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I guess most people have not heard of the brand Freecam before. If you tried Googling for the word “freecam”, you would chance upon a lot of NSFW links. I wished they have a better name.

Freecam is a security camera brand targetted at consumers by LSVT.

Glif is a tripod mount for smartphones by Studio Neat.

The first-generation Glif was launched on Kickstarter on 4th October 2010 where it raised US$137,417 from 5,273 backers out of their initial goal US$10,000.

Glif – Box

The D-Link Omna 180 Cam HD (DSH-C310) was launched in Singapore early this month and is retailing for S$319 in stores and on Apple Singapore Online Store.

The unique selling point of this camera is Apple HomeKit integration. Apple HomeKit is Apple’s proprietary answer to it’s Smart Home solution.

D-Link Omna 180 Cam HD – Box Front

Beseye is a Taiwanese company that does home cameras and cloud services.

Its first product is Beseye Pro. Beseye Pro is a wi-fi monitoring camera that has won the reddot award 2015 because of its smooth design and clever magnetic mounting.

Beseye Pro – Box Front

Blink started out as a Kickstarter project where it raised a total of US$1,069,386 from 6,879 backers out of the initial goal of US$200,000.

It was shipped to backers in May 2015.

Blink Starter Kit – Box Side

ViDi Action Camera was born out of a Kickstarter Project.

The Kickstarter project raised a total of US$151,880 out of their initial goal of US$25,000 from 1,253 backers. They have started shipping the camera in December 2015.

ViDi Action Camera – Box Front

The Lomography’s Lomo’Instant was borned out of a Kickstarter Project two years ago. It garnered 8,448 backers with a total of US$1,118,333 pledged out of their initial goal of US$100,000.

There are several designs available and prices range between S$168 and S$258 on Lomography Online Store.

Lomo’Instant – Box

I am intending to mount my Nest Cam outside my new house. If you are like me and intend to mount it outside, you would probably need three Nest Cam accessories.

Unfortunately, all three accessories doesn’t ship to Singapore directly from Amazon and hence you have to use a freight forwarder like HopShopGo.

Nest Cam Accessories – Boxes

Bought the Nest Cam from Amazon for US$183.90 (S$265). It qualifies for the free AmazonGlobal Saver Shipping and hence shipping to Singapore is free.

US$183.90 is not the lowest price, it went down to $168.99 during Black Friday 2015 but unfortunately, I miss out on that promotion.

Nest Cam – Box Front