REOLINKRLC-811A PoE IP Security Camera 4K - 123° FoV, 5X Optical Zoom for Outdoor Usage, 2.7mm Lens with Color Night Vision, Human/Vehicle/Pet Smart Detection, 2 Way Talk, Up to 256GB microSD Card

Purchased these wired Reolink cameras (3) and a Reolink doorbell camera to replace a crapp@#y ARLO wireless system. Suggest you go online and view a bunch of YouTube videos that compare the Reolink to other cameras. In the end, this was the best quality and price (best bang for the buck) that I found. "THE" hardest part of the install was running the ethernet cables. My kid helped me and after a 1/2 day, BAM, all cables run and cameras mounted and connected (click). Of course, I connected ALL cameras to the provided DVR and my puter and verified they all worked (including the cables) and all was well. I tested camera video via my cell phone app, worked the first time and just perfect! NO ISSUES! Wowzers!! I must say I was really happy. After cable runs and physical installation, I verified each camera using my phone app (while on the ladder) and adjusted each camera, LIVE, with very little lag. I have to say, after fighting with ARLO cameras 2, 5, 10, sec to multi-min lag, the near zero lag of the Reolink was soooooo wonderful! Been using the cameras for several months now! Rain, cold, heat, no issues. I did have to fight a little with the no-detection zones as every bug or tree shadow movement triggered an alert. My backyard alerts are still a little problematic due to camera placement hear a shade that moves into no-detections zones if its really windy. But front and driveway cameras work great and alert me correctly when my kid comes home or I get a delivery! One time, as noted in my Reolink doorbell camera, I actually had a conversation with a lady who went to the wrong house .... and I was in another State!! You can also speak through this camera and listen to all the night creatures many sounds. Recording is just fantastic and you can playback via the computer or your phone. I have a computer switch so I can switch between multiple computers and the DVR. One note on this, for some reason, the DVR mouse would not switch, so I have a seperate USB mouse for the DVR but at least audio (mono) and video (one monitor) switch. I had to get a phono to mini adaptor to get audio into my switch. Bottom line, great camera and FREE video monitoring via your cell phone! Goodby ARLO $10/m and HELLO ReoLink FREE DVR! Note you can subscribe to Reolink "cloud" services, but why? The DVR holds a weeks worth of video and I have mine running 24/7 (not just on triggers like most wireless systems). It just overwrites older days video.

I added this camera to my OOSSXX NVR and it worked perfectly. Sadly my NVR doesn't accept the full resolution this camera can produce. But I am so happy that I was able to dial down the resolution slightly so it would work with my NVR.I love the FTP feature that allows me to capture video or images and send them directly to my FTP account for safe keeping and easy access. It can also record directly to an SD card if you install one. I am not using that feature but it is nice.The web interface built into the camera is fantastic. You do need the mobile app to initialize the camera, but once you initialize it and turn on HTTP access, you can work with the built in web interface.The tech support is great too. They are very helpful both pre-sale and post-sale. I would buy another one of these any day. And if my current NVR ever dies, I would buy one of the Reolink units. I can only imagine the quality on their NVR would be as top shelf as the camera is.

The Reolink RLC-811A is a motorised varifocal IP cam that is suitable for when you want a fixed cam to optically zoom into the view (note this cam cannot pan or tilt). Being able to optically zoom is better than digital zoom. Cam also autofocuses when the zoom changes to get the sharpest image. Cam can be PoE powered like most IP cams and has built-in mic and speaker and also micro SD card slot for internal storage.However Reolink cams come configured for use with Reolink’s own NVRs. They are ONVIF compatible but if you’re using BlueIris or another ONVIF compatible NVR there are some things to be aware of. First, the cam must be initially configured using Reolink’s client app (I used the Windows app). Out of the box, you CANNOT access the cam’s web page to access settings as is normally done, because the web page access is DISABLED by default. Also, RTSP & ONVIF access is DISABLED by default. This means that the cam will not be recognized by BI or ONVIF NVR doing a search. You might even think the cam is defective until you realize it is responding to pings yet doesn’t work. This is because RTSP and ONVIF have to be enabled in Network/Advanced options. Once this is done it will be detected by ONVIF scans.THE GOODHas very good low light performance, and if you have some surrounding lighting can operate in color mode at night (and has white LED lights to help facilitate this). It can also use Infrared LED lighting for B&W image (Lighting settings are adjustable from cam’s web page or Reolink app). I believe the CMOS sensor is probably a Sony Starvis type considering the low light color performance.THE BADThe mount does not allow greater than 90 tilt if mounted on a horizontal flat surface (think the top of a table). The cam may not be able to tilt down as much as you’d like. I solved this by mounting vertically on a wall which allowed more downward tilt direction.Also, if upgrading firmware note that there are two different hardware revisions at time of this writing (HW version can be queried by client app tool).I hope you found this helpful, I had to go through much head scratching before I figured out the ONVIF problem.