Home Security Cameras That Still Work In January
Professionally installed, hardwired camera systems for Milwaukee area homes. No monthly fees to watch your own footage. No batteries to swap in the cold. Installed by our own team, never a subcontractor.
- No monthly subscription to view or store your footage
- Limited lifetime warranty on every new installation
- Free in-home quote with no obligation and no pressure
- Already bought cameras? We will install what you own
4 things worth knowing before you buy a security camera
Over 20 years serving Milwaukee homeowners • 5.0 on Google • Bilingual team • No subcontractors
The Four Things Homeowners Ask Us Most
You are researching. That is the right thing to do. Here are straight answers to the questions that usually come up, including the ones most companies avoid.
“A kit from the store is a lot cheaper.”
Up front, yes. Then the subscription starts. Many popular systems charge to store and review your own footage, and that fee never stops. Over a few years it often costs more than a professional system that has no fee at all.
The bigger cost is the one nobody prices in. When footage is grainy, missing, or the app will not load on the one morning you actually need it, the system did not save you anything.
Our packages start at $2,500 installed with no monthly fee attached. We break that down further below.
“Do I really need it hardwired?”
In Wisconsin, it matters more than most places. Battery cameras lose capacity in deep cold, so the season you most want coverage is the season they are most likely to be dead. Wi-Fi cameras drop signal through the thick masonry and plaster common in older Milwaukee homes.
POE cameras run power and video over one cable. No batteries, no Wi-Fi dependency, no seasonal surprises.
“I already bought my cameras.”
Then keep them. We install customer-supplied equipment, and we will tell you honestly if what you bought will do the job before we take the work.
You are not required to purchase hardware through us to hire us. Our limited lifetime warranty still covers the labor on the installation either way.
“What happens after the install?”
You call us and we answer. Not a call center in another state, and not a contractor we hired who has moved on. The people who installed your system are the people who service it.
We are a Milwaukee company. We use no subcontractors. If something needs attention in two years, we are still here.
Store-Bought Kit vs. A Professional System
Both have a place. Here is the difference so you can decide which one actually fits your home.
| Store-Bought Kit | RedBird Installation | |
|---|---|---|
| Ongoing fees | Common monthly charge to store and review footage | None. Footage records locally and is yours |
| Power and signal | Batteries and Wi-Fi | POE, hardwired power and video on one cable |
| Wisconsin winter | Battery capacity drops sharply in deep cold | Unaffected by temperature |
| Older Milwaukee homes | Signal struggles through masonry and plaster | Cable runs solve it permanently |
| Night footage | Often too soft to identify anyone | Commercial-grade sensors and proper placement |
| Installation | Your weekend, your ladder, your drill | Our team, cables concealed, tested before we leave |
| Warranty | Typically one year on the hardware | Limited lifetime warranty on the installation |
| When it fails | A support line and a help forum | A local team that shows up |
What A Professional System Actually Costs
Most companies make you fill out a form before they will talk about price. Here is the number.
Installed. No monthly fee, ever.
Why it is a range and not one flat price. Camera count matters, but so does how your home is built. Eight cameras on a century-old duplex with plaster walls and no attic access is a different day of work than four on a newer build. We look at the actual house before we quote it, and the number we give you is the number you pay.
Worth doing the math on. A subscription-based kit looks cheaper the day you buy it, then charges you every month for as long as you own it, and stops working the moment you stop paying. A system installed here has no monthly fee attached to it at all. Over the years you will actually live in your home, that gap closes faster than most people expect, and you end up owning the system instead of renting access to it.
Work We Have Done Around Milwaukee
Not stock photography. These are homes in the area, installed by our own crew.
Colgate, WI
8 POE cameras, full exterior coverage
Milwaukee, WI
4 POE cameras, cabling concealed in walls
Milwaukee Area
Home camera install by our own crewThree Steps, No Surprises
You should know exactly what you are agreeing to before you agree to it.
We walk your property
We come to your home, look at the angles that matter, and talk through what you are actually trying to see. This visit is free and there is no obligation attached to it.
You get a clear quote
Written, itemized, and explained in plain language. You will know the camera count, the placement, and the price before anything is scheduled. If a smaller system is the right call, we will say so.
We install and test it
Our own team runs the cable, mounts the cameras, and configures remote viewing on your phone. We do not leave until you have pulled up the footage yourself and it works.
What You Are Protected By
Limited Lifetime Warranty
Every new camera installation we complete is backed by our limited lifetime warranty.
No Subcontractors
The team that quotes your job is the team that installs it and services it later.
Free Consultation
The visit and the quote cost nothing. There is no pressure to move forward.
Your Equipment Welcome
Already own cameras? Hire us for the installation only. That is a normal request here.
What Milwaukee Homeowners Say
I had cameras installed. Danny, the lead tech was very friendly, mannerable and did an excellent job. Mario was also on the site and very pleasant to deal with. I am really satisfied with the work they completed and would recommend them to anyone.
This company did such an excellent job and were very professional installing my security cameras. I would highly recommend RedBird Technology Solutions to anyone having security cameras installed. Thank you.
Contracted RedBird Technology Solutions for a light fixture and security camera/floodlight installation. There was great communication and fast availability. The installations turned out great. Overall, the service was top notch. A+++
Frequently Asked Questions
No. The monthly fee comes from cloud-based systems that store your footage on someone else’s servers. Systems that record locally to an NVR on your property have no recurring charge, because the footage never leaves your home.
Every system we install for homeowners records locally. You own the footage and you pay nothing to look at it. That is one of the main reasons people call us after living with a subscription for a year or two.
Wireless is easier to install and easier to move. Wired is more reliable, and for a permanent home system reliability is the thing that matters.
Wired POE cameras carry power and video over a single cable, so there is nothing to charge and no signal to lose. Wireless cameras depend on Wi-Fi strength and battery life, both of which fail at inconvenient times, especially through the thick walls of older Milwaukee homes and in Wisconsin cold.
For most homes we recommend POE. We install both, and we will tell you honestly which one your property calls for.
Yes. A system that records to a local NVR or recorder on site does not require a subscription at any point. Cloud plans are optional conveniences, not requirements.
This is standard for the systems we install. No plan, no tier, no fee to review your own recordings.
Not to record. A wired system with a local recorder captures and stores footage whether or not the internet is up, which is exactly what you want during an outage.
Internet is only needed for the extras: watching live from your phone while you are away, and motion alerts. We can build the system either way depending on what you want.
Four things come up repeatedly:
- Signal drops cause lag, gaps in recording, and cameras that show as offline.
- Batteries need regular charging, and cold weather shortens how long they last.
- A poorly secured Wi-Fi camera is a larger security exposure than a wired one.
- Placement is limited to wherever your Wi-Fi actually reaches, which is rarely where you need the camera.
None of this makes Wi-Fi cameras useless. It does mean they are a weaker fit for permanent home coverage than a wired system.
Resolution high enough to identify a face rather than just notice a shape. Night performance that holds up, since most of what you will want to review happened after dark. Motion alerts you can tune so you are not ignoring them by week two. Weather-rated housings for anything outdoors. A dependable power source, which in practice means POE.
The part people underestimate is placement. A well-placed mid-range camera beats an expensive one pointed at the wrong angle. That judgment is most of what you are hiring an installer for.
Our home security camera packages start at $2,500 installed, and that includes professional installation by our own team and a limited lifetime warranty on the work. There is no monthly fee attached to it.
Where a project lands above that depends on camera count and on how your home is built. A four-camera install on a newer home is a different job than eight cameras on a century-old duplex with plaster walls and difficult cable routing. We come out, look at the actual house, and give you an itemized written quote for free. The number we give you is the number you pay.
Yes, and it is a common request. You are not required to buy hardware from us to hire us for the work.
We will look at what you have and tell you plainly whether it will do what you are hoping. If it will, we install it properly. Our limited lifetime warranty covers our labor regardless of who supplied the equipment.
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We come to your home, look at what you actually need, and give you a straight answer and a clear price. If a smaller system is the right call, we will tell you that.
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