They are inexpensive to buy, very easy to install with few things that could affect their performance and they can be bought in every configuration you can think of.
Some of the versions of wireless security available are:
- Night Vision
- Outdoor Waterproof
- Underwater Versions
- Movement Activated
- On board Memory
- Chemical Resistant
- And so forth
They can even be hidden almost anywhere.
As a matter of fact, there are several places on the internet that sell camouflage items for wireless cameras.
Camouflage items you can buy:
- Fake cans of popular brands of shaving cream that hold a video camera.
- Garden ornaments complete with sun light that hides a camera.
- Coffee makers that hold a wireless video device.
- Little ornaments that go in house planters that hold tiny cameras.
- Kitchen canisters with place for a camera.
- You get the idea.
The list is long.
What this means is that unseen devices will not deter one crime and this is their one possibly fatal flaw.
A hidden wireless home security system camera will faithfully record intruders murdering you in your bed right down to close ups of the killers who have no idea they are being recorded.
You have to make sure that your security system has two kinds of cameras at least.
The hidden varieties mentioned above are fine if you suspect someone of snooping in your home while you are gone, want to check up on family activities while you are out or if you want to keep an eye on employees.
An excellent example: A liquor store owner I know couldn't find how his inventory was going missing.
A hidden video camera over the back door caught a janitor taking out full bottles in garbage bags.
If you want to make sure that no one enters while you are gone or sleeping, make sure that some of your video equipment is highly visible.
It is best if some of the cameras you buy have small flashing LED's (light emitting diodes) on the front letting everyone know they are there and are recoding.
The best I have seen in a wireless security system is in a patio where the wireless home security system camera was easily visible and the owners placed a mirror behind the camera so that people walking by knew the camera was there and got an idea of what it was seeing and recording.
Another great idea is to put out a few fake cameras.
There is no way for an intruder to know if it is real or not.
Make sure, also that your home has many stickers around the outside letting people know that your home is under constant twenty-four hour surveillance.
This in itself will make you a lot safer.