Like many people, I have subscription fatigue, thanks to four different TV streaming services and three types of cloud storage. So a new pet hate among gadgets is anything that requires a direct debit.
Enter, the Yale Floodlight Camera. Where most security cameras and doorbell cams demand a monthly fee to store footage in the cloud, this can store videos onboard. So you can choose to team it with a bigger Yale security system, but it works fine as a standalone 1080p high-definition camera with no subscription fees. There’s no built-in storage but you can add a MicroSD card of up to 256GB. That’s enough for ten days of footage (with H.265 compression and 2MP resolution) when recording non-stop. That capacity obviously lasts a lot longer if you don’t set the video to record constantly but have it triggered by motion instead.
How much it records is up to you. You can set motion alerts to trigger it and pick the sensor’s sensitivity, or record all the time...