UniFi Protect Review - How Good is it for the Home?

This is my review of UniFi Protect as a whole system for the home, use these timestamps to help you get to different parts of the video -

0:00 - Introduction
1:08 - Cons
4:52 - Pros
9:24 - How I Installed In My Home
19:47 - Camera Samples
30:02 - UniFi Protect Dashboard

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[CaptainMcFartin]

Good video and good install. Small recommendation from a security integrator. You have a few cameras that have a wall in the shot. I think it was side yard and back yard. I would rotate and pan away until you can’t see the wall in the video. Walls don’t need to be recorded and they also add to the night view being washed out. Same thing with the sky, if any of your cameras can see the sky that’s wasted recording space. Cheers!

[texaskd]

This is a great review and installation summary. I switched to Unifi Protect from the Ring ecosystem around a year ago and I have loved the change from top to bottom

[cameronemery]

Finally, a great unifi protect install video! Thank you for your review.

[twsconsulting]

You can use any RTSP NVR and can record all the cameras as a backup. I have 12 UniFi cameras connected to a cloud key plus as a recording backup and my main system is a blue iris server. It works with no problem.

[jeffl]

Fantastic review, one of the best if not the best.

Thank you for sharing, this helped me in making my decision later on down the road to add to my home.

Cheers, Tomas.

[imyour_hucklebearer]

Thank you for a fantastic video, after watching, i pulled the trigger on a full setup... i appreciate the camera views and OS walk thru... i also bought the NVR, good call

[waynenocton]

It’s really nice when a camera allows you to turn off its built in IR flood lights without turning off if IR night mode, then you can use a separate IR light and the spiders can build there webs there rather than in front of the lenses.

[robertclanin]

Nice work, happy to see you came back and painted. Getting ready for my place

[ian.ketterer]

Great video...thanks for the personal insight on everything; I've been on the verge of going with UniFi as I upgrade the home network and security equipment and this has helped me move forward with it...👍🏽👍🏽

[BrianPhamKenny]

This is the best and most thorough video on these cameras...extremely helpful in helping me make a decision. Thank you!

[kpv]

Thank you very much for making this excellent video. It provided a lot of valuable information for people looking into putting in such a system

[sakkiemaree]

Video is very clear. Very pleased with this purchase.

[lodgewhite]

I found that you can record from the RTSP stream to another non-Ubiquiti NVR if you need to record for offsite backup also. That's how I keep a separate copy of the footage whilst keeping all of the benefits of Unifi.

[jonlikestech]

Fantastic and comprehensive overview. Great production quality too. Thanks so much

[mikepfeifer]

That conduit looks really good. Nice work!

[hugouasd]

the only issues i have with this review is saying that you need the nvr or udm pro personally the only things i would say are necessary would be a ubiquiti poe switch as running power bricks to every thing is not practical for most people but as for the unifi protect software if you dont mind getting your hands alittle dirty ubiquiti does let you install the unifi protect controller on ubuntu which if you have an extra computer lying around or in the case of synology you could run a vm to manage the cameras and record the footage without needing the nvr this is what i do and one major reason why i love the unifi product stack no while i will say transfering large amounts of footage somewhere is not easy this can be made easier if you can do alittle bit of python programming with the requests library allowing you do handle the network calls and allowing you to save time by automating the process not saying its perfect but can be done which is the main reason why i like all of my network services to beable to be controlled from a browser because then i can just make a simple network program with python to automate anything i need other then that good review

[SCUBAScott]

Looks like you ran your CAT 6 right along electrical wiring. That is a big no-no. Not only is it a code violation to run high and low voltage wires together, it will also cause problems with your data. Your ethernet should cross high voltage at right angles and be as far away as possible for parallel runs. Some of the problems you are experiencing with your switch may be solved by getting away from the high voltage wiring.

[jrose]

Whaddup. Awesome job and thanks for sharing your setup. Seriously perfect real world review showing us exactly the type of things those who might be interested in doing the same type of setup instead of just spewing out specs. Lol. Btw yes. The G4 Pro is a beast. The PTZ is something stupid too.

[desolateones]

A real world install. Cheers from Australia :-)

[MajorTendonitis]

Great in-depth video . I went with ubiquiti after seeing there’s no subscription, plus it had the best video quality at night . I have five G4 pro cameras and one G3 pro . I swapped the G3 pro with a G4 pro after seeing the difference in picture . I’ll be using the G3 pro in my garage instead in order to monitor my cnc router table, so not like it’s a waste or anything.
I like your conduit idea going to a double gang box, great idea . My only concern with your install is running Ethernet cable beside your electrical power branches .
In the cable communications industry we avoid that, and we’re using shielding coax, but each to his own .

I’m not fond of the picture quality using IR, and have installed motion lights to help a bit . I’m disappointed that the newest doorbell camera, the G4 doorbell Pro, doesn’t have a direct Ethernet connection. Kind of disappointing, but I’ll buy one if they ever change