HIKVISION or DAHUA? Which one do you need?
In this world, choices are always hard to make if you were to compare two of the best products. With people telling you to choose Hikvison over Dahua and some is the other way round. Fret not! that is the reason why you stumbled upon this article.
By the end of this article, you will be able to decide between HIKVISION or DAHUA!
Hikvision has a global market share of 17% forecast in 2017, Dahua comes in second with a forecast of 5.5%. Which is at 12.5% lower than Hikvision. But just because overall people are choosing Hikvision, should you?
Lets see the differences between HIKVISION DS-2CD2042WD-I and DAHUA IPC-HFW4421 model.
Similarities
As you can see, they are very similar and both would be able to satisfy your needs. So there is no reason to choose Hikvision over Dahua or the other way round too. UNLESS you require face detection, scene change and missing object detection and to be able to do 3 simultaneous video stream. In that case, you would have to go with Dahua. Other than that, you can’t go wrong with either brands.
Alternatively
You can choose VSTARCAM which is cheaper and more suited for home use. They have waterproof cameras which you can use to install on a none-sheltered area too. You can check out the cameras at here or purchase it locally at their retail shop located at Singapore, 10 Jalan Besar, #03-43, Sim Lim Tower, 208787 .