UniFi G6 Pro Turret vs Pro Dome: $20 for IK10

Ubiquiti announced these two together in October 2025, completing the zoom-lens Pro group that began with the G6 Pro Bullet two months earlier. All three carry the same sensor and 2.36× zoom lens, so the $20 between the turret and the dome is not paying for a better picture. It pays for a polycarbonate bubble over the lens and a housing built to take a blow.

That makes this one of the simpler decisions in the range, and one where the cheaper camera is often the right one. A dome is a specialist body for exposed positions; a turret is the general-purpose choice everywhere else. How to choose a UniFi Protect camera covers the full set of bodies, and the Security Cameras hub lists them side by side.

IK ratings grade resistance to mechanical impact, and the gap between IK04 and IK10 is the gap between a knock and a deliberate strike. It matters in one circumstance: when the camera can be reached. A unit three meters up under an eave is protected by height, and an IK10 housing there is insurance against something unlikely. A unit in a stairwell, a car-park ceiling, a school corridor, or beside a shop door is within range of a bag, a ball, or a broom handle.

The dome also resists tampering of the quieter kind. A turret's eyeball can be pushed off its aim by hand; a dome's lens sits behind a fixed cover, so the view cannot be redirected without opening the housing. The same logic applies one tier down, where G6 Dome vs G6 Turret weighs IK10 against IK04 at $279 and $199.

The cold rating follows the pattern across the G6 range, where the turret bodies carry the -30 °C figure and the bullets and domes stop at -20 °C. For an outdoor position in a hard-winter climate that alone can decide the matter, because no dome in the G6 family tracked here offers the wider margin.

Audio is the less expected difference. Ubiquiti's launch material for the pair mentions an integrated speaker, but the Pro Dome's specification table lists a microphone only, and this site records what the spec sheet says. If the camera needs to speak, to challenge someone at a gate or answer a delivery, the turret is the documented choice. If it only needs to listen, either will do.

The accessory lists say what each body is for. A flush mount sinks the dome into a suspended ceiling until little more than the bubble shows, which is how domes are fitted in offices, clinics, and retail. An arm or pendant hangs the turret off a wall or below a high ceiling, which is how it reaches a useful angle outdoors.

At 1.2 kg each, neither is a camera for a bare soffit panel. Plan blocking or a junction box, and check the weight against a suspended-ceiling tile before choosing the flush mount. Protect camera placement covers heights and angles for both bodies.

Everything that determines the picture is common, including the detections: person, vehicle, and animal, with face and license-plate recognition. One published figure differs, the wide end of the lens: 5.85 mm on the turret against 5.9 mm on the dome, a 0.05 mm gap on paper and nothing in the frame. One practical caveat applies to any dome. A curved cover in front of the lens collects dust and rain spots and can catch stray IR at night. A dome outdoors repays an occasional wipe in a way a recessed turret lens does not.

The network side is identical too. Each needs a PoE+ port on the switch and fifteen watts from its budget, which PoE budget planning adds up. Each records to a gateway or NVR running Protect, with the microSD slot as a backstop. Neither accepts the Vision Enhancer that takes the Pro Bullet to 60 m, a difference covered in G6 Pro Bullet vs G6 Pro Turret.

One question does most of the work: can anyone reach the camera? If yes, the dome. If no, the turret is cheaper, colder-rated, and better equipped for audio.

Buy the G6 Pro Dome if:

• The mount is within reach. Stairwells, corridors, car parks, and entrances at door height are IK10 positions.
• Aim must be tamper-proof. The lens sits behind a fixed cover and cannot be pushed aside.
• It is going into a suspended ceiling. The flush mount is a dome accessory.
• The setting is public or institutional. Schools, clinics, transit, and retail expect a dome.

Buy the G6 Pro Turret if:

• The camera sits high and out of reach. Height does the protecting and IK04 is enough.
• Winters fall below -20 °C. The turret is rated to -30 °C.
• You need two-way audio. The turret's spec sheet lists it; the dome's lists a microphone.
• You would rather keep the $20. The picture specs are the same.

Deciding whether the Pro tier is needed at all? G6 Dome vs G6 Pro Dome and G6 Pro Turret vs G6 Turret weigh the step up in each body, and how to choose a UniFi Protect camera maps the range.