Motion detector for security

[foxhole]

Perhaps you should have mentioned that first instead of a dummy camera or bell box?

Would be a very dumb thief who believed working cameras don’t sometimes have lights .

 

[JP_]

That might be the case - but why spend more on a dummy camera when you can get a real one that, you know, looks realer.

 

[Mottie]

I suggest that you get a real cctv.

Sounds like an expensive option. To recap, the OP has a garage 40 metres from his house and wants something that detects motion and notifies him immediately. What setup do you suggest/recommend?

 

[JP_]

Blink. If it has power you can extend internet over electric cables and have a wifi adaptor plugged in. Notifications to phone. £50 in the Amazon Prime day coming up in the next week.

 

[bernardgreen]

extend internet over electric cables and have a wifi adaptor plugged in.

And create interference to your neighbour's radio reception.

If you need data sent to a location 40 metres away make the effort to install a data cable.

Also the quality of the data after being carried by dubious equipment for 40 metres along power cables would be questionable.

 

[JP_]

I've also thought about Google Nest.
Motion alerts to phone, cloud storage.
Camera: https://store.google.com/gb/product/nest_cam_outdoor_specs
Storage plan: https://nest.com/uk/cameras/nest-aware/
Camera £140 + £40/year for 5 day storage. Although need to pay per camera.
But you don't need to pay for storage, you can just have camera and notifications.

 

[scbk]

If dummy cameras are your thing, I'm sure I've seen them in poundland before.

 

[Keitai]

Forgot to say. Have no power in garage. There are battery motion detectors that call your phone using a sim though. Just wondered if anyone could recommend one?