Tim Hubbard picks five security cameras for Airbnbs. Google Nest is reliable, Zmodo works wired on many properties, Arlo covers broad range, Amazon Blink is cheap but weak at motion detection, and Reolink Argus PT is his pick: battery-powered with a solar panel.
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Five camera options that I'm sure you've heard about if you've been searching around Google Nest. That is a very common one and they do work well. They have different options on there. There's a cheaper version out there called Zmodo Z M O D O and I still have this on a lot of properties. I'm using a wired version. The next one is Arlo. They have some good cameras again they've got the whole spectrum. Another one, Amazon Blink and this is probably the least expensive one and they do have a battery powered option so you can throw it up right away but from what I've heard it doesn't do a good job at picking up motion and if it's not picking up motion then it's not doing its job. The camera that we are using is the Reolink Argus pt. It is a battery operated version but but it's got a solar panel attached to it and you can move this solar panel to really help extend the life of the batteries.