Reliable camera line for industrial sites
I handle IT/infrastructure for a group of companies in construction and electrical contracting. We’ve got multiple sites to cover: shops, warehouses, equipment/fleet yards, and a fair amount of open perimeter. Cold climate, so gear takes a beating in winter.
First round was Reolink and it didn’t hold up — random dropouts, cameras going unresponsive and needing power cycles, a few outright failures. Manageable with two or three cameras, not when you’re running a couple dozen across sites and someone has to drive out to reboot one.
What I need:
• Actual long-term reliability — I can’t be replacing units every year
• RTSP/ONVIF, no cloud lock-in (running Frigate, PoE, cameras on their own VLAN)
• Solid low-light for unlit yards, and housings that survive -30°C
• Varifocal options for longer runs across a yard
• Priced sanely — not Axis-for-every-camera money, but I’ve learned the cheap route costs more in truck rolls
What’s the sweet spot for commercial/industrial deployments? Dahua/Hikvision OEMs (Empire Tech, etc.), Amcrest, Vivotek, Uniview, something else? Curious what people are running at this scale that’s still solid after a few years.
Thanks!