G4 Bullet

[@phillipcoiner4232]

There is a bug with the IR ring / internal IR illuminator in fact there are a whole lot of bugs. Something to think about when using the internal IR is that bugs can see it and are attracted to it, well, like bugs to a light . This means that bugs can trip the recording and on a particularly buggy night your video will look like a snow storm of bugs. That is why on my setup I use a separate IR illuminator to illuminate the area I'm interested in as far a way from the camera as possible. Folks in the buggy parts of the world need to be aware of this.

[@dereknoll364]

I just ordered the G4 Bullet as my first Unifi camera to replace Amazon Cloudcams. The G4 Bullet arrives tomorrow and am anxious to install it inside the home. Thanks for the great review! I love your channel and all the work you put into it. I refer back to your videos often.

[@1800dontcare]

Can literally see you smiling so hard riding in that Mini Tesla lol

[@SupremeRuleroftheWorld]

riding a tesla usually makes people smile.

[@arigornstrider]

Releases video claiming to be about camera just to show off Tesla mini... 😁

[@peterg.8245]

I’m still running G2’s at 720p for 4 years. I did upgrade from the NVR to Protect last year and I have a pile of G3’s to upgrade from when I though they were dying but they haven’t yet.

[@Dumdm]

Great video! Would also love to see a comparison between G4 bullet and G4 Pro image quality at the same field of view, especially for night time shots. The optical zoom on the G4 Pro should make this possible.

[@KasperPilsted]

The G4 Pro has powered zoom. it could have been interesting to have it set to the same zoom level as the G4 bullet for the comparisons

[@emmittdariel4613]

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[@emmittdariel4613]

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[@emmittdariel4613]

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[@abdullahmarlon8659]

@Emmitt Dariel glad I could help :)

[@marcel151]

@@emmittdariel4613 Nice acting you two did there.

[@danielbanks7337]

Been looking to upgrade my personal G3 range of cams and answered a tonne of questions. Great video 👍

[@gaspo53]

You do the most comprehensive reviews of all internet. Thanks, A LOT!

[@brunosalezze]

I've reada couple of G4 bullet issues, about blurry images at night, out-of-focus during the day, etc. Happy to see that is not wide spread.

[@D3nn.s]

I laughed so hard when you said I'm gonna take my Tesla out, and you showed the toy car.

[@ecu8r]

Best Ubiquiti reviews, thanks I'm waiting for my G4 Bullets to arrive any moment now.

[@theveryfirst]

This guy leaves no stone unturned in his investigations. I have 2 g4 bullets. Very happy with them.

[@tavarisjones551]

104F temp rating doesn't seem like enough for an outdoor camera in the south... loved the tesla driveby :)

[@robertlockwood3425]

I guess that includes most of the Southwest - it was 116 F here near LA a couple of weeks ago.

[@richardcharlesworth2020]

Texas here, I had the same reaction.

[@dm-ohio]

Thank you for taking your time showing us the comparison!

[@atimbancaya]

Great review but a little bummed you didn't go over more details as your previous reviews. A few things to note: 1. It has a limited operating temperature of 104 degrees vs 122 degrees (G3/Flex). Huge hit for those in hot climates 2. G4 looks like the picture is significantly cropped vs G3. Perhaps it's the resolution difference? 3. Zoom in clarity using night vision to show its sharpness and facial details of a person at night

[@shadow.banned]

Agreed on #2.

[@MajorTendonitis]

I purchased the G3 and G4 pro last year . Haven’t installed yet ,but I’m getting concerned when I see a lot reviews on Amazon that claim theres fogging issues with the G4

[@egx2236]

Finally, I found a real review of this product. Thank you

[@maxdidkovsky9030]

Man, i like your videos so much. It's a huge time and money saver for me. Thank you.

[@Anthraxnz64]

been waiting for something like this for a while now, I'll be getting the G4-Bullet. Thanks for the video!

[@michaelpayne8102]

The main question (IMO) is have they fixed the IR gate issue? I've had multiple failures over the past few years and it's always the same issue, stuck gates.

[@smartlifesystems]

very nice review... one thing I can't understand though... when comparing quality with 4K pro, why not use optical zoom to even field of view?

[@WillyVLD]

I think I will stick with the G3+IR extender (Unifi solution) as its compact but definitly increases the night vision capability. For my future camera's its definitly worth looking into.

[@crizz6397]

I would love to see an RTSP setup using the UDMpro

[@grumpyyyrider]

Literally best Tesla review channel on KZbin!!

[@alfa8822]

Great video! I'd like to see the G4 Pro at full resolution for all these tests. Max pixels.

[@Friitzxe]

I actually really like these smaller youtuber videos

[@kingcam5408]

I have one installed in a gymnasium on a wall behind a basketball goal and it has been hit twice with a basketball. No issues, other than having to readjust it.

[@jerrybelloit9335]

Chris, Good review but I have a question about the comparison of the G4 and the G4 pro in being able to recognize who it was walking in front of the cameras. Shouldn’t you be able to recognize the face by zooming in (without using the optical zoom) on the G4Pro vs the G4 since the resolution is much greater? In your video, I would think that using the G4 Pro zoomed (again with the optical zoom) in you could easily recognize the face at your driveway sidewalk and perhaps even the sidewalk across the street. Or am I missing something?

[@marty5300]

Damn.. I just bought a few G4 bullet cams, I didn't realize the pro had such a wide FOV. Oh well, they're literally double the price. I guess I will make do slumming it with the regular g4 bullet lol

[@treybielefeld5847]

OMG! Where did you get the ethernet color code layout picture on your office wall?

[@fjl05]

I have one, in my head lol

[@ShaneOSullivanky]

Have had the G4 bullet for around two months now and was about to get the new g4 dome but man, the night quality of that g4 pro is incredible.

[@toysareforboys1]

Is it full colour at night?

[@1800dontcare]

@@toysareforboys1 no it’s black n white

[@jeppeboetkjaer]

@@toysareforboys1 if you want colour at night look at Hikvision ColourVu. I love Chris’ videos and have a ton of Unify equipment, but for surveillance Hikvision is just superior in quality price and flexibility.

[@Michaellpl]

@@jeppeboetkjaer with a free chinese botnet ;)

[@jeppeboetkjaer]

@@Michaellpl Well cant get it all now can we 🤗. I for one is just not prepared to pay overprice for a lesser product. Then Unify needs to start monitoring me and give me some discount, oh and make cameras that records in colour at night 😎.

[@ceratch]

i was waiting so long for this :-) thanks!

[@patison4ik5]

That 1:52 timing was just excellent!

[@kallespears6432]

Another great video. Looking forward to a test of the G4-Dome.

[@padden999]

11:09 - Yeah lets hope your new neighbours do not see this... :-)

[@CrosstalkSolutions]

If they don't think I'm crazy yet, they will at some point I'm sure.

[@jmhm17]

Im sure the mounts are the same. Makes a refresh much easier to install

[@orobertg]

Packed with great info, thanks for sharing.

[@paullasko2023]

I bought a half dozen (newer) 802.3af G3 bullets and the IR cut filter failed on nearly all of them. Thankfully most happened under warranty. Interesting that you sold hundreds of the G3 cameras and described them as bulletproof. Cut filter failure happened enough that there are KZbin videos on how to fix the problem.

[@RayPohl]

This was actually the reason I watched this video, I was hoping to find out whether or not the G3 bullet filter problem had been fixed on the G4 bullet.

[@luked8380]

Taken delivery of three of these direct from UB Europe. Two adopted and working fine, but the third was semi-DoA. It would accept PoE but network connection was dead. UB agreed it need RMA'ing. Other than that, good product IMO.

[@pe1pqx321]

Nice review... But I missed the test with de G3 and G4 bullets with the external IR illuminator as you did with the G4 pro. Like to see a comparison with that also. Reason is I am a HAM-radio operator and want to 'monitor' my 12mtr + tower with a G3 bullet. IR illumination is required then. (for the users out there: IR wavelength should be around 850nm)

[@zackjones8681]

I want to get one of those T568B posters/paintings where did you get yours from?

[@shadow.banned]

I like the G3 Bullet's wider field of view, even for 1080p. The G4 Bullet seems to be zoomed in, which wouldn't work very well for a driveway.

[@lu4414]

Instead of an IR light is not best to use a flood light?

[@MaxGoddur]

Could you please setup a link in your links for the injector for use with the Ubiquiti Bullet G4 Camera. After watching your video it became obvious why my new G4 Bullet camera was not working as you mention the newer cameras no longer support the use 24volts. All my injectors are 24V. This is my first addition to my system in the form of G4 cameras all of mine are either G3 or Dome cameras. Thank you.

[@joshavan]

G4 Pro has optical zoom. Could u zoom into the same field of view as the G4 and then check clarity?

[@javaman2883]

That external IR illuminatioin could be a great thing to extend the life of the G3, just put one on each side of the drivewa.

[@lastsonofthewest2444]

I love my G4 Pro, now I know why! Great video.

[@shadow.banned]

That mount could be a little more subtle. The camera looks sleek without the mount. Kind of looks like a Google Nest camera.

[@rgms573]

Great review! I live in Arizona and I want to replace my Nest cameras. Do you think this cameras will perform well during the summer?

[@YouAreOnTheWoodway]

Nice coffee plant in your office 😁 Thanks for your great comparison!

[@mrunmoyable]

Hi, great comparison! I have a question, does unifi protect requires active internet connection for the cameras to work and send notifications to your phone when at home. Not asking about when outside, just when your on the LAN and the ISP internet is dead, what happens to the ability to view them on phone and get notified on events ? Same question about their video doorbell.

[@bradgaeth]

Thanks Chris! I purchased the IR illuminator using your link. Looking forward to trying it out. Is the mounting hardware the same for all 3 cameras: G3, G4 and G4 PRO ? Let's say I mount the G4 and want to swap out the camera body later with the G4 PRO. Can I do that without removing the camera mount secured to the wall? Same size?

[@CrosstalkSolutions]

G3 Bullet and G4 Bullet cameras have the same mounting hardware. The G4 Pro is a bit bigger, but basically the same - you'd have to drill different holes for the Pro.

[@carlkloo]

@@CrosstalkSolutions And by "the same" you mean that they are identical in size? So it would be possible to replace a G3 bullet with the G4 bullet without swapping the mount? It was a bit unclear in the video whether this would be possible or not... :-)

[@jadamsnz]

Of all your excellent videos this is the first to make me laugh out loud.

[@Mangorille]

Thanks for the overview and review! You mention that the mounts look the same, but can I use the G3 Bullet mount for a G4 Bullet? I have a bunch of these mounts already screwed into concrete and would be a lot easier just to swap the camera itself.

[@mannyteixeira2773]

Chris, I like the music and I think you should add this song to all your future videos.

[@ClubbersGuideCanada]

Would you consider the Unifi NVR or UDM-Pro for a first time buyer? Especially if one has Unifi APs with a USG and Cloud Key1. They are similar in pricing in Canada with the Pro being about ~$100 more.

[@StinguPlay]

okok :) but where is G3 bullet vs G4 bullet test? IR and externel IR?

[@cptjimmy15]

Have you tried using these with the UDM -pro and CKG2 or just the NVR? how was the performance on the others? I currently have 2 G4 Pros and 3 G3 Pros on my UDM-pro and the video playback is all grainy and laggy. Nothing like the quality your getting. Wondering if the NVR just does Protect better.

[@Dreamer1950s]

Great video! Love the 'auto' gag. :P Great music, who is it? Oh, note: there is a huge difference between a 'second' and a 'moment'.

[@Yoda0103]

Hi Chris. Thank you. A great video that has got me thinking about my own setup which I am starting from nothing. I dont suppose you have a video coming up on the the UniFi Switch Flex Utility? Thanks

[@vitaminman98]

Tesla bit earned the subscribe. Great vid!

[@KennethSkertchly]

Would have liked to see the G3 Pro included in the comparison

[@norcalsrt1214]

What about ubiquiti stopping support or hosting for the cams it will all be pushed through the protect now

[@SeanTymon]

Thank you for this Chris!

[@majormaccas]

Why did you restrict the bitrate of the G4 cameras to match the G3? What was the point?

[@shaneanderson9082]

Please review the software. What recording triggers do you have? IR, face recognition etc. Cheers

[@UnstupidTube]

do you know if the mount for the G3 will work with the G4? Can I just unscrew the nut that screws into the back of the G3 camera head and screw it onto the G4? Would love to upgrade but don't want to redo all the mounts.

[@CrosstalkSolutions]

They look to be identical in size, yes.

[@briancasper399]

@@CrosstalkSolutions since you have both of them literally on your desk, can you *actually* try it? :-)

[@bradgaeth]

Do you think Ubiquiti will come out with a turret style outdoor camera?

[@CrosstalkSolutions]

They have a PTZ camera in EA.

[@WesHicks1]

***Do you know if UniFi will come out with Person Detection? I spent a lot of money on these cameras and motion detection is nearly worthless as spider webs set them off each night, making them somewhat worthless (in terms of motion detection). Thanks!!

[@SuperhumanImagesInc]

Replaced a Nest doorbell with the G4 Doorbell only to find out it is also missing person detection. You know...the only thing you really need it to do...it doesn't do it. That was missed in the G4 doorbell review.

[@WesHicks1]

@@SuperhumanImagesInc UniFi has no pressure on them to produce this as every youtuber review I have seen never mentions it for some reason.

[@otthh]

person detection is in beta right now, g4 does support it

[@WesHicks1]

@@otthh Is it? I have G4s. Do you have a link that mentions this or we can download person detection?

[@otthh]

@@WesHicks1 it is called „smart detection“ community.ui.com/releases/UniFi-Protect-1-16-0-beta-2/eb8cc90d-7ecd-456f-ba98-fb6f288bc091

[@icsx]

Why did you stop selling cameras and such to customers?

[@rancidbeef582]

Does the G4 Bullet still support RSTP? Although I probably would be able to get the RSTP feed from Protect anyway. I'm looking at using it to feed a computer vision server to detect humans or dogs (hopefully coyotes) in my yard rather than just motion.

[@CrosstalkSolutions]

Yes it does support RTSP.

[@JeremyMcMahan]

Yes it does. In fact, I'm pulling a G4-Bullet and 3 G3-Flex cameras into OBS for a little fun-n-games.

[@arjanmoes9503]

To bad that you don’t live in the woods no more. Those bear videos where awesome.

[@CrosstalkSolutions]

Yea - a bit of a different environment now for sure!

[@jutsco]

Hi Chris do you know how well those cameras works in cold weather? Here in Finland might be lower than -20 degrees. I'm really interested, but just worried what happens if it's too cold.

[@Yairiff]

Here in Israel it can get over 40 degrees, also worried...

[@blueline15]

For what it’s worth, I’ve had a G3 bullet outside for 5 years on a commercial building with no roof overhang protection and it’s not uncommon we see temps 0 to -10 Fahrenheit in the winter and 110 to 115 Fahrenheit in the summer and have had zero issues with this camera in those conditions. I’m assuming they built in overhead on their outdoor temp ratings.

[@craigpatno7268]

Amazing video work with the overlays showing the different field of view. You said you use to deploy Unifi Video, does that mean you don't sell Protect to your customers? If so what surveillance system are you using?

[@Yairiff]

Hi Chris, do you know if there is improvement when setting bitrate to maximum? 6000kbps is the maximum? Because 1440p stream at same bitrate of 1080p stream will lead to over compression or something, I guess... Maybe a fair comparison will be with bitrate proportional to the pixel count: 2MP@6000kbps = 4MP@12000kbps, am I right?

[@LuftdroneDk]

Good review as always :) I recently switched from USG to UDM Pro and also from Video to Protect. However I was so disappointed with the motion detection algorithm and general lack of features that I had to factory reset all my G3’s and Flex and bring back my NVR 🤨 I really hope they improve that range of products significantly or I will have to go back to HIKVision (prices have dropped a lot) once the NVR is forced into EOL.

[@gwolanin]

With any of these cameras, can you adjust the shutter speed in order to capture license plates during the day? If you can make adjustments to the shutter speed can it be automated?

[@javier16ize]

Will you do or have you done a video on the unifi NVR? I would like to see how it works

[@apainter1000]

Hey Chris, I use the G3 bullets with the UniFi IR Range Extender, is the G4 bullet compatible with them? It would also be nice to see if the G4 will mount onto the G3 fittings, so I dont have to remove the actual mount when it comes to swaping out the G3s for G4s. Thanks

[@CrosstalkSolutions]

Yes - I *believe* that the G3 IR extender is compatible, but I didn't specifically test that.

[@vlcekmlcek3393]

@@CrosstalkSolutions It is not compatible - there is a new one in the UI store.

[@apainter1000]

Typical. Interestingly for the G4 IR extender it says it’s ‘Compatible with UniFi Video Camera G3, model UVC-G3’ Costs the same as the G3 IR extender also. Chris is this something you would be willing to test please?

[@martinpalenik]

You can see the big dipper constellation in the background during the night tests :)

[@TolchinJ]

Thanks for the video. Any chance to get a review for a real life scenario? We had a car broken into. Our camera saw it, but could not read the license plate of the car, nor could it see the face. Is it possible to grab a frame from those feeds and zoom in to try to get the face or plate number (or equivalent to hide your plate)? The 4k may be able to have a picture good enough to give to police. That may make it worth the extra $200.

[@dfleck]

I currently have domes on the exterior that I want to swap out for Ubiquiti gear. Wife will never let me mount bullets - it's an aesthetics issue.

[@RayPohl]

I have to paint all my cams black to match the accessories in the gardens, lol. The things we do for love.

[@artemisdamon5861]

Is there a way to secure this so it isn't stolen? Only thing I could think of was using threadlock.

[@ametis38]

Hi Chris, i have read in amazon that IR illuminator has to have same wavelength with our ubiquiti. Is that correct? Is the correct wavelength would be 850nm? Thanks

[@jamesrimell7505]

So, having had my lawnmower stolen from my property this morning at 3:43. which was nicely captured on the under-eave G3 Flexes (video now with police so hopefully those two thieves will soon be loosing their hands, hmm no wait, we are no longer allowed to do that :( ). BUT I was not happy with resolution of the faces captured, I think I will be upgrading to the G4 Bullet in the next couple of days, but will have to find one of those external illuminators since the resolution pop was so significant compared to the onboard.

[@noggan]

It'd probably be outside the scope of this channel, but i'd like to see a comparison for the g4 pro vs the cheap chinese "4k" cams and if they actually are any good. Sometimes you can find 4K cams for less than a 100 USD. And they also support RTSP so you could hook them up to a NVR like Synology or other applications like that.

[@zfjames]

Hint: the specs are generally fake

[@johnfm2731]

I know this is a old video, I have a question. Using a Remote AC-Pro access point, how many camera's can connect to the UDM-Pro with out network traffic congestion? I have 3 places I can not get wire too. As such I am planning on 3 remote AC-Pro's connected to my AC-Pro which is wired to my switch. The follow up question. How many devices can be powered by a single injector?

[@juanaraujo6483]

Where can I get a G4 Bullet camera? Can you give me information please, also does that camera work on any receiver thank you

[@JeremyGillard]

Can you screw the G4 onto the G3's mount? would make swapping cameras extremely easy if so.

[@advancedmaterialtestersamt5818]

Awesome video! Have you gotten your hands on the new Wi-Fi 6 access points?

[@CrosstalkSolutions]

Not yet!

[@MickKerr]

2:55 it's designed to do that. You can't stick it back on and say you never used the camera that way.

[@codecage9333]

Is the External IR Illuminator from Ubiquiti? Don't see it on their website.

[@codecage9333]

Never mind I found it in your links. Duh!

[@shalamigri]

Am I missing something at 23:27? With the higher res. 4k camera, wouldn't you have been able to make out your face if you had simply zoomed in?

[@dariokarnincic717]

I was going to replace some of my older G3 Bullets with G4, but I am running them all on 24V because I have a lot of airMAX equipment hooked to same cables (via Nano Switches)... shame.

[@mikefeldman4169]

is it possible to lower the resolution on the g4 bullet and g4 pro to 1080p and then get the 30 fps or are you stuck on 24 max. the g3 and g4pro seem to be better on the details on you drive way then the g4 bullet.

[@zackjones8681]

Chris - I've been thinking about one of the setting changes you made. You have the camera setup for continuous recording yet you modified motion detection settings. Why would you do that? If the camera is recording continuously wouldn't those settings be ignored?

[@ClanMcCormick]

This will trigger an event in the Unfi Protection or an alert to your phone. Handy thing to have.

[@wishyouknew3074]

Have you ever experienced the night filter getting stuck on the G3 bullet?

[@rancidbeef582]

That 104 degree F upper temp limit might be an issue on a really hot summer day if it was in sunlight.

[@lakejeaz]

Won’t be using these in AZ.... many summer days are over 110 in the shade. I’ll risk my $25 Wyze cams which held up to the heat this past summer.

[@mariobuchberger794]

I like your videos, but have you seen problems with the IR LEDS. The IR LEDs do not turn on on the G4 Bullet

[@marcel151]

As you can see in the video, IR does turn on on the G4 Bullet.

[@norcobf]

Is the base (screw on part) the same as bullet G3? That way I can just replace the "head" from G3 to G4?

[@jeremymyers5503]

I wonder the same thing. Would make a good selling point if they did.