Dock / Slip Security Camera

BleednBlue

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Jul 22, 2015
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Lake Of The Ozarks
Boat Info
270 SLX
Engines
Merc. 496 MAG Bravo III
Some douchebag broke into my boat and stole my amps and sub. The owners manual (2007 270 SLX) seems to have conflicting information about the size of the sub. The owner's manual says both 10 and 8 inch. What is the correct sub size? It seems to be 10 inch.

On to the tread title...
I live in a condo and therefore the Dock belongs to the association. I own the slip. I would like to install a security camera on the slip. I would like to install a completely wireless camera (battery operated) that does not need to be connected to a router. Instead, I would like the camera to connect to Wi-Fi via a hot-spot. Can anyone suggest a camera?

Thanks for your time
Rich
 
I used Blink cameras for the past couple of years and worked great with wifi. This year I switched to an even more independent system and got an Arlo Go camera, which is wireless, battery operated and works with cell service instead of wifi, so I can be just about anywhere with cell service with or without power or wifi. Love the Arlo go.
 
+1 for arlo. I don't have it, but my buddy swears by it. Seems to work well in protecting his rv.
 
Main reason I changed to Arlo was that I wanted to continue monitoring in the winter when wrapped and on a parking lot. Camera activates with motion and sound, and I can talk to anyone who enters the boat, which is two hours away. It also has an alarm mode which can be quite noisy and deterring.
 
Main reason I changed to Arlo was that I wanted to continue monitoring in the winter when wrapped and on a parking lot. Camera activates with motion and sound, and I can talk to anyone who enters the boat, which is two hours away. It also has an alarm mode which can be quite noisy and deterring.

The Arlo interests me. Do you have to subscribe to the cell service to monitor it remotely in real time? Can you do it through your own cellular carrier or do you have to go with someone they use? What is the monthly fee?
I would be mounting it high up on a utility pole and the thought of going up and down to swap out rechargeable batteries isn’t appealing. Can you use it with a solar charger to keep it going? Is there an option to hardware it for power?
 
I'd say 90° or so. No, they cannot be adjusted remotely, but they do have low light vision. I have one on the fwd end of the bridge and it covers the helm and hatch. The other one is between the salon and galley and it covers the full width of the aft salon (TV, sliding door, and elec panel...)
 
I have AT&T service, so I activated it with AT&T. It's around $15/month as an add on to my AT&T account. I know they also do Verizon. Not sure about other carriers. I like that it can activate with motion or sound, that is has an alarm setting that will blast the thieves away from the boat, and that I can talk to anyone who enters the boat and ask them what they are doing, or that the cops are on their way.
 
didn't answer the second question. Yup, there's a solar charger for them. So you never have to touch it when outside. If inside for storage, the battery lasts about 3 months.
 
So it looks like there is a free plan offered. Do any of you have that option? This is really interesting to me and I want one.
 
If you are talking about the arlo Go, the free plan is about storage of videos on the internet. You still have to pay for cell service if you want to monitor it remotely. Otherwise you'd have to use an SD card. I do both, the SD card saves everything, and with the free storage plan videos are saved online for a few days. You can download them and so forth before they disappear if you need one.
 
I’ve got AT&T too. $15.00 a month for monitoring via cellular isn’t too bad at all.
I was hoping to get something that will give me the camera on the dock pointed at the boat, a second camera on the boat, and an alarm for cabin door with the ability to monitor cameras in real time from my iPhone or iPad and send me alerts if something triggers the alarm but the choices for doing all that without WiFi (none on my dock) don’t seem to be too plentiful so the Arlo may be my only choice.
Did you buy your Arlo Go directly from them or somewhere else? I’d definetly need the solar charger because I would be mounting it high on a wooden utility pole on my dock property. Hauling an extension ladder down to the dock (7 miles away from home) to swap out the battery or pull an SD card on a regular basis doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me.
 
It baffles me that in this day and age any decent marina that charges $100-$200 per foot doesn't have decent high speed WIFI. At my yacht club we have 8 WIFI hot spots to provide strong signals anywhere on the 110 slip dock system. The cost is about 1/2 of 1% of the overall budget. No excuse anymore.
 
yup. I live to hours away, so one battery change all winter is ok, as i also charge the batteries at least once. I got mine directly from AT&T. They show up on eBay a little cheaper here and there.
 
I’m not in a marina, I’m on a piece of private property that is 25’ wide (curbline to water) with 50’ of bulkhead along the canal. The only structure I have on it is a 4’ x 8’ shed off in a corner that acts as my dock box.
The property has no address and although I have water and electric on the property I can’t get WiFi service there. Even if I could, the lowest month fee for it would probably be more than I pay for water and electric combined and wouldn’t make sense.
 
We actually have good Wi-Fi, but you have to log in via a website. Something that the cameras can’t do yet. That said, I like that I can have the boat anywhere with cell service and still have the monitoring, even when batteries are off, no shore line, etc.
 
LTD....we put a Ring doorbell system at my mother's house. We love it. Hers is the one that we have to recharge the battery because her original doorbell didn't have 12 volt wire driving it. Battery charge can last up to 3 months if you don't access the camera live too often. We pay the $30/year for cloud storage. The motion sensor can be adjusted to have a range that you desire.

Jaybeaux
 
+1 for arlo. I don't have it, but my buddy swears by it. Seems to work well in protecting his rv.
ARLO - great product. Have several installations in different locations including the boat.
 

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