Swann 8 Channel Security System SWDVK-845804

Not as useful as expected - until modified – I have been trying to love the system for a couple of years, but I mostly just recorded tree movements all day long. The trees are essential but unfortunately sit beside both driveways and visible from the porch too. I tried turning the sensitivity right down, but then it wouldn't even show the cars coming or going - but still recorded every tree sway. Finally, I added short (~25mm) pieces of plastic pipe (electrical conduit) to the heat sensors and was then able to turn the sensitivity up to 100%. Now - very few tree recordings and cameras do get triggered by movements in the areas of interest to me - directly in front of the cameras. Worth doing - just a short length of conduit (I painted mine flat-black to avoid glare up into the lens nearby) and a tiny smidge of clear sealant to hold them on).

Great quality, nice design, nice price tag – We bought these needing a decent security system for monitoring purposes. Initially planned to install ourselves however with the amount of cables we were concerned about making a mess of the job, so we had an electrician install them. He was impressed with the product himself. We have a great quality view in both day and night vision, good playback optimisation with a mobile or high resolution option. Sometimes stored clips aren’t long enough to get full playback of a motion event, however this may be something I can find in the settings. Plugged into a computer monitor for sole use, comes up great on the screen. Can sometimes unpair from phone app, such as in a power trip or outage when modern is affected (despite being Ethernet connected) however just need to repair with QR code, takes a couple of minutes. Was a great price point at the shop, ultimately great value for money!