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Someone broke into my house while I was sleeping the other night… It happened 3 weeks ago. And I need to warn every homeowner reading this… Because I learned something about home security that everyone needs to hear. I thought I'd done everything right. Turns out most people have been lied to, including myself. And once you understand why, it will change the way you sleep at night. I live by myself in a semi on a quiet road. That night I went to bed about 10:30pm because I had work at 8 the next morning. My handbag was on the kitchen side and my car keys were on the hook by the front door, same as every night. At 3:07am a noise woke me up. It was a loud crack from somewhere downstairs, like a thick branch snapping. At first I thought it was my cat Lola, she's always knocking stuff over in the night. I laid there completely still and listened. And I didn't hear anything else. So I told myself it must of been her, or that I'd dreamt it, and eventually I went back to sleep. The next morning I came downstairs at about 7:10am. It was colder than usual, and I could feel a bit of a breeze around my ankles in the hallway. I thought nothing of it and put the kettle on. Then I went to get my ciggy’s out of my handbag, because I always have one with my first coffee. My handbag wasn't on the side. I could of swore I left it there last night. But I thought, I must have left it in the car. So I went to get my keys off the hook. The hook was empty. And then I went into the living room and my laptop had gone off the arm of the sofa. The charger was still plugged into the wall. I opened the blinds and looked out at the drive. My car was GONE !! I just stood there in my dressing gown, staring at an empty drive. Then I felt that breeze again. It was coming from under the dining room door, which I always keep shut. I pushed it open. And my heart sank. My window was hanging open, the frame was cracked and the locks were bent where someone had forced it open. That was the crack at 3:07am. I'd been lying awake upstairs, listening, while they were stood in my kitchen. I felt sick. I rang the police, and they arrived in about 20 minutes. He looked at the window and said, "They probably used a crowbar on that. It doesn't take a professional that long." Then he asked what was in the handbag. I told him my purse, my bank cards, my driving licence and the spare key for the back door. He goes, "So they've got your address and a key. Get your locks changed today." Then he said something I wasn't ready for. "I don't think they wanted your laptop. They probably came in for the car keys." "Chances are they'll use it as a getaway for another crime." So it wasn't just bad luck, they'd picked my house. He asked if I had any cameras. I nearly smiled, because I did. I bought a doorbell camera two years ago, after a house round the corner got broken into. It wasn't a cheap one off Amazon either, it was that big-brand one you see on everyone's door. Cost me nearly £100, plus £8 a month just to keep the videos. I thought it was a bit of a rip-off, but you can't put a price on peace of mind, right? It was never great, if I'm honest. Half the time it told me someone was at the door 5 minutes after they'd already gone. It would alert me for a passing car, yet I could walk right up to my door and not get a single notification. And at night, sometimes I'd be guessing what I saw because everything would just be a grainy shadow. But I live on my own and it made me feel safer, so I kept paying. I replied to the officer. "Yeah I do, let me check the app." It points straight at my drive, so I knew it must have caught them taking the car. Or at least that's what I thought. I opened the app with the officer stood next to me. There was one clip from 3:16am, and it was 13 seconds long. It showed two grey shapes next to my car. I couldn't tell you if they were tall or short, or what they had on. Then the headlights came on, the whole screen went white, and my car reversed off the drive. I said, "Hang on, there must be more." There wasn't. There was nothing from the side or back of the house at all, because it can't see round there. He watched the clip twice and handed my phone back. "I'll be honest with you, there's nothing we can use on that." I felt so angry at myself. I'd paid good money for a 'security' camera that completely missed someone inside my home. Then it watched them take my car from about ten feet away. And it couldn't tell me a single thing about them. At that point I was honestly was more upset at my camera than I was about my car being missing. The locksmith came about 2pm and charged me £165 ! I cancelled my cards and rang work, then wondered why they hell did it have to happen to me. I kept thinking, what if I'd gone downstairs to check? What if they'd come upstairs? That night I slept at my mum's house because I was too scared to sleep alone. I've lived here 6 years, and that was the first time I'd ever been scared to be in my own house. You hear about these things on the TV but never think it will happen to you until it does. All I wanted was to feel safe in my own home again. The next afternoon somebody knocked on the door, and I nearly didn't answer it. It was Graham from across the road. He's in his late 50s, I think he's a tradesman, you know the handyman kinda guy. His van's always on his drive. I opened the door, he said, "The police knocked at ours this morning. Sue told me what happened. You need to see this." He came in and showed me his phone. The first clip was from 2:58am. A silver Golf pulled up about 3 houses down from his with its lights off. It was the middle of the night, but his video was in full colour. Two men got out. One was in a dark grey tracksuit with black trainers with a red stripe on them. The other had a black puffer coat with an orange lining in the hood. They were both white guys, probably mid 20s. And then they walked down the side of my house. The next clip was from 3:16am. One of them came back out, got in my car and drove it away. He had my handbag over his shoulder and my laptop in his hand. In two minutes, Graham's phone had shown me more than my doorbell had in two years. "I've already showed it to the police," he said. I had to ask him. "What camera is that, Graham?" He said it was called SafeView, and it sits inside his front bedroom window, behind the glass. I've walked past his house every day for six years and I'd never once noticed it. "That's the whole point," he said. I asked why his caught them and mine didn't. Mine was right next to the car. "Three reasons," he explained… "First, doorbells only look at your front door. Nobody who's breaking in rings your bell. They're sneaky and go down the side or round the back, so it completely misses everything." He continued. "Second, yours only starts recording when something sets it off. But by the time it wakes up, they've already walked past. That's why you get half a frame in each clip." "Mine is plugged in and records 24/7 if I want it to. It never stops. It saves everything onto a memory card." "So I didn't have to hope it catches anything. I just went back to 3am and the evidence is there." That explained it. Mine had always told me someone was at the door after they'd already gone. "Third, yours goes black and white when it's dark. All you get is a shadow, or a blown-out black and white clip. Mine is colour at night, so I can see clothes or the colour of the car they came in." I told him that's exactly what mine looked like, two grey blobs. "And the last thing is, they can see yours. It's at chest height with a little light on it. So the hood goes up, the head goes down and they walk round it." "They never knew mine was there. They can't hide from something they can't see." I asked him if I should just get proper CCTV fitted. He laughed. "I got quoted £950 for that. It goes outside, so if they can see it or touch it, they can disable it in a few seconds. That's why mine is inside my house." I told him I felt stupid for trusting a doorbell. That's when he said something that changed everything. He said, "Don't be, millions of people have been tricked into thinking doorbell cameras are home security. The truth is they aren't. In fact, they were never designed to protect your home in the first place." I asked what he meant. "Doorbell cameras were made so people would stop missing parcels, and they're good at that. But the big brands sell them as home security, because the real money is in the subscriptions. You pay every month just to feel like you’re safe." I thought he was exaggerating, turns out he was right. Then I asked him how much he pays for his camera. "Nothing. It saves onto a memory card, so you own the footage. I've not paid a single penny since I bought it." "So how much was it?" "About £45, I think they were in the sale when I got them." I asked if I’d need someone to help me set it up. My brother had to drill into my wall just to get my doorbell camera working. "It's easy, you stick it on the glass and connect to the app. Sue did ours and didn't even need my help." He sent me the link and I ordered 3 as soon as he left. They arrived about a week later. I put one in the front bedroom looking at the driveway and street. One in the dining room window where they came through, and one in my back bedroom looking over my garden. I set all three up on my own in about 20 mins without using a single tool. I set the motion alerts to only ping me when it's a person, not Lola wandering around in the garden. The first few nights I was still awake at every little noise. And then last Thursday, at 2:20am, a noise outside woke me up. I got that same feeling in my stomach. But this time I didn't lie there guessing. I picked up my phone and looked at all three cameras from my bed. It was pitch black outside and the picture was in full colour. It was just some drunken guys that had stopped near my driveway and carried on down the road. I put the phone down and I was asleep again in a few minutes. And that's what I didn't expect. I thought I was buying evidence in case it ever happened again. What I actually got was peace of mind knowing I can see what's going on whenever I want. I've stopped checking the window locks three times before bed. On Tuesday the police rang me. They'd recognised both men from Graham's video, and they've arrested the pair of them. They were already known to the police, and were linked to two other break-ins. My car turned up in a car park 11 miles away on false plates. Bad news is, I never got my handbag or laptop back. The tramps probably sold them!! The officer said, "Without your neighbour's footage, they'd probably have gotten away." And without that camera, those men would still be out there looking for other houses to hit. So if you've got a doorbell camera right now, don't gamble your family's safety on it. Ask yourself this… If someone broke into your home round the back, what would you have to show the police? If the answer is nothing, or you have to think about it, then you already know what you need to do. I'm not telling you to rip your doorbell off. But please don't let the only camera on your house be the one they can see, touch and easily avoid. Get something that covers your entire property. Something they can't hide from. Something they can't mess with. And something that gives you the evidence when you need it. Just picture a Tuesday night a few weeks from now, when you're home on your own and already in bed. Your phone buzzes, and you're looking at your own driveway in full colour from under the covers. Whoever's out there has no idea you're watching, so their face is right there on your screen. And you just put the phone down and go back to sleep. That's real peace of mind. I just checked and the 45% sale is back on, and it looks like they're even including a free memory card. They also have a 90-day money-back guarantee, so if you don't feel safer, you just send them back. You've got nothing to lose. Here's the link where I got mine: https://www.monremi.com/pages/camukv5 Put one in an upstairs window looking over your driveway, and one looking over your back garden. It takes 15 minutes, no tools or drilling needed. Because whoever walks past your house tonight isn't looking at your door. They're looking for your camera. And if they can see it, they'll hide from it. I can't go back to that night, but you can make sure it never happens to you. Don't find out the way I did, trust me the stress isn't worth it. Stay safe out there. P.S. I'm not sure how long the sale will last or how long they will include the free memory card, but if that offer is still available then defo get it. P.P.S. Don't get scammed and buy from another website, the real SafeView cameras are only sold through their official website on the link in this post. They don't sell on any marketplace either, so be careful. Here's the link again: https://www.monremi.com/pages/camukv5