REOLINKVideo Doorbell WiFi Camera - Wired 2K Outdoor, 5G&2.4G WiFi, 4:3 Wide View Angle, Smart Detection, Local Storage, No Subscription Front Door Home Security, Customized Chime V2

Wow! I had been looking at doorbell cameras for awhile and decided on Reolink after reading reviews. Great price and great quality. Installation was fast and easy, I was able to use the existing doorbell wiring and DC power in my older home and things set up in a little over 1 hour. The documentation was excellent and their on-line support pages are great.There are several ways to access the camera, Reolink app for PC/Mac (sorry, no Linux yet) and phone apps for Android and iPhone. Direct web browser access works also. There are several differences between the apps depending on which you are using, but overall very easy and intuitive.Setting up the camera and recording is straightforward but you may need to spend a little time tweaking it for your preferences, there are plenty of options without being too overwhelming.Picture quality is adjustable and pretty good overall.Pros:Great documentation and on-line resourcesEasy installationNo batteries or rechargingMultiple easy to use apps to view the cameraOptional (128G recommended) Micro SD card for video storageNO CLOUD!Email alertsCons:*No Linux support (you can view through a web browser)*Remote viewing (away from your home network) requires setting up your router network for 'public' access so you need to be familiar with your router setup and overall internet security, however this is to be expected as it is not a cloud-based system.Notes: Not pro or con, there is a good mix of features for the price so I feel this is a great value. If you are fairly tech savvy this camera is definitely for you. The documentation is excellent so answers to questions and problems are easily available.

By far the best doorbell. I used to have a ecobee doorbell the connection was poor and need subscription for packages detections and recording. The reolink is the final solution I used on WiFi pretty stable and can be used with Poe too. Can record locally on the device and through rtsp. I make the change for the constant problems with the ecobee doorbell so I decided to go with Home Assistant to not use any cloud and have access to home kit at the same time. The detection works great package people and when the bottom is pressed you’ll receive a call on your cell

Overall I really like this camera but man if you have to mount it on a surface that isn't totally flat it will make you want to punch a wall.Pros:This is really a standard security camera masquerading as a doorbell and I love it, along with the standard smart doorbell features like, notifications when someone rings it, two way talk, auto quick replies, motion and person detection this camera has a full built in web interface like most of their other cameras and it let's you do things like 24/7 recording, recording to external storage via FTP that you rarely see on smart doorbells but usually see on dedicated security cameras.Completely local if you want it to be:This doorbell supports recording to local storage over FTP and using something like Homeassistant you can set up completely local viewing, ring notifications, last motion events you can see notifications. The app will also work locally so provided you're either on a vpn to your home network or physically inside it things like 2 way talk work without the cameras needing internet. This also means your videos aren't stored on some cloud somewhere waiting to be sold or given to police without your consent.Really clear image:Compared to the old ring that came with the house, the video feed is amazing, even at night without any other lights on the view is clear. The FOV is also great, I have my images cropped for privacy but I can see all the way across the street and up to the sky.Cons:Mounting headaches:The issue stems from the mounting bracket only attaching by two screws, one at the top and one at the bottom, mixed with insanely tight tolerances for the mount points on the camera. If the top and bottom screws aren't perfectly even with each other one side will bend slightly and cause the camera to be unable to mount.My issue was I'm mounting to brick and the only way I can screw the bracket in and still be in line with the existing wires was to have the top directly in the brick and the bottom screwed into the mortar leaving the bottom slightly further back behind the top, to work around this I had to put a wooden shim behind the bottom and unscrew the top slightly until the bracket was flat but this lead to a decent gap between the bracket and the wall that water and bugs could get into.Ultimately I ran a small bit of silicone sealant around the tops and side to seal the gap but left the bottom open so any moisture could escape, but this is far from a great fix since I'm definitely reducing the cooling performance by completely sealing the sides, and probably voided the warranty and if I ever want to retrieve the SD card I'll have to cut the seal and re-do it.Reolink could pretty easily fix this by adjusting the mounting bracket to screw into the wall at the corners with 4 screws instead of the two it uses now, this way if one side is slightly uneven it wouldn't bend the entire bracket to a point the doorbell doesn't fit. They already have 4 holes on the corner but currently these just fit into small pegs on the angel bracket and no hardware is included to use these to mount to the wall directly.If you have a perfectly flat mounting surface installing would probably be way easier, but plenty of houses have brick or other uneven siding that this really needs to be redesigned for. Until then, I would recommend mounting a piece of wood or something to the wall first to give it a even surface and then mount the doorbell.Some other minor cons:It isn't battery powered. But for the price I really didn't expect to see anything with a battery here.The back/ports don't inspire a ton of confidence in terms of water proofing. The screw terminals, ethernet port and SD card slot are all directly exposed, I put a rubber port cover into the ethernet port but there wasn't really anything to do about the terminals or SD card. They really need to build this more like their outdoor cameras with rubber slot covers and ingress protected ethernet ports. This was one of the main reasons I tried so hard to get the doorbell sealed to the wall.You can't use your homes built in chime. I don't really count this against them since I feel like it's more a necessary evil type thing, but even if you power it with the existing doorbell wiring you lose the built in chime since you have to bridge connections in the chime. Pretty sure this is to increase the power available since you're running a camera with IR, motion detection, WiFi, etc off of a circuit meant for a single button and a chime. Like I said, don't really hold this against them since I don't think there's a great way around it while still allowing 24/7 recording but it's worth mentioning.Overall I do recommend this, there's definitely some issues that could be fixed and mounting the thing made me hate life for a few, but for the price it's way above other video doorbells, and you can have completely local control without worrying about a cloud provider misusing your data.

This is my third doorbell camera. Third time is a charm? I’ve had Wyze and Ring and neither was great. Those would take too long to connect to the camera feed and by the time the feed loaded, the person at the door was gone. Not with this. Even though it is WiFi, it is miles ahead of the competitors. Not to mention, there are no pushy service plans on this device. It just works. It was also, by far, the easiest of the three to install. It took me nearly as long to uninstall the Wyze camera as it did to install the ReoLink. Paired with HomeAssistant/Frigate, this is the perfect doorbell if you can’t get Ethernet to the location.

I had a nest and got frustrated by the subscription fees. $8/month for a doorbell? Come on people! We need to draw the line somewhere.The Reolink supports local storage on an SD card, and you can even use it without the app/cloud if you're savvy. It's nice knowing that if Reolink ever starts charging for the app, I could ditch it entirely. The wifi reception is also much better than my old nest. Overall extremely pleased.The only thing I don't like about it is if I'm in the front yard doing yard work it'll send me dozens of alerts and there's not a great way to fix this as far as I can tell.