REOLINK4K 8MP 180° Dual-Lens PoE IP Camera, IK10 Vandal-Proof, Person/Vehicle/Animal Detection, Spotlight Color Night Vision, 2 Way Talk, IP67 Weatherproof, No PT Supported, Duo 2V PoE

I am pretty happy with the result of my reolink dome CCTV. It’s good & nice because it gives us a clear picture of 180 degrees. My only concern is the unit getting quite hot and because of this, it might easily deteriorate the electronics parts of the CCTV especially the sensitive parts of the dome camera.

I have a variety of Reolink cameras that I use with a Blue Iris NVR setup, and this Duo is a great addition. My neighbor had some people vandalize the side of his house and I unfortunately didn't have a camera that captured anything but their feet. He's since purchased his own setup, but I also wanted to improve my own visibility without using multiple cameras.The vandal-proofing of the camera makes installation take a few minutes longer, but overall it's pretty simple. Before you start drilling holes, if you have a log cat5 cable I would plug the camera in and figure out placement by hastily running the cable out a window/door to your switch. I would have preferred to install this about a foot and a half from the ceiling on the wall instead of overhead because there is distortion in the image, but I was reusing the hole from my previous camera install. Regardless whether you install on the wall or ceiling, you want it away from the corner to maximize the amount of 'usable' video - e.g. compare how close my install is to the edge of the soffit and how much soffit/wall is visible in the video.You can use a T10 bit to remove the outer cover instead of the tiny included allen wrench. The included anchors would be fine for drywall, but I used toggle bolts I had on hand. For an install in soffit like I did, a step bit is your best friend. Use the template included, drill your pilot holes and follow up with the step bit at slow speed to avoid tearing the soffit apart too much. Before screwing anything down, run your cable and ideally use a rubber grommet in your center hole to keep the cable from getting cut up in the event you need to remove the camera. With the dome off, you can rotate the camera, it has stops to prevent you from rotating it so much you start tearing cables but be gentle. There is a triangle on the actual camera body that should be pointing up. The Duo cameras do not have a hardware setting to flip the video vertically, so you would need to do this in your app/NVR. Use the live video in the app to make sure everything is lined up with how you're going to screw it in, and once you're happy then secure it down, followed by attaching the dome and removing the plastic.The camera ships with HTTPS ports disabled, so you'll need to actually use the Reolink app to set the camera up. I enable HTTPS to manage the camera (all my cameras are on their own subnet & vlan without internet access), and both RTSP and ONVIF. Then it's just a matter of adding the camera in Blue Iris by IP, clicking Find/inspect and both the main and sub streams get picked up without issue. As with the Duo Floodlight, the video from both cameras shows as a single video which is exactly what I want. Under image format I used Anamorphic 5120 x 1552 (the native resolution) and configured the rest of my settings as I do with the other cameras for hardware decoding, object recognition, etc.The camera is not perfect, but exceeds my expectations and is pretty close to it as far as I'm concerned. As mentioned there will be distortion that may be more or less exaggerated than what my screenshot shows based on install height and distance to whatever it is you're looking at. For reference, notice how the edge where my neighbors house meets the grass is a noticeably arched line. This is because most lenses from the 35mm in my DSLR to this camera have distortion. Certainly not a deal breaker, but again it should influence how you position the camera to get the best picture of whatever you're trying to monitor. I also found the default auto setting for brightness/shadow had the grass on the left side of my screenshot completely blown out and I had to drop the brightness slightly and increase the shadows. I'll need to check and recheck this throughout the day or just accept the center 70% of my video is what really matters and I probably should mount another camera 20' further down that captures that side of the back yard.

So glad I bought a few of these cameras they have a great field of view and a very sharp image.I’ve been waiting for a dome camera that had such a wide field of view for quite some time and they’re finally here.Very easy to adjust them once they’re mounted by simply removing the dome you were able to twist the camera 360° and do fine adjustments as well easy to set up and the image looks great. This is my third of this style camera from Reolink.

Camera has no video feed and Reolink refuses to take action with warranty.Beware if you buy this camera you may just be out the funds.Update, after extensive testing steps completed per Reolink request and guidance, they did eventually replace under warranty. They do require you to pay return shipping (annoying) but at least I have a working camera again. Upped to 4 stars for getting me a replacement.

Great Camera. Works with HikVision setups

Covers the same amount of space as 2 cameras.

0Awesome views. The sound playback, not so much! The wide angle view is incredible. The sound playback on my unit did not work at all. Having a technical background, I did everything I could to get the audio playback to work and nada! So, I'll place the camera in a location that I don't need to hear sound.

I've recently replaced my blink cameras with this. The difference in recording and features is night and day. Comes with everything you need to install. While it's a little bit expensive it is worth the money and investment in your security. The recording is really clear too. Motion detection is really good and captures a lot from bugs to cars. The camera can be set to used with the app, on a computer, or on the cameras NVR. Great funtuionality, features and warranty. Very satisfied with this purchase and investment.