I unfortunately did spring for a Nanit, but am keen to stop paying the subscription... any pointers of a resource you'd encourage me to look at to try to the same thing you did?
and the camera has a standard 1/4" female thread mount, so also a stand to hold the camera. And in the UniFi protect setting enable "Hallway Mode" to rotate it 90 degrees to get the length of baby.
- For a Unifi Protect console (basically an NVR), there's lots of other options too. The one I linked I also use as my Network controller and wifi gateway. I assume it's possible to just use it as a Protect server/NVR (but I also recommend Unifi Wifi)
- The G6 camera, since its meant for normal security uses, is wide by default. But I like it flipped 90 degrees for baby monitoring. Just find the advanced setting that lets you enabled "Hallway Mode" and it flips it 90 degrees so you a tall skinny screen
- Also, to save money, you can get an UCG-Max (linked above) without an SSD, then just install your own nvme SSD. Can get a semi-cheap one since you don't really need super high write and read speeds. But decent endurance would be good.
- I also use the 'privacy area' feature to black out areas in my camera that aren't baby. That way I make sure I'm not recording anything else, and it makes the video storage more efficient.
- You can run Tailscale on the UCG-Max which is another way to enable out-of-home access if you don't want to enable Ubiquiti's cloud services: https://github.com/SierraSoftworks/tailscale-udm
