4K Outdoor Security Camera, 2.4/5GHz Wi-Fi 6, AI Detection, Spotlight Color Night Vision, 24/7 Recording, No Monthly Fees, Corded Wireless WiFi Security Camera, Weatherproof, Lumus Pro

Every year I look around to find the best wireless indoor/outdoor camera. Up until now my favorite indoor wifi cameras were the TPLink Tapo C125 2K and the Eufy Indoorcam C120 2K. For years I've been waiting for a 4K Wifi camera that has RTSP and 5Ghz Wifi. Well this is one of the very few cameras that looked like it would work and so far it's been fantastic. It has pretty much everything I could ask for. It's compact, it has 4K resolution, night vision, 2-way audio, built-in person/animal detection, and a true 4K image when streamed live, recorded, or viewed/recorded via RTSP. The only thing missing is an ethernet port, but with 5Ghz wifi I can live with out. IMAGE QUALITY The image quality from this camera is great. The image is sharp with very few compression artifacts. The bitrate is much higher than the average wifi camera thanks to the camera have Wifi6 and 5Ghz compatibility and you can even increase the bitrate to 5120kbps. It even provides a sub-stream. This means it won't hog up the 2.4Ghz airtime if you have lots of wireless cameras. The default framerate is 15fps but it does have the option to up this to 20fps. The night vision performance is also good. Image sharpness does suffer a bit when using infrared night vision so if you want the best image you may want to rely on the built-in LED spotlights. The spotlights are much brighter than I expected and they seem to be good for about 20ft or so. FIELD OF VIEW Another huge benefit of this camera is its wide viewing angle. Most Reolink cameras have a very narrow field of view so I was surprised to see a 106° Horizontal and 56° vertical field of view. That' almost the same as the Eufy indoorcam but not quite as wide as my Tapo C125. But considering this is technically an outdoor camera, you don't want to the field of view to be too wide in case you need to capture something far away. Either way I think it has a nice wide angle. RTSP/NVR COMPATIBILITY I use Blue Iris and I don't want my cameras to be accessed outside of my home over the internet so RTSP was a big requirement. I purchased 4 of these cameras (so far) and all 4 of them work well (albeit not perfect) in Blue Iris. You do have to use the Reolink app to initially set them up as they don't have a built-in web server interface like some other Reolink cameras, but they were super easy to setup and once they're setup and RTSP is turned on, they can be disconnected from the internet and still viewed via RTSP over your wifi network. You also can't use 2-way audio in Blue Iris so you have to also use the Reolink app for that but that's typical of most cameras. I've had them up for a few days now and they've been rock solid. CAVEATS As far as the downsides, I only have a couple of very minor complaints. The first thing is that the camera doesn't appear to have an HDR mode. HDR mode works great indoors as there can be a lot of contrast in certain situations where HDR will flatten the image and brighten up shadowy areas. It does have Brightness and Shadows settings and I boosted the shadows as high as they'll go and it's still bit too dark in some areas for my personal taste. Another downside is that uses a barrel plug instead of a basic USB connector. Most people probably don't care about this but if you want to run a shorter or longer cable, you'd need to buy a compatible barrel plug extension wire. However, considering it's 5V, you can technically still use USB if you're brave enough to cut the wire and splice a USB connector to it and use a USB power brick. Another downside, which is very common with some cheaper cameras, is that there is no i-frame setting. You can change the framerate, set it to a constant bitrate, but you can't change the i-frame, so NVR software such as Blue Iris will occasionally complain about the stream stability. This isn't a big deal but just something to note. Overall I think this is a great camera at a great price. I've replaced several of my 2.4Ghz 2K cameras with this one and plan to continue switching them out and my 2.4Ghz wireless band is thanking me for it. I can't really speak to its outdoor performance but it does have an IP65 weatherproof rating so it shouldn't be a problem.

Reolink is about the only cameras that offer a good FREE PC App! We live in South Central Florida with lots of wildlife, but with all the other cameras I had I could not turn off the IR lights or the spot lights and all they do is attract all the bug and moths, and then they attract the spiders. OMG what a mess! I had to sweep spider webs down every other day and the side of the house was a mess from the bug juice! This camera allows you to turn off the Status light and the IR lights and have the Spot lights come on only when they detect movement! Yaaaaa! You can individually adjust sensitivity for cars, people and animals and it will detect at a long distance! We have landscape lights in the back yard that actually provide enough light to get a clear enough view without the IR lights. The front of the house has street and yard lights that do the same! No more spiders!! These cameras were a genuine breeze to set up and get connected!! Very easy to mount outside, but, remember.....they need power from an outlet! The video quality is excellent and the PC app allows me to save video clips and snapshots to my PC hard drive! Once the app is on your phone (Bluetooth must me on) and the cameras are added, the PC app will find them on it's own. If not, make sure your PC network setting is on Public. These cameras work fine from an installed Micro SD Card and can be set to overwrite when the card gets full. I am using 256 GB cards because I had them already and I am recording 24/7. I get about 7 days out of that, BUT, I do NOT have to pay any kind of monthly fee!! You can double the SD Card size to 512 GB if you wish and only record the events. Great Cameras!! For the people that had bad reviews, maybe they just got a bad one or didn't set it up properly. I am very happy!

The recording to sim card didn't seem to work well. Im told a "Reolink hub pro" will work well to record all my cameras. This camera has great picture quality.

If you have an outlet you can plug this camera into, then it's definitely worth getting! I ran a power cord from garage outlet into the ceiling, and then down through a hole I drilled on the exterior. Wasn't too hard and now I have a camera that doesn't have difficulty connecting, shutting off every 30 seconds on live view, etc. This one has more features than some of the other popular battery-operated ones, and in my opinion, operates the way a security camera should. Has excellent picture quality, sound, and motion detection. Virtually no issues at all like I had with other popular battery-operated ones. Great buy for the money if you're in the market for one of these.

Love this camera it’s easy to set up and mount the image quality is just stunning even as pointing out trough a window would recommend! Connection is solid and comes with a lengthy wire I have these connected to NAS for 24/7 recording and the audio is great definitely replaced my eufy indoor 2ks. Just wished the mount was somewhat different I feel it limits the movement of the camera at some angles but not a deal breaker!

beautifull product is the best

I have been a D-Link user for many years with multiple cameras recording through a video management system (PC). I tried this Reolink cam and it has surprised me, a very nice camera ! It was simple to connect to my network, easy to install and commence recording, clear videos during the day and night. I purchased this particular model as it has the ability turn on ONVIF so it can continuously view and record through my PC. Also, the Reolink app is easy to use and quick to connect, I am pleased with this cam.

This completes the protection of all around my home as well as the street. We have had people on the early hours trying car doors and checking out homes and caravans. So now i can get great pics and videos next time they are in the street. Highly recommend renolink cameras.

Resolution is certainly not 4k, even with resolution and bitrate set to the highest options. Still, it's the least bad of the 5 security cams I've tried. Human and animal detection is good, however motion detection is useless as every swaying branch, rain, etc, triggers it. It's also dumb enough to get triggered by its own self switching between day and night mode, so that gives you an idea of how much brainpower has been thrown at developing this. Edit: Reolink reached out after I wrote this review offering one of those "we'll give you a partial refund wink wink" deals. I told them I'd be happy if they could just increase the video bitrate with a firmware update, since this would be practically zero effort for them. They replied saying such a thing was impossible with a firmware update, that it's inherent to the camera. Fun fact: I'm a software engineer, and that is utter BS. So this review has gone from 2 stars to 1 star.

Very good security camera and value for money!

Camera itself is fine. Would be better if field of view was a bit wider. Biggest issue is the power brick/cable is not long enough and need to use extention cable. Reolink needs to either make there cables longer, or switch to usb power