Top 10 Best Home Security Cameras
Ring Video Doorbell Pro
The Ring Video Doorbell Pro is the video doorbell to pick up for your home. It’s a really great gift, as you can watch and see who is taking your packages, or know who is at the door before they ring the doorbell. With the Ring Video Doorbell Pro, you’re getting a wide-angle camera that can see all the way to the ground in front of your home. And the ability to interact with people via your smartphone, or even your Alexa products. Like the Echo Show or the Fire TV, which is really unique.
Arlo Pro 3 Spotlight Camera
The Arlo Pro 3 Spotlight Camera is the latest and greatest from Arlo. Which is a wire-free camera. So you can use inside or outside, which is the main reason why it is on our smart home gift guide this year. You can purchase the Arlo Pro 3 Spotlight Camera in a number of different options. Like three and five-camera kits. This is great for putting cameras around your home. With the Arlo cameras being wire-free, that does mean you need to pop the battery out and recharge them every once in a while. These will normally last you around six months on a charge. And that is because it is not recording 24/7, but rather only recording when it sees movement.
Arlo Video Doorbell
There are many video doorbells on the market today, but the Arlo Smart Video Doorbell made our smart home gift guide because it works well with the other Arlo cameras. And it’s also less expensive compared to the other models.
Nest Cam Outdoor Security Camera
Price: $199Where to buy: Home Depot
The Nest Cam Outdoor is hands-down the best home security camera that Google sells. It’s an outdoor camera, which means that it is weatherproof. It can take on those hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms and even blizzards with ease. Unfortunately, it is not a wire-free camera though. So you are still going to need to run power to it. With the Nest Cam Outdoor, you’re going to get 1080p footage from this camera. Which you can view in the Nest app on your smartphone – works with both Android and iOS. With Nest Aware, you can save more video from the Nest Cam Outdoor too. Though that is not a required subscription. Nest Cam Outdoor Security Camera - Home Depot
Ring Spotlight Cam Battery
The Ring Spotlight Cam Battery is a good option to put outside of your home, maybe along the side of your home or outside the backdoor. It’s a spotlight camera, so it has motion-activated lights on either side. And since this is the battery-powered one, you don’t need to run power to it. But you will want to keep it near your home, so that the WiFi network can still get to it. Like other Ring products, it will also work with the Ring app. And it’ll let you know when it sees movement. So you can see if you need to deal with it or not. It works really well with the Ring Video Doorbell too.
Blink Mini
The Blink Mini is the cheapest camera on this list. And you’re probably wondering why this $35 home security camera is on this best of list, with many others that are over $100 – some of which are $200. Well, the Blink Mini does the basics, and nothing more. It is a very small camera as you can tell by the name. Which offers two-way audio, and motion detection. It also only records in HD, and not 1080p or even 4K. Basically, you get what you pay for. And for most people, this is really all you need.
Ring Floodlight Camera
This is another good option for your side or backyard. The Ring Floodlight Camera is not battery-powered though, so you will need to run some power to it. But it does have two floodlights on either side of the camera, giving you a ton of light.
Blink Outdoor
Like the Blink Mini, the Blink Outdoor is also fairly cheap, coming in just a penny shy of $100. It offers great battery life, and a small footprint. Though this one can do 1080p video recording. Battery life on the Blink Outdoor is really impressive actually. We’re looking at two years on a single battery. This is because it does not record when there is no motion or humans detected in its view. So it saves a lot of juice that way.
Wyze Cam
The Wyze Cam is a 1080p indoor camera, that is pretty adjustable. So you can make it taller or shorter, and change where it is aimed. It’s a fairly small camera, so you can put it basically anywhere.
Petcube Cam
Rounding out our list of the best home security cameras, is one that is aimed at pets. The Petcube Cam. It’s pretty inexpensive, and is ideal for keeping an eye on your pets. It will notify you when your pet is making noise – like barking. So you can see what’s happening. The only downside to the Petcube Cam, is that it does not record any video, unless you pay for its subscription plan. That’s very different from most of the other cameras on this list here.
