Security Advice · Alarms What’s the Best Home Alarm System in NZ? Every alarm company’s answer to this is the brand they sell. Here is ours, with the reasoning shown – including the two cases where we would talk you out of the system we fit most. Joe Mills · Ajax Certified Installer · Level…
Security Advice · CCTV Can Your CCTV Record Audio? The New Zealand Rules Nearly every camera sold today has a microphone, and most of them arrive with it switched on. That single default is the most common way an otherwise careful CCTV system quietly crosses a line that has nothing to do with privacy law…
Security Advice · Commercial Business Security: What Actually Changes When It Is Not a House Most business owners arrive thinking a commercial system is a bigger version of a house one. The hardware often is. What changes is who uses it, when it arms, what it has to prove afterwards, and what the law asks…
Security Advice · CCTV Do Solar Security Cameras Actually Work in NZ? They arrive, they work, everyone is delighted. The question is never whether a solar camera works in January – it is what it is doing in its second July, and that is a different answer. Joe Mills · Ajax Certified Installer · Level…
Security Advice · CCTV Can Security Cameras Set Off an Alarm? Yes – but there are two completely different versions of yes, and most people asking the question have the second one in mind while being quietly sold the first. Here is the difference, in plain terms, from someone who fits both. Joe Mills ·…
Security Advice · CCTV Wired vs Wireless Security Cameras: Which Should You Fit? It is usually framed as two options. There are really three, they fail in completely different ways, and the right answer often depends on the building rather than the budget. Joe Mills · Ajax Certified Installer · Level Up Security, Whenuapai Updated…
Security Advice · Ajax Alarms Is Alarm Monitoring Worth It in New Zealand? A siren is a deterrent. Monitoring is a response. Whether you need the second one depends on things we can work out in about five minutes – and for a fair number of households the honest answer is no. Joe Mills ·…
Security Advice · CCTV How Many CCTV Cameras Do I Actually Need? Most people ask for a number and get sold one. The useful question is what each camera has to be able to show you – because that decides both how many you need and, more importantly, where they go. Joe Mills · Ajax…
Security Advice · CCTV How Long Does CCTV Footage Actually Last? Everybody asks how many cameras and almost nobody asks how many days. It is the same question – your recorder overwrites the oldest footage to make room, so storage is simply how far back you can see. Joe Mills · Ajax Certified Installer ·…
Security Advice · CCTV CCTV and Privacy Law in NZ: What You Can Actually Record Almost every camera we install raises the same question at some point in the visit: am I allowed to point it there? Here is the practical shape of the rules in New Zealand, and how we place cameras to stay…