I rent so I cannot set up a wired system. I need two of them and preferably they’d be okay in severe weather. Thunderstorms are common in spring / autumn as is severe weather including tornadoes. In fact my house nearly got hit by one two months ago. Fun times. Summers are hot and sometimes humid. Currently 90s. Triple digits probably late this month or next.
We don’t typically get snow in the winter but it can get cold. Reached zero degrees last December. Supposed to be “rare” but climate is changing and whatnot.
Would prefer to keep it under $300 for both cameras but I’m willing to bump it up a little for better quality if necessary.
If you’re technical and have a spare windows license and machine sitting around, you could hook up cameras to a local Blue Iris instance and block direct internet access for whatever cameras are on your network.
BI is a pain to use though, and finding cameras that work well and support rtsp (or other supported protocols) can be tricky. I run a few wyze mini v3’s with a custom firmware in this configuration and they work great.