Where to install security cameras and how to mount them: heights, angles, the five spots that cover most homes, and a 20-minute wireless install walkthrough.
Updated October 18, 2026 · prices checked October 18, 2026
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| Camera | Resolution | Power | Amazon rating | Bought last month | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eufy SoloCam S340 | 3K | Solar + battery | 4.2 (7,012) | 6,000+ | $199.99 | Check Price at Amazon |
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| eufy Video Doorbell E340 | 2K + delivery lens | Wired or battery | 4.0 (4,488) | 5,000+ | $149.99 | Check Price at Amazon |
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Camera placement beats camera price. A $45 camera at the right height and angle outperforms a $250 camera badly mounted. This page is the install manual we wish every box included: where cameras go, how high, what angle, and the order that gets a wireless system live in an afternoon.
Start with the front door - the one spot every visitor and every package crosses. A doorbell or an eave-mounted camera at 8-10 feet covers it. Second: the driveway, where vehicles and side gates live - a floodlight or solar camera handles it. Third: the back door, statistically the entry burglars prefer. Fourth: one indoor hallway camera, which sees movement from every other room. Fifth, if the budget stretches: a yard corner pan/tilt camera, which sweeps what three fixed cameras would miss.
Mount outdoor cameras 8-10 feet up: above head reach, close enough to catch a face at 15-30 degrees of downward tilt. Too high (second-story eaves) and you record hats; too low and the camera becomes a target. Avoid pointing at sunrise and sunset paths - backlighting whites out faces - and mind neighbor property; pointing into it is both rude and, in some states, legally messy.
Indoors, eye-level shelves beat ceiling corners: a lens at 4.5-5.5 feet sees faces instead of hair-partings. Keep the lens out of direct window backlight, and prefer corners that see two walls of the room plus the door.
Charge the camera fully first. Pair it in the app while standing next to your router, install firmware updates, then carry it to the mount point and check the live view before drilling - signal bars and framing both. Mark the holes with the included template, drill, mount, angle down 15-30 degrees, then draw motion zones in the app so passing cars do not ping you all week.
Dual-lens 3K solar camera that tops Amazon's outdoor best-seller list month after month.
Best for: Most homes: a set-and-forget outdoor camera that never needs a subscription.
A 4K indoor camera at $59.99 — the sharpest budget-per-pixel indoors, zero fees.
Best for: The default indoor pick: living rooms, nurseries, pet watch.
Dual-camera doorbell: a 2K downward lens for head-to-toe packages, no subscription.
Best for: The default porch pick: package theft is the #1 doorbell complaint and this answers it.
Front door first, then driveway, then back door, then one indoor hallway camera. Those four spots cover the overwhelming majority of home incidents.
8-10 feet outdoors - out of easy reach, close enough to read faces. Indoors, eye level on a shelf outperforms ceiling corners.
15-30 degrees downward tilt outdoors, framing the approach rather than the horizon. Test in the app before final-tightening the mount.
Wireless and solar cameras: yes - typically 10-20 minutes with a drill and the included template. Wired and floodlight models want existing wiring or an electrician.