Hi All,
In order for this story to make sense, I have to help explain my previous system. in early 2015 before I got married I had deployed some Grandstream cameras on my home as I live in a Unique area of Salt Lake City. Lot of drug addicts and homeless people wandering around my neghiborhood doing weird things. I tried several Software sollutions (Blue Iris, Grandstream, Zoneminder, and a few others) I finally settled on Milestone. the reason was I found that Milestone was extremely flexible with the types of cameras you can use with it. as long as they offer onvif or RTSP they will work with it just fine. Oringally I had looked at G2s as the G3s werent out at the time but you had to use Unifi software with the G2s which I wasn't impressed with. Also the cost of the cameras compared to the Grandstream made them cost prohibitive at the time. Eventually I upgraded to newer versions of milestone over the years which was nice considering they made it so you could retain unlimited data along with LDAP Intergration. The only real con of milestone was 8 cameras with the free edition was the limit, and no Linux support.
Now fast forward 3.5 years later After deploying protect at a clients site I decided to take the plunge and upgrade my home system to protect. Early on before my this previous install I had considered Unifi G2 but did not like the fact that RTSP was not a feature on the G2 Cameras. when the G3 Cameras came out I kept an eye on them for quite some time. when Protect came out I had purchased a camera to use with the CK2+ with the G3 Flexability. I was beyond impressed with the picture quality, amongst other features of it. The G3 camera series are also more of a lower profile camera compared to my existing grandstream cameras. Now Granite Protect is still in its early stages but it definately looks promising. The G3 Flex is definately a steal in quality for the price you pay for it. I bought 3 G3 Pros and didn't think I would notice much quality difference in the picture. Indeed you can definately tell a difference. Another reason I went to protect was I needed Audio in my area as there is always something weird going on and in order to Know what exactly is happening The audio is needed. In my state it is legal, it just has to be posted for it to be admissable in court. Video Does NOT have to be posted. The lack of a debian package currently is a downer but I hope that one is released, but the Cloud Key G2+ seems to be holding up really well under a load of 10 cameras. We are getting a Puppy for Christmas and I have the G3 Micro so we can talk to her through the protect app when me and the wife are at work during the week.
Would like to give a shoutout to the Unifi Video Team and some others who have helped me immensely During the contemplation of this upgrade.
Hi All,
In order for this story to make sense, I have to help explain my previous system. in early 2015 before I got married I had deployed some Grandstream cameras on my home as I live in a Unique area of Salt Lake City. Lot of drug addicts and homeless people wandering around my neghiborhood doing weird things. I tried several Software sollutions (Blue Iris, Grandstream, Zoneminder, and a few others) I finally settled on Milestone. the reason was I found that Milestone was extremely flexible with the types of cameras you can use with it. as long as they offer onvif or RTSP they will work with it just fine. Oringally I had looked at G2s as the G3s werent out at the time but you had to use Unifi software with the G2s which I wasn't impressed with. Also the cost of the cameras compared to the Grandstream made them cost prohibitive at the time. Eventually I upgraded to newer versions of milestone over the years which was nice considering they made it so you could retain unlimited data along with LDAP Intergration. The only real con of milestone was 8 cameras with the free edition was the limit, and no Linux support.
Now fast forward 3.5 years later After deploying protect at a clients site I decided to take the plunge and upgrade my home system to protect. Early on before my this previous install I had considered Unifi G2 but did not like the fact that RTSP was not a feature on the G2 Cameras. when the G3 Cameras came out I kept an eye on them for quite some time. when Protect came out I had purchased a camera to use with the CK2+ with the G3 Flexability. I was beyond impressed with the picture quality, amongst other features of it. The G3 camera series are also more of a lower profile camera compared to my existing grandstream cameras. Now Granite Protect is still in its early stages but it definately looks promising. The G3 Flex is definately a steal in quality for the price you pay for it. I bought 3 G3 Pros and didn't think I would notice much quality difference in the picture. Indeed you can definately tell a difference. Another reason I went to protect was I needed Audio in my area as there is always something weird going on and in order to Know what exactly is happening The audio is needed. In my state it is legal, it just has to be posted for it to be admissable in court. Video Does NOT have to be posted. The lack of a debian package currently is a downer but I hope that one is released, but the Cloud Key G2+ seems to be holding up really well under a load of 10 cameras. We are getting a Puppy for Christmas and I have the G3 Micro so we can talk to her through the protect app when me and the wife are at work during the week.
Would like to give a shoutout to the Unifi Video Team and some others who have helped me immensely During the contemplation of this upgrade.
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