Re: Does anybody have experience with the following equipment?

["Bob La Londe" <onebikenut@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Robert Macy" <robert.a.macy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Dec 19, 10:11 pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Dec 19, 3:53 pm, Robert Macy <robert.a.m...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > Anybody have experiences, good/bad? with any of the following
>> > Supercircuits products:
>>
>> > Outdoor Day/Night Camera: BLK-CZT242VH
>> > 8 channel DVR: BLK-DH200800D
>> > 8 Camera PS: DC12-8CAMHP
>>
>> > Easy to install, reliable, etc.
>>
>> Most .... alot of Supercircuits and Security Cameras Direct products
>> are low to medium quality level. Some are pretty good but they are the
>> one's that cost the most. The problem is ..... you never know if the
>> one your are buying is a good low priced product or a cheap low priced
>> product. We (in the trade) can buy low priced CCTV equipment from our
>> suppliers also but .... those of us who want to retain customers for
>> the long haul are not willing to take the risk of buying a cheap
>> product that we are warrantying. I don't want to have to go back to a
>> customer in a year to replace a camera or DVR that hasn't lasted. I
>> don't do as much CCTV installation as the people who use the cheap
>> stuff but the products I put in last and last and last. And that's the
>> issue I always raise when someone who has asked me for a quote and see
>> that my pricing is on the high side. I don't install crap. I'd rather
>> not get the job than have to make excuses because what I installed
>> failed or my customer see's his friends system that looks twice as
>> good as what I put in. I've got cameras and DVR's in the field for ten
>> or more years with out a failure ( except for hard drives, which is
>> expected) Maybe some of the cheaper products would last as long, I
>> don't know, but I'm not going to take the chance.
>>
>> Most of it is easy to install (for me) Some of the DVR setup for
>> remote viewing can be a PITA though. Mainly because the mfg techs
>> don't want to get into helping you make changes to the customers
>> routers/networks etc. They don't want to be involved if a router get's
>> bricked or a breach in security is caused. Can't blame them ....
>> though. I always tell the client that there's a possibility that they
>> may have to call in an IT guy to set up their network for remote
>> viewing.
>
> Jim,
>
> Thank you for your comments. Yes, in security systems, I'm buying the
> FUNCTION not the COMPONENT.  Therefore, it should last years, and
> years.
>
> We're located 40 miles north of Phoenix. Where are you physically
> located?  Can I buy such a system through your books?
>
> Even with shipping might save substantially and improve your volume.
> Please let me know.


Sedona?

I am in Yuma myself.  Don't usually go outside the Yuma Valley, but I do
have  a client in Sentinel and another in Wenden.  They said they couldn't
even get anybody else to take care of them.