Smart Wi-Fi Camera Recommendations

Acherny on 04/05/2020 - 16:27
Last edited 05/05/2020 - 12:49 by 2 other users

Hi all,

I have a bunch of 3D printers I'd like to keep an eye on while in another room/out of the house. Does anyone know of cheap wifi/smart cameras that I can get locally? I could get from banggood but who knows when that would arrive. The best I can see are $40 connect/orion smart indoor cameras from Harvey norman/bunnings

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  Aussar on 04/05/2020 - 16:58

  +1

  Pretty sure you could just run cheap cameras off a raspberry pi running Octoprint

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    Acherny on 04/05/2020 - 17:03

    +1

    Yeah, it's the plan for later. I have one pi running octoprint though I haven't been using it recently.

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  Boioioioi on 04/05/2020 - 17:15

  +1

  If you have an old android phone you can run the app ipwebcam

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    Acherny on 04/05/2020 - 17:16

    I'll look into it. Most people should have a few lying around

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      Boioioioi on 04/05/2020 - 17:18

      It's what I use. Works decently well. You can set them up in Octoprint as well.

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  jimbobaus on 04/05/2020 - 17:16

  +1

  Ring Camera is pretty easy to use
  https://www.amazon.com.au/Ring-Indoor-Cam/dp/B07Q623C39/ref=…

  Only downsides are : Pay for cloud storage
  and probably not the cheapest option but def one of the easiest overall
  and the inevitable you are being spied on comments (even though this has not been the case for some time and never really was )

  Also note to self… (per above comment) should check links before posting them… seems i posted an affiliate link LOL

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    Acherny on 04/05/2020 - 17:19

    +1

    They are great, though as you said, not the cheapest.

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    spackbace on 04/05/2020 - 18:10

    +3

    Another brand to check out is TP-Link. Good support and apps from what I've used so far

    2 cams for $39 + post
    Example footage

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      KeplersLaws on 04/05/2020 - 23:01

      thank you for this link. this looks like quite the steal