe a balcony.

Most apartment break-ins happen at the front door, and most apartment camera setups fail for the same two reasons: the camera is a cloud doorbell that stops working when the wifi drops, and the footage lives on somebody else's server behind a subscription.

This is the smallest system we would actually install ourselves. Two cameras, a recorder that powers them over the same cable that carries video, and nothing that phones home.

Why these parts

Why two cameras

One on the entry door, one covering the approach or a balcony slider. A third rarely earns its place in a flat — you end up with two views of the same hallway.

Why dual-light

Infrared alone gives you clean black-and-white, which tells you someone was there. Dual-light switches to white light on motion, so you get clothing colour and a face. That is the difference between a report and an identification.

Why a wired recorder

No subscription, no cloud account, no outage when the internet drops. The recorder sits in a closet and keeps recording.

What it covers

Comfortable for a one or two-bedroom flat, a condo entry, or a small office suite. Roughly 2,000 sq ft of approach.

How hard is it to install?

Half a day

Two cable runs and two brackets. The recorder needs a power outlet and a spare port on your router. No configuration beyond setting a password — the cameras are already paired.

Also in the box

  • Printed instructions Written for the exact models in your box, in the order you will do them.
  • Video walkthroughs The parts that are hard to describe in text are the parts we filmed.
  • Mounts and junction boxes Matched to each camera. No second order.
  • Hard drive Sized to the retention you want, not whatever was cheapest.
  • Phone support People who install these for a living, not a ticket queue.

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