watch this BEFORE you buy Reolink cameras (are they good for your Home Server?)

[@jeffrodrequez]

I did reolink cameras for a family member last year. I too initially went with the solar cameras but they would shut down into stand by mode. I called Reolink about this and they said that there wasn't a work around and recommended using a "wired" (power) model of camera, so that they would stay on all the time. Interesting video, I wish you would have done this a year ago when I was first doing it lol, I found out a lot of this via my own trial and error. I will say, reolink cameras are great and their support was really easy to work with. I had one camera that kept blinking out and I kept having to climb up and reset it. After some troubleshooting Reolink replaced the camera for free and the new one didn't have any problem. Also, Reolink was one of the only companies that had their own free web based (or download/install) software to view the cameras with, which is what we ended up using and have had no problems.

[@Amber-xt7me]

Do you recommend solar cameras? I have three homes that have no electricity: two beside me and one across the street. I'm trying to set up security cameras for my mother because she's having some scary issues with the neighbor. I want to get it done before December. It's hard to figure out the best option when so many cameras claim to be better than the others.

[@ilovetech8341]

Same problem. Reolinks just shut themselves off. They are junk. They have no business working in security.

[@monkeyhaters9258]

4 cameras I have didn't last a year good luck getting hold Of real link all they do is keep sending the same text back over and over

[@CBrown42991]

Right after I watch a video from the Hook Up rating all of the Reolink to buy one you release this.. thank you! I love to see all sides.

[@wasdq9748]

Those are very similar to the Swann cameras I have had for many years. Yesterday I took them down and put up some new onvif cams. For the fun of it I connected the Swanns to a POE switch and blue iris detected the cameras and the stream links immediately, with no proprietary nvr, I have them in blue iris. Cam model(nhd-815).

[@goodcitizen4587]

The reolink doorbell camera is great. In wifi (uses power of doorbell button) or poe version. Full rtsp/ blue iris support.

[@euphanasia210]

Made the switch to Reolink as well, but I still have a few Amcrest cameras hooked up, and for being just 1080p, they look really good.

[@BrentLeVasseur]

Why did you choose Frigate? Have you also tried Viseron? If so maybe do a comparison video, Thanks!

[@scarecrow6741]

I've had seven of the cheap ones outside my house for years. I have to reset the DVR every now and then, so they have worked as advertised .

[@AlL-fw2cy]

Why did you go from surveillance station to Reolink? Sponsorship? I'm looking for a vendor to go with and want to like Reolink but I hear so many issues with them, synology seems solid but the nvr cost more as well and licensing sucks. Also why frigate vs scrypted?

[@MunkFist]

Wait, so you're saying that Reolink doesn't allow you to view your cameras remotely while not in the home?

[@SebastianTur]

Reolink does not care about you as soon as you buy the product : 1. no updates for reported bugs just because they release a next model of NVR or cam. So for example firefox will display only live stream but you will not be able to watch recorded footage. Can you get it? This kind of bug and they don't care? 2. No linux client event though the nvr itself probably runs on linux itself ! 3. Windows client in wine works only for old versions. 4. User support in general is a joke - they dont understand what you write and will just reply with template messages that will never solve anything.

[@ilovetech8341]

Reolink auto update has crashed since I bought the cameras.

[@whothefoxcares]

Red Shirt Jeff should be able to build you a raspberry pi camera cluster with complete uid/gid file permissions for under his hourly billing rate 🙂

[@dustinbaumler6981]

I have a relink trackmix Battery. solar camera I want to connect to an nvr How did you get yours to connect to your nvr

[@patricossikari5429]

Can you view when u are away on app

[@amiitzhakov5152]

Q. to Techhut or any ones how i can set my Reolink in order to see all my camera from any place in the world?

[@pshhyeahh]

You guys running these cameras/NVR on a VLAN?

[@TechHut]

I should be

[@rsisente]

Seems a little over complicated. The RTSP stream works best for me. I run agentdvr in a docker, and run multiple brands of cameras. Currently running some Reolink and some Tapo (tp link) within the agent dvr app, I can direct where all my recordings go on my NAS.

[@SusanneDepperman]

You got the best thumb nail picture ever. I had to watch. With your plethora of cameras. Hilarious

[@b0neme]

You don't pronounce it (/ ˈfrɪɡət /)? A frigate is a type of warship.

[@Bjotte]

It's not Freegate it's pronounced like the type of ship.

[@JuriëndeJong-d6i]

damm I would never fell relaxed if I had a camera in my living room, even if its my own camera haha.

[@user-ic6xf]

Reolink PoE cameras are very good for the money.

[@ilovetech8341]

They are junk

[@BrentLeVasseur]

Can you have the voice of Xerxes from System Shock 2 be the security voice? 😂

[@SzyxYank]

yaya reolink are good, also are good for HA, But dont buy battery/solar camera these dont have a lot of functionality like rtsp

[@ilovetech8341]

They are not good.

[@ErinRivlin-v4c]

Corbin Street

[@LeeHiram-m6f]

3248 Haag Islands

[@LoraEngquist-p2f]

Stamm Meadows

[@flatphrat134]

good cameras

[@ilovetech8341]

Nope

[@reh3884]

Garbage

[@ilovetech8341]

I need recommendations for a commercial grade camera. USA, Europe or Japanese. No china junk. Reolink is garbage. Amcrest is garbage. Has anyone tried Bosch german made? I read Walmart uses them. I was going to try Panasonic but then read "made in china". The chinese routinely cut corners on specs like a wire gauge. The aren't precise like Germans. The internet software reliability for Reolink is garbage.

[@reh3884]

Reolink sucks ass. My camera from them didn't even last a year. Also, their customer service is terrible to nonexistent.

[@yghhhhrffv]

Having cam in the living room is creepy man

[@JPeeee]

Not if someone break in.

[@TechHut]

How tf is that creepy it's my house

[@yghhhhrffv]

@@TechHut maybe you don’t see it as you are a KZbinr that vlogs lot but I would feel uncomfortable visiting a place like this

[@Giovanni-Giorgio]

Never understood why people have cameras in their house. It sure isn't a requirement for insurance companies where i'm from.

[@TechHut]

@@Giovanni-Giorgio I have a two year old and a dog.

[@Troobeli69]

I would never put any of those Chinese based cloud cameras inside my own house...

[@ArisPLteles]

That is why you buy those that work offline over PoE and via VLAN that blocks any traffic outside your home network.

[@wasdq9748]

​@@ArisPLtelesyup, exactly. I have my vlaned off to a dead subnet and the only thing that can get to it is a VPN from my phone. To the person worried about it. China makes some good cameras, competitive to axis... I use both. Both are insecure and want cloud access. Just vlan them off, same some money because they both need vlaned anyways.

[@meenam300zx]

Go watch Edward Snowden and you will realize that you have bigger things to worry about than China.

[@advertentiegolf]

@@ArisPLtelesI am a complete noob but would love to hear a recommendation from you. You’re saying the words I like to hear: “PoE” and “offline”. Idk what to go for in 2024, pls let me know if you have any recommendations

[@keksmlg]

I slightly feel this video is a self-dox 😕