desertcart.com: REOLINK Smart 5MP 8CH Home Security Camera
System, 4pcs Wired PoE IP Cameras Outdoor with Person/Pet/Vehicle
Detection, 4K 8CH NVR with 2TB HDD for 24-7 Recording,
RLK8-520D4-5MP : Electronics
Review: Wonderful product - Why did you pick this product vs
others?: I was looking at some cheaper ones that were going for
like 160 but had some bad reviews so I just spent a little bit
more and got these. I'm glad I did. Very high quality. There's
some going for so much more. This is all you need. It has 4k
video/audio recording. 2tb hard drive. Set up was amazingly easy.
You only need to plug one cord into the camera itself and that
singular cord (60ft) runs to the NVR. The app is done very well.
Night vision is absolutely superb. The cameras themselves look
quite stylish. I didn't even have to read any directions it was
all so self-explanatory. Now it's only been installed for a few
hours so I can't speak on longevity but the other reviews seem to
say it works very well in the long term. Which was my biggest
concern with going with a cheaper product. If anything ever craps
out on me I will definitely come back here and update but for
right now I am one happy customer and definitely recommend. Edit
- I've now had the cameras installed for 8 months in my business.
Over the course of the 8 months, 1 time, the cameras stopped
recording and allowing me to view threw the app. I went to the
nvr, switched it off, and switched it back on. This worked and
brought them back. Other than than that, it's been absolutely
flawless. I love that you can view through the app and also on
your computer remotely, very easily, and as I said it's set up
very nice and intuitive, so easy to use. It's very fast too.
Pulls your recordings within seconds remotely. Overall, id say
I'm still extremely happy with my choice. I'll come back and
update if there's anything that's changed as far as as other
hiccup requiring a reboot or it breaking. But overall this thing
has given me piece of mind and I'm impressed with the quality.
Review: REOlink is a solid system (with REOlink cameras) - I've
had REOlink equipment for 3+ years now, and have waited until now
to review after buying this latest system. Don't get me wrong,
REOlink NVRs and computer/phone apps don't play well with other
camera manufacturers and has caused me much grief over the years.
But when using REOlink-ONLY equipment, their stuff is pretty
bullet-proof. My latest system (NVR+8 cams) worked perfectly on
the very first power-up. I have 20 cameras now, everything from
RLC-423WS, RLC-423, and C1pro PTZs, to RLC-511 zoom, to 4MP
bullets, to 5MP turret cameras, multiple NVRs, blah-blah-blah.
I've personally wired 2000ft of CAT6 PoE to most of my systems,
snaking through walls, attics, soffit, and even buried a few
hundred feet of conduit to get all of the cameras and NVRs as
inconspicuous as possible. That-said, here's the pros/cons to all
of the REOlink stuff together, not just this item: REOlink CONS:
- Doesn't play well with others - I think their inclusion of
RCA-audio, reset-button, and power-socket is STUPID for an
external camera that is made to be PoE (power-over-ethernet). I
have to heat-shrink-seal every single one of those connectors on
outdoor cameras (that's 54-connections I've had to meticulously
seal) - Doesn't support HKvision encoding (used by virtually all
of the doorbell cameras on the market) - Technical support is
hit-or-miss; 80% want you to go away, 20% want to help, 0%
actually do help - Both of my high-end recent cameras (RLC-423
and RLC-511) 4X-zoom cameras seem to have the same internal
malfunction with focus... right-side is out of focus when
zoomed-in and left-side is out of focus when zoomed-out - Most of
their bullet and turret cameras have great quality, but such a
narrow field-of-view that its hard to find good mounting
locations (they are too zoomed for 8'-12' range use, which I
argue is what most houses have indoors and outside for mounting
locations) - Their motion-detection is based on pixels changing,
not true motion-detection like Ring somehow accomplishes through
infrared or other cameras with PIR-detection, so it is constantly
going off for shadows and vegetation - The UUID-setup is so
simple that it makes internet-security very questionable... if I
can sign in from my multiple devices, other countries probably
can too - Their cameras require you to turn on the active
infrared-LEDs for nighttime use. They are NOT true nightvision
like a passive FLIR would be. The problem with the infrared-LEDs
is humans can see your camera and bugs are attracted to the
lenses - There are plenty of cameras on the market with more
optical zoom. 4X is frankly not enough for me in most cases, and
most of their outdoor cameras start off with too much zoom to
begin-with (no wide angle) REOlink PROS: - Their stuff plays well
with their own equipment, better than every camera company I've
tried - Their Apps magically work really well, whether on the
same wifi-network or cellular or Internet-remote - UUID setup of
apps is effortless - PoE setup of cameras with NVR is effortless,
so are their WiFi cameras (as long as on same network) - Cameras
have really good control of bandwidth-type adjustments (frame
size, frame rate, KB/s) - Their motion-detection is
fairly-decent; detects all movement (which is a pain with
sun/shadow/bushes) - Their cameras have internal memory slots,
incase you want localized non-NVR playback capability - I think
their night-vision is actually pretty spectacular, but it
requires the red-IR-LEDs to be on (and visible) - All of their
stored videos have .MP4 codecs compatible with Quicktime and
PC/Mac operating systems - All of their systems (NVR, phone,
computer-MAC, computer-PC) work the same way, set-up is the same
- I've had some cameras outside for 3+ years and they have
held-up well to rain and sun I wish their customer / technical
service people were more capable. Every time I talked or emailed
them, it felt like I was speaking to an intermediary... like they
weren't the company that actually designed the hardware. Frankly,
I'd pay more and be more pro-REOlink if they gave a crap. Their
ultimate response is basically always the same: our stuff works
together and if you want to try something else, don't call us.
And basically, they're right.
