Ubiquiti Networks UVC-G3-FLEX UniFi Camera G3 Flex 1080p Video Indoor/Outdoor Night/Day Wide View IP LEDs:: (Enterprise Computing > Wireless Networking) +)

So I love these little cameras, and they are actually replacing my WYZE cameras,... and I have 5 of them. One for each entrance into my house, and two diagonally across from each other in the garage. They have been flawless so far, and for the price, I think they are a good deal because they simply work. The cameras can be mounted just about anywhere, and there are a few additional mounting options that you can buy from Ubiquiti. You can easily adjust the angle of the camera head, it tilts-clicks to the different positions. Also the head does manually rotate as well. This is NOT motorized at all, and it is dampened, so they won't accidentally rotate or tilt.The resolution of these are 1920x1080p, so they do not push a lot of data on the network. Yes, I would have liked to see a 4k option for these, but considering that these are entry level cameras, I think they are fine. Maybe they might come out with a Motorized Pro Version with 4k resolution.They do get slightly warm, but really it's not be a big deal. I have a pair that are in a hot garage, and the heat and cold don't bother them. They are lightweight, mostly high quality plastic and the lens shroud is a deep dark red, almost black in color. It is a transparent piece that allows the infra-red light to come through it and also integrates the lens so the IR is always pointing the same direction as the camera. The area of coverage is decent for the IR, I don't have any complaints.I do have them connected to the Ubiquiti Unifi Switch POE 8 (150 Watt) for power and the Ubiquiti Unifi Cloud Key Gen 2+ which has the built in NVR. The NVR shipped with a 1TB HDD that was DOA, however, I replaced it with a 1TB SSD and it works well. I also happen to have a the UniFi Lite Access Point connected to the switch. So basically, I went all in with Ubiquiti and I'm so pleased, that I'm also installing the same setups in a few of my friends houses.

Great quality

I test a lot of cameras on ip systems connected to NVRs and these exceeded my expectations. They are small, but their image is crystal clear in day and night, and they never miss a moment with their motion detection capabilities. Paired this with a Dream Machine pro, and yup, never going back to consumer grade junk ever again.

This works great. At first, I thought refresh rate was terrible, but that was because my UNVR (Ubiquiti Network Video Recorder) wasn't working properly. I had to wait for it to finish formatting my 3 disk drives. After that, it worked great.But I had to place it high above my front door, and I can't angle it down quite far enough.The motion detection was a bit too sensitive: wind-blown foliage, shadows, and a spider web kept triggering it, but I need to turn the sensitivity down (and clean the spider webs away).I will move this to a different location, and buy a different camera for the front door.

First and foremost let me say that Unifi Protect is excellent compared to Arlo and Ring. It may be slightly more complicated to set up for normies, but it is a really solid system once it's all up and running. I joined the Unifi family after Unifi Video was deprecated but from what I can tell, Protect is the future, built on a solid platform and it will take time to bring back all the features that really matter.As for the G3 Flex, the price can't be beat. $70-80 for a PoE camera this small and with this kind of performance is a steal. My #1 complaint with all Unifi cameras however are the viewing angles. While this might matter to you case by case, most Unifi cameras are 80-100° of horizontal viewing angle, and much less if you turn on distortion correction. The Flex is right around 87° with correction off. This would work well where you have 15-20' to your target area with few obstructions. The sensor quality is good, but it really excels inside of 10' if you are trying to pull a plate number or something. Therein lies the issue - its a narrow camera with a good, but not excellent sensor, which means it's really only suited to a long shot coverage role. Thats ok given the price point.Living in an urban area, everything is tightly packed in and I am limited where I can place the cameras. I also want really good coverage since people mess about on my property weekly if not daily. This leads me to use more Unifi cameras than I would with some other brand that has a wider FoV. That's also fine, but it means I also need more wiring and power to the same area, raising the overall cost of the system. It's no longer 3 cameras, but 5 and a new switch and beefy PoE injector.All that said, I am still very much a fan of these devices and ecosystem. The iPad app is fantastic for continuous monitoring, but Android app falls completely flat, constantly reconnecting and with horrid performance. I do wish Flex and other cameras came in other colors or has readily available skins like other brands. I ended up using Plastidip to turn my cameras black. In fact, Plastidip works on most outdoor Unifi equipment very well.

For $80 you won't find a better unifi protect cam now. Easy to deploy inside or outside with all kinds of accessories. Picture quality is just fine. Wouldn't use it to try to read license plates or anything, but we have7 deployed throughout house (in addition to 8 other better protect cams) and love it.