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The original was posted on /r/ubiquiti by /u/SisterChaos on 2023-08-20 04:14:07+00:00.
Yes, I'm yet another one. I bought my first UniFi gear, a Dream Router and a G5 Flex camera a little over a month ago to replace the aging AmpliFi HD. Fast forward through a few weeks of experimentation, and today I ordered a Dream Machine Special Edition to replace the UDR which was clearly going to struggle sooner rather than later. That conclusions was reached in part by benefiting from all the conversations here over the years, so thanks to the community as a whole for sharing your experiences.
To be fair, I found the UDR a great starting point as a low-cost way to test the waters. It allowed me to experiment with Homebridge serving up Protect camera streams and see how it worked in practice before committing myself to more cameras – and planning for more upstream bandwidth over the next couple of years. It worked well enough for that and I doubt I'll have any trouble finding a new home for the Dream Router. For me, though? Expanding to four cameras meant I'd have a choice between adding a Cloud Key G2+ or switching to a more capable gateway console.
I opted for a system that's almost certainly overkill in the near term but offers plenty of room to grow.
How about your story? What did the path look like, and how long did it take you to make the jump?