If you’re in the UK, you may well have heard of Maplin. It’s a great electronics company that used to specialise in electronic components, but have moved into mostly electronic gadgets in the last 10 years. So I thought I’d do a post on what cool spy stuff you can buy at Maplin!
So we’ll start off with a wireless night-vision camera with a portable 2.5″ receiver monitor, called the Night Hawk. The receiver is a 4 channel 2.4GHz device, so will work with any 2.4GHz wireless cameras. The receiver comes with a rechargeable battery and cradle for recharging too! Surprisingly good value at £150.
The Wireless Eagle-Eye Miniature Security Camera and Black Hawk Wireless Camera with Built in Battery are examples of 2.4GHz wireless cameras that would work with the Night Hawk wireless receiver. They are both miniature pinhole cameras, but the latter features an internal rechargeable battery that will last about 5 hours. Both of the cameras cost £80, which is a little on the expensive side. However, the cameras are from Swann, who are a recognised and respected CCTV and camera manufacturer.
With all the cameras that you can get, you’ll probably want to do some recording too. So how about a USB2 CCTV System. The USB 2.0 4-channel video kit from RapidOS can record 50 images per second at D1 high industry quality. You can even email the captures to any email address using the high quality software provided with the kit. Surprisingly, the kit only costs £80, which is remarkably cheap for such a good DVR solution.
Anyway, those are Maplin’s offerings. Have fun looking around!
