ANNKE 8CH NVR CCTV Camera System Outdoor, 8X 3K/5MP Security PoE Camera with 100ft Night Vision, Human Vehicle Detection, Remote Access, 2TB HDD for 24/7 Recording, IP67 Waterproof

I am writing this review 2 years after buying this CCTV kit and having it in constant use ever since. The only issue I encounter was the the hard drive has died after 12 months and I had to spent additional £55 on a new one. Still, a very good picture quality and reliability of all the cameras, no issues with misting or water ingress etc. Installation was very simple, as all cameras are automatically detected once plugged in and working with no problems!

Picked this system up to replace a number of Blink cameras that were struggling to cover the area I wanted and were unfortunately chewing through batteries as a result. The Good: Installation is really easy as the cameras are PoE (power over ethernet) so you only need to run a single Cat5 or Cat6 cable from the camera back to the NVR. All the camera connectors have weather-proof gasket covers and the cameras themselves come with a really handy template sticker that guides you where to drill mounting holes. If you're buying an 8 camera system, you likely have a fair distance to cover so most of your time is going to be spent running the cables back to the NVR along walls with cable clips etc. as everything else is a piece of cake. The picture quality on the cameras is really fantastic and I'm so glad I went for a 5mp system instead of a 1080p - having a security system that produces crystal-clear images means you can have confidence that if they're ever really needed they'll be fit for use. When you have the system set up, remember to go into the settings and tick the box to enable H.265+ (not really sure why that isn't just turned on by default) as it will save you huge amounts of storage space without affecting quality. This brings me onto the night-vision. WOW. Seriously, it's mad. Firstly, it manages to stay in colour 'daytime' mode until it's almost pitch-black - so when you're looking at your cameras it appears to be early dusk but look out your window and it's already really dark. Then when it does flick over to night vision mode it has awesome visibility and distance with no weird halo that you get on traditional night vision. The Bad: So far a glowing review right, so why the four stars and not five? This is a relatively pricey 8 camera 5mp system - this isn't an entry-level kit. Chances are you're covering a fair bit of area and they are advertised as being IP67-rated Weatherproof cameras, so they're obviously built to be outside. The one area I have real concerns about as a result is the supplied Cat5. The supplied Cat5 cables are about 30m long so I purchased a couple of additional 100m and 50m spools of outdoors-rated Cat5 to cover the awkward furthest areas that the supplied cables wouldn't reach. When these extra spools of ethernet arrived it was apparent that they were printed on the cable as being suitable for outdoor use and inherently more sturdy and better protected than the Annke-supplied cables. So are the supplied cables actually suitable for outdoor use or are they just bog-standard Cat5 and will likely fail in a few years of being outside? Hmm. Watch this space I guess. To be honest this is likely exactly the same on every camera system you buy and I might be being a bit harsh but you pay the money for a premium product, you expect everything to be premium. Edit: July 2020 - So a year has passed since my original review - so far so good! No issues with the system at all, it just quietly gets on with it without ever needing resetting or any input at all. Nice to be able to forget about it with confidence. My reservations about the supplied Cat5 seem to be unfounded thus far, lets see what another 12 months of British weather makes of it :)

I got 2 of these sets on for one of my buisness premises and one for another I'm opening. I originally got price 1200 quid to fit the same cameras but with a background in trade and having decent drill I'd though I'd give it a go and try myself as it's always good to know. I planned to do it in one day on a Monday but got the cameras the Thursday before. Being inpatient I'd thought I'd fit one every so often and how easy they are to fit was definitely a surprise. I think I spent about 10 minutes a camera after planning where to run the wires and setting it all out before hand. I did find it difficult on the tech side at first but that's just me not being patient enough to read a manual. Two things I have noticed is if the scanner doesn't work the code on the app press the top right botton for the manual linking, the codes on the back of the box. The other thing is the camera quality did seem low at first but after playing around with the settings I don't know how I did it but a flip switch kinda set up popped up on the screen, after maxing the power to each camera the quality improved dramatically. The streaming quality is a little lower but I think that's my Internet over the product. Definitely value for money being able to view my buisness at any time of the day.

Took a lot longer to set up than anticipated and had to enlist help. But once up, was fairly easy to operate even for low tech minded self. Unfortunately mine was hacked, not sure how, suspect via person who helped set up but it did On balance would recommend compromise integrity in security for which it was purchased promised.