Nanny cams get their name from parents who want to monitor their children’s caretakers. Parents admit that leaving their children with an absolute stranger or even a friend or relative is pretty stressful. Nanny cams give them some piece of mind.
The internet is awash with numerous debates on the ethics of having a nanny cam. There are those who feel it’s a great way to use technology to monitor and ensure your child’s safety; mostly because it’s impossible to watch them 24/7.
Others feel it’s a breach of privacy especially because the person being watched is unaware. Your parental instinct is rarely off, so if you are thinking of getting a nanny cam, think of it as having an extra set of eyes. It also a way of ensuring your family’s overall security.
Here are some great nanny cam options for you that are portable with remote access, video recording, and more.
Baby Monitor – Foscam C2M – 2MP Dual-Band WiFi Camera (180° Rotation)– (KSh. 5,000)
The Foscam baby monitor offers crisp clear 1080P video quality, offering high definition footage, day or night. 2MP Dual-Band WiFi IP camera with Human Detection and 180° rotation. Comes with audio and camera capability, easy to install and use on your smartphone.
Key Features:
- The Foscam baby monitor offers crisp clear 1080P video quality, offering high definition footage, day or night
- Intelligent Human Detection
- The Foscam baby monitor works with Amazon Alexa & Google Assistant
- Dual-Band WiFi connection
- One-button Call available. Families can make a phone call to your app via the button on the top of the camera
Baby Monitor – Foscam R2M 2MP pan-tilt camera (350° tilt) – (KSh. 6,000)
The Foscam baby monitor (350° tilt) offers crisp clear 1080P video quality, offering high definition footage, day or night. 2MP Dual-Band WiFi IP camera with Human Detection. The 1080P HD Video Offers a Perfect Visual Display and Wide-Angle Monitoring.
Key Features:
- The FOSCAM baby monitor offers crisp clear 1080P video quality, offering high definition footage, day or night
- Intelligent Human Detection
- The Foscam baby monitor works with Amazon Alexa & Google Assistant
- Dual-Band WiFi connection
- View your space without a blind spot with the easy pan & tilt control from your phone.
- Clear night vision
- Smart Privacy Protection Mode. In case you do not need the camera shoot at some time, you can easily put the camera in sleepmode in the app
- Flexible storage options to retain crucial moments
Can’t decide which one to pick? Below are some of the important features by Safeweise to keep in mind when choosing home security cameras.
1. Motion Detection
Cameras with motion detection can send you notifications when the camera observes motion within its field of view. These notifications can alert you to suspicious activity, so you can monitor the situation.
2. Field of View
Field of View refers to the width of area a camera can record. This is important because it will affect how many cameras you’ll need and where you should place them.
3. Sound
The sound feature can refer to your camera receiving sound via a microphone, emitting sound via a speaker, or both. Cameras with both can double as an intercom.
4. Resolution
Resolution defines how clear the image from your camera will be. A clearly visible image is very helpful when trying to identify faces or items in the images your camera records.
5. WiFi Capability
A camera with WiFi can communicate with your home network wirelessly which can be very handy for installation, but is also less susceptible to being disabled, because it doesn’t have wires which could be cut.
6. Night Vision
The distance to which your camera can record images in low to no light situations can have a great impact on its effectiveness because often criminal activity can happen at night.
7. Movement
A camera that can pan and/or tilt may be able to record a larger area than a static camera and therefor reduce the total number of cameras needed to observe a particular area.
8. Cost
Obviously, if a camera costs so much that you can no longer afford the valuables you’re trying to protect with it, then it doesn’t serve a purpose. Cost is a factor for every purchasing decision.