A good investment in home security. One area of interest I’ve had for a long time is smart home security. I love all of the technology that surrounds this particular area and in some form or another, I’ve been fortunate enough to work with several of the major home security brands in the market (Ring, Arlo, etc.).
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Recently, Guardzilla, a technology company that focuses on home security that is both affordable and easy-to-use products, released a new 360º security camera — the Guardzilla 360 Outdoor All-in-One HD Camera. It was honored at CES 2018 with an Innovation Award in the Smart Home category. It’s the first-ever security and monitoring WiFi camera to deliver full 360º live HD video and continuous two-way audio. I’ve been testing out one of their units for the past few weeks and am excited to share my findings on the device.
DETAILS Guardzilla 360 Outdoor is a powerful HD camera with 360-degrees of viewing. Most cameras only allow for 130-degrees of viewing and as a result, many homeowners place several cameras to cover an entire area. With Guardzilla 360, you only need one to monitor and protect the entire environment.
Even if it’s placed flush against a wall, users will still have a 180º field of view, which is still greater than standard WiFi cameras. Guardzilla 360 Outdoor is built tough enough to withstand any weather situations that come up.
It’s rated IP65, which translates to the camera being dust tight and water resistant with a low-pressure water jet spray. Guardzilla considers the unit ‘weatherproof’ by these standards. The Guardzilla 360 Outdoor can be mounted using the magnetic wall mount or the table stand. In the instance of the table stand, the camera will be facing the ceiling. The magnetic wall mount allows you to position your camera vertically or horizontally.
Guardzilla’s does suggest to place the camera in an area with the widest unobstructed view to get the greatest benefit of the 360-degree video. The camera is powered by an internal rechargeable battery or by using the 10-foot power cord that is provided with the camera. Like most smart cameras in the market, the Guardzilla 360 Outdoor has a companion app for you to use for close monitoring of your property.
This app is available on either iOS or Android mobile platforms. It is used for set-up of the camera as well as continued monitoring of the camera. It is free to download and a user sign-up account is required for operation of the app/camera. In addition to the app, Guardzilla 360 Outdoor is fully integrated with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Nest, Samsung Smart Things, and IFTTT. Some additional steps are required for the set-up of these services beyond the initial connection of the device.
You can use Guardzilla to detect motion in a monitored area, set-off an alarm when you aren’t home, answer the door with the two-way communication, or record events as they happen. With that last option, an additional service plan may be required. Guardzilla has their own cloud service set-up for users of the cameras and it breaks down like this: • FREE: Capture 8-second videos of motion events without sound for 2 days • $4.99/month ($49.99 annual): Capture 30 second motion detection videos with sound stored for 7 days • $8.99/month ($89.99 annual): Capture 30 second motion detection videos with sound stored for 30 days • You also have the option to save ‘snapshots’ with the app. This is actually a 360-degree interactive image and not just a standard screenshot of the app. View from Front Porch Corner – Mounted Horizontally on Wall The Guardzilla 360 Outdoor has one of the easiest set-ups I’ve seen from a WiFi camera. In just a few steps, I had the camera connected to my home WiFi and a signal was being broadcast.
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