Protect Your Home This Holiday Season
Posted on Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
Forget worrying about Father Christmas sliding down your chimney this Christmas, its burglars you want to keep out. Winter, and Christmas in particular, sees a peek in domestic burglaries; with cold, dark nights and families away from their home, it provides the perfect opportunity for criminals to strike.
In recent years the risk of becoming a victim of crime during the winter months have increased, mainly due to extended hours of darkness providing the perfect cover and the ever decreasing temperature driving people off the streets. All of which reduce the chance of burglars being caught, making your property increasingly more vulnerable to opportunistic thieves.
This problem increases around Christmas, with criminals taken advantage of houses stocked up with presents, or those left unattended whilst people spend time away visiting relatives.
How can you protect your family and property?
Home surveillance is one of the best ways to protect your home, belongings and, most importantly, your family. With the ability to record and monitor from anywhere in the world, an IP camera can make you feel safer and more secure as well as act as a deterrent, considerably reducing the risk of break-ins.
You are able to program what, when and where your camera monitors. Whether that is watching over a vulnerable loved one during these colder months, surveying your property through the dark nights or the option to be alerted on any movements while you and your family are away, you can be reassured that your loved ones and possessions are safe.
Y-cam offers an affordable and easy to install home security camera that enables you to utilise features including remote viewing via any PC or Mac and through our free Multilive app on an iPhone, Android, Blackberry or Symbian smart phone. Alongside Y-cam’s motion detection with email and FTP alerts and easy recording capabilities, with on board microSD slot, Y-cam’s NAS-Ready feature or direct to your computer’s hard drive, users can have a low-cost, robust home security set-up in minutes.
Y-cam internal and external cameras are also available with night vision, PoE and 2-way audio, providing you with the option of even more ways to secure your home.
For more information on Y-cam’s products and features please visit www.y-cam.com.
