Reolink Duo 3 PoE vs Reolink DUO Floodlight WiFi: Which is better?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Which of these two cameras would you choose? Let me know!

[@davidhite1868]

Flood light

[@RonsonDenmark]

Either one if they integrate properly into home assistant - why wasn't this covered? The only thing we have is a single screenshot at 6:30

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

@@RonsonDenmark Uhm, this is covered and it's not just a screenshot 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@RonsonDenmark]

@@SmartHomeJunkie At what timestamp? How good is the person detection? Animal detection? Vehicle detection? Can it filter out your own vehicle? Are they reliable enough to be used in HA? What are the hidden entities?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

@@RonsonDenmark Come on, don't be that guy. Just watch the whole video.

[@Mpgod]

I would go for the Reolink Duo 3 PoE. 😊 Prefer sharper image.

[@blm7929]

I have two Reolink Duo 2 in WiFi and there are awesome cameras, the two lenses for one image works very well and since their release Synology added an update to use one licence instread of two for the older Duo (before the Duo 2, it was recognized as two cameras). However, I have some lags from time to time while I put an Unifi AP 5 meters away in front of it... I didn't know that the Duo 3 was released, will look to spot the differences

[@steverhysjenks]

What delay do you experience from realtime motion and then it showing in HA? Mine is around 10 > 15 second delay

[@EsotericArctos]

Unfortunately the quality is along the lines of most Reolink cameras. It's still good in good light conditions, but compared to other cameras with the same price and megapixels, they are all a bit disappointing. The night vision is still poor quality, which is something that has plagued Reolink cameras for a long time. If you want a deterrent these are great and they are good for a general overview, but I feel you'd want other cameras in conjunction with this in order to get facial recognition where it would be legally acceptable. As a note, the PHYSICAL hardware is the same, the resolution is software limited in the Floodlight version.

[@robroberts2064]

Did you measure the angle? I ask because you said 180 degrees and Reolink's site says 150 degrees. That 30 degrees does make a difference for those of us who would want to mount this on a wall and see in both directions. Thank you.

[@Jcarlier50]

Reolink cameras are mostly POE (and a power cable) but what can be done to install on a wall where there is only an incoming box with 2 wires (formerly a light fixture)? thanks

[@cedricdelecole3964]

Thanks a lot ... personally on my house front wall, I always prefer a fisheye camera which is much smaller than those types of cameras ;-) (Only like 4 or 5 cm out of the wall ...). Now it is right the floodlight model is HUGE ... ;-)

[@coachsergiotarazona818]

Video output is a single file with a stitched 180 video or two files with videos from each Len? Thank you

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

It's a single file

[@yasserzaid5068]

So the Wi-Fi version just requires power not more right?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

That is correct.

[@farazmehter]

Can you attach the floodlight to the Duo 3?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

I don't think so

[@israfilibrahim9761]

Very good, thanks

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@74357175]

Is there a floodlight version with Poe??😮

[@74357175]

Or is the security light bright enough to work like a (small) floodlight?

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

Yes, I mention that in the video.

[@74357175]

​​@@SmartHomeJunkie I saw your video comparison at 5:00 but I've been trying to find footage of what it looks like from the *outside*. It looks like you're the only video on KZbin that actually did a side by side. To put it bluntly: why get the floodlight, if the spotlight is already quite bright?

[@74357175]

The spotlight also looks like it has a much higher color temperature, so there's that (disadvantage) too, I guess

[@SmartHomeJunkie]

@@74357175 I'm not sure what you mean by "from the outside". Personally, I like the color temperature of the floodlight more, but that's my personal preference I guess.

[@cyanide_4c159]

I know they are advertised as 8 and 16mp but actually it is a double 4 and double 8 mp camera. Bit tricky this way. It is as if you put 2 normal 4mp camera's next to one another and then claim they are 8mp togheter. This is where reolink is wrongfully advertising. Not saying rhe product is bad but many people get a quality below expectation. The quality wil be a lot different next to a standard 8 or 16mp camera in 4/3 or 16/9 ratio