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Doorbell Camera / NVR (post Unifi) (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)
submitted 5 days ago by scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hi all, my Unifi Doorbell just died after only 4 years of service. I've been pretty disheartened with them lately, other products haven't lived up to the company's promise.

So I'm not looking to replace my networking stack yet, but I am looking for a doorbell camera. I only have the Unifi machine, but I also have an extensive docker/kubernetes stack, and mostly I want to use it with Home Assistant.

Any recommendations? Open to software, hardware, you name it. I have a few other Unifi cameras too, if they could be brought into the fold while I slowly migrate, I'd be interested. Thanks!

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[โ€“] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I've learned it really depends on the device. It's completely a mixed bag, and that's why I can't trust it. Half the time it lasts over a decade, the other half less than a year.

For example, I got their "Enterprise" Switch 8 PoE with 2 SFP+ ports. I plugged it in in my garage, where it was 50 degrees (F) at the time, and it overheated. I googled it, apparently the SFP ports simply overheat. Turns out while it has a fan, it doesn't turn on and simply overheats because they "Didn't want a noisy fan on someone's desk". Which... uh, doesn't matter if it doesn't work. Their enterprise term means nothing.

That being said, my rackmount switches have been solid, oldest one is 10 years old. However that unknown makes it hard to justify purchasing new equipment.

[โ€“] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

IIRC they had a whole generation of switches that overheated like crazy.

On the other hand, I kind of want one of my nano-HDs to die so I can justify an upgrade to wifi 7.