OK, it may sound like I'm ragging on Lorex at this point, but you're harder on the ones you love, right? And I genuinely like Lorex's cameras.
The package you get with Lorex's $450 Smart Home Security Center isn't terrible if you want its particular mix of devices, but it's too restrictive in its offerings, and the price tag feels unnecessarily inflated by the range extender and touchscreen hub. I have a lot of feelings about home security hub devices, but essentially they boil down to these: First, decent home security apps provide all the settings and monitoring capabilities hubs do, but usually with a better user interface second, a basic touchscreen hub interface feels outmoded in a market with ever-smartening displays, from Amazon Echoes to Nest Hubs. This has the benefit of keeping them running when your Wi-Fi goes out, but it has a number of drawbacks, too. Rather than the cameras connecting directly to your phone, they connect to the Smart Home Center network video recorder using its built-in Wi-Fi router. The hub, too, feels like an unnecessary addition. The cameras work well, although they don't look particularly up-to-date. (This extra expense can be avoided, however, if you simply buy the smart home center and two cameras a la carte.)
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Sure, if you want to monitor an outbuilding, or if you plan to install one of the cameras in the backyard, a range extender is a great idea – but it seems odd to include the $80 device in every base package sold. I set up the cameras on opposite sides of my house and experienced no connectivity issues. The range extender works well enough, but it simply won't be necessary for many people. What inflates the starter system's price tag are the other two devices: a range extender and a touchscreen hub. Midrange security cams like Lorex's are going to cost over a hundred bucks no matter which brand you buy, and as expected they sell for about $100 each on the website. In this case, though, it's not the cameras that account for this difference in price. For that price, the four pieces of hardware – a touchscreen monitor, a range-extender and two security cameras – may feel a little paltry at first.Ĭompetitors like SimpliSafe and Ring, two of the best home security systems on the market, include a lot more hardware with their similarly priced systems – and don't even mention budget-friendly options like Wyze, where $450 would buy you a veritable camera-copia. If you get the basic $450 Lorex Smart Home Security Center package as I did, you might be surprised at how few devices you find when you first open the box.
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