The best outdoor CCTV cameras

An outdoor security camera can keep tabs on welcome (and unwelcome) visitors, package deliveries, and furry creatures helping themselves to a midnight snack in your garden. They can also be a powerful deterrent to prospective mischief-makers.

However, after reviewing dozens of cameras over the past seven years, we've yet to find a perfect model. Some are hard to place, some need to be charged frequently, and others require a subscription fee to be most effective.