home security camera mounts

Home Mounts for the Zmodo HD Wireless Bullet Outdoor Camera

The Zmodo HD Wireless Bullet Outdoor Camera comes from a company that’s been around the home security camera arena for some time.  The camera is an inexpensive and reliable option for those wanting an outdoor bullet camera. The Zmodo HD Wireless Bullet Outdoor Camera is made of metal and is fairly heavy coming in at about one pound.  Any alternative mount needs to be sturdy enough to handle the heavier device.  A mount made for a lightweight camera will not work. A decent mount is provided with the Zmodo camera.  It’s a ball and socket design that is fairly short. … Read more



Arlo Home Security Camera Mounts

Arlo is the home security camera line marketed by Netgear.  The Arlo Home Smart Security Camera has a few unique features not found in other cameras.  These are good cameras sporting a 720P lens and night vision capabilities.  They are easy to activate and can be accessed via smartphone applications readily available in the app stores.  Unlike some standalone cameras such as Dropcam, these attach to a common base station which is located near your home router.  When purchasing these, I suggest buying the number of cameras needed within your kit, as it’s always the least expensive way to do … Read more



Home Mounts and Tripods for Foscam Pan and Tilt Cameras

My first purchase of this brand was the Foscam FI8910W Indoor Pan/Tilt Wi-Fi Camera.  A good camera to customize but somewhat difficult to work with.  Unlike consumer oriented cameras such as a Nest Cam, these are made for customers with an IT background.  It’s not something that you can intuitively setup and get working out of the box without reading the instructions.  Even after reading the instructions, you need to poke around the internet to find things out. Many owners of these cameras are unaware of the presence of a mounting screw hole on the bottom of the camera.  Turn the … Read more



Mounts for the Uniden APPCAM 24HR Indoor Camera

The Uniden APPCAM 24HR Indoor Camera is a lower end home security entry from a company known for electronics.  The camera comes with a small swivel mount.  We’re going to look at alternative mounts for this camera. On the back of the Uniden APPCAM 24HR Indoor Camera you will find an industry standard tripod hole.  That hole measures 1/4″ – 20 threaded and this is where the provided table stand screws into.  This is excellent as it allows the introduction of many different mounts and tripods for this camera. The Uniden APPCAM 24HR Indoor Camera is an oddly shaped camera, especially on … Read more



Arkon’s Camera Mount Line

Arkon has been in business for a long time making affordable mounts.  They were quick to recognize that the devices they make mounts for goes out of style quickly and have expanded their line to offer mounts for things people want to mount when they want to mount it.  Going back ten years ago, cameras were the size of a toaster.  Mounting a Polaroid on a motorcycle or within your car simply was not an option.  Today everybody has a camera on their phone or for a small investment now own small action videocams that are used to video their … Read more



Mounts to Turn a Smartphone into a Home Security Camera

Like anyone who has been alive over the past ten years, I own several smartphones.  I recently upgraded my phone to an Apple iPhone 6s Plus.  I checked the going rates for the Apple iPhone 5s at was disappointed at the prices being offered so didn’t bother to sell it.  While investigating cloud services, I stumbled upon a few ways to turn a smartphone into a home security camera. There are two things to work on if turning your smartphone into a home security camera. First, there’s the software part.  There are several good apps and services that will turn your … Read more