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No monthly fees, no drilling, no electrician. We look at the screw-in security camera spreading through the fixed-income crowd, run the 5-year subscription math, and list the fine print most reviews skip.
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Caveats firstEvery product we cover gets its dealbreakers listed before the pitch: WiFi requirements, switch quirks, return-policy traps. If we would not warn a parent about it, we do not publish it.
The 5-year mathA $50 gadget with a $15/month plan is a $950 gadget. We price the full ownership period, because the industry counts on you not doing that.
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