REOLINK4K Outdoor Plug-in WiFi 6 Security Camera, PTZ Camera for Home Security, Wi-Fi 6 New Tech, Motion Tracking, Smart Detection, 3X Optical Zoom, Motion Spotlight, Local Storage, E1 Outdoor Pro

I’ve had the Reolink E1 Pro for a while with zero issues, so I decided to try the E1 Outdoor Pro—and it’s definitely a step up in image quality. Even though it has the same bitrate as the E1 Pro, the image quality hasn’t taken a big hit at all. The video is sharp and clear, even in low light, and it’s been rock solid running 24/7.I’m actually using it without the mount, just sitting upright on my window sill in the bedroom. I wanted something 4K with wired connectivity, and it’s working great as a window cam facing outside. Just make sure to turn off the IR LEDs in the app—if you leave them on, they’ll cause a glare on the window and make it impossible to see anything at night.I honestly don’t understand why this camera has only a 4.2 rating. It might be because I always hardwire my Reolink cameras to the network instead of relying on Wi-Fi. With a wired connection, I’ve had minimal false alerts, and once you take the time to configure the motion sensitivity settings properly, the camera is super reliable.It’s been a great addition to my setup, and I haven’t had any issues with connectivity or software glitches. For the price and performance, this camera is a no-brainer if you’re looking for solid versatile security.

Great camera. Not sure about the negative reviews, they all mostly seem like user / settings issues. Super easy set up, Have one out back in California, holds up to random weather and connects pretty easily, been using reolink for a couple years never had any issues with the 100+ ive deployed.

The image quality is excellent in the day and night (with or without active lighting). I have close to a dozen security cameras in my home and I would rate this as average.My problems with it are:* the slew speed is terribly slow. Panning from one spot to another takes forever and people cannot be tracked unless they were more than 20 feet away.* the gimble cannot look down. In fact, it can only look down 45 degrees or so from my estimate.* the power and ethernet port are conjoined as one tail connected to the camera. It leads to a bunch of wires outside and can't install cleanly.

I tried several cameras before deciding on using this version from Reolink. The key features that I was looking for: crystal clear high quality footage, local recordings without a monthly fee, reliably detect motion, and notify me on my iPhone even if I put it in "Do Not Disturb" or silent mode (thanks to the Critical Alerts feature on iOS). This camera not only meets all of my requirements, but it is even BETTER than I hoped! I am VERY impressed that this camera could detect the difference between moving objects in the footage (ALL animals, vehicles and humans) without needing to be connected to a cloud service. This camera can even detect free roaming chickens! Needless to say, the AI detection works very well and gives you the option to track/follow moving objects and tweak the sensitivity/range of detection to your needs.Additionally, there is a PC app available so you can view live and recorded footage and access all configuration settings right from your desktop (Windows 10/11). AND, if you don't want to rely solely on recording video to a micro SD card for local storage, this camera is capable of connecting to your local NVR/DVR via ONVIF! Although I am recording my video locally to a 128gb micro sd card, I also have the camera connected to my main Amcrest NVR system for backup.As far as weaknesses go, I would say that sometimes when playing back footage directly from the micro SD card, the iOS app is laggy, but I believe that might be due to the SD card speed and/or my poor Wi-Fi connection. To remedy this, I may purchase a Reolink Hub to use as my "offline" private cloud, and hopefully they eventually make their entire system Matter-certified so that I can connect everything to my home automation system. After my positive experience with their camera, I feel like this company is very promising, so I hope to add-on more Reolink products to my home in the future!

Hello everyone, it is 12/2024 and I really wanted to like this camera but it fell sort of my exceptions. I ended up returning it.The camera itself was okay but the software app was very difficult to use. I also prefer to monitor cameras from my computer. And after a few hours I finally figured out which Reolink Client software to download on the computer and battled with it to get it to see the new camera. What they don't make clear is that the first time you use the camera in the Client software is you MUST connect an ethernet cable to the camera. It can't just be wifi connected. So there goes almost another 2 hours of my life figuring that out.As far as using it that is where the next problem comes in. They let you define activity zones but anything OUTSIDE the zone will NOT get recorded. That is such a miss design. For example if a young child runs on your lawn you will get alerted and it gets recorded. But if a child is walking on the on the side walk (outside the zone) then it will not get recorded. If this is a lost child and you want to help find them then you are unable to help. It should still record ALL events inside or outside zones. The only difference is if you get an alert or not.I ended up returning it and went back to my older NEST cameras which do ZONES correctly and you don't need the client software. You can just view your cameras from any browser and you can see them streaming ALL at once.There are other small issues that I didn't prefer but the zone issue is a big one for me.